Seals

Examples

• He is sad; silence seals his mind. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At last, he said, There was an old gentleman, with thick eyebrows, and a broad hat, and large chain and seals. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Signed with our hands and seals. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At this minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When those packets were sealed up, Jonas Oldacre got McFarlane to secure one of the seals by putting his thumb upon the soft wax. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We will see seals in Suderoe, and, doubtless, mermaids in Stromoe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But seals would not find on oceanic islands the conditions favourable to their gradual reconversion into a terrestrial form. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• We have the treaty, under your pretty hands and seals. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The seals of ancient Sumeria again were printing devices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Bella put another of those finger-seals upon his lips, and then said, kneeling down by him as he sat at table: 'Now, look here, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Chief Butler Resigns the Seals of Office The dinner-party was at the great Physician's. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Ah, no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence, the innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• With mammals, for instance, the form of the skull is often much altered with age, of which Dr. Murie has given some striking instances with seals. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I noticed, too, that several rings and seals hung at his watch-chain, as if he were quite laden with remembrances of departed friends. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Lyell asks, and assigns certain reasons in answer, why have not seals and bats given birth on such islands to forms fitted to live on the land? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• A gold watch-chain, and seals, depended from his fob. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Teddy never seals mine, said Jo next day, as she distributed the contents of the little post office. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The rubber mat greets you at the front door, a little pad cushions the door stops and the backs of chairs, and a ring seals the mouth of the fruit jar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Upon which, Bella set another of those finger seals upon the air, and thrust out her little foot expressive of the mark. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He had a gold watch, and a gold curb chain with large gold seals; and he carried a pliant ebony cane with a gold top. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Such seals and chain! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Here are the details, he motioned for Andreu Nin to hand over his safe-conduct, and put on two seals. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I never thought he'd a done it under a gold watch, chain, and seals, at the lowest. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The European Secretary pulled nervously at his moustache and fidgeted with the seals of his watch-chain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• They all dropped into the water, and were swimming together like a shoal of seals. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• His watch was very gay, as were his numerous seals, at least twenty in number. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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