| William Michell - 1867 - 512 Seiten
...was out of hearing before Michael had finished speaking. He was in a hurry to be in time himself. For if there was one thing he disliked more than another it was being late for church. He had learned this from his father, one of those sober-minded, old fashioned,countrymen,... | |
| Emma Leslie - 1867 - 274 Seiten
...this, and had it not been that he was a privileged person, would have felt offended about it ; for if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was being " preached at," as he called it. Edgar saw something of this annoyance, and he immediately asked... | |
| 1869 - 730 Seiten
...things that saved himself from trouble. He had had in his youth a hard, in his age an easy life ; and if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was taking trouble. The Irish exuberance of Mr. Scanlan filled up all gaps, socially as well as clerically,... | |
| Dinah Maria Craik - 1870 - 348 Seiten
...things that saved himself from trouble. He had had in his youth a hard, in his age an easy life ; and if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was taking trouble. The Irish exuberance of Mr. Scanlan filled up all gaps, socially as well as clerically,... | |
| Matilda Anne Mackarness - 1871 - 314 Seiten
...with the party, though he would infinitely have preferred a canter on the breezy downs by himself. If there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was what he termed ' a rattle.' One who kept up a continued noisy chatter and loud laugh at nothing, or,... | |
| Frances Hariott Wood - 1873 - 168 Seiten
...their panic. Mr Bertram, who was reading English letters when they rushed in, came forward impatiently. If there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was n.erves. One of the most gentle and sympathising of men in real danger or trouble, he had little pity... | |
| Charlotte Louisa H. Dempster - 1877 - 390 Seiten
...but to take his. ' Sit down, Franz ! ' she said, and Sir Francis, with an inward groan, obeyed her. If there was one thing he disliked more than another it was a display of feeling, and here was a scene intended for him, if ever there was one. ' I give you a... | |
| St. Barnabas - 1883 - 304 Seiten
...subscription towards the fund that would be expected from him, as one of the chief men in New Thoroton ; and if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was giving a subscription. There was seldom anything to show for it, and there was no praise gained ; of... | |
| Anna Robeson Brown Burr - 1900 - 350 Seiten
...and ran over to the corner for them." " I have often asked you " Scott began, and checked himself. If there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was his wife's propensity for dashing into the street with something thrown about her. But this time he... | |
| Mary Hastings Bradley - 1912 - 426 Seiten
...does not make love by force!" she cried. It checked him as nothing else on earth could have done, for if there was one thing he disliked more than another it was any suggestion of inferiority to the polish of the French, of a lack of their savoir-faire. He looked... | |
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