| 单词 | abstractedly |
| 例句 | She was still looking abstractedly ahead of her, past his shoulder, and seemed scarcely aware of his presence. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Woundwort greeted Captain Chervil rather abstractedly and went on turning the problem over in his mind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at him abstractedly, seeing how the light caught on his wrinkled forehead, his snowy hair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger went to the window and stood looking out abstractedly into the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Zooey was now gazing abstractedly at an old root-beer stain on the ceiling plaster, which he himself had made nineteen or twenty years earlier, with a water pistol. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Why should a man deliberately plunge outside of history and peddle an obscenity, my mind went on abstractedly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The black hen left through the backdoor, and scratched abstractedly in the yard, where woodshavings blew about like blond curls. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good,” said Syme abstractedly, without looking up from his strip of paper. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He stood in the middle of the kitchen, the statue of Adonis again, staring abstractedly out the back windows. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Glass looked over, abstractedly, at the blue bathmat, across the tiled floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He listened awhile to her rubbing clothes on the metal washboard, then he gazed abstractedly into the street, thinking of how he had felt when he fought Gus in Doc’s poolroom. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The robot stared abstractedly at the panting, struggling Earthman. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He took the brief case abstractedly, without speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was looking abstractedly toward, or over, the twin smokestacks up on the Sports Deck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z That night Finny began to talk abstractedly about it, as though it were a venerable, entrenched institution of the Devon School. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Last week, the band released the second half of a two-part album, “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost,” that explores the apocalypse by way, abstractedly, of the climate crisis. Foals Are Writing the Soundtrack to an Apocalypse 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Considered abstractedly and by the light of nature, it is as unmeaning to speak of the immorality of an intellectual mistake as it would be to talk of the colour of a sound. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z "I don't think that is just what I want," she said, abstractedly. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z "Don't wait, please, Lady Mabel," said she, abstractedly, arranging the soft short locks on her brow. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z She regarded him again intently, while he returned the same a bit abstractedly. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Captain Dove shook his head abstractedly, and then sat up with a scowl, realising too late that he had admitted more than was maybe wise. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z "What doth the Sublime Sultan command?" inquired Hassan, gazing abstractedly in front of him. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Then she hesitated and looked abstractedly out of the window. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The man passed his long hand abstractedly over his forehead. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z "Now I wonder who saved papa," Agnes said to herself, taking a seat by the window and gazing abstractedly out into the road. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z He was standing abstractedly by that narrow bed, and looked as sad, as troubled, as in the impending thunder-cloud; but he rallied just as suddenly. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Family pride, abstractedly considered, is one of the coarsest feelings of which our nature is susceptible. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z But when Mr. Buchanan says, “A convention between Great Britain and Spain could not abridge the rights of other nations,” though the proposition be abstractedly true, yet on this occasion it does not apply. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z What a sad thing it is," he mused abstractedly, "that the history and the literature of our country should so teem with the enmity of brothers! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z "I'm sure sorry, so sorry," mused Miss Rankin abstractedly. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z There is nothing in the phenomena which surround us abstractedly more reasonable than any other set might be which worked by fixed rules. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Of so much I was assured, and so much I still found myself abstractedly repeating an hour later. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The United States, however, might admit that the principle was abstractedly sound, but that its application, as proposed, was inadmissible, as their claim commenced at 42°, and not at 38°. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z "I was just thinking," he answered abstractedly, "it must be as awkward as my pedestal." A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z Cyrus, long accustomed to this monotone as an accompaniment to his afternoons of labor, listened to it abstractedly as he continued his letters. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z However, he moved quietly through the dance, laughing and talking abstractedly all the time with Alice. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The King nodded abstractedly, and sat him down at the table, which was littered over with papers, and finally seized upon a couple of letters, which he read through, comparing them one with the other. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z But Cecil Mitford took no notice of them: he merely sat with his arms folded, and gazed abstractedly at that disappointing, disheartening, irretrievable piece of crabbed writing. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Bellingham gazed at him abstractedly, as if scarcely heeding his words. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z Vanulm, standing by the window, hat in hand, abstractedly watched the carriage swing smoothly down the street and stop, with a jingle of harness, in front of his door. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z The young fellow who sits near the door, abstractedly making figures in the wet track of the “schooners,” buries something there with a sudden restless turn, and calls for another beer. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z "Thanks, I will take a little pigeon," answered the Blue Prince abstractedly. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z When she recovered she looked pale and sad, replied abstractedly when she was spoken to, and in spite of her husband's entreaties she rarely left her room. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The waves softly washed the wall at his feet, and with his eyes fixed upon them he abstractedly followed their undulating motion. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z There was a troubled aspect of careworn bewilderment on her countenance as she sat there, gazing abstractedly on her diminished store, endeavouring to reconcile the irreconcilable. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z But he did not yet take the question really to heart: Whether these measures be right or wrong abstractedly, more attention should be paid to the general opinion. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z “Outclassed by a slip of a girl,” Rutley muttered abstractedly, and enslaved by her witchery; “surely hell hath no cunning to match her genius for strategems!” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Adonijah stares abstractedly and passes his hand over his forehead in a dazed manner. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z But people must know little of me who think that, abstractedly, I am content with my present mode of life. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Looked at in themselves abstractedly, they would be so, for I am a sinner; and power, majesty, and wisdom, could not put away my sin, nor justify God in receiving me. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The slanting rays of the sun glimmered pleasantly on the furniture and she wondered abstractedly whether she should ever see the sunlight of another day. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Margot nodded abstractedly and deftly snipped a thread that dangled from a seam of a little sleeve. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z We got into the wagon again, and a deep silence followed as we rode along, gazing abstractedly on the quiet fields and lonely farm-houses. 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 Saxton explained it at length, and Brooke leaned back in his chair, glancing abstractedly through the open door as he listened, for his mind took in the details mechanically, while his thoughts were otherwise busy. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z There was nothing wrong in any of these things, abstractedly looked at. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Mrs. Seymour said they were very kind, and then sat looking somewhat abstractedly into the little fire. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z I find no fault with Bishop Fen-wick for relieving the temporal wants of Brownson; on the contrary, I freely admit, that the act is, in itself, and abstractedly considered, an act of benevolence and charity. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z She sat down by the fire and looked into it abstractedly, while Minnie stood near her very soberly too. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z Her fair head did not move, but her blue eyes stole abstractedly sideways as Ruth passed the pond-room door. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z For several minutes he sat on the edge of the bed, a thoughtful pucker between his eyes, abstractedly gazing down at the papers on the floor. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Often he stares, half abstractedly, skyward while he works. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z So he went to his room, locked himself in without knowing why; afterwards he flung himself into an armchair and sat abstractedly for over an hour. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z "Don't you ever come behind for yours?" she inquired abstractedly. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z "You don't say so," said Bindle abstractedly, his attention concentrated upon a diminutive knight of the pole, who was approaching their tent. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z The woman listened abstractedly as he called a number and spoke a few words into the transmitter. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z This last word he pronounced with great emphasis, and sinking once more into the chair, and gazing abstractedly at the fire, he added, “And still I love her, good little thing!” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z At times he would gaze, abstractedly, at the near by fields and half-consciously would note that the winter-corn on the fertile Rzeslewo soil, as well as the spring grain, gave promise of a bountiful harvest. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Hester, gazing abstractedly out of the car window, felt it a momentous errand on which she was going that day; it involved so much. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z “I think you were unwise to tell her,” Honor said, speaking low, and looking away from him, gazing abstractedly at the golden path that stretched from the doorway to her feet with wide unseeing eyes. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z She plucked the head from a wild flower growing in the grass, and pulled it to pieces abstractedly while she talked. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z His habit of looking abstractedly into distance while he talked lent an impersonal note to his remarks that was strangely contradicted by his voice. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z Laurie abstractedly added a fourth teaspoon of sugar to his iced tea. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z I made one for Zaidee, and he felt left out—he’s of a very jealous disposition,” she went on abstractedly. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z That reflection leads us when gazing abstractedly upon those Pyrenees, which are so good for thought, to consider the effect of climate upon one's game. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Nervous and abstractedly he entered the kitchen, where his wife was busily engaged placed the supper on the table. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z "Everything was going so well," she continued, dusting the shepherdess abstractedly. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z In fine, her error was in treating abstractedly what was necessarily a concrete theme. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z But the latter listened abstractedly, though Wiliszenski was unfolding a business scheme. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Roy stared at the closed door; then he went abstractedly around the table and pulled the pen loose from the floor. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z At every stage, if we had possessed an accurate knowledge of the causes in existence, it would have been abstractedly possible to foretell the effect.'* A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z He stood smoking beside them and listening abstractedly to what they were saying. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z "Very possibly, sir chancellor," replied the duke, abstractedly: "as a man of learning, you must understand that best." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z "The same party," said Chevillere, abstractedly; "Did you learn where they were to breakfast, boatman?" The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z Sir Francis sat abstractedly gazing upon the table in front of him—in reality seeing nothing at all. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He halted amidst these loiterers, with no interest, indeed, in common with them, but looking over their heads abstractedly towards the tall Funeral Abbey—Imperial Golgotha of Poets, and Chiefs, and Kings. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Slowly, abstractedly, he rolled the newspaper wrappings from the tin; and the stones rattled together in their bed of wadding as he lifted them to the table. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z "What says the ballad?" inquired the king, abstractedly and pensively. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Observe, I am here considering the affections wholly as a motive power; not at all as things in themselves desirable or noble, or in any other way abstractedly good. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z Her fingers encountered something which she picked up and examined, at first abstractedly. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z She unfolded and straightened out a piece of paper she had been abstractedly crumpling in her hand. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z She hung so for a moment; then her hands went over her face and she was crying abstractedly, wearily. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Once or twice she noticed the ring, but passed it several times before she paused, picked it up, and abstractedly placed it on her finger. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z She shook her head, almost abstractedly, for her thoughts were racing ahead of the words she would have tried to frame. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z He plucked grass aimlessly and returned to stand above the man's body chewing abstractedly, stopping and holding his breath while he gazed down at the inanimate lump; then chewing again. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z The lean joiner's wife stood on the Blumenb�hl road quite stiff, and saw abstractedly a corpse move along invisible, and heard the far-off bell, which is borne by the mute Death. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z He fit his pipe and smoked abstractedly as he walked down the track to the mine. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z You needn't worry," he resumed, moving to a window and looking abstractedly out, hands clasped behind him; "the affair will be kept perfectly quiet. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Henriette exclaimed abstractedly, her words apparently the beginning of a train of thought too rapid to be expressed in speech. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z “Stanhope’s a queer fish,” he said abstractedly; “a queer fish.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "I will see you to-morrow, when I will have matured some plan of defence," he said, abstractedly. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Many mourners ponder, even if only abstractedly, their reason for living. Shades of Grief: When Does Mourning Become a Mental Illness? 2011-06-07T11:45:07.393Z I'm sorry," he said slowly, looking down at the manuscript she had just delivered, and abstractedly disarranging it with thin, long fingers—"awfully sorry about the way things have turned out. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He spoke abstractedly; ran over the addresses on several envelopes and handed them to me. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Yes—" drawled the Reverend Richard, still abstractedly, "very good; and he wants a Boston caterer, and a florist. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z He leaned his two hands on the head of his walking-stick, and looking over it, smiled abstractedly at his own thoughts. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Her brother remained sitting in the same attitude, a little bent forward, abstractedly gazing at the fire. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "Indeed!" he said, abstractedly, "is old acquaintance so great a sin in your opinion, Daisy?" Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Poppy walked away through the vapoury, delicate light shed by a slender fragment of moon, and Clem Portal stayed staring abstractedly over the gate. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z He may have used them—he is very likely to have used them; but it must have been quite abstractedly, and with no reference to any existing circumstance. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z "Is he?" abstractedly remarked Rupert, falling into a reverie. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z That is, he pulled off one shoe and sat abstractedly a considerable while with it in his hand. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Victor continued to think only of the flowers, and said, abstractedly, "And in the night the flowers themselves look like grass,"–when it began suddenly to sprinkle. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z "Yes," says the venerable chap, abstractedly cutting a small log from the door-frame of the grocery store with his jack-knife; "the streak passed off from him, because he was a conductor." The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z I have not thought about it,' she returned, abstractedly; 'the question is, Captain Ellison, has she a beautiful mind?' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z When O’Brien had finished his task, he stood for a time at the office door, his hands crossed behind him, supporting his coat tails, his eyes fixed abstractedly on the sky. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z At table he ate rather abstractedly, his mind and most of his fingers engaged with the sheaf of morning papers collected during his walk. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z He said 'No,' abstractedly, and sat down in the chair on the other side of the fire. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z "A single lie!" says Villiam, abstractedly; "ah, no! for the lies of the Southern Confederacy are all married, and have large families." The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z She looked away out of the window abstractedly as the teacher opened the huge geography and passed it to the Doctor. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Yes, all my life I've fostered it," he went on abstractedly, "from away back in the days of early boyhood. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z In earnest now he frowned, but not abstractedly. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Adrian stood slowly removing his gloves, which he abstractedly tossed with his cloak upon the nearest chair, and Allard remained waiting patiently. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z Many persons ask whether theism, considered abstractedly, and without any religious ceremony, is in fact a religion? A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z He talked to her as he would with Rose, about "farrer cows" and other commonplaces of stock-raising to which Rose would have listened abstractedly or with a slight feeling of disgust. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z "No," he said abstractedly, for he was thinking of other things. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Right and wrong considered by each man abstractedly, is the fashion. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z If he had looked grand and unseeing, had gazed off abstractedly upon the mountain-tops, we would have been delighted with him. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z The good woman left him gazing abstractedly out of the window; yet she had scarcely closed the door when she heard him clattering to and fro over the tiled floor like a caged beast. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z I smiled as I saw Mr. Benson standing with his eyes fixed abstractedly upon his plate, while his thoughts were evidently far away. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z Phyllis rested her chin upon her hand, and gazed out at the old house abstractedly. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z It is true that light, abstractedly from all objects is agreeable, and agreeable on the same principle that sweetness is to the taste, i. e., from the mere character of the nervous impression. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The older man gazed abstractedly after the boy, while his heart went out in sympathy with Miss Theodora. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z “Ah, yes,” said the girl abstractedly, “I think so.” Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z He sat a loathsome, bloated form, gazing abstractedly about the room, or yawning as if already weary of this last poor respect to the memory of his deceased father. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z I gazed at her abstractedly, haunted by the recollection of flying days, days gone so quickly, vanished before I well knew how happy I was being. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z As usual, Reinhold had no eyes for it; he hardly looked at his young wife, and only listened slightly and abstractedly to her words. Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:38.687Z Kate gazed abstractedly at the clear reflection of the tall trees in the mirror before them. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z Outside he found Mr. Wesden, standing with his back to the street door, smoking his pipe, and regarding the hall mat abstractedly. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z In seven minutes he was at the gates, just in time—Heaven be thanked!—to meet her abstractedly descending the steps. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z One—two—three—— "They might as well have put in four," she says out loud, abstractedly. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Talking abstractedly about a body was one thing. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z In a few minutes the fire was blazing brightly She warmed her hands at it, gazing abstractedly into the red embers. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z "And what would your advice be?" asked the professor abstractedly, fastening his glance again upon his books. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z "No; I am ignorant of music," said he, half abstractedly. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z As I approached him, I overheard him murmur abstractedly, "My favorite brand too, my favorite brand." Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z But Mr. Brill was abstractedly studying the stone, and the mason moved off delicately. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z "Have to catch up a real cow, I reckon," dreamily went on one of the boys' tormentors, gazing at the ceiling abstractedly, but fingering the condensed milk can. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Very well, Terence," Stone spoke abstractedly, "you attend to that, while I find the pin. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z He stood regarding abstractedly the lightning that was playing among some low-lying clouds above the Hatchet Mountains, far to the southwest. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z "It's another way of spelling herb," I said, turning over the envelope abstractedly. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z "Ah!" said the doctor, abstractedly, feeling me all over. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z He turned back, looking half abstractedly upon the gleaming particles of glass. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z "Would that I had known of this but yesterday!" said Neville, abstractedly; "'twould have spared me from participating in this last business." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z There I sat, like Marius, my boy, contemplating the architectural ruin embodied in my Gothic steed, Pegasus, and ever and anon whistling abstractedly to my frescoed dog, Bologna. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z She paused once or twice before a shop, gazing abstractedly into the window, and bought a bunch of Parma violets, which she pinned on to her white fox. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The doctor re-asserted the fact, and for some seconds the stranger looked on the floor abstractedly. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z As he lay sprawled across his bed, enjoying the inactivity and listening abstractedly to the sounds from the street, a recollection of the bronze-haired girl insinuated itself into his thoughts. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z “Well, yes,” growled my uncle; “I won’t say no to a tot o’ grog,” and then he smoked on abstractedly, while my father mixed for the wanderer whom he had not seen for five years. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z “That seems difficult to grasp,” she demurred, and 72 he nodded his head, abstractedly sketching lines on the damask cloth with his oyster fork. The Law of Hemlock Mountain I thank you—I thank you," cried Maxwell, abstractedly; "but I forget. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 James," he said, addressing the person alluded to, who was at the moment gazing abstractedly on the fire, "if I'm no mistaen, ye hae something to tell that micht amuse us. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Trent listened, apparently abstractedly, for he was studying the amazingly clear profile of the girl at the next table. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z “Yes,” said Ella again abstractedly, as he held her cold hand in his, her face being turned towards the door. By Birth a Lady It was the girl who had passed them on the bridge—Myrna's sunbonnet swung a little abstractedly again—with Jean Laparde. The Belovéd Traitor Whether abstractedly defensible or not, Catholic populations would not be averse, mutatis mutandis, to admitting it. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent And then she got up and walked away, leaving him to stand gazing abstractedly at the wheel tracks of the kidnapping air-machine. Stranded in Arcady He stood looking at it abstractedly, his nostrils widening to its crushed spicy scent, then closed it and slipped it into his pocket. The Valiants of Virginia “Yes—yes!” cried Laura, for she had been pressing her hands abstractedly together. By Birth a Lady The sunbonnet swung to and fro abstractedly from its ribbon strings. The Belovéd Traitor Truth certainly, as such, rests upon grounds intrinsically and objectively and abstractedly demonstrative, but it does not follow from this that the arguments producible in its favour are unanswerable and irresistible. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent "Why, no," replied Katrine abstractedly, taking a fresh squeeze of cobalt blue, and mixing it carefully with the rose madder and the yellow ochre already on her palette. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life "Did you notice the look on his face when he saw you, and you shot him?" he asked, abstractedly turning the pistol in his hand. Delayed Action The professor answered abstractedly: "Two thousand years before Confucius; twenty-four hundred and twenty-nine years before the building of the Great Wall," he murmured mechanically. The Haunted Pajamas He took off his spectacles, polished them abstractedly on the sleeve of his soutane, replaced them, and picked up a book. The Belovéd Traitor Doubtless it is abstractedly more likely that men should lie than that the order of nature should be infringed; but what is abstract reasoning to a question of concrete fact? An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent But I fear the Professor will not allow——' and she stopped and looked with arch pleasantness at the Professor who murmured abstractedly 'Certainly, certainly '—which, of course, might mean anything. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen “It looks gloomy for the city,” he said, abstractedly. The Key to Yesterday She was busy with her hair now, but with her mind still on the worm, murmured abstractedly: "'That rotting inward slowly moulders all.'" The Haunted Pajamas Now he lifted it abstractedly to his lips, but this time he only sipped it and set it down. The Tempering At the same time he looked abstractedly away from the lieutenant, as if he merely continued the topic from politeness. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. He had not paid any attention to the conversation, but had been uninterruptedly stroking his moustache and gazing abstractedly into vacancy. The Progressionists, and Angela. Dulcie, in a thin white frock and leghorn hat, roaming entranced and at hazard over lawn and through shrubbery and garden, encountered him there, still squinting abstractedly at the water spout. The Moonlit Way Betty observed, abstractedly, between fluctuating swerves and recoveries: 'Tommy's paper, you know ... has been getting into rows ... being sued for libel....' The Furnace "Both, I think," he replied abstractedly, taking up the experiment which the visit had interrupted. The Social Gangster The members sat for the most part silent, ruminating, with eyes fixed on the walls or upon slips of paper which they held abstractedly in their hands. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop He did not say a word, but looked around abstractedly, as if hunting for material. A-Birding on a Bronco The President stood at the rear door of his car, gazing abstractedly at the bobbing and swaying front end of the sleeper which had been coupled to the Naught-fifty at the moment of departure. A Romance in Transit One old woman in some urgent need is drifting round and round abstractedly. The Unveiling of Lhasa He rapped abstractedly on the counter with a small key he was holding. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth So complete is the illusion of the sleeping elephant's not being alive at all, but only a mound of dead matter, that, abstractedly, I set the alarm-clock down upon the flat bone of the forehead. Careers of Danger and Daring "Maybe Good ... he might have something ..." he said to Roger abstractedly, as he picked up the card. Thirty These are my thoughts abstractedly, and without entering into the notions of our Christian faith, which is the proper business of divines. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 Silently and abstractedly the two women ate the simple meal. Clover and Blue Grass He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies. Windyridge Bart gazed solemnly at Bill Petersen, who had been listening abstractedly to the one-sided conversation. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 His bread-and-butter is to him what science was to Newton; and he has been known to reply abstractedly to a question put to him in the height of his enjoyment, "Don' talk t' me now!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Undeniably," he said, abstractedly, "we have our perplexities. Where the Pavement Ends Long she stood, abstractedly gazing at the water and the towns and villages on the shore, with here and there a light flashing from the windowpanes, and casting a swiftly-vanishing gleam upon the river. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine "Perhaps he had no money," said Anne, abstractedly. Anne He agreed abstractedly with anything that was suggested. The Head Girl at the Gables In his meditative fit he had ridden abstractedly, not seeing where he was going. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He saw nothing but slavery on every side: he walked from place to place abstractedly, pale as death, and often with gnashing teeth. Black Forest Village Stories One abstractedly passed a pine cone to him and he tried to occupy his mind with the business of picking the juicy seeds from it, but somehow they had no flavor. The Thing in the Attic He took it up abstractedly--it was in Wolff's handwriting. Gertrude's Marriage "It's hard luck to lose all our best senior girls at once!" agreed Miss Janet, biting her stump of pencil abstractedly. The Head Girl at the Gables "Ah, yes!" he remarked, and he looked abstractedly at the coffee-pot and at the chair that May was about to seat herself in. The New Warden Mr. Spokesly, in a rich glow of exaltation, saw these vast and vague ideas parade in his mind as he listened abstractedly to the conversation. Command She stood up, took her painting mug, and abstractedly turned to the window with the idea of flinging the water away. Loyal to the School Between the conciseness and singleness of "The Ebb-Tide" and the unnecessary length and complexity of some of the Victorians lies a golden mean easier to recognize in specific books than to state abstractedly. The Technique of Fiction Writing Lorraine, with all her attention concentrated on the door of No. 27, worked abstractedly. The Head Girl at the Gables Len picked his tie off the floor and abstractedly began knotting it on his bare chest. Special Delivery "We have some business in the Islands, too, you see," the major remarked abstractedly. Command As he rode slowly up the little squalid street, seemingly lost in a brown study and gazing abstractedly straight between his horse's ears, he was in reality keenly alive to his surroundings. The Song of the Wolf He turned abstractedly and set his untouched glass on the mantel shelf. The Portal of Dreams She found her gloves and drew one on again, but the other she tormented abstractedly in her hand. Eden An Episode “Yes, in Vassilitzi’s dressing-room; the servant will take you up,” he answered abstractedly, and as I moved towards the wide old-fashioned bell-pull by the stove, he turned and strode after me. The Red Symbol Reflecting upon these things, on Monday last, my boy, I strolled abstractedly into an establishment where they sell army stores, such as lemons by the slice, sugar by the half-ounce, etc. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Then she went out rather abstractedly, McVey's eyes following her with the wistfulness of a dog's. The Song of the Wolf “When next they leave the fort, they will never enter it again,” rejoined Captain Headley, abstractedly. Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution With the note which he held in his hand, he still toyed abstractedly. Eden An Episode It was not till next day——" "Yes—yes," interrupted Mr. Gryce, abstractedly, "but your aunt's words! Hand and Ring Half-crazed with his continued failures, the unhappy R. Fennarf walked abstractedly into the next room, half hoping his antagonist wanted an opportunity to put on a pair of extra-heavy boots. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Later, as she stood by the window of her darkened room looking abstractedly out into the beautiful night, she saw him enter the room where Red lay strumming on his guitar. The Song of the Wolf Dr. Grey approached her when the remainder of the family had left the table, where she sat abstractedly jingling her fork and spoon. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He seemed preoccupied and nodded his head abstractedly. Eden An Episode But Mr. Byrd himself and the quiet man who leaned so stiffly and abstractedly against the wall, said nothing. Hand and Ring And Moses threw himself into a chair, and began abstractedly snipping a piece of tape with Mara's very best scissors. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine No," he said abstractedly, his mind revisiting the banks of the Vistula; "no, I am not in pain. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch She held up the somewhat defaced and faded miniatures for the inspection of her companion, but scarcely glancing at them, he said, abstractedly,— “You are sure they belong to Mrs. Carlyle?” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part But at this appeal he looked up and nodded abstractedly, as though his attention were divided between her and someone whom he did not see. Eden An Episode And when Amy called her from the kitchen, where she and Ruth were getting supper, Peggy sat staring abstractedly ahead of her till the call was repeated. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted His surgical task performed, he stood leaning on his rifle, gazing abstractedly at the darkly gliding waves, when Penn's communication roused him. Cudjo's Cave Augusta turned from him, and looked abstractedly out of the window. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Aristotle considers the excellence of a tragedy to depend upon its plot—and, since a tragedy, as such, is obviously the exhibition of an action, no one can deny his statement to be abstractedly true. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Because abstractedly considered, man has no right to hold his fellow man in bondage, shall we give up our liberty, and the peace of society, in order that this principle may not be violated? Thoughts on African Colonization At the door he paused a moment abstractedly. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 He was out on the open space near the great tent, looking abstractedly at a man blowing with distended cheeks into a lung-testing machine. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 But first he stopped to lock up his desk, and then he said, abstractedly to himself, "I wonder if I hadn't better take a few tracts." The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Nodding abstractedly to the little man, Staff found a quiet corner and sat him down with a sigh and a shake of his head that illustrated vividly his frame of mind. The Bandbox It has struck me since that you answered me rather abstractedly that last evening when I spoke about your address, and asked if there was any other of the name in your regiment. Four Ghost Stories Slowly she turned it round and round upon her finger, not recalling that it was Gaga's ring, not considering her use of it an added dishonour to Gaga, but looking at it abstractedly. Coquette He closed one eye, and looked abstractedly at the light through his glass of pale yellow Brauneberger with the other. Miss Cayley's Adventures Edipon mumbled, caught off guard by the change of direction, rubbing abstractedly at the reddened tip of his prominent nose. The Ethical Engineer As she bent over it, Staff abstractedly took and lighted another cigarette. The Bandbox “And so have I—so have I!” muttered Seguis, abstractedly, his eyes burning bright. The Wilderness Trail “Ay,” said he abstractedly; “the old girl made pretty good weather of it.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) "Yeah, sure," he said abstractedly as he got up on the rubdown table and lay prone. Anything You Can Do! She began to seem absorbed in thought, answered abstractedly, and suggested at last that they should go into the hall, where they found the princess and Katya. Fathers and Children "I knew it," said the man, abstractedly, taking Daisy's hand. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It He sat pounding his leg with his claw, abstractedly. In the Heart of a Fool "England doth offer more dangers than France," answered the girl, who was now abstractedly gazing into the fire. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts He accepted the command almost abstractedly, and hurried away to pick gun emplacements. The Fifth-Dimension Tube For a time they stood leaning against the wall, staring abstractedly out at the dark. The Pathless Trail “I––do––not––know,” murmured Carmen abstractedly, scarce hearing the woman. Carmen Ariza "The first step," murmured Leithgow abstractedly, out of his concentration on dials and patient. The Passing of Ku Sui As Catesby entered, these eyes, which had been gazing abstractedly into the fire, lighted with a smile of welcome. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts He was occupied in fixing an iron lance upon a wooden rod, at which he gazed abstractedly. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Leaning over the railing, evidently unmindful of the fierce fury of the storm that raged around him, stood a young man, gazing abstractedly over the wild dashing waves. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love “Well––I suppose so,” replied Josè abstractedly, his thought still occupied with the danger that hung over the little town. Carmen Ariza Miss Scrotton glanced at him with some sharpness; but finding his blue eyes fixed abstractedly on Karen Woodruff exonerated him from intending to be disagreeable. Tante After the first two or three sentences he noticed that her eyes began to look abstractedly away from him, and that she answered one of his remarks at random. Name and Fame A Novel But the magistrate was looking abstractedly over her head and did not appear to notice her slip of the tongue. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Julia Cloud, only half reassured by this unprecedented carefulness for her health on the part of the usually careless Leslie, went down abstractedly to her professor, and wished he would go home. Cloudy Jewel "A professional man never marries till he has a position," said Miss Wodehouse, abstractedly. The Doctor's Family He smiled abstractedly at her and went back to the controls. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Sometimes he paused, looking abstractedly at the peaks above, without apparently seeing them at all. A Mountain Boyhood “Charley was sick,” she said, shortly, abstractedly, drowned in her wonder of the thing he told with his native reluctance when questioned on his own exploits. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Above all policies, abstractedly considered, this was the one dear to his heart. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Bill had turned away, and was abstractedly contemplating the strangers. The Twins of Suffering Creek Sol’s blue eyes had contracted a habit of gazing into the heart of the fire while he leaned abstractedly on the bellows handle. The Spoilers of the Valley When his fingers, prying deep among his belongings, closed upon the thing he sought, he brought it up, frowning abstractedly. Rim o' the World “I don’t think they will,” he returned, abstractedly, “but even if they do, Rachel, there’s nobody to grieve.” The Flockmaster of Poison Creek He retrieved the 260 Herald, and abstractedly smoothed out the pages. Rope “I sincerely pity Mildred if ever she falls in love,” abstractedly continued the host while filling another glass. The Fifth String The telephone operator abstractedly chewed her gum as she watched his departure. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure The Doctor folded his hands behind him and gazed abstractedly through the upper sash of the large French windows. Dr. Sevier She looked abstractedly at the young man coming down the garden walk, annoyed by the disturbance. The Martian Cabal He took 39 another deep breath, and gazed abstractedly out over the roof-tops. Rope The last words were murmured as if to himself rather than to us, and he accompanied them abstractedly with tentative, prelusive chords, which gradually grew into the most strangely moving music I have ever heard. A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Often the negro found him abstractedly smoothing his bangs of hair, pacing the length of the control cabin, glancing, plainly worried, at the visi-screen. The Affair of the Brains “The sick are not the wise,” he said, abstractedly. Dr. Sevier More than twelve months had passed since Thurston's first visit to High Maples, when he stood one morning gazing abstractedly down a misty valley. Thurston of Orchard Valley A moment, and he returned, standing abstractedly by the lecture table. A Breath of Prairie and other stories “No, thank you,” said I, abstractedly, and feeling that Stella was not the person to whom I could confide my woe. The First Violin A Novel It seemed as if some nervous and distraught prisoner in this room might have toyed abstractedly with a bit of cord. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 He fixed his eyes on the mantel and asked abstractedly, “How do you bear the separation?” Dr. Sevier She was gazing abstractedly into space, with a new look in her star-like eyes. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West Barbara looked away abstractedly, as though she had not heard him. The Education of Eric Lane He came stumbling out of the house, and walked abstractedly around the horses. Treasure Valley Why would she always sit at that window looking so sorrowfully, so abstractedly at the sea, as if her heart was buried there with her dead lover? The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. "I don't know," replied Clover, abstractedly, as she threw a last dustpanful of chips into the fire. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series She does this so capably that as she goes off the deck the Captain looks after her and remarks abstractedly: "A plump and pleasing person!" Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Parish Thornton sat on the doorstep of the house gazing abstractedly upward where through soft meshes of greenery the sunlight filtered. The Roof Tree “Dear me, what for, I wonder?” and he passed his hand abstractedly over his forehead. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer But now, on our backward course, he stalked silently and abstractedly before, though he seemed to listen to every step of my feet; for, if I paused or made a misstep, he instantly looked round. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 He studies, examines papers, consults reports, makes calculations, sits abstractedly, walks nervously, and lies down to dream it all over again and again. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field And he paused abstractedly, listening-173- to the storm without, which seemed to grow more boisterous. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces But their surprise would cease, were they to consider, that medicines act more generally upon the whole body than abstractedly upon the part affected. A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves "O he sings hymns—" said Jenny, gazing abstractedly at the lion and the cat by turns,—"and other things too, sometimes." Say and Seal, Volume II No, child,"—said her mother abstractedly; "I didn't hear, to be sure,—how should I? Say and Seal, Volume I After awhile she went back and curled up on the wide old couch and stared abstractedly into the fire. The Ranch at the Wolverine Annie would say, abstractedly, when some enthusiastic girl pored over the colonial letters or the old portraits. The Beloved Woman However convincing, abstractedly, the reasons may be to enforce the claims of virtue, it is evident that they possess but little power to lead the large majority of mankind. Thoughts on a Revelation Mr. Linden, taking his seat as in duty bound, looked abstractedly at Faith and the spoons and the roses, and answered according to the evidence. Say and Seal, Volume II "Well child?" said her mother a little abstractedly. Say and Seal, Volume I Billy Louise, kneeling on the hearth and staring abstractedly into the fire, came back with a jerk to reality. The Ranch at the Wolverine "Ah, perhaps she has," said Wayne abstractedly, as if the idea had been presented to him for the first time. A Vanished Hand Mr. Prime was patting Ike more abstractedly than ever. A Romantic Young Lady There is, as you doubtless know, a certain admixture of French blood in the veins of our most noble families,' he finished abstractedly. A Modern Mercenary The public, my dear Greatson," he said abstractedly, "do not want the real thing—from you. The Master Mummer Philip reached and took up the book abstractedly, and carelessly turned the leaves, wondering how he should say what was in his heart. A Man of Two Countries Francis arose and walked to the window where she stood abstractedly looking through the lattice which overhung a large yard, surrounded by the stables of the hostelry. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Nor is such a concurrence even abstractedly possible. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive “Possibly,” answered George abstractedly; and then the two fell to pacing slowly fore and aft, from the main-mast to the taffrail, in that persevering way which is so characteristic of seamen. The Voyage of the Aurora For five years," he said abstractedly, "you and I and Arthur have lived here together. The Master Mummer As they entered the smoking compartment of a sleeper they found it empty save for a slight, weary-looking man who was gazing abstractedly at the wintry plains. A Man of Two Countries He gazed before him abstractedly, brushed the splinters of wood from his knee, and laid the knife down upon the seat beside him, the edge of the blade uppermost. A Bachelor's Dream For a while he remained wrapped in meditation, abstractedly watching the terrier stray to and fro, nosing the adjacent turf with the assiduity of a fond connoisseur. Anthony Lyveden No," the woman whispered, abstractedly; "there's been a change. The Mother Berrington lay back inside the hansom abstractedly, smoking a cigarette that he had lighted. The Slave of Silence Tristan stands apart from the rest, with folded arms, staring abstractedly over the water. The Wagnerian Romances This inference might be accepted as abstractedly true; but then the question arises, What is meant by duration as signified by the word 'eternal'? An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality "Got a bone in me gum," she added abstractedly. Anthony Lyveden Then she wondered if she was really speaking the truth, and, going to the edge of the bank, looked abstractedly down into the rapid current. A Woman's Will She only sat there abstractedly, with her hand lifted from the wrist. The La Chance Mine Mystery The stranger listened abstractedly at first; but afterward he appeared to reflect profoundly for several minutes. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf But women who love freedom abstractedly for its own sake, and are ready to suffer and die for a political principle, like Madame Roland, are very rarely met with. Political Women, Vol. 1 He went about his work abstractedly, glancing at the faces of the clocks times without number. Anthony Lyveden One balmy afternoon, as I sauntered among the working parties, gazing abstractedly at their operations, my attention was attracted to a group, who seemed to be very much excited by some event. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography When the rest of the party came through the office on their way to the dining-room, Francis lagged behind and handed Kurt a letter which the latter abstractedly slipped into his pocket. Penny of Top Hill Trail "However…" She kissed me abstractedly and started to fix the tress errant. Jonah and Co. “Eh?” he said, abstractedly, as though his thoughts had been wandering from the subject. The Trail to Yesterday And, pausing a few moments, he looked abstractedly into the air, humming a tune beneath his breath. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure At his last word Dingan, who had been standing abstractedly listening as it were, swung round on him with a muttered oath, and the skin of his face appeared to tighten. Northern Lights I assented, and remained gazing abstractedly at the fire. The Blue Germ She hung over the book, while her companion half abstractedly repeated, "'My meat is to do the will of him that sent me.'—That makes a way of life of great simplicity." The Old Helmet, Volume II She pronounced the name abstractedly, for she was surprised at the admission. The Trail to Yesterday He abstractedly brushed his left sleeve or his waistcoat, now and then, as though he wanted to appear neat. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life “Yet he cures people sometimes,” he rejoined, abstractedly. Northern Lights The younger man drew a long breath and looked abstractedly at the ground for some moments. A Black Adonis He was assigned to a suite of rooms, and on returning to the bureau, the proprietor squinted his eyes abstractedly. The Place of Honeymoons Madeline sat gazing abstractedly into the grate fire, her hands clasped in her lap, working restlessly, as was their habit, when she was thinking deeply. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter He looked at me abstractedly, merely reëchoing my own words, “A fine night, sir, for the season of the year.” A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales There was a silence, in which the gross impostor shifted heavily in his seat, while a hand twitched across the mouth and then caught at the breast of the threadbare black coat abstractedly. Northern Lights He laughed as he spoke, and yet something remarkably like a sigh followed the laugh, and for a moment after he had ceased speaking his eye looked abstractedly into space. Simon She found the staid solicitor walking up and down the drawing-room abstractedly. The Secret House He sat at his tall desk and stared abstractedly at the open pages of his cash-book. Skinner's Dress Suit I felt curious sensations, Bertie, as I sat there and looked abstractedly at Monsieur Steinmetz. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales “I beg your pardon,” said Terry, quietly and abstractedly, to the audience. Northern Lights "Yes, here we are at last," echoed Madeleine, abstractedly, warming her slender ankles by the fire. The Light of Scarthey He felt abstractedly down in his coat pocket for his pipe, which is always a helpful sign. The Prairie Mother He opened it abstractedly and began to run over the contents rather listlessly, when a name caught his eye that arrested his attention. A Beautiful Alien She moved among them abstractedly, with mute, half alienated eyes. The Creators A Comedy In political economy Mill relied upon common sense and practice in affairs to make the requisite allowance for general laws founded on human propensities regarded abstractedly. Studies in Literature and History Andrew drew down the corners of his lips, raised his eyebrows, and glanced across at his brother; but Frank was staring abstractedly at the tablecloth. The Prodigal Father Look at the thermometer, look at the thermometer,” she muttered abstractedly while concentrating all her mental attention in the tips of her skilful fingers. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls His eyes narrowed between peering lids, and their light seemed to turn inward as he fixed them abstractedly on a stone in the middle of the road. The House with the Green Shutters Stonor went along abstractedly, climbing over the obstructions or cutting a way through, almost oblivious to his surroundings. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] “Pauline?” replied Mr. Dale, pushing his thin hand abstractedly through his thin locks. Girls of the Forest After a while he halted alongside the binnacle, gazed abstractedly into it for about half a minute, and then, turning to the nodding helmsman, inquired whether he knew where he was running the ship to. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" He had abstractedly put it in his pocket. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim We may therefore get a calculus of 'utility': general rules stating what actions will be useful considered abstractedly from their motives. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill "I knew he would come," she said, abstractedly. Vagabondia 1884 He pushed his gray hair back from his forehead and looked abstractedly at Miss Sophia, who was standing in the twilight just by the open door. Girls of the Forest "Yes, yes," he said abstractedly, nodding, and then was silent, while the machine went thundering northward, every moment taking them further from Marishka's goal. The Secret Witness He was particularly pleased with a wonderfully embroidered white cloak and lace cap, which latter article he abstractedly tied on his great fist and found much too small for it. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim She made the remark, abstractedly, in the direction of her neighbour, who only looked at her in a bored and ill-tempered fashion, as befitted one who had gout without arched feet to display as compensation. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath "Mollie!" exclaimed Phil, stepping a trifle aside, to get into a better light, and speaking almost abstractedly. Vagabondia 1884 He removed it, still quite abstractedly, and retired with long, shuffling strides to his beloved study. Girls of the Forest On looking more intently, he perceived that the composer had let one hand fall abstractedly upon the key-board, while the other executed, by itself, a passage of extraordinary difficulty and involution. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He nodded abstractedly, and had little to say. The Adventures of Bobby Orde "Never understood why they had sleeves so often," said Bertha, abstractedly bunching the green and white draperies. Peggy The girl turned a patient shoulder, and looked into the street again, abstractedly playing with the cord of the blind. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest She was staring abstractedly at a wary robin that had stopped to rest on a fence post, his beak all frowzy with the débris from a recent drilling. Stubble Absorbed in his thoughts, he sat abstractedly in his saddle until after they had forded the Ostuta. The Tiger Hunter "How terrible!" she answered, interested, but looking back abstractedly at Foster. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility She worked rather abstractedly and frowned oftener than she smiled. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 She gathered up her letters and went abstractedly to her room, unheeding a gay call for "Golden Carol" from a group of girls in the corridor. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Dreamy eyes gazed abstractedly in crystal goblets, as if vainly trying to trace in its crimson depths the outline of an imperial sceptre. "Unto Caesar" On a certain morning he looked up abstractedly from some letters he was writing on the case of Marti and was astonished to see a burly but well-dressed stranger standing before his desk. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate "Pretty much the same, I expect," answered Miss Carr rather abstractedly. A harum-scarum schoolgirl "Oh, uncle! this is terrible," said Edward, gazing abstractedly around where nothing but desolation met his eye. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West She did not even smile; she merely shook her head, and gazed abstractedly at the embers of the fire. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Few are so abstractedly and coldly intellectual as not to be mainly governed by their tastes or passions. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges He had remained, seated at a table, biting a pen, fingering some papers, gazing abstractedly at the vacant bench. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate None," he said abstractedly; "at least—yes—a little. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Every natural appetite or function is lawful, speaking abstractedly. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin “And yet,” said she somewhat abstractedly, “this bees the man who peepils call—” Mary pursed her lips suddenly. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Almost abstractedly Commines looked up from the paper in his hand. The Justice of the King Results," murmured the doctor abstractedly, "are——What was I saying? The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play He still spoke abstractedly, as if even now he were thinking of something else. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy If religious men once ascertain what is abstractedly desirable, and acquiesce in it with their hearts, they will be in the way to get over many difficulties which otherwise will be insurmountable. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Nancy, busy with her own thoughts, sat gazing abstractedly at the dingy wall. The Lost Despatch The other nodded abstractedly, his thoughts busy elsewhere. The Justice of the King "Then it's all true," cried Dr. McPherson in wonderment, staring abstractedly at the floor. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play Thal gazed at him abstractedly, not quite able to tear his mind and thoughts from this completely unimaginable mass of plunder. The Pirates of Ersatz Janie stayed too, and sat abstractedly plucking daisy-heads and pulling them to pieces, or crumbling little pieces of mortar from the wall. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life He put his hand under his tunic, and reached out the hidden knife, feeling the edge abstractedly, as if he needed the sensation to keep alive his ideas. Romola Grant was lazily leaning back in his seat, with one hand outstretched, abstractedly swinging Wang Kum's pigtail to and fro, when Ned suddenly started up, with a naughty sparkle in his dark eyes. In Blue Creek Cañon He abstractedly acknowledged the sentries' salutes as he entered. Talents, Incorporated For it is not the second person in the Trinity—not He separately and abstractedly—that is the Redeemer, but that second person incarnated. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 "I have always understood the villa to be remarkably free from malaria," she remarked abstractedly. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The offensively garrulous passenger directed his remarks to the young man, who abstractedly surveyed the landscape. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest "Um—m—ah—no—at least, I beg your pardon, but what was it you said?" inquired the doctor, so abstractedly that Louise looked at him in astonishment. In Blue Creek Cañon She had neither tears nor emotion, but just looked down on him abstractedly, from her height on the kitchen step. The Lost Girl Upon the Montauk’s nearest neighbor the naval signalman was semaphoring, and he watched abstractedly. Tom Slade on a Transport For years after the scent of camphor recalled all the moving pageant and the figure of Mr. Tulse seated in face of her and abstractedly taking snuff. Shining Ferry In the library across the hall, William Carmody paced nervously up and down, pausing at each turn to gaze abstractedly out of the window. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Vértessy regarded him abstractedly as if to beg him to proceed. The Day of Wrath "I can't, I think," she said abstractedly, looking up at him. The Lost Girl Thoughts were too deeply and abstractedly busy, and spirits were under too great a weight, for the usual quick play of lights and colours to which Mr. Falkirk was accustomed. The Gold of Chickaree But old Daddo pulled his stroke without seeming to listen, his brow puckered a little, his eyes bent on the boat's wake abstractedly as though he communed with an inward vision. Shining Ferry The girl watched abstractedly, thinking the older woman had returned for something she had forgotten. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Kingdon was reading, and Kitty was idly playing with the kitten, while Marjorie, her head bent over a book on the table, was abstractedly moving her lips as if talking to herself. Marjorie's Busy Days "I've got so much to write her," she sighed, chewing her pencil abstractedly. Heart of Gold And probably the doctor's thoughts too wandered off; for after a while he took a pair of white gloves from his pocket and began abstractedly to fit them on. The Gold of Chickaree He did not appear to be listening, but sat eyeing her abstractedly, while he rattled the point of the paper-knife between his Upper and lower teeth. Shining Ferry McKay looked up quickly, but the Canadian was gazing abstractedly into the pot. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains “That’s what we must do,” assented Bill Bowls, knitting his brows, and gazing abstractedly at the blank wall opposite. The Battle and the Breeze The gentleman looked abstractedly into my eyes, opening and shutting his own several times, as if doubtful of his personality, and at last decided that he was General M'Call. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Presently he took down his hat, rubbed it abstractedly with the sleeve of his coat, and went out, remarking that he might not be back that day. Old Ebenezer And that," he continued abstractedly, "leads to certain interesting speculations. The Point of View Therewith he sat down beside the table, and leaning his chin on his hands, began to gaze abstractedly into the candle-flames like some real lunatic. Debts of Honor "Yes, yes, it's all there," she said, abstractedly; and, returning, she kissed her gentle companion, bade her good night, and was alone. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 She opened it and glanced abstractedly through the leaves as they flittered under her fingers. From Place to Place "He goes along as abstractedly as though he were drunk and were seeing double." The New Pun Book As protestants, we cannot abstractedly approve of the doctrines which render the established clergy of one country dependant upon the sovereign pontiff, the prince of an alien state. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs He stepped abstractedly toward his wife, aware that the conversation had flattened. Erik Dorn He looked over at Her Majesty, but the Queen was staring abstractedly at a crystal chandelier. Supermind Outside the building he drew a long breath, stared abstractedly at the passing crowd, then drew out his second letter of introduction. The Forbidden Trail They sat there some time longer, staring abstractedly at the kindly green forest; then Stanton abruptly arose and began to construct his pack. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life An hour later, when the wagon drove up to the mouth of the tunnel, Mr. Fetherbee was found standing serenely there, with a half finished cigar between his lips, gazing abstractedly at the landscape. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The bass viol player's face was almost funereal as he gazed abstractedly up into the branches of the tree above him. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles Why—then," answered the man, abstractedly, "I don't know. Prairie Flowers When she was alone she sat with her long, slender hands gripping the arms of her chair, her grey eyes reflecting the light of the fire as she stared abstractedly into its depths. The Grell Mystery The evils of slavery, and its injustice, abstractedly considered, are so generally admitted by the citizens of all the states, that we deem it unnecessary to adduce arguments for their proof. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 He was sitting there, gazing abstractedly at the Peak which rose, a great snowy dome, above Tang Ling's shop across the way. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Peggy smiled a little abstractedly and said: "Your Missie is doing some hard thinking, my beauties and doesn't feel songful this morning." Peggy Stewart at School Zu Pfeiffer drained his port, selected a cigar, lighted it and gazed abstractedly towards the ivory frame. Witch-Doctors "Where else would he put it?" asked Willie, abstractedly, as he tried to read some meaning into the grocer's apparently meaningless acts. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol He let the paper fall and, unmindful of his breakfast, gazed abstractedly out of the window. At the Time Appointed He stood up and gazed abstractedly in the direction of the garden. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Talking abstractedly about a body was one thing, but murdering a man, then lifting his dead flesh and feeling his blood warm upon you is an entirely different matter. Planet of the Damned "No," he said, abstractedly, his sense still busy with the music that had just ended. The Woman in Black Aubry gave her a few directions to which she listened abstractedly, without replying or even looking at the jailer, who then withdrew. Which? or, Between Two Women Eli drummed abstractedly on the arm of his chair: "I don't feel quite right about it, even so," he said. The Little Mixer “It bothers me!” said David at length, getting over the side of the bed, and sitting there for some time abstractedly stroking his chin. The Garret and the Garden Jack Robinson continued to smoke in silence, gazing abstractedly at the letter. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land I looked at him quickly, but he was gazing abstractedly at the fire. The Big Otter I have asked her to be my wife, and—she—” “Whew!” whistled old Mr Kennedy, replacing his pipe between his teeth, gazing abstractedly at the ground, and emitting clouds innumerable. The Young Fur Traders “I could give ye many a long yarn about the South Seas,” said Buzzby, gazing abstractedly down into the deep. The World of Ice When he finally reached the door and handed his card to the maid, he abstractedly called for Miss Pond just as he used to do four years ago. When Patty Went to College But Raymond looked abstractedly into the distance and undertook no definite reply. On the Stairs The young fellow who sits near the door, abstractedly making figures in the wet track of the "schooners," buries something there with a sudden restless turn, and calls for another beer. Children of the Tenements He spoke a little abstractedly, for he saw a delicate situation approaching. Doom Castle For a long-time she sat in moody silence, engrossed in deep thought, listening only abstractedly to the street sounds without. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life “No,” said Liz abstractedly, her mouth at the time being full of pins for their more handy use when wanted, a bad habit she had acquired from a seamstress occasionally employed at the vicarage. Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle The child at once slid down from his knee, and with some little haste returned to her former place by her mother’s side, Johnson’s gaze following her abstractedly. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific As I continued to stare abstractedly out through the port it struck me that the various objects within sight were growing more clearly visible, and presently I felt convinced that the dawn was approaching. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Humphreys paused for a moment, as if considering whether or not he should say more; then he gazed abstractedly at his carefully kept finger nails, and his right hand wandered to his waistcoat pocket. The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa It is no reply to this to say, what is no doubt abstractedly true, that whatever is possible becomes probable, if only time enough be allowed. On the Genesis of Species Bill chewed on a straw and looked at Sarah abstractedly. Other Main-Travelled Roads He nodded abstractedly, went upstairs to the big, sunny sewing room, searched the family needlecase for a long stiff darning needle and extracted several rubber bands from the red cardboard box on the library table. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Mr. Edwards slightly lowered his Sunday paper and over the top of it frowned abstractedly at the boy on the window-seat. Left End Edwards He paused, then continued abstractedly: "She can keep it in her house." Terry A Tale of the Hill People I am trying to look at the situation abstractedly. Man and Maid If viewed abstractedly, it might appear like a cloud in the horizon not larger than a man's hand; but that speck may be the harbinger of wind and tempest. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth He looked back upon a number of fortunate events that had not occurred, and forward to various unpleasant things that might occur, and then he took a letter from his pocket and read it abstractedly. The Lunatic at Large She answered her companions' gay sallies rather abstractedly, with the air of one whose thoughts were anywhere but on her guests. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College Look here—I don't want to intrude in your affairs, but I don't suppose you are talking merely abstractedly. The Triflers As he did so, he abstractedly murmured, "Parsley,—fatal to parrots." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings But Quita, who was abstractedly opening and closing her fan, did not seem aware of his presence; and he stood looking after them—nonplussed and inwardly blaspheming. The Great Amulet From one face to another his gaze went; then he turned abstractedly to the long line of tables, with their devotees of keno, and bought a paddle. The Cross-Cut This feeling at length became so acute, that, in a panic of fear—ridiculous, puerile fear, I forcibly withdrew my gaze and concentrated it abstractedly on the ground at my feet. Scottish Ghost Stories He was abstractedly moving the cribbage pins about. More Tish But it is useless to argue the question abstractedly. Sketches But while she listened to him, more abstractedly than her custom was, she remarked to herself that there could be no difficulty in promising Olive so far as he was concerned. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Then, while the women talked, Grandpa, sitting alone in the south door, sighed and whittled, and abstractedly scanned the horizon. Cape Cod Folks Hervey leaned against the cabin, looking abstractedly at his handiwork on the ground. Tom Slade's Double Dare "Ah, that is late, indeed," said the emperor abstractedly. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia He rode abstractedly, so that he was at the lower ford of the creek almost before he knew it. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North When this is destroyed and the singer is forced to measure intervals abstractedly he is called upon to do something immeasurably more difficult than anything that is asked of the instrumentalist. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing "No use," Luther repeated, shaking his head sadly and abstractedly; "no use." Cape Cod Folks The latter was meanwhile gazing abstractedly about him, thinking such a place might belong to the class which Sama-no-Kami fairly placed in the middle category. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan No sooner had Josephine reached her room than she sat down slowly and abstractedly, and, throwing back her head, fixed her eyes on the ceiling. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Changing back to his slacks and T shirt, Tom began eating abstractedly as Chow hovered around. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Nancy sat before the kitchen stove, rocking to and fro, and gazing abstractedly before her. The Alchemist's Secret She did not answer him; she was stunned, and sat gazing abstractedly on the wallflowers rendering golden the mossy court wall, or far away on the misty Otter sea. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes At this he was very miserable, and wandered abstractedly along the coast. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan The Major was silent, abstractedly balancing his knife on the rim of his plate. An Arkansas Planter The man of science was staring abstractedly before him, at the gamblers, perhaps, as he watched the rolling dice, working out a calculus or other abstruse problem. The Border Boys Across the Frontier He continued to smoke, his gaze abstractedly fixed upon the blue film which floated before it upon the still air. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Calumet was puffing abstractedly at a cigarette when he became aware of a rush of air as the gray shape flashed up from the ground. The Boss of the Lazy Y As I came in I saw Evelyn sitting in a low chair by the fire, gazing abstractedly into it. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers He listened only abstractedly to the old man's rambling talk of Germany's intention to violate Swiss neutrality if that became necessary to her purpose. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There Hiram Meeker's countenance changed from an expression of pleasant badinage to one of sentimental interest, while he gazed abstractedly in the young lady's face, without making any reply. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy She looked at me, and smiled a little abstractedly. The House of Martha Al-l-l�h!" piously breathes the dealer, as he gazes abstractedly out of the door, presently adding in the same devout tone, "There is no god but God! Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond He knew abstractedly that the metal underfoot would sear bare flesh that touched it. Space Tug Then he took out his handkerchief to conceal his emotion, and having propped his chin upon the palm of his hand, he gazed abstractedly at the floor. The Mayor of Warwick "Well, my dear, I shall be made happy by your company," said Florence abstractedly, examining her bouquet. Queechy, Volume II "Yes, Sir, we have a great deal to be thankful for," said Mr. Jolly, rather abstractedly, and patting the old mare with kind attention. Queechy, Volume I He came back, however, in a few minutes, and squatting beside me abstractedly got out papers and tobacco. Raw Gold A Novel He walked abstractedly towards his house, wrestling with the old puzzle. John Ward, Preacher |
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