" He answered,—"No, I'll defer it this year a little longer.
Heathcliff, who wished to see him so much, he did not like to defer the pleasure till he should recover from his late journey.
She would not hear of staying a second longer: in truth, I felt rather disposed to defer the sequel of her narrative myself.
" In the eagerness of her affectionate anxiety for Maggie, Lucy could not persuade herself to defer a conversation about her with Tom, who, she thought, with such a cup of joy before him as this rapid fulfilment of his wish about the Mill, must become pliant and flexible.
He took the key of the bureau from his pocket, got out the key of the large chest, and fetched down the tin box,—slowly, as if he were trying to defer the moment of a painful parting.
" "It might be as well not to defer the arrangement too long," said Mr Riley, quietly, "for Stelling may have propositions from other parties, and I know he would not take more than two or three boarders, if so many.
" "Not so fast, sir; how do you know that I would not rather defer our marriage for some years?
And when she put the moderate request that he would defer going to Trumbull again, it was cruel in him not to assure her of what he meant to do.
"I was going home," he said, "but I can defer my ride a little.
"Why should we defer it?
It had occurred to him that he must not any longer defer his intention of matrimony, and he had reflected that in taking a wife, a man of good position should expect and carefully choose a blooming young lady—the younger the better, because more educable and submissive—of a rank equal to his own, of religious principles, virtuous disposition, and good understanding.
"Fred, pray defer your practising till to-morrow; you will make Mr.
Waule had to defer her answer till he was quiet again, till Mary Garth had supplied him with fresh syrup, and he had begun to rub the gold knob of his stick, looking bitterly at the fire.
Something might be done perhaps even now, at least to defer the marriage.
Why should she defer the answer?
First, most authors are happy to defer to the publisher about how to sell as many copies of their book as possible; publishing is a commercial business and the publisher knows the market.
Under the plan, individuals will be allowed to defer taxes on part of their income that is used to buy commercial pension insurance until they retire and draw money from the fund.
They were willing to defer to my needs.
By contrast, Nuo "won't expand at random" and will defer any international launch for five years at least.
If your best performers know they're expected to produce without contributing their ideas, if they're not empowered to make decisions, if they're constantly having to defer to others on the basis of their title rather than their expertise, they don't have much to be happy about.
