"Manlike" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... this case. However, if she loved him—it was pleasant to feel that she did love him—she must plan with him to defeat the old man's prophecy. They would cut loose from the conditions, come what might. He closed his mouth firmly. Manlike he planned as if he knew all the elements of ...
— The Man Who Wins • Robert Herrick
... the three men sitting patiently in silence. With manlike fortitude they were content to be still when they felt they had done all in their power. ...
— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker
... gone on to accuse himself, obstinate and manlike, recapitulating the whole series of events. But she would not let him. Once more she sat beside him and held his hand in hers. They talked incoherently and it is not to be wondered at if they arrived at no very definite conclusion after a very long conversation. ...
— Sant' Ilario • F. Marion Crawford
... created immense excitement. Non-political people were amused at the little Queen's spirit of independence. Liberals applauded her patriotism and pluck in defeating the "wicked Bed-Chamber Plot," and for her loyalty to her friends; but the defeated Tories were very naturally incensed, and, manlike, paid Her Majesty back, when measures which she had much at heart came before Parliament a year or so later—as we ...
— Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood • Grace Greenwood
... thinking depends on observation, since in {320} thought we make use of facts previously observed. Seldom, unless in the chimpanzee and other manlike apes, do we see an animal that appears to be thinking. The animal is always doing, or waiting, or sleeping. He seems too impulsive to stop and think. But a man may observe something in the present problem ...
— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth
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