As much experience as Delafield possessed in the trifling manoeuvres of managers, or perhaps in the manifestations of feelings that are exhibited by every-day people, he was an absolute novice in the emotions of a pure, simple,
ingenuous female heart.
Frank-faced, fresh-colored, almost
ingenuous in expression, eyes blue and wide apart, he drew and held the gaze of more than one woman far above him in the social scale.
But while her ingenuous disposition freely admitted the superiority of the strangers over the less brilliant attractions of the Dahcotah maidens, she had seen no reason to deprecate their advantages.
Pointing to the sweet countenance that was beaming on her own, with a look of tenderness and commiseration, he paused, to allow his wife to contemplate a loveliness, which was quite as excellent to her ingenuous mind as it had proved dangerous to the character of her faithless husband.
"If shame could cure me of my drowsiness, I should never close an eye again," said the uneasy youth, gazing at the
ingenuous countenance of Alice, where, however, in its sweet solicitude, he read nothing to confirm his half-awakened suspicion.
This
ingenuous remark confirmed Miss Maxwell's opinion of Rebecca as a girl who could hear the truth and profit by it.
He saw, I suppose, that I could not help smiling at the simplicity of this reply; and added, with a smile upon his own
ingenuous face:
"At our wedding,
ingenuous child!...The scorpion opens the ball.
He was a stout man, of about two- or three-and-twenty, with an open,
ingenuous countenance, a black, mild eye, and cheeks rosy and downy as an autumn peach.
This, sir, is all I can tell you, and you see how uninteresting it is." As Dantes spoke, Villefort gazed at his
ingenuous and open countenance, and recollected the words of Renee, who, without knowing who the culprit was, had besought his indulgence for him.
The mother smiled; and she was not quite
ingenuous when she said in answer to the remark,
My experienced commander seemed in one searching glance to read my thoughts on my
ingenuous face.
With one of his delicate but nervous hands he checked his horse in the middle of the court, and with the other raised his hat, whose long plumes shaded his at once serious and
ingenuous countenance.
Hoarders found
ingenuous ways to have unsuspicious amounts deposited in financial institutions or expedited household, farm, construction and factory activities to pay more wages to unbanked workers in cash.
Using the brushes to help get injured animals back to full health is a fairly
ingenuous idea, but New Arc's Keith Marley reckons cosmetics companies are missing a trick by not doing more to make their products recyclable.
