Of the first grade the leading features are long locks and smiles; of the second frogged coats and frowns.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Rosa had on a pink skirt with largo flounces, and looked like a very fat child, an obese dwarf; while the two Pumps looked as if they had cut their dresses out of old flowered curtains dating from the Restoration.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The latter gentleman, who fastened his coat all the way up to his chin by means of a pin and a button alternately, had a very coarse red face, and looked like a drunken chaplain; which, indeed, he was.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Till all her heart's sad secret blazed itself In the heart's colours on her simple face; And Lancelot looked and was perplext in mind, And being weak in body said no more; But did not love the colour; woman's love, Save one, he not regarded, and so turned Sighing, and feigned a sleep until he slept.
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

As the train pulled out Jims leaned eagerly forward for a last look at Chippy, pulling his hand from Rilla's.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The only charge objected against Paetus Thrasea was, that he had a melancholy cast of features, and looked like a schoolmaster.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

She turned to him, her face all laughing, like a challenge.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Perhaps even this would not be long enough, for a lake lying among such high mountains is sure to be deep.
— from Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Sven Anders Hedin

she demanded, pausing before him, poised on one foot, and looking like a Sibyl herself.
— from The Luminous Face by Carolyn Wells

Here he introduced the process of manufacturing the celebrated Shaker socks by machinery, being the first manufacturer to engage in the enterprise, where he established a prosperous business, which he carried on about sixteen years, when he sold out to his son-in-law, Mr. Bailey, and retired from active life, locating at Waltham, Mass., where he still resides.
— from Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men by Various

It faces a lovely lake and is really built on the side of the mountain which rises directly behind it to the height of two thousand feet.
— from Wanderings in Ireland by Michael Myers Shoemaker

As they were going in, she turned for a lingering look at the sea.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

Maxime and Rastignac followed a little later, and when they were both seated in the count’s carriage, the latter said:— “What do you want of me, Maxime?
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

For a few days, Valmai, although she had received no serious harm from her watery adventure, still felt a little languor and indisposition, which kept her a prisoner in the house.
— from By Berwen Banks by Allen Raine

"Well, you will, and he will dim even those ruddy fires and look like a transfigured Adonis backed against a pink sunset."
— from Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain

She checked the exclamation of surprise that sprang to her lips, and, cautiously advancing, she bent above the silent figure and looked long and lovingly upon the face she knew so well.
— from Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong) Reed