"Incisively" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mercilessly, incisively, as a surgeon. Only he hated the words he uttered, hated the blunt honesty which forced them from his lips. Opposite, his pupil stood with bowed ...
— Anna the Adventuress • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... us criticised the story, and asked whether it was not a case of refined selfishness. He added rather incisively that the expenditure of money on charitable objects seemed to him to show that the Colonel's conscience was ...
— Father Payne • Arthur Christopher Benson
... he remarked incisively, "is the property of the Maple County Duck Club. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Get off ...
— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White
... conscience often finds the sunny climate of an ardent evangelism singularly enervating. The emotional side of one's nature luxuriates in an atmosphere in which the ethical side becomes languid and relaxed. A man must be very careful, as Mr. Gladstone once incisively observed, to prevent his religion from damaging his morality. The simpleminded people with whom this sharp-witted and fresh-spirited young Englishwoman met had not fortified themselves against that insidious peril. One ...
— A Handful of Stars - Texts That Have Moved Great Minds • Frank W. Boreham
... suddenly making up his mind to hit hard, as a surgeon might decide to use the knife, he spoke incisively: ...
— The Moon out of Reach • Margaret Pedler
... continued the voice incisively. "You are up against a desperate man, Mr. Cavanagh. Raise your hands. Carneta, relieve Mr. Cavanagh of ...
— The Quest of the Sacred Slipper • Sax Rohmer |
