Anna was absorbed in contemplating the misfortune of Willie Price.
If, Mademoiselle, I were a marrying man (which I am not; and you may spare yourself the trouble of any sneer you may be contemplating at the thought), and found it necessary to ask a lady whether she could look upon me in the light of a future husband, then would it be proved that I am as I say—modest.
"You should have seen her whenever I have laid on her lap some trifle; so cool, so unmoved: no eagerness to take, not even pleasure in contemplating.
I embraced five opportunities of passing her cabinet that day, with a view to contemplating her charms, and finding out the secret of their influence.
He pressed its hand, and kissed the sarcastic, savage face that every one else shrank from contemplating; and bemoaned him with that strong grief which springs naturally from a generous heart, though it be tough as tempered steel.
The delirium was not fixed, however; having weaned her eyes from contemplating the outer darkness, by degrees she centred her attention on him, and discovered who it was that held her.
Neb and Harding also ran up, and they remained for some instants contemplating the animal as it lay stretched on the ground, thinking that its magnificent skin would be a great ornament to the hall at Granite House.
" "Ah, and I should have halfpence, and we'd play at heads-and-tails," said Tom, not contemplating the possibility that this recreation might have fewer charms for his mature age.
Should Providence in this case award death, there was no sin in contemplating death as the desirable issue—if he kept his hands from hastening it—if he scrupulously did what was prescribed.
Will Ladislaw was stretched on the rug contemplating the curtain-pole abstractedly, and humming very low the notes of "When first I saw thy face;" while the house spaniel, also stretched out with small choice of room, looked from between his paws at the usurper of the rug with silent but strong objection.
Casaubon), all the while being visited with conscientious questionings whether she were not exalting these poor doings above measure and contemplating them with that self-satisfaction which was the last doom of ignorance and folly.
There he had a thorough wash and brush-up, changed his clothes, and stood for a long time before the glass, contemplating himself with pride and pleasure, and thinking what utter idiots all the people must have been to have ever mistaken him for one moment for a washerwoman.
Fisher, sternly contemplating Lady Caroline.
Were they or were they not, she sometimes wondered, contemplating them between the courses of her solitary meals, the same goldfish that had that day been there when Carlyle—how well she remembered it—angrily strode up to them in the middle of some argument with her father that had grown heated, and striking the glass smartly with his fist had put them to flight, shouting as they fled, "Och, ye deaf deevils!
Presently, when the moon emerged again, Injun Joe was standing over the two forms, contemplating them.
By the end of the 4th hour of her calling me and our "imaginary" friends I was actually contemplating 'accidentally' dropping and breaking the stupid thing.
Many of us will be seriously contemplating taking part in Dry January today, as we nurse sore heads from New Year's Eve celebrations.
David Beckham is contemplating traveling to space.
The drone images show a man sat on the edge of a cliff looking out to sea -- as if he is contemplating ahead of Remembrance Day.
One fan, named Stephanie, used the app to share the story of when the "Reputation" singer bought her a house: （Stephanie）: "I've been contemplating posting this story for a while.
