1 He mounted School House Hill at her side and walked on in silence till they reached the lane leading to the saw-mill; then the need of some definite assurance grew too strong for him.
2 No pang of conscience at loving another woman's husband or reading that woman's mail disturbed her pleasure in her youth and charm and her renewed assurance of Ashley's love.
3 The mainspring of his existence was taken away when she died and with it had gone his bounding assurance, his impudence and his restless vitality.
4 There was an air of command, assurance and determination about her, even when she smiled.
5 His smile deepened as he added with increasing assurance: "But you must let me take you to the station."
6 Such an assurance would usually have restored Mrs. Trenor's complacency; but on this occasion it did not chase the cloud from her brow.
7 Miss Bart made this announcement in the tone of one who presents, with careless assurance, a complete vindication; but Mrs. Fisher received it in a manner almost inconsequent.
8 She realized that in town she had depended upon them for assurance that there remained a world beyond.
9 Not always, though: Ledyard, the great New England traveller, and Mungo Park, the Scotch one; of all men, they possessed the least assurance in the parlor.
10 When I met him on his rounds now, I thought he carried his head more disdainfully than ever, and strode up the steps of front porches and rang doorbells with more assurance.
11 This assurance was very consoling to Mariequita.
12 If anything could add to my own base love of life," said Heyward, suffering his unconscious eyes to wander to the youthful form of the silent Alice, "it would be so kind an assurance.
13 The Huron was content with the assurance, and, resuming his pipe, he awaited the proper moment to move.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 14 It gave me the best assurance that I might rely with the utmost confidence on the results which, he said, would flow from teaching me to read.
15 This gave me assurance, and I held him uneasy, causing the blood to run where I touched him with the ends of my fingers.