Oh, Death, why canst thou not sometimes be
timely? Hadst thou taken this old blacksmith to thyself ere his full ruin came upon him, then had the young widow had a delicious grief, and her orphans a truly venerable, legendary sire to dream of in their after years; and all of them a care-killing competency.
The emphasis on the history of thought also seemed to me very
timely; and the number of important works promised for the Library in the very near future augur well for the continued fulfilment, in this and other ways, of the expectations of the original editor.
I suppose that the Leather-Stocking has shot a deer, for the season is nearly over, and you say that he was hunting with his dogs when he came so
timely to your assistance.
Each seemed striving to be the first to impale the poor Zodangan and in another moment his fate would have been sealed had it not been for my
timely arrival.
I thought her heart would break; nor am I certain it would not, but for the
timely interposition of Julia, who came and set her laughing by a humorous narrative of what had occurred between her father and her lover.
I started to thank the stranger for his
timely assistance, but he cut me off peremptorily.
Pontellier might have found herself, in a little while, listening to a highly colored story but for the
timely appearance of Madame Lebrun.
Provocations to produce the desired appearances might even be given to some foreign power, and appeased again by
timely concessions.
Not expecting to come on the enemy down by the stream, and having stumbled on him in the fog, hearing no encouraging word from their commanders, and with a consciousness of being too late spreading through the ranks, and above all being unable to see anything in front or around them in the thick fog, the Russians exchanged shots with the enemy lazily and advanced and again halted, receiving no
timely orders from the officers or adjutants who wandered about in the fog in those unknown surroundings unable to find their own regiments.
Casaubon, meeting these
timely questions with dignified patience.
The allusion served as a
timely reminder to Darnay that this disagreeable companion had, of his own free will, assisted him in the strait of the day.
"By God, senora," said Sancho, "but that doubt comes
timely; but your grace may say it out, and speak plainly, or as you like; for I know what you say is true, and if I were wise I should have left my master long ago; but this was my fate, this was my bad luck; I can't help it, I must follow him; we're from the same village, I've eaten his bread, I'm fond of him, I'm grateful, he gave me his ass-colts, and above all I'm faithful; so it's quite impossible for anything to separate us, except the pickaxe and shovel.