Limbs

Examples

• What's his limbs to that! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Nature grows old, and shakes in her decaying limbs,--creation has become bankrupt! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• How they showed their scars and sores, and piteously pointed to their maimed and crooked limbs, and begged with their pleading eyes for charity! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• What though those limbs moved not, and those lips could no more frame modulated accents of wisdom and love! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He is aware of the importance of 'classifying according to nature,' and will try to 'separate the limbs of science without breaking them' (PhaeDr.). Plato. The Republic.
• The child, a boy of ten months, was uncommonly large and strong of his age, and very vigorous in his limbs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then from whence, my friends, in a human point of view, do we derive the strength that is necessary to our limbs? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Oh, my eyes and limbs--goroo! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A fierce electric energy seemed to flow over all his limbs, his muscles were surcharged, his hands felt hard with strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• His features were very regular and, like the proportions of his graceful limbs and body, beautiful in the extreme. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Oh, my limbs, no! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He could not move his limbs. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The pain of weakness left my limbs, my muscles slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Why, my limbs only made my breath shorter when I used 'em. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Her heart was beating all over her body--in her throat, her limbs, her helpless useless hands. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• These qualities render it peculiarly serviceable for the stopping of vessels of different kinds, for floats, buoys, swimming-belts or jackets, artificial limbs, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• An extremely wide flank-membrane stretches from the corners of the jaw to the tail, and includes the limbs with the elongated fingers. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• With the exception of my limbs and my breath, howsoever, I am as hearty as a man can be, I'm thankful to say. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The balls commenced to whistle very thick overhead, cutting the limbs of the chaparral right and left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He felt his limbs growing fuller and flexible with life, his body gained an unknown strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• If you're a man, control your limbs, sir! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I stumbled over an obstacle: my head was still dizzy, my sight was dim, and my limbs were feeble. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• His bones were strong and round, his limbs were rounded, all his contours were beautifully and fully moulded. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The sultry air impregnated with dust, the heat and smoke of burning palaces, palsied my limbs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• How I have lived I hardly know; many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain, and prayed for death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• It involves the structure of the limbs and the nervous system; the principles of mechanics. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I shuddered as he spoke: I felt his influence in my marrow--his hold on my limbs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A month ago my dear mother was deprived of the use of her limbs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Typed by Andy