Then a purely feminine touch was given to the hair that waved back from the face,—a touch that rescued little crests and wavelets from bondage and set them free to take a new color in the sun.
He taught certain uncouth lads, when they were of an age to enter society, the intricacies of contra dances, or the steps of the schottische and mazurka, and he was a marked figure in all social assemblies, though conspicuously absent from town-meetings and the purely masculine gatherings at the store or tavern or bridge.
Perkins, who knew nothing of the little drama of emotions that went on under the routine of lessons and exercises in his domain, was purely accidental, but we took it at the time as a stroke of diabolical genius.
Come, Anne, if this affair did not concern Leslie—if it were a purely abstract case, you would agree with me,—you know you would.
It is true that the sailor considered the monkeys from a purely alimentary point of view, for those animals which are herbivorous make very excellent game; but since they had an abundant supply of provisions, it was a pity to waste their ammunition.
" "No," replied Harding; "it is of a purely volcanic origin.
If the essay so inspires you I would suggest that you make a commencement with purely narrative poetry.
" Indeed, Lydgate himself had come to the conclusion that if he must end by asking for a free loan, his relations with Bulstrode, more at least than with any other man, might take the shape of a claim which was not purely personal.
As she came towards him in her drapery of transparent faintly tinted muslin, her slim yet round figure never looked more graceful; as she sat down by him and laid one hand on the elbow of his chair, at last looking at him and meeting his eyes, her delicate neck and cheek and purely cut lips never had more of that untarnished beauty which touches as in spring-time and infancy and all sweet freshness.
Brooke on this occasion abstained from boasting of his tactics to Ladislaw, who for his part was glad enough to persuade himself that he had no concern with any canvassing except the purely argumentative sort, and that he worked no meaner engine than knowledge.
And all this was to have come without study or other inconvenience, purely by the favor of providence in the shape of an old gentleman's caprice.
A wife, a modest young lady, with the purely appreciative, unambitious abilities of her sex, is sure to think her husband's mind powerful.
" "It's a purely professional interest you take in me?
It was, of course, a purely social function.
The company behind the purely commemorative banknotes – which, obviously, have no commercial value – is Euro Banknote Memory.
" "Well, we're not getting a girl," said Marilla, as if poisoning wells were a purely feminine accomplishment and not to be dreaded in the case of a boy.
With something at its core as fine and remote and purely spiritual as the tiny blue spark in the heart of the unbreakable diamond.
The San Fermin festival is reported to have began in 1591 when its purpose was purely practical, to move the bulls to the arena.
The IceBot is a very early iteration and exists purely as a proof-of-concept, so electronic ice overlords won't be taking over just yet, but it is certainly an interesting concept.
It's purely about how we can make the most possible money off of them.