1 His pallor was so peculiar, that it seemed to pertain to one who had been long entombed, and who was incapable of resuming the healthy glow and hue of life.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. 2 But to all these her old antiquities, were added new and marvellous features, pertaining to the wild business that for more than half a century she had followed.
3 An Irish author avers that the Earl of Leicester, on bended knees, did likewise present to her highness another horn, pertaining to a land beast of the unicorn nature.
4 This done, the carpenter received orders to have the leg completed that night; and to provide all the fittings for it, independent of those pertaining to the distrusted one in use.
5 As regarded the shipmaster, however, all was looked upon as pertaining to the character, as to a fish his glistening scales.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY 6 I am in high repute for my accomplishment in all pertaining to the art, and am joined with eleven others in reporting the debates in Parliament for a Morning Newspaper.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT 7 It is the same in things pertaining purely to civilization; the instinct of the masses, clear-sighted to-day, may be troubled to-morrow.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER 8 Mr. Campbell is a merchant and banker, and had had little experience in dealing with matters pertaining to education.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter VIII. 9 Like all that pertains to crime, it seemed never to have known a youthful era.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In I. THE PRISON DOOR 10 Bruce, the Lady Principal, the widow of the late ex-senator Bruce, is a member of the council, and represents in it all that pertains to the life of the girls at the school.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XV. 11 All that pertained to nature was sweet, or simply grand; while those parts which depended on the temper and movements of man were lively and playful.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 15