1 And as for France, that weak imitation of Napoleon is far too busy establishing the French in Mexico to be bothered with us.
2 Seeing Gerald's puzzled hurt face, she patted his knee again and managed an imitation of the pert smile he used to love.
3 Then, you certainly gave a good imitation of it--up till tonight.
4 Scarlett, when you are forty-five, perhaps you will know what I'm talking about and then perhaps you, too, will be tired of imitation gentry and shoddy manners and cheap emotions.
5 His companions were yelping in imitation of coyotes.
6 But she put her arm about his waist, her sleek head by his chest; she tugged at him; she clicked her tongue in imitation of Kennicott's cheerful noises.
7 Today, in reeking early August, she wore a man's cap, a skinny fur like a dead cat, a necklace of imitation pearls, a scabrous satin blouse, and a thick cloth skirt hiked up in front.
8 Erik had been seen in flannels and an imitation panama hat, playing on the abandoned court with Willis Woodford, the clerk in Stowbody's bank.
9 In a word, whatever may be said, I do not find there a true imitation of nature.
10 Out of a similar sideboard, properly draped with white napery and imitation lace, the Bishop had constructed the altar which decorated his oratory.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM 11 They could only place at his disposal a wretched village sacristy, with a few ancient chasubles of threadbare damask adorned with imitation lace.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE 12 Blachevelle seemed to have been created expressly to carry Favourite's single-bordered, imitation India shawl of Ternaux's manufacture, on his arm on Sundays.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR 13 had had for its special industry the imitation of English jet and the black glass trinkets of Germany.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKE... 14 He had chosen this work, he said, because the declamatory style was framed in imitation of the Eastern authors.
15 'Angry,' I answered, with an involuntary imitation of his dark frown.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR