"Unwontedly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Unwontedly cynical thoughts rose in old Mr Neeld. Had he come down to Fairholme to listen to the platitudes of virtuous love? Indeed he had come for no such thing. All young men have strong characters while they ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope
... its base and the summit, there was a beautiful rose-bush which had been planted by Ronayne, and from which he had plucked two flowers, for the mother and daughter, during the ascent, and presented with a hand that was observed by Maria Heywood to tremble, and a cheek unwontedly pale. ...
— Hardscrabble - The Fall of Chicago: A Tale of Indian Warfare • John Richardson
... still hesitated, her firm, boyish will unwontedly befogged. Resolute as she was, she could not at once ...
— Other Main-Travelled Roads • Hamlin Garland
... the present moment of the evening, had been unwontedly silent, and now he was talking nineteen to the dozen, and Mrs. Woffington was listening with an appearance of interest that sent a pang to poor Vane's heart; he begged Mr. Quin to ...
— Peg Woffington • Charles Reade
... shoe-maker and town-clerk come to an arrangement. Beckmesser shall sing his song, and Sachs, whose criticism he so unwontedly desires, shall act as Marker; but Sachs, who contends that he is loath to stop work on his shoes, instead of marking with chalk, shall mark the singer's mistakes by blows of his hammer on the last, and so, peradventure, while listening, forward his work. A disgusting arrangement, ...
— The Wagnerian Romances • Gertrude Hall
... I took it from her, I noticed that her hand trembled, while in her eyes I read fear and trouble; and seeing this, I was, for a moment, unwontedly glad, and then ...
— The Broad Highway • Jeffery Farnol
... in getting ready for bed that night. He was unwontedly stirred both by the Big House and by the Little Lady who was its mistress. As he sat on the edge of the bed, half-undressed, and smoked out a pipe, he kept seeing her in memory, as he had seen her in the flesh the past twelve hours, in her varied moods and guises—the woman who had ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London |
