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• They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Her father rose with her, and kept her hand drawn through his arm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I was conducted at once to where Sheridan was located with his troops drawn up in line of battle facing the Confederate army near by. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The following conclusions are drawn up chiefly from Gartner's admirable work on the hybridisation of plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• That is surely the conclusion to be drawn from the argument. Plato. The Republic.
• A good patriot, said the other, could hardly have been more afflicted if the Aristocrat had drawn a blank. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The blinds were all drawn down, and the inscription Pubsey and Co. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They are often described as _flying_ reptiles, and pictures are drawn of Mesozoic scenery in which they are seen soaring and swooping about. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had the faith of the one, the doubt of the other, and, drawn strongly either way by these opposing forces, paused irresolutely between the two. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Specifications had been drawn, and I had signed and sworn to the application for patents for these seventy-eight inventions, and naturally I supposed they had been filed in the regular way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Explosions have occurred, however, in cases where it is extremely doubtful whether gas has been present in dangerous quantity, and attention has been drawn to the possible causes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A pendulum carrying a pencil was in constant contact with a strip of paper drawn beneath the pencil. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• His daughter had one of her hands drawn through his arm, as she sat by him, and the other pressed upon it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Indeed, from the direction of the Metropolitan Station no one was coming save the single gentleman whose eccentric conduct had drawn my attention. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The net is drawn pretty close round Fitzroy Simpson, he remarked, and I believe myself that he is our man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• His dark brows and all his lines, were finely drawn. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Hence it has been argued that no deductions can be drawn from domestic races to species in a state of nature. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• What if their truth could be proved before the fatal words of consent were spoken, and the marriage-settlement was drawn? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• So even if the Commission had drawn splendid plans for housing, work conditions, education, and play it would have done only part of the task of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• With heart drawn fine, Gerald stepped into the hall, whose floor was of coloured tiles, went quickly and looked into the large, pleasant room. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her course was in the direction of the small undying fire which had drawn the attention of the men on Rainbarrow and of Wildeve in the valley below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But Mrs. Garth's eyes were now drawn towards her husband, who was already deep in the letter he was reading. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• How completely it meant, 'why should my picture be drawn? Jane Austen. Emma.
• Another lawyer would have drawn up the deed if I had refused to undertake it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A gate, which has in the meantime shut off the flow of grain, is now drawn back, and the operation is repeated. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• This long screw would have transfixed it and drawn it up with a single pull. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Behind the throne was a narrow doorway and in this Than Kosis now stood facing me, with drawn long-sword. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The chart is drawn on the lower and ground side of a ground glass plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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