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Moodie requested the use of a sofa for me during the night; but even that produced a demur from the landlord. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
Don't demur, for no guests will arrive, I am sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic] Reference
Judith heard no demur as Blatch detailed their plans. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
There was some small demur, but it was finally agreed upon. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
Gaston seemed to demur, but Félice overruled him imperiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
She made no demur, but sat down to the piano and began to sing. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
Dogana Apostolica, and after a suitable demur on account of the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
And now, in conclusion, says the planter, I must beg to demur to. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
He would not manifest false delicacy, or make an insincere demur. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
It needed but a word, and there was no demur but a low wail from Madame. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
It seemed to Ainley the only sensible thing to do, and he did not demur. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
This was a purely natural result: to admitting it, reason opposes no demur. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
Fenice right blithe and bids John lead her thither, and John makes no demur. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
After some demur, he ate part of it; it was poisoned, and he fell into a swoon. From Wordnik.com. [Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913] Reference
I gathered even the calmness to invite her to sit beside me, and she made no demur. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
"Oh, ah, yes," said Mrs. Caldwell, handing the flowers to Beth without further demur. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"Drop those lines, Borden," ordered Mart sternly, and the old seaman obeyed without demur. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Shark] Reference
Consequently, the actual evidence of sense is all against us, and we resign it without demur. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
To this position one is tempted to demur until two questions have found a satisfactory answer. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
The early Christians were called atheists by the Pagans, and some of them accepted it without demur. From Wordnik.com. [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference
It was not without much demur that we had, at last, accepted the doctor's urgent invitations to do so. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
I demur altogether to the propriety of devolving upon Members of Parliament the duties of a civil jury. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
He did not even demur when the doctor came with Dido and quietly laid down the law about rest and diet. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
"Get the money, son," repeated the father sternly, and the unhappy boy thought it wise to obey without further demur. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
So some say that Syeds are excluded; but they demur and reply that they do not now get a portion of the spoil of the Infidels. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
The request was undoubtedly an irregular one, but the Austrian officer, after a little demur, courteously gave his permission. From Wordnik.com. [John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub] Reference
Jim, who didn't quite see why he couldn't be trusted to look after his own wife, agreed without demur and went out like a whirlwind. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
All this, and much more to the same effect, may be admitted without demur, but all these admissions will avail the traveller nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Eleanor is about to demur, when she catches Mr. Quinton's expression, and his look withers the words on her tongue, and forces them back. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Ainley would have preferred to hear her story first; but he did not demur to her suggestion, and with a little deprecatory laugh he began. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
After some demur, the demons agreed to this proposal, and they trooped out of the synagogue in the same peculiar manner in which they came. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
It was not until they stood beneath the great portico that their vague discomfort got the upper hand, and Mrs. Sartin agreed without demur to. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
The erstwhile secretary submitted without demur to an examination of his clothing, and without any change of expression that I could perceive. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
Fortunately the old lawyer had consented without demur to let Beth have her half-year's dividend in advance, so that there was money for Arthur. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
After all, on a journey in a railway, do not the most estimable ladies stretch themselves without demur by the side of gentlemen unknown to them?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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