Then the genius began to change himself into smoke, which, as before, spread over the sea and the shore, and which, then collecting itself together, began to go back into the vase slowly and
evenly till there was nothing left outside.
She knew how to hit to a hair's-breadth that moment of evening when the light and the darkness are so
evenly balanced that the constraint of day and the suspense of night neutralize each other, leaving absolute mental liberty.
While the ear of the former has an external opening, that of the latter is entirely and
evenly covered over with a membrane, so as to be quite imperceptible from without.
The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more
evenly. All the same, we were afraid to breathe.
"It is a balsam," answered Don Quixote, "the receipt of which I have in my memory, with which one need have no fear of death, or dread dying of any wound; and so when I make it and give it to thee thou hast nothing to do when in some battle thou seest they have cut me in half through the middle of the body- as is wont to happen frequently,- but neatly and with great nicety, ere the blood congeal, to place that portion of the body which shall have fallen to the ground upon the other half which remains in the saddle, taking care to fit it on
evenly and exactly.
It will be obvious, to every child in Spaceland who has touched the threshold of Geometrical Studies, that, if I can bring my eye so that its glance may bisect an angle (A) of the approaching stranger, my view will lie as it were
evenly between his two sides that are next to me (viz.
The minister drew the remaining papers together, arranged them
evenly, and then raised his head.
As regarded the appropriation of the soil, the facility of communication, the rapidity of transport, the claims of both States were
evenly balanced.
For a few lengths they moved
evenly. But before the obstacle they were approaching, Vronsky began working at the reins, anxious to avoid having to take the outer circle, and swiftly passed Mahotin just upon the declivity.
From his exalted position Passepartout observed with much curiosity the wide streets, the low,
evenly ranged houses, the Anglo-Saxon Gothic churches, the great docks, the palatial wooden and brick warehouses, the numerous conveyances, omnibuses, horse-cars, and upon the side-walks, not only Americans and Europeans, but Chinese and Indians.
A thing is dense, owing to the fact that its parts are closely combined with one another; rare, because there are interstices between the parts; smooth, because its parts lie, so to speak,
evenly; rough, because some parts project beyond others.
In other respects his costume was plain, and his hair
evenly cut enough for customers, who were not close observers, to take him for a mere tailor's apprentice, perched behind the board, and carefully stitching cloth or velvet.