1 And so, by dint of alternate coaxing and commanding, he contrived to get them all once more enclosed in their separate dormitories.
2 Jane ran to her uncle and aunt, and welcomed and thanked them both, with alternate smiles and tears.
3 They spread themselves about and keep alternate watch, and, lying along the grass, drink deep and set brazen bowls atilt.
4 All their battalions, sharing the lot of peril, keep watch along the walls, and take alternate charge of all that requires defence.
5 Waldman, a fellow professor, would lecture upon chemistry the alternate days that he omitted.
6 The men, led by the groans of Tom, scrambled and crackled through stumps, logs and bushes, to where that hero lay groaning and swearing with alternate vehemence.
7 By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission.
8 This created, outdoors, alternate shadow and gleams of light, eclipses, then bright openings of the clouds; and indoors a sort of twilight.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED 9 Choosing the latter alternative, I began by making up my mind to leave the hotel, and to take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expensive domicile.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES 10 Now, sir,' she continued, 'I had no intention of telling you all this, but since my poor daughter has disclosed it I have no alternative.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO 11 This flood of tears left Mr. Sowerberry no alternative.
12 'He knows the alternative,' said Mr. Browlow.
13 You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and the short.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles 14 There seemed to be no alternative but to catch him red-handed, and to do so we had to use Sir Henry, alone and apparently unprotected, as a bait.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 15. A Retrospection 15 If he refuses, we have no alternative but to apply for a warrant.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man