Its odour betrays its origin"and, indeed, the air was heavy with the scent of bitter almonds"but

Not seldom a mixture of Greek and Latin in the same sentence betrays the corrupt speech of the lower classes, and the Latin itself is that of the common people.

They were surprised before they could enter into their oppidaefor Caesar had strictly forbidden everything which might have raised their suspicion; especially the application of fire, which usually betrays the sudden presence of an enemy.

" "In that, we are perfectly of a mind; for, if there be any thing that betrays a consciousness of inferiority, it is our rendering others of so much obvious importance to ourselves, as to make them the subjects of our constant conversation.

And, in this ticklish situation, A secret told betrays the nation.

there she goes, She reels along, and by her gait betrays Her inward weakness.

The fair OSMUNDA seeks the silent dell, The ivy canopy, and dripping cell; 95 There hid in shades clandestine rites approves, Till the green progeny betrays her loves.

A speaker often betrays his purpose beforehand by the names which he gives to things.

Now, intellectual dullness is at the bottom of that vacuity of soul which is stamped on so many faces, a state of mind which betrays itself by a constant and lively attention to all the trivial circumstances in the external world.

[Sidenote: Sir Andres betrays Sir Tristram to King Mark] So therewith he withdrew himself from that balcony very softly, into the apartment behind.

Let it be understood, hereafter, that whoever uses these names in an historical sense betrays an ignorance of the subject he handles, which, were it in the better known field of Aryan or Egyptian lore, would at once convict him of not meriting the name of scholar.

[Footnote 22: Gulliver's hatred of mankind betrays him, even in the midst of his mildest satire, into such sharp, biting remarks as this.

But as soon as he sees us his face betrays a ray of hope.

"You see," said Goethe, "how apt and consistent is his judgment, and that the handwriting nowhere betrays any trace of weakness.

" "And what say they at the universities on this material point?" "I see I may as well lay aside my gown, and own the marling-spike!" returned the other, smiling, "There is something about the tradeprofession, though, I believe, is your favourite wordthere is something about the profession, which betrays us to each other.

" Most people will agree with Eaton, that "the spirit which dictated this answer betrays more the inspiration of Carter's Mountain than of Bunker Hill.

The funniest effect was the change from the look of self-satisfied complacency with which he accompanied the words: "The king has promised me" to that of towering rage when Alice innocently betrays her knowledge of the secret.

The whole transaction, indeed, is so entangled and incomprehensible, particularly when the high rank of all the persons concerned in it is considered, that it betrays an amount of recklessness and tyranny on the part of the King which it is difficult to realize in our own times.

No one of Mrs. Prentiss' lesser works betrays a keener insight into character or a finer touch than this.

The poetry which Burns wrote, not in dialect, but in the classical English, is in the stilted manner of his century, and his prose correspondence betrays his lack of culture by its constant lapse into rhetorical affectation and fine writing.

It is now indeed an unhappiness, the disease of the soul: it flies from a shadow, and makes more dangers than it avoids; it weakens the judgment and betrays the succors of reason: so hard is it to tremble and not to err, and to hit the mark with a shaking hand.

This language betrays the confusion of ideas and misconception of authority which tempted the judges beyond their proper duty.

Claius, in his anxiety to make Amarillis reveal her assassin, betrays his own identity, to the joy of his old enemy Pilumnus.

At this moment, however, Scathlock returns with the deer on his shoulders, to the discomfiture of the witch, who curses the feast, and after tormenting poor Amie, who between sleeping and waking betrays the origin of her disease, departs in an evil humour.

[F] Yon azure smoke betrays the lurking town; With eager footsteps I advance and reach 25 The cottage threshold where my journey closed.