1 Rather, it was Gerald's compact smallness that made him what he was, for he had learned early that little people must be hardy to survive among large ones.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER III 2 Its modest "effects," compact of enamel paint and ingenuity, spoke to him in the language just then sweetest to his ear.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 1: Chapter 14 3 That blubber is something of the consistence of firm, close-grained beef, but tougher, more elastic and compact, and ranges from eight or ten to twelve and fifteen inches in thickness.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 68. The Blanket. 4 The compact round body of its root expands into two broad, firm, flat palms or flukes, gradually shoaling away to less than an inch in thickness.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 86. The Tail. 5 The veselija is a compact, a compact not expressed, but therefore only the more binding upon all.
6 As the blankets yielded before the outward pressure, and the branches settled in the fissure of the rock by their own weight, forming a compact body, Duncan once more breathed freely.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperGet Context In CHAPTER 9 7 Sometimes it went up in little balls, white and compact.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 3 8 A moment later the officers began to bustle among the men, pushing them into a more compact mass and into a better alignment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 18 9 The only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it and contiguous to absolutely nothing.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott FitzgeraldGet Context In Chapter 2 10 It would be a compact of convenience, and the world would be satisfied.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane AustenGet Context In CHAPTER 8 11 At least I was no party to the compact," said Estella, "for if I could walk and speak, when it was made, it was as much as I could do.
Great Expectations By Charles DickensGet Context In Chapter XXXVIII 12 In fulfilment of the compact I have made with myself, to reflect my mind on this paper, I again examine it, closely, and bring its secrets to the light.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensGet Context In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC 13 Three people have used that very phrase about Kaulbach to me today already, just as though they had made a compact about it.
Anna Karenina(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In PART 2: Chapter 6 14 The whole thing was compact, overwhelming, and misshapen.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER 15 The centre of the English army, rather concave, very dense, and very compact, was strongly posted.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON