Thanks to her dramatic knack of word painting, Mr.
Standing on the platform Miss Brownell, who was not devoid of a superficial, elocutionary knack, read those three wonderful verses.
Emily had discovered that she possessed this odd knack when she was six.
Yet it was but a few hours of simplest pleasure; we wandered pathlessly through the sylvan calm of those dear places which seemed that day to be full of a great friendliness; Uncle Blair sauntered along behind us, whistling softly; sometimes he talked to himself; we delighted in those brief reveries of his; Uncle Blair was the only man I have ever known who could, when he so willed, "talk like a book," and do it without seeming ridiculous; perhaps it was because he had the knack of choosing "fit
Some folks has the knack of making things last.
SARA RAY HELPS OUT We all missed Aunt Olivia greatly; she had been so merry and companionable, and had possessed such a knack of understanding small fry.
He was a witty, intelligent, well-read man, rivalling Captain Jim himself in the knack of telling a good story.
Just MAKE her be friends—you can do it—you're one of those who have the knack.
I've 'em all jotted down in my life-book, but I haven't got the knack of writing them out properly.
By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr.
But every sort of wood does not answer for the purpose, and besides, there is "the knack," following the usual expression, and it is probable that Pencroft had not "the knack.
Like many men who take life easily, he had the knack of saying a home truth occasionally to those who felt themselves virtuously out of temper.
"It happened that I had a knack for drawing.
Evans's, you know, for she is a professional, and I'm only a schoolgirl, with a little knack of reciting.
Diana did Anne's front hair in the new pompadour style and Anne tied Diana's bows with the especial knack she possessed; and they experimented with at least half a dozen different ways of arranging their back hair.
And if it isn't carried in just a certain way the handle pulls out—so I'd better keep it because I know the exact knack of it.
She never had any skates of her own, but some of the other girls had lent her theirs and she seemed to have a natural knack of it.
Barney was an interesting talker, with a knack of telling a great deal about his adventures and nothing at all about himself.
Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude.
"Dad had a knack for getting people in the mood for his music.
