There were three other couples, following the bride and bridegroom: first, Martin Poyser, looking as cheery as a bright fire on this rimy morning, led quiet Mary Burge, the bridesmaid; then came Seth
serenely happy, with Mrs.
When
serenely advancing on one of these journeys, if any strange suspicious sights are seen, my lord whale keeps a wary eye on his interesting family.
About this time, the fellow who was hanging on to the tail of the horse in front of me and practicing all sorts of unnecessary cruelty upon the animal, got kicked some fourteen rods, and this incident, together with the fairy spectacle of the lights far in the distance, made me
serenely happy, and I was glad I started to Vesuvius.
His eyes, looking
serenely and steadily at Rostov, seemed to be veiled by something, as if screened by blue spectacles of conventionality.
Here was heroism at its last and loftiest possibility, its utmost summit; this was challenging death in the open field unarmed, with all the odds against the challenger, no reward set upon the contest, and no admiring world in silks and cloth of gold to gaze and applaud; and yet the king's bear- ing was as
serenely brave as it had always been in those cheaper contests where knight meets knight in equal fight and clothed in protecting steel.
The Ripley gunners, unseasoned artillery volunteers who ought never to have been placed in such a position, fired one wild, premature, ineffectual volley, and bolted on horse and foot through the deserted village, while the Martian, without using his Heat-Ray, walked
serenely over their guns, stepped gin- gerly among them, passed in front of them, and so came unexpectedly upon the guns in Painshill Park, which he destroyed.
This noise, following like the yellings of eager, metallic hounds, increased to a loud and joyous burst, and then, as the sun went
serenely up the sky, throwing illuminating rays into the gloomy thickets, it broke forth into prolonged pealings.
His thoughts floated then
serenely in the empyrean, and he felt towards her the horror that perhaps the painted butterfly, hovering about the flowers, feels to the filthy chrysalis from which it has triumphantly emerged.
But having cleared his mind of it, he went
serenely on his way.
Very glad to see you." The old prince embraced Levin, and talking to him did not observe Vronsky, who had risen, and was
serenely waiting till the prince should turn to him.
A moon so little less than full that the eye could barely detect its slight tendency to become concave, shone
serenely, creating a desirable combination of black shadows where the prowler might hide and great stretches of light in which the prowler might reveal his wickedness without disguise.
Fairlie sat,
serenely twirling the magnifying glass between his white fingers and thumbs.