10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPRESUMING»
Discover the use of
unpresuming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
unpresuming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Areytos, Or, Songs and Ballads of the South: With Other Poems
With an unpresuming face, And a manner soft and shy, Love imperial steals
apace, When you little dream him nigh ; You may note his searching glance, In
the absent-seeming eye : You may trace him in the trance Of a young idolatry. n.
William Gilmore Simms,
1860
2
The Miscellaneous Works, in Prose and Verse, of George ...
Unpresuming, as the earth, She was dignified in worth. Love, to Memory ensur'd,
Pays the debt her life abjur'd ; Love has made the wreath his own, Cherish'd in
the heart alone : Sacred is the mournful trust ; All its pride is to be just; For, if Truth
...
George Hardinge, John Nichols,
1818
3
My Footlight Husband: A Story of the Stage
CHAPTER I. Rat-tat-tat-ta!! ! There is a series of meek, unpresuming little knocks
at the door of my dressing-room. He, she, or it can continue knocking. He, she, or
it will not be permitted to enter, so I push fat Ann into a chair as she starts for the ...
4
The Parliamentary Debates
Now, my lords, Dr. Holland says, that the behaviour of Bergami to her royal
highness was “ unpresuming and respectful. " My lords, what ! was it
unpresuming and respectful ? Why, Mr. Attorney General, what becomes of this "
freedom and an ...
Great Britain. Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard,
1821
5
A treatise on the Greek verb
It seems to indicate, as I have said, a sensation of reverential respect, or
unpresuming hope, towards the person from or concerning whom the thing
wished for is desired. It places him in a position antecedent to the speaker, and
shows a ...
6
Narrative of a residence at the capital of the kingdom of Siam
He was a meet neighbour for the quiet unpresuming American missionaries that
resided in this part of the city, who were a far better disposed and educated set
than those that surrounded Mr. Hunter's new residence. Messrs. Birch and Deane
...
Frederick Arthur Neale,
1852
7
Song Leaves from the Book of Life and Nature
Thus far the minstrel's unpresuming lay In uncouth strains has held its quiet
course ; Unmoved, unchecked, by what the world will say ;- Like some meand'
ring rivulet, whose source From a small spring, increases in its force ; Now gently
winds ...
Matthew Bennett Wynkoop, American,
1852
8
Southern Outcast: Hinton Rowan Helper and The Impending ...
... which would enrage the South. A position in Glasgow, Antwerp, or
Southampton “does not extend beyond a third-class consulate,” he wrote. “I think,
therefore, that under all the circumstances, it may be regarded as sufficiently
unpresuming.
9
Letters to Edward Hookham and Percy B. Shelley
... Diana of the Ephesians'?" Richard. — "It is not an unpresuming worship to
seek to penetrate the heart of her mystery. I cannot think of your doing what I
have not myself dared to attempt." Charles. — "Well, Richard, if you are not in
love, [247]
Thomas Love Peacock, Bibliophile Society (Boston, Mass.),
1910
10
The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time
Now, my lords, Dr. Holland says, that the behaviour of Bergami to her royal
highness was " unpresuming and respectful, " My lords, what ! was it
unpresuming and respectful ? Why, Mr. Attorney General, what becomes of this "
freedom and an ...
Great Britain. Parliament,
1821