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Behind him stood several other figures clad in a similar manner, but whose countenances expressed nothing more than the indifference of brutal insensibility.
During this dialogue Captain Lawton had been studying the countenance and
manner
of the housekeeper, with a most ludicrous gravity; and, fearful the conversation would cease, he inquired, with an appearance of great interest,-"You think it was age and debility that removed the old gentleman at last?""And the troublesome times.
The spinster did not forget to dwell on the magnitude of the pecuniary loss sustained by Harvey, and in no
manner
spared her invectives, at his betraying a secret which might so easily have been kept.
The character of this youth, it has already been shown, endeared him in a peculiar
manner
to every officer in the corps.
The singularly mild deportment of the young dragoon had on so many occasions been proved not to proceed from want of resolution that his almost feminine softness of
manner
and appearance had failed to bring him into disrepute, even in that band of partisan warriors.
He frequently declared, with unconquerable simplicity and earnestness of manner, that it gave him more pleasure to see the former brought in wounded than any officer in the squadron, and that the latter afforded him the least; a compliment and condemnation that were usually received by the first of the parties with a quiet smile of good nature, and by the last with a grave bow of thanks.
The surgeon was beginning to feel this was a subject that was intolerable, but venturing a glance towards his comrade, he saw with surprise the preparations he had made, and an air of sincerity about him, that was unusual to his
manner
when making such a request.
The latter part of the sentence was hardly audible, and it was spoken more in the
manner
of a soliloquy, than as if for the ears of her companions.
Some half hour before the culinary array just recorded took place, all the ladies disappeared, much in the same unaccountable
manner
that swallows flee the approach of winter.
On her head Miss Peyton wore a cap of exquisite lawn, which was ornamented in front with a broad border of lace, that spread from the face in such a
manner
as to admit of a display of artificial flowers, clustered in a group on the summit of her fine forehead.
Though the meat and vegetables had made their entrance with perfect order and propriety, their exeunt was effected much in the
manner
of a retreat of militia.
Although there was nothing more in this movement than occurred every day on such occasions, yet the lady trembled, colored, and grew pale again, seemingly endeavoring to rally her thoughts, until, by her agitation, she had excited the interest of the whole party; when by an effort, and in a
manner
as if she had striven in vain to think of another, Isabella said, faintly,-"Major Dunwoodie."
This dissertation, uttered in a sufficiently didactic manner, was a hint that Miss Peyton did not neglect.
"Sympathy and kindness have their influence on the human system," returned the surgeon, knocking the ashes from his cigar, with the tip of a little finger, in the
manner
of an adept.
"I am yet to learn that the cause of liberty is in any
manner
advanced by the services of any gentleman in the rebel army," rejoined the colonel.
This argument, which is thought by most of the colonel's countrymen a triumphant answer to a thousand eloquent facts, lost none of its weight by the
manner
in which it was uttered.
The only rational ground to take is, that every community has a right to govern itself, so that in no
manner
it violates the laws of God.""And is holding your fellow creatures in bondage in conformity to those laws?"
"In some countries the body is exposed to be devoured by wild beasts; in others it is suspended in the air to exhale its substance in the
manner
of decomposition; in other regions it is consumed on the funeral pile, and, again, it is inhumed in the bowels of the earth; every people have their own particular fashion, and to which do you give the preference?""All are agreeable," said the trooper, following the group they had left with his eyes; "though the speediest interments give the cleanest fields.
"Ah!Jack," returned the doctor, approaching the subject with great tenderness of manner, "it is seldom I can do anything with your patients; you disfigure them woefully.
Birch supported the grave and collected
manner
that was thought becoming in a male mourner, on such occasions, and to Katy was left the part of exhibiting the tenderness of the softer sex.
As Harvey spoke, there was a strange bitterness of manner, mingled with the shrewd care he expressed concerning the sale of his property.
The peddler looked from the window, and saw with dismay that the evening was fast advancing, and knew well that he endangered his life by remaining in the dwelling after dark; yet he could not tolerate the idea of being defrauded in this manner, in a bargain that had already been fairly made; he hesitated.
The apartment of Miss Singleton communicated with the room occupied by the sisters, through a private door, as well as through the ordinary passage of the house; this door was partly open, and Frances moved towards it, with the benevolent intention of ascertaining the situation of her guest, when the surprised girl saw her whom she had thought to be sleeping, not only awake, but employed in a
manner
that banished all probability of present repose.
"'Tis thought you have little to apprehend for your brother," said Frances, in the same embarrassed
manner.
"Speak, Miss Wharton; is Major Dunwoodie known to you?""He is my relative," said Frances, appalled at the
manner
of the other.
"'Twas unfortunate, indeed, in every respect, that you met with the accident, or doubtless the royal arms would have triumphed in their usual manner."
"And yet the pleasure of such society as this accident has introduced me to, would more than repay the pain of a mortified spirit and wounded body," added the colonel, in a
manner
of peculiar softness.
"Trifling, indeed, compared to the former," returned the colonel, in the same
manner.
The captain of dragoons was in no
manner
displeased at the prospect of terminating so pleasantly a day that had been so agreeably commenced.
"Major Dunwoodie will honor us with a sentimental song," said Lawton, bowing to his leader, with the collected
manner
he so well knew how to assume.
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