Having
impulsively, it is probable, and perhaps somewhat prematurely revealed the prime but private purpose of the Pequod's voyage, Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently wrest from him the command.
She could hear the sound of her son's voice coming towards them, and glancing swiftly round the terrace, she got up
impulsively. Her eyes glowed with the fire he knew so well; with a rapid movement she raised her lovely hands, covered with rings, took his head, looked a long look into his face, and, putting up her face with smiling, parted lips, swiftly kissed his mouth and both eyes, and pushed him away.
He ate and drank
impulsively in heavy meals at long intervals.
"Then I'll stick in mine," said I
impulsively, "and I'll come with you, and doss down in any corner for the night."
Dorothy lingered behind a moment to squeeze Anne's hand and whisper
impulsively.
Michael squirmed in his chair, placed an impulsive paw on the table, and
impulsively flashed out his ribbon of tongue to Steward's close-bending face.
Now the shaggy man appeared, and so startling was his appearance, all clad in shaggy new rainment, that Dorothy cried "Oh!" and clasped her hands
impulsively as she examined her friend with pleased eyes.
"Oh, you are indeed a friend to me!" she said,
impulsively. Her face clouded again--she saw my proposal in a new light.
"Which of the women saw me?" she asked,
impulsively.
With ingenuous frankness he spoke of what a wicked, ill-disciplined boy he had been, and
impulsively drew up his cuff to exhibit upon his wrist the scar from a saber cut which he had received in a duel outside of Paris when he was nineteen.
"I'm so sorry," he said
impulsively; "but you ARE among friends here, you know."
My Lady, changing her position, sees the papers on the table--looks at them nearer--looks at them nearer still--asks
impulsively, "Who copied that?"