His father, a Schleswiger by birth, was at that time organist, and later became keeper, of the royal palace of Frederiksberg ; he was a very brisk and cheerful man.

He's a good man ," only to hear a brisk, " I know, I trained him.

In his book My Brother Evelyn and Other Profiles Waugh describes Hayes as ' A North Country man ; he was nearly forty ; he was brisk, assured, purposeful, with his eye on the main chance.

It relates that an old man and an old woman lived with their brisk son and intelligent daughter on a promontory far from other people.

The encounter apparently went smoothly, for a brisk courtship followed and, by August, she had accepted his proposal of marriage.

The encounter apparently went smoothly, for a brisk courtship followed ; by August Dolley accepted his proposal of marriage.

Gun on shoulder, he would march smartly for a few yards, bring his heels together with a click, make a brisk pirouette, skirts flaring, and march back to his point of departure.

Red lived at Lanesville, and from his house he could be up on the Common in a half hour's brisk walk ; ;

A bright sun and brisk wind had the track in a fast condition for the first time this week and 8,280 St. Patty Day celebrants bet $842,617 on the well-prepared program.

Her bouffant coiffure was fortunately combed on the left which happened to be the direction from which a brisk breeze was blowing.

" I desired a friend to draw with a pencil lines cross the image, or pillar of colours, where every one of the seven aforenamed colours was most full and brisk, and also where he judged the truest confines of them to be, whilst I held the paper so, that the said image might fall within a certain compass marked on it.

The lithium-water reaction at normal temperatures is brisk but not violent, the hydrogen produced will not ignite on its own.

Out on the streets, even the flower-sellers, for whom the area had once been renowned, were doing brisk business again.

5 feet 6 or 8 inches high, weighs between 150 and 160 pounds, rather bright complexion, but not a mulatto, broad shoulders, larger flat nose, large eyes, broad flat feet, rather knockneed, walks brisk and active, hair on the top of the head very thin, no beard, except on the upper lip and the top of the chin, a scar on one of his temples, also one on the back of his neck, a large knot on one of the bones of his right arm, near the wrist, produced by a blow.

He also resumed writing and recording with the Beach Boys at a brisk pace ; seven of the twelve new songs on the 1970 album Sunflower were either written or co-written by Wilson.

The band was evolving into a synthpop act, with music not at all fit for a flute ( although Thomas actually provided additional percussion, notably a brisk tambourine, on many more Moodies songs which continued to be featured, plus occasional harmonica ), and at this point he was largely relegated to the status of a backup singer.

Sarai carried on a brisk trade with the Genoese trade emporiums on the coast of the Black Sea – Soldaia, Caffa, and Azak.

Manhattan was one of the last significant settlements on the route west, and the village's merchants did a brisk business selling supplies to miners.

First deliveries to dealerships were posted on GM's Website in April 2008, with comments that initial sales were brisk.

On July 27, 2011, EA reported fiscal first-quarter profits had more than doubled on brisk sales of " highly-anticipated sports and shooter games ".

According to market-research firm Gartner, during the second quarter of 2010 Samsung Electronics took the top position in the DRAM segment due to brisk sales of the item on the world market.

They need to be taken on a daily, long, brisk walk or jog.

This brisk fait accompli influenced the peace negotiations, and the ensuing Treaty of Shimonoseki, concluded on 17 April 1895, duly provided for the cession by China of Taiwan to Japan.

One of the oarsmen, a brisk young fellow, not a soldier, on being asked for his theory of the matter, dropped out a coy confession.

The film received positive reviews and currently holds an 85 % " Certified Fresh " approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the Rotten Tomatoes consensus saying that the film " isn't the most ambitious animated film, but its brisk pace, fresh characters, and big laughs make for a great time for the whole family.

First, he recommends going for a brisk walk, doing jumping jacks, or performing any other brisk movements to get the energy and excitement out of one's system.

For AdvOSS, making the platform programmable and enhanceable made much sense as the whole idea behind using a SDP is to attain the advantage of developing and integrating new services into the system at a brisk pace.

If brisk sales are anticipated, a hardcover edition of a book is typically released first, followed by a " trade " paperback edition ( same format as hardcover ) the next year.

Vincent Canby of The New York Times found it difficult to follow both the action scenes and the subtitles at the same time, but stated that " Mr. Woo does, in fact, seem to be a very brisk, talented director with a gift for the flashy effect and the bizarre confrontation.

Hardcover bestseller status may hasten the paperback release of the same, or slow the release, if hardcover sales are brisk enough.

Then, after it was released to the secondary movie houses, word-of-mouth began to spread and tickets sales became brisk.

Then, after it was released to the secondary movie houses, word-of-mouth began to spread and tickets sales became brisk.

Revenue was brisk until the late 1960s, when trading stamps began to lose popularity.

It appears that Roman artists had much Ancient Greek art to copy from, as trade in art was brisk throughout the empire, and much of the Greek artistic heritage found its way into Roman art through books and teaching.

A brisk, satirical spoof of contemporary American mores entitled `` An American Journey '' was given its first New York performance at Hunter College Playhouse last night by the Helen Tamiris-Daniel Nagrin Dance Company.

" While the economic slowdown has created a difficult business environment, we are encouraged by brisk activity from new and existing propeller fleet operators placing almost 200 orders for 2009 production aircraft ," Pelton stated.

The Etruscans ' objets d ' art are of incalculable value, causing a brisk black market and equally brisk law enforcement effort, as it is against the law to remove objects from Etruscan tombs unless authorized by the Italian government.

Plainfield has a humid continental climate, characterized by brisk to cold winters and hot, muggy summers.

In 1887 the railroad finally went through to Los Angeles, and in 1901 to San Francisco: Santa Barbara was now easily accessible by land and by sea, and subsequent development was brisk.

They inaugurated a new tradition of brisk, small scale performances, with vocal embellishments by the solo singers.

* IGNORANCE, " a brisk young lad ", who joins the " King's Highway " by way of the " crooked lane " that comes from his native country, called " Conceit.

When the film was released, Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, lauded the film and the casting, writing, " Sidney Kingsley's play, Detective Story, has been made into a brisk, absorbing film by Producer-Director William Wyler, with the help of a fine, responsive cast.

The duo talked late into the night, slept in the brisk open air of Glacier Point, and were dusted by a fresh snowfall in the morning.

Today it is a modern city with bustling commerce, brisk expressions of art and architecture, and spurred by the country's improved tourism industry, it is a significant destination and stopover for foreign visitors.

The campaign continued into 1902, when Nelson made a name for himself by commandeering a handcar when his train broke down east of Hibbing, Minnesota, making his own way to Wolf Junction, Minnesota at a brisk pace.

He did his own cooking and carried out the garbage in the morning to the communal dustbins in the backyard, before taking a brisk 15 minute walk to his office, shadowed at a distance by an unmarked police car which had been waiting outside the apartment block-his only concession to the security concerns.

The advertising campaign featured a wiki wiki girl, played by dancer Irene Tsu, dressed in a grass skirt and performing a brisk hula while standing on a gasoline pump.

It is followed by Juliana, at 731 lines, Christ II, at 427 lines, and The Fates of the Apostles, at a brisk 122 lines.

On Friday, two ships and three tenders, taking advantage of a brisk gale and strong current, ran by our batteries, up the North River where they at present remain.