1 They not only admired her extravagantly, her high-spiritedness, her figure, her tiny hands and feet, her white skin, but they said so frequently, petting, hugging and kissing her to emphasize their loving words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER VIII 2 This fleeting glimpse of her past served to emphasize the sense of aimlessness with which Lily at length turned toward home.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 11 3 Occasionally he would cease to remember it, and be about to emphasize an oath with a sweeping gesture.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 20 4 But the point I have insisted upon and now emphasize again, is that the best opinion of the South to-day is not the ruling opinion.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du BoisGet Context In IX 5 On the other hand, in the North the tendency is to emphasize the radicalism of the Negro.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du BoisGet Context In X 6 By and by, out of the stillness, little, scarcely perceptible noises began to emphasize themselves.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER IX 7 Let us here emphasize one detail, he was not won over and was but little softened by all the solicitude and tenderness of his grandfather.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F... 8 Mrs. Trenor's words were moreover emphasized for her hearer by anxieties which she herself could scarcely guess.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 1: Chapter 7 9 Their appearance confirmed the impression that the show had been staged regardless of expense, and emphasized its resemblance to one of those "costume-plays" in which the protagonists walk through the passions without displacing a drapery.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 1 10 The sudden and brief flare of the match emphasized the darkness for a while.
11 This din of musketry on the right, growing like a released genie of sound, expressed and emphasized the army's plight.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 16 12 This is the direct heritage of the South from the wasteful economies of the slave regime; but it was emphasized and brought to a crisis by the Emancipation of the slaves.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du BoisGet Context In VIII 13 In the great city churches the same tendency is noticeable and in many respects emphasized.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du BoisGet Context In X 14 Deep down below the slavery and servitude of the Negro people he saw their fatal weaknesses, which long years of mistreatment had emphasized.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du BoisGet Context In XII 15 About the time that we succeeded in burning our first kiln of bricks we began facing in an emphasized form the objection of the students to being taught to work.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonGet Context In Chapter X.