1 She tried not to smile at his accurate summing up of her conduct but she could not help dimpling.
2 That was as accurate a summing up of the situation as could be made and Scarlett relapsed into infuriated silence.
3 But it may be fancied, that from the naked skeleton of the stranded whale, accurate hints may be derived touching his true form.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales. 4 He had actually gained the crags, and was leaping up their sides with incredible activity, when a shot from the woods showed how accurate had been the judgment of the scout.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 31 5 I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.
6 The people were afar and he did not conceive public opinion to be accurate at long range.
7 Long and accurate fringes of smoke spread out.
8 Its somewhat ambitious title was "The Book of Life," and it attempted to show how much an observant man might learn by an accurate and systematic examination of all that came in his way.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 9 I availed myself of your obliging hints to correct my timidity, and it is unnecessary to add that they were perfectly accurate.
10 You are a most accurate and honest reckoner.
11 The elderly female was a woman of wisdom and experience; she knew what was good for children; and she had a very accurate perception of what was good for herself.
12 I should like an accurate description of him and any letters of his which you can spare.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY 13 Again, you will observe that the words are not gummed on in an accurate line, but that some are much higher than others.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville 14 It was his specialty to be accurate as to fact, but his recent illness had shaken him, and this one little incident was enough to show me that he was still far from being himself.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires 15 Van Helsing sits in my study poring over the record prepared by the Harkers; he seems to think that by accurate knowledge of all details he will light upon some clue.