"Authoritative" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rest," said the authoritative voice. "If there's any going to be done I'll do it. Is there some other Babe in the ...
— The Innocent Adventuress • Mary Hastings Bradley
... possibility of intercepting at sea the north-bound steamer. And it was advantageous to his Company, too, which would have lost a valuable freight if the treasure had been left ashore to be confiscated. The pleasure of disappointing the Monterists was also very great. Authoritative by temperament and the long habit of command, Captain Mitchell was no democrat. He even went so far as to profess a contempt for parliamentarism itself. "His Excellency Don Vincente Ribiera," he used to say, "whom I and that fellow of ...
— Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard • Joseph Conrad
... Cyclopedia, in twelve volumes, or Webster's New International Dictionary an admirable compilation. The New Standard Dictionary will also prove useful. All in all, if you can afford it, you should provide yourself with one or the other of these three large and authoritative, but not too inclusive, works. Of the smaller lexicons Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Webster's Secondary School Dictionary, the Practical Standard Dictionary, and the Desk Standard Dictionary answer ...
— The Century Vocabulary Builder • Creever & Bachelor
... faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this, which I deem to be only a simple duty on my part, I shall perfectly perform it, so far as is practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisition, or in some authoritative manner ...
— Key-Notes of American Liberty • Various
... his manhood; and really my little lads became gentlemen in mind and manners, while, blessed be God, not a few became, I trust, wise unto salvation. Their greatest temptation to disorderly doings was in the laughable, authoritative style of Jack's superintendence. He was now rapidly fading, but in mind brighter than ever. Seated in a large chair, a little to the rear of me, he kept strict watch over the party, and any deviation from what he considered correct conduct was ...
— Personal Recollections • Charlotte Elizabeth
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