"Staunchly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... left Giles to do that, turning back forsooth because that little Jasper thought fit to get tired and out of breath, and could not find his way back alone. Dennet was quite angry with Stephen and turned her back on him, when Giles came in all glorious, at having followed up staunchly all day, having seen the fate of the poor stag, and having even beheld the King politely hand the knife to Monsieur de Montmorency to give the first stroke ...
— The Armourer's Prentices • Charlotte M. Yonge
... which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world, and, through this knowledge, turning a stream of fresh and free thought upon our stock notions and habits, which we now follow staunchly but mechanically, vainly imagining that there is a virtue in following them staunchly which makes up for the mischief of following them mechanically. This, and this alone, is the scope of the following essay. I say again here, what I have said in the pages which follow, ...
— Culture and Anarchy • Matthew Arnold
... Dave staunchly. "Think I don't recognize my own relatives? Why, didn't you notice ...
— Ralph on the Overland Express - The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer • Allen Chapman
... John Benham's advice which directs any vocational instruction," I said staunchly. "I was to bring the boy to the age of manhood ...
— Paradise Garden - The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment • George Gibbs
... looking into subscription books to find out who was there, looking up old ladies by whom he was much admired, reporting J. B. tougher than ever, and puffing his rich friend Dombey wherever he went. There never was a man who stood by a friend more staunchly than the Major, when in puffing him, he ...
— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens
... I refused staunchly. At length her suspense was ended: the travelling carriage rolled in sight. Miss Cathy shrieked and stretched out her arms as soon as she caught her father's face looking from the window. He descended, nearly as eager ...
— Wuthering Heights • Emily Bronte
... he was beloved of those about him, and would have been staunchly supported by his retainers had any adversary arisen against him. His only enemy was the Lord of Mortimer, who owned Mortimer's Keep, the adjoining property, and had cast covetous eyes on Chad during the stormy days of ...
— The Secret Chamber at Chad • Evelyn Everett-Green
... was white, in appearance she was short and squat, and she had a curiously disconnected habit of conversation, but for all that she was a person of great discernment, and uncommonly wide awake. She sided staunchly with Juliet in ...
— The Ashiel mystery - A Detective Story • Mrs. Charles Bryce |
