"Archness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... one word before peace is quite restored," went on Phillis, with something of her old archness, "or else I will fetch my sisters, and you will have ...
— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey
... the change on Alf at Jenny's interruption. From the painful concentration upon memory which had brought his eyebrows together there appeared in his expression the most delighted ease, a sort of archness that made his ...
— Nocturne • Frank Swinnerton
... archness vanished. "Don't be a fool," he said dryly. "He wants to marry you, and you ...
— Frontier Stories • Bret Harte
... sun, her round, smooth, highly polished white forehead would seem to laugh in light between its clustering curls of burnished gold, that, together with the little, slightly turned-up nose, and short, slightly protruded upper lip, gave the charm of inexpressible archness to the most mischievous countenance alive. In fact her whole form, features, expression and gestures seemed instinct with mischief—mischief lurked in the kinked tendrils of her bright hair; mischief looked out and laughed in the merry, malicious blue eyes; mischief crept ...
— The Missing Bride • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
... one fleeting glance, saucy merriment dancing in her eye; then she turned to Bonaparte, and, curtsying low, she said with pretty archness: ...
— The Rose of Old St. Louis • Mary Dillon
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