"Does the idea displease you?" he asked, in his turn grave. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
I understand the press does not want to "displease" the White House because they will be denied access. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Questions for MSNBC...] Reference
He knew that his wife feared to displease her father. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
If thou feare to displease some, thy feares are idle. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
"You know he does not jest with those who displease him.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
However, there was nothing to displease her in this, for Lady. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"I will not displease you again; I will keep at a safe distance.". From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
'I don't think she is shy, and I have said nothing to displease her. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
Therefore, take heed that thou speakest not a word that may displease. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
'Ah! but you wouldn't like to displease your father by doing so,' said. From Wordnik.com. ['Me and Nobbles'] Reference
Of course she was surrounded by young men -- that did not displease me. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
He has a great desire to know you, and I hope he will not displease you. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
It is death to venture within their limits, and equally fatal to displease them. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
But he did not wish to displease him; also Marufa could perform the purification. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
But he is an amateur bookseller, and will refuse you admission if you displease him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She has the good fortune to displease me, though she is clever; but she poses too much. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
The question might be asked, "Why do some forms and colors please, and others displease?". From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Miss Eliza was noncommittal, though it was very evident that she found much to displease. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
We have the privilege and power to displease him if we will, but we have no will to do so. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctification] Reference
We are constrained by love to him who gave his life for us, to do nothing to displease him. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctification] Reference
In the adversity of our best friends, we always find something which does not displease us. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
"I'm so sorry Evelyn lent herself to something she knew would displease me," mourned Grace. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
Rumania is inspired by a sincere desire not to displease either of the two European Georges. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
That won't displease chairman Henry Hyde, who is leading something of a political double life. From Wordnik.com. [The Starr Chamber] Reference
"You will displease me by doing that," she replied, kindly, at the same time extending her hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Ever eager to please, he is showing a preference for compromises that inevitably displease all sides. From Wordnik.com. [And You Thought The Campaign Was Long] Reference
Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 48: Mark The Challoner Revision] Reference
Congregation himself, in order not to displease the Bishop, she refused to take any part in the affair. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
America, and I knew them, and directly made complimentary allusions to them, which, did not displease him. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Much does this kindness displease them; since they saw their lord taken and bound they were not a whit glad. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
If I am thy fish, I will never deceive thee nor do aught to displease thee, and hereto I plight thee my troth. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
She thought it odd that he should be jealous without having the right to be jealous; but this did not displease her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
If the proposition displease, they reject it by an inarticulate murmur: if it be pleasing, they brandish their javelins. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
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