"Reply" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... been there about a fortnight, he took it very ill, and said that I showed little esteem for a Pope who had urgently compelled him to write three times for me. I, who had taken his persistence in the matter still more ill, made no reply, but swallowed down my irritation. The man, who suffered from a flux of words, began one of his long yarns, and went on talking, till at the last, when I saw him tired out, I merely said that he might ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini
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... that country, where everyone endeavors to keep as cool as may be—while he sat thus sipping his coffee Miss Eliza, the youngest of the three daughters, came and gave him a note, which, she said, a stranger had just handed in at the door, going away again without waiting for a reply. You may judge of Barnaby's surprise when he opened the ...
— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard I. Pyle
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... Jonathan was too astounded at the audacity of the serious suggestion to reply; but when he ...
— Hepsey Burke • Frank Noyes Westcott
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... Kitty's cool reply, "I had thought of going by for Katy or Corinne." Then, seeing the disappointment in the faces opposite, she added, "But maybe I might change my mind. Have you got anything to trade for a ...
— The Little Colonel's Hero • Annie Fellows Johnston
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... with me now," said Canute, Without reply Lars rose: they walked side by side to the wagon. Lars was helped in: Canute seated himself by his side. What they talked about as they rode, or afterward in the little chamber at Aakre, in which they remained until morning, has never been known; but from ...
— Stories by Foreign Authors • Various
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