| 单词 | pensively |
| 例句 | “It is eighteen years since I have been after it” said the King pensively. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think anxiety is very interesting,” observed Amy, eating sugar pensively. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But one boy stood still, pensively staring up at the lush green mountains that surrounded them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She thought pensively for a moment or two, then said, “Equal rights are laws which give black people the same opportunities as white people.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She paused pensively for a few moments, then said, softly, “It’s a bloated stomach.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seems like the kinda place you’d go with your father,” said Bunny pensively. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I wish you’d put your uniform on instead of going around naked that way,” he confided pensively before he climbed back down again and hurried away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “He still has a fever,” Papa said pensively, “His stomach feels hard. Maybe it’s something he ate. If he doesn’t get better soon, we’ll have to take him to the hospital.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, as he crossed the darkening courthouse square, pensively scuffing through dry mounds of unraked leaves, Dewey wondered at his lack of elation. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruby Archuleta chuckled, lit a cigarette and dragged deeply, let the smoke out pensively. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A firefighter, likewise dishevelled, faces the camera pensively, with his visor up and breathing apparatus down. Anna Lim’s Vision of Nuclear Anxiety in South Korea 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z He said to me rather pensively in July 2005, "Do you think I have made a terrible mistake not dealing with this man earlier?" The enemy within: how Machiavelli would have dealt with Gordon Brown 2010-10-09T05:59:00Z Those grappling with bursts of existential angst after six hours of brunch can gaze pensively at the spectacular views of Midtown Manhattan. The Brunch Party Takes Over Clubs ? Partying Like It?s 3 A.M. 2011-11-16T22:29:28Z The piece begins pensively, with the clarinet playing what becomes a slow, steady, chantlike theme. Review: Eighth Blackbird Ensemble Plays Sleeping Giant’s Suite 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Anytime they started whining and trying to foist their issues on him, C. would say, pensively: “Why should I, an adult human, pick up the Legos scattered all over the floor?” “Let’s Say” 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z In another, a bride in a flowing white gown poses pensively below exposed pipes and empty tables in a large basement before her wedding reception. Charles Harbutt, Photojournalist With an Eye for Art as Well as News, Dies at 79 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The man watches, pensively, but she pays no mind. In an endless news cycle, art at Glenstone both echoes and quiets the chaos 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z There is a painting by Watteau, that most elusive of artists, that shows a young girl in silver-blue satin dancing pensively in a glade. Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z One went: Beyond the boundaries of the universe you were gazing pensively. Stravinsky and the modernism that still stirs 2013-01-03T07:30:01Z Outside, in the light of day, are soldiers who have been reduced to a single facial type — square-jawed and expressionless — while the young man in the darkened interior looks pensively toward them. What can artists do when the world turns ugly? 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Early on, it shows Ms. Keough staring pensively at an icy lake. Scene City: From the Hollywood Stage to the Runway: Celebrities Work the Fashion Week Shows 2014-02-14T23:58:08Z A grizzled trapper of 15 years’ experience, I met him earlier at a picnic table outside the tent, smoking a roll-up pensively and squinting like Captain Quint. A nice bit of squirrel: should we chow down a diet of invasive species? 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z “Well, not the hair, obviously,” Bryan snaps, adding, more pensively, “But yes, yes I do.” Television Review: ‘The New Normal’ and ‘Guys With Kids’ Begin on NBC 2012-09-10T21:56:20Z A Black woman sits, bare-breasted, hands on her knees, head bent pensively downward; a Black man, half-nude, crouches at her feet and leans against her as if for warmth or protection. For Black Artists, the Motivating Power of Melancholia 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z They’ve frequently commented, he adds, on how uncannily Strathairn manages to evoke the professor, whose presence is immortalized on the Georgetown campus in a sculpture of him seated pensively on a bench. An actor of note seeks to unlock the mysteries of a hero of the Holocaust 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Her voice trails off pensively while affixing the artists' works, side by side. Helen Molesworth, MOCA's new chief curator, relishes the possibilities 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Outside, in the late morning heat, students hustle west, eagerly, to classes at Hunter College, while others walk east, pensively, toward the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The Sounds of Silence 2011-06-30T21:52:05Z “Detroit’s” back-to-nature companion piece “Cherokee” upends things more pensively, even perplexingly. Fading into the woods with D’Amour’s mysterious ‘Cherokee’ 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Riding through the Lincoln Tunnel, he looked pensively out at the passing white-tiled walls. The Snapchat Story of iLoveMakonnen 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Reflections of tall apartment buildings, cars and trucks merge with the view of the restaurant’s interior, where a man sits pensively in profile, chin on hand. Review: ‘Richard Estes: Painting New York City’ Features Works in Abstract Realism 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Gregory Peck, pensively preparing for a scene in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Arty gift books on Stephen Sondheim, Apollo Theater, 'Mad Men' and more 2010-12-18T01:22:14Z Cyril has taken on a community service helper down at the allotment, and Richard has news that causes Sarah to fixate pensively on the steam rising from the tea urn. TV highlights 24/07/2013 2013-07-24T06:00:04Z A woman and child sit pensively on a Greyhound bus. Ming Smith’s Poetic Blur 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Now she leans, all eight bronze feet of her, at Riverside and 72nd Street, pensively observing her city. Eleanor Roosevelt Buying Pears and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Morris as Sachs, by contrast, just listened pensively, observing the human dynamics around him. Volle Takes His Turn in ‘Die Meistersinger’ 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Beyond the boundaries of the universe you are still gazing pensively. Stravinsky and the modernism that still stirs 2013-01-03T07:30:01Z “I don’t know if ‘surprised’ is the word,” he says, pensively. Guerrilla's John Ridley: 'As Three Kings went through the system, George Clooney was unblackified' 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z But his earlier stint atop the Wall was spent mostly staring pensively into the distance. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: The Battle at Castle Black 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z At the table to our left, a grandmother with a Champagne-colored chignon and an indigo suit listened pensively as her grandchildren recounted their summers. Choice Tables: At Paris Brasseries, Cuisine to Match the Scene 2013-12-12T16:42:39Z He takes another bite from the baguette that he’s holding, and chews pensively while gazing into the distance. Philippe Garrel’s Intensely French “In the Shadow of Women” 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z It all reads forced and false, whether he’s pensively still or exploding in ungainly hops and heavy stamping that’s about as musical as a toddler’s tantrum. Review: ‘Lorca Madly in Love’ Portrays a Forbidden Romance Through Flamenco 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z The woman in the feather hat sits pensively soaking in the moment. Who are those dancers spinning through the Broad (and LACMA and the Getty)? 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z In the short film “Body and Being,” Herman walks pensively among fallen leaves before sending his torso into lush spirals against Joyce’s celestial music. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Michael Gordon’s meditative “All Vows” sends the cello wandering pensively in a minimal landscape. CD reviews: A cellist’s solo “Trance.” 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z "I did King Lear and Prospero and Shylock, along with numerous other Shakespearean plays, but those are the ones I really wanted to do," Mandell said pensively. Theater pulses in Alan Mandell's veins 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z She clutches a fan in her hand and gazes pensively, lost in thought, serene, yet tinged with sadness. Picasso’s twisted beauty – and the ‘trail of female carnage’ he left behind 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The intense and emotional finale ends with a newly sober Rue walking pensively out of the school auditorium, seemingly leaving the play and all the drama that preceded it behind her. Everything we know about 'Euphoria,' Season 3: Expect a 'film noir' about a 'corrupt world' 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Hamilton climbed out and slid under a barrier before walking back pensively with his hands behind his back as the car was hoisted high in the blue sky air by a crane. Verstappen takes pole for Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Alonso as Perez crashes 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z “Yes, it is one of my regrets,” he told me pensively, at that Villanova dinner long ago. The Pakistan-India peace plan that might have been 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Mostly she stares pensively into the middle distance, lost in the phantasms of memory. Review: Frederick Wiseman's gorgeous 'A Couple' brings the words of Sophia Tolstoy to life 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In a Joan Brown painting, a cat might sit pensively in the middle of a Kool-Aid-colored landscape and a woman with the body of a tiger might take the pose of an Ingres odalisque. 21 things our arts critics can't wait to do, see and listen to this fall in California 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z "I can't explain how important this choir is to me. I have been a member for 46 years, " he said, before pausing and adding pensively, "but then I suppose it comes to us all". Carmarthenshire male voice choir to disband after 50 years 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z After some uncomfortable reflection, he pensively answered, “Well, I wouldn't have one.” Opinion | Making the decision on bringing life into this world 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z “When I wake up in the morning and go out for a smoke,” he added pensively, “it feels like nothing has changed but in reality the whole world is now different.” Finns living near border watch Russia warily, recall dark past 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z About the same time, Mr. Rock photographed a gaunt, shirtless Pop holding the microphone in both hands and looking pensively into the audience. Mick Rock, photographer who created indelible images of rock greats, dies at 72 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The atmosphere of NASA’s operations center — more sparsely filled than previous Mars landings because of precautions required by the coronavirus pandemic — was mostly pensively quiet. NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars to Renew Search for Extinct Life 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z "It's homogenous, deeply religious, pensively patriotic, socially conservative, and it's hurting economically." Trump made inroads in South Texas this year. These voters explain why 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Alternatively, picture a Wuhan bat staring pensively into the fireplace as its butler suggests not thinking too hard about Trump’s motivations. Trump joked while people suffered with Covid. Well, is now the time to stop? | Marina Hyde 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Instead of gazing around pensively worrying about the male lead’s emotional journey while standing in a kitchen, Gilpin smashes her way through one with costar Hilary Swank in a bruising showdown fight. In times of controversy and coronavirus, Betty Gilpin makes her movie star turn in 'The Hunt' 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Some smiled as they shared a meal; others looked on pensively as they listened to speeches and songs. From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Hana Lee strode up, stared at it pensively, then snapped a photograph. The fall of the Berlin Wall once gave South Korea hope. Not anymore 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z In others, though, he looks pensively at the camera. The horrific death of Anthony Avalos and the many missed chances to save him 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Asked what he would do if the bill was passed, Chan looked pensively into the distance. Hong Kong activists warn of violence if protests are ignored 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Some of the participants walked pensively along the Pacific Coast at sunset. A New Luxury Retreat Caters to Elderly Workers in Tech (Ages 30 and Up) 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z That changed for Nina Hartstone on 22 January as she stared pensively at her computer in her living room in Berkshire, watching a live-stream on Twitter of the nominations being announced. The sound-editor mum up for an Oscar 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Phoebe leaned back in her chair pensively, far enough back that she was now staring at the ceiling. An AI video game moderator goes rogue in "Machine of Loving Grace" 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Swanning around the art world, chitchatting with pensively folded arms and serving up airy pronouncements to artists, dealers, consultants and others, Morf effortlessly changes his spots. Hollywood takes a ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ to the art critic. This art critic responds 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Gustavo looked on pensively nearby, neither overawed or inclined to speak. Marseille in turmoil as angry fans turn on coach and players 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z “Family pressure and fears made my mother remain,” he said pensively. Peacekeepers left more than 6,000 children in Liberia 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z "Family pressure and fears made my mother remain," he said pensively. Peacekeepers left more than 6,000 children in Liberia 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z In the picture, a smartly dressed man, standing on the edge of the pool, looks pensively at another figure swimming toward him in glistening waters, with an idyllic mountain view in the background. David Hockney painting sells for $90.3m, a record for a living artist 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z When we are faced with images of agony, Berger concluded, “it is not possible for anyone to look pensively at such a moment and to emerge stronger.” First Comes the ‘Shocking’ News. Then Comes the Navel-Gazing. 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “Before I die,” she says pensively, “I want to build my own city block.” In installations at the Hammer and MOCA, Lauren Halsey riffs on the nature of space and black identity 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Staal says he’s “pensively optimistic” that the council will agree with the division’s arguments. U.S. psychology group set to modify rules on interactions with military detainees 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z He smiles and looks at his painting pensively for a few seconds. The mystery of the homesick mechanic who stole a plane 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Age of Rage skirts the edge of glamorizing Spencer, with shots of the man pensively smoking cigarettes or drinking whiskey. Alt-Right: Age of Rage captures one of 2017’s darkest moments 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “He only paused for a few seconds,” Casey remembers, sitting pensively on her couch, a pair of tortoise-shell glasses perched on her nose. Restorative justice: putting the needs of rape victims first 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The dozens of asylum seekers already there waited pensively, looking resigned as they sat on benches, betraying no sign of the import of what the French deputy chief of the mission had to offer. At French Outpost in African Migrant Hub, Asylum for a Select Few 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Later, as the group dispersed onto the Portland street, I enjoyed watching men in gray flannel suits walking pensively away tenderly wearing Jane's fluffy lavender or multicolored silk scarves. Opinion | Wearing My Dying Mother’s Clothes 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z “I never thought I’d be back here,” he added, looking around pensively at his fellow snowbirds. Welcome to China’s Florida: Sun, Sand and Retired Snowbirds 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Sitting pensively on the edges of their beds, surrounded by the colourful trappings of a nomadic herder’s life, Altansukh Purev and his family contemplate the reality of their new home. The haves and have-nots: four cities in crisis 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z As she gazed out pensively in the waning afternoon light, photographers snapped pictures of Mrs. Trump, a former fashion model, that looked worthy of a magazine spread. Trump in Asia: A ‘Very Epic’ Charm Offensive 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The only indicator that this space was not a trendy boutique gym was the presence of two women sitting pensively in the reception area, as if they were waiting for appointments. It’s Marathon Season, and Physical Therapists Are Busy 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z José Armando Cervantes Loesa, who oversees the operation, peers at one of the marks pensively: “Even so, the ghost of the gum remains, and we need to pass through, once again, with the washing carts.” The black plague: Mexico City’s war on chewing gum 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z She even posted about the property on Instagram back in 2014, including photos of herself in a hard hat, pensively staring out over the cityscape. What good is Ivanka Trump? The President’s daughter is more than complicit — she’s a chip off the old block 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z More subdued was Bill Clinton, who sat pensively beside his stoic wife. Donald Trump's Harsh American Vision 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Here he cradles sheaves of wheat pensively, there he sips a cup of tea or wags a finger in a meeting. 'Democracy was hijacked. It got a bad name': the death of the post-Soviet dream 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Frowning pensively, she pointed to her grubby purple tracksuit and bare feet. Plan to Let Migrant Children Attend School Enrages Many Greeks 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Of the many scenes in “Westworld” where an actor looks pensively into nothingness, the moment with actor Jeffrey Wright was by far most obvious. The many questions leftover from the 'Westworld' premiere 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z In the image, Berry sits looking pensively with his hands on his knees eyeing something in the distance as if he’s about to leap into attack mode once the photo is taken. John Berry: Beastie Boys founder was much more than a punk rock footnote 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Still photos of Mr. Cruz fill the screen, one of him speaking in front of a giant American flag, another standing pensively in profile. Ted Cruz Plays to Fear of Immigrants in Arizona 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Pretend to look for someone by peering pensively into the middle distance. Shhh, quiet: an introvert's guide to networking 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z "I'm completely and utterly happy. As people are screaming, I'm pensively reflecting on my year: What have I achieved? What goals do I have?" Lost in a 'Walking Dead' maze with horror film director Eli Roth 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z "History will tell whether the government reacted in the right way," he added pensively. Immigrants appeal to Hungarians' hearts via their stomachs 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z "We weren’t even given a month of our own actions to tell the story," Schlogel says, somewhat pensively. Jay Z’s music service has new apps, concert tickets, and a lot to prove 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z On the Stage: Mr. Carson paced back and forth, speaking slowly and pensively. Ben Carson on God, Country, and His Ailing Mom 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z For several minutes after Gruden left the locker room, a handful of players sat pensively at their stalls, with some not yet removing their uniforms. For the Washington Redskins, a disappointing end to a disappointing season 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z I get to learn how you reason through problems, how well you communicate, and which parts you excel at or struggle with — signals that I wouldn’t get by watching you pensively stare off into space. How to Respond When an Interviewer Asks if You Have Any Questions 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Asked whether he preferred fighting in the trenches or running the city’s electricity services, Mr. Dubrovsky stared pensively for several moments at a walnut he rolled slowly between his index and middle finger. Ukrainians in the Battered East Scramble in Darkness as Winter Nears 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z I would use Skype, you said to yourself pensively, but some parts of it are really weird. Skype finally fixes notifications 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Outside yet another, two tiny girls, one age 6 and her sister, 7, sit pensively in front, their parents gone. At Heart of Ebola Outbreak, a Village Frozen by Fear and Death 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z A master of the minimal, Sutter waits pensively before answering questions, then phrases responses that generate nods of affirmation and a few snickers from the assemblage. Darryl Sutter, With Reason to Boast, Instead Deflects Praise 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z There was Edward I. Koch sitting pensively at his desk. Deputy Mayor for Social Services Now Has a Boss Who Shares Her Agenda 2014-01-27T04:26:31Z Where are the newly impoverished white people meandering pensively through a bleak economy? Letter From India: A Continental Divide Seen From India 2013-12-04T13:50:10Z He paces pensively in his Pennsylvania Avenue store, a few steps from the White House. Chop’t’s essential ingredient: Its founders 2012-11-18T22:21:03Z Detective Taylor, who has worked in emergency services for 12 years, spoke in a low voice, pausing pensively between words. Police Jumper Squads Spend Tense Hours Trying to Save People From Themselves 2012-10-07T00:21:16Z Shatner, clad in a suit with the pants legs rolled up, surfboard under his arm, looks pensively at the sea. Shatner resurrected as Priceline Negotiator 2012-08-15T15:38:00Z "I can still hear her speak," he says, pensively, pausing for a moment. Island Records' Darcus Beese: You sign what makes you excited 2012-07-15T18:00:01Z United's fans responded by holding a banner with the number 19 - the record number of titles won by the club - while Ferguson chewed his gum pensively on the bench. The taste of victory sours for Man United 2012-05-17T06:34:09Z “I thought while I was about it that I would have the tiles laid right up to the ceiling,” Valentine went on, pensively. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z And there was a certain look in his eyes while he talked to her—respectfully admiring, pensively questioning, familiar,—no, not to be analysed. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z He pensively paced the room, when the appearance of the Captain roused him from his disagreeable reflections. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z She is walking along pensively, reading in a little book, in which the child in her arms also looks attentively. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Marian, who had now recovered from her first emotion, paused, and looked pensively upon the ground; but while her bosom seemed as calm as monumental marble, there was a sad struggle going on within. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z “I don’t think Sil looks much like a king,” Henry said, pensively. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "It is very beautiful," said Mrs. Thompson; and she glanced at Enid, who was pensively playing with her breadcrumbs. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "To be left in the lurch is sometimes the fate of chaperones," observed her brother, pensively, as he piloted her out of the theatre. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The pale girl remained pensively silent, but the other continued to talk, punctuating her conversation with dramatic movements of her hands. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He got into bed and remained sitting pensively on the pillow for a space. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z They sat down on their bags, and she stroked Maria pensively. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "If I could have had the choice," said Miss Pitcher, pensively gazing at this portrait, "I would rather have been that noble creature than any one else on history's page." Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z "The amount of meals one can get through in this climate!" observed Claud, pensively. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Mrs. Doyle raised her sepia eyebrows and pinched her large chin pensively. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Slyne had no farther to go to do that than to the next room, where he found Sallie at the window, gazing pensively out at the sea. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Thanks very much,” and with a wave of her stick Sylvia walked pensively along into the village. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Beside him squatted the little Jew, toes turned in, dirty thumbs joined pensively, musing in his red beard. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "Yes, I believe so," answered the Professor, stroking his chin pensively. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z Then he went through all the other compartments, gazing pensively at an unused tramway ticket and at a medal of the Madonna del Monte. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Lady Lansdowne looked pensively at the tapering sandal which she held forward to catch the heat. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The concierge was leaning against the stonework smoking pensively, his hands plunged deep into his breeches pockets. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z And Susan pensively put out her tongue and caught a tear rolling slowly down her cheek. Black-Eyed Susan 2012-02-13T03:00:16.587Z Towards three o'clock he was sitting pensively in a quiet corner when he heard his name mentioned by two members, who had taken seats close by without perceiving his presence. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Then she plucked a reed of grass and bit it pensively. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Wilbraham began pensively to whistle a slow tune under his breath. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z She listened pensively as her friend, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, briefed her on the conflict in Libya, and she expressed in clipped phrases her views on the matter. Gabrielle Giffords Says She?s Leaving the House 2012-01-23T04:01:45Z There's nothing for it now," I said pensively, "except to propose to you. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "I think I'll wear the heliotrope—though this sun will fade it," she said pensively. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z A bell cow waded into the water, followed by several other members of the herd, and the train pensively proceeded in single file diagonally across the shallow stream to another feeding-ground below. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Mrs. St. Cloud was at the window pensively watching the western sky. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z Ruth waited with her pencil on her note book, her knee pressed warmly against his thigh and her eyes looking pensively out of the window at the summer day. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z And he knocked off his ash pensively into the Japanese ash-pan. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "And when you are number'd, alas! with the dead, Your works by true wits will forever be read, Who, pointing the finger, shall pensively shew The lines that were written, alas! by Freneau." The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z And more pensively than was his wont, he turned his steps toward home. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z Toledo did not appear until a few moments later, coming out of the gardener's pavilion, to meet the Prince, who was returning pensively toward the villa. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z She referred to him with a pensively magnanimous air, inventing perfections in his character and endowing his departed intelligence with a wisdom far beyond her own. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Unlike himself, he remained a good quarter of an hour pensively looking at the marble balls without seeing them. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z "Fine 'nd dandy, Irish," replied the rotund Stearns rather absently, as he pensively rubbed his prodded abdomen. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z "I do not doubt it," she replied pensively, looking out at the heavens through the crystal-clear windows. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The stork standing on one foot, looking at him gravely and pensively, withdrew her long neck into the feathers on her breast. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z It will be remembered that, when I leaned on my hay-fork and gazed pensively off toward the river, I was supposed to see a prospector tinkering with his boat. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z She is seated on a footstool, singing low to herself, and gazing somewhat pensively into the fire. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z He was bracing himself preparatory to this great mental effort, when he perceived round the next bend of the stream Mr. Anthony Clare, pensively leaning against the rugged stem of a pollard willow-tree. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z “Some day,” she returned a little vaguely, and looked pensively into the distance. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z She looked down at the tassel pensively, and at the busy fingers fidgeting with it continually as though their purposeless occupation held an interest for her. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z “The Gray Phantom,” she whispered, looking pensively at the door. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z “I’ve turned over a new leaf too,” he added, looking pensively at the blazing, caking coal, and swaying to and fro with the motion of the ship. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z "Proud," murmured that gentleman pensively regarding the rich scum slowly hardening over the plate of soup to be attacked next. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The consequence was, that he saw Adeline one morning walk pensively alone, down the shady road that leads from the terrace to Petersham. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z She met his bold, eager gaze pensively, her splendid dreamy eyes expressing a slight hesitation. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The Phantom, momentarily baffled by the older man’s shrewd deductions, gazed pensively at the ceiling. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z He let his body language speak, too, rocking pensively to Aretha Franklin’s stirring performance of “Precious Lord Take My Hand,” and linking arms with his wife and the vice president to sing “We Shall Overcome.” Analysis: At King dedication, Obama draws parallels between his struggles and King?s 2011-10-17T08:02:12Z "I shall miss it all," she said, pensively, "all the grandeur of scene, miss all of you here, miss my dear children, when I go home." The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z She is much missed by Mrs. Vanderdecken, who still alludes to her—still says the line of the shoulders was superb; putting the statement pensively in the past tense. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Seated on a rock not far from the inn, Jacob, forgetting his book, pensively contemplated the beautiful scene. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z One very hot day, the poor ’Ral was observed standing pensively up against the capstan. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z His calm, almost cold, business-like words sobered her completely, while she continued pensively to look at the sky, which seemed now to be wearing a blue smile of ignorance and indifference.... The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z “And both have their draw-backs—as the monkey said when she pulled her twins’ tails,” he added pensively. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z She sipped the water pensively as we all returned to our places. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z “After looking long and earnestly at one picture depicting Eve pensively reclining on a rock,” said the Times article, which ran on the front page, “Mr. Wakefield decided to act.” ?Eve?s Diary,? Banned Twain Book, Back at Charlton, Mass., Library 2011-09-22T00:57:20Z "Yes, I often feel as ancient as the stones," said Eugenia pensively. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z They found her standing pensively by the window; the breakfast, which had been ordered for her by the Admiral, untouched. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Piggy lay back in his chair and gazed pensively at the ceiling. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z For some minutes she gazed pensively down the staircase; slowly, then, she shut her door, internally uttering 'all is over:—he is gone, and will pursue me no more.' The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z Suspecting a snare, she listened silently to Gaucourt while pensively pacing up and down the hall. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z Oh, but," said Eugenia, looking down at her wineglass pensively, "of course it's better to be alone than with some one whose tastes and interests are nothing to you. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z She paused a moment, and then, with a sigh, took up the part, and, without looking at Harleigh, who was too much shocked to offer any palliation for this grossness, walked pensively to her chamber. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z He leaned his head on three arms and gazed pensively into the fire. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z "If one's coming, I'm glad to know, for I never see one near to," said Mrs. Macy pensively. Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs 2011-09-03T02:00:18.353Z A witness to the imposing spectacle, the young peasant girl of Domremy stood in the choir of the basilica; pensively as she leaned on the staff of her standard, her recollections wandered four years back. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z He twirled his moustache pensively; muttered exclamations came to his lips. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z For a brief space she gazed at him pensively and silently. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z "I think anxiety is very interesting," observed Amy, eating sugar, pensively. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z A young man was sitting on a fallen tree trunk, pensively smoking a cigarette, his hat pulled low on his brow, and his eyes on the road. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z “Perhaps he would think we were selfish to want to keep her to ourselves,” said Bertha pensively. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z "I ought to go and soak my head," murmured the Maestro, pensively. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z "Ah!" he leaned back and gazed pensively over his interlocked fingers. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Marjorie’s thoughts were dwelling on her absent schoolmates as she pensively watched the rain. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z He paused and looked pensively out on the uniformed groups of National Guard lounging and smoking in the white courtyard of Fontveille stone. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z We always look upon her as a Trial!” said Bertha pensively. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z "And they go out all alone?" she repeated, pensively, in the awed tone that we are taught to use in a cathedral or pantheon. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Gabriel stood pensively in the middle of the street. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z Have you not had great joy there from whence you come, that you bear yourself so pensively? The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z In August, 1905, I was walking pensively under the pergola of our house at �greville, when suddenly an automobile horn woke the echoes of that peaceful country. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z He smoothed his long, thin, closely-shaven face with one hand, gazing pensively at his sister. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He kept on, his head pensively drooped sideways. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Without another word they took their departure, leaving Millicent still in the window seat looking pensively out on the campus. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z As he came rushing up to her side, she was pensively rehearsing a waltz step. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z "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 The Buccaneer found the head of the Moslem world pensively smoking his chibouck. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Her sweet, lustrous eyes are gazing pensively at the clock on the mantelpiece, while the rain rolls in gusts against the old-fashioned casement. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It was on an evening of last winter that I stood pensively under the porch—the porch through which had flowed like a stream all the elegance and talent of a whole generation. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Such were the meditations of Mrs. Barnaby as she somewhat pensively sat at her drawing-room window, awaiting the return of Agnes to dinner on that day; and such were very frequently her meditations afterwards. The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z After this he was to be seen in the garden of the Luxembourg, with a cigar and a book, or sometimes, without either, seated pensively under a tree for hours together. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z But when evening darkened the landscape, I sat down pensively; for I was alone, and had neither brother nor sister. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z It changes everything," she said pensively: "all my world is changed, and I am a new strange woman, seeing it with new eyes. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z “I’m disappointed,” I said pensively, leaning my head back and letting the cool wind blow the hair away from my face. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z "I wonder just what you think of me," she said pensively. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He is certainly very handsome," said Lady Jabe pensively, "very much like his mother. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z “My life upon earth is then a poor warrant of a life in heaven,” I answered pensively. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z "I suppose," she ventured pensively, "I might go to see him—Mr. Marbridge—myself—?" Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Winston stood pensively by the railing, inhaling the moist evening air and watching as the shallop's lantern slowly faded into the midnight. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "Wonder why he called so soon?" she thought pensively; and then, remembering the warring cards of Blood and Sassoon, added: "To warn me, perhaps?" The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Then she approached Slosson, who was stroking his black mustache pensively on the veranda, and looked up at him with her sweetest smile. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z So she sat, pensively dribbling the silver coin from hand to hand, until the morning crept away and the sun shone through the mists. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z "I guess that was one off the griddle, all right," said Austin pensively. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He extracted the cork with his teeth, then pensively drew twice on the bottle before rising to stare out over the stone balustrade. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "I think the second is the better," remarked the soldier pensively. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z And then she added pensively: "It's very nice of you to trouble about me, and all the more so as you do not like me, I know." Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z The poet poses in them very pensively before the public. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z "That was considerable treat, all right," he said pensively. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He then spent the afternoon watch on the quarterdeck, alone, pensively studying the flying fish that glided across the surface of the tranquil blue Caribbean. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The doors were oddly shaped little panes of mirror glass, within which I gazed pensively at a soot blemish on my nose. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z "Yes, you always are right!" answered Jeanne pensively; "I said then that you are always right!" Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z She gazed at me with her head a little pensively inclined towards her right shoulder; then said gently— "Why do you sit, instead of running about?" Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Besides," pensively continued Mrs. Brand, "I have strong reasons to believe his affections are engaged elsewhere. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Morgan as in a dream drew aside the screen and saw the face of a wondrously beautiful girl, whose eyes rested pensively upon him. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z The lovely Lady Elvira, only daughter and heiress of the Duke of Alezzo, leaned over the marble balustrade of the piazza, pensively gazing at the beauty of the scene before her. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z She gazed with her bright eyes more fixedly into the count's, and repeated pensively: "I certainly do recognise you." Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z As the door closed upon him, Miss O'Reilly shook her head and poked the fire pensively. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z M. looked after him for some moments, then pensively and disconsolately turned homewards. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z A silence followed, and the girls looked pensively at one another. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z At length Augustus, composing his face to a less savage expression, turned away from the window, sat down opposite to his sister, and said, pensively— "We must arrange something for May, Pauline." That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z I found old Tummus scuffling Lady Anne’s walk; that is to say, he was busy looking pensively at the weeds as he leaned on his hoe. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z "And then he works too hard," pensively continued Mr. Smalley, returning to his old idea that Cornelius was engaged on some arduous task: "why not give himself one evening's relaxation?" Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z She dodged Peggy’s pillow as it came hurtling at her with good aim, and then sat pensively with hands clasped over her knees as if to listen to a tearful tale. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z Alone in his parlor, towards eight o'clock in the evening, advocate Desmarais now paced up and down in agitation, now sank pensively into a chair, his face between his hands. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z As she pensively advanced toward the banks of the Nile she perceived at a distance, under a thicket watered by the river, an old woman in a tattered gray garment, seated on a hillock. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z "Unless he has altered strangely, he will not be cruel to the widow and the fatherless," she murmured pensively. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z I think,' pensively, 'that in every human soul, if one gets near enough to it, there is something to love; and,' with a change of key, 'good heavens, are not they rich! Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z I bade them good-bye at last, and returned pensively to the hotel, and there I found the district physician making some repairs to his motor-cycle. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z "In truth—these signs are thrilling," mused Bathsheba pensively. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The bull followed her pensively, after having testified his gratitude to the beneficent Mambres. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z On the walls were colored bas-reliefs showing the occupations of field-workers, and in the corners of the hall were ungraceful statues of Osiris smiling pensively. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z I wish I had! it would,' sighing pensively, 'make life infinitely less difficult!' Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Oh, for one upward glance of those dark eyes, so shyly tender, so pensively serene! The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The wind soon converted it into something like a convolvulus, so that she was fain once more to seek shelter inside the conveyance, which now lay pensively over on one side, against a muddy bank. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Lord Lyttelton shrunk, as if probed to the quick; and after a moment's silence, replied pensively—"once, I thought so!" The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z As the yellow glow crept down, she came outdoors too, and sat pensively looking over the peaks of the lower mountains to the distant Cheyenne and the prairies. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z She throws it pensively away; and as she does so a foolish fancy comes over her, as if it were herself that she had just been tossing away out of his life! Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Thereupon I laid down the poker as pensively as I had taken it up, sought to compose the star of my destiny, who was beginning to weep softly, and bade her good morning. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z After he had ceased she still stood pensively among the lilies, gray eyes brooding. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z He sought her in her favorite nook by the side of the La Belle, and there he found her gazing pensively into the water. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z "I suppose I must give in then," said Mrs. Mason, pensively. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z Then he turned and left her, while she walked slowly and pensively towards the house. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z My relation by marriage produced an extremely vivid yellow silk handkerchief, and pensively flicked a speck of invisible dust off an immaculate buckskin. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z "Yes, you are right, Leah," she said pensively, with a touch of malice. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Anna Bell, still pensively seated apart at the open casement, let her eyes wander over space, a stranger to the hilarity of her companions. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Dolly let Merivale fall on her lap, and gazed pensively at the distant mountains across the end of the valley. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Cameron shuffled his feet in the shingle, and pensively bit a chew from his plug. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z A man with a high forehead and the look of an official came to the threshold of the room, looked in upon us pensively, and then went away again. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z She had a baby in her arms, and was pensively listening to her husband who, hot with anger, was speechifying not very far off. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Except an indestructible, all-surviving something in the eyes and on the temples, Pierre could hardly recognize the loud-laughing boy in the tall, and pensively smiling youth. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Frank," Jack began pensively enough, "I never saw a more wonderful dawn. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z “Father told me that Mr. Ross was in town—had been at the office,” she said presently, smoothing the back of her gloved hand pensively. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z As a measure of precaution, I reached pensively for the poker. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Lennox tried to hide the smile on his lips by affecting to curl his moustache with care, and to gaze pensively out as if touched by her appeal. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Then Frieda went on pensively devouring dozens of chocolates, while Ruth retired into her own room to lie down. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z The hermit stroked his beard, pensively, for a while, and was apparently lost in deep meditation. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The lack-lustre eyes were kindly, almost pensively so, and the red spots in her cheeks indicated the excitement under which she laboured. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z "Men do so hate a bluestocking," she said once pensively to her friend Emily. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Anna sat silent a moment, wondering what he meant; and when she looked up, she found him pensively staring at her, through a fragrant cloud of smoke. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z In this frame of mind, and determined to open her heart entirely to Matilda, she went to that princess’s chamber, whom she found already dressed, and leaning pensively on her arm. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Frank gazed pensively at the straight streaks of rain, which fell like an endless curtain of close steel needles, thrashing the surface of the fjord. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z David Williams III, his father, and Alicia McWilliams-McCollum, his aunt, attended nearly every court session, sitting pensively in the third row of spectator’s seats. Reporter?s Notebook: Behind the Scenes at a Bomb-Plot Trial 2010-10-04T03:44:00Z The board members listened silently, some fidgeting with pencils and others gazing pensively into the crowd. Keeping Hope That a Voice Can Reverse Transit Cuts 2010-03-03T05:31:00Z She was unable to rise; the small domestic duties of the morning were performed by the mother, pensively, and under the burden of the prospect of coming ill. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Theodore went pensively to the convent, to acquaint his father with his deliverance. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z “How times are changed, Renée!” he said, after a pause, as he gazed at her pensively. A Double Knot There, do go to your room,” cried Maude impatiently, and the poor girl went sobbing away, leaving her mistress to sit thinking pensively of what she had said. Lady Maude's Mania "I wish some one depended on me," she said pensively. The Window at the White Cat She stopped her occupation of shredding the Herald, and gazed pensively at the ground in front of her. The Man from Jericho The Angel had finished his tea and was standing looking pensively out of the window. The Wonderful Visit Leaning back against the cushion, she gazed pensively out of the window at the streets and traffic, lost in thought. The Gay Adventure A Romance Polly had been reading aloud until the dusk had settled down too thickly, and since then had been silent, gazing pensively at the far line of hills toward the west. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas Though after all," she added pensively, "I haven't gone marching at a very great pace along that triumphant career of mine. Sinister Street, vol. 2 She sat with him in the dusky dining-room while he ate his bread and milk, and told him of her brother the midshipman, while he looked pensively at the picture of the Death of Nelson. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I wonder," she said pensively, "why it is one can never find another man like Arthur. The Haunted Pajamas The old chancellor, with his stern, proud face and bald head, stood pensively near the window. Majesty A Novel His sister was walking in the meadows at the foot of the garden, with a nursemaid who carried 143 the baby, and she looked up pensively when he approached. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 "I wonder whether there's anything better in life than to repeat the best moments of the past," he said pensively; "that is, if we can catch them with all the original magic in them." An Engagement of Convenience A Novel "Are you holding my hand?" she asked, after they had sat a long while pensively. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Now he slunk pensively away from the flower-stand, just as a promising amateur began to perform one of Bach's preludes. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Then she looked, pensively, into the dark landscape beneath them and she shivered. Majesty A Novel "Tause the Yankees wouldn't let him," said she, gravely, holding her doll up and looking at it pensively, her head on one side. A Captured Santa Claus Charles stood for a moment pensively looking at her. Marguerite de Valois Awhile she gazed pensively up at the highest summits of the mountain, now crimson against a saffron sky, for at eventide Spain flaunts her national colours in the very heavens. The Firebrand Many a time I saw the count drop the paper, and listen pensively, with his head leaning on his hand. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales The lad fingered his chips and looked pensively at his hand. Last Words Dulcie sighed lightly, pensively, as one whose happiness lies in the happiness of others. The Moonlit Way It was then that she removed her mask, and suffering it to fall back on her neck, rested her head pensively on her hand. The Fortunes Of Glencore Victoria was looking pensively at the large black marble clock representing the temple in which the Lares and Penates of South Kensington usually dwell, when the door opened and a vigorous rustle entered the room. A Bed of Roses Yea," said Sulamith pensively, "mayhap it is even true that man shall never comprehend this. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity The emperor leaned pensively on his hand, seemingly oppressed with some superstitious melancholy forebodings. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 "Really?" smiled Beatrice, and gazed at them pensively for a little while. In And Out This pensively, and with all the air of one who has long studied the subject. Faith and Unfaith Susan paused for a reply, but her neighbour continued his unusual silence, the while pensively engaged in studying the toe of his boot. The Loves of Ambrose As she rejoined her companion she replaced her veil and, turning her back to the room, stood looking pensively out of the window. A Master Hand The Story of a Crime Overcome with grief, she dropped her paddle, sat pensively down in her shallop, and left it to follow its course down the current. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 The lovely little mystery had kicked off her slippers and was looking pensively at her bare feet. In And Out Ensconced in the big bay window of the library, comfortably propped up with cushions, Grace sat gazing pensively over the tree tops of Central Park. By Right of Conquest A Novel Yes," said Bassett pensively, "most of us have to let the little darlings starve to death. Thirty The fire had died away; the square decanter of whisky was emptied to its last drop, and the kettle lay pensively on one side, like some shipwrecked craft high and dry upon the shore. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Miss Peyton replied, very slowly and pensively, that the fox had come out soiled and fatigued, and trailing his brush. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 "Mr Silky, you dance?" said all the men at once to that gentleman, who was sitting pensively in a corner. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Mordant, as he pensively walked along, read the names of those whose virtues were recorded on their grave-stones, and as he read, reflected. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 A deep silence ensued as Isabel, leaning on her husband’s arm, looked pensively over the sea. The Ruined Cities of Zululand "You do me a fuller justice than many who have known me longer," said he, pensively. One Of Them Such were my thoughts, as I stood pensively upon the block that served as a step when I was boy, and which still occupied its ancient position. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Why, stockings alone,”—she lifted her foot from the ground, gazed pensively at it for a moment and then suddenly returned it. Jacob's Ladder Then Charles took her by the hand, raised her and looked at her pensively; "and in this look the sweet thought of love did enter into his heart." Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) In front of the fire and framed by its rather ghostly light, there stood a man with his head bowed down, pensively staring at the flames. The Brain "They do not cross my mind as they used to do," said she, pensively. One Of Them They looked at the rooms; they stood gazing pensively at their trunks; it seemed too cold to make the physical effort to unpack their clothes. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days "Still, since it concerns the aliens—" He frowned pensively. Fair and Warmer If there are ghosts," said the Warden, pensively, "I should expect to see Cranmer, on some wild night, wandering near the places where he endured his passion and his death. The New Warden "No, on no account," said the old man, pensively. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day In great wrath Jehovah approaches a man who sits pensively on a hill-side: from behind the man's head springs a demon. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See In the midst of the pleasantry, however, the Queen moves pensively about, overcome with sadness, as if her thoughts were far away. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers "Ah," says Brandolin, pensively, "but the physical and moral perfection of Englishwomen always makes them take too high a standard: poor humanity toils hopelessly, and utterly exhausted, many miles behind them." A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June "How do you know that thirty years from now, when I am on the verge of sixty, that I shan't be withered—unless, indeed, I get too stout?" she added pensively. The New Warden “Confound that woman!” thought I, as I pensively buttered my roll. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 So not wishing to appear intrusive, I returned pensively to mine inn. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia In reading this book we seem absolutely as if we were on the brink of a cascade, pensively listening to the murmuring of the waters. Priests, Women, and Families "WHY is it," asked the widow, swinging her chatelaine pensively as she strolled down the avenue beside the bachelor, "that the man who is most in love is most apt to get over it suddenly?" The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man One day, as she was pensively rambling in a grove, where she had often walked with her absent lover, she found carved upon a tree the names of William and Josephine. Josephine Makers of History "I hoped that this illness might break the tie between them," sighed Flossy pensively. A Life Sentence A Novel After a bit she came back to the fire and stood before him, pensively looking down. The "Genius" The young lady rose, went to the railing above the stream, and stood there pensively gazing at the clouds. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "WHO is the ideal woman?" asked the widow pensively, laying down her embroidery hoop and clasping her hands behind her head. The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man Hortense was standing silently and pensively in an alcove by the window, half concealed by the curtain. Josephine Makers of History “Perhaps so,” replied Francezka, sitting again, and leaning her head pensively on her hand. Francezka She sent a picture of herself and Eugene, a sketch of the studio which Eugene had made one day, a sketch of herself looking pensively out of the window into Washington Square. The "Genius" The Mexican gazed at her pensively through the smoke of his cigarette. Stories of the Foot-hills "I wonder whether we could eat those berries, too," Professor Bernardi remarked pensively. Collector's Item "It doesn't seem long," he said pensively, "since these two stockings weren't big enough to hold anything worth while." A Canadian Bankclerk As Mara looked pensively into the water, it seemed to her that every incident of life came up out of its depths to meet her. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine "It's a capital cake," says Mr. Kelly, pensively, who has been eating steadily since the first bite. Rossmoyne "I was thinking," he said, pensively, "what a 'wild, strange act of vengeance' it was!" Stories of the Foot-hills The breezes moved pensively and without a sound. John March, Southerner "How long have you been in the bank?" asked Evan, pensively. A Canadian Bankclerk Sunday evening Mrs. Pennel was sitting pensively with little Mara by the kitchen hearth, where they had been boiling the tea-kettle for their solitary meal. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine They took their places, pensively, at the table. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur I hope you are well this morning?" he said to her, anxiously; and she smiled pensively, as she answered: "I am better, thank you. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday And then, more pensively, "They say you could have made it brighter." John March, Southerner "I'll make him believe the people of the town are sore," said the teller, pensively. A Canadian Bankclerk I accosted a young man, who had lost both arms, and was walking pensively between the trees. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew The Jew pensively let his keen eyes wander all about the dwelling, mentally going through a rapid process of addition, subtraction, and silence. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day I leaned back in my chair and gazed pensively towards the faint glare of New York City. Aliens Pius, who up to that moment had remained motionless as a statue, slowly raised his head, smiled pensively, and drawing a deep sigh, breathed out one by one the syllables of the word, "Com-me-di-an-te!" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. But by degrees his face sobered, and he gazed pensively out of the window, a shade of sadness reflected in his countenance. A Canadian Bankclerk I moved pensively from a spot which exciting such solemn and affecting emotions, had diminished the vigour of my frame by exhausting my nervous energies. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew At the end of the garden-walk she stopped and looked pensively out upon the white mists that rose from the meadow. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 "And yet you gave your life for me," said Talbot, pensively. A Castle in Spain A Novel It’s my opinion,” he added pensively, as the prisoner left the cabin—“it’s my opinion that the man’s story is genu-wine.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Evidently her legal guardian had no desire for any closer personal contact with its ward, and she waited, not so much patiently as pensively, for it to demonstrate a more lively interest in her existence.... Clark's Field Now he is tender, now indignant; now rattling along in good-natured raillery without broadening into burlesque; now becoming serious and pensively philosophic without a suggestion of mawkish morality. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Bice sat alone somewhat pensively with one of those favourite Tauchnitz volumes from which she had obtained her knowledge of English life in her hand. Sir Tom “Yes,” said Gerald to that artless description of the feminine woman his mother had been, and stood beside his guest, looking pensively up at the portrait. Aurora the Magnificent Then, with a half shrug, she sat down and pensively resumed the building of fiery mounds on the hearth. The Missourian She had moved to the rail and rested her arms on it, leaning over and looking pensively down at the water. Wings of the Wind Although she gazed pensively over the water, and with conspicuous amiability, something seemed to suggest that the present conversation had reached a natural end. The Pines of Lory "It's very, very small," murmured M. Lucas pensively. General Bramble He rose and 238 went to the fireplace, leaned against the mantel, and gazed pensively at the red embers. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Jacqueline was seated on the raised edge of the basin, pensively dipping a hand into the water. The Missourian Drusilla gazed at him and sighed and walked pensively past him, then returned and came back up his trail. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp The younger one drew down her face and folded her hands in matronly dignity, gazing pensively at the blue-and-white stove, her head a little to one side. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists She had found need to draw heavily upon it in her years, which she passed in fleeting review as she looked pensively upon the crowd, which seemed floundering aimlessly in the sun. Claim Number One "Shall we use the parasol again, Lady Dot?" he asked, still staring pensively at the bean pole. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island She threw morsel by morsel into the fire, and stood pensively watching them consume. Shirley “Then what will you do?” she murmured pensively, “go ahead and open up another mine?” Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp "A rough manner, but I doubt not a good heart," said her husband, sighing; and he folded his flapping dressing-gown pensively about his legs. The Benefactress She propped her chin in her palms and sat pensively, looking at the broken waters which reared around the barrier of scattered stones in its channel. Claim Number One "I almost hope they will look in the Magic Picture and wish me back again," he mused pensively. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island He raised his head, which had been hanging pensively. The Side Of The Angels A Novel A minute later, when George made some pleasant, comforting remark and went down to join the crowd gathered before the door, her gaze still followed him, a little pensively, as he left the room. The Romance of a Plain Man He walked pensively to and fro in the spacious sala, crumpling between his bony fingers some letters which he would read from time to time. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' In the meantime Tommy walked pensively along the common, reflecting on the various accidents which had befallen him, and the repeated disappointments he had found in all his attempts to distinguish himself. The History of Sandford and Merton "This will require thought," said the Scarecrow pensively. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island He laughed, and continued pensively: 'A very pretty treason might be made up of his speech before his armoury to Baumbach. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court She entered, smiling pensively, and found herself face to face with the cloth which covered the treasure. Old French Fairy Tales While I was putting on my overcoat, Silvia had gone to the window and was looking pensively at the vacant house next to ours. Our Next-Door Neighbors You gazed upon it pensively: what was it? L'Aiglon She gazed down at the keys of the piano, touched them pensively. The Crimson Tide A Novel He threw open the protrusive casement of his bedroom to the balmy air, tinged with a whiff of salt, and gazed pensively at the white town rambling down towards the shining river. Dreamers of the Ghetto “Whiskerandos,” said I, pensively, to my companion, “I could almost wish myself in Oddity’s place!” The Rambles of a Rat He passes slowly and pensively across the room to the writing desk, from which he picks up the waiting pile of letters. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays Hervey felt that he had an easy victim, but he smoked pensively for a moment before he spoke, keeping his great eyes turned well down upon the table-cover. The Hound From The North The sudden light revealed Joan’s face where she sat across from Mackenzie, and it was so pensively sad that it smote his heart like a pain to see. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek “I really should have thought of that myself,” she murmured pensively. Once to Every Man Then with another downward flourish he passed the whiskey into a convenient spittoon and drank his chaser pensively, meanwhile shoving a double eagle across the bar. Hidden Water He paused again and blinked pensively at his glass. The Vagrant Duke “And they call this a white-man’s country,” observed Mr. Smith pensively, as the door closed again. The Hound From The North He stood very still, scratching his head pensively. The Trimming of Goosie Yes, there she was, gazing pensively forth from the cabin window. Ghetto Comedies The Captain edged under the porch, took out a cigar, contrived to light it, and stood there puffing pensively. Captain Dieppe It was harvest-time, and the fields were quietly—might I be allowed to say pensively?—enlivened by small companies of reapers. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 And again, when the W. S. asked her whither she was going when she left Edinburgh, "I hardly know," she replied pensively. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland Eileen glanced pensively at the green lawns and the flower-gardens which flowed past the car, and her eyes returned to his face with a question in them. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China It affected the feminine temperament of our public with hysterical violence, but left the community the calmer for its throes, and gently, if somewhat pensively, smiling in a permanent ignorance of the event. Imaginary Interviews The whitethroat was sending out his "silver arrows of song" clearly and pensively from the depths of the velvet dusk. The Silver Maple I then walked pensively forward, meditating on my own unhappy fate, and comparing it with that of other children who were blessed with parents and relations. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago "The life of yesterday has fallen from me," she continued, gazing pensively into the fire whose red glare illumined her beautiful bronze features. When Dreams Come True The American consul stroked his long nose pensively. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China And I’ve been wondering if that really isn’t the best type of woman for married life, the autumnally contented 133 and pensively quiet woman who can remain unruffled by man and his meanderings. The Prairie Child He ceased to eat, and sat for a moment gazing pensively at the dishes. The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories The old man paid no attention to the cat, but went on rotating his ball of coffee and puffing away pensively on his cigarette. All About Coffee You look at him pensively, and suddenly see one of the great everyday distances between your countryfolk and his. Home Life in Germany Mrs. Delarayne fingered her necklace pensively, and jerked her head forward once or twice in solemn silence. Too Old for Dolls A Novel The admission was received with a shout of laughter from the window above, where a red-haired girl leaned pensively upon the rail of a broken balcony. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar He kindled a fire now, singing as he worked, while Horatio touched the chords of his violin pensively. The Arkansaw Bear A Tale of Fanciful Adventure She was gazing pensively into the fire; while I regarded her with an eye of admiration, and a heart full of amorous longings. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life Lagardere remained alone for a while in the room, pensively contemplating the portraits of the Three Louis. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama "The King," I remarked pensively, "leads a retired life." The Master Mummer Alonzo having thus poured out the effusions of an overcharged heart, pensively returned to the inn, which he entered and seated himself in the common room, in deep contemplation. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father "Tom marry again, you say," he observed pensively. Otherwise Phyllis It had not been so bad, of course, when the other girls came, too, but now!—Glory sighed pensively. Glory and the Other Girl Having seen his friends go slipping out on the deep, he turned pensively homeward, somewhat heavy of heart, for when one faces perils with another, fast friendships are quickly welded. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton The marquis could hardly suppress his astonishment, and, pressing the hand of Father Joachim, pensively took the road to Chorillos. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love I wish——” Here he broke off his speech to gaze pensively at the automobile. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 "It's a long, long way to that Argentine ranch," he remarked pensively. Juggernaut He turned and stared pensively at the line of prisoners who had staggered one by one to the bulwarks, and leaned there limply, their resentment lost for the time in the convulsions of nature. Merry-Garden and Other Stories It has been foretold," she answered pensively, "that I shall wed the King of Cups. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) "It is rather strong," said she pensively; "shall we put it outside?" Through Finland in Carts "Good Bess—good old mare!" she said, gently, gazing pensively at the letter. The Panchronicon Edith put a small pink foot out of bed on the other side and gazed at it pensively. Master of the Vineyard "It seems like taking advantage of their weakness," said he pensively. Merry-Garden and Other Stories I realized that I should have to stay here for some time, and ate my last provisions somewhat pensively. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific She loved everybody, forgave her playmates all their sins against her, let Nelly take such of her precious treasures as she liked, and pensively hoped baby would remember her when she was gone. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. She leaned back against the foot of the bed, and folding her hands gazed pensively into vacancy, while Rebecca stared at her in astonishment. The Panchronicon "I think," returned Rosemary, pensively, "that an old maid is a woman who never could have married and a spinster is merely one who hasn't." Master of the Vineyard While she listened to his words she smiled pensively. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies "I know," replied Flamby pensively—"and I cannot understand why nature is so cruel." The Orchard of Tears He ate no supper, but sat smoking through the mosquito-netting, gazing pensively at the starry heavens. Colorado Jim Phœbe twirled her letter between her fingers and gazed pensively smiling out of the window. The Panchronicon "How lovely the country is," she said, pensively. Master of the Vineyard Pensively she ate her toast, tossing a few crumbs at the robins; pensively she disposed of two eggs, a trout, and all the chocolate, and looked into the pitcher for more cream. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories AS she came, pensively, from her morning bath into the sunny front room Athalie noticed the corner of an envelope projecting from beneath her door. Athalie I’m always rather afraid she doesn’t like me,” said Madeline pensively. Bird of Paradise He walks smilingly and pensively among the olive-trees of the Academia, plucking a rose here and an oleander there; but for the rest, the solemn wizardries of Nature are regarded with an urbane contempt. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations She was standing pensively by a rosebush the next morning feeling appallingly weary of well-doing when Kurt in his riding clothes suddenly appeared before her. Penny of Top Hill Trail “And he looks like the sort of man who would stay single for a woman,” she said, pensively. Across the Mesa The niece lay pensively gazing at the beams of the rising moon, as they trembled on the leaves of an aspen-tree before the lattice. Humorous Ghost Stories "It's bad for the health to go to bed at the wrong time," suggested Ridgwell pensively. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy He regarded the revolver pensively for a few moments, then laid it down in front of him. Uncanny Tales "It doesn't seem as though we were going home to-morrow," remarked Rosemary pensively. Rainbow Hill The first time he went out to enjoy the warmth of the spring in the park, he saw a girl sitting pensively by the roadside. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck "Her silk waist doesn't begin to touch Millie's for style," she said pensively, "and her skirt doesn't even drag; but there's something about her." The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories They were wandering pensively hand in hand toward his mother's home, when a voice called to them from across the brook. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad That feeling of gentleness and conscious pathos that floods the weak and empty and lately racked body was mine, and I looked pensively at the white, blue-veined hand that lay so lax on the counterpane. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty "There is so much that is saddening in my position," she said pensively. Vixen, Volume II. Drusy, who was still the hired girl at the tavern, in spite of the "little property" her husband had left her, was all alone in the kitchen, sitting pensively before the glowing stove. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 "I wish I were a little street gamin in London," said the girl pensively, fingering the violets at her corsage. The Secret House Honora felt it as repose, and pensively began to admire—Owen chimed in with her. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Having lent a dutiful arm up the stairs to his now beaming relative, Sir Adrian came down pensively and entered the library. The Light of Scarthey Five horses," sighed Mrs. Winstanley pensively; "I shall hardly know those great stables with only five horses in them. Vixen, Volume II. The middle-aged lady had finished arranging her hair; had carefully enveloped it, in a muslin nightcap with a small plaited border, and was gazing pensively on the fire. Bardell v. Pickwick "I wonder," she said pensively, "if you really know." The Creators A Comedy The girl nodded, and her eyes rested on the mill pensively. The Opened Shutters She, wrapped up in a coarse peasant-cloak, pensively gazes into the cheerless smoke and holds her worn and muddy boots to the smouldering wood in the vain hope of warmth. The Light of Scarthey Young ladies whose study of German literature had never gone beyond Ollendorff gazed pensively at the oranges, and murmured the song of Mignon. Vixen, Volume II. Then finally she gazed long and pensively at Penelope, who, in an ugly dress of brown holland, was looking back at her with eyes as black and defiant as her own. Girls of the Forest Misery! while I, devoted to her image, can scarcely write a line now and then, or pensively read aloud to the people of Birmingham. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 A shrewd guess helped Dunham to find the object of his search at the post office, where Benny was seated on a barrel, pensively kicking his heels. The Opened Shutters But for all that he looked at it long and pensively. The Light of Scarthey When the paper had been suppressed, a boy who had never contributed to it said to me, "What a shame!" and he added very pensively, "It was all so extraordinarily romantic!" The School and the World "I wonder," said Mrs. Dibbott pensively, "if we really appreciate him." The Rapids And the artist discontentedly laid his pencil and palette on a chair, and stood pensively before the canvass. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Here, standing before a mirror, she unpinned her straw hat, smoothed her dark hair, resting her eyes pensively for a few moments on her reflected face. Barbarians "When you look back and think how things have changed, don't it seem strange," said Kittie, dropping her sewing and looking pensively off at the wood-pile. Six Girls A Home Story Jack seated himself pensively upon a block of stone and thought of his mother. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "Isn't it?" said Grace, pensively; and her large eyes were full of tender gravity, as she fixed them on the old woman. Peggy All this was said quietly, pensively, with an air of mild consideration. Fernley House They sat pensively breaking stones in a wide courtyard. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly I licked pensively at the big wooden spoon, and felt strangely soothed. Explorers of the Dawn "Feels sort of soft to me," said the Tennessee Shad pensively. The Varmint For a moment his head fell pensively forward upon his breast. The Tiger Hunter She looked at him pensively for a moment or two, tapping her small white teeth with a gold pencil. Mufti When Willard and Joyce came back into the twilight room they found Miss Sally still sitting by the table, her head leaning pensively on her hand. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 I shall never forget that bonnet," continued Miss Wealthy, pensively, "nor that dress. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls "I must get some decent collars," he said pensively. The Varmint Undecided, Major Stone stood a minute rubbing his nose pensively with a small forefinger; then the resolution to act fastened upon him. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Tiara was sitting on the front porch of her home gazing pensively out upon the blue hills that fringed the distant horizon. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist “Yes,” said Hugh pensively, “and then when I get into a company where no one knows me from Smith the chemist’s clerk, a childish resentment comes over me.” In the Mist of the Mountains Then, as at a signal, all the spoons, still full, were pensively returned to the plates, and an audible sigh stole softly round the room. The Green Carnation Chlorippe, aged thirteen, kicked off her sandals and stretched her pretty snowy feet: “They were never in the world made to fit into high-heeled shoes,” she declared pensively, widening her little rosy toes. Iole After a moment she added pensively, "Of course, they weren't really very nice—" Gefty shivered. The Winds of Time "The worst of it is," Billy remarked pensively; "I'm sure to have such a fine time of it at your house that I can't seem to get up much regret over my mother's departure." Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen “I believe I’m making it worse,” she said, pensively regarding the spot. In the Mist of the Mountains "It is almost impossible to wrong a woman now," he answered pensively. The Green Carnation He was a druggist by trade, and one day was startled by one of the half-mad fakirs, who swarm in Oriental cities, pensively gazing at him while his eyes slowly filled with tears. Mystics and Saints of Islam "I was wondering about the window," said Brink, pensively. The Ambulance Made Two Trips From her window in the emergency hospital the Special Messenger could see those flags as she sat pensively sewing. Special Messenger He rose from his chair and gazed pensively at his black socked feet. In the Mist of the Mountains “I am afraid that is all I am capable of,” said Sebastian, looking pensively at her. Jewel Weed |
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