| 单词 | lissom |
| 例句 | You would expect lissom harmonies and dreamy-eyed songs about girls, of which there are plenty tonight – not least "Candyfloss", their single. Jessie J; Jonny ? review 2011-01-23T00:05:56Z It's lissom and light – insubstantial, but in a good way. New band of the day – Black Light Dinner Party (No 1,469) 2013-03-12T16:11:55Z As a lissom 20-year-old I resented my waddly disguise, but came around to a riveting truth: being attractive was less useful to me than being free. #MeToo isn’t enough. Now women need to get ugly | Barbara Kingsolver 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z On the 6 and 6 Plus, it’s lissom. Apple iPhone 6: thinner, faster and slightly cheaper - review 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Somewhere along the way during the past 14 years the lissom whippersnapper with the fleet feet turned into the craggy old hulk who will line up against England on Sunday. Brian O'Driscoll treasures his Ireland past and measures his future 2013-02-06T20:22:58Z Opponents realise this only after he has passed them … lissom and beautifully balanced, he glides like a silent wraith through gaps nobody else has spotted. The forgotten story of ... Richard Sharp 2013-01-30T14:13:17Z These lissom young performers are a new addition to the pre-match buildup. If you see Sid, tell him the future of darts is in good hands 2012-12-23T22:00:01Z Halo 4: Master Chief handles like a lissom athlete with the physical presence and power of a Mack Truck. Halo 4 – review 2012-11-07T11:24:52Z They were descending the broad stairs of the lower flight together, and Armathwaite had stolen one glance at the lissom young figure. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z She was so dainty, so lissom, so strong. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The underwood tripped him, the lissom branches of the alders whipped his face and blinded him; once he fell headlong over a moss-grown stone, and picked himself up groaning. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z In her white dress, she had something about her of marble grown lissom with inspiration and warm life. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z Master Chief – or the player's own customised Spartan troop in the co-op and competitive multiplayer modes – handles like a lissom athlete with the physical presence and power of a Mack Truck. Halo 4 – review 2012-11-07T11:24:52Z Miss Hinman was pretty, was very slender—what a school-girl writer would call willowy or lissom or, possibly, svelte—and was wildly devoted to her little nephew, of whom she had the chief care. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Large and strong for her age, lissom and well proportioned, her hair was black, as were also her large brilliant eyes. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z Oh, he had thought, if he could only be as free, and had their lithesome, lissom wings! Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z "I hope you are not on the cover tomorrow," the lissom Russian smiled to a table of fellow competitors as she left a Daegu cafe near the athletes' village on Wednesday. Kaniskina breaks curse, Daegu catches breath in world athletics 2011-08-31T15:22:44Z At first men thought she was some lissom sprite of spring arriving, decorated with the dewdrops of dawn. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z They were sleek, lissom, and beautiful, and it was a pleasure to watch them. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The dress was a dark green velveteen, made without attempt at ornament, but fitting the slim and lissom figure like a glove. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z But the lissom young men and the giggling girls trooped across the rick-yard to the level meadow, which the sheep had cropped close, and which had been also carefully mown for the purpose. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Bevis did not answer: he crept cautiously out on the top which vibrated under him; then suddenly seizing a lissom bough, he slipped off and let himself down. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z She was a handsome girl of the true Huzul type, tall, shapely, lissom, with dark, fiery eyes. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The figures of the women were full, lissom, and rounded, and they posed as if they were aware that this place was theirs. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The trim and lissom girl, with an air of wild unconscious grace, lithe of form and displaying in her every movement the instinctive charm of early womanhood, had disappeared for ever. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z No; he that would get rid of that work with a whole back had need to be more than lithe and lissom, and he must fly about faster than a bladder or a bird's-wing. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z A lissom steely sense strung their sinews; their backs felt like oak-plants, upright, sturdy but not rigid; their frames charged with force. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The supple line of the body undulated at every stop, receiving animation from the harmonious motion of her unfettered breasts, or from the swing of the beautiful hips that supported her lissom waist. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z And then she bends her head until it touches his lissom hand, and, weeping much in her deep thankfulness, she too sinks to slumber—well earned and long denied. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Now, however, she could take over her charge again, and teach them things that would make them lissom, quick, interested, and gay. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Here it was that the green-eyed Hardy Atkins, that long and lissom twister whom he so heartily despised, stood out like a riding king among the men. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z I. Like lissom lizards drinking the sun's fires Of gold, with great wide eyes and bronze-nailed feet, Crawl towards your body my long, green desires. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z She is gowned in a cream-colored satin that hangs in severe straight lines, and clings to her lissom rounded figure as dew clings to a flower. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z In his excitement Dempster's body, lithe and lissom as that of the most poetical maiden, partook in the motion of his head. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z In the gymnastic class it was she who grew lissom. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Her eyes were a pure blue, her complexion was bright and clear, she had a particularly lithe lissom figure, and her small head was very gracefully set on her neck and shoulders. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z They are a lot of fun to watch, all those scampering, lissom, midfield attackers. Follow the action, minute by minute 2011-01-04T18:45:35Z She is clad in a long white dressing-gown, loose, yet clinging, that betrays each curve of her svelte, lissom figure. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Certainly it is not because of sympathies solemn or lugubrious; for the character of these lissom damsels of Seville is the reverse of gloomy. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z But a number of Kim’s gold-medal predecessors were present Thursday, and all seemed thoroughly impressed that Kim had been so poised and lissom in her presentation and vaulting in her jumps. Inside the Rings: As Kim Raises the Bar, South Korea Delights 2010-02-26T08:14:00Z "Certainly one of the longest," I said, thinking of those unending lissom limbs swathed in the Futurist draperies of that cobra-woman. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Here Mr. Dalroyd, who had been chatting with the Marquis hard by but with his gaze ever upon my lady's lissom figure, urged his horse up to them. Our Admirable Betty A Romance She is clad in a snowy gown of simple cotton, that sits loosely to her lissom figure yet fails to disguise the beauty of it. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Then came rosy Aurora, all pleasing, fair, and lissom, with a little yellow mantle, and with an ancient lamp in the hand, seated with most beautiful grace upon the horse Pegasus. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. It is the duty of a Constitution, not merely to provide for the present, but to leave itself lissom and flexible for the development of the future. The Irish Constitution Explained by Darrell Figgis He was a tall, slim, lissom fellow, with very black hair and a swarthy skin, which set off the spotless white of his turban. Barclay of the Guides Every movement of her lithe limbs was full of grace; she was slender without being thin, and lissom as an untrained beautiful creature of the woods. A Life Sentence A Novel Yet there rose insistently before me the lissom beauty of his wife. The Portal of Dreams The very spirit of April seemed incarnated in her, so springy her step, so lissom the swaying of her young body, so warm and pink the color in her cheeks. Doubloons—and the Girl Instantly the fair, rosy face became pale and downcast, and Dainty shuddered as if an icy blast had swept over her lissom form. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday When fully assured that it was at once lissom and tough, and admirably adapted for his purpose, he told Harry to go on home. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Like Sam, he had never even heard of an Irish Wolfhound, or seen a dog of any breed who approached Finn in the matter of height and length and lissom strength. Finn The Wolfhound Gorgeous Girls are like gypsies––they should either be very young and lissom or old, crinkled, and vested with powers of fortune-telling––the middle stage is impossible. The Gorgeous Girl They are hard as nails and lissom as cats. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule “Why?” he asked bluntly, surveying the slight, lissom figure before him. The Spoilers of the Valley She looks very pretty as she lies there, her slim lissom form stretched out in the full glare of the sunshine. Only an Irish Girl Now she eyed him, from her vantage-point, fearlessly, and with invitation in every line of her lissom form. Finn The Wolfhound The water hens, so lissom in their escape, ran to the floating leaves of the water lilies without going under. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) "It's so far to walk, sir, and my legs bean't as lissom as they used to be." The Toilers of the Field Now with a twist of her lissom body she had slipped past the furious man and turned the key. Brand Blotters But it is not her face nor her figure, lithe and lissom for all its ripe maturity, that so holds men's hearts in thrall. Only an Irish Girl Disdain of her own weakness and contempt of him were eloquent in every movement of the lissom figure. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Slim, lissom, sinuous, with those arresting eyes that seemed, so Fibinio tells us, to search out the very souls of all who came near her. Terribly Intimate Portraits In riding up to a fence the lady should in no way alter her position, but should merely grip the crutches firmly, while keeping her body perfectly lissom, with her head and shoulders slightly back. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Who was destined one day to own those full-blown seventeen years, those twinkling legs, that lissom body, trained to spin round and round, unerring and exact? The Bill-Toppers Their lissom and statuesque inhabitants become softened and bent, and pad dejectedly through the muck as though they were ashamed to live, but had to go on with it. Old Junk Two women, one young and lissom, the other bent and frail and clinging with her old arm to the erect figure beside her, stand aside close to the ditch and watch the regiment tramp by. Between the Lines But she was also comely; and her youthful, lissom figure as she walked with springy step to the bathing-place at the Vaisigago gave her a striking individuality among the lighter-coloured Samoan girls who accompanied her. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 She showed him her white, delicate, lissom hands, and said, gravely: "As long as these hands are mine, Maxime, I shall be sad." The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective Those rounded arms, that lissom figure, those twinkling legs were all his, every bit of them! The Bill-Toppers He believed himself alone, when a hand touched one of his—a hand as cool and lissom as a serpent's skin. The Valley of the Kings Not hers the regal air Of Lilith lost, the white arms, lissom, bare, The slender throat; the elbows dimpled deep, whereto Might scarcely reach Eve’s head. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman There was, in especial, one—a dark, slim girl, very lissom of body and the best runner in the school. The Dew of Their Youth With his light touch and long lissom hands, the fellow seemed to have a natural instinct for successful bandaging. The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Miss Seldon reeled up, put her rod against the tree, and sauntered off with the lissom grace that was hers. The Highgrader They are good-natured as well as frivolous, lissom of mind as well as of body, indulgent to others and charming in themselves. The Choice of Life He may have been seventy years of age, yet his face was knit as hard as a warrior’s of thirty, and he stepped out as lissom and quick as his youngest gallowglass. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess He was stationed in Cumberland on some sort of recruiting service, and from dawn to midnight never ceased to oil his already lissom tongue with "caulkers" of every imaginable liquor. Border and Bastille But this slim Irish girl with the young, lissom body held her own. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North The oars are dipped farther back, and as the blade feels the water holding it in the hollow, the lissom wood bends to its work. Nature Near London To Switzerland's recuperative air, To sip condensed milk in a private chalet Or pluck the lissom chamois from his lair, Or on the summit of a neutral Alp Recline your crownless scalp? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 20, 1917 What was her astonishment to behold presently a lissom, graceful figure and a sweet face, which seemed familiar, though she could not for the moment believe that they really pertained to Gladys Graham. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow Speaking or listening—sitting or standing—walking or resting—his long, white, lissom fingers are never still; they cannot handle the commonest object without betraying a swift, subdued dexterity. Border and Bastille The girl had got out to relieve the horses, and as her young, lissom body took the hill scattering flakes of snow were already flying. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North She was boyish as Rosalind, woman in every motion of her slim and lissom body. The Big-Town Round-Up Her young and lissom body was in his arms, a warm and palpitating thing of life and joy. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story It would be a kind of apostasy to admit that her sweet, lissom grace might be forever crushed and bruised. The Sheriff's Son He seemed to be somewhere between thirty and forty, of the middle height, lean and sinewy, and, as his jump into the train had shown, as lissom as a cat. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences She was so utterly desirable—the curve of her cheek, the grace of her lissom body, the faint blue veins that showed beneath the warm, ivory skin. The Moon out of Reach He took her lissom young body in his arms. The Big-Town Round-Up She stood straight and lissom, mistress of her emotions, but her clear cheeks were colorless. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story As he spoke, along the terraced path below them came Nellie, advancing towards them with her free swinging walk and tall lissom figure, noticeable even at a distance among the Sunday promenaders. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel She was quite a beauty, tall, straight, lissom, in her tight-fitting ulster; her piquante-looking heather cap perched on chestnut curls, and setting off as handsome a face as I have ever seen. The Passenger from Calais They were a striking pair as they stood together and plighted their faith calmly: he big and strong, almost to the point of burliness, and she slight, sweet and lissom. A Man and a Woman Her step was sprightly, her face warm and cheerful in hue, her figure excellent, her walk the most admirable thing about her—swaying, graceful, lissom—like perfect dancing with the whole body. An Unpardonable Liar The underwood tripped him, the lissom branches of the alders whipped his face and blinded him; once he fell headlong over a moss-grown stone, and picked himself up groaning. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Her gown hung closely to her lissom and rather full form. The Day of the Beast She fell into step beside him, moving with the strong, lissom tread that came from controlled and deliberate power. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today This chase, accompanied by music, excited shouts of laughter on all hands, and no one knew which most to admire, the eagerness of the squire, or the dexterity of the lissom dame in avoiding him. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest It is a ship's sheer which gives loveliness to her model, like the waist of a lissom woman, finely poised, sure of herself, in profile. London River True, till 1700 it was largely a matter of silhouette, the lissom outline was there, but with a certain variety of colouring. Balloons In came stalking Might-have-been and No-more, holding each by a shrinking shoulder the delicate maid of his first delight, Jehane, lissom in a thin gown; Jehane like a bud, with her long hair alight. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Merry voices came up to her through the shadows of the trees as English lad and English maiden, lissom and picturesque in many-hued jackets and light dresses, flitted across the little square of velvet green. Winston of the Prairie Bore a number of small nail holes 3/16 inch from one edge, and then steam the wood over a big saucepan or other suitable vessel until it is quite lissom. Things To Make She was as lissom as a boy and seemingly as strong, swinging up by roots of ivy and the branches of a near tree, in no wise impeded by her short skirts. Simon Called Peter His exultant eye, returning from the last glimpse of the lissom figure as it disappeared, met the gaze of Keller. Mavericks He had the rounded neck and lissom limbs of a woman; he had a woman's complexion, and the light of a woman's look in his soft blue eyes. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance In his silver helmet fluttered a lissom ostrich plume, his shining cuirass was damascened with gold, which metal also glittered on the hilt of his sword. St George's Cross It was happiness never to be exhausted, to see her thus walking sedately by his side, for he was ever discovering some new charm in the lissom suppleness of her limbs. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The verse tells of a lissom maid whose wayward grace neither sturdy Autumn nor the frown of Winter can ever efface. Edward MacDowell He was only twenty-two years old; tall and handsome, with a lissom figure and an air of easy grace that became him well. For The Admiral She was dark, straight, and lissom of figure, with ripe lips and eyes as black as sloes, and she hoped that the hair in the minister's ring was his mother's. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts She remained motionless for a few moments showing her teeth a little in an answering smile; then with a swift, lissom movement, that would have made Tommy compare her to a lizard, she rose. The Lamp in the Desert She could recognise neither his hands, once so warm with caresses, nor his lissom neck, once so sonorous with laughter; nor his agile feet, which had carried her into the recesses of the woodlands. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The lissom willow wands parted easily and sprang back to their places behind, leaving scarce a trace. The Amateur Poacher She looked still a very girl, though there was the slower grace of womanhood in the lissom turn of her figure, slender and svelte. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 She rose to her feet and wrapped her green cloak closely around her lissom figure. The Great Prince Shan They have noted her points; her beauty has burned itself into their jealousy; her merry laugh has fanned their scorn; her bountiful presence is an affront to them, as is her ripe and lissom figure. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series I sat up regarding her; very lissom and soft and lovely she looked, and my whole brain swam suddenly with delight. Five Nights Not merely had she no natural aptitude for physical feats—apparently she was not lissom, nor elegant in motion. The Price of Love She was a pretty and highly developed girl of twenty-six, short, still lissom, but with the fear of corpulence in her heart. The Pretty Lady Conscious of the shortcomings of her figure as compared with those of the lissom mermaids who surrounded her, Asako returned to kimonos, much to her husband's surprise; and the mermaids had to confess themselves beaten. Kimono But the colloquial use of a language must be acquired when the organs are young and lissom. What I Remember, Volume 2 She came and sat beside me, but not very close, with her knees raised and her smooth lissom little hands clasped round them. Five Nights The right arm lay lissom like a snake across her breast. The Price of Love A lissom, wiry, splendid English aristocrat, in perfect condition and health, was Tristram Guiscard, twenty-fourth Baron Tancred, as he lounged in his chair before the fire and dreamed of his lady and his fate. The Reason Why Ida de la Molle was a large, strong woman, and there was about her a swing and a lissom grace which is very rare, and as attractive as it is rare. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life The cup is hung all round with lissom briar, Triumph of Æolian art, a wondrous sight. Theocritus, translated into English Verse She stood, Supple and strong, beside him, and her blood Tingled her lissom body to a glow. Men, Women and Ghosts Alas for my hopes of a glorious being, young and lissom and bright with the warm riches of the south! The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies As if those flowers were singing For joy of the bright air, As if you saw them springing To dance the breeze — so fair The lissom bodies swinging, So light the flung-back hair. Miscellany of Poetry 1919 She went to the house, with Henriette's lissom form hanging upon her, and the grey governess tripping mincingly beside them, tottering a little upon her high heels. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger She was a very pretty, dark girl, nearly as tall as himself, slender and lissom of figure, and decidedly attractive. The Orange-Yellow Diamond Well! he had his Madonna to hand, it would seem:—Mariota at the door of the smith's house, confident, lissom and fresh, and the lusty child groping for his breakfast. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Faultless evening dress clung with loving closeness to Sidney's lissom form. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories Brief though their acquaintance had been, both of these lissom young gentlemen admired Sally immensely. The Adventures of Sally He had the lissom hands and cheerful self-absorption that bring success. Gone to Earth Presently, however, he hove in view, doing fearfully lissom things in mid-floor. Right Ho, Jeeves She came up to me swiftly and eagerly, moving with that strange lissom grace that always reminded me of some untamed animal. A Rogue by Compulsion She must, he thought, have inherited almost wholly from her father, though in her lissom youth he could find little of McRae's heavy solidity of mind and body. Man Size An airy, lissom, subtle specimen of woman, whose very beauty was of an unknown order, causing as much inquiry as admiration. The Mill Mystery So now, as he thought of Hazel's lissom waist, her large eyes, rather scared, her slender wrists he cursed until the peewits arose mewing all about him. Gone to Earth She was so slender, so lissom, so weak, and I so gargantuan, so gorilla-like, so heavy-handed! A Fool and His Money Her bare feet showed through the sandal straps, and the outlines of her lissom body were quite visible through the muslin stuff she wore. King of the Khyber Rifles She was whirling around the room, now slow, now fast, but always with her arms held out lissom, like a dancing-girl's. What's Bred in the Bone On, onward, with undulating lissom swing, the veiled woman sped, McNerney judiciously regulating his gait. The Midnight Passenger : a novel He noted her lissom figure and shining coils of hair. Gone to Earth He was not young—his white hair and grizzled moustache marked the unpleasing passage of resistless time,—yet there was something lissom and graceful about him that suggested a kind of youth in age. Innocent : her fancy and his fact The mark seemed instinct with something of her lissom figure. The Fortune of the Rougons The other was young, tall, slender, and lissom, her raiment costly and splendid like a high queen's on some solemn day, and like a queen's her behaviour and her pacing over the flowery lawn. The Coming of Cuculain The masculine in him approved mightily her lissom grace and the proud lilt of her dark head, with its sun-kissed face set in profile to him. A Texas Ranger Thus was the understanding revealed to me between this lissom and dainty gypsy, who was like no one at all, and Farfadet, conspicuous among us all—slender, pliant and sensitive as lilac. Under Fire: the story of a squad A lady of perhaps thirty-five, with keen, thin face, and an artificial bloom on her hollow cheeks; rather overdressed, yet not to the point of vulgarity; of figure very well proportioned, slim and lissom. The Whirlpool Give me brunettes, so limber, lissom, lithe of sway, iv. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Hungrily I followed her graceful, lissom figure with my eyes until she had crossed the threshold. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes She gave a little cry of fear and strained from him, fighting with all her lissom strength to free herself. A Texas Ranger He set an arm about that lissom waist of hers above the swelling farthingale, and gently led her back to her chair, then flung himself upon the window-seat beside her. The Sea-Hawk In play-time they desired no better companion, for she was a child herself in gaiety of heart and lissom sportiveness. The Whirlpool Her form was full and round, its voluptuous maturity standing out in strong contrast to the memory of Cytherea's lissom girlishness. Desperate Remedies A moment she stood rocking there—a fair, lissom plant swept by a gale of ineffable emotion. The Tavern Knight They wrapped her softly in the blankets, and without a word spoken, lowered the still, lissom body into its rude grave. The Golden Dog Alliteration is a splendid source of failure in this sort of poetry, and adjectives like lissom, filmy, weary, weird, strange, make, or ought to make, the rejection of your manuscript a certainty. How to Fail in Literature; a lecture Kitty slowly gathered her lissom body in a ball and lay panting, with the same brave wildfire in her eyes. The Last of the Plainsmen Tall and lissom, she was sheathed from the bosom downwards in flamingo silk, and she was liberally festooned with emeralds. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Slender and lissom as a fawn, she was yet a creature of exquisitely rounded curves. Bucky O'Connor She stood before him like a queen in her lissom, brave, defiant youth. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West Then, with a sudden relaxing of the stiffness her lissom figure had assumed, "I think you had better leave me, Sir Rowland," she advised him. Mistress Wilding She hadn't much colour at the best of times, but she was a fine-grown, lissom, good-looking girl for all that, and as full of fun and games as she could stick. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields He looked down at her with kindling glance, his arms slipped round her lissom waist. Mistress Wilding I never seen a decent horse that didn't like to have a woman on his back; that is, if she was young and lissom and could ride a bit. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields |
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