Word: instinctiveness
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Nevertheless, John is no whit daunted. His flint-lock is loaded to the muzzle, his pistol is by his side, and every wary instinct is more fully aroused than ever. He has thrown open his arena to the bull-dog today, the better to entrap him; and it will be a lucky bulldog who does not have to be dragged out again by the heels...
...rest, we have the story of Paul's loves". I use the quotation marks advisedly, because nowhere in the book have I found any love that was more than animal passion or animal instinct, unless perhaps it be Paul's love for his mother on her death bed. Even Miriam, the mystic, the dreamer, apparently does not really love him. There is passion, physical attraction--plenty of that, but no love...
With unerring instinct they led their men to a beerhouse, called the Bügerbrau Keller, famed Bavarian cellar. Within was Bavarian Dictator von Kahr, Minister President von Knilling, Minister of Interior Schweier and some others. Dr. von Kahr was in the middle of outlining his state policy in which he denounced Marxism, when the door opened and in walked Herr Hitler and General von Ludendorff with some of their followers, who fired a few shots into the ceiling by way of effect...
...brimming souls who canvassed the College of late vending blazing banners on which is writ that he who runs may read, "To Hell With Harvard." Some one has either a rather overwhelming sense of humor coupled with a genius for economics, or no sense of humor with an uncanny instinct for cash...
...Inveterate Reader of mystery stories has not necessarily the instinct of either a crook or a sleuth; it is, as a rule, immaterial to him whether or not the final chapter brings with it the apprehension of the miscreant who effected the theft or murder. He is, on the other hand, a devotee of crime. He likes to see a good skull or a good safe well cracked. He enjoys the spinal titillation of secret and malign forces lurking in the darker chapters, ready to spring upon the superhero, who loses no opportunity of making himself their target...