... tell the anecdote now and then, at those little cabals that will occasionally take place among the most orderly servants, arising from the common propensity of the governed to talk against administration; but he has left it off, of late years, since he has risen into place, and shakes his head rebukingly... — Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists • Washington Irving Read full book for free!
... his breath, my father gently turned his eyes from one to the other; and then, laying his left hand on my head, while with the right he held up Erasmus rebukingly to Uncle Jack, said,— ... — The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Read full book for free!
... of the most important food fishes of the country," the professor said rebukingly, "and it is as important for us to know all about its habits as it is to know about the way a grain of ... — The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries • Francis Rolt-Wheeler Read full book for free!