1 He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of the scented soap like a perfumer's shop.
2 He brought the bottle to his lips, and took a fiery drink from it; and I smelt the strong spirits that I saw flash into his face.
3 A waiter showed me into the coffee-room; and a chambermaid introduced me to my small bedchamber, which smelt like a hackney-coach, and was shut up like a family vault.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY 4 After which, we went shivering, at that uncomfortable hour, to our respective beds, through various close passages; which smelt as if they had been steeped, for ages, in a solution of soup and stables.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION 5 He smelt the awful odor, saw the dirt, disorder, and miserable condition, and heard the groans, and felt that nothing could be done to help.
6 The envelope was of paper as thick as bark; on the oblong yellow paper there was a huge monogram, and the letter smelt of agreeable scent.
7 The wet of the rain spurting up in tiny drops could be smelt in the air.
8 The room smelt warm and sweet; of clothes drying; of milk; of biscuits and warm water.
9 But even on windless days the air always smelt of something under-earth: sulphur, iron, coal, or acid.
10 She just sat and stared and looked dazzled, and felt nothing, only somewhere she smelt the extraordinarily unpleasant smell of the bitch-goddess.
11 The room smelt close and unwholesome; the walls were dirt-discoloured; and the ceiling blackened.
12 He was back in a moment, and I smelt a strong reek of brandy as he passed me.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott" 13 Vast sections of it have been cleared, for this is the seat of the first iron-works of the country, and the trees have been felled to smelt the ore.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 14 Even the soil smelt sweet and clean.
15 Jim smelt it and bit it and rubbed it, and said he would manage so the hair-ball would think it was good.