He watched it alter its course
slightly and pass on.
All the different heads swung
slightly or steadied themselves into a position in which they could gaze straight at the speaker's face, and the same rather solemn expression was visible on all of them.
It has consisted in always cultivating the best known variety, sowing its seeds, and, when a
slightly better variety has chanced to appear, selecting it, and so onwards.
She quickened her pace
slightly to reach a projecting point of rock that gave her a more extended prospect.
While she moved downwards from step to step with
slightly lowered eyes there flashed upon me suddenly the recollection of words heard at night, of Allegre's words about her, of there being in her "something of the women of all time."
"I am the only one who is not afraid of the pirates,"
Slightly said, in the tone that prevented his being a general favourite; but perhaps some distant sound disturbed him, for he added hastily, "but I wish he would come back, and tell us whether he has heard anything more about Cinderella."
The Emperor, frowning
slightly, bent his ear forward as if he had not quite heard.
"Gentlemen, you will observe that I have but
slightly touched upon this great question.
Comparatively but
slightly marked, they throw up here and there some sharp points, the highest summit of which attains an altitude of 24,600 feet.
By their extreme disaccord with her mental condition these words produced on her a
slightly suffocating effect.
They differ, again, in their length: for Tragedy endeavours, as far as possible, to confine itself to a single revolution of the sun, or but
slightly to exceed this limit; whereas the Epic action has no limits of time.
As if the towers had thrown aside, In
slightly sinking, the dull tide - As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven.
The slow days drifted on, and each left behind it a
slightly lightened weight of apprehension.
I went to the stranger's room, and listened at his door, which was
slightly ajar.
Archer bowed without extending his hand, as was the custom on being introduced to a lady; and Ellen Olenska bent her head
slightly, keeping her own pale-gloved hands clasped on her huge fan of eagle feathers.
