After lunch Levin was not in the same place in the string of mowers as before, but stood between the old man who had accosted him jocosely, and now invited him to be his neighbor, and a young peasant, who had only been married in the autumn, and who was mowing this summer for the first time.
The old man, holding himself erect, moved in front, with his feet turned out, taking long, regular strides, and with a precise and regular action which seemed to cost him no more effort than swinging one's arms in walking, as though it were in play, he laid down the high, even row of grass.
Anna Karenina
'Why, bless thee, child,' said the old man, patting her on the head,
The old man kissed her, then turning to me and begging me to walk in, I did so.
The Old Curiosity Shop
Aha!' said the old man, a brief description of whose manner and appearance concluded the last chapter, 'aha!
There was something so odd in the old man's sudden energy, and the subject which had called it forth, that Mr.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
Every morning there came an old fellow to him who put his rooms in order, and went on errands; otherwise, the old man in the plush breeches was quite alone in the old house.
will you give this to the old man over the way from me?
Andersens Fairy Tales
Some were amusing, some almost beautiful, and one, a woman all drawn out of shape, hurt the old man by her grotesqueness.
For an hour the procession of grotesques passed before the eyes of the old man, and then, although it was a painful thing to do, he crept out of bed and began to write.
Winesberg Ohio
The old man was living as a convict, submitting as he should and doing no wrong.
War and Peace
The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached
the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window.
Count of Monte Cristo
Mr Dorrit was in the habit of receiving this old man as if
the old man held of him in vassalage under some feudal tenure.
Little Dorrit
When
the old man came to take away the plate which had contained the Crab's dinner, he found it full of gold, and as the same thing happened every day he soon became very fond of the Crab.
Yellow Fairy Book
They greeted one another, and then
the old man said to him, "May I ask, brother, what brought you to this desert place, where there are so many evil genii about?
Arabian Nights