"Suavely" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Lord Henry suavely. "I am Lord Henry Highbarn. I have come here this evening for a rest ...
— Too Old for Dolls - A Novel • Anthony Mario Ludovici
... admitted before Citizen Merlin that she herself was trying to burn certain love letters, that would have brought to light her illicit relationship with another man than yourself," argued Tinville suavely. The rope was perhaps not quite long enough; Droulde must have all that could be given him, ere this memorable ...
— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy
... a quiet eye upon him and repeated in an even voice, 'Who were the custodians of the silver mines, and lived under the shelter of a little cliff close by the main shaft. When Helier de Carteret, who, you know,' and he inclined suavely towards Conway, 'was Seigneur of somewhere or other in Jersey, came a few years later to colonise Sark, he found the Le Mesuriers in possession, and while he confiscated the mines, he allowed them to retain their ancient dignity ...
— The Philanderers • A.E.W. Mason
... which does not appear circumscribed and small to his brave imagination. And he will be able to paint in fresco in the manner of old Italy, with all the mixtures and varieties of colour usually employed in it. He will be able to paint in oils very suavely with more knowledge, daring, and patience than painters. And finally, on a small piece of parchment he will be most perfect and great, as in all other manners of painting. Because great, very great is the power of ...
— The Mind of the Artist - Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art • Various
... am to blame for any violation of the law," said Robin suavely. "Surely it is only necessary that I should accompany you to the magistrate. The young lady is in ...
— The Prince of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon
... count three," said Judith suavely, "and then I shall ask you in a loud, clear voice to get me another cup ...
— Mount Music • E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
... Grant," said Mrs. Blanderocks, suavely, "if I say that your words are very silly. In the first place, the Russians are barbarians, as we all know; and, in the next place, the law is the law, and the law says that a man may not have two wives. A man who does is a bigamist. A man who has a wife and yet lives ...
— Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 - Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature • Various
... turn, with unknown and awkward results. She had recognized Burt, and knew that he was a gentleman; therefore she patted her horse and quieted him, while the young man came promptly to her assistance. He, secretly exulting over the promise of an adventure, said, suavely, as he lifted ...
— Nature's Serial Story • E. P. Roe
... mistake," said Hugo, suavely. "I called to see Mr. Stretton on business; it will not take me a moment to explain. Mr. Stretton, may I ask whether you have lost any paper—a letter, I think—during ...
— Under False Pretences - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant
... to where the giant negro stood by the case of rattling teeth. This time as he passed he received no card. In spite of his gaudy and ridiculous garb, the Ethiopian displayed a natural barbaric dignity as he stood, offering the cards suavely to some, allowing others to pass unmolested. Every half minute he chanted a harsh, unintelligible phrase akin to the jabber of car conductors and grand opera. And not only did he withhold a card this time, but it seemed to Rudolf that he received from the ...
— The Four Million • O. Henry
... a chief of staff could care to change places with any man in the world. Governments might come and go, but the army was the rock in the midst of the play of minor forces, the ultimate head of order and power. "A man who is able to lead in anything must be something of a politician," he said suavely. ...
— The Last Shot • Frederick Palmer
... information reached this point Julia said suavely, but with meaning: "Perhaps you had better not go ...
— The Good Comrade • Una L. Silberrad
... simple," said the Houdanian suavely. "Merely to discover whether or not the nomadic lady feels any exceptional interest—in Houdania. For the information to be acquired in a careless, disinterested manner without arousing undue interest, requires, I think, an American of brains and breeding, a compatriot of the nomad. ...
— Diane of the Green Van • Leona Dalrymple
... to offer them to us," she answered suavely. "Oh! Holly, Holly, how narrow is thy mind, how strained the quality of thine imagination! Set its poor gates ajar, I pray, and bethink thee. When we appear among men, scattering gold to satisfy their want, clad in terrifying power, in dazzling beauty and in immortality of days, ...
— Ayesha - The Further History of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed • H. Rider Haggard
... disappointed, perplexed. All his labor had gone for naught, and the awful chasm was still yawning. He replied that he was glad if he had ideas without knowing it and could actually see them with his eyes, Schiller defended himself suavely as a good Kantian, and the men separated, each in a docile mood with respect to ...
— The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller • Calvin Thomas
... judge, more suavely, "we sit here in the name of the law, and the law could wish to stand your friend." (The convict laughed bitterly.) "Pray help us to a decision in the present perplexing case by a few frank answers. If you are Paul Drayton, you go back to Portland to complete the term of ...
— A Son of Hagar - A Romance of Our Time • Sir Hall Caine
... severe shock at the opera. Mrs. Medcroft, with malice aforethought, insisted that Ulstervelt should take her husband's seat. As the box held but six persons, the unfortunate Brock was compelled to shift more or less for himself. Inwardly raging, he suavely assured the party—Freddie in particular—that he would find a seat in the body of the house and would join them during the Entr'acte. Then he went out and sat in the foyer. It was fortunate that he hated Wagner. Before the end of the act he was joined by Mr. ...
— The Husbands of Edith • George Barr McCutcheon
... and listened, and threw in an occasional word. When the other women rose to go, she rose, too, perhaps half-hoping that Annie would hold her for a more intimate word. But Annie quite suavely and indifferently included her in her general farewells, and Norma had cordial good-byes from the two young women, and even a vague invitation from the older Mrs. Thayer to come and see her, when Katrina ...
— The Beloved Woman • Kathleen Norris
... frocks this evening," the dressmaker agreed, suavely. "But are you sure you will be in? I want you to be at home when the ...
— The Automobile Girls At Washington • Laura Dent Crane
... a pretty woman?" Valentine answered suavely, and approaching his chair a little more closely to her. "Do you know that my friend Addison can talk of ...
— Flames • Robert Smythe Hichens
... suavely. "And I wish I could stay with you. But it was not for pleasure I came. The King sent ...
— From the Memoirs of a Minister of France • Stanley Weyman
... soldier muttered, and shuffled away. From under the brim of his campaign hat, his eyes cast furtive glances up and down the road. As though anxious to wipe out the effect of his comrade's words, the sergeant addressed Lathrop suavely and in ...
— Once Upon A Time • Richard Harding Davis
... commanded Gaylor. In the face of this new complication he again became himself. Suavely and politely he turned to Vance. "Will you and your friend join Miss Vera," he asked, "and tell her that we ...
— Vera - The Medium • Richard Harding Davis
... reading. Esther, when the message was suavely but rather maliciously delivered by Sophy, who had a proper animosity for her social betters, hardly knew whether it was easier to meet the invaders alone or run the risk of further disclosure if Madame Beattie appeared. For though no word was spoken of diamonds or interviews or newspapers, ...
— The Prisoner • Alice Brown
... Lutchester remarked suavely, "why buy now? Why not wait till next week? Come," he went on, "I will have a little flutter with you, if you like, Fischer. I will bet you five thousand dollars, and Van Teyl here shall hold the stakes, that a week hence to-day Anglo-French stand higher ...
— The Pawns Count • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... the Calford private banks, which many people said were really owned by him, and there was no one more ready to lend money—on the best of security and the highest rate of interest—than he. Should the borrower fail to pay, he was always suavely ready to renew the loan at increased interest—provided the security was sound. And, in the end, every ounce of his pound of flesh, plus not less than fifty per cent. interest, would come back to him. After Verner ...
— The Story of the Foss River Ranch • Ridgwell Cullum
... to that," he said suavely, "is to tell you to go to hell. Get out! But Von Holtz ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 • Various
... our pride and our joy bent upon this time?" he suavely demanded. "I take it you've thwarted her in some new plot against the ...
— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson
... spirited citizen, Mr. Bulson," the conductor said suavely. "I expect you want to get this milk to divide among your fellow passengers? Especially among the ...
— Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays • Annie Roe Carr
... is some mistake;" the manager spoke most suavely. "But certainly I did wish to speak to madame. I wished to ask her whether she was satisfied with her apartment. I find that the rooms she has generally occupied have fallen vacant, in the nick of time. Perhaps madame would like to ...
— The Rome Express • Arthur Griffiths
... of the retinue at Meneptah's palace, who cast one glance at the fillet the sculptor wore, and bent suavely before him, Kenkenes stated his mission. The retainer bowed again and called a rosy page hiding in the dusk of ...
— The Yoke - A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children - of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt • Elizabeth Miller
... floor where cluster the main offices. Here through a succession of open doors he caught a glimpse of the engineer who controlled all these lively processes, leaning easily back from his desk, fresh, suavely groomed, smiling, an embodiment of perfect satisfaction. Before Dr. Surtaine lay many sheaves of paper, in rigid order. A stenographer sat in a far corner, making notes. From beyond a side door came the precise, faint clicking of a typewriter. The room possessed an atmosphere of calm ...
— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... us this evening, gentlemen," said Merriwell, suavely. "We have done our best to entertain you, and we will see you again at ...
— Frank Merriwell at Yale • Burt L. Standish
... visit resulted merely in a brief interview with Mr. Keen, who smilingly reported progress and suavely bowed him out. He looked about for Miss Southerland as he was leaving, ...
— The Tracer of Lost Persons • Robert W. Chambers
... holds," interrupted the Secretary of State suavely, "is one hardly commensurate with services like yours. I can't pronounce the name of it, and I'm not sure just where it is, but I see that, of the last six consuls we sent there, three resigned within a month and ...
— My Buried Treasure • Richard Harding Davis
... probably having picked up the habit from Russians travelling abroad, or from those wealthy landowners of former days who had suffered most from the emancipation. Stepan Trofimovitch had observed that the more completely a landowner was ruined, the more suavely he lisped and drawled his words. He did, as a fact, lisp and drawl himself, but was not aware ...
— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... are within twenty miles of the land, captain," he said suavely, "you will make the steamer stop, and my men and I will leave you in the boat. You must await our return, which may be on the following day, or the day after, or perhaps longer still. But whether I am absent ...
— By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories • Louis Becke
... said suavely, "you were influenced by your own goodness of heart, Mr. Ellison, in thus laying aside a conviction which the facts had, at ...
— A Final Reckoning - A Tale of Bush Life in Australia • G. A. Henty
... the doctor, suavely, as he sat down in the forward seat, his right hand still grasping Duvall's wrist, "that you will not mind taking me home with you. It is a long walk, and I fear there are no other ...
— The Ivory Snuff Box • Arnold Fredericks
... may be called a 'business man,'" interposed the nobleman, suavely. "They would tell you so in Calcutta, I think, and in Cairo too. When one considers it, I have transacted a great deal of business—on the behalf of other people. And if you will permit me—I do not impute ...
— The Market-Place • Harold Frederic
... as host, wounded in his self-esteem—almost the tenderest part on him, morose and miserable. Now he snatched at the idea that he had been mistaken, as if it were a life-buoy thrown him in deep waters. He began to talk, to assert himself, to prove himself cock of his own walk. And Maule suavely encouraged him to lay down the law on things Australian, while Lady Bridget withdrew into herself, baffling and enraging McKeith still more hopelessly. He did not seem now to know his wife! A catastrophe had happened. What? How? Why? .... ...
— Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land • Rosa Praed
... savages when they are provoked," he went on suavely. "What do they care for the destruction their anger brings upon your body? They would devastate your whole beauty without scruple in order to calm their tempestuous rage. They begin by undermining the trust ...
— Too Old for Dolls - A Novel • Anthony Mario Ludovici
... old—forty-five, I dare say; and she is stout, and does not wear the colors and style she ought to wear—none of her things have the right 'look,' and of course I cannot advise a matron. Then, her fine English servants take her house out of her hands. She is afraid of them. The butler suavely tries to inform her; the housekeeper removed the white crotcheted scarfs and things from the gilded chairs, and I am sure Mrs. Denning had a heartache about their loss; but she saw that they had also vanished from Dora's parlor, so she took the hint, ...
— The Man Between • Amelia E. Barr
... feeling so at home," answered Kate, suavely. "Father and the boys hold exactly those opinions and practise them in precisely the same way; only if I were to think about it at all, I should think that a man within a year of finishing a medical course would begin exercising ...
— A Daughter of the Land • Gene Stratton-Porter
... the train starts, madam,' he replied suavely, in good American, and resumed nonchalantly his stare into the distance of ...
— Sacred And Profane Love • E. Arnold Bennett
... said the other, suavely. "Some of my men understand English like myself, and might not relish your compliments, although, as a man of the world, I can make excuses for you—ah—want of tact; yes, that's the word, ...
— Picked up at Sea - The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek • J.C. Hutcheson
... suavely replied that individual, as he gazed proudly at the brilliant company assembled in the yard below, wondering the while how much they would expend at the inn ...
— Heiress of Haddon • William E. Doubleday
... now, Mme. Doulenques," the President said suavely, "that your lodger, Gurn, often received visits from a lady friend. You also said that if this lady were placed before you, you would certainly recognise her. Now will you kindly look at the lady in the box: is this ...
— Fantomas • Pierre Souvestre
... he broke in suavely; "but each in turn. I claim the right. Cal had first chance because he had personally warned the man of the consequences. But I am equally accused. You must admit my ...
— The Gray Dawn • Stewart Edward White
... Saint to the Devil suavely, 'so far from being four minutes too early, you are exactly a year too late.' On saying this, the Saint smiled a genial, priestly smile, folded his hands, twiddled his thumbs slowly round and round, and gazed in a fatherly way ...
— The Path to Rome • Hilaire Belloc
... the receiver fall back in its socket, and I caught just a glimpse of the look of hate and suspicion which crossed his face as he turned toward Kennedy. When he spoke it was as suavely as if he himself were the one who had planned ...
— The Silent Bullet • Arthur B. Reeve
... this note from Judge Brackenridge to insure you a welcome here; you do us a great honor by seeking out our lonely island home." These words, though addressed to both the visitors, were meant for the elder and more distinguished guest, who replied suavely: ...
— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable
... with Jimmydodd," said Haidia suavely. "There is not the least danger any more. You must destroy the beetles before their shells have grown ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 • Various
... understand, he began by treating him with good-natured suavity, being ready enough to make friends with him, as he had made friends with the rest of Phil's compatriots. But influenced by objections to certain things, Griffith was not to be treated suavely, but rather resented it. There was no good reason for his resenting it, but resent it he did, as openly as he could, without being an absolute savage and attracting attention. The weakness of such ...
— Vagabondia - 1884 • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... man with a smooth face and high cheek-bones, suavely reading his careful, non-committal speech. (See App. II, Sect. 8) Nothing.... Only the same platitudes about crushing German militarism with the help of the Allies-about the "state interests" of Russia, about the ...
— Ten Days That Shook the World • John Reed
... only a suggestion," said Holmes, suavely. "I frankly admit that I am unable to prove it. But it seems probable enough, since the moment that Mr. Soames's back was turned you released the man who was hiding ...
— The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Magazine Edition • Arthur Conan Doyle
... Collins, suavely, "I insinuate nothing. I was merely remarking upon the coincidence. If I did not happen to know all the circumstances, I might have been led to suggest that, as only one Miss Rushford is ...
— Affairs of State • Burton E. Stevenson
... the case for Major Carteret," rejoined Dr. Price, suavely. "He has certain principles,—call them prejudices, if you like,—certain inflexible rules of conduct by which he regulates his life. One of these, which he shares with us all in some degree, forbids the recognition of the negro as a ...
— The Marrow of Tradition • Charles W. Chesnutt
... must have known it," he corrected suavely. "Will you do me the honor of becoming ...
— The Sowers • Henry Seton Merriman
... dazzle of sun, and out of it her eyes regarded me with such leaden penetration beneath their thick lids that I doubt if my face concealed the least thought from her. "But there, there," she added very suavely, stooping her head a little, "don't trouble to answer me. I never extort an answer. Boys are queer fish. Brains might perhaps have suggested his washing his hands before luncheon; but—not my choice, ...
— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, editors
... Geyt, with just the shadow of a shrug, was all sweet reasonableness. She smiled more suavely than ever. "Surely, Lina," she remonstrated, in her frankest and most convincing tone, "I must know best what is good for dear Ettie, when I have been watching her daily for more than six months past, and taking the ...
— Hilda Wade - A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose • Grant Allen
... suavely; "what do you think of this?" he played again, crouching over the piano, and making the notes sound like the ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... Sir Thomas suavely, "your aunt expresses a wish to arrive at the abbey in time for dinner. If you could manage to come to some arrangement ...
— The Gem Collector • P. G. Wodehouse
... welcome you to our hustling city, and invite you to make your headquarters at the "Golden Rule Hotel" during your stay." Noting that the lads were yet undecided what to do and correctly surmising that they had received an old-fashioned, Christian home training, he suavely added: "Our charges are most reasonable, only fifteen cents per night, and every Sunday morning we hold here in the office a most beautiful song and prayer service, and I am sure you lads will be glad to join us in ...
— The Trail of the Tramp • A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)
... you had chanced here any other day," Mr. Ford began suavely, only to be interrupted by Mr. Ends, whose cranky eyes justified themselves in ...
— Martin Eden • Jack London
... compunction: the Constituent Assembly which would be elected by and by to revise the Constitution would legitimatize everything. He went on to give him a little, simple lecture on the elements of Constitutional Verity, its theory and its practice: "In a short time," he concluded suavely, "Your Majesty will know on this subject as much as any of your Ministers,"—whenever he experienced the need of further instruction, he only had to call the High Commissioner, who promised to come and solve his ...
— Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 • G. F. Abbott
... to collect the fares the mother counted her money, handed it over, smiled, and suavely said: "Sir, the oldest is ...
— Good Stories from The Ladies Home Journal • Various
... your pastor," inquired that person suavely as he sniffed the air, "come to remonstrate with you ...
— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart
... wish you no evil. May God give me all the things I wish you. I just want you to behave yourself. That's all. I am so much older than you, anyhow. Look for somebody of your own age. You are not angry at me, are you?" she added, suavely ...
— The Rise of David Levinsky • Abraham Cahan
... would whine and toady to your face, and be sly and catlike behind your back, she'd look you in the eyes and say all she meant point-blank. I'm glad indeed things are taking their present course, for these people could make any man trouble," and he treated his guests very suavely. ...
— Without a Home • E. P. Roe
... the Honorable William Jennings Bryan as Queen of the May. He wore low congress-gaiters and white socks; he was walking under a canopy, crowned with paper flowers, his hair curled over his coat collar, the tips of his fingers were suavely joined ...
— Police!!! • Robert W. Chambers
... yourself," said Tony suavely. "Just reckon it up; I may have made a little mistake in the ...
— Struggling Upward - or Luke Larkin's Luck • Horatio Alger
... think I have changed my mind," he suavely replied as he bade her good-bye. In the months that followed he gave her no sign that her interview had made ...
— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz
... you that when he is gone," said the king, suavely. "And also when Madame, here, shall have crossed ...
— The Man in the Iron Mask • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... the free," he interrupted suavely. "Yes—I know those lands, on both sides of the Atlantic. But even there curious things happen. And you're going to marry me—you will say 'Yes' to the sleek English clergyman when he asks you whether you will take this man to ...
— The Green Rust • Edgar Wallace
... the man went on, still more suavely: "By the way, I have a very special reason why I should like a carrier pigeon." He lowered his voice. "And am prepared to pay any amount for him; will ...
— Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon • Lucy M. Blanchard
... from a master. "But you said that Mr Merevale did not give you leave," said he. "Friend of my youth," I replied courteously, "you are perfectly correct. As always. Mr Merevale did not give me leave, but," I added suavely, "Mr Dacre did." And I came away, chanting hymns of triumph in a mellow baritone, and leaving him in a dead faint on the sofa. And the Bargee, who was present during the conflict, swiftly and silently vanished away, his morale considerably ...
— Tales of St. Austin's • P. G. Wodehouse
... interposed Tritton suavely, "probably feels himself in a difficulty. The secret is not, perhaps, ...
— Frivolous Cupid • Anthony Hope
... Warfield offered suavely and kept alongside. "Frank Johnson was killed, you say? How did ...
— The Quirt • B.M. Bower
... seemed too terrible, too humiliating. Yet, after all, could she blame her daughter? What was her present life, what would be her future, without education, without money—unless she had someone who could take care of her? Dissembling her indignation as much as possible, she inquired suavely: ...
— Bought and Paid For - From the Play of George Broadhurst • Arthur Hornblow
... sheltering peak of a shabby old cap, as if they feared the light. He had the thin lips that you see in Rembrandt's or Metsu's portraits of alchemists and shrunken old men, and a nose so sharp at the tip that it put you in mind of a gimlet. His voice was so low; he always spoke suavely; he never flew into a passion. His age was a problem; it was hard to say whether he had grown old before his time, or whether by economy of youth he had saved enough ...
— Gobseck • Honore de Balzac
... gentlemen of the press will make a full note of these proceedings," he observed suavely. "You at any rate are ...
— Scarhaven Keep • J. S. Fletcher
... said Harry suavely. "I have ascertained that, by placing the theodolite over that peg yonder,"—pointing to a newly driven peg some four hundred feet away to the left—"I shall be able to get an uninterrupted view of the quebrada from top to bottom, and, by taking a ...
— Harry Escombe - A Tale of Adventure in Peru • Harry Collingwood
... officer, as suavely as if Lermontoff had given his parole. Out of the darkness he called a tall, rough-looking soldier, who carried a musket with a bayonet at the end of it. The soldier took his stand beside ...
— A Rock in the Baltic • Robert Barr
... precisely what I am here to explain," said Kent, suavely. "The time allowed us was very short; and a ...
— The Grafters • Francis Lynde
... received with great pomp in a sumptuous hall hung with tapestries and blazing with gold and silver. The Tsar, with crown and scepter, sat upon his throne, supported by the roaring lions, and carefully studied the new ambassador as he suavely asked him about his master. A police inspector from that moment never lost sight of him, making sure that he obtained no interviews with the natives nor information about the state of the country. Although the Tsar was reputed to be learned and was probably the most learned ...
— A Short History of Russia • Mary Platt Parmele
... refusing to sacrifice a dove to Venus might have uttered her costly heresy in such a voice and with such a look; but the General met it suavely with a flourish of his wide-brimmed hat and a blandishing smile. He was one of those gentlemen of the old school, I came to know later, to whom it was an inherent impossibility to appear without affectation in the presence of a member of the opposite sex. A high ...
— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow
... was my not very apposite reply; but she looked so engaging in her light summer dress and little cottage bonnet, and her manner in speaking to me was then, as always, so unaffectedly and suavely respectful, that my heart expanded at the sight of her, and a kiss seemed necessary to content ...
— The Professor • (AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell
... point of view," rejoined the banker suavely. "But you will admit that they are very considerable. The opposition on the part of the competing systems would be something tremendous. No stone would be left unturned in the effort to dismount us. To go no further ...
— Empire Builders • Francis Lynde
... her a sharp investigating glance, but replied suavely: "Not necessarily. The same road is ...
— Black Oxen • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
... remarked the skipper suavely; "it was quite the proper thing to do. But I do not altogether approve of my young gentlemen taking the initiative in any matter unless they happen to be for the time being in supreme command. When that is not the case ...
— The Pirate Slaver - A Story of the West African Coast • Harry Collingwood
... couldn't," the major said suavely. "Ged, sir, I haven't known ye long, but I have far too high an opinion of ye to suppose ye could do anything so foolish. If you refuse, your speculation is thrown away. There's no help for it. Bedad, it would be painful for me to have to blow ...
— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle
... embassy had been the goal of James Thorold's ambition. A man past seventy, head of a great importing establishment, he had shown interest in public affairs only within the decade, although his very build, tall, erect, commanding, and his manner suavely courteous and untouched by futile haste, seemed to have equipped him with a natural bent for public life. Marrying late in life, he seemed to have found his bent more tardily than did other men. But he had invested wealth, influence, and wisdom ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1915 - And the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... admit that my inquiry is natural," I went on suavely. "Since Jerry has just promised to give you his entire fortune, it seems to me only fair ...
— Paradise Garden - The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment • George Gibbs
... walked over to his desk, laid his hat and stick on a chair, and, before removing his overcoat, began turning over the pile of letters which awaited his attention. As he did so, Governor Abbott's voice broke in suavely upon the other's. ...
— The Lieutenant-Governor • Guy Wetmore Carryl
... Grace," observed the Earl of Derby, suavely, and breaking his silence for the first time, "that you yourself should wed Dame Anne, once the Apostolic See has granted the necessary dispensation. Treading too close upon the fighting requisite to bring about the dethronement and death of our nominal lord ...
— Chivalry • James Branch Cabell
... regarding the state of his head on the morning after a late supper; he can give you slangy little details about any one and every one whom you may meet at a theatre or any other public place; he is somewhat proud when some bellowing, foul-mouthed bookmaker smiles suavely and inquires, "Doing anything to-day, sir?" Mark you, he is still a charming young fellow; but the bloom has gone from his character. He has been ...
— The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions - Joints In Our Social Armour • James Runciman
... the officer returned suavely, advancing to the desk, "I must trouble you for an instant, I fear. I have been sent over from Goch to inspect the guard here. But I find no guard ... there is not ...
— The Man with the Clubfoot • Valentine Williams
... suavely. "Every Englishman has a bull-dog tenacity of purpose. Brag is a good dog, Don Pedro, but Holdfast is ...
— The Green Mummy • Fergus Hume
... like not the ugly word," suavely expostulated the Burgher. "The great-to-come-for-all-of-us can be better expressed than that! But, to resume my argument, dearest maiden and most gracious lady, this document does not state that the dear son of the house has shaken off this mortal ...
— Fritz and Eric - The Brother Crusoes • John Conroy Hutcheson
... fault, my dear Friedland," said Lassalle suavely. "It takes some brain to follow even what I have put so clearly. What ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill
... suavely elegant, with a calm, untroubled face. Leslie Coombes would wear the same serene expression in the midst of a bombardment or an earthquake. He had chosen Coombes for chief attorney, and thinking of that made him feel better. Mohammed Ali O'Brien was neither tall, elegant ...
— Little Fuzzy • Henry Beam Piper
... for believing her to be a thief," the lawyer retorted, suavely. He paused for a moment, then went on. There was a tone of sincere determination in his voice. "Just before the judge imposed sentence, he asked her if she had anything to say. You know, it's just a usual form—a thing that rarely means much of anything. ...
— Within the Law - From the Play of Bayard Veiller • Marvin Dana
... of cavalry. Near at hand, now, the girls could note details, and both observed with interest the leader, which stood a little in advance of his troop, at the end near the approaching machine. He was a handsome creature, with lines as suavely strong as an Arabian's. He stood with head held high, tail streaming, a fore-hoof pawing challengingly at the sand. Only the thick, shaggy bay coat showed the barbarian, rather than the thoroughbred. The mares, a score of them in one orderly rank behind him, were crowding and lashing out nervously, ...
— Heart of the Blue Ridge • Waldron Baily
... yet," he said suavely. "No doubt I am a little dense. You speak about a number of private papers having been abstracted from your cabinet. Do I understand—is it possible that anything in those papers could lead people to fix upon you as the murderer ...
— The New Tenant • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... pleasure to be called 'my lad' by old Meshach. It was piquant to him that the first earthenware factor in New York, the Jupiter of a Fourteenth Street office, should be addressed as a stripling. 'And where is the park to be?' he suavely inquired. ...
— Leonora • Arnold Bennett
... thirty points and I crumbled bread nervously, hoping for something sensible to say; but at this moment "half-time" mercifully set in. My partner on the other side turned to me suavely and asked if I thought the verses in Abraham Lincoln were a beauty or a blemish; and with the assistance of the London stage, the flight to America, Mrs. FULTON'S Blight, Mr. WALPOLE'S Secret City and the prospects of the new Academy, I sailed serenely ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 23, 1919 • Various
... such purpose," explained Quintana suavely, "that my frien', Emanuel Sard, has arrive. Monsieur Sard is a brokaire of diamon's, as all know ver' well. Therefore, it shall be our frien' Sard who will divide for us what we have ...
— The Flaming Jewel • Robert W. Chambers
... he said, suavely, "you are greatly interested in Mr. Santoris! Perhaps you have met each ...
— The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance • Marie Corelli
... Steingall suavely. "I gather that Count Vassilan has no connection with the inquiry—in fact, he ...
— One Wonderful Night - A Romance of New York • Louis Tracy
... indispensable, fair lady," he replied suavely, "for is not the fate of your husband so closely intertwined with yours, that his actions will inevitably be largely influenced ...
— The Elusive Pimpernel • Baroness Emmuska Orczy
... expecting you. My sword is yonder, monsieur," I replied suavely. "If you will allow me to dress, I shall be ready to accompany you in ...
— Bardelys the Magnificent • Rafael Sabatini
... impossible to conceive anything more admirable for its discretion, more wisely calculated as to the moment of its occurrence, or more suavely and yet firmly done than this act. There was not a blow struck, not a shot fired; and the first impulse of nearly every person in the country, whether in principle opposed to annexation or not, was to congratulate Sir Theophilus Shepstone on the skill, tact, and good fortune ...
— The Transvaal from Within - A Private Record of Public Affairs • J. P. Fitzpatrick
... all," said I suavely. "It is very natural. I am neither young nor handsome, Mrs. Wiggins. I ...
— Dolly Dialogues • Anthony Hope
... the truth of Lord Garvington's statement?" inquired Lambert suavely, and fixing a merciless eye on the ...
— Red Money • Fergus Hume
... Henry reminded him suavely. "I gather that not only had you the effrontery to steal a chart from my pocket in the midst of a life struggle upon the trawler, but you have capped this exploit with a deliberate attempt to abduct ...
— The Zeppelin's Passenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... rather epigrammatic," said the Idiot, suavely. "I appreciate the flattery implied by your noticing it. But science has everything to do with it. It is science that is going to make the future great. It is science that has annihilated distance, and the annihilation has just begun. Twenty years ago it was hardly ...
— The Idiot • John Kendrick Bangs
... afraid I won't, just yet," replies that lady, suavely. "Be sensible, Teddy; remember all we said to John, and think how foolish we should look going back of it all. Why should things not go on safely and secretly, as at present, and let us put marriage out of our heads until something turns up? ...
— Molly Bawn • Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
... Heartsease Petal! Suavely down the sea-troughs settle, Gravely breathe perfumes of prayer 'Twixt the scolding sea and air, Bravely up the sea-hills rise — Sea-hills slant thee toward the skies. Master, hold disaster off From the crest and from the trough; Heartsease, ...
— The Poems of Sidney Lanier • Sidney Lanier
... "Pas de quoi, Monsieur," suavely replied the woman whom till now he had hardly noticed. A moment later the slight damage was repaired, and then Captain the Honorable Anson Anstruther had his ...
— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage
... "Sergeant" came his guttural, booming bass, "suppose!—suppose!" he reiterated suavely "on this occasion we—er—temper justice with mercy—ha! ha!" His deep hollow laugh jarred on their nerves most unpleasantly. "I need a man at my place just now," he went on, "to buck wood and do a little odd choring around. Times are rather hard just now, as this poor fellow says. ...
— The Luck of the Mounted - A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • Ralph S. Kendall
... have to include me, Mr. Ridgway," he said suavely. "What is done for my wife is done, also, ...
— Ridgway of Montana - (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) • William MacLeod Raine
... most, Colonel, is your cooperation," said the doctor suavely. "I am not competent to assume command here even if I wished to. I would like to ask a few favors but if they should prove to be contrary to your established policies, I will ...
— Poisoned Air • Sterner St. Paul Meek
... on suavely: "You heard me, Baron. Still, I do not require an answer. How do you like your new quarters? It may please you to know that I am occupying your office, and also that noble suite overlooking the Plaza. I find myself most agreeably situated. By the way, Baron, I seem to recall something to mind as ...
— Truxton King - A Story of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon
... night of it." But neither did this suit Dick's plans; the sudden change in the man's demeanour at once roused Leslie's suspicions; and as he had no intention whatever of placing himself in the fellow's power, he suavely declined the invitation, remarking that, as he would soon be having quite as much of the sea as he wanted, he would continue to enjoy his present roomy quarters as long as ...
— Dick Leslie's Luck - A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure • Harry Collingwood
... them suavely in their owe tongue which had never come in more deferential politeness from human lips. He ventured the belief that there was a mistake; he assured them that he knew their prisoner, and that he was the son of a most respectable American family, whom they could find at the Kurhaus ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... inquire," he went on suavely, "as to the nature of your occupation. What commodities do you turn out? What tools and materials ...
— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London
... various degrees—took their tone from her, if only for the sake of peace:—the widowed sister-in-law, suavely satirical; a great-aunt, whose tongue clacked like a rice-husker; two cousins, correctly betrothed to unseen bridegrooms, entitled to look askance at the abandoned one, who was neither wife nor mother; and two children of ...
— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver
... quite so, good master," he said suavely, "do ye not waste your breath in speaking thus loudly. I understand that your sentiments towards me do not partake of that Christian charity of which ye and yours do prate at times so loudly. But I'll not detain you. Doubtless worthy Mistress Lambert ...
— The Nest of the Sparrowhawk • Baroness Orczy
... document, except to hand it over to Sponsilier, is beyond me, yet I was vaguely conscious that its destruction was of importance to our side of the matter at issue. At the same instant in which my request was declined, the big medicine man turned to Captain Ullmer and suavely remarked, "You found everything as ...
— The Outlet • Andy Adams
... no more than a rich one,' he replied suavely as he stroked the cat. 'Enjoy that satisfaction, M. de Berault. ...
— Under the Red Robe • Stanley Weyman
... it, Brother March," said Major Garnet suavely, but he flashed a glance at the teamster that stopped his grin, though ...
— John March, Southerner • George W. Cable
... said the Chancellor, suavely; "it was delivered by the same servant who brought the message which called away the ...
— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett
... swallow the information suavely by the help of a classical precedent, and said, with a gracious smile, "Then I perceive we must have played the part of AEneas and Anchises—" But before he had got so far, the idea had been quite ...
— My Young Alcides - A Faded Photograph • Charlotte M. Yonge
... the dim light which made your father see him in those colours. In a bright light, I think he would have been an Alsatian blue," said the Duke suavely. ...
— Arsene Lupin • Edgar Jepson
... your pardon," he replied suavely. "Of course, if you don't illustrate—I'm sorry. The collaboration of husband and wife would have been an attraction, even though the names were unknown here. I'll ...
— The Nest Builder • Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
... round, and there is great "chaff" of the crown officials, and of the "polis," who, poor fellows, to tell the truth, seem to be as glad as the gladdest in the throng. Five o'clock arrives—half-past five—the jury must suavely be out soon now. At a quarter to six they come; and for an instant the joke is hushed, and cheeks suddenly grow pale with fear lest by any chance it might be evil news. But the faces of the jurymen tell plainly "no verdict." The judges again are seated. The usual ...
— The Wearing of the Green • A.M. Sullivan
... I know," agreed Lethbridge suavely. "But as you were not put into the witness-box to swear it you can alter it ...
— The Hampstead Mystery • John R. Watson
... you," said Miss Crampton almost suavely, and rising with something very like alacrity. Then, remembering that she had not even mentioned what she came for, "I wish to observe," she said, "that I much disapprove of the noise I hear up in Parliament. I desire ...
— Fated to Be Free • Jean Ingelow
... Hippopotamus suavely. "There's nothing better for the complexion than a good rub, and I assure you you have placed me ...
— Andiron Tales • John Kendrick Bangs
... suavely. "Welcome to Baldpate! Please don't attempt to explain—we're fed up on explanations now. You have the fifth key, of course. Welcome to our ...
— Seven Keys to Baldpate • Earl Derr Biggers
... This suavely to me; then, stepping sharply towards the host, he stormed, "Damn ye, man, get on the landlord's side of the door, or I'll rout it down around your lazy ears. Slids! I've shot an innkepeer for less in ...
— The Yeoman Adventurer • George W. Gough
... God's power. The confidence that early years implant in the mind supplies an unsubstantial substitute. I have pictured to myself an illustration: A bright young man is present at a grand concert. It is between the parts. He bends suavely over the back of a lady's chair and talks sweet music to her ear. He says: "Could you not follow every thought of the composer in that symphony?" (which they have just heard). "And was not the effect sublime ...
— The Golden Censer - The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future • John McGovern
... same day that he posted the letter to Moscow, he took his courage into his hands and went, for the first time since the February of nearly five years ago, to the house in the Serghievskaia, where a brisk young footman informed him suavely that Madame la ...
— The Genius • Margaret Horton Potter
... the yellow-faced man remarked suavely, "but we're in a great hurry. Would you mind ...
— The Yellow Streak • Williams, Valentine
... one by the arm and led him suavely into one of the adjoining rooms. "Favour me by remaining here a few minutes, sir," said he. "I will return and resume our consultation with the least possible delay. I am rather expecting a visit from a very wealthy ...
— Whirligigs • O. Henry
... It trailed suavely through my fingers, slipping across my palm like a belt of silk. It glided with the noiseless haste of a thing in flight. Quite naturally, even in the dazed moment of awakening I closed my hand upon it. It was soft in my grasp, yet resilient; solid, yet supple. If ...
— The Thing from the Lake • Eleanor M. Ingram
... occurred to him that if he were seen in familiar conversation with this officer, he would not, perhaps, be asked for a pass. He spoke to Hines and they seated themselves near this officer and courteously addressed him—he replied as suavely. After a short conversation, General Morgan produced a liquor flask, they were very generally carried then, and invited the officer to take a drink of brandy, which invitation was gracefully accepted. Just then the train moved past the penitentiary. ...
— History of Morgan's Cavalry • Basil W. Duke
... this suavely delicate art which now appears in Garhwal. Among the Guler painters was a master-artist and although his first Garhwal pictures are concerned with passionate romance, devotion to Krishna quickly becomes apparent.[107] The great ...
— The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry • W. G. Archer
... vewy bad fing to be boiled in oil," reiterated The Seraph suavely, "thirty-nine of 'em there was—for the captain was stabbed alweady—boilin' away in oil. Their ears was ...
— Explorers of the Dawn • Mazo de la Roche
... always distrusted Tugh. They thought him allied to the Robots. But they had no proof; and suavely he denied it, and helped always with the Government activities struggling to keep the mechanical slaves ...
— Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various
... never pay amateurs. That would take the life and sparkle out of the whole thing. No, Charley Welsh was stringing you. He gets paid nothing for his turns. No amateur gets paid. The idea is ridiculous. However, here's fifty cents. It will pay your sister's car fare also. And,"—very suavely,—"speaking for the Loops, permit me to thank you for the kind and successful contribution of ...
— Moon-Face and Other Stories • Jack London |
