"Questioner" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... just concluded, my reply was that before I attempted to explain it I would wait to see the duck come out of the hen's egg, since no man had as yet witnessed such an event. I do not know whether my atheistical questioner was satisfied or not, but I heard no more of him. But, after all, is it not a marvellous thing that a duck never does come out of a hen's egg? If everything happens by chance, as some would have us believe, why is it that a duck does not occasionally ...
— Science and Morals and Other Essays • Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
... at once and faced his questioner. He did so without haste—with a certain deliberation, in fact—yet his eyes were suddenly bright and keen. He was neatly dressed, with the quiet precision which seems as a rule to characterise the travelling American. He was apparently of a little less than middle-age, ...
— The Vanished Messenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... pursued my questioner, without noticing my ill-timed satire. "What were your possessions in the ...
— The Gates Between • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
... impulsive answer with a quick snatch at his elbow. He looked his questioner straight ...
— Facing the German Foe • Colonel James Fiske
... turned with an air of majestic composure toward the questioner: "Why was not this picture burnt? Because God wished to perform a miracle, to manifest Himself to me in His glory, and to prove to me that this vision was from Him, and not from the devil. Yes, indeed, ...
— The Merchant of Berlin - An Historical Novel • L. Muhlbach
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