Had there been any one to watch her movements, he might have seen the eagerness with which she listened to each new account of the state of the capital, and how impatiently she drank in the last tidings from the streets; nor less marked was the expression of proud scorn upon her features, as she heard the insulting estimate of the populace, and the vainglorious confidence in the soldiery.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Anything short of the sincerity and earnestness demanded by the situation would be insulting.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
One of them, more insulting than the rest, pointed first at me and then at the Chinese merchant, and represented the action of two persons embracing.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot