1 The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonGet Context In CHAPTER INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW 2 He might have risen still higher, but for the premature death of the heroic Coeur-de-Lion, before the Castle of Chaluz, near Limoges.
3 I have been a little premature, I perceive; I beg your pardon.
4 It would be premature to state that plainly.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyGet Context In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama 5 Her features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature grey, and her expression was weary and haggard.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 6 The money which I had reckoned upon never came to hand, and a premature examination of accounts exposed my deficit.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott" 7 Towards evening, however, the breaking of a test-tube brought his research to a premature ending, and he sprang up from his chair with an exclamation of impatience and a clouded brow.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient 8 The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem 9 And yet it may be premature to abandon the case.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 10 Dr. Meade, who had arrived out of breath, expecting to find Melanie in premature labor at least, judging by Aunt Pitty's alarmed summoning, was indignant and said as much.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XVIII 11 In a countryman, this sudden flame of friendship would have seemed far too premature, a thing to be much distrusted; but in this simple savage those old rules would not apply.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend. 12 Yet the premature hour of the Pequod's sailing had, perhaps, been correctly selected by Ahab, with a view to this very complexion of things.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 44. The Chart. 13 I think I was premature in promising.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher StoweGet Context In CHAPTER XXI 14 We must not be premature in our judgments.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar WildeGet Context In SECOND ACT 15 I am not myself in favour of premature experiences.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar WildeGet Context In THIRD ACT