"Brusqueness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... lad had nothing to say, for in spite of his apparent brusqueness his heart melted more quickly, and his eyes filled easier with tears, at a pathetic story, than ...
— Algonquin Indian Tales • Egerton R. Young
... said the man, with professional brusqueness; "it has nothing to do with the body except to dominate it at times. If you pass your examination you ...
— The Land of the Changing Sun • William N. Harben
... American phrase which has crossed the Pacific westwards; but the citizen's brusqueness was replaced by the condescension of ...
— Kimono • John Paris
... spirit have warned Kate that this was to be only the first of more than one serious encounter with the eyes steadily regarding her, her astonishment and indignation might have been restrained. As it was, forgetting her own position and descending to Western brusqueness, she retorted icily: "I can't see how ...
— Laramie Holds the Range • Frank H. Spearman
... Luis de Leon's probity was not free from a touch of brusqueness. This is disclosed by his own description of his behaviour to a dullard who made his life at Salamanca a burden: 'Acerca del capitulo cuarto, demas de lo dicho digo que creo que este testigo es un bachiller Rodriguez, y por otro nombre el doctor Sutil que en Salamanca ...
— Fray Luis de Leon - A Biographical Fragment • James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
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