much thicker than Miss Anne's; and, in short, her civility rendered her quite as anxious to be left to walk with Mr Elliot as Anne could be, and it was discussed between them with a generosity so polite and so determined, that the others were
obliged to settle it for them; Miss Elliot maintaining that Mrs Clay had a little cold already, and Mr Elliot deciding on appeal, that his cousin Anne's boots were rather the thickest.
One custom of this country deserves to be remarked: when a stranger comes to a village, or to the camp, the people are
obliged to entertain him and his company according to his rank.
the favorite, the confidant, the first man, in short, at the court, he had been
obliged to yield his place to Mazarin and so became the second in influence and favor; and eventually, as he was stupid enough to be vexed at this change of position, the queen had had him arrested and sent to Vincennes in charge of Guitant, who made his appearance in these pages in the beginning of this history and whom we shall see again.
In the first place, his handwriting was so abominably bad that she was
obliged to guess at his meaning.
They attacked him in various way-- with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all, and they were at last
obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas.
They were again
obliged, therefore, to beat down a path for their horses, sometimes travelling on the icy surface of the stream.
I had helped myself surreptitiously to pocket-money at school, by selling my caricatures, and I was
obliged to repeat the process at home!
Though we have properly enough entitled this our work, a history, and not a life; nor an apology for a life, as is more in fashion; yet we intend in it rather to pursue the method of those writers, who profess to disclose the revolutions of countries, than to imitate the painful and voluminous historian, who, to preserve the regularity of his series, thinks himself
obliged to fill up as much paper with the detail of months and years in which nothing remarkable happened, as he employs upon those notable aeras when the greatest scenes have been transacted on the human stage.
Henry, overjoyed to have her go, bowed and watched her off, and without losing another moment, turned instantly to Fanny, and, taking out some letters, said, with a most animated look, "I must acknowledge myself infinitely
obliged to any creature who gives me such an opportunity of seeing you alone: I have been wishing it more than you can have any idea.
Elton was speaking with animation, Harriet listening with a very pleased attention; and Emma, having sent the child on, was beginning to think how she might draw back a little more, when they both looked around, and she was
obliged to join them.
And these men, being corrupted with money, went as far as they could to ruin the city: and, because their power was too great and nearly tyrannical, their kings were
obliged to natter them, which contributed greatly to hurt the state; so that it altered from an aristocracy to a democracy.
"I am very much
obliged to you," he said, "for this information.