But this
insult is whittled down to a point only." But now comes the greatest joke of the dream, Flask.
"They called her a little `blue' ragamuffin, father," said Harry, who ran in looking very angry; "but I have given it to them; they won't
insult my sister again.
Tyrrel was wrong to let her temper get the better of her, and to suppose herself
insulted where no
insult was intended.
It is at when thou shalt see rabble of this sort offering us
insult thou art not to wait till I draw sword against them, for I shall not do so at all; but do thou draw sword and chastise them to thy heart's content, and if any knights come to their aid and defence I will take care to defend thee and assail them with all my might; and thou hast already seen by a thousand signs and proofs what the might of this strong arm of mine is equal to"- so uplifted had the poor gentleman become through the victory over the stout Biscayan.
The shopkeeper there swindles you if he can, and
insults you whether he succeeds in swindling you or not.
She checked herself; the next refinement of
insult remained suspended on her lips.
We were imposed on, and threatened and
insulted; and we put up with it, hoping our square-dealing would soon mend things.
'No one has ever dared to
insult me as you are doing now!' said I, at length releasing my hands, and recoiling from him.
Why should I desire to
insult other folks when they are not molesting ME?
"It is a foul
insult to her and to me." Then he sat down absently, looking before him, but seeing nothing.
"My Lord King," he cried, "that you be my Lord King alone prevents Simon de Montfort from demanding satisfaction for such a gross
insult. That you take advantage of your kingship to say what you would never dare say were you not king, brands me not a traitor, though it does brand you a coward."
Jones no sooner heard this than he quitted the master, laying on him at the same time the most violent injunctions of forbearance from any further
insult on the Merry-Andrew; and then taking the poor wretch with him into his own apartment, he soon learned tidings of his Sophia, whom the fellow, as he was attending his master with his drum the day before, had seen pass by.
The young willow-wrens, however, continued to cry and scream, and when their parents again brought food they said: 'We will not so much as touch one fly's leg, no, not if we were dying of hunger, until you have settled whether we are respectable children or not; the bear has been here and has
insulted us!' Then the old King said: 'Be easy, he shall be punished,' and he at once flew with the Queen to the bear's cave, and called in: 'Old Growler, why have you
insulted my children?
Let us suppose, for instance, that it feels
insulted, too (and it almost always does feel
insulted), and wants to revenge itself, too.
The expiring Lion said, "I have reluctantly brooked the
insults of the brave, but to be compelled to endure such treatment from thee, a disgrace to Nature, is indeed to die a double death."
