" He sat for some time silent, with introverted gaze, Johnnie with difficulty restraining her impatience, forbearing to break in upon his meditation.

But Sweetwater showed no impatience, and proceeded to engage the attention of the next man, woman, or child he encountered with undiminished zest and hopefulness.

As they stood there looking over the undulating park, and Gifford, curbing his impatience, was talking of certain changes which had taken place since his early days there, the butler was seen hurrying towards them.

"It is so long since I saw our beautiful mountains and I was then so young, that I feel a great impatience to revisit them, though the pleasure must be deferred until spring.

" Dr. Shuro, who had manifested his impatience at this long harangue, by frequent interruptions, and which Dridrano's show of deference could scarcely keep down, hastily replied: "You have manifestly taken the hint of your theory from me; and because I have advanced the doctrine that disease is an unit, you come forward now, and insist that remedy is an unit too.

" He walked about the room, trying to conceal his impatience.

Mrs. Marshall-Smith, trying one topic after another, expressed an impatience with the slow progress of a Henry James novel she was reading, and Mr. Sommerville, remarking with a laugh, "Oh, you cannot hurry Henry," looked to see his mild witticism rewarded by a smile from the critic.

" Soothing my impatience, my mother said aloud, "My little daughter is anxious to hear your legends."

Lest he betray his impatience by keeping the tips of his cigarette too bright (one never knows when one is not watched) he smoked sparingly.

Billie and Chet controlled their impatience, answering the questions their mother had to ask them about all that had happened while they had been away, for Mrs. Bradley had been anxious.

Peter stood in the whipping dust, and the caution of the inmates spurred his impatience to see Cissie.

The Pope protested in a firm but temperate tone, and his indignant people would fain have hurried him into a war; but he bridled their impatience and the matter ended in a compromise.

She did not like to meet her; for the unpleasant feelings had not left her bosom, though she sincerely regretted her impatience.

Commodus bent down and tried to listentried again, mastered impatience and at last stood upright, shaking both fists at the tunnel roof.

But I know thy impatience, and I will not increase thy weariness.

The fact that nobody wants Hansard is not necessarily a rebuff to Parliamentary eloquence, yet these low prices jump with the times and undoubtedly indicate an impatience of oratory.

After all, I understood his impatience; a minute's delay might cause him to lose the mail boat from Tien Tsin to Japan.

since the settlements might be drawn and engrossed in the intervenient time, which would pacify his impatience, as no time would be lost.

With what impatience I waited for morning!

There was just enough of some unexpected preliminary wrangle and delay to arouse the full impatience of both convention and spectators; but at length the names of candidates were announced.

He perceives, with great comfort, that out of strain is bred impatience in the shape of a young bundle of nerves, who is about as undisciplined an imp as the earth can show.

By experience, my lords, we have been already taught, that taxes may be so heavy as to be without effect; that restraint may be so violent as to produce impatience; and, therefore, it is proper in the next essay to proceed by slow degrees and gentle methods, and produce that effect imperceptibly which we find ourselves unable to accomplish at once.

" Such egotism in an idle man would only provoke impatience; but Byron was, during the whole of this period, almost preternaturally active.

In both we find the same impatience of control, the same ferocity, the same unconquerable pride.

"Wait for orders, men, wait for orders," observed the serjeant, by way of quieting an impatience that was very apparent.