Skeletons

Examples

• They have got some remarkably fine skeletons lately at the College of Surgeons, says Mr. Candy, across the table, in a loud cheerful voice. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And by the way,' I said aloud, 'I suppose you never draw any skeletons now? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They are closet-skeletons which we keep and shun. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I saw the skeletons of a man, a woman, and two young girls. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• One of the best-known Neanderthal skeletons is that of a youth who apparently had been deliberately interred. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• My mind flew back to Salem House; and could it be Tommy, I thought, who used to draw the skeletons! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They were the decaying skeletons of departed mails, and in that lonely place, at that time of night, they looked chill and dismal. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There are two bronze skeletons bearing scrolls, and two great dragons uphold the sarcophagus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In the skeletons of the several breeds, the development of the bones of the face, in length and breadth and curvature, differs enormously. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• To them chains were fastened, and at the ends of many of the chains were human skeletons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Behind her, depending from the roof upon rawhide thongs, and stretching entirely across the cave, was a row of human skeletons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• There are also the skeletons of the microscopic creatures called Radiolaria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Professor Porter and Mr. Philander were deeply interested in examining the skeletons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He may have been personally acquainted with some of these Phoenicians whose skeletons we have been examining. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Was there anything peculiar about any of those skeletons? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The delicate little skeletons were lying in broken vaults and had their household gods and kitchen utensils with them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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