1 It would require a painter, and no common painter too, to depict my aunt's face as she delivered herself of this very unexpected sentiment, and Miss Murdstone's face as she heard it.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME 2 And therefore, if they want to depict, not God, but a revolutionist or a sage, let them take from history a Socrates, a Franklin, a Charlotte Corday, but not Christ.
3 Nor, will the tragic dramatist who would depict mortal indomitableness in its fullest sweep and direct swing, ever forget a hint, incidentally so important in his art, as the one now alluded to.
4 It required no very vivid imagination to depict the most frightful scenes through which I should have to pass, in case I failed.
5 In order to depict a battle, there is required one of those powerful painters who have chaos in their brushes.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES 6 There are things which one must not attempt to depict; the sun is one of them.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER TH... 7 I would fain linger yet with a few of those among whom I have so long moved, and share their happiness by endeavouring to depict it.
8 Sheer nervousness will prevent you from uttering a word in his presence, so great are the pride and superiority depicted on his countenance.
9 This action was so unlike her usual composure and the fear depicted on Prince Vasili's face so out of keeping with his dignity that Pierre stopped and glanced inquiringly over his spectacles at his guide.
10 Anna Mikhaylovna turned up her eyes, and profound sadness was depicted on her face.
11 A very pretty curly-headed boy with a look of the Christ in the Sistine Madonna was depicted playing at stick and ball.
12 He had dreamed that he and Uncle Pierre, wearing helmets such as were depicted in his Plutarch, were leading a huge army.
13 His misery was depicted in sinister lines on his countenance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 86. The Trial. 14 The artist who could have depicted the expression of these two countenances would certainly have made of them a beautiful picture.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 91. Mother and Son. 15 Deep grief was depicted on Morrel's features; he seized Monte Cristo's hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 94. Maximilian's Avowal.