speeches and received congratulations as she moved
That little ceremony had been over long enough for her to have exchanged playful speeches and received congratulations as she moved among the groups who were now interesting themselves in the results of the scoring; but it happened that she stood outside examining the point of an arrow with rather an absent air when Lord Brackenshaw came up to her and said, “Miss Harleth, here is a gentleman who is not willing to wait any longer for an introduction. — from Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
saw a resolute chin a smiling mouth
He glanced up to her face and saw a resolute chin, a smiling mouth which was truly lovely, and direct eyes as dark as his own. — from The Garden of Eden by Max Brand
saffron and rosy curtains a slight mist
The day was dying, the western sky all draped with crimson, saffron and rosy curtains: a slight mist over London, purple on the horizon, closer, a mere wash of blue; here and there steeples pierced the thin veil like fingers pointing upward. — from Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Frank Harris
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