1 Above the temples, amidst wreathed turban folds of black drapery, vague in its character and consistency as cloud, gleamed a ring of white flame, gemmed with sparkles of a more lurid tinge.
2 The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges.
3 My eye still roved over the sullen swell and along the moor-edge, vanishing amidst the wildest scenery, when at one dim point, far in among the marshes and the ridges, a light sprang up.
4 A group of more interest appeared near the hearth, sitting still amidst the rosy peace and warmth suffusing it.
5 Perhaps you think I had forgotten Mr. Rochester, reader, amidst these changes of place and fortune.
6 Entering a portal, fastened only by a latch, I stood amidst a space of enclosed ground, from which the wood swept away in a semicircle.
7 A more resolute, indefatigable pioneer never wrought amidst rocks and dangers.
8 Mr. Collins and Charlotte appeared at the door, and the carriage stopped at the small gate which led by a short gravel walk to the house, amidst the nods and smiles of the whole party.
9 Jane looked well, and Elizabeth had little opportunity of studying her spirits, amidst the various engagements which the kindness of her aunt had reserved for them.
10 But he found that a traveller's life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments.
11 In a few moments I saw him in his boat, which shot across the waters with an arrowy swiftness and was soon lost amidst the waves.
12 The cold is excessive, and many of my unfortunate comrades have already found a grave amidst this scene of desolation.
13 It was the place whence proclamations were wont to be made, amidst an assemblage of the magistracy, with all the ceremonial that attended such public observances in those days.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In III. THE RECOGNITION 14 Willoughby opened the piano-forte, and asked Marianne to sit down to it; and thus amidst the various endeavours of different people to quit the topic, it fell to the ground.
15 He sneaked back into his cell, amidst a little chorus of approbation; and both Traddles and I experienced a great relief when he was locked in.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS