1 It was the greatest feat of the war, and Atlanta took pride and personal satisfaction in the thought that its railroads had made the victory possible.
2 They had learned retreating under Old Joe, who had made it as great a feat of strategy as advancing.
3 Gerald's letter was so full of brag and bluster as to how the Yankees had been driven from the railroad that one would have thought he personally had accomplished the feat, single handed.
4 Tis but to help strike a fin; no wondrous feat for Starbuck.
5 This particular feat of the shark seems all but miraculous.
6 Now, the beheading of the Sperm Whale is a scientific anatomical feat, upon which experienced whale surgeons very much pride themselves: and not without reason.
7 But it is no such marvelous feat to exhibit the feats of so dull a beast; though, for that matter, too, a bear may be overacted.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 25 8 No doubt the feat was easy to Mr. Utterson; for he was undemonstrative at the best, and even his friendship seemed to be founded in a similar catholicity of good-nature.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR 9 This feat of horsemanship again attracted the applause of the multitude.
10 The gentleman walked on with them by the officer's side; and as many of the crowd as could achieve the feat, got a little ahead, and stared back at Oliver from time to time.
11 With an area beneath, it was no mean feat to reach that window ledge and open that window.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS 12 The waiter had just time to accomplish this feat before Paul Ivanovitch Chichikov set forth to inspect the town.
13 So Chichikov made the attempt; and in very truth the veal was beyond all praise, and room was found for it, even though one would have supposed the feat impossible.
14 He examined the bullets with which Monte Cristo performed this dexterous feat, and saw that they were no larger than buckshot.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 90. The Meeting. 15 Phemius," she cried, "you know many another feat of gods and heroes, such as poets love to celebrate.