"Demonstrativeness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... very weaknesses of Charley's character—his love of pleasure, his credulity, his wayward impulsiveness, of all which Balfour had made use for his own purposes—were foreign to the nature of the elder Coe; while the lad's high spirit, demonstrativeness, and geniality were all his own. If he had one to guide as well as love him—a woman with sound heart and brain, such as this Agnes Aird was represented to be, what a happy future might be before ...
— Bred in the Bone • James Payn
... still further lengthened by a beard, the domed forehead, the bright eyes, very inscrutable usually, very sympathetic when he chooses to make them so; and when he speaks, a soft voice, quiet and even-toned but often indistinct. Not given to demonstrativeness, he appears the same under all conditions—silent when depressed, silent too when cheerful; he may smile, but he will never laugh outright—unless called upon in society to make a special effort to amuse somebody. Then he does it, as he does all he ...
— Sir Robert Hart - The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition • Juliet Bredon
... did not immediately reply, and the man in the chimney-corner, with sudden demonstrativeness, said, "Anybody may know my ...
— The Great English Short-Story Writers, Vol. 1 • Various
... adventures through which the Rose had passed since her abduction. Under this head, indeed, Mrs. Major did not anticipate great difficulty. Similar cats are more similar than similar dogs. They have not, as dogs have, the distinguishing marks of character and demonstrativeness. In any event, as the masterly woman assured herself, she ran no peril even if her plot failed. She would say she had found the cat, and if Mr. Marrapit were convinced it was not his Rose—well, she had made a ...
— Once Aboard The Lugger • Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
... mentioned to her once that her way of doing it was almost English in its demonstrativeness, and my other parent told me privately he wished I ...
— A Voyage of Consolation - (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An - American girl in London') • Sara Jeannette Duncan |
