It seemed to show spontaneity and great sweetness of character.I was a good deal amused by what she said about history.I am sorry she does not enjoy it; but I too feel sometimes how dark, and mysterious and even fearful the history of old peoples, old religions and old forms of government really is....
That evening Ivanka put her arms round my neck, told me she loved Nicholas because of his kindness to her father, and besought me earnestly to tell her what had passed between us.A good deal amused, I told her as much as I thought she could understand....
On an old fossil like Crabtree these youthful vagaries would jar continually, that is, I think, they might; while on Hardy they had just the opposite effect.He seemed to be a good deal amused with Henry -- not at all satirically.He seemed to think he was rather good company, and his laugh is so peculiar that he has only to show an incipient inclination to grin, and Henry is ready to join him at once....
Senator Anthony, in the chair, said that it was usual and proper to call the President an enemy of his country, and Senator Sherman scouted the idea that Senator Sumner was out of order, saying that he had heard such language in the Senate fifty times.Senators were a good deal amused at this exhibition of their record....
Frank was a good deal amused, and could scarcely refrain from laughing at his cousin's misfortune.He tried to keep on a sober face, but the corners of his mouth would draw themselves out into a smile, in spite of himself....
"The steward went to several of the members of the mess, and asked what they wished served up; but they told him that they had nothing to do with the caterer's business, and the consequence is, if you want any thing to eat, you will have to go into the pantry and help yourself."Frank was a good deal amused at the obstinacy displayed by the different members of the mess, and wondered how the affair would end.The mess could not long exist without some one to take charge of it; but for himself he was not at all concerned....
His mouth, too, followed the struggles of his fingers; and the facial grimaces that resulted set the school into a gale of laughter.In fact, the master -- a good deal amused himself -- was wholly unable to calm the room so long as old Zack continued his exercise in writing.The children of course carried home accounts of what went on at school; and certain of the parents complained to the school agent that their children were not learning properly....
There were now a great many well armed natives around us, and though they were very kind and friendly, I did not like the idea of their occupying the acclivities immediately above us -- at all events, not during my contemplated absence from the party.I therefore had every thing removed to the hill next above them, and was a good deal amused at the result of this manoeuvre, for they seemed equally as uneasy as we had been at the heights above them being occupied.In a very short time they also broke up camp, and took possession of the next hill beyond us....
Laurent St. Armand went home to his father a good deal amused after all his disappointment and vexation, for he had been compelled to take an inferior canoe.
"I should make an excursion all by myself."They seemed a good deal amused by her taste, but the idea suggested in fun was really determined upon; Julia, so Mijnheer promised, should have a holiday when every one else did, and do just what she pleased....
Quakers have always had a good reputation for shrewdness, and Whittier was not lacking in that quality.He understood perfectly well what they wanted of him, and was a good deal amused by it, but he liked to converse with vigorous and experienced men, and could obtain from them a better understanding of affairs than was to be found in the newspaper.His letters on politics were always able and interesting; and he sometimes adopted exactly the opposite view from what his advisors would have liked to have him....
He was a good deal amused by his partner, finding her more interesting than most of the girls he met that evening; afterwards he forgot her, for two days later he left the place, and thought no more either about Miss Polkington or the talk he had had with her.As for her, it was not clear what she thought, but the next day she wrote to London for a second-hand Dutch dictionary, and then went to call at the house with the largest library that she knew....
Jack handed over the pipe, a good deal amused at the manner of his host, who took the implement of fumigation and examined it carefully, handling it with tender care, as if it were a living and delicate creature.Then he smelt it, then put it in his mouth and gave it a gentle draw, while an expression of pathetic satisfaction passed over his somewhat care-worn countenance....
"I mean dat de Capp'n he's hoed mad, or suffin like it, an' Massa Alf not mush better."A good deal amused and surprised by the negro's statement, the two hunters hastened back to Makitok's hut, where they indeed found Captain Vane in a state of great excitement....
She was a pretty creature, with bright blue eyes, and an arch expression, all the droller under her prim round cap; and Sylvester was a good deal amused with her pert bold little nods and airs.He paid a good deal of attention to her, and she in return grew more forward and chattering....
