Entertain hopes; mirth
rather than joy; variety of delights,
rather than surfeit of them; wonder and admiration, and therefore novelties; studies that fill the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature.
The lady had indeed exhibited signs of disgust
rather than sympathy.
Deane went on speaking; he was conscious of something he had in his mind to say, which might not be agreeable to his uncle, simply because it was a new suggestion
rather than an acceptance of the proposition he foresaw.
Hilbery sat editing his review, or placing together documents by means of which it could be proved that Shelley had written "of" instead of "and," or that the inn in which Byron had slept was called the "Nag's Head" and not the "Turkish Knight," or that the Christian name of Keats's uncle had been John
rather than Richard, for he knew more minute details about these poets than any man in England, probably, and was preparing an edition of Shelley which scrupulously observed the poet's system of punctuation.
A well constructed plot should, therefore, be single in its issue,
rather than double as some maintain.
Laugh away; I will put up with any mockery
rather than pretend that I am satisfied when I am hungry.
His speech had usually something of a snarl in it, and his broad-shouldered aspect something of the bull-dog expression--"Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you." But he was honest even to the splitting of an oat-grain rather than he would take beyond his acknowledged share, and as "close-fisted" with his master's property as if it had been his own--throwing very small handfuls of damaged barley to the chickens, because a large handful affected his imagination painfully with a sense of profusion.
The amatory David was a young man of an unconscious abstracted expression, which was due probably to a squint of superior intensity rather than to any mental characteristic; for he was not indifferent to Ben's invitation, but blushed and laughed and rubbed his sleeve over his mouth in a way that was regarded as a symptom of yielding.
Riverboro was doing its best to return the entire tribe of Simpsons to the land of its fathers, so to speak, thinking rightly that the town which had given them birth,
rather than the town of their adoption, should feed them and keep a roof over their heads until the children were of an age for self- support.
This means, according to Smolin, that string theory falls short as a foundation for general relativity and relies too much on assuming,
rather than explaining, the nature of space and time.
Teachers or administrators can call 911 from their rooms and the police or fire department can be dispatched directly to them,
rather than having emergency personnel go to the main office first.
Rather than exploring the Kinsey Reports as the title implies, Reumann uses the Kinsey Reports as a starting point to assess debates about sexuality in the post-war world.
