The agonizing condition of suspense she had passed in Moscow, the
tardiness and indecision of Alexey Alexandrovitch, her solitude--she put it all down to him.
"Under such a government," says the Abbe Mably, "the Union could never have subsisted, if the provinces had not a spring within themselves, capable of quickening their
tardiness, and compelling them to the same way of thinking.
Muttering a curse upon his
tardiness, Sikes pushed Oliver before him; and they entered a low dark room with a smoky fire, two or three broken chairs, a table, and a very old couch: on which, with his legs much higher than his head, a man was reposing at full length, smoking a long clay pipe.
"And do you," said Valentine, "depend on me to stimulate the
tardiness and arouse the memory of grandpapa?"
Tess, though flattered, had never quite got over her original mistrust of him, and, despite their
tardiness, she preferred to walk home with the work-folk.
She was quite pained by the severity of his father's reproof, which seemed disproportionate to the offence; and much was her concern increased when she found herself the principal cause of the lecture, and that his
tardiness was chiefly resented from being disrespectful to her.
Richard gave vent to his reproaches at the
tardiness of the pedestrians, when all the turbulent passions of the party were succeeded by a calm, as mild and as placid as that which prevailed over the beautiful sheet of water that they were about to rifle of its best treasures.
Looking back I am astonished, and can in no way account for the
tardiness of my discovery that here, in this far-away corner, was my kingdom of heaven.
"If such be your opinions of confinement, honest friend, you had better manifest the same, by putting us at liberty with as little delay as possible," said Middleton, who, like his companion, began to find the
tardiness of his often-tried companion quite as extraordinary as it was disagreeable.
Traffic noises will convince your boss your
tardiness was unavoidable.
The problem of inadequate funding is compounded by the
tardiness with which the VA appropriation has been approved.
A pattern of
tardiness in submitting reports may mean unfavorable credit decisions for your client and potentially higher interest rates.