The strength of her feelings she could not express; the nature of them, however, contented her friend.
I am fond of history—and am very well contented to take the false with the true.
He remained with them some time, and was only too agreeable for Catherine to be contented when he went away.
Her own family were plain, matter-of-fact people who seldom aimed at wit of any kind; her father, at the utmost, being contented with a pun, and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance, or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next.
Their joy on this meeting was very great, as well it might, since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years.
Then he would suddenly appear at breakfast, having let himself in with his latchkey the night before, very jovial and good-natured and free-handed and glad if she would allow him to give her something—a well-fed man, contented with the world; a jolly, full-blooded, satisfied man.
To be sure, they seem contented enough; but then, I suppose, they're used to it.
Lakelands proper is a contented village of two dozen houses situated on a forlorn, narrow-gauge railroad line.
He looked contented and pleased.
" "I don't see how you can be contented to live up back," sighed Cousin Georgiana.
On the steep mountain trails around her Blue Castle only gaily caparisoned steeds might proudly pace; in real life Valancy would have been quite contented to drive in a buggy behind a nice horse.
" Sid chuckled in a very contented and satisfied way.
just stop for a moment to ask yourself how long it's been since you've just sat down for a while, doing absolutely nothing yet feeling perfectly happy and contented?
Despite the hardships of a farmer's life and frequent food shortages, Tao was contented, writing poetry, cultivating the chrysanthemums that became inseparably associated with his poetry, and drinking wine, also a common subject of his verse.
just stop for a moment to ask yourself how long its been since you've just sat down for a while,doing absolutely nothing yet feeling perfectly happy and contented?
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.
She likewise kept order in the little house, and put beautifully white clean coverings on the little beds, and the brothers were always contented and lived in great harmony with her.
" The peasant was contented with this, put the Jew's coat on, and went off with him.
If you look too contented and complacent, the bar staff may assume you are already being served.
The people contented to do it.
