Elizabeth had scarcely time to disclaim all right to the compliment, before their approach was announced by the doorbell, and shortly afterwards the three gentlemen entered the room.
I bowed to, and disclaimed, the compliment. " I nearly met you, once, in Philadelphia, some Browning affair or other — you were to lecture, you know. My train was four hours late" .
And, supposing that the Deity acts from the vague impulse of an undirected will, man must also follow his own, or act according to rules, deduced from principles which he disclaims as irreverent.