1 It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March, with a pale moon, lying on her back as though the wind had tilted her, and a flying wrack of the most diaphanous and lawny texture.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT 2 In costume, and in all the differences of texture and bearing that now mark off the sexes from each other, these people of the future were alike.
3 The drawing-rooms were decorated with the rarest pictures by the old masters, the boudoirs hung with draperies from China, of fanciful colors, fantastic design, and wonderful texture.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 63. The Dinner. 4 As he hung over the coffin, his face was concealed by long locks of ragged hair; but one vast hand was extended, in colour and apparent texture like that of a mummy.
5 And all these subtle agencies, more and more they wrought on Ahab's texture.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb. 6 He took up from the couch the great purple-and-gold texture that covered it, and, holding it in his hands, passed behind the screen.