Figures

Examples

• In a whisper, he explained to me the apparition of the three figures on the platform of rock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It threw a livid, unnatural circle upon the floor, while in the shadows beyond we saw the vague loom of two figures which crouched against the wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is written in letters, not figures,--twenty thousand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He was roused from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• On another occasion when reconnoitring thus she beheld two female figures walking in the vale. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The figures are the number of typhoid deaths occurring yearly out of 100,000 inhabitants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Perhaps you could name the figures of a few wiolincellers of a good tone? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Instead her eyes warned me to beware the sleeping figures that surrounded her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• With our black silk face-coverings, which turned us into two of the most truculent figures in London, we stole up to the silent, gloomy house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Although they had clay available, and although there are several Pal?olithic clay figures on record, they had _no pottery_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But the two central figures claimed all my attention. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In the position of parts in the two figures the horizontal line, on which the foreign object lies, would be determined, but it would not indicate how deep in the object was, _i. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These figures are almost too great for comprehension. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The trouble is that all these fal-bals they wear cover up their figures when they've got 'em. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The book had an alphabet in it, some figures and tables, and a little spelling,--that is to say, it had had once. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The disc is divided into eight or ten compartments, in each one of which the same figures are repeated, though the positions of one or more of them are changed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Being a draughtsman, I can help with the figures, said Dritzhn. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Trees gigantic and aged grew near; before the gate I discerned a crowd of moving human figures--with intense curiosity I lifted my glass to my eye. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• His figures, which usually dealt with historical, mythological, or allegorical subjects, were executed in relief, and colored. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• They played with the past, and with the great figures of the past, a sort of little game of chess, or marionettes, all to please themselves. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He figures up what all these taxes ought to amount to in a certain district. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But the cookery-book made Dora's head ache, and the figures made her cry. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Altro, old boy, you have seen the figures, and you know how they come out. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The figures of a horse and rider came slowly through the eddying mist, and came to the side of the mail, where the passenger stood. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Through the window was seen the interior of a cathedral, undergoing partial repair, with the figures of two or three workmen resting from their labour. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• All figures which touch upon sexual subjects are nothing but the roughest guesses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A second followed, then a third, a fourth, a fifth, and ultimately the whole barrow was peopled with burdened figures. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• A circular disk, bearing a circular series of figures is mounted on a handle to revolve. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Another heading was Argentine, another Costa Rica, and another San Paulo, each with pages of signs and figures after it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The contrivance was a mere toy, employing no light and being merely a little machine which, when revolved, gave figures, printed in different positions, the semblance of motion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Typist: Robinson