Alcuni davanti ai cavalli facevano ritirar le persone , con buone parole , con un mettere le mani sui petti , con certe spinte soavi: - in là , via , un po' di luogo , signori - ; alcuni facevan lo stesso dalle due parti della carrozza , perché potesse passare senza arrotar piedi , né ammaccar mostacci ; che , oltre il male delle persone , sarebbe stato porre a un gran repentaglio l'auge d'Antonio Ferrer .(Manzoni-I Promessi sposi)<>
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L'artefice puerile ancóra seguiva l'assonanza col lieve cenno del capo, ma era tutta intenta alla chioccia del Monte Voltraio, un poco aggrottando gli occhi che Vana aveva chiamati torvi, serrando la bocca broncia, tutta nell'ombra della capelliera ch'era sciolta e folta come quella d'un angelo del Melozzo, violetta come un penzolo d'uva rinaldesca. Sopra lei stormiva il Leccione al maestrale del pomeriggio, movendo la fronda cupa su le nove braccia nodose e rugose che si protendevano dal tronco intégro. I nocchi, le giunture, le screpolature, le cicatrici delle potature e degli schianti, tutti i segni dell'alta età e della lunga guerra facevano venerando l'albero come lo stipite d'una gente indomita. Tanto pervicace era il suo vigore a traverso i secoli, che il suo fogliame appariva in rigoglio come quel d'un giovine lecceto maremmano sul cocuzzolo d'un poggio; ma la sua corteccia era ferrigna come il più vecchio masso etrusco esposto a settentrione e il suo aspetto civico faceva pensare che al suo pedano potesse arrotar le zanne solo il cinghiale del Popolo, sporgente su la mensola rozza dalla Torre del Podestà. (D'Annunzio - Forse che sì forse che no)
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If she is half as sharp as hermother, she is saving enough.<>
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Old Mr. Wardle was in thevery height of his jollity; and he was so funny in his management of theboard, and the old ladies were so sharp after their winnings, that thewhole table was in a perpetual roar of merriment and laughter.<>
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Oh! the pleasure of stropping the razor day after day,feeling the sharp edge, and thinking of the gash one stroke of its thin,bright edge would make! 'At last the old spirits who had been with me sooften before whispered in my ear that the time was come, and thrust theopen razor into my hand.<>
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But I ground my teeth, and struck my feet uponthe floor, and drove my sharp nails into my hands.<>
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For a moment it would die away, and the traveller would begin to deludehimself into the belief that, exhausted with its previous fury, it hadquietly laid itself down to rest, when, whoo! he could hear it growlingand whistling in the distance, and on it would come rushing over thehill-tops, and sweeping along the plain, gathering sound and strength asit drew nearer, until it dashed with a heavy gust against horse and man,driving the sharp rain into their ears, and its cold damp breath intotheir very bones; and past them it would scour, far, far away, with astunning roar, as if in ridicule of their weakness, and triumphant inthe consciousness of its own strength and power.<>
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There was a sharp whirring noise, that made Mr. Winkle start back as ifhe had been shot himself.<>
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And quickening his pace to a sharp run, Mr.Weller wheeled his master nimbly to the green hill, shot him dexterouslyout by the very side of the basket, and proceeded to unpack it with theutmost despatch.<>
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Mr. Pickwick admitted the sharp practice of Dodson and Fogg, and Lowtenresumed.<>
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What was you a-doin' there?' asked Sam, with a sharp glance.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Weller wended his way back to the George and Vulture, and faithfullyrecounted to his master, such indications of the sharp practice ofDodson & Fogg, as he had contrived to pick up in his visit to Mrs.<>
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An interview with Mr. Perker, next day, more than confirmedMr. Weller's statement; and Mr. Pickwick was fain to prepare for hisChristmas visit to Dingley Dell, with the pleasant anticipation thatsome two or three months afterwards, an action brought against him fordamages sustained by reason of a breach of promise of marriage, wouldbe publicly tried in the Court of Common Pleas; the plaintiff having allthe advantages derivable, not only from the force of circumstances, butfrom the sharp practice of Dodson & Fogg to boot.<>
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Mr. Winkle, who sits at the extremeedge, with one leg dangling in the air, is nearly precipitated into thestreet, as the coach twists round the sharp corner by the cheesemonger'sshop, and turns into the market-place; and before Mr. Snodgrass, whosits next to him, has recovered from his alarm, they pull up at the innyard where the fresh horses, with cloths on, are already waiting.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The sport was at its height, the sliding was at the quickest, thelaughter was at the loudest, when a sharp smart crack was heard.<>
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You're a sharp boy, you are,' said Mr. Weller; 'only I wouldn'tshow that wery fine edge too much, if I was you, in case anybody took itoff.<>
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Brother Tadger, sir!' said Mr. Stiggins, suddenly increasing inferocity, and turning sharp round on the little man in the drabshorts, 'YOU are drunk, sir!' With this, Mr. Stiggins, entertaininga praiseworthy desire to promote the sobriety of the meeting, and toexclude therefrom all improper characters, hit Brother Tadger onthe summit of the nose with such unerring aim, that the drab shortsdisappeared like a flash of lightning.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Counsel usually begin in this way, because it puts the jury on the verybest terms with themselves, and makes them think what sharp fellowsthey must be.<>
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Here, a sharp peal at the bell reduced the powdered-headed footman tothe ignominious necessity of putting the fox's head in his pocket, andhastening with a humble countenance to Mr. Bantam's 'study.<>
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Not insummer, as common pigs do now, to cool themselves, and did even inthose distant ages (which is a proof that the light of civilisation hadalready begun to dawn, though feebly), but in the cold, sharp days ofwinter.<>
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Having something more than asuspicion of the object of the gentleman's visit, Sam preceded him tothe George and Vulture, and, turning sharp round, planted himself in theCentre of the doorway.<>
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WHAT BEFELL Mr. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET; WHATPRISONERS HE SAW THERE, AND HOW HE PASSED THE NIGHTMr. Tom Roker, the gentleman who had accompanied Mr. Pickwick into theprison, turned sharp round to the right when he got to the bottom ofthe little flight of steps, and led the way, through an iron gate whichstood open, and up another short flight of steps, into a long narrowgallery, dirty and low, paved with stone, and very dimly lighted by awindow at each remote end.<>
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His lips werebloodless, and his bones sharp and thin.<>
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"See arter the TIMES, Thomas;let me look at the MORNIN' HERALD, when it's out o' hand; don't forgetto bespeak the CHRONICLE; and just bring the 'TIZER, vill you:" and thenhe'd set vith his eyes fixed on the clock, and rush out, just a quarterof a minit 'fore the time to waylay the boy as wos a-comin' in withthe evenin' paper, which he'd read with sich intense interest andpersewerance as worked the other customers up to the wery confines o'desperation and insanity, 'specially one i-rascible old gen'l'm'n as thevaiter wos always obliged to keep a sharp eye on, at sich times, fear heshould be tempted to commit some rash act with the carving-knife.<>
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As he spoke, he pointed to his sallow, sunken cheeks, and, drawingup his coat sleeve, disclosed an arm which looked as if the bone couldbe broken at a touch, so sharp and brittle did it appear, beneath itsthin covering of flesh.<>
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He was a shortish gentleman, with very stiffblack hair cut in the porcupine or blacking-brush style, and standingstiff and straight all over his head; his aspect was pompous andthreatening; his manner was peremptory; his eyes were sharp andrestless; and his whole bearing bespoke a feeling of great confidence inhimself, and a consciousness of immeasurable superiority over all otherpeople.<>
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Possibly not, Sir,' replied Mr. Pickwick, who had been flashing forthlooks of fierce indignation, without producing the smallest effect oneither of the sharp practitioners; 'I believe I am not, Sir.<>
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I beg your pardon, ladies, but at that momenthe ran some sharp instrument into my leg.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Then, what the devil did you run sharp instruments into Mr. Pickwick'slegs for?' inquired Wardle angrily.<>
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I am alwaysinside a man, moving his arms and legs; but I wait till I know I aminside a murderer, thinking his thoughts, wrestling with his passions;till I have bent myself into the posture of his hunched and peeringhatred; till I see the world with his bloodshot and squinting eyes,looking between the blinkers of his half-witted concentration; lookingup the short and sharp perspective of a straight road to a pool ofblood.<>
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Bagshaw, who was travelling as steadily as a bullet towards theblack figure by the luminous pool, suddenly turned at a sharp angle andbegan to run even more rapidly towards the shadow of the house.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) It was the sharp but not unfriendly face of a lawyer named Granby, whosepatches of grey hair might almost have been the powder from a wig, soincongruous were they with his youthful energy of movement.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "But his father is at the castle," he cried in sharp tones.<>
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Ifhe was entirely innocent, why the devil didn't he say so? Why wasn't heindignant at being accused and searched? Why did he only sit smiling andhinting in a sly way what wild and wonderful things he could do?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Ah!" cried Father Brown, with a sharp note in his voice: "there youcome up against it! Against everything these people don't and won'tunderstand.<>
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The only lady present, whose air of carrying grey hairgracefully, as if she were really proud of it, marked her a matron ofthe United States, unaffectedly shut her eyes and uttered a sharp cry.<>
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Outram, with a sharp glance.<>
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