"Un-English" Quotes from Famous Books
... his companion, through a blue haze of smoke, in silence. This insistence upon the un-English nature of the effect he produced was not altogether ... — The Market-Place • Harold Frederic
... boy, but I have," and Tom rushed across to his friend, dearer than ever to him now, and threw his arm round his neck; and, if the un-English truth must out had three parts of a mind to kiss the rough face which was now ... — Tom Brown at Oxford • Thomas Hughes
... croquet lawn, and all the proper adjuncts of a natural phenomenon. The effect is to make the rocks appear more unreal than any rocks ever seen upon the stage. Freed from their pleasure-garden surroundings they would become beautifully wild and romantic and tropically un-English; but as it is, with their notice boards and bridges, they are disappointing, except of course to children. They are no disappointment to children; indeed, they go far to make Tunbridge Wells a children's wonderland. There is no kind of dramatic game to which the ... — Highways & Byways in Sussex • E.V. Lucas
... in the winter garden, for Somerfield, when he had seen him coming, had stolen away. He came towards her quickly, with the smooth yet impetuous step which singled him out at once as un-English. He had the whole room to cross to come to her, and she watched him all the way. The corners of his lips were already curved in a slight smile. His eyes were bright, as one who looks upon something which he greatly desires. Slender though his figure was, ... — The Illustrious Prince • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... incident with a little swaggering air of bravado, boyishly delighted at the success of his small ruse. Vexed as she was Magda could hardly refrain from smiling; the whole thing was so eminently un-English—so ... — The Lamp of Fate • Margaret Pedler
... he merely pressed her hand, while he thought how un-English, her action was, and how very kind. She was certainly the dearest woman ... — The Man and the Moment • Elinor Glyn |