Satisfied
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How stupid it all was! and he felt disgust at his powerlessness to tame them again; and
satisfied
himself with hastening his steps as though he were deaf to abuse.
He would be
satisfied
with bread; and if there were only enough for one, she should have it.
There was no end to it; the hours followed the hours; the revolting promiscuity became worse, with the poison of their breaths and the ordure of their necessities
satisfied
in common.
His hair stood up before the horror of this murder; and yet, in spite of the revolt which came from his education, a certain gladness made his heart beat, the animal joy of an appetite at length
satisfied.
This question troubled him, although he settled it like a man who is
satisfied
with his knowledge.
I was well
satisfied
with my cabin, which was located in the stern and opened into the officers' mess.
Or, proceeding in a more convenient, more economical, and consequently more probable fashion, was he
satisfied
with merely returning to breathe at the surface of the water like a cetacean, renewing his oxygen supply every twenty-four hours?
We were thoroughly
satisfied
with the results of our hunting.
'The cure has told me that you were an honest fellow, everyone in this house will treat you with respect, and if I am
satisfied
I shall help you to set up for yourself later on.
Julien,
satisfied
with his own conduct, looked around him; he found everywhere an appearance of the purest virtue.
'He is my secretary,' the Marquis added to his neighbour, 'and he spells _cela_ with a double _l_.'Everyone looked at Julien, who gave Norbert a slightly exaggerated bow; but on the whole, they were
satisfied
with his appearance.
I must appear to be what I really was a week before my disaster ...'He had occasion to be
satisfied
with his success, and remained in the drawing-room.
As for Sorel and his sons, I shall offer them, in my name, an annual pension of five hundred francs, which will be paid to each of them separately, so long as I am
satisfied
with them.'Julien was by this time cold and stiff.
K. was
satisfied
to hear nothing but his own quiet words in this room full of strangers, and he even dared casually to pick up the examining judge's notebook and, touching it only with the tips of his fingers as if it were something revolting, lifted it in the air, holding it just by one of the middle pages so that the others on each side of it, closely written, blotted and yellowing, flapped down.
What he told me, gentlemen, was basically nothing at all; perhaps he really did know nothing, he had placed me under arrest and was
satisfied.
I only had this one lawyer at that time but I wasn't very
satisfied
with him."
The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed outside through the wooden door, as his mother was
satisfied
with this explanation and shuffled away.
"I think we have never met before, sir," replied Harper with a slight smile on his features, as he observed the move ments of the other; but appearing
satisfied
with his scrutiny, he turned to Sarah Wharton, who sat next him, and carelessly remarked,-"You doubtless find your present abode solitary, after being accustomed to the gayeties of the city."
Between the open sarcasm of Frances, and the ill-concealed disdain of the young man, Colonel Wellmere had felt himself placed in an awkward predicament; but ashamed to resent such trifles in the presence of his mistress, he
satisfied
himself with observing, superciliously, as Dunwoodie left the room,-"Quite a liberty for a youth in his situation; a shop boy with a bundle, I fancy."
Harvey's eyes twinkled as he contemplated the reward; and rolling over in his mouth a large quantity of the article in question, coolly stretched forth his hand, into which the dollars fell with a most agreeable sound: but not
satisfied
with the transient music of their fall, the peddler gave each piece in succession a ring on the stepping-stone of the piazza, before he consigned it to the safekeeping of a huge deerskin purse, which vanished from the sight of the spectators so dexterously, that not one of them could have told about what part of his person it was secreted.
Satisfied
with the success he had already obtained, and believing the English too wary to give him an opportunity of harassing them further, he was about to withdraw the guides; and, leaving a strong party on the ground to watch the movements of the regulars, to fall back a few miles, to a favorable place for taking up his quarters for the night.
The surgeon, having
satisfied
himself that everything was as he had left it, very deliberately resumed his seat and replaced his wig, as he inquired, with a brevity that would have honored Lieutenant Mason,-"Had it petticoats, George?""I saw nothing but its heavenly eyes - its bloom - its majestic step - its grace," replied the young man, with rather more ardor than his surgeon thought consistent with his debilitated condition; and he laid his hand on his mouth to stop him, saying himself,-"It must have been Miss Jeanette Peyton - a lady of fine accomplishments, with - hem - with something of the kind of step you speak of - a very complacent eye; and as to the bloom, I dare say offices of charity can summon as fine a color to her cheeks, as glows in the faces of her more youthful nieces."
"Within a dozen, upon my honor; my best picking is when the corps is detached; for when we are with the main army, there are so many boys to be satisfied, that I seldom get a good subject.
"That's just my notion," rejoined the Skinner, with a self-approving manner that showed how much he was
satisfied
with his own estimate of character.
Satisfied
with this judicious arrangement, Captain Lawton made his dispositions for the march.
"Promise me, then," said Wharton, musing awhile in silence, "that as soon as the recollection of my fate is softened, you will give my friend that hand for life, and I am satisfied."
The peddler seemed satisfied; for he drew back, and, watching his opportunity, unseen by Henry, slipped behind the screen, and entered the cavern.
There was a smile playing around the beautiful mouth of Frances, while she uttered this injunction, which
satisfied
her aunt that all was as it should be.
"You speak the truth, dear John; there is room for all to live and enjoy themselves in peace, if each could be
satisfied
with his own.
I'm
satisfied
with it.
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