"Protestingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was over they all gathered in the restaurant. The entire clique was there, even Mr. and Mrs. Paulsberg; later on Attorney Grande appeared, dragging with him Coldevin, who followed unwillingly and protestingly; he wanted to be excused. The Attorney had met him outside and had thought it would be ...
— Shallow Soil • Knut Hamsun
... invaded the serious realms of finance, my friend spoke protestingly. "Ananta, give me one or two rupees as a safeguard. Then I can telegraph you in ...
— Autobiography of a YOGI • Paramhansa Yogananda
... absurd!" Laverick exclaimed protestingly. "I have been feeling worried myself, but there's nothing so terrifying in losing one's money, after all. As a matter of fact, things are altogether better in the city to-day. You made a big mistake in taking us out of ...
— Havoc • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... Mrs. M'Gurk, however, said protestingly, "Och, wirrasthrew, man, don't be talkin' of the Tinkers. They'd a right to not be let set fut widin tin mile of any dacint place. Thim or the likes of any ...
— Strangers at Lisconnel • Barlow Jane
... right paw, but threw up its head and drew back its muzzle, as it looked at Nic protestingly, as much as to say, "He's only a stranger, and I ...
— First in the Field - A Story of New South Wales • George Manville Fenn
... marchands de contremarques, and such riff-raff, who offered every foreigner to show him the king for five francs: if he would give ten francs, he might see the king raise his eyes to heaven, and lay his hand protestingly on his heart; if he would give twenty francs, the king would sing the Marseillaise. If the foreigner gave five francs, they raised a loud cheering under the king's windows, and His Majesty appeared on the ...
— The Essays of "George Eliot" - Complete • George Eliot
... Emmeline," I cried protestingly, "you didn't 'loathe' that first act. I never heard anything like it. Rosa was simply—well, ...
— The Ghost - A Modern Fantasy • Arnold Bennett
... cried protestingly, "have ye forgotten whatna day it is? Ye havena gi'en my men a ton o' stuff ...
— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown
... long look through his glasses, turned and took one of the 30-30s without a word, buckling on his bandolier hurriedly. Von Hofe turned to him protestingly. ...
— The Rogue Elephant - The Boys' Big Game Series • Elliott Whitney
... engine sputtered protestingly and Val thought of trying to leap ashore. But stubbornly the outboard fought on. If there ever were a sturdy ship, fit to be named with Columbus' gallant craft or Hudson's vessel, it was that frail outboard which buffeted the rising waters of a ...
— Ralestone Luck • Andre Norton
... a quiet little man, said protestingly, 'I think you will find it very warm work in here; would you not rather take a stroll by ...
— Dwell Deep - or Hilda Thorn's Life Story • Amy Le Feuvre |
