1 It was intoxicating to find such magic in his clumsy words, and he longed to try new ways of using it.
2 In spite of her choked-back tears, Scarlett thrilled to the never- failing magic of her mother's touch, to the faint fragrance of lemon verbena sachet that came from her rustling silk dress.
3 Gerald's face had brightened as if by magic at her entrance.
4 If she could only be transferred by magic to Tara and to safety.
5 She waited a moment, breathless for him to continue, a-tiptoe to hear him say the magic three words.
6 As if by magic, the door of the parlor opened and the wide black face of Mammy appeared, ardent curiosity and deepest suspicion evident in every wrinkle.
7 But the towel reddened as though by magic.
8 Under her gaze it was suddenly smooth and bland as though wiped clear by magic.
9 As he spoke, his light grip tightened on her hand and in his voice was the sad magic of old half-forgotten songs.
10 The magic place was deserted: there was no sound but the splash of the water on the lily-pads, and a distant drift of music that might have been blown across a sleeping lake.
11 Rivulets were hurrying in each alley; a calling robin appeared by magic on the crab-apple tree in the Howlands' yard.
12 In that drugged magic there was no difference between heavy heat and insinuating cold.
13 Del Snafflin's orchestra of piano, violin, and cornet began to tune up and every one behind the magic line of the proscenic arch was frightened into paralysis.
14 Luke and Mrs. Dawson picked up ten thousand acres of prairie soil, in the magic portable form of a small check book, and went to Pasadena, to a bungalow and sunshine and cafeterias.
15 But as he did so, the oarsmen expectantly desisted from rowing; the boat drifted a little towards the ship's stern; so that, as if by magic, the letter suddenly ranged along with Gabriel's eager hand.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.