"Really" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... slipping off, the poor fellow's eyes were half-closed, while those of his companion were fixed with the lids wide apart, and with a fierce, staring look gazed forward over the mahout's head in the wild hope of seeing something that he could recognise, something that would prove that they really were on the path that ...
— Trapped by Malays - A Tale of Bayonet and Kris • George Manville Fenn
... constant watchfulness of Montaigne over his health and over himself might lead one to suspect that excessive fear of death which degenerates into cowardice. But was it not rather the fear of the operation for the stone, at that time really formidable? Or perhaps he was of the same way of thinking with the Greek poet, of whom Cicero reports this saying: "I do not desire to die; but the thought of being dead is indifferent to me." ...
— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne
... cried the Professor with enthusiasm, "now we are really going into the interior of the earth. At this precise ...
— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne
... enjoyment such as is found in woman's presence only. The day was exceedingly beautiful; all nature seemed loveliest just at that time, and our lone, peculiar life, with all its trials and cares, was quite forgotten. We chatted merrily, and as ever in such company were really happy. It was so seldom we had visitors—and even then they were mostly males—that we were delighted to have some one with whom we could converse on other topics than official ones and studies. While we sat there not a few strangers, visitors also, passed us, and almost ...
— Henry Ossian Flipper, The Colored Cadet at West Point • Henry Ossian Flipper
... complexion, what he had for supper, how he is feeling and whether he is married or single. Oh, I assure you, Wilton, you needn't smile! I've seen the Onondaga do things much more marvelous. Nothing short of trailing a bird through the air would really ...
— The Lords of the Wild - A Story of the Old New York Border • Joseph A. Altsheler
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