For she fears to displease them by an absolute refusal.

Instead of flat use in turn four other words in the sentence "This is a flat piece of ground"; five in the sentence "It was as flat a story as ever wearied company"; three in the sentence "The cook having forgotten the salt, the soup was flat"; four in the sentence "I am surprised by your flat refusal.

The young peer had acknowledged to Emily that, deprived of hope as he had been by her firm refusal of his hand, his efforts had been directed to the suppression of a passion which could never be successful; but his esteem, his respect, remained in full force.

For this, however, the royal licence was required; and, as when I made a similar request during the fur-chase of the Southern season, I met with a peremptory refusal.

He then summoned the Governor to surrender, but received an indignant refusal.

4 January, 1687, he was dismissed from court owing to his persistent refusals to be received into the Church.

The Mahometan Bulgarians were the first to send ambassadors to him, with the offer of their faith; but the mercy of Providencefor so it plainly wasinspired him to give them a decided refusal on the ground that he did not choose to comply with some of their regulations; though else a sensual religion might well have enticed a man who was given up to the indulgence of his passions.

Nevertheless, she applied to one or two hair-dressers for employment, and met with abrupt refusals.

There is no doubt here as to the final issue; but there is a resolute refusal to fix dates, or prophesy details.

" I was rather chapfallen at this very definite refusal, but persisted feebly: "I wish you would.

Then Hanseï came home with the merry partythere was much storming and angry refusal; but finally the practical sense of the peasant folk prevailed.

" "I shall make an apology for my visit," she answered, "but I cannot rest satisfied until I hear a direct refusal from his own lips.

If they had even thought I intended to thwart them, they would also have denied it, but considering all that had happened, the vexations caused us by the Nawab and our obstinate refusals to help him, they imagined that we should be just as content as they were to see him deposed, provided only the English would leave us in peace.

It was the hermit of Engaddi, and to the king's fierce refusal to listen, he said with irritation: "Thou art setting that mischief on foot thou wilt afterwards wish thou hadst stopped, though it had cost thee a limb.

Long ago the family had acquiesced in Mary's assertion that she was not in the least musical and in her stubborn refusal to "take" anything, even the most elementary course of lessons on the piano.

The determined refusal of the States had induced him to withdraw the demand; but he intrigued, through the agency of Beverning, with the leaders of the Louvestein party; and obtained a secret article, by which the states of Holland and West Friesland promised never to elect the prince of Orange for their stadtholder, nor suffer him to have the chief command of the army and navy.

Their application met with an immediate and positive refusal, and the extinction of his hopes in this respect was to John Yeardley a grievous disappointment.

Joe Carbrook, as downright in his new purpose as he had been in his old scornful refusal to look at life seriously, quickly found a place for himself in the church and the other activities of the Foundation.

Richard's passionate refusal struck the first open blow at his father's imperial schemes, and war at once broke out.

The letter,a very pattern of polite refusal,was accompanied by exactly the same sum of money the first concert had brought in.

Why should I be a Duke?'" It is pleasant to read of the heroic refusal of the staunch Republican to compromise the principles which he so eloquently vindicated in his Triumphant Democracy; but it is only right to add that this is not an isolated case.

In those moments he was conscious of nothing save a wild delirium of anger against the man who, beaten, yet resisted him, yet threw him his disdainful refusal to surrender even in the face of overwhelming defeat.

Her lettersinfrequent as he, in his self-denial, had suggestedwere characterized by a delicate reserve and a tacit refusal to take anything for granted in their relations to each other, which half charmed and half tantalized John; but scarcely enlightened him regarding the suspense and sadness which at this time she was called upon to bear.

Everybody in the village would profit, the Colonel went on; everybody should have a present if Peetka interrupted with a snarl, and flung out low words of contemptuous refusal.

When I know you acquiesce with this my civil refusal [and indeed, Sir, I am as much in earnest in it, as if I had spoken broader] I don't know but Nancy and I may, with your permission, come to see your fine things; for I am a great admirer of rarities that come from abroad.