"Brusquely" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... masculine mind, the pretty maid reminded him that Lieut. Feraud had arrayed himself in his best uniform before going out. He had also put on his newest dolman, she added, in a tone as if this conversation were getting on her nerves, and turned away brusquely. ...
— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad
... brusquely aside and strode across the narrow room deliberately facing the portly figure of de Batz, who with head slightly inclined on one side, his small eyes narrowed till they appeared mere slits in his pockmarked face, was ...
— El Dorado • Baroness Orczy
... Larsen said brusquely. "I'll have you know that I do the swearing on this ship. If I need your assistance, ...
— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London
... very decent to me, anyway," Peg answered brusquely. "And it's a pretty rotten game for him, paying out for us all the time, and not a ha'porth of thanks, or anything! How'd you ...
— The Beggar Man • Ruby Mildred Ayres
... was that the daring native came up the plateau, saluted the first sentinel whom he saw, and brusquely announced that he had immediate business with Captain Navarro. The latter was in one of the large lower apartments engaged with his evening meal. When word was brought to him, he sprang up and hastened outside, where Martella was standing erect, like a true soldier of the Atlamalcan ...
— Up the Forked River - Or, Adventures in South America • Edward Sylvester Ellis
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