"Scathingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Mr. Shaw, but he would not sell. He was preparing to erect a handsome country-place, and he did not want to alter his plans. Courteously at first, then somewhat scathingly he declined to discuss the proposition with her agents. After two months of pressure of the most tiresome persistency, he lost his temper and sent a message to his inquisitors that suddenly terminated all negotiations. Afterward, when he learned that heir client was ...
— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds
... a cross-cut!" This time it was Anita's voice, plainly angry in spite of its whispering tones. "No wonder they had such a wonderful strike," came scathingly. "That other stope ...
— The Cross-Cut • Courtney Ryley Cooper
... the immense energies devoted to artistic enterprises is to lead us to consider what is the end of all this labor. He points out scathingly the ugliness, frivolity, and crudity of much that passes for drama in the theater, for music in the concert hall, and for literature between covers. He pleads for a simple art that shall express with sincerity the genuine emotions of the great mass ...
— Human Traits and their Social Significance • Irwin Edman
... happened to be men of prominence, and able to make a noise about their injury. As several millions were involved in this one branch of the case —the suit of the bondholders—the newspapers treated it with the consideration and dignity it deserved. It was a vast financial operation, some said, scathingly, a "deal," but the magnitude of it prevented it from falling into the reports of petty swindling that appear in the police-court column. It was a public affair, and not to be judged by one's private standard. I know that there ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
... Merle, scathingly. "Useful to brutalize a lot of brave souls who merely sought—" he broke off with a new sense of outrage. "And not a policeman there to do his duty!" he ...
— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson
... place you'd choose yourself, if you were settling in earnest?" Bridget rolled an eye at blocks E, F, and G of a colossal pile of buildings which stretched their inky length over the two blocks of a narrow thoroughfare. "Cast your eye over them window curtains!" said she scathingly. "Ye can tell what's inside without troubling to look. A dirty, idle set that will sponge on you, and ...
— The Lady of the Basement Flat • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
... all got our vitals as protected as you have, Ed," replied the sheriff, scathingly. "What was you up here ...
— Across the Mesa • Jarvis Hall
... Sara," approved Miss Minchin. "That is what a real princess does when the populace applauds her. Lavinia"—scathingly—"the sound you just made was extremely like a snort. If you are jealous of your fellow-pupil, I beg you will express your feelings in some more lady-like manner. Now I will leave you ...
— A Little Princess • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... with a light laugh. "Ah, how you relieve my mind! Most of those whom you have so scathingly described belong to other congregations, and are therefore beyond ...
— Only an Incident • Grace Denio Litchfield
... myself before now," said Joe, scathingly, "and then had to climb over the gate and ...
— A Master Of Craft • W. W. Jacobs |
