In five minutes he had finished his toilet and, giving his partner a little friendly pat on the shoulder, locked up his desk.

" "You bet I will, and we'll have a nice little family party, no knocking or nothing; just sit and talk real friendly like.

For she was merely friendly to Shere Ali.

While at work at the creek where the timber was procured the party had been twice visited by the blacks; these intrusions were neither decidedly friendly or hostile, but they stole some small articles which had been imprudently left lying near one of the logs of timber while the party was employed elsewhere; about 10.0 a.m. the blacks set fire to the grass about 200 yards from the camp, and then retired.

Mr. Murray-Hartley must be very nice, although he looks so unimportant, for all the men call him "Jim," and are awfully friendly.

My fifth Rule is, if your friend makes a severe remark, either leave it unnoticed or make your reply distinctly less severe: and, if he makes a friendly remark, tending towards "making up" the little difference that has arisen between you, let your reply be distinctly more friendly.

All three Dumas ... were remarkably friendly to England, and England supplied the staple of the precedents and parallels for quotation.'

" He was a pretty nice fellow, I could see that, even if he was a tenderfoot, and he spoke mighty friendly, sort of, to me.

These two days were of a very peaceful nature, but not quite so enthusiastically friendly as the day itself.

Shelby refused; but Sevier was bent upon being pleasant, and thanked Shelby for at least being neutral, even though not actively friendly.

Her children, also, unless they are particularly well-trained and orderly, and she is on exceedingly friendly terms with the hostess, should not accompany a lady in making morning calls.

We also note a distinct tendency to discriminate between spirits, some of which are invariably friendly, some merely picturesque, and perhaps fearsome, and others constantly harbouring a desire to work evil upon mankind.

Mrs. Towne was never excessively friendly except for a definite aim.

When the people passed this decree, Pericles sent only ten ships under the command of Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, as if he designed a deliberate insult; for the house of Cimon was on peculiarly friendly terms with the Lacedaemonians.

I believe that Russia is the only country in the world which feels nationally friendly and individually interested in America.

The more delicately dignified and civilly frosty one is to him, the more grossly familiar and hopelessly, obtusely friendly is he.

But the motives of the expedition were obviously friendly.

At first the officers of this garrison gave him an outwardly friendly reception, but they soon began to take offense at the air of authority and command which he assumed, and which seemed to them to indicate a spirit of encroachment on the sovereignty of their own king.

"He wasn't overly friendly, but there wasn't any real trouble, if that's what you're afraid of."

With the former she is deliciously patronizingly friendly; they are all "me dears," and they talk about their servants and ailments and babies, mixed with the doings of Lady Tilchesterthey always speak of her as the "Marchioness of Tilchester."

Pitt was personally friendly to emancipation, and in December, 1792, a deputation of five delegates from the Catholic convention in Dublin was graciously received by the king himself, and returned under the impression that all religious disabilities were forthwith to be abolished.

" "In the West Indies!" cry I, with animation, drawing my chair yet a little nearer hers, and feeling positively friendly; "why, that is where mine is too!"

The prevailingly friendly way in which the Ptolemaic rulers treated the Jews naturally led them to take a more favorable attitude toward Greek culture.

But at the same moment an arm of friendly strength comes round my shouldersa friendly voice sounds in my buzzing ears.

Seems to me as if" But here his partner stopped short, turned against his arm, and her face shone with a sudden friendly sweetness of surprise.