The touch of his hand on hers was vastly more potent than any word he could utter, the impact of his strength on her imagination was more alluring than the printed poems and spoken passions of a thousand generations of lovers.
The touch of his hand was pleasant to her, and something deliciously more than pleasant.
Martin Eden
But, in the intensity of her look there was a
touch of dread or horror.
Our Mutual Friend
Tom was somewhat inclined to resent the patronizing air of his new friend, a boy of just about his own height and age, but gifted with the most transcendent coolness and assurance, which Tom felt to be aggravating and hard to bear, but couldn't for the life of him help admiring and envying--especially when young my lord begins hectoring two or three long loafing fellows, half porter, half stableman, with a strong
touch of the blackguard, and in the end arranges with one of them, nicknamed Cooey, to carry Tom's luggage up to the School-house for sixpence.
Tom Browns Schooldays
I had mechanically turned in this latter direction, and was strolling along the lonely high-road--idly wondering, I remember, what the Cumberland young ladies would look like--when, in one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop by the touch of a hand laid lightly and suddenly on my shoulder from behind me.
"You are very kind, and I am very, very thankful to have met you." The first touch of womanly tenderness that I had heard from her trembled in her voice as she said the words; but no tears glistened in those large, wistfully attentive eyes of hers, which were still fixed on me.
The Woman in White
But I couldn't resist asking him, out of sheer waggery, whether he didn't think a
touch of powder, and even, very judiciously applied, a
touch of rouge, was an improvement to woman.
Quest of the Golden Girl
They are, moreover, of a rough coarse nature, not sensitive to the delicate
touch of the highly organized Polygon.
Flatland
These phases of the walk remained written on John's memory, each emphasised by the touch of that light hand on his arm; and behind all these aspects of the nocturnal city he saw, in his mind's-eye, a picture of the lighted drawing-room at home where he had sat talking with Flora; and his father, from the other end, had looked on with a kind and ironical smile.
Over the crown of the Calton Hill, to his left, lay the way to Colette's, where Alan would soon be looking for his arrival, and where he would now have no more consented to go than he would have wilfully wallowed in a bog; the touch of the girl's hand on his sleeve, and the kindly light in his father's eyes, both loudly forbidding.
Tales and Fantasies
The
touch of the Queen's soft white hand did the poor little sick child no good, and it is quaint to remember that the great learned doctor thought it might be because he had been touched by the wrong royal hand.
English Literature For Boys And Girls
Their topics include the structure of the phonetical touch: unsettling the mastery of phonology over phonetics, surplus of touch: from the forest of symbols to the jungle of touch, anatomical aporia: speculative unity of touch and language, on the
touch of swear words: swearing and the Lacanian real, and haptic contagion: the scream mutating touch and language.
The Language of Touch: Philosophical Examinations in Linguistics and Haptic Studies
Guests are automatically greeted and told how to use the interactive directory without losing the personal
touch of human customer service.
ELO LAUNCHES ALL-IN-ONE TOUCH COMPUTING HARDWARE
A simple
touch of the start button provides the required cycle every time, resulting in lower energy bills and quicker turnaround, according to the manufacturer.
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