1 There was room for her, after all, in this crowded selfish world of pleasure whence, so short a time since, her poverty had seemed to exclude her.
2 Uncas had cast his body back against the wall of the hut and closed his eyes, as if willing to exclude so contemptible and disagreeable an object from his sight.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 26 3 He passed a hand before his eyes, as if to exclude the least evidence of so shameful a spectacle, while he repeated, in his low, guttural tones, the words he had just heard.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 30 4 The galleries that surrounded the court were festooned with a curtain of some kind of Moorish stuff, and could be drawn down at pleasure, to exclude the beams of the sun.
5 And desirous of putting an end to the interview, he pushed by her, and closed the door, as if to exclude the pain he felt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. 6 Morrel, evidently discomposed, came to meet Monte Cristo less with the intention of receiving him than to exclude his entry.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise. 7 You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example; if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports, and shut her out from your converse.
8 For some days after that evening Mr. Heathcliff shunned meeting us at meals; yet he would not consent formally to exclude Hareton and Cathy.
9 I exclude extremes, of course; and a very close resemblance in all those points would be the likeliest way to produce an extreme.
10 It is impossible to exclude them when the church is open.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR 11 And the nine combatants rushed upon each other with a fury which however did not exclude a certain degree of method.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS 12 Bazin scratched at the door, and as Aramis had no longer any reason to exclude him, he bade him come in.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 34 IN WHICH THE EQUIPMENT OF ARAMIS AND PORTHOS IS TREATED OF 13 Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.
14 From that room, too, the daylight was completely excluded, and it had an airless smell that was oppressive.
15 We found the air as carefully excluded from both, as if air were fatal to life; and there were more dirty clothes and bandboxes under the beds than I should have thought the family possessed.