I would much rather not have told her anything of my antecedents, but no man could look into the depth of those eyes and refuse her slightest
behest.
For the first time there was a whimper in his throat; but it was not the whimper of fear, nor of pain, but of outrage, and of desire to continue the battle which he struggled to control at Skipper's
behest.
But it is an error to suppose that our great forefathers -- though accustomed to speak and think of human existence as a state merely of trial and warfare, and though unfeignedly prepared to sacrifice goods and life at the
behest of duty -- made it a matter of conscience to reject such means of comfort, or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp.
I had received no thanks for my other service; and being unwilling to run to and fro at his
behest, I replied - 'Nobody is out there but Joseph.
And, as I obeyed that last
behest with all my might, without a thought of what I was doing, save that he bade me do it, I saw his hands shoot up and his head bob down, and his lithe, spare body cut the sunset as cleanly and precisely as though he had plunged at his leisure from a diver's board!
And so, obedient to her son's
behest, the old woman hobbled off to the palace, and, without being hindered, reached the courtyard, and began to mount the flight of steps leading to the royal presence chamber.
She pushed me in that direction; yet, no sooner did I make a movement to obey her
behest than she burst into laughter, and I remained beside her, and she embraced me.
Did not her mighty messenger, the ancient Iss, bear you upon her leaden bosom at your own
behest to the Valley Dor?
Thereon they would have hacked at one another in close combat with their swords, had not heralds, messengers of gods and men, come forward, one from the Trojans and the other from the Achaeans--Talthybius and Idaeus both of them honourable men; these parted them with their staves, and the good herald Idaeus said, "My sons, fight no longer, you are both of you valiant, and both are dear to Jove; we know this; but night is now falling, and the
behests of night may not be well gainsaid.
To violence, injustice, tyranny, she succumbed--they were her natural masters; she had no propensity to hate, no impulse to resist them; the indignation their
behests awake in some hearts was unknown in hers.
I have been doing my aunt's
behests," he explained.
But that I judge I listen to a voice whose
behests must not be disputed,'' answered the yeoman,
