"Gravely" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of complicity, of cunning, perhaps of irony, passed through the dealer's cynical and sad eyes. But he bowed gravely ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1917 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... breach of Corrupt Practice Act. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, knowing that HOWORTH is the man who pulls the strings of statecraft, not only in Salford and London, but in Berlin and St. Petersburg, did not venture to decline to answer; gravely played up to his lead. Opposition laughed and cheered; saw their opening, and have since diligently filled it. Scarcely day passed since that questions on hypothetical cases, addressed to ATTORNEY-GENERAL, ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100. February 21, 1891 • Various
... Scudder was gravely discoursing with Colonel Burr and M. de Frontignac; and the Abb, a small and gentlemanly personage, with clear black eye, delicately-cut features, and powdered hair, appeared to be absorbed in his efforts to follow the current ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 22, Aug., 1859 • Various
... growed up?" asked Rob gravely, throwing back his shoulders and looking into the mirror at the tall reflection ...
— The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation • Annie Fellows Johnston
... successful," he answered gravely, "but I am a long, long way from feeling triumphant. No, thank you, Mrs. Cary, I have had my breakfast, but if I might trouble you for a cup of coffee? ...
— The Lost Naval Papers • Bennet Copplestone
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