As I sat quietly upon the floor of my prison, waiting for the end, my fingers by accident came in contact with the bit of paper in which the things had been wrapped; and as I idly played with it, my mind roaming far back into the past, that I might live again for a few brief moments before I died some of the many happy moments of a long and happy life, I became aware of strange protuberances upon the
smooth surface of the parchment-like substance in my hands.
Warlord of Mars
The view was striking: it may aptly be compared to a framed engraving, where the frame represents the breakers, the marginal paper the smooth lagoon, and the drawing the island itself.
The cove is surrounded by reefs, and the water as smooth as in a lake.
The Voyage of the Beagle
Behind us the glowing desert rolls away to the horizon, and before us lie mile upon mile of smooth hard snow almost level, but swelling gently upwards, out of the centre of which the nipple of the mountain, that appears to be some miles in circumference, rises about four thousand feet into the sky.
Just before sunset we found ourselves exactly under the nipple of Sheba's left Breast, which towered thousands of feet into the air, a vast smooth hillock of frozen snow.
King Solomons Mines
Worn out as I was, and comparatively secure for the moment, I will not say that I slept; but my eyes closed, and every fibre rested, as I rose and slid with the
smooth, long swell.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
And indeed, no sooner had he uttered these words, when all at once, like the sun going behind a cloud, her face lost all its friendliness, and Levin detected the familiar change in her expression that denoted the working of thought; a crease showed on her smooth brow.
This stiffness hurt Kitty, and she could not resist the desire to smooth over her mother's coldness.
Anna Karenina
Under the thatch roof supported by smooth columns, of which each one had cost the life of a straight-stemmed young palm, the scent of flowering hedges drifted in warm waves.
Smoky red flames swayed on high poles, and the fiery blaze flickered over faces, clung to the smooth trunks of palm-trees, kindled bright sparks on the rims of metal dishes standing on fine floor-mats.
Tales of Unrest
He came home with his manners a good deal improved; he had lost his surliness and brusqueness, and was rather pleasantly soft and smooth, now; he was furtively, and sometimes openly, ironical of speech, and given to gently touching people on the raw, but he did it with a good-natured semiconscious air that carried it off safely, and kept him from getting into trouble.
The letter was read and reread until it was nearly worn out; everybody admired its courtly and gracious tone, and smooth and practiced style, everybody was sympathetic and excited, and the Coopers were steeped in happiness all the while.
Puddnhead Wilson
According to police spokesman, the Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Farrukh Rasheed has directed to ensure
smooth traffic flow in the city and ensure special deployment at Islamabad Expressway, IJP Road and other important and busy roads for convenience of road users.
Special ITP squads deputed for smooth flow of traffic
He walked away with the PS284 first prize for winning the longest fish match with a
smooth hound of 102cm.
Griffiths pockets the prize at charity open in Swansea
'However, traffic flow heading south from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Baru is still
smooth,' he said when contacted by Bernama.
Smooth traffic on major expressways as of noon