1 She was a veteran too, but she had no cronies with whom she could refight old battles.
2 Early in March Mrs. Westlake, wife of the veteran physician, marched into Carol's living-room like an amiable old pussy and suggested, "My dear, you really must come to the Thanatopsis this afternoon."
3 Of all the wondrous devices and dexterities, the sleights of hand and countless subtleties, to which the veteran whaleman is so often forced, none exceed that fine manoeuvre with the lance called pitchpoling.
4 He was a mild, flurried old man, a Civil War veteran, with one sleeve hanging empty.
5 I suppose no woman could have been further in person, voice, and temperament from Dumas' appealing heroine than the veteran actress who first acquainted me with her.
6 Without assuming the supererogatory task of entering into a discussion of the comparative merits of national courtesy, Duncan cheerfully assented to supply the place of the veteran in the approaching interview.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 15 7 Each drew a chair, and while the veteran communed a few moments with his own thoughts, apparently in sadness, the youth suppressed his impatience in a look and attitude of respectful attention.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 8 As soon as the usual ceremonials of a military departure were observed, the veteran and his more youthful companion left the fortress, attended by the escort.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 9 As soon as this slight salutation had passed, Montcalm moved toward them with a quick but graceful step, baring his head to the veteran, and dropping his spotless plume nearly to the earth in courtesy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 10 The veteran seized the offered paper, without waiting for Duncan to translate the speech, and with an eagerness that betrayed how important he deemed its contents.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 11 "Monsieur de Montcalm, we will hear you," the veteran added, more calmly, as Duncan ended.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 12 So saying, the veteran again dropped his head to his chest, and returned slowly toward the fort, exhibiting, by the dejection of his air, to the anxious garrison, a harbinger of evil tidings.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 13 "To-day I am only a soldier, Major Heyward," said the veteran.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 14 The dangerous weapons were brushed aside by the still nervous arm of the veteran, or fell of themselves, after menacing an act that it would seem no one had courage to perform.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 15 Fortunately, the vindictive Magua was searching for his victim in the very band the veteran had just quitted.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17