1 Her fingers fluttered; her sympathy came out in spurts; she sat on the edge of a chair in eagerness to be near her auditor, to send her enthusiasms and optimism across.
2 The man was tall and gaunt, as haggard as his auditor himself; a thin black beard covered half of his face, and one could see only two black hollows where the eyes were.
3 And when the auditor had asserted his non-comprehension, he would proceed to elucidate by some new proposition, yet more appalling.
4 This address caused a considerable change in the physiognomy of my own auditor.
5 As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor, she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XXII. THE PROCESSION 6 The auditor wrote out a petition for you," continued Tushin, "and you ought to sign it and ask this gentleman to take it.
7 In it was the petition to the Emperor drawn up by the auditor, in which Denisov, without alluding to the offenses of the commissariat officials, simply asked for pardon.
8 The fourth auditor, who during all this conversation had played a mute part, made a sign of the head in proof that he acquiesced in the proposition.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS 9 The words of the answer and the air of the speaker produced a strong sensation among his auditors.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23 10 The speaker, who was the father of the recreant young Indian, looked round and about him, as if seeking commendation of his stoicism in the eyes of the auditors.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 11 He never spoke without auditors, and rarely without making converts to his opinions.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 12 Among his actual auditors, however, it merely gave him an additional claim to that respect which they never withhold from such as are believed to be the subjects of mental alienation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 26 13 The pronunciation of so terrible a name produced the usual effect among his auditors.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 27 14 He commenced by flattering the self-love of his auditors; a never-failing method of commanding attention.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 27 15 Then, filled with his own dark intentions, he spoke in the language of the Canadas, a tongue that he well knew was comprehended by most of his auditors.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 29