1 Any remark, the most insignificant, that showed that the critic saw even the tiniest part of what he saw in the picture, agitated him to the depths of his soul.
2 The critic had undoubtedly put an interpretation upon the book which could not possibly be put on it.
3 Now, as I had no theory of any kind, don't believe in Spiritualism, and copied my characters from life, I don't see how this critic can be right.
4 During this performance, the hermit demeaned himself much like a first-rate critic of the present day at a new opera.
5 You're a dangerous gentleman; you're such a critic.
6 Miss Bart's immediate answer was to address a critical glance to the reflection of the countenance under discussion.
7 When she was most ardently singing hymns or planning deviltry she yet seemed gently aloof and critical.
8 I need young critical things like you to punch me up.
9 But at this critical instant a sudden exclamation was heard that took every eye from the whale.
10 But this critical act is not always unattended with the saddest and most fatal casualties.
11 This was a critical time in Jurgis' life, and if he had been a weaker man he would have gone the way the rest did.
12 Each moment, however, pressed upon him a conviction of the critical situation in which he had suffered his invaluable trust to be involved through his own confidence.
13 Further words were unnecessary; for Hawkeye, merely uttering the mandate to "follow," moved along the route by which they had just entered their present critical and even dangerous situation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14 14 Breathless with amazement, and heavily oppressed with the critical situation of his friend, Heyward recoiled before the look, trembling lest its meaning might, in some unknown manner, hasten the prisoner's fate.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23 15 Frequently over this tumult could be heard the grim jokes of the critical veterans; but the retreating men apparently were not even conscious of the presence of an audience.