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and disdainful upper lip that

His forehead was marked with the line that indicates the constant presence of bitter thoughts; he had the fiery eyes that seem to penetrate to the very soul, and the haughty and disdainful upper lip that gives to the words it utters a peculiar character that impresses them on the minds of those to whom they are addressed.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

a dashed underscore like this

Amendments can be read by placing cursor over words with a dashed underscore like this .
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

a dirty ugly little thing

She ran to him, and made him sit down again; then, placing herself by his side, she gave him a number of messages from her father, and then caught up his youngest child, a dirty, ugly little thing, the joy of his old age, and kissed it.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

are drawn up like the

Naglisngag lang nang ilung mu mu rag kabáyung [ 622 ] nasukù, You have nostrils that are drawn up like the nose of an angry horse.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

are dressed up like that

Basta mag-ispúting, nasáyud na kug ása ang puntáda, I can readily tell where you are headed for when you are dressed up like that.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

ang dúlà ug lúpig ta

Rubúhun nátù ang dúlà ug lúpig ta, Let’s play the game rough if we get out-classed.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

a daughter Ursule later the

He passed through Germany, and while there married Dinah Grollman, by whom he had a daughter, Ursule, later the Vicomtesse de Portenduere, who had been left a penniless orphan in her early youth.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

a damned ungrateful lot the

‘Well, you’re a damned ungrateful lot, the whole pack of you,’ he shouted back.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

aspecto de un lado todo

[2] Entonces es el gran momento de la contemplación: la vista se pierde sin distinguir señal alguna; el camino está por todas partes abierto, sin valla que se interponga; cielo y tierra son uniformes en color y en aspecto; de un lado todo celeste, de otro lado blanquizco, amarillento.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

and dressing up little Things

The Doggrel Kind I mean; which abounds much in an ingenious Liberty of Jesting, and dressing up little Things in pompous Words.
— from Lectures on Poetry Read in the Schools of Natural Philosophy at Oxford by Joseph Trapp

and dried up like the

The protrusion of the cheek-bones formed a conspicuous feature; under them the flesh fell into a hollow, and, as much of it as the bristly moustache and whiskers suffered to be seen, was puckered and dried up like the rind of an old winter apple.
— from John Holdsworth, Chief Mate by William Clark Russell

a doorstep unbeknown like the

It "turns up on a doorstep unbeknown," like the child referred to by Dickens's Sairey .
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890. by Various

As dilettanti usually lack that

As dilettanti usually lack that practice which is peculiar to the regular violin makers, they very often experiment in all kinds of machines by which they expect to lighten manual labor; their object, however, is mostly reached in a very roundabout manner, although they believe to have made an improvement, and this improvement they announce to the public as a great success.
— from George Gemünder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General by George Gemünder

Averys dined unusually late that

When all the members of our little group were gathered round the dinner-table,—which was not until eleven a.m., for the Averys dined unusually late that day—Dr Thorpe laid the subject which had been discussed before Mr Underhill, and requested his opinion on the matter.
— from Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt

and destroying us like the

However, he expressed a wish to see Dr. Overweg in his character of medical man, and made a long harangue to Yusuf, the substance of which was, that inasmuch as we had come from Constantinople, [13] from Tripoli, from Fezzan, from Ghât, in peace and safety, why should he think of eating us up and destroying us, like the people of Taghajeet and others?—"No; let the Christians rest in peace.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

and dealt unfaithfully like their

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 19:078:057 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 19: Psalms by Anonymous

a dim uncertain light towards

We see medical practice struggling in a dim uncertain light towards fuller knowledge, yet baffled at every step.
— from St Nicotine of the Peace Pipe by Edward Vincent Heward

and delayed until late the

In vain I devoted myself to occupation and exercise during the day, and delayed until late the moment of retiring to rest.
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. IV) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

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