"Falteringly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... interpret, and prove right,—new feeling fresh from God— whose life re-teaches them what life should be, what faith is, loyalty and simpleness, all once revealed, but taught them so long since that they have but mere tradition of the fact,— truth copied falteringly from copies faint, the early traits all dropped away. ('Luria'.) The intellect plays a secondary part. Its place is behind the instinctive, spiritual antennae which conduct along their trembling lines, fresh stuff for the intellect to stamp and keep—fresh instinct ...
— Introduction to Robert Browning • Hiram Corson
... what you call ruin," Mrs. Millar was saying falteringly, "and of course the bank's assets may turn out better than is thought just now, though your father is far from hopeful. He says all his savings will go, and he may count on having to pay bank 'calls' on his income till the business is wound up, which may not ...
— A Houseful of Girls • Sarah Tytler
... king's ears like the voice of an oracle. Standing in his place with staring eyes and trembling fingers, he repeated falteringly the ...
— If I Were King • Justin Huntly McCarthy
... is, did you—the fact is, I don't know whether you happen to have missed a pair of boots," I said, falteringly. ...
— My Friend Smith - A Story of School and City Life • Talbot Baines Reed
... Dabney's waiter and motioned it all away from him, thus denying the morning friend of his lifetime. I had never drunk a julep before breakfast in my life, only tasted around the frosty edges of father's, but I held my ground, and held out my glass to Dabney, who falteringly, almost in terror, took the frosted silver pitcher from the sideboard and poured me an unusually large ...
— The Heart's Kingdom • Maria Thompson Daviess
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