Breeders believe that long limbs are almost always accompanied by an
elongated head.
But the doctor, in carrying out a project known only to himself, resolved to fill his balloon only one-half; and, since he had to carry forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet of gas, to give his balloon nearly double capacity he arranged it in that
elongated, oval shape which has come to be preferred.
For instance, some worthy persons maintained that the moon was an ancient comet which, in describing its
elongated orbit round the sun, happened to pass near the earth, and became confined within her circle of attraction.
Indeed the moon, liquid and pliable in the first days of its formation, was originally a perfect sphere; but being soon drawn within the attraction of the earth, it became
elongated under the influence of gravitation.
He entered, after having twisted his mustache and
elongated his imperial, which always announced on his part the most triumphant resolutions.
Dimensions (by estimation)--Greatest length, eleven feet; height, six feet; head, erect; nostrils, expansive; eyes, expressive and fierce; teeth, serrated and abundant; tail, horizontal, waving, and slightly feline; feet, large and hairy; talons, long, curvated, dangerous; ears, inconspicuous; horns,
elongated, diverging, and formidable; colour, plumbeous-ashy, with fiery spots; voice, sonorous, martial, and appalling; habits, gregarious, carnivorous, fierce, and fearless.
"'Four membranous wings covered with little colored scales of metallic appearance; mouth forming a rolled proboscis, produced by an elongation of the jaws, upon the sides of which are found the rudiments of mandibles and downy palpi; the inferior wings retained to the superior by a stiff hair; antennae in the form of an
elongated club, prismatic; abdomen pointed, The Death's -- headed Sphinx has occasioned much terror among the vulgar, at times, by the melancholy kind of cry which it utters, and the insignia of death which it wears upon its corslet.'"
The old prince, now and then using abbreviations, wrote in his large
elongated hand on blue paper as follows:
Pip," remarked Wemmick, turning to me with his post-office
elongated. "They don't mind what they ask of me, the subordinate; but you'll never catch 'em asking any questions of my principal."
The luminous part traced on the sea an immense oval, much
elongated, the centre of which condensed a burning heat, whose overpowering brilliancy died out by successive gradations.
His face, a little
elongated, had gained in calm dignity what it had lost in feverish excitement.
D'Artagnan, with his neck
elongated, his legs stretched out, and his hands hanging listlessly, looked like a statue of discouragement.