"Benignancy" Quotes from Famous Books
... visible, and a tenderness now and then touched the air, and no one who is at all responsive to weather conditions could fail to be a little elated and believe once more not only in a future of sorts but also in a lurking benignancy somewhere. Stimulated myself in this way, even although I was approaching a rehearsal of a revue, I came suddenly in the King's Road upon that disused burial-ground opposite the Six Bells, and was aware that, sitting ... — A Boswell of Baghdad - With Diversions • E. V. Lucas
... interview, he could, in fancy, plainly hear his Aunt Clara saying, with hopeless, longing benignancy: "Oh, Edwin, how I do wish I could have seen you in ... — Clayhanger • Arnold Bennett
... must some day be broken. The sun was almost visible, and a tenderness now and then touched the air, and no one who is at all responsive to weather conditions could fail to be a little elated and believe once more not only in a future of sorts but also in a lurking benignancy somewhere. Stimulated myself in this way, even although I was approaching a rehearsal of a revue, I came suddenly in the King's Road upon that disused burial-ground opposite the Six Bells, and was aware that, sitting there on seats facing the road, in white aprons and caps, with ... — A Boswell of Baghdad - With Diversions • E. V. Lucas
... a great soft glowing vision of benignancy, and held out her hand, now gloveless, her pretty little smooth plump right ... — My Friend Prospero • Henry Harland
... Bathed in the benignancy of bland Indian summer, Cap'n Sproul and his friend Hiram Look surveyed these arrivals from the porch of the ... — The Skipper and the Skipped - Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul • Holman Day |