"The first time I asked her if I might go and play with Teddy she looked at me severely and said, Who is this Teddy person.
" "Children should eat what is put before them and never turn up their noses at good, wholesome food," said Aunt Elizabeth severely.
But her eyes, though steel-blue, were as cold as Aunt Ruth's, and her long, thin mouth was compressed severely.
Rebecca turned the full light of her eyes upon him reproachfully, almost severely, as she answered:— "Oh!
" demanded Jimmy severely, though his eyes twinkled.
" said Unc' Billy Possum severely.
"Pooh," said Owl severely, "did you do that?
" Rabbit looked at him severely.
" "Severely painful," I said, with truth.
" And having relieved my conscience by this declaration, I was able to go on, and, speaking more currently and clearly than my wont, to show him that I had a mind to keep to my reformed creed; the more I saw of Popery the closer I clung to Protestantism; doubtless there were errors in every church, but I now perceived by contrast how severely pure was my own, compared with her whose painted and meretricious face had been unveiled for my admiration.
How severely they viewed me, with a sort of dull displeasure!
If a man feels that he would become contemptible in his own eyes were it generally known that his ancestry were simple and not gentle, poor and not rich, workers and not capitalists, would it be right severely to blame him for keeping these fatal facts out of sight—for starting, trembling, quailing at the chance which threatens exposure?
All this, however, is foreign to the mission on which you sent me and will probably be very uninteresting to your severely practical mind.
" Grandfather Frog looked at Billy Mink severely.
After that the little meadow people and forest folks held Prickly Porky in greater respect than ever and left him severely alone, which was just what he seemed to want.
" "Blair, I'm really surprised to hear the things you say to the children," said Aunt Janet severely.
"People don't go to funerals for the fun of it," said Felicity severely.
"That's a nice way to speak of your great-grandmother," said Felicity severely.
" FELICITY, SEVERELY: "Uncle Roger IS smart.
" asked Felicity severely.
