"Nonplused" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that all obstacles were removed from free converse with the divinity of the samovar he had less to say to her than before. Presently the elder woman, herself no whit offended, began to figure the younger one as a bit nonplused. ...
— Bertram Cope's Year • Henry Blake Fuller
... people. They were a very superstitious race, and, among other things, had great faith in rain-making. Livingstone had a famous encounter with one of their rain-makers, the effect of which, was that the pretender was wholly nonplused; but instead of being convinced of the absurdity of their belief, the people were rather disposed to think that the missionaries did not want them to get rain. Some of them were workers in iron, who carried their superstitious ...
— The Personal Life Of David Livingstone • William Garden Blaikie
... Yamba's ingenuity was often sorely taxed to detect the whereabouts of the various roots necessary for food. It was obviously unfair to expect her to be familiar with the flora and fauna of every part of the great Australian Continent. Sometimes she was absolutely nonplused, and had to stay a few days with a tribe until the women initiated her into the best methods of cooking the roots of the country. And often we could not understand the language. In such cases, though, when spoken words were unlike those uttered in Yamba's country, ...
— The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont - as told by Himself • Louis de Rougemont
... nonplused as to how a butler would reply to such a statement, and took refuge in no reply at all. As it happened, none was needed. The ship gave a terrific roll at that moment, and I just saved the Chartreuse as it was leaving the table. Mrs. Johns was ...
— The After House • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... you fellows want to look out," mumbled Shalleg, who seemed nonplused on finding that he had no good grounds ...
— Baseball Joe in the Big League - or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles • Lester Chadwick
... dealer grew furious behind his well-waxed mustache. He had expected to intimidate our hero easily, and now he was nonplused. ...
— The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview • Ralph Bonehill |
