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He recalled his promptness of resource and readiness for action. From Wordnik.com. [In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim] Reference
His promptness is partly for public consumption. From Wordnik.com. [Close Up: The Mind of George W. Bush] Reference
Bryan said that the removal of the demand for 'promptness' also gave companies more certainty. From Wordnik.com. [OUT-LAW News] Reference
It said that the 'promptness' criterion, which was up to a court's discretion, was not compatible with the Directive. From Wordnik.com. [OUT-LAW News] Reference
She found herself answering, "Yes," with equal promptness. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
"Of course I am," admitted Bess with suspicious promptness. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
"Nora is usually the soul of promptness, too," reminded Anne. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
Baltimore with great promptness, and met the enemy in force on the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
His promptness and honesty won for him the esteem of his employer. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
"Napoleon Bonaparte," supplied Richard with mischievous promptness. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
"My intuition tells me," retorted Nettie with triumphant promptness. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
Henry IV, king of France, was another leader of remarkable promptness. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
A success north of the James should be followed up with great promptness. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Her meticulous promptness guaranteed she would never see a patient awake. From Wordnik.com. [Nurse Cratchett] Reference
Fortunately an opportunity for such a change presented itself with promptness. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
The following will help to create habits of promptness, industry and perseverance. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
There is only one known remedy for the victims of indecision, and that is promptness. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
With his usual promptness he started at once for Washington, arriving there the 8th of March. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
This he did with the promptness and effect which has characterized his whole military career. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Her work throughout was characterized by a never failing promptness, faithfulness and energy. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
Then he made up his mind what to do, and he did it with a promptness and speed that was amazing. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
The business in hand being disposed of, their thoughts turned with amazing promptness to ice-cream. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
When informed of this, and of the promptness with which it had been executed, he could not but approve. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Sherman, with his characteristic promptness, abandoned the work he was engaged upon and pushed on at once. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Without intending to even close one eye, Mark was off into dreamland with a promptness that was surprising. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
Vigilance in detecting the appearance of cutworms or other injurious insects and promptness in combating them. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Very reluctantly, therefore, though with soldier-like promptness, he made up his mind to send Jenkins with the. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference
Napoleon changed the art of war quite as much by his promptness as by the concentration of his men in large masses. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
A great deal will depend on the manner and promptness of the next payments and the treatment of the people at harvest-time. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
It is well, however, to have the stock piles in sight of the foreman at the mixing board, so as to insure promptness of delivery. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The rolling stock is arranged in a manner that allows the entrance and exit of the passengers to be effected with great promptness. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
Here, then, was a problem of national significance, and it was one which the President attacked with his usual promptness and vigor. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
As soon as the patrols were announced, Miss Phillips talked to them about keeping up the standards of each patrol: promptness, industry in. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
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