| 单词 | complacently |
| 例句 | “It is to dig with,” said the learned creature complacently. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so glad my French print is clean, it’s just the thing and so becoming!” observed Meg complacently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle, the Leader sat complacently, laying eggs, attending to the broadcasts, issuing directions or commanding executions, surrounded by a sea of adulation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled complacently and looked at the paper again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He whirled the rings on his finger tip, then tucked them away, patting his sash complacently. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Lennie, who had been following the conversation back and forth with his eyes, smiled complacently at the compliment. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyhow,” she added complacently, “I’m nowhere near the change because I’m that way again.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I was the lazy one,” Theodora said complacently through the door, “but you’re much, much worse. Lazy hardly begins to describe you. You must be clean enough now to come and have breakfast.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But then, Mr. Waldengarver looked up at us complacently, and said,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Some people got kinda coarse hair,” she said complacently. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “The very essence of the tomb, as Theodora points out. The cold spot in Borley Rectory only dropped eleven degrees,” he went on complacently. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, dear, no! It will be delicious, I’m sure,” said Meg complacently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma smiles complacently as the principal hands me a book. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “If that’s what you want,” my father said complacently, “then let’s work together. We both want the same things.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had be come frustrated watching his boyhood chum collect accolades and public acclaim for his marvelous engineering while complacently performing atrocious physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Was he still complacently planning to announce the gift of a house at the reception? My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z “Research,” Andrés says complacently as he settles on a leather stool. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti Matthew Maher stands out among the supporting players for his complacently doltish Acaste, preening himself on his own stupidity like a cat licking its fur after lapping up a saucer of milk. | 'The School for Lies': Glittering Opprobrium in Iambic Pentameter 2011-05-02T04:27:03Z But just as you’re lolling complacently in your chair, a saw-toothed observation startles you to attention. In Alan Bennett’s Diaries, Life’s Pleasures Alongside Civic Outrage 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Instead we sit complacently waiting for the next scene, the next gown, the next numbered day. Review: ‘A Happy End,’ Iddo Netanyahu’s Play Set in 1930s Berlin 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z After coasting rather complacently for its previous season, Entourage – the tale of movie star Vincent Chase and his mooching bros – returns with it all to do. Tonight's TV highlights: Human Planet 2011-02-03T07:59:02Z It is also, in part, a parable about the dangers of a class so complacently secure in its certainties that it fails to register a new danger. Stephen Poliakoff on Dancing on the Edge: 'I can come across as arrogant' 2013-01-27T18:00:01Z She is famous even in parts – the hunched silhouette, the complacently folded hands. The man who stole the Mona Lisa 2011-08-05T21:55:04Z But, before we start talking complacently about the "theatre boom", we should ponder both the escalating cost of tickets and the actual quality of what is in offer. This West End theatre boom is not all good news 2011-01-31T10:59:00Z But it’s also possible they may decide to reject it from consideration, and those who analyze politics shouldn’t complacently assume how voters will think. Could Sex-Scandal Coverage Be Doing Herman Cain a Favor? 2011-11-02T17:11:50Z How seriously can you take a company that starts its “Swan Lake” — season after season, complacently — with a prologue that ends with the sorcerer von Rothbart tenderly abusing an imitation swan? Critic?s Notebook: Injuries and Triumphs Color a Ballet Season 2011-07-10T22:01:07Z To do otherwise, to sit complacently while the world changes around you, to refuse to engage, that's the real danger. Crop of 'New Dangerous' filmmakers take edgy to new levels 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z "Two pieces are quite sufficient . . . Euphoria and brilliant storms of laughter; ecstatic reveries and extensions of one's personality on several simultaneous planes are to be complacently expected." How pot brownies came to reign as "the OG edible" 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Not merely complacently sure of herself, like Bernhardi, she is, in Stevenson’s unflinching performance, a completely unsympathetic blowhard. Review: In ‘The Doctor,’ a Rare Case of Physician, Harm Thyself 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “Don’t Make ’Em Like You” sounds just like you’d expect, unless you weren’t expecting a complacently vacant verse by Wiz Khalifa. New Music: Aerosmith and Ne-Yo Don’t Hold Back 2012-11-05T22:41:32Z A full-band version of “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” made its kiss-off sound callously matter-of-fact, and Mr. Dylan rattled complacently through an upbeat “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” Review: Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, Electric, Not Just Nostalgic, at Desert Trip 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z The movie doesn’t split the difference between raunchy sex farce and dual personal growth study so much as complacently fall between rom-com subgenres. ‘No Hard Feelings’ Review: How Lucky Can a Nerdy Kid Get? 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr Ellis is not blind to the moral compromises made in Philadelphia in 1787, but he accepts rather too complacently the notion that the constitution that emerged represented the best possible agreement under the circumstances. Moral of the story 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Because of his adventures, the Philosopher eventually recognizes that life shouldn’t be complacently “consecutive, but explosive and variable, else it is a shackled and timorous slave.” Review | The perfect book for St. Patrick’s Day 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z It’s no surprise that complacently comfortable white folks conceived and promoted this scheme of biological discrimination. Hitler’s favorite American: “Biological fascism” in the shadow of New York City 2014-03-23T10:58:00Z Rather, the text and the performances also fit snugly into Desplechin’s comfort zone—a complacently sentimental embrace of his experiences, his background, his emotions, and his actors. Everything That Is Suffocating About French Film, in One French Film 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z This “colorful comedy of romance and finding yourself,” according to the Guardian, tries “very hard to be liked, while at the same time complacently assuming its likability is beyond question.” New movies to stream this week: ‘Somebody I Used to Know’ and more 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Pence complacently assured his audience that “the government would oversee” private accounts, but what does that mean? Column: Mike Pence, would-be president, has a plan to kill Social Security. It will cost you 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z In blunt remarks, Lindner said Germany had slipped behind other countries because it was especially vulnerable to Europe's energy crisis and supply chain disruptions, and had complacently believed in its own economic strength. Germany needs to tackle inflation threat, wants transparency from China - Lindner 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Their rounded forms are almost complacently generalized, like the sculptures of Aristide Maillol. Review | San Francisco’s Diego Rivera exhibition is the largest in 20 years 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Europe complacently allowed itself to become more dependent on Russian gas. Opinion | Can the West muster the will to face down Russia? 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Not the Medical Board, which complacently allowed the loophole to go unfilled. Column: 1-800-GET-THIN promoter convicted of fraud 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z While Russia watched complacently for months as Belarus instigated a crisis designed to pressure Europe and intensify divisions, Putin has lately shown some signs of impatience with Lukashenko. Belarus’s Lukashenko tells close ally Putin he de-escalated the migrant crisis with Europe. Poland disagrees. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z In March, as Preston Estep, a genome scientist who lives in the Boston area, was reading about people dying amid the pandemic, he vowed not to sit complacently on the sidelines. These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Gen. Brown’s statement offered a corrective to a nearly all-white Pentagon leadership that, until very recently, complacently regarded the armed forces as ahead of the rest of the country in addressing racial inequality. Opinion | A black man now heads the Air Force. It’s progress, but military brass remains starkly white. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Responding to Neily’s Declaration, the Justice Department complacently asserts that U.S. law guarantees fair trials: Coercive plea bargains are forbidden, therefore they do not occur, so innocent people do not plead guilty. Opinion | Our plea bargain system can make the innocent admit guilt. Enter Michael Flynn. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z The citizens of east London watch complacently as the plague tears through the West End, and assume they will be fine. The end of coronavirus: what plague literature tells us about our future 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The prettiest girl in town as well as the richest, she perches complacently at the top of her small social pyramid. From 'Emma' to Natalie Portman, a dress can be worth a thousand words 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z "This was done while the National Guard watched complacently," Mr Palmeri said. Venezuela opposition convoy attacked 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Instead of a comprehensive response, he merely strengthened research, paved the way for a drawn-out global negotiating process and complacently put his faith in future innovation and entrepreneurship. How to stop the climate crisis: six lessons from the campaign that saved the ozone 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z But Harari warns that we must not complacently expect that an equivalent number of new jobs will be created to replace the lost ones. Review | Worried fake news spells our doom? Humanity has always lived with it. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Her lawyer, she added, would pursue legal action against publications that dared to “complacently spread this allegation.” Was the Philosopher Julia Kristeva a Cold War Collaborator? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The court complacently said: “While baseball may be the national pastime of the citizenry, dishing out special economic benefits to certain in-state industries remains the favored pastime of state and local governments.” Opinion | Republicans should ask Brett Kavanaugh these questions 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Drivers seem distracted by their phones and complacently assume others will adjust their behavior to accommodate whatever they want to do. Opinion | Drivers, help us cyclists get home alive 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The fable, she argues, is complacently triumphalist, offering a distorted mirror that misleadingly celebrates observers. Review | Has America created a misleading fable about the civil rights movement? 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z It’s not fair on Kenneth Clark, who wrote and presented the original Civilisation, to see him as a complacently Eurocentric fan of all things western. Was there more to Egyptian surrealism than suggestive mosques and rotten meat? 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z What we live with more complacently in the home does as well. Analysis | Where do kids learn to undervalue women? From their parents. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Video of the demonstration showed protesters being chased down, kicked and beaten by men who included members of Mr. Erdogan’s security detail while the Turkish president looked on complacently. Opinion | Turkey still hasn’t owned up to a vicious assault on American soil 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z The other inhabitants of the field — a lone horse, two turkeys, three geese and three white Anatolian shepherd dogs — watch complacently. A farm-to-holiday-table dinner at Windrose Farm in Paso Robles 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Along with many Republicans, they assumed—perhaps complacently—that swelling minority populations and left-leaning younger voters would form a winning electoral block, soon even an indomitable one. Destiny derailed 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Hogan listened to a majority of Marylanders and did what the General Assembly so arrogantly and complacently refused to do. The pros and cons of Gov. Hogan’s executive order on schools 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Although it was made well before Wiseman fully established his reputation as one of the masters of the documentary form, “Law and Order” rests comfortably, but never complacently, among his finest achievements. Frederick Wiseman's first decade of docs kicks off a vital retrospective 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z A second is that they complacently fail to upgrade their productivity. Lessons from Cleveland, the Silicon Valley of the second industrial revolution 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z This Independence Day got me thinking about a funny part of being a career expert: I'm often asked the same question time and time again by people who are complacently unhappy in their current jobs. How to (Diplomatically) Declare Your Career Independence 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Only Britain, Ireland, and Sweden welcomed the new members. Basing its expectations on previous patterns of EU immigration, the Labor government of Tony Blair complacently assumed EU immigration would remain at historical levels. In Britain, anxiety about immigration started long before the 'Brexit' vote 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Many liberals still cling complacently to the anachronism of social democracy as their vision of the future. The Next Conservative Movement 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Science relies essentially but complacently on self-correction, yet scientific publishing raises severe disincentives against such correction. Reproducibility: A tragedy of errors 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z There hasn’t been a day in the past four decades when energy investors haven’t complacently priced into shares the prospect of legislation or regulation depressing their returns. Keystone Is a Fake Green Victory 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The complacently "unsinkable" Titanic, full of well-fed passengers, strolling in the glow of electric light on soft carpets over the abyss - this was the image of "civilization". The beauty, the journalist, and the Titanic 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z It becomes increasingly difficult to live complacently because your intuition affects you more immediately and profoundly. How to Stay Grounded for the Holidays With Yoga 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The possibility that the United Kingdom might be heading for the history books has been complacently dismissed as unthinkable. Scottish referendum: nothing else now matters in British politics 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z “That which is the poor man’s plague in winter, becomes his luxury in the burning heats of July, and he beholds complacently his wealthier fellow-men, emulating himself in scarcity of clothing.” New York Summer Stories: At the Turn of the Century 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z But they live with it, some quite complacently. Lessons from My Husband Michael Hastings 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The happy and jocund faces of children, whom you looked upon complacently a month or two ago, will laugh away, you are tolerably sure, the disposition to low spirits and pale brandy. Heat-Struck, July 1852 2013-07-26T22:54:39Z "Yet this government is complacently standing by and watching new oil and gas drilling in the region." UK 'complacent' over Arctic drilling 2013-07-27T02:11:43Z No politician in the U.S. or Europe should look down complacently on the events unfolding in the streets of Istanbul and São Paulo. The Middle-Class Revolution 2013-06-28T23:57:25Z But the MPs say the government is acting complacently. UK Lawmakers Call for Ban on Pesticides Linked to Bees' Death 2013-04-07T19:45:05.473Z A touch complacently perhaps because producer capture is as much a problem in political journalism as it is in sports, financial or showbiz reporting – and many other walks of life too. Press and politicians? Leveson's report will not change these uneasy bedfellows 2012-11-29T19:47:23Z And yet, and yet… It would be a mistake to assume, complacently, that sullen British acceptance of the status quo will continue indefinitely. Britain and the EU: Some ideas for improving Britain's relations with Europe. Why they may not work 2012-06-01T16:14:58Z Why face complacently in our own families what we would not tolerate in our piggery? Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Mabel looked at herself in the glass over the fireplace and patted her hair complacently. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z I'm a good stepmother," she remarked complacently, "not at all like one in a novel. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z "Not so bad for our men in the North Sea," remarked Crosthwaite complacently. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Billy stood close by, with one hand on Uncle Sam's shoulder, looking very complacently at his wife, and nodding every once in a while, as though he understood perfectly what she was saying. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z "I guess they don't know what to think," said Mrs. Battle complacently. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The chauffeur touched his cap and, smiling complacently, leaned over to pat the tires of the car. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Of Hagar many were complacently thinking it was no great matter if she were lost, and some might consider themselves righteous because they said she deserved whatever mishap might befall her. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z What she did do was to hold out her hand with a good-humored smile, and at the same time Sir Philip observed complacently: "You don't know one another, you know." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "You see, there's everything in his favor," he said, complacently. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z "Isn't that a funny story?" cries the jovial preacher, smiling complacently upon the congregation. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z At this demonstration of satisfaction uttered with an air of profound gratitude, the doctor leaned back complacently in his easy chair, while an expression of benignant self-approval illuminated his benevolent face. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z "Not at all," said the friend, complacently stroking his moustache. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z No man has ever contradicted himself so often, so recklessly, so complacently, as Mr. Ruskin has done. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z You see now, M. le Vicomte," he said complacently, "the necessity for such a Committee. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Yes, the Family Bible," the lawyer answered, gazing at it complacently, "about which there was so much talk at the opening of the suit. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z My pupil grinned complacently at this manifestation of kindly feelings towards him in one so much his superior, and hastened to prepare himself for the expedition. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z There, puffing complacently at a pipe of opium, he appeared to have dismissed the incident from his mind. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The first Napoleon never claimed for himself the divine right of intermeddling with and arranging everything more complacently than does the mild and fragile philosopher of Denmark Hill. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z "It was naturally a little difficult," and Mr. Bidlake smiled complacently. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z "Had you been there----" "I hope I should have done as much," he replied complacently. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z "No indeed," said the archdeacon's wife, complacently smoothing down her skirt. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Taken thus red-handed, he was not one whit dismayed, but complacently stepped aside to let us pass. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z "They always understand me," said Gray, complacently, when the coffee roasting had begun again. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z She looked complacently at the wide space she had cleared, and stooped to pin up one side of her gown which had slipped down. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z A dainty bluebell, sweet and shy, Lifted its head complacently, As guarded by the tenderest care, Far up the crag. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Boat fast aground, with her symmetrical nose six feet deep in Kentucky mud; there she complacently lies, waiting for the mail boat to come along and pull her out. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z "I told Spettigrew to keep everything quiet," the lawyer answered complacently. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z "Nobody would take us Dorrances to board anyway, if they could help it," said Fairy, complacently; "we all know how obnoxiorous we are." The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z “Oh, I’m some little bright-eyes, if you ask me,” remarked Bess complacently, as she reached out for the last of the lemon drops. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z When the aga had learnt the message by heart he withdrew, and Ajas Pasha turned to Feriz Beg complacently: "Trouble not thyself further," said he, "in a couple of days the murderers will be here." The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z It was deemed a cheerful color, and was set out boldly and complacently by the side of pink or scarlet, or wall flower colors. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Oh, she’s turned out pretty well, I think!” he answered complacently. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z At least, that is the comfortable assurance usually furnished the civilized powers, and as they have their own little problems to grapple with they complacently shut one eye. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Now the water is in motion, and only twelve feet from him the walrus rises, puffing with pent up respiration, and looks grimly and complacently around. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z As Prof. Henry Sidgwick puts it, "Spencer contemplates complacently the reduction of religious thought and sentiment to a perfectly indefinite consciousness of the Unknowable and the emotion that accompanies this peculiar intellectual exercise." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z "They're gone," he reflected complacently, as the door closed behind his visitor. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "It's the biggest haul of stolen goods the police of this city have made for many years," the detective volunteered complacently. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z But now,' he continued, complacently, 'since you are so clever, my friend, where is the risk?' My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Dunmore, too, was peering at me and tapping his snuff-box complacently, and the sight of him brought the blood to my head and opened my mouth. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Lord Clare flicked the dust from his pink silk stockings, and plumed himself complacently, as a hawk does after a tussle with some formidable fowl. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z God knows," he continued complacently, "if I had gone on with it, where I should have landed! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The wooden figure of the 'Sheikh el-Beled'—the sleek and well-to-do farmer, who gazes complacently on his fertile fields and well-stocked farm—is one of the noblest works of human genius. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Well, it seems to me a little false—a little, if I may say so, complacently wrathful. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z "And now I know the difference between hurt vanity and love," I added, complacently. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Florence, fond as I have grown of it, is worth far too little to me, socially, for me to think complacently of another winter here. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z As I entered the station again on the first of June at the penitential hour of quarter past six in the morning, I was reflecting complacently on my sagacity as a traveller. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Inside his sitting-room it was already dark, and he rang for lights and stretched himself complacently in an arm-chair before the fire. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z It galled him to the marrow to watch his big, arrogant, bush-tailed rival complacently gulping down those fine fat trout. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z On one occasion, one of them escaped into the plains, but returned three days after, very complacently heading a herd of hogs, of which his master and his matelot killed four. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z This scriptural reference came in so aptly that I could see several ladies nodding complacently. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z But, if the State will take the responsibility, and furnish the ether, there are not a few, who would very complacently embrace the opportunity. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z It does look nice," the girl whispered complacently, as she clasped the chain, and saw the exquisite jewel resting against the whiteness of her neck, "and I wonder what those twisted letters A.V.C. mean? Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z “Ned really has paid us the greatest compliment,” said Tavia, complacently, “he believed it was all true, and only geniuses can produce that effect.” Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z Toiney shrugged his shoulders complacently at the summer sky, now taking on the hues of evening, as if the firmament were a blanket woven for his comfort. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z He gazed complacently around the studio and his eyes fell on Dora's portrait. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z "Introduce her," said Procopio, stroking his chin complacently; for he congratulated himself, in spite of the interruption, on his good fortune, as he admired the young Englishwoman excessively. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z "I've been here since noon," said grandma, complacently, "and I've been putting in my time helping your hired girl clean her cupboards." And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z And so they snapped and snarled over the spoils, while the Prince complacently made his appointments, and apportioned the functions of the future. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z “Well, I’d try to get my money’s worth,” said Jimmy, complacently. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z Its monuments and statues, where they were complacently innocent of art, had been brought into harmony of tone by the atmosphere vivid like the flambeau trees, the inconceivable blueness of its sea. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z He explained complacently that the folk of Alava, though invariably hospitable, generally distrusted strangers, but that he had had advantages, having been sent to the Jesuit school in St. Jean Pied-de-Port. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The Indians looked on complacently, their appearance seeming to indicate that they were mildly interested, but did not care a continental if the two white boys hammered each other. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z History has to note some such incidents, but we know of none so cynically and complacently narrated by the renegade himself. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z “I let it for a week or more to two gals,” said the woman complacently. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z When the General came out, point-blank, with some perfervid address Mariana smiled complacently. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Stripped of the gauzy gewgaws of fancy with which you had complacently adorned it, it lay in its stark cerements of staring simplicity, a hard, terse, graphic, uncompromising fact. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z They were sitting in a row on our beds examining all our belongings complacently. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z He complacently avers that "God made man with this omnipresent 'I ought' implanted in his nature." Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z When at last he warmed to his work, however, and said complacently that he was 'all right' now, they must have heard him at Aberdeen. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z To complacently assume that Japan will never have occasion to cross swords with the United States, is surely a most mistaken attitude for the people of this country to delude themselves with. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z The host stood with his back to the fire complacently surveying the preparations. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Ibrahim stood in the stable door, smoking complacently, and our muleteers were squabbling violently over the roping of a box. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z William squared his heavy shoulders and regarded himself complacently in the overmantel. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z He twirled the ends of his moustache complacently while he watched the execution of this order, and offered a few suggestions for the more efficacious tightening of the bonds. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Mrs. Thornley moved complacently about her extensive domain, regulating all these exceptional arrangements with that housewifely good sense and judgment which distinguished all Mrs. Hardy's daughters. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z "That will do my young gentleman no harm!" said Mrs. Knox complacently, as we became a speck in the distance. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z “Well, I wanted to make you hear me,” answered that young lady complacently. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z He tilted his head back against the pillow and complacently regarded The Phantom. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Already in the later Middle Ages Oxford had received, and, it seems, too complacently received, young scions of the aristocracy and gentry, the precursors of the noblemen and the silk-gowned gentleman-commoners of a later day. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z When we reached Stirling, porters complacently announced English mail had left quarter of an hour ago. Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z She will complacently put forth opinions and tastes as her own which are not her own, nor in any sense natural to her. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The grumbling became very loud, and louder still when they saw me complacently giving the finishing touches to the fish, which was now left alone, and not as before shifted about every second. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z “You don’t think that——” he began in startled tones, then broke off and grinned complacently. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z "My dear," said Mr. Downing, complacently, "I shall listen with the strictest impartiality to both sides." Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z "When I lose them, 'twill be time enough to lament them," said she, complacently. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Wherever we go," said Aunt Harriet complacently from her sofa that evening, "weddings are sure to follow. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Finally I became impressed with the idea that I must be at perfect rest, but if so what could be the nature of the substance, or material, upon which I was resting so complacently? Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Jimmy, who had assisted in it, stood surveying him complacently. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z "The trout were caught this morning, about two miles from here," he said, complacently. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z "Nay, I said not that," Judith answered, complacently. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z "Of course it is," the amateur detective replied, complacently, thinking Dan's sarcasm was really praise. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z I realized that I could die only once, and I coolly and complacently revolved the matter, speculating over my possible fate. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z “It would start me better,” the lady in question complacently set forth. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z President Grant, with a cigar in his hand, is looking on complacently. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z "Nay, but this time you have hit the mark," complacently. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z "I don't know whatever made me think there was anything in them," he said complacently one night within about ten days of Christmas. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Reaching her cottage, she dropped the ball of clothes at the door and went into the sitting-room, where Virginia sat complacently sewing at a window on the shaded side of the house. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The breakfast ordered, he leaned back and asked complacently: "What do you think of clocks?" The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z This represents Hawaii under the form of a dusky but comely damsel, being borne off complacently by a gorgeously attired Uncle Sam, while his discomfited rivals are looking on in chagrin and disgust. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Well pleased with her purchase, the new owner of the chest came from the rear room and smiled 81 complacently. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Juliet, frightened at the idea of being reduced to pass a night alone at an inn, now hesitated; and Mrs Ireton, smiling complacently around her, went on. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Miss Arbe now smiled more complacently than ever; and Miss Bydel, straining wide open her large dull eyes, repeated, 'Twenty pounds? The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z He laughed complacently at his pun, and I meditated over the ideal Jewish marriage. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z Leaving the doctor for a time, thus comfortably quartered, we will look after the unfortunate victim of his prowess, whose rights he was now so complacently usurping. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z "Didn't I tell you so?" returned the beldame complacently. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z We are used to it, but don’t like it, even although we do take the cigars from our lips, as we complacently view the water pouring down the hatchway and rising around our chairs’ legs. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Miss Arbe no sooner saw her thus surrounded, than, alertly advancing, and assuming the character and state of a patroness, she complacently bowed around her, saying, 'How kind you all are to my Proteg�e!' The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z "Mrs. Willoughby is a cynic," laughed Erskine, turning to the clergyman, whose wife swallowed her tea complacently with this compliment to sweeten it. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z The banner covers his shoulder, and he looks out toward the spectator frankly and complacently. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z We’ll just sit complacently on the floor and eat it all up ourselves.” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z She listened complacently to the general appreciation of this delicious preserve which she made according to a recipe that had been in the family for generations. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Social ostracism in two countries was rather much for a man, who has passed his youth, to face complacently. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z “Jack is a fool,” mused Miss Bolton complacently, tapping the pasteboard in a meditative fashion. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z She wondered at the exhaustless capacity of complacently believing in worn fallacies which her young eyes saw pitilessly as such. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Breeches short and long surtout, Crooked nose and cane to suit, Gray of soul and black of eye, Hat slouched back, expression sly— Such is old Sol Shuffleshins; How complacently he grins! Plish and Plum 2011-08-25T02:00:33.093Z In the bedroom next to him the General sat, with his feet in his slippers and his dressing-gown round him, smoking his last cheroot before a roaring fire, chuckling complacently over his own thoughts. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z He surveyed himself in the glass, and twisted the ends of his moustache, and smiled complacently. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z You scoff at social standing, and yet you complacently base yourself upon it. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Sublimely unconscious of the four spies above them, the seniors went on complacently with their work. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z "So!" said the man in the mask, complacently. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z And the ladies of quality, her dear friends and sisters, were glad when they heard it as they punted at basset and fluttered their fans complacently. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z "Oh, dear, no! it will be delicious, I'm sure," said Meg complacently. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z "A very profitable jobb and a great help to me," remarks Franklin complacently in the Autobiography, and he adds, "This was another advantage gain'd by my being able to write." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z "A quarter-past four," she thought complacently, but moving a few paces from the pitch, she took a glance at the clock to make sure. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Elizabeth herself seems to have been quite contented with its hue, for she very complacently asked Sir James, whether she or Mary had the finer hair? Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z "Two and two make four," said Bumps complacently. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z It may well seem a puzzle to us how a normal child of five or six can complacently set down this self-contradictory scheme of a human head. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Indeed, even two years later than this, he complacently wrote to his son, "The King, too, has lately been heard to speak of me with great regard." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z At the present moment there was no place on earth that he could raise that amount, but nevertheless he smiled complacently as he put up his pocketbook. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z These he drew towards him with his fore feet and complacently nibbled. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Some, running too complacently to the hiding-places of their wealth, found themselves despoiled of all. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z The ring leader in the mischief had gone to her classes that morning feeling complacently secure. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z The barge had passed me, but I soon overtook it, and then reached the boy, who watched me complacently as I trudged on, certainly feeling easier. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z There a raw youth thumped the pulpit, as he complacently dwelt on the doings of a God of whom his very idea was a caricature. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z He smoothed matters by getting Chiappino to leave the city, and he then complacently went away, saying he had known “four-and-twenty leaders of revolt.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He then lighted his pipe by the fire, and throwing himself into an easy chair, puffed away complacently for a time. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z “Not ob a night, sah,” said ’Pollo, complacently, “but I no so sure bout dat if de sun shine hot; I go sleep den fass enough.” Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z Accomplished antiquarians and “commissioners” assisted him in his labours; but he was no roi fainéant on the editorial sofa which he so complacently describes. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z I could not get on with them at all, and after all,’ said the speaker, looking down complacently p. 85at his well-dressed figure, ‘people prefer a gentleman.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z "It is some satisfaction to feel that we have both been sacrificed in a thoroughly deserving cause!" said the Brace-button, complacently, to the Threepenny Bit, as they met in the Offertory Bag. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z Old ladies and old gentlemen complacently sipped their glass. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z That one was Clytie; and, going over things in her mind, that extremely attractive schemer nodded her plotting head complacently and smiled to herself. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z “Not a bad spot for a picnic, is it?” said Upward complacently, as, having dismounted, they stood taking in the view. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Three couples will perform these evolutions and manœuvres before the audience, and the young girls will change their lovers as complacently as they would their partners in a quadrille. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z He brushed the earth off his ears and whiskers, and then remarked, complacently: 'If you know a rabbit who thinks he can burrow, fetch him along, and I'll teach him what proper burrowing's like. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z Who invented it is a question that may be left complacently to the bookworm of the future. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z Delia laughed at this, but Yvonne merely smiled complacently, as though to convey that her parent might think himself lucky at being let down so easily. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The Austrian general, eighty years of age, a brave and generous soldier, as he contemplated his mighty host, complacently rubbed his hands, exclaiming, "We shall soon have the boy now." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z "Just like our intrepid cavalry," remarked the Captain complacently. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z He smiled complacently as he stood there, and well he might, for he was a great artist and was patronized by several crowned heads and not a few of the nobility. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z She held herself strictly to account upon matters affecting conduct, somewhat complacently aware that less robust spirits cited her as a model. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Waxing more complacently benevolent, he dwelt upon the comfort and pleasure Mrs. Baxter—a worthy, though ridiculous, creature—would derive from the companionship of her young friend. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z She stitches or pastes for fourteen hours a day in the blind, numbing effort to keep her blighted soul in her stunted body, and we complacently draw the dividends her long-drawn torture helps to swell. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Albano's clear gold complacently reflected back the strange form, without, like glass, annihilating its own at the same time. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z “There was something in that basket they handed Tess and me,” said Dot, complacently eyeing the silver girdle on the Alice-doll. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z Sir Geoffrey walked briskly, reflecting complacently upon his excellent physical condition. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z “You play it that way with the fool,” advised Adolph complacently. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z Then, with a sudden gleam of comprehension, he smiled up at her, touched a stop in his organ, and complacently began a different tune. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "Yes, I regret not having caused you to meet before," complacently observed Mrs. Brand. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The power of gold will open the gates of heaven to the murderer, who can look complacently down into hell upon the murderers who had no money. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z The kitchen—as Mrs. Yellam was complacently aware—deserved the adjective. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z "That's what!" replied the officer, and a moment later added complacently: "Unless you can get bail." The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z "Glad you thought so," replied Mr Wharton, complacently. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z I soon sent him off,' she added, complacently. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z "Behold I am not as other men are," they murmur complacently; "have not I kept the home fires burning, and amassed money making munitions?" Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z I will not attempt to perpetuate and envenom the warfare which divides them, complacently designating the differences which separate them, without taking an account of the community of method which unites them. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z "Are to be obeyed, of course!" answered the Governor, complacently regarding his letter. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z "I knew you would say that," said Kitty, complacently, rejoicing in the effect of her bit of news. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z As they were driving off again, Sir Thomas complacently announced that the works at Medmere were certainly a failure. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Now and then, in open spaces in the path, I came upon shallow circular depressions where the bird had been dusting, an operation in which I had often seen our barnyard fowls complacently engaged. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z "Nobody will snap fingers at me," she complacently remarked. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "I hoped to find you here," he began complacently; "hoped that you had not yet retired." The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z However, Jones was satisfied; and, setting down the wooden Teapot—we forgot to say that it was flaming red—on the counter, he surveyed it complacently. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Cornelius looked at me, and complacently observed— "Three years may make a great difference." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "Two miles away at least," complacently replied Mrs. Brand. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z "Well, we'll go by law," complacently returned the Squire, a spice of mischief in his eye. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z And the nobleman complacently touched the jeweled hilt of his own blade, accompanying the action with a tender glance at the Lady Elise. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z In the executive offices we trailed along with the newspaper men for their daily afternoon interview with Mr. Christian, my friend bathing himself in tobacco smoke as complacently as anyone of the party. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Her brown eyes, resting complacently beneath lovely eyebrows, sparkled with a quiet glow and a tenderness known only to the innocent and happy at heart. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z "If I do say it as shouldn't, having had a modest part in its construction," remarked Roger complacently, "that's a good program." Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z The Captain looked round it complacently, but with remembering eyes that spoke of many things. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z It was a pretty comedy we were playing, but it was best that she should not too complacently take all the curtains. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z "That she is," he said, complacently; "no man would sigh for his club dinner, did our hostess cater for him." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z "O!" says the master, complacently, "that class has been studying Carlyle's works." The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Mr. Mitchel drew forth a handsome gold case, which bore his monogram in diamonds, and selected a choice Havana, which he puffed complacently as Mr. Van Rawlston proceeded. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z "The ship's orders will be that once the Stuart and his faction are on board, she shall make straight for the first English port—and—and—that is all!" he added complacently. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Here and there a woman was seen in the line, seated on soap box or suit case, complacently knitting or engaged with her fancy work. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z My impatience is even such, that I do not like those signs of returning health that promise to keep me longer here; and I trust more complacently in breaking up than in anything. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z To be sure, our own newspapers assure her complacently that she has the 'moral aid' of England. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z He did not understand their hissing language, and smiled complacently, as if the whole gang did not regard him in the least. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z “Fifty thousand dollars!” said Karlin, as he thrust the securities into the inside pocket of his coat, and patted the pocket complacently. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z But still he smiled complacently and was silent. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Faix, and I'm glad he left it alone," said the other, complacently; "'t is little good comes of the same fighting. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z After their union, he complacently attended them to the harbour, and handed the lady to the vessel which the knight had prepared for the elopement. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The sun was already high in the heavens, when Heribald was complacently walking up and down, before the monastery. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z “Perhaps you would like to destroy this—for safety’s sake,” she observed complacently. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Now and again he smiles and pats his stomach complacently. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Vernon stood by his desk, arranging complacently the documents Miss Greene had given him. Her Infinite Variety 2011-04-01T02:00:30.590Z Finally, Lora, less interested in the event or its consequences, laid her head complacently on the pillow, and fell off into a sleep—determined, no doubt, to dream of Walter. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z "How do I look?" said she, turning her little head complacently about. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Men and women, boys and girls, all floundered through and shook themselves upon the opposite bank as complacently as if they had reached the promised land. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z "I should dislike one as much as the other," said the countess, looking complacently at her slender white fingers. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z And the wounded ... see here, when the newspapers speak complacently of the superb artillery preparation which after three days of cannon-duel silences the enemy's batteries, do you know what that means to me? Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z “It is nearly to pieces now,” Armstrong replied, complacently. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z “I have a tremendous amount of civic interest,” said Jane, complacently, “I ought to be able to do this town a lot of good.” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z In allusion to her own maiden state, she would often complacently quote the old Cheshire proverb—"Bout's bare but it's yezzy." Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z It is only the stupidity which is without anxiety, that complacently marries on "nothing a week; and that uncertain—very!" How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z The waiter delayed in serving, as he said the company hadn't yet arrived, but Haydn told him to bring it up at once, remarking, as he patted complacently his paunch, "I am de compagnie myself." Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z He gave Isabel's tremulous hand a little reassuring squeeze, and departed complacently. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z We smile complacently now at the generation that considered the stethoscope a toy, and asked derisively if they should be expected to carry it about with them. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z After he had done his best to ruin all his family, and had totally ruined hundreds of other people, he said very complacently, "This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes." Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z That good lady stood complacently waiting, with her hand on the handle of the door, for what was to come next. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z He went on with his dinner as complacently as if he had not thrown me into a state of violent inward confusion. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The sun had risen, the axes clanked merrily against the stones, the snow was in good condition for walking, everything seemed favourable, and we gazed down complacently on the distance already traversed. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Mrs. Errington would complacently have assumed the merit of the whole solar system. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z It would be hard to say whether wrath or amazement predominated in his mind, on first reading the paragraph which Mrs. Errington had so complacently marked with red ink. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z "But the other?" asked the Doctor, as he stroked his moustache complacently, "where is her first mortgage now?" Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z He complacently regards his triumph as the natural and expected result of steadiness and skill, and excludes from his thoughts all shadow of doubt concerning the complete correctness of his procedure in every detail. Fishing and Shooting Sketches 2011-02-23T03:00:33.463Z On the other hand, as a critic and derider of the system which Blackstone had complacently expounded he did excellent service. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Late in the evening, Mr. Gray returned in excellent spirits, rubbing one hand over the other complacently. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z The raccoon looked sidewise at his sharp-pointed nose, and stroked it complacently. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Frosty polished glasses in anticipation of the evening's business, which would be lively, glancing complacently from the fresh-scrubbed floor to the lately renewed sheets, imitating plaster. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z "Which is why we're at liberty to curse it out," observed O'Hara, complacently. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z "No; do I?" returns Mr. Musgrave, with admirable modesty, regarding himself bashfully though complacently in a full-length mirror. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Mattie told him all that she knew, and he listened, rubbed his hands one over the other complacently, and exulted, like a good man as he was, over the well-doing of others. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z “A—excuse me!” interrupted the raccoon, “I thought no bears had any tails to speak of;” and he glanced complacently at his own magnificent tail, which was curled round his feet. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z "Don't be too sure of it; still, it seems to me that that theory hangs together pretty well," Campbell complacently agreed. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z "What coarse things they must be!" remarked the swallow, looking complacently at the tiny clouded spheres beneath her own wings. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z "I am almost sure of it," she answers, complacently, horrifying the proper Florence being one of her chief joys. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "Oh, dear me, yes," returned her aunt complacently. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z "Toas'," he explained complacently, "toas'," and walked up to the empty grate and stretched his arm over the fender at the cold bars. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z "Papa, why are you so furious?" asked Hans, complacently. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Well, that's over," murmured Helen complacently, as they turned into the public sidewalk,—"and well over! The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z "Very probable, Your Highness," confirmed the old man, complacently. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Just their being over must dispose one to regard them complacently. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z "I sha'n't go to the Hoffman House agin'," he said in a tone of content, as he gazed around complacently after it was absolutely impossible to eat any more. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z For a moment they looked, and then the owner squeezed through, and stood still, eyeing Flora complacently. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z Now we're comfortable," said Mr. Curtis, surveying them complacently, "and, only for me, you might have stood there all night, for coaches are in demand, and hardly to be got for love or money. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z He cast upon the old Quakeress a rapid, searching glance; then his eyes rested complacently upon Miss Woodville; his features, cold to unpleasantness, softened and became animated. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z Thémines pulled the bridle in the same direction, increased his horse's pace to keep by Saint-Clair's side and complacently continued the conversation. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z So trusts continue complacently to crush out unions, oblivious of the fact that every union crushed drives its members to Populism, Socialism, Anarchism, pauperism, and crime. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z He leaned back complacently in his chair, and crossed his legs; then, obviously remembering his costume, sat bolt upright again. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z “Just the same as that,” replied Britt, complacently. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z "I've no time to play, as you very well know, with all your clothes wanting looking over the way they do," Nurse told her complacently. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z We can decide to be active participants in a nationwide discussion about how our town centres should go from here, or we can sit back and consume complacently. Time to talk about what we really want from our high streets 2011-01-10T13:38:19Z Thus reassured, and making a virtue of necessity, I desired Porto, very complacently, to admit the visitors. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Marat, from out his obscure lodgings, and seated up to the neck in his warm bath, doth complacently issue forth his bloody orders, from which not even innocence itself is free. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z He could not expect youth, and charm, and wit, and a dowry as well! thought Joan complacently. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z So he smirked complacently at the harmless gaiety his young wife radiated, and with paternal calm accepted the lavish caresses, which served as an outlet for her overwrought ecstasy. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z “Easy enough with such a hot sun,” said the overseer, complacently. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z "A regular arsenal, isn't it?" exclaimed Solomon, rubbing his hands complacently. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Cleo was more than 20 yards from goal and the defenders were complacently listless as he was allowed to attempt a drive. Arsenal 3-1 Partizan Belgrade 2010-12-08T21:46:00Z He surveyed what he could of himself complacently. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z He stroked his straw-coloured beard complacently, and grinned like a trickster after the performance of a particularly artful dodge. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Indeed, we may look back with astonishment and wonder how we complacently held a general election in sunny weather under the impression that the worst might be over – and hadn't been so bad after all. Gordon Brown should remind voters of his euro credentials 2010-04-29T09:29:00Z The interior is smugly spacious and complacently comfortable in such a way as almost to demand a well-fed paunch. On the road: Mercedes E 250 BlueEfficiency Avantgarde Estate 2010-04-23T23:17:00Z Filled with his harmonious views of life, he waved his cup to and fro complacently, to stir up the sugar in the dregs of his milk-coffee. The Undying Past There was not a picture on her walls, nor a novel on the shelves of the red library, which was not, as she herself once remarked to Joan complacently, "perfectly refined." Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z "Well, well," began Dr. Salmoni, complacently rolling the words in his mouth. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Do you know, my dear Elbraham,” said Lady Littletown, “a man like you, for whom so many mothers were bidding—” “Ah, yes, I used to get a few invitations,” said Elbraham complacently. A Double Knot I will take your advice," said the cavalier, complacently, "and treat the Biscayan with as much respect as he may seem to deserve. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico “I am deeply interested and curious,” declared Weegman, as the narrator paused, puffing complacently at his weed. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Then, as having settled the point, he thrust his hand into his trouser pockets and strutted complacently to the window. A Poached Peerage “I told you it was all of a piece,” said Aunt Alvirah, complacently. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway “Why?” said the lad, who had again perched himself on the edge of the table and was complacently glancing at his boots. A Double Knot Now and again, they looked at each other, reflecting complacently that Anna had cooked that dinner beautifully. Small Souls "You will find him—that is, if he resembles his father—a high-bred, noble gentleman," said Sir Oswald, complacently. Love Works Wonders A Novel "Well, there you are," said Miss Million complacently, getting up from the couch. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Clearly, if not a refuge of genteel poverty, neither was it the abode of wealth; so, from her assured rampart of the Fargo millions, Katharine reflected complacently. The Valiants of Virginia Here by the quiet lake, stroking himself complacently, he felt that life was very active, very significant, as he wondered what the choice would be. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath "Fourteen stone and in fair training," he said complacently. The Gay Adventure A Romance "This is furnished, of course," said Mrs. Cleghorne, complacently sucking a tooth. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "I see you don't quite like what I say about Francis," he remarked, puffing complacently. The Haunted Pajamas Granning grunted complacently and called him back as he was disappearing. Making Money Perhaps," thought he, complacently stroking his beard, "she is jealous in regard to this young sinner and Don Juan, and doesn't care about trusting this charming woman to his charge. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The most conservative of the Republican party look forward complacently to the restriction and ultimate extinction of slavery, in other words, to the Africanization of the South and our national destruction. The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South And Charles gazed complacently at his brother-in-law, who bowed in return for the compliment. Marguerite de Valois "A pretty girl and dances remarkably well," said Esteban Perico complacently, "but holds her head too high for one in her position." The Firebrand Stooping, he picked it up, turned it over in reverent fingers then, seeing Betty had passed on, laid it tenderly upon the table whence Lady Belinda immediately took it and unfolding it, fanned herself complacently. Our Admirable Betty A Romance "I think I've fixed things," said Mr. Archer complacently, after the principal had taken his leave. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck "How glad I am that you have kept your word!" said Siegwart to Frank complacently. The Progressionists, and Angela. She left Cosden's confidence in himself undisturbed while she encouraged his dependence, and complacently permitted affairs to take their course. The Bachelors A Novel He walked across the lawn beside them, switching his rod as complacently as a pleased cat twitches its tail. The Moonlit Way "Takes a bit of management," said the blessed artist complacently. The New Gulliver and Other Stories "I am getting on," thought Ben, complacently regarding his bank book, at the end of three months. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck Not that he was accustomed to lunch at places like that,' she added complacently. A Bed of Roses "We have torn off the bandages too fast," Huntington had complacently told Hamlen on that eventful first visit. The Bachelors A Novel "Is it all true about these Kennyfeck girls having so much tin'?" said Captain Jennings, as he stroked down his moustache complacently. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "But he couldn't have left anything much better," he remarked complacently, as he went over to one of the little wall cabinets which the towel service companies place over wash-basins in offices. The Social Gangster A lady not long since complacently informed her medical attendant that, for the use of a baby, then about eight months old she had spent nine pounds in “Infant's Preservative.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Then her mind ran complacently for a while on a picture of herself in stone martin; a pity she couldn't run to sables. A Bed of Roses "I'm glad to be able to tell you something, my dear Marian," Edith said complacently. The Bachelors A Novel If you say before him, 'Mrs. X. is very beautiful, isn't she?' he says nothing, but smiles complacently. Rambles in Womanland She placed her own picture beside that of Bee's, and gazed at it complacently. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins "Then it serves him right," said Mrs. Burton, complacently. A Romance in Transit The perfect treasure glanced at the driver, who was quite intent on his own affairs and apparently not listening—and Wilkins smiled quite complacently. In And Out "No, miss—shot through the lungs, and leg shattered," he replied complacently. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days "I dare say I was quite a nice little boy," said the Boy, complacently. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days "Not much Fauntleroy about these, eh?" he said complacently. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins As this was just what I would have suggested if he had given me time, I nodded complacently, and we drove up and stopped. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth "Well, it should, because it will grow more and more stodgy if it doesn't," Mr. Fry said complacently. In And Out The man noted the effect he had made and complacently folded his arms. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Hansei complacently swallowed the praise that his wife bestowed upon him, and kept on smiling to himself for some time afterward. On the Heights A Novel "And I've got her!" said Jenny complacently, as she gave me my tea. The Great Miss Driver "I can't stand much, you know," she would explain complacently to the others in languid tones. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story He looked up now to find that Nora was knitting complacently on something heavy and comfortable and grey. The Gray Mask I tell you, Jack, after that was over, I went to work and learned how to do a few things; and now, as you say," he added complacently, "I'm quite a cook. The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys My mother ceased speaking, and sat with her hands folded complacently in her lap, and I glared upon her for some time in gloomy silence. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. Betty is at last fully shod and will step complacently home. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation She surveyed her pretty face complacently in the hand-mirror which was given as the "booby" prize. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 "Oh, I don't mind it at all," answered the Gopher, complacently. Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 But then," said Father Blair complacently, "what else can you expect? The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys "I can't help it," answered the Gopher, complacently; "the eating question is a most important one, and I'm afraid they'll all get up and say dinner is over before I've had half enough." Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 She smiled again complacently to herself, and, tucking the whip under her arm, she drew off a glove; on one finger was a narrow circle of gold. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Mrs. Binswanger rocked complacently, a smile crawled across her lips, and she nodded rhythmically to the tilting of her rocking-chair, her eyes closed in the pleasant phantasmagoria of a dream. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole But the old lady looked at her— "How you do hate me, my dear," she said almost complacently. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary "Something like this?" queried the Quill, dashing off a picture complacently—he felt so sure that this time he was right. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 Must we then throw aside this simple and convenient method of reconciliation, sanctioned by Chalmers, Smith, Harris, King, Hitchcock, and many other great or respectable names, and on which so many good men complacently rest. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The pool smiled complacently at its own superior foresight, and husbanded all its resources, letting not a drop steal away. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians ‘You’ll have to, whether you like it or not,’ interposed Jean, who had been listening quite complacently to Angela’s description of her feelings. The Youngest Girl in the School He looked complacently down over the objectionable attire, pulled sputteringly at the condemned pipe, then grinned at her. Ewing\\'s Lady Could it indeed be true, that while she was complacently denouncing the narrow-mindedness of her neighbours, the infection had touched herself? An Unknown Lover He had obviously elected to resemble his handsome father, and the father was complacently grateful for the fact.— What a Man Wills I expect I shall get sacked soon,” he announced complacently. The Daughters of a Genius “Ah brother, the people are ever hospitable to those who bring them tidings of the Cause,” he remarked, complacently. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising They whipped trout streams and he complacently caught fish from holes she would angle in without result. Ewing\\'s Lady No," Mark said complacently, "but it's a lot of fun getting them. You Too Can Be A Millionaire The Squire chuckled complacently and rubbed his hands. What a Man Wills I could swear there were once pink roses where that jet is now,” said Theo of the sharp eyes, the while she glanced complacently at her own careful toilet. The Daughters of a Genius So he listened, and smoked complacently, as they branched off from one topic to another, sometimes indulging in a passage of arms, frequently agreeing enthusiastically. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Pranken laughed aloud at his own witty outburst, then drank off his glass, and complacently twirled with both hands the ends of his moustache. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine I think I made quite a sizable killing down in Doc Turner’s little old town,” he said complacently. Young Wallingford She liked Francis, was proud of his fine appearance, knew him to be good-tempered and honourable, and was complacently assured that they would “get on.” What a Man Wills Yes, he’s a useful chap,” said Carhayes complacently, beginning to cram his pipe. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Feminine Chumley felt it a little hard to be beaten in both events, but bore it the more complacently since it was the bride who was the victor. Lady Cassandra “I don’t,” said Arthur, complacently—“Old boy’s a bit jealous,” he added to himself. Blind Policy “He’s crazy about me,” confessed the Beauty complacently. Young Wallingford The Marchioness, however, received them without any sign of displeasure and listened complacently to her daughter’s account of their doings. Jacob's Ladder "He was a perfect gentleman, sir," she reiterated complacently. The Heart of a Woman Teresa glanced complacently into the tilted mirror which showed a reflection of flaxen hair, pink cheeks, and rounded shoulders, sufficiently attractive to merit any man’s admiration. Lady Cassandra “Yes, I am—I mean, ain’t I?” she assented complacently, for his arms belied his words. Stepsons of Light Lighting his pipe, he then complacently views the performance of his stud through its balmy atmosphere. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa “In any case,” the Marquis concluded complacently, “their cheques have been cashed.” Jacob's Ladder Francis complacently felt his muscles, as if to suggest that he was quite equal to the occasion. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Grizel knew that Mrs Evans’s brain viewed her with suspicion, but she was complacently aware that Mrs Evans’s heart was not in sympathy with her brain. Lady Cassandra Lifting up the shako, she complacently bewailed its enormous weight. Black Forest Village Stories "Like Windsor, I suppose," said Fred as he replied to her, and then complacently glanced at the well-fitting boot which ornamented his leg. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago No wonder the ladies look complacently at the glassy ice; with a stove for a footstool, one might sit cosily beside the North Pole. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 In the honey market the air fairly buzzed and swarmed; yet still these women knit, and gossiped, and bargained complacently, unmindful of the bees in their bonnets. An American Girl Abroad She was the prettiest and most sporting girl in the neighbourhood; he met her on one excuse or another several times a week, and considered complacently that he was falling in love. Lady Cassandra Master Plummer replied, complacently, and there the conversation came to an end. The Princess and Joe Potter "He will not share the assault," replied Hariowald, laughing, as he stroked his beard complacently. A Captive of the Roman Eagles "You want to fight, I suppose?" said the hussar, smiling complacently; "but swords are not made out of scythes, and you had better leave a hussar alone." Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 He nodded gently and complacently to acquaintances, eliciting greetings in return, in which we, in a measure, shared. An American Girl Abroad At home, by the same law of contrast, Teresa complacently considered herself next door to a beauty, but seen side by side with Cassandra Raynor, her image appeared of a sudden coarsened and blunted. Lady Cassandra I remarked, indeed, with somewhat of dissatisfaction, that Edith appeared to listen too complacently to the commonplace flatteries of the officers who are the habitual haunters of private ball and of public assembly. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Then his eye met the glance of his nephew, who seemed to be gazing into the distance less complacently. A Captive of the Roman Eagles “It pays to be systematic,” he thought complacently, and thrust his legs between the warm folds with a luxurious sigh of content. Under Boy Scout Colors An old gentleman similarly attired, with the exception of the wen,—the surgeon as we afterwards learned,—read a large book complacently in one corner, murmuring gently to himself. An American Girl Abroad She herself was complacently aware of the first fact, and referred to it frequently in conversation, enumerating her benefactions with obvious satisfaction: of the latter attribute she remained blandly, blindly unaware. Lady Cassandra She surveyed her work complacently, though every muscle was aching from long-continued digging in the shifting sand with her bare hands and the tramping it into firmness about the pole. When the Cock Crows "Yes," the poet assented complacently, "my memory must supply the place of imagination." A Captive of the Roman Eagles “I will just give her a little lesson,” he said to himself, complacently. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl The Yankee chuckled complacently, and we, too, refused to quake. An American Girl Abroad The blue, shallow eyes roved round the table, complacently seeking approval; complacently unconscious of the artificiality of the smiles vouchsafed. Lady Cassandra "And you saved a devilish good fellow, I can tell you," said the Major, smiling complacently, as though to hint that the act was a very sufficient reward for its own performance. St. Patrick's Eve "You leave that to me," replied Baldwin complacently. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Yes, poor boy, he was fond of her; she had always felt complacently secure of his fondness, though occasionally nettled of late by misgivings as to his having transferred his first allegiance elsewhere. Leonore Stubbs She looked complacently at her round, dimpled arms, then at the corded brawn of his. The Song of the Wolf And at the thought of her husband's tyranny, Mrs. Manhattan shrugged her shoulders and gazed complacently in her lap. Eden An Episode What man in the North could look on complacently and see such a cruel punishment inflicted? In and Out of Rebel Prisons "Oh, girls your age are all fools," said Mrs. Clancy complacently. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant "The masses of the American people are with us," said the complacently arrogant voice. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 “It’s a fairly straightforward case,” Inspector Freeman said complacently, later, when the gruesome business was over, and the body removed to the mortuary. The Red Symbol His wife, too, had insisted upon living in it, for reasons subsequently understood by her daughter and Mrs. Glait, and complacently enlarged it with all the hideous improvements of the day. Ancestors A Novel Selina stroked her tarletan cuffs complacently, yet modestly withal, as if not wishing to make others feel too keenly the difference in their position. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Never mind," said the old man complacently, "I guess them women folks have gone out. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier "Ah!" says Villiam, complacently, "you think that I adopt the intellectual garment to show that my line of battle is ten cents a line." The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 "Did I not tell you so?" remarked the count complacently. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres "We are fearfully late," she remarked, complacently, as she seated herself and looked slowly around the big room with its ornate frescoes and heavy chandeliers, its crowded tables and strange assortment of types. Ancestors A Novel "Miss Lederer said we would have quite important parts in the play," Ruth said complacently. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in Mrs. O'Brien nodded her head complacently and poured herself another cup of tea. The Rosie World Pedro rubbed his hands complacently and helped to maintain a prolonged silence; which at last was broken by small talk concerning the caravan and its various members. Bring Me His Ears The waiter delayed in serving, as he said the company hadn’t yet arrived, but Haydn told him to bring it up at once, remarking, as he patted complacently his paunch, “I am de compagnie myself.” Nuts and Nutcrackers Dr. Tredwell, alert to the change, tapped the letter in his pocket complacently. Hand and Ring "You had no right to do what you did," Iversen told him, "no right to take over—" "But I didn't take over," Bridey the Herringbone said complacently. Once a Greech "I fear you would never be able to acquisition it," the stranger said, surveying his new self in the mirror complacently. My Fair Planet His red eye-cells beamed down at me complacently; his eight-foot body towered above me, shoulders flung back and feet planted apart in a very striking pose. Robots of the World! Arise! "I seldom sit in any other," she remarked complacently. A Monk of Cruta "The old craft isn't a derelict jest yet," replied Tyke complacently. Doubloons—and the Girl From their coigns the priceless portraits of the S. Croix gazed complacently down upon him. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The yellow hen strutted off in the direction of her peeping brood, clucking complacently, as if she congratulated herself on solving some problem satisfactorily. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted But Aunt Annie turned back complacently to the translation of her German novel, without giving another thought to the deep strong child-nature with which she came daily in contact. A Little Hero No need," he said, complacently, "for a better party than what we have. The Daughter of a Republican "I mean," said the captain complacently, "that we'll make this voyage in my schooner." Doubloons—and the Girl Without deigning a reply, their self-constituted judge completed his task; carefully folding the various documents he had been reading, he looked up complacently. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch "Now I shall rest here with you a little while," goes on the elder maiden, complacently, "and think of all that is likely to happen." Rossmoyne Pierre stood looking complacently over the broken landscape. The Blue Goose In this state of misled consciousness, one is ready to listen complacently to audible falsehoods that once he would have resisted and loathed; and this, because the false seems true. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 I just came to say," explained Drew, as the captain set down the glass, smacking his lips complacently, "that we'll have that windlass over to you by to-morrow, or the next day at the latest. Doubloons—and the Girl Worn with the battle which had witnessed his defeat, he had just completed his cipher message, when, following a modest knock at the door, Josef entered complacently with the pent-browed peasant at his heels. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Like the proud snail in the fable, that took possession of the lobster-shell and starved there, we remained for more than a century complacently content with our unfurnished house. Old and New London Volume I Through all these changes Pierre was complacently confident, but he never lost his head. The Blue Goose It was so difficult to rouse him to enthusiasm, and he was so complacently cynical, that Joyce took a delight in probing his silences and getting at his thoughts. Banked Fires "These parties that begin at nine o'clock and end at two or three in the morning are shameful things," says fat Mrs. Q., complacently fanning herself. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings “When I have so much to make up already, you mean,” Eleanor went on complacently. Betty Wales Freshman But as Pat no longer suffered from hunger, he complacently accepted the return of the double load. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance "I am recompensed for the trouble I took in changing my dress this evening," said Elizabeth, glancing down at it complacently. Under False Pretences A Novel Keeping in mind meanwhile, that hitherto, the bankers of the country, have complacently considered themselves masters and kings of the financial situation, whose thrones were secure for all time. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century “Nay,” smiled Portsmouth, complacently, “I may speak frankly, my lord; for your head is on the same block still with mine.” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time "We shall have them in time," said the Pessimist complacently, looking abroad upon the straight rows of tiny trees almost hidden by the growing crops. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. When she died of the foul air and deprivation and grief, they would complacently call it the visitation of God. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday Mrs. Heron read the letters complacently, and Kitty put her arm round her cousin's, waist and tried to draw her towards the hearth-rug for a gossip. Under False Pretences A Novel He was sitting on his horse, complacently eyeing Hutchinson's brisk retreat, and, apparently, not even remotely supposing that the enemy were likely to fire. History of Morgan's Cavalry Nell smiled complacently, though she felt her mask, to assure herself that it was firm. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time To spite Bacon, and to add to his heaps, Coke consented to a private marriage, to break the law, and to listen complacently to the openly declared aversion of his bride. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Of course she would not be so wicked, she told herself complacently. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday "Those steps do pay for a bit of extra doing," she remarked, complacently. Anxious Audrey Mrs. Shenstone smiled complacently in return; and shortly after retired from the room, when the two “little cherubs” approached their prodigious admirer, with a view to make friends and impress upon her the solicited kiss. Talkers With Illustrations She smiled complacently, however, as she reflected that the King might consent even within these walls and that his sign-manual, if so secured, would be as binding as if given in a palace. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time There, in a shingle hut, perched atop a whisky cask, and kicking its rotund belly complacently with his heels, he had wet a throat, long dry, from the amber depths beneath him. The Plow-Woman Then, gently, the wheel shook itself and settled into a complacently off-center motion that placed Bessie somewhere near the actual center of rotation. Where I Wasn't Going "A great pity," said Lesley's mother; and she looked quite complacently at the twelve silver spoons, which she was guarding so jealously, as if she feared they would be taken away from her. Brooke's Daughter A Novel He arranged his belongings complacently in his locker and looked calmly round the bare room. Jena or Sedan? |
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