I rather complained to W. after the first three or four dinnersit seemed to me bad manners, but he said no, I was the wife of a French political man, and every one took for granted I was interested in the conversationcertainly no one intended any rudeness.

Nothing had been heard of Worth, who had been directed to move along the east side of the Pedregal on San Antonio, but it was taken for granted he had carried the point, and Scott wished to cut off the retreat of the garrison.

The principles taken for granted as fundamental and notorious truths far transcend the extremest speculations of Terrestrial mysticism.

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.

So I am thinking it.' 'Take the fish for granted, and tell me more about Mr. Feist!'

My study always is, to keep those who profess moderate and reasonable views right, and to prevent them from going over arms and baggage to the enemy, by taking for granted that they mean what they profess, and, when they propose objectionable remedies, arguing against them on their own premises.

We must take for granted the population of a country, like that of the world, as a given fact.

Both she and Jerrold came to it with an extreme simplicity, taking it for granted.

What was taken for granted yesterday is not tolerated to-day, and what is taken for granted to-day will not be tolerated in a to-morrow that maybe is not so distant as in our darker moments we imagine.

But Mr. Lamb, in the extreme sympathy of his delight, has taken for granted, that everything that can be uttered on the subject will be held to be worth uttering, purely for its own sake, and because it could not well have been said twelve months ago.

Its rapid, bustling action is possible because we are always ready to take the character of a shrew for granted.

The old minister took it for granted that the Reverend Mr. Fairweather knew the private history of his parishioner's family.

"I take it for granted, Miles," Marble remarked, as we pursued our discourse, "that your insurance will completely cover your whole loss?

I was about to take it for granted, that, although you deny the power of Congress to abolish the inter-state traffic in human beings, you do not justify the trafficwhen I recollected the intimation in your speech, that there is no such traffic.

In the first place, we take it for granted, that no one will deny to the perception of truth some positive pleasure; no one, at least, who is not at the same time prepared to contradict the general sense of mankind, nay, we will add, their universal experience.

"That our Saviour was divinely inspired, and endued with supernatural powers, are positions that are here taken for granted.

That Swift knew perfectly well that the actual value of the copper coinage was not a matter of profound importance may be taken for granted, and so far his conduct is certainly not justifiable on any very strict rule of ethics.

It is taken for granted that anything that is high, great, or noble by its very nature stands isolated in a world where no better expression can be found to signify what is base and paltry than the term which I have mentioned as being generally usednamely, common.

His wife planned for the future, and Waring only asserted himself when she took it for granted that the hotel would be his permanent home.

And, as I said before, it has been my experience that, if it be done with a careful and delicate hand, more is gained with women by taking things for granted than by the smoothest tongue and longest Jacob-and-Rachael service.

But if, on the other hand, no such objections are made known to him, he need not raise the question himself at all, but take it for granted that in a Christian land there will be no objection to imploring the Divine protection and blessing at the opening of a daily school.

repeated Valentine; "you take that for granted, then?

It is also taken for granted that frivolous talk like that of an "American Century" after 1945 has no justification in the light of present-day history.

"I have now myself satisfied that you something know," said the count, in his snappish military fashion, and he shut the last book, and never from that day referred in any manner to Nino's extent of knowledge, taking it for granted that he had made an exhaustive investigation.

She knew a good deal of their language, but, taking for granted that this Englishman and his lovely lady would be quite ignorant of what they said, the party of men were most unreserved in their remarks.