1 Even now her self-command is invariable.
2 Her invariable and favorite pursuit, when they met, consisted in making fun of him.
3 There were at the time as many reasons for the step as against it, and there was no overbalancing consideration to outweigh his invariable rule of abstaining when in doubt.
4 Having gone thus far, the two old gentlemen severally took snuff, and afterwards shook hands, according to their invariable custom.
5 Civilization was its enemy; and ever since the beginning of vegetation its soil had worn the same antique brown dress, the natural and invariable garment of the particular formation.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 1 A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression 6 So accustomed was I to his invariable success that the very possibility of his failing had ceased to enter into my head.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 7 The invariable moisture of my hair, while plunged in deep thought, after six cups of hot tea in my thin shingled attic, of an August noon; this seems an additional argument for the above supposition.
8 The arrangement was understood to be merely temporary, and was made as much with a view to flatter his neighbors as in obedience to the invariable rule of Indian policy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 27 9 The principal one, and that which was invariable, was to keep his door absolutely closed during the day, and never to receive any one whatever except in the evening.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING 10 But when the invariable habit of his stroll brought him, for the second time, near the bench, and he had examined her attentively, he recognized her as the same.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST 11 Monte Cristo shook it coldly, according to his invariable practice.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 68. A Summer Ball. 12 Besides, the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her unspeakably.
13 But in nothing in the house was the holiday so noticeable as in Marya Dmitrievna's broad, stern face, which on that day wore an invariable look of solemn festivity.
14 That they were invariably clean, that his were the scoured fingers of the surgeon, made his stubborn untidiness the more jarring.
15 But butchers, also, and butchers of the bloodiest badge have been all Martial Commanders whom the world invariably delights to honour.