I'd be lost without it." "Don't you think that's a narrow view of life ?" asked Mrs.Whitney.
"Don't you think we ought all to take time to cultivate our higher natures ?" "What do you mean by higher natures ?" Mrs.Whitney scented sarcasm and insult.

To interrogate a glittering generality is to slur its projector; she wished her hearers to be dazzled, not moved to the impertinence of cross-examination.

"I think you understand me," she said loftily.
"I don't," replied Hiram.

"I'm only a cooper and miller.

I haven't had the advantages of a higher education"-- this last with a steady look toward his son, approaching from the direction of the stables.