1 An unvaried pall of cloud muffled the whole expanse of sky from zenith to horizon.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 2 But he clasped both his hands over his breast, and cast his eyes towards the zenith.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 3 All the time that he gazed upward to the zenith, he was, nevertheless, perfectly aware that little Pearl was pointing her finger towards old Roger Chillingworth, who stood at no great distance from the scaffold.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 4 Within the church, it had hardly been kept down; beneath the sky it pealed upward to the zenith.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER 5 All beneath the fantastic limbs and ragged tree tops, which were, here and there, dimly painted against the starry zenith, lay alike in shadowed obscurity.
6 The moon reached the zenith, and shed its mild light perpendicularly on the lovely sight of the sisters slumbering peacefully in each other's arms.
7 The marquis of Montcalm was, at the period of which we write, in the flower of his age, and, it may be added, in the zenith of his fortunes.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 15 8 A few stars, daintily piercing the pale blue of the zenith, and visible to revery alone, formed imperceptible little splendors amid the immensity.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF ... 9 The captain of the Musketeers was therefore admired, feared, and loved; and this constitutes the zenith of human fortune.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE 10 The sun was in its zenith, and the spot chosen for the scene of the duel was exposed to its full ardor.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS 11 She looked at the sky overhead, and saw that the sapphirine hue of the zenith in spring and early summer had been replaced by a metallic violet.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 5 The Journey across the Heath 12 But even on this supposition the balanced civilization that was at last attained must have long since passed its zenith, and was now far fallen into decay.
13 Their heads were all reclined, either to the right, or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
14 It was the time when the youthful Speranski was at the zenith of his fame and his reforms were being pushed forward with the greatest energy.
15 Roman power was at its zenith when every citizen.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AN...