1 They conversed with one another through the means of an interpreter, and sometimes with the interpretation of looks; and Safie sang to him the divine airs of her native country.
2 And never had Hester Prynne appeared more ladylike, in the antique interpretation of the term, than as she issued from the prison.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In II. THE MARKET-PLACE 3 However novel and peculiar this testimony of attachment, I did not doubt the accuracy of the interpretation.
4 The idea of a duel had never crossed her mind, and so she put a different interpretation on this passing expression of hardness.
5 Whatever she did she knew would be observed by her husband, and the worst interpretation put on it.
6 The critic had undoubtedly put an interpretation upon the book which could not possibly be put on it.
7 After La Trobe had been excruciated by the Rector's interpretation, by the maulings and the manglings of the actors.
8 And this once admitted, an absolutely dark interpretation of her act towards his mother was no longer forced upon him.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter 9 I met the eye of the Psychologist, and read my own interpretation in his face.
10 So watching, I began to put my interpretation upon the things I had seen, and as it shaped itself to me that evening, my interpretation was something in this way.
11 To save himself he had the habit of leaving his flattery open to the interpretation of raillery.
12 Her interpretation of his words disillusioned him.
13 "Yes," looked the invalid, his eye beaming with delight at the ready interpretation of his meaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 59. The Will. 14 They are expressed in the most plain and simple terms, wherein those people are not mercurial enough to discover above one interpretation: and to write a comment upon any law, is a capital crime.
15 Then our talk turned to the interpretation of the seven pillars and steps of the Temple, the seven sciences, the seven virtues, the seven vices, and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.