"Winningly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... even the busiest busy-body, had ever been able to detect the slightest partiality in Mrs. Melville's treatment of her children; and, indeed, it had been quite impossible that she should ever regard a child so winningly beautiful as Rosalie, with other than the tenderest affection. Under a light and careless rein, the girl had been a difficult one to manage, for there was a light little fire in her eyes, that told of strong will and deep passions; and besides, her striking appearance had ...
— Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing • T. S. Arthur
... He grinned more winningly than ever. 'There is no shame,' said he. 'I did but cut off the tail of that man's cow. He betrayed me. I was minded to shoot him, Sahib. But not to death. Indeed not to death. ...
— The Kipling Reader - Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling • Rudyard Kipling |
