1 On the other letter he read Gus Trenor's name; and the flap of the envelope was still ungummed.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 14 2 She wanted to laugh at the gratified importance in Raymie's half-shut eyes; she wanted to weep over the meek ambitiousness which clouded like an aura his pale face, flap ears, and sandy pompadour.
3 His coat was wrinkled; his trousers would flap at the knees when he arose.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XXIV 4 From hand to hand, the buckets went in the deepest silence, only broken by the occasional flap of a sail, and the steady hum of the unceasingly advancing keel.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 43. Hark! 5 Misfortune seemed to settle like an evil bird on the roof of the log house, and to flap its wings there, warning human beings away.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII 6 The flap of his cartridge box bobbed wildly, and his canteen, by its slender cord, swung out behind.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 6 7 As the flap of the blue jacket fell away from the body, he could see that the side looked as if it had been chewed by wolves.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 9 8 He would perch on a stump, flap his black wings, and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen.
9 Giles slit the flap of an apparently business document.
Between the Acts (1941) By Virginia WoolfGet Context In Unit 13 10 I took up the envelope and saw scrawled in red ink upon the inner flap, just above the gum, the letter K three times repeated.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS 11 He didn't hear me call, nor see me flap my parasol in front, and there we were, quite helpless, rattling away, and whirling around corners at a breakneck pace.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE 12 A dusky tumult would flap its wings from one house to another.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneGet Context In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 13 Between those fingers the flap of skin connecting them reached up almost as far as the top joint of the little finger.
The Trial By Franz KafkaGet Context In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni 14 She flapped the reins and urged the horse forward.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXIV 15 Then Cathleen flapped the bridle reins sharply and the old mule moved off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXIX