| 单词 | pince-nez |
| 例句 | Mr. Struthers replaced his pince-nez in one convulsive movement and gave vent to a soft cough of discomfiture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Her white skin and the pince-nez that she dramatically took from her nose and let hang free on a chain pinned to her dress were factors that brought her a great deal of respect. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The lined, painstaking, aggravating face of the coroner, the gold pince-nez on his nose. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He took off his pince-nez and put them in his waistcoat pocket. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jem clipped invisible pince-nez to his nose, cleared his throat, and said, “The text for the day, my brethren, is from the Psalms: ‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, O ye gates.’ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The doctor turns and surveys me through his pince-nez. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He looked over the top of his pince-nez. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, to my delight, I even saw him wearing pince-nez. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He polished his pince-nez and fixed them to the end of his hairy snout. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A pair of cracked pince-nez balanced on the end of his twitching nose. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Henry’s sleeves were rolled above his elbows and the sun glinted metallic off Francis’s pince-nez. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His eyes were magnified and wicked behind his pince-nez. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He leaned forward to peer at it through his pince-nez. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The coroner was a thin, elderly man in pince-nez. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I can see Dessie now, her gold pince-nez wabbling on a nose not properly bridged for pince-nez, her eyes streaming with hilarious tears, and her whole front constricted with muscular spasms of laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have a few — ah — items at home that might embarrass me, if the Ministry were to call. Mr. Borgin fixed a pair of pince-nez to his nose and looked down the list. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The doctor holds my father’s pocket watch in his pudgy hand, turning it over and inspecting it through his pince-nez. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The first is the discovery by a timorous and eminently respectable architect of the nude body of a murdered man, neatly disposed in his bathtub, decorated with a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He showed me some pince-nez reading glasses that Guinness has gotten for him, which make him look even more like an 18th-century European count. Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z He sported a walrus mustache, a high French silk hat, an expensive suit and a thick black ribbon for his pince-nez eyeglasses. Restoring the portrait of an artist: How a new exhibition is giving William Merritt Chase his due 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z A Georgian was pleased that “The Book of Negro Humor” had been recorded but wondered why the reader was “some elderly white spinster who probably wears pince-nez or bifocals.” Audiobooks were set to destroy books — but instead, they opened a new world 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Teddy is a fraught choice for biographical treatment these days, a trustbusting conservationist who was also a big-game hunter with a dubious view of racial equality, appearing almost buffoonish behind his pince-nez and buck teeth. History Lives in Fiction: From Jennie Churchill’s Britain to Jacksonian Cincinnati 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Gamache does not solve crimes by adjusting his pince-nez and issuing a deduction. Louise Penny paints a dark picture in ‘A World of Curiosities’ 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Improbably bedecked in a bow tie, pince-nez glasses and a mailman’s hat, he held a pickle like a cigar and cracked wise in a voice borrowed from Groucho Marx. Robert J. Vlasic Dies at 96; Made a Fortune by Making Pickles Funny 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z She was fifty, more than twice his age, but they were of similar stature, and would have stood nearly eye to eye, with Goldman looking at Hoover through her pince-nez. When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “We are cursed by a common language,” my editor was fond of telling me, a line he ascribed to some British statesman, who doubtless looked down his pince-nez at his convict-descended cousins. Opinion | Your Fake Australian Accent Is Terrible, Mate 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z People lost things then that we don’t lose now, simply because we don’t use them: lorgnettes, pince-nez spectacles, chatelaine bags, fox tails, feather boas, auto starter cranks, pocket watches, watch fobs, watch keys . Perspective | Lose your lorgnette, watch fob or gold sleeve button? The Post had you covered. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z He is wearing his pince-nez glasses and reading aloud from a book. Private world of Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled in newly found film footage 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Teddy Roosevelt’s gruff visage was so indivisible from his pince-nez that they’re carved on to his nose on Mount Rushmore. Jeb Bush – the choice of the shortsighted | Tim Dowling 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Wears hats and gold pocket watches; is unfailingly polite and socially apropos; sports a neatly trimmed mustache and occasional pince-nez; holds his scotch like an officer and a gentleman. The Most Interesting Man At Bentley Won't Dish About The Royal Family 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z He was an imposing man with a walrus moustache and pince-nez that made his eyes both piercing and distorted. Tottenham and Arsenal now battling mediocrity as well as each other 2012-11-16T16:51:34Z The mildness was perhaps due to his bolt-upright shock of frightened-looking sandy hair, the ferocity to the pince-nez marks on either side of his nose that gave his glance a concentrated look. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The office was furnished with a large roll-top desk, three chairs, and a table littered with papers which a dowdy woman in pince-nez was trying to put in some kind of order. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Muller adjusted his pince-nez and watched his companion while he read. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z "Now," said Mr. Jobling, adjusting his pince-nez and beaming about him again, "we can call in a couple of witnesses and—" "We'll witness each other's signatures." The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z He looked at the other woman who walked beside her with a boyish slouch, wore gold pince-nez, and had a tight mouth, not naturally tight, but one that had been tightened by driving and riding. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z I looked at it carefully through my pince-nez! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z She was holding a pair of pince-nez in position on the bridge of her nose. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z "Well, of all the hare-brained proposals I ever listened to, this takes the bun"; and Felix Muller adjusted his pince-nez and lay back in his chair and laughed softly. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z And at the words the new-comer's puffy face lighted up, as if with relief, behind the pince-nez he was wearing. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z In those days the fashion of using pince-nez had not come in, so this gave something rather unusual to her appearance. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z Aunt Maria adjusted her pince-nez and inspected the card. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z As if to hear the better, she set her pince-nez on her nose. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Then he adjusted his pince-nez, and began to read. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z "Ah," exclaimed the president, adjusting his pince-nez, "a perfect specimen!" The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z His sly eyes seemed ever to be investigating and inspecting, and although he frequently pressed them shut, or glanced into space over his nickel-plated pince-nez, one felt correctly catalogued and pigeonholed. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z "Not if I can prevent it," said Mrs. Stoddart to herself as she put on her pince-nez and went out to telegraph to the chemist. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z His eyes seemed to jump about behind the pince-nez, and they seldom looked straight at any one. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z "I confess I do not quite understand," Muller said, adjusting his pince-nez. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z He wore a curled fringe and a flowing tie, and pince-nez attached to his person by a broad black ribbon. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z My conductor, who wore pince-nez and a suit of dark blue alpaca and who had a charming smile, stopped at a door, rapped, and pushed me in. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Grace looked appealingly at Miss Delmege, but the pince-nez were directed towards the roof, and Miss Delmege's elegantly curved fingers were engaged in swiftly unloading a tray of clean plates. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Owing to his pince-nez and his manner of looking through the bottom of his glasses, with his head somewhat tilted upwards, Anton Pavlovitch's face often seemed stern. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z She sat up straight, and tapped Jill's knee with her pince-nez. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z I met, the other day, a lady of Albion, who was strutting about with an enormous "handled" pince-nez raised to her eyes, while she expressed her opinion "that those foreigners really do dress so absurdly!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z Very slowly he took off his pince-nez with fingers a trifle uncertain. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z The letter was handed up again to the bench, and, adjusting his pince-nez, the judge proceeded to read it. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z At the end of that story Anton Pavlovitch threw off his pince-nez, flung himself back in his chair, and began to laugh with his clear, ringing laughter. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Miss Webb glared at Jack through her pince-nez, and then Mona laughed outright. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z Willis blinked, removed the gold-rimmed pince-nez of his fading day, and polished the lenses with a silk handkerchief. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z A tall, fair young man with pince-nez, with whom he collided while dancing, said quite loud so that everybody could hear it: “Now then, clumsy!” Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z She had never yet been seen without her pince-nez, and it was a tradition that she slept in them. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z One young man in particular seemed intent on outdoing all the rest—a fair-haired little fellow with a snub nose and pince-nez. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Daphne put on her pince-nez and regarded the driver's back. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Mr. Ebling politely adjusted his pince-nez and gazed at the brick walls. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z The doctor took the note of introduction which Wilmot had brought, and adjusting his pince-nez, read it hastily through. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z He is a solemn elderly person in a black-rimmed pince-nez, dressed in clothes that give one the impression of always being black. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z The Chancellor adjusted a pair of gold pince-nez and began to read aloud from that organ of opinion. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z "Very unusual, surely," remarked Mr. Amherst, looking at the Cheeper through his pince-nez as if he were an insect under a microscope. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z But, my dear Arden," said Winter, balancing the pince-nez in his hand, "there is nothing whatever in the story that you have told me. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Notice the difference once the man switches to the monocular pince-nez. Anecdotes from the Archive: Taking On the Monocle Problem 2011-01-14T17:45:05.423Z Noel gazed at the stalls through his pince-nez. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Behind him came his big house surgeon with his gleaming pince-nez and a trail of dressers, who grouped themselves into the corners of the room. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Hazel eyes they were with curious flecks of yellow, bright and hard beneath his pince-nez. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z He was a slender young man, with very smooth hair worn rather too long, a gold-mounted pince-nez, and an expression which showed that vanity was not wholly absent from his composition. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z "Ah, so it is you, Herr Baron," he said, getting up, and he took off his pince-nez. The Undying Past Then she opened her eyes again, and, scrupulously avoiding Noel's embarrassed gaze, saw him diligently polishing his pince-nez before replacing them. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z How well he remembered her in short skirts, and here she was a woman of thirty with a brusque jolly manner and gold pince-nez. Sinister Street, vol. 2 As Nancy stood before her, she looked up at the girl keenly, her little blue eyes diminished in size by the thick lenses of her pince-nez. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Miss Bostock was tailor-made, smooth-haired, rather hygienic about the boots, and wore pince-nez. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z There was not a woman or a child, who did not wear a pince-nez. Underground Man She readjusted her pince-nez, and her refined face squirmed. The New Gulliver and Other Stories She stopped short and surveyed the scene through her pince-nez. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Miss Wangle dropped her pince-nez on the edge of her plate and broke the right-hand glass. Patricia Brent, Spinster May Eversley was thin and spare, small with sharp features, pince-nez, hair brushed sternly back, and every inch of her body trained to the purpose that it was meant to fulfil. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary I can see Madam Rusty adjust her pince-nez and scan the postmark carefully before unfolding my note. Windyridge Then Auntie Anna gave a little shriek, and dropped her pince-nez into her lap. The Youngest Girl in the School The effect is the silence of a scornful stare—just such a look as a colonel's portly wife gives through her pince-nez at the audacious subaltern. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He stretched his hand towards hen, then hurriedly drew it back as an old lady put up her pince-nez to regard him from afar. The Daughters of a Genius He was always very kind to Rachel, and she liked his tall thin figure, bent a little, with his high white forehead, gold-rimmed pince-nez on the Beaminster nose, and beautiful long white hands. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary “What are those, Mr Trimmer?” said the lady, assuming a gold-framed pince-nez. Sir Hilton's Sin "It's something to have friends at Court!" beamed Miss Janet, as she put on her pince-nez and took her pupil for Latin construction. The Head Girl at the Gables He put on a pair of pince-nez glasses, bowed to me, and took a chair. A Marriage at Sea Mr. Tuddenham glared at the world through fierce, bloodshot eyes; Mr. Muskett gazed weakly over the top of a pair of pince-nez that hung at one side. Adventures of Bindle Dr. Hagen rattled the data sheet in his hands and blinked behind his pince-nez like a friendly beagle. Assignment's End It was directed to Mrs. Patterson, who put on her pince-nez and opened it. Loyal to the School It was not enough for him to open his eyes and mouth at me; he stuck his pince-nez on the bridge of his nose as well. Eyes Like the Sea Mrs. Fazakerly, for purposes of humorous observation, used a pince-nez, which invariably leaped from the bridge of her nose in her subsequent excitement. The Return of the Prodigal "Good gracious, my dear! then why didn't you say so before?" says Madam, sitting bolt upright and letting her pince-nez fall unheeded into her lap. Rossmoyne Although not a big man, he sat his horse with dignity; while a huge red moustache and piercing eyes that flashed through his pince-nez lent him an aspect of considerable fierceness. Jena or Sedan? At last, only a few days before the vacation began, Mrs. Patterson, putting on her pince-nez and, taking a letter from her bag, announced to Lesbia that she had some news for her. Loyal to the School Yes, I remember him—a good-looking fellow in coloured pince-nez. The Recipe for Diamonds She looked at him, and her pince-nez balanced itself on the bridge of her nose, then leapt its suicidal leap. The Return of the Prodigal Dr. Pateley took off his pince-nez and polished the lenses carefully with a silk handkerchief. The Eyes Have It She wore a pince-nez and a bicycling skirt. The Moving Finger She was a thin-nosed, angular person, who wore pince-nez, and was of a decidedly inquisitive disposition. The Sign of Silence He wore double-sighted pince-nez, and no mortal had ever seen him without them. Jan and Her Job As a turn in the drive brought them within sight of Coton Manor, Mrs. Fazakerly balanced her pince-nez on the bridge of her nose. The Return of the Prodigal The eyes of our sergeant bulged with wrath, pushing his pince-nez off his nose and causing them to clatter to the pavement. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 The secretary, who had once been a governess, adjusted her pince-nez and took a note. The Red Hand of Ulster "The laundry marks are foreign, eh?" remarked the coroner, peering at the witness through his pince-nez, and poising his pen in his hand. The Sign of Silence My neighbour faced about, kicked me on the shin, dug the point of his umbrella into my calf, knocked off my pince-nez with his newspaper, and spread himself over the back of the seat. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 There was a strange light behind the pince-nez as she smiled up into his face. The Return of the Prodigal She took them down, and turned to find Charles, having smoothed out his hat, standing ruefully staring through his pince-nez. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists His dark eyes sparkle with inquisitiveness behind the pince-nez. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The old man was bald, pompous, and always wore gold pince-nez and a fancy waistcoat. The Sign of Silence He adjusted his gold-rimmed pince-nez, in order to make a closer scrutiny. People of Position Mr. Ffrench put on his pince-nez, preserving the dignity of outward composure. The Flying Mercury His pince-nez fell off his nose, and he stood pulling at his necktie for a few seconds. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists "Define a kid!" drawled Esther Hughes, putting on her pince-nez to regard the intruders. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life "Very well!" said the coroner, a shrewd, middle-aged, clean-shaven man in gold pince-nez. The Sign of Silence She put on her pince-nez again, and went out to the head of the staircase. In Brief Authority He stopped her eagerly, half turning toward Mr. Ffrench, who had put on his pince-nez to contemplate his nephew in stupefaction, not at his statement, but at his condition. The Flying Mercury Little Pye turned his pince-nez on me as the attendant advanced. Hurricane Island The instant I described him—his stout body, his grey pointed beard, his gold pince-nez, his amethyst ring—she sat staring at me, white to the lips. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London The manager of the Lack Vale Coal Company, who 130 sat at the table, was a hard-featured, thin-lipped man of forty-five, with thin hair already turning grey, and pince-nez dangling from his button hole. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker She sat up and felt for her pince-nez, and, discovering that it was intact, she adjusted it on her nose. In Brief Authority An obstinate expression hardened Sayre's face; the breeze stirred a lock on his handsome but prematurely bald forehead; he gazed menacingly at his companion through his gold pince-nez. The Gay Rebellion He was talking amiably to another man, and as I passed smiled at me through his pince-nez. Hurricane Island “Well, M’sieur Guertin,” I exclaimed, addressing the stout man in gold pince-nez in rather a severe tone, “and what, pray, do you want with me?” Hushed Up! A Mystery of London He was a shrewd little man, with side-whiskers, pince-nez that would never sit straight upon his aquiline nose, and an impressive cough. Malcolm Sage, Detective The vision had not prepared him for Edna's pince-nez, among other matters, and altogether he felt that his Godmother had exaggerated the Princess's personal attractions to a most unscrupulous degree. In Brief Authority He was at work now, and therefore had stuck the pince-nez on the bridge of his nose, giving him a keener and rather more intelligent appearance. The Seven Secrets If Sir Felix had been aware of the expression of the eyes he might have been startled, but even the pince-nez were not equal to that. Love of Brothers One was tall and middle-aged, in dark tweeds and a brown hat of soft felt; the other, short and stout, wearing gold pince-nez. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London "Go and look for my pince-nez, my dear," said Mrs. Clibborn, turning to Mary. The Hero Edna was by no means bad-looking, in spite of her light eyelashes and eyebrows, and the fact that the pince-nez she wore compressed her small nose in an unbecoming ridge. In Brief Authority Sometimes he wore a pair of cheap pince-nez, the frames of which were rusty, but these he seldom assumed unless he was what he termed “at work.” The Seven Secrets "It was a sort of … tramping person," said Sir Felix, putting on his pince-nez the better to see Patsy. Love of Brothers She was a little woman, with brown, dull hair very elaborately arranged, and she had prominent blue eyes behind invisible pince-nez. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands The Premier took out a pair of pince-nez and began to clean the lenses, still watching me. The Blue Germ Timid eyes looked out at Joan from behind pince-nez set rather crookedly on a thin nose. To Love She bore a pince-nez upon her flat chest, the necessity for which was obvious, but her short-sighted blue eyes were kind and the grasp of her knuckly hand was human. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty The people gave way to the owner of the insistent voice, and she, after inspection through pince-nez, made bitter complaint of the clumsiness of the bear, his murky appearance, the serious consequences of indiscriminate feeding. Love at Paddington Mrs Davidson gave him a quick look through her pince-nez, but did not answer his question. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands The Premier put on his pince-nez and warmed his hands at the fire. The Blue Germ Good fellows on the whole, with their gladstone bags and their pince-nez and their unmistakable respectability. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 His sharp-featured face, long keen nose, and eyes with an intelligent-looking pince-nez fixed in front of them, seemed to speak of a sleepless vigilance. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir Allen was pointed out, and the gold-laced, red-coated officer raised his pince-nez and looked at Allen as he would at any curiosity. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys He was not at all disconcerted, but stood looking at me, replacing his pince-nez. A Queen's Error Sir Jeremy Jones, a large bland man, with beautiful silver grey hair, wearing evening dress, and pince-nez, stood up on the platform amid a buzz of talk. The Blue Germ The teacher sat at a bureau writing, she looked up and readjusted her pince-nez as her pupil entered. A Patriotic Schoolgirl Kitson, his hands clasped behind his back under his tail coat, his gold-rimmed pince-nez perched on his nose, looked down at the young man. The Green Rust He was a mild-looking man of medium height and wore pince-nez. The Book of All-Power "It is supposed to be a secret, and the artificial eye looks so natural under his pince-nez that very few know of its existence." A Queen's Error "Oh, dear me!" began Mrs. Lee-Trapp�me, adjusting her pince-nez, which always interfered with her sight. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 The speaker was tall and fair, with light-grey eyes and pince-nez. A Patriotic Schoolgirl His silk hat was pushed back from his forehead and the pince-nez he carried, but so seldom wore, swung from the cord he held before him in that dead-mouse manner which important men affect. The Green Rust Presently he took off his pince-nez and put them into his pocket. Jack O' Judgment It was a dark, foreign-looking face, the red face of a man who wore a black moustache and a little imperial, and whose bloodshot brown eyes simply glared through a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez. A Queen's Error The face of the scoutmaster was in the shadow, and chiefly he seemed taken up with the polishing of his pince-nez. The Rich Little Poor Boy After an interval of about ten minutes, during which he studied the photographs of the school teams that ornamented the mantelpiece, the door opened, and a tall fair lady with light-grey eyes and pince-nez entered. A Patriotic Schoolgirl In the doorway, above the heads of the giggling girls, appeared a vision in pince-nez—an avenging vision that passed rapidly through the several stages of amazement, consternation, and wrath. A harum-scarum schoolgirl Sir Robert Sanleigh fixed his pince-nez upon his nose and looked round the parade ground. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Don Juan appeared exceedingly interested at this exhibit, and leant over it with his gold pince-nez held to his eyes. A Queen's Error Ascher fumbled for his pince-nez, which he carries attached to a black silk ribbon. Gossamer 1915 The other had suddenly remembered the ham and had risen and was helping himself, his pince-nez which he wore on a ribbon and evidently only for reading purposes, dangling against his waistcoat-buttons. The Man Who Lost Himself He was old, little and had bug eyes behind pince-nez glasses. Unborn Tomorrow Ben Hallock turned to find himself facing an elderly personage with an impressively pointed gray beard and keen eyes behind gold-rimmed pince-nez. The Fifth Ace A pince-nez was balanced on her nose, and her chin—really a pretty chin—was held high in an aggressive manner. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden He was looking at his nephew without any expression of surprise, apparently without any suggestion of inquiry; but I could not help noticing that his fingers were fidgeting with the ribbon of his pince-nez. Gossamer 1915 The governor was a studious, sick-looking gentleman with a pince-nez over his jaundiced eyes, and with long mustaches frizzed out before his ears. Sacrifice I cannot determine whether it is a pince-nez or a monocle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 22, 1916 He wore clothes that were unmistakably English, and pince-nez from which hung a narrow black ribbon. Apron-Strings Like most clever men, he was simplicity itself, and he watched Nell through his pince-nez as she surveyed the brilliant line of guests round the long, oblong table, with an interest in her interest. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden The eyes of "The love-sick Panther" twinkled through his rimless pince-nez. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia "Any other visitors?" asked Fetherston, in his quick, impetuous way, as he polished his pince-nez. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime Slipperton's pince-nez, for example, were lost, and found inside the piano. The Psychical Researcher's Tale - The Sceptical Poltergeist From "The New Decameron", Volume III. His pince-nez dropped to the end of its ribbon, and clinked musically against a button. Apron-Strings Garbitsch was of an indeterminate middling shape; he had grey hair and a pair of pince-nez, and he walked a trifle unevenly, like a duck, with his hands clasped low in front of him. Supermind The colonel, putting on his pince-nez, studied his map and asked the major for the exact position. Pushed and the Return Push His friend leaned back in his padded chair listening while the keen-faced man in pince-nez related all the facts, and in doing so showed how shrewd and astute he had been. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime She lay back in her chair, put up her pince-nez, and regarded me for some minutes in silence. Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story The senator scratched his beard with his finger-nails, drew his chin in to his neck and looked over his pince-nez at the chairman. Sonnie-Boy's People Still young, though already bald, always carefully shaved, a little corpulent, as it was fitting, wearing a gold pince-nez instead of old-fashioned spectacles, active, gallant, and joyous, he passed in Vernon for an artist. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. An excited young lady wearing pince-nez, through which she peered anxiously in quest of someone, tapping her rather prominent front teeth the while with an HB pencil, sighted Sheard. The Sins of Séverac Bablon "I thought I recollected those curious eyes and that unusual breadth of forehead," he went on, speaking to himself, and again examining the pictured face through his gold pince-nez. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime He was a tall, thin man, slightly bald, wearing a pair of heavy gold pince-nez, and very slow and deliberate in speech. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta The senator had a habit of scratching his beard with his finger-nails, and again of drawing his chin in on his chest and looking over his gold-rimmed pince-nez. Sonnie-Boy's People She had a practical, energetic air, and her black eyes were sharp behind her pince-nez. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon His massive head he carried very high, looking downward through the pebbles of the gold-rimmed pince-nez. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Every action of the doctor had been noted, and information of it conveyed to the quiet-mannered man in pince-nez. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime He wore a pince-nez, and from the length of his hair and a dab of crimson lake upon his shirt cuff, I argued him an artist. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Her eyes sparkled pleasantly behind a pair of gold rimmed pince-nez. Priscilla's Spies Mrs Orgreave absently and in somewhat stiff silence handed over the pince-nez! Clayhanger Southend discovered his pince-nez and studied her thin mobile little face. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Walter Fetherston glanced at the general through his pince-nez with a curious expression, but he did not join in the conversation. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime This disfigurement he concealed as well as he could with rimless pince-nez, which some people said were not necessary as an aid to eyesight. A Soldier of the Legion He seemed to see Fate as a thin female with a soppy expression and pince-nez, sniffing a little as she worked the thing out. The Girl on the Boat Ukridge mopped his forehead and restored his pince-nez to their original position, from which the passage of the barbed wire had dislodged them. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm He saw a sharp, though still young face, a thin and willowy figure, attired in white silk, a pince-nez on the high-pitched nose, and a cool smile. Marriage à la mode The novelist's eyes sparkled through his pince-nez as he replied: "He's very good-looking, I admit, and, no doubt, a perfect cavalier." The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime He puts up his pince-nez, looks very wise, and says, "You had better go on as you have always done for the present." Sarah's School Friend And she settled her pince-nez and looked round for contradiction. Quisanté The little lady tapped Roma's arm with her pince-nez and laughed. The Eternal City He worked always in a kind of cold desperate despair, his pince-nez slipping off his shiny nose, his mouth set grimly. The Dark Forest "You have demanded to know the charges laid against you, and I have detailed them," replied the chief of the Sûreté, regarding the prisoner closely through his gold pince-nez. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime He was spare, elderly, black-coated, almost absurdly respectable looking, with his gray beard and mild gaze behind gold-rimmed pince-nez. The Guests Of Hercules Mr. Brooks once more had recourse to polishing his pince-nez. North of Fifty-Three With one hand on the lectern and the other brandishing his pince-nez, as was his custom when he intended to be more than usually impressive, he began the really vital part of the sermon. The Loom of Youth He handed an evening paper to Uncle Mosha, who hastily planted a pair of pince-nez on his broad, flat nose and folded back the financial page. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter Miss Beach took off her pince-nez, wiped them, and put them in their case. The Luckiest Girl in the School She pleaded as nothing imaginable could have induced her to plead for herself, and at last the man with the pince-nez promised to "recommend the administration" to give his lordship two thousand francs. The Guests Of Hercules Mr. Meyerstein, his shrewd eyes twinkling behind the pebbles of his pince-nez, straightened himself slowly, turned in the ponderous manner of a fat man, and readjusted the pince-nez upon his nose. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor He was tall, with pince-nez, one of those brilliant scholars who are too brilliant to get scholarships. The Loom of Youth Tommy is a very juvenile young man, with light hair parted down the middle, a red face, and pince-nez. Lippa There was more than a ripple of laughter, and the Judge shot a quick glance at counsel before removing his pince-nez and sitting back in his chair. Berry And Co. A busy young person in pince-nez and a long overall, who announced herself as Miss Miall's secretary, was in the act of showing out James Miller as he rang the bell. Nobody's Man Meanwhile Nekhludoff put on his pince-nez and examined the prisoners while they were questioned. The Awakening The Resurrection But the pince-nez over prominent, near-sighted eyes, gave me hope that my chauffeur might be spared an unpleasant ordeal. The Motor Maid He wore a pince-nez; was fond of slang, to show his familiarity with English; and aimed at an English manner, too. Sunrise The eyes beneath her pince-nez were like little gimlets. More William He wore a pince-nez; his manner was fussy and inclined to be a little patronizing. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Nekhludoff sat on the high-backed chair in the front row, second to the aisle, and without removing his pince-nez looked at Maslova, while his soul was being racked by a fierce and complicated struggle. The Awakening The Resurrection In a few minutes a young man, smartly dressed, with sparse moustache and a pince-nez, came out of a door opposite to Douglas. The Survivor He fell even to the depths of reading hair-restoring circulars and he spent considerable time debating whether he should change his spectacles for a pince-nez. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life Her grey eyes regarded the world shrewdly and pleasantly through pince-nez. Dangerous Ages Carpaccio's mischief was a little too much for him—look at the pince-nez of the monk on the right reading the service. A Wanderer in Venice "Are you all here, gentlemen?" he asked, putting on his pince-nez and looking through it. The Awakening The Resurrection Judith's epicene thinness had become gaunt, but it was not that so much as the colouring of her face and the fact that she was wearing pince-nez that made her an absolutely different being. Secret Bread The conversation had reached a point where Mrs. Gower felt impelled to remove her pince-nez and polish them carefully with a bit of cloth. Poor Man's Rock Then he settled his horn-rimmed pince-nez more firmly on his nose and felt in his waistcoat for a cigar. The Plastic Age She looked up with eyes that gleamed like hard, bright pebbles behind her pince-nez. The Moon out of Reach He summoned up his courage, crossed his legs, as was his wont, and, negligently playing with his pince-nez, he sat with an air of self-confidence on the second chair of the front row. The Awakening The Resurrection Ramon took his pince-nez from the bridge of his nose, and, holding them between his finger and thumb, tapped with them upon his knee. The Summons She had taken refuge with the pince-nez and the polishing cloth. Poor Man's Rock She was an exceedingly pretty lass, with fresh-complexioned cheeks, a pert and attractive nose, a winsome mouth, and merry blue eyes that were hardly made grave by the pince-nez that she habitually wore. Prince Fortunatus It was not an easy hand to read, and Lady Gertrude produced her pince-nez to assist in deciphering it. The Moon out of Reach He put on his pince-nez to hide them, and, drawing a handkerchief from his pocket, began to blow his nose. The Awakening The Resurrection But he was fast losing his hair, and he wore pince-nez. The Summons Mr Pamphlett picked up the paper, and felt for his pince-nez. Nicky-Nan, Reservist It is an undoubted fact that though you might forget the exact lines of Mr. Pixley's face and even his words, you never forgot the fascinating evolutions of his heavy gold pince-nez. Pearl of Pearl Island We also find a pair of spectacles, or pince-nez—the glasses are large and round and framed in bone. Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 The usher, looking politely and pleasantly through his pince-nez, bowed, thereby distinguishing him from the rest, as it were. The Awakening The Resurrection She had smooth padded hair and smooth padded manners, and her eyes were magnified by thick pince-nez to a cow-like size. Living Alone The apostle put up a pince-nez on a bone leg and looked at Hugh. Red Pottage Mr. Pixley stood on the hearthrug with his back to the fire, and handled his gold pince-nez defensively. Pearl of Pearl Island She glanced over the top of a pair of gold pince-nez, which she had just settled comfortably upon the bridge of her pretty, broad nose. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest The general frowned at the interruption, and, after a moment's silence, took the card, put on his pince-nez and, groaning from pain in his loins, rose to his full height, rubbing his benumbed fingers. The Awakening The Resurrection He had brown hair turning gray, a drooping mustache and wore pince-nez secured by a broad black cord. Septimus Her frizzed hair sat as usual on the top of her head, and her pince-nez glimmered at him across the hearthrug like the eyes of a cat. The Necromancers "Certainly!" with an airy wave of the pince-nez. Pearl of Pearl Island The coroner fiddled with some papers, put pince-nez on his nose and stared about the court. If Winter Comes There were about fifteen spectators present, among whom were a young woman in a pince-nez, and a gray-haired lady. The Awakening The Resurrection This presented a long, clean-shaven face with pince-nez, undeniably clever, but scarcely strong: and Felsenburgh was obviously a strong man. Lord of the World For the rest, she was a small, fair-haired woman, with penciled dark eyebrows, a small aquiline nose, gold pince-nez, and an exquisite taste in dress. The Necromancers "Two questions," said Mr. Pixley, cutting them in slices with his pince-nez, as though they were to be charged up to his visitor at so much per pound. Pearl of Pearl Island "But give up ten minutes on The Aloha," Amory skeptically put it, adjusting his pince-nez, "for anything less than ten minutes on The Aloha?" Romance Island The general put on his pince-nez and read: "They will recognize each other by the light issuing from the ethereal bodies." The Awakening The Resurrection Miss La Sarthe adjusted a gold pince-nez and looked at the little girl. Halcyone He wore dark blue pince-nez on his nose, on his hands straw-coloured gloves. Best Russian Short Stories Mr. Pixley and the pince-nez wafted him towards the door, and the lumpy cobbles of the courtyard outside seemed to him, for the moment, absolutely typical of life. Pearl of Pearl Island "Jove," said Amory, trying to row and adjust his pince-nez at the same time, "Chillingworth will never forgive us for missing that." Romance Island He used to wear pince-nez on a wide black ribbon, lisped, and could not pronounce either r or l. The Darling and Other Stories There were three people at the samovar: maman; an old lady with tortoiseshell pince-nez, who gave music lessons; and Avgustin Mihalitch, an elderly and very stout Frenchman, who was employed at a perfumery factory. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories An expensive fluffy fan trembles in her tightly closed fingers, a pince-nez keeps dropping off her pretty little nose, the brooch heaves and falls on her bosom, like a boat on the ocean. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories His manner was quietly conversational, and he twirled his pince-nez absently. Out of the Ashes Amory, left in the middle of the great room, stood polishing his pince-nez exactly as if he had been waiting at the end of Chillingworth's desk of a bright, American morning. Romance Island She put on a pince-nez that made her look like a camel, knelt clumsily, for she was long from the hip to the knee, breathed hard, and considered the last couple. A Diversity of Creatures Beside her stood a personage with short hair and a pince-nez; she was wearing a blouse of many colours, and was very thin and no longer young. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories When I showed my original pictures all painted under inspiration to my father, he carefully put on his pince-nez and studied them very closely. Five Nights He has long hair, and wears a pair of pince-nez as an English gallant wears his monocle—merely for effect, for there is nothing the matter with the vision of those sharp eyes. The New North At sight of the long liberty of the corridor where the light lay mysteriously touching tiles and tapestries to festal colours, Amory's spirits rose contagiously, and his eyes shone behind his pince-nez. Romance Island His eyes, too, behind his thick pince-nez, had grown more shifty, cold and cruelly calculating. The Air Trust Madame Lyalikov and her daughter are unhappy—it makes one wretched to look at them; the only one who enjoys her life is Christina Dmitryevna, a stupid, middle-aged maiden lady in pince-nez. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories The glasses of her gold pince-nez seemed to gleam aggressively in the lamp-light. Deadham Hard He found the glasses—gold pince-nez—but they were broken neatly in the middle, lying on the floor, as if they had dropped from someone's hand. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 "On my life, old chap, it's a private view of Kedar's tents to me," said Amory, his eyes shining behind his pince-nez. Romance Island The Billionaire looked at him through his pince-nez, poised on that vulture-beak, with some astonishment. The Air Trust He peered keenly at me through his pince-nez, and I gazed at him in some embarrassment. The Red Thumb Mark He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, and had a curious impassivity of feature. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Lady Alanby was polite to both of them, but she gave Nigel a rather sharp glance through her gold pince-nez as she greeted him. The Shuttle Antoinette suddenly looked away over the terrace as her eyes met his, smiling behind their pince-nez. Romance Island "Really, father, I beg you not to—" "Why not, pray?" requested Flint, gazing at her through his pince-nez. The Air Trust His gown was slipping off one shoulder, his wig was perceptibly awry, and his pince-nez threatened every moment to drop from his nose. The Red Thumb Mark He was decently dressed and wore pince-nez, which he used in the best professional manner as he referred to the various documents that lay in front of him. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Behind him came his big house-surgeon, with his gleaming pince-nez, and a trail of dressers, who grouped themselves into the corners of the room. Round the Red Lamp "I've had, I'm almost certain, the pleasure of seeing you before," imparted Amory pleasantly, adjusting his pince-nez and looking down at her. Romance Island The Billionaire drew near, adjusted a pair of pince-nez on his hawk-like nose, and peered curiously at the apparatus. The Air Trust Simon's pince-nez dropped from his nose in his doubt and wonder, but he answered at once. The Innocence of Father Brown He was a white-moustached old gentleman, who had never been able to abandon his pince-nez for the superior comfort of spectacles, even in the privacy of his own library. The Rise of Silas Lapham He swung his golden pince-nez in his right hand as he walked, and bent forward with a peering, blinking expression, which was somehow suggestive of the dark and complex cases through which he had seen. Round the Red Lamp "Nothing whatever is sure, Miss Holland," Amory sadly assured her, but his eyes were smiling behind his pince-nez. Romance Island The red-haired lieutenant with pince-nez was upon his feet looking at her curiously as she entered the adjoining room. The Happy Foreigner The little secretary blinked at him through his pince-nez. The Yellow Streak Behind pince-nez his eyes sparkled in points not unlike the lenses themselves. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It The medical baronet whirled round the cord of his pince-nez and pushed out a protesting hand. Round the Red Lamp "May I ask the meaning of your leaving the house like a truant schoolboy at this hour of the morning, and in such garb!" demanded Mrs. Bundercombe, eying him severely through her pince-nez. An Amiable Charlatan "The bears?—little angels, especially Fatima,—and with the manners of Princesses," and he bowed to an old lady who was surveying him severely through her pince-nez, while she held her cards awry. His Hour Mr. Jeekes took his pince-nez from his nose, gave the glasses a hasty rub with his pocket-handkerchief, and replaced them. The Yellow Streak His enjoyment was spoiled when the manager, a large man impressively equipped with pince-nez, marched out of his office. Bad Medicine Volochine, losing his pince-nez as he Stumbled over a bush, ran away as fast as he could across the damp grass, so that his spotless trousers instantly became black up to the knees. Sanine Mr. Kilroy glanced at her over his pince-nez. The Heavenly Twins "That is very early," said the man with the pince-nez. Indian Tales He clutched at his pince-nez and readjusted them upon his nose to cover his embarrassment. The Yellow Streak Its face was possessed of an enormous nose, on which pince-nez precariously roosted; otherwise the face was large, whiskered, very German and had three chins. The Enormous Room Volochine adjusted his pince-nez and smiled a smile that found its reflection In Sarudine's face which suddenly acquired a look of lust. Sanine He was calmly perusing a paper through his pince-nez, with an expression of countenance at once so benign, silly, and self-satisfied, that I felt I should like to have apologised for the suspicion. The Heavenly Twins As he entered it a bright-faced man in middle life, clean-shaven, wearing a gold-mounted pince-nez, and bubbling over with politeness, stepped forward to receive him. The Christian A Story He took off his pince-nez, blindly polished them with his pocket-handkerchief and replaced them upon his nose. The Yellow Streak There was refinement too in his slightly puckered eyes, his dainty gold-rimmed pince-nez glasses, and in the black velveteen coat which caught the light so richly upon its shoulder. The Doings of Raffles Haw I thought first of turning myself into a tinker--but I dared not; firstly, I had given myself a name that was not common to every and any tinker--besides, I wore pince-nez. Hunger He was standing in the open French window just behind us, tapping one hand with the pince-nez he held in the other. The Heavenly Twins He is going to mend my pince-nez with a watch spring. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha He blinked his eyes, looked this way and that, and finally, with a sort of blind gesture, readjusted his pince-nez and glared at the intruder. The Yellow Streak And, even on the rare occasions when he decided not to vanish, he seldom did much more than clear his throat nervously and juggle with his pince-nez. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories He wore pince-nez, and he had a drooping moustache. My Man Jeeves Neither of the young men took off his hat, and one of them put a pince-nez on his nose. The Possessed (The Devils) Repetto came this afternoon with the pince-nez which he had mended. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Adjusting his pince-nez on his nose the secretary rose to his feet. The Yellow Streak A stout old lady, in a pale blue dress, with a white belt, golden pince-nez on her flat nose, red arms, and an enormous waist, sang in a loud voice Lieder of Schumann and Brahms. Jean-Christophe, Volume I "The new boys please follow me," and he found himself, still struggling with sleep, blinded by the sudden light, following, with some ten others, a long and thin gentleman who wore a pince-nez. Fortitude The dandy with the pince-nez took out of his purse, which was stuffed full of bank-notes, a copper farthing and flung it into the dish. The Possessed (The Devils) The loss of them was rather serious, as I had broken my pince-nez the day after landing. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Once I was silly enough to show one of my efforts to Mrs. Earnshaw; she put on her pince-nez, and looked at it most critically, and said,' Oh, you must see Opal's work! Monitress Merle Whenever he took a drink, he removed his pince-nez for a moment, and his eyes became evil, vacant and bemused. Tales of the Wilderness They were all bundled out, and the tall man with pince-nez said: "Now, boys, you have an hour before supper," and left them without another word in a long dark passage. Fortitude The prince, too, looked at the German, turning head, collar and all, towards him and putting up his pince-nez, though without the slightest curiosity. The Possessed (The Devils) Then came a woman student, strangely resembling the man student yet quite different; she was short, thick, red-cheeked, short-haired, cheerful, and wore pince-nez. The Created Legend Lee Schoenstein was standing at the table, and by his side an expectant youth with a small moustache and pince-nez. The Adventures of Sally Again his friend, through the pince-nez, appeared to crown him with a Whitehall cornice. The Awkward Age The head was surmounted by a bowler, and a pair of pince-nez gleamed from the shadow. Mike The servant poured out the tea and took it by mistake to the dandy with the pince-nez. The Possessed (The Devils) I could picture him, in my mind's eye, slowly removing his gold pince-nez and looking at me in blank but indulgent surprise, as at one who had suddenly taken leave of her senses. A Girl Among the Anarchists Well, here is another before you have adjusted your pince-nez, and I will brush it away before you have emitted your first Ah! Over the Pass Old Van's possible confidant, instead of immediately answering, again assumed the pince-nez. The Awkward Age Two nets away Firby-Smith, who had changed his pince-nez for a pair of huge spectacles, was performing rather ineffectively against some very bad bowling. Mike Ah," said the headmaster, putting on a pair of pince-nez, "now let me look at—This, you say, is the—? Mike and Psmith He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, behind which a pair of hard grey eyes gleamed at me in malicious amusement. A Rogue by Compulsion He was a man of forty, curt of speech and short of temper, with eyes that gleamed shrewdly behind gold pince-nez. The Bars of Iron Madame Cerise laid down her book, placed her pince-nez in the case, and slowly proceeded down the hall. Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society He had a sharp face, with rather a prominent nose; and a pair of pince-nez gave him a supercilious look. Mike His crisp dark hair was frosted on the temples; he stooped a little after the fashion of the desk-worker; he wore pince-nez; his manner, though alert, was composed and dignified. Peter's Mother The doctor readjusted his pince-nez, and seated himself with some deliberation on the foot of the bed. A Rogue by Compulsion "That's just it," said the doctor, removing his pince-nez and rubbing them. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love General Poineau, lowering his hand, put on a pair of pince-nez and began to unroll an address of welcome. The Prince and Betty He used a pince-nez, and was constantly putting it to his eyes, as though troubled with short-sightedness. Temporal Power The laugh that followed caused the old gentleman to fold up his paper, and look benignly at the young people over his pince-nez. Ideala Our colonel was with us once more, rather pale, and with the loss of his pince-nez, but not of his presence of mind. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan In order to read he had put on pince-nez with tortoise-shell rimmed glasses, from which hung a rather broad black riband. December Love The women's faces are more indeterminate, not very feminine; many of them wear those 'invisible' pince-nez which centre glitteringly about the bridge of the nose, and get from them a curious air of intelligence. Letters from America Miss Salmon was a pale, fussy creature with pince-nez in some mysterious way set so far from her eyes that she always appeared to be running after them as if to keep them balanced. This Freedom Misha, get my pince-nez mended, for the salvation of your soul! Letters of Anton Chekhov He picked T. Morgan Carey out of the corner, set him on his feet, dusted him off, gave him his hat and restored to him his gold pince-nez. The Long Chance He looked up, made a twitching movement; his pince-nez fell to his black coat, and he got up alertly. December Love A tall, grey-haired man, dressed in old-fashioned clothes and wearing a pince-nez, had lifted the curtains. The Great Impersonation Her humming took on a loud, defiant quality, as of triumph; she pursued her pince-nez with a certain eagerness, as of confidence of balance and certitude of capture. This Freedom Presently she handed the card to her uncle, who affixed his pince-nez and read the epistle with deliberation. The Valley of the Giants He wore a carefully trimmed imperial and a gold pince-nez and seemed to exude a general air of pomposity and power. The Long Chance Canon Ebley put on his pince-nez and gave the newcomer the benefit of a keen scrutiny. The Point of View WASNER. a tall German professor with full blond beard; deep voiced; wears pince-nez with black tortoise shell rim and broad black cord. Moral In an attack, she took instantly to her bed and lay there flat on her back, absurdly and unnecessarily poising her pince-nez, and looking, unquestionably, very unpleasant. This Freedom Dr. Polperro turned round and glared at him through his pince-nez. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay The doctor, squinting through his pince-nez and dropping it every minute, carried out the inspection. Yama: the pit He was pale, ugly, and sinister; but he surveyed us all with entire effrontery, drew out a pince-nez, being very short-sighted, and then looked calmly round as if surprised. Where No Fear Was She was talking to the young man who was not her husband: a fair, pale, fattish young fellow in pince-nez and dark clothes. Aaron's Rod In time her attitude came to be expressed by her reception of the sight of Miss Salmon prone, stricken, yellow, pince-nez, poising. This Freedom He threw himself back in his chair, straightened the tortoise-shell pince-nez, on his short blunt nose, and beamed down the luncheon table at the two young men who shared his repast. Tales of Men and Ghosts But he kept his counsel for the most part, and looked at each one from under the glasses of his pince-nez, raising his head high to do so. Yama: the pit He presented the sisters to her, and Mrs. Luke, bowing grandly at a distance, drew from her bosom a gold-rimmed pince-nez, through which she scrutinized Monica. The Odd Women The Parisian, having learnt what this gentleman's claims were, regarded him through his pince-nez with a subtle smile. The Emancipated Mrs. Holmes was shewn in, a tall, dark, thin, nervous woman wearing pince-nez and an austere sad-coloured garment. The Red Planet Mr. Spence, carried away by his own eloquence, had removed his pince-nez and was twirling it about his extended fore-finger with the gesture habitual to him when he spoke in public. Tales of Men and Ghosts His wife, who gazed at Wilhelm through a gold "pince-nez" with hardly concealed surprise, took her place next to him; on the other side sat her husband, and opposite the daughter's face smiled at him. The Malady of the Century "Ah, here we are," he said, putting on a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez. Arsene Lupin He seemed in his customary jovial spirits now, as he dashed into the room, clinging on to the pince-nez which even ginger-beer wire rarely kept stable for two minutes together. Love Among the Chickens Behind the glasses of his pince-nez the mother saw two little colorless specks. Mother His pince-nez sparkled militantly, as he gazed upon the stolid throng. Indiscretions of Archie He spread a formidable-looking document wide-open on the table, adjusted his pince-nez and prepared to read. Peg O' My Heart The lawyer's eyes glimmered behind the lenses of his pince-nez; but, with the caution of the professional man he made no other sign of satisfaction. The Blazed Trail Ukridge mopped his forehead, and restored his pince-nez to their original position from which the passage of the barbed wire had dislodged them. Love Among the Chickens As Ranald stood up and bowed, she adjusted her pince-nez upon her aristocratic nose, and viewed him. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa She sat up stiffly—adjusted her pince-nez—and desperately ordered the reading to begin again—at Minna. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 You see"—she shook off the pince-nez to which she had recently taken—"in a few years we shall be the same age practically, and I shall want you to help me. Howards End And the priest, poor devil, stands up in his pulpit with his black moustache and pince-nez; he is an officer in the army reserve, and he reads out his highly rational remarks from a manuscript. The Great Hunger You see"--she shook off the pince-nez to which she had recently taken--"in a few years we shall be the same age practically, and I shall want you to help me.� Howards End Miss Frances St. Clair had a way of looking through her pince-nez that even a boy could understand and would seek to avoid. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa She knew her pince-nez disguised her and none of these girls knew she was only seventeen and a half. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 He wore a pair of pince-nez, too, which somewhat veiled his cynical blue eyes, and clashed a little with the pagan look of him. The Island Pharisees "Why, this is quite a baronial seat you have here," he added, looking round and settling his pince-nez. The Great Hunger He held out the paper and she put on her pince-nez and read its headings, a trifle disdainfully. Long Live the King! A pair of pince-nez sat crookedly on his nose and two fat volumes under his arm completed the picture. The Clue of the Twisted Candle Miriam detached her tightly fitting pince-nez and having given them up stood with her music in hand anxiously watching. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 As he touched her, his gold pince-nez became dislodged and was flattened between them. A Room with a View He was a little man with a long neck and large pince-nez, and he always chirruped. Psmith, Journalist I looked at Mrs. Saltillo, who had reinforced her eyes with her old piquant pince-nez, but could detect no irony in them. Stories in Light and Shadow "Voice rotten," replied Crook calmly surveying him through his pince-nez. Okewood of the Secret Service I picture him as a small spare man, with a slightly grizzled beard, and pleasant though shifty eyes behind a pince-nez. Yet Again She wore side-spring boots—“prunella,” I believe, used to be the trade name—mittens, and pince-nez. Three Men on the Bummel But that means higher wages and greater equalisation of wealth; and the plutocratic scientist, with a slightly troubled expression, turns his eyes and pince-nez in another direction. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays His white beard was patriarchal and he wore gold-rimmed pince-nez and a glossy silk hat. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper He wore pince-nez and looked like a Russian revolutionary. Okewood of the Secret Service Lord Emsworth adjusted his pince-nez and sought inspiration from the wall paper. Something New Of course," said the solicitor, rising in turn, and adjusting the troublesome pince-nez, "there was some intrigue with Leroux? The Yellow Claw The Doctor adjusted a pair of pince-nez—read the two crude sentences over—once—twice. The Bat Mr. Wimbush added, as he closed his book and put away his pince-nez. Crome Yellow Her diet, her costume, her hours of work and leisure, would be standardised, but the lenses of her pince-nez would be in strict accordance to her own eyesight. And Even Now He was still keeping up his courage and sat on his chair in the first row in his usual self-possessed pose, one leg carelessly thrown over the other, and playing with his pince-nez. Resurrection He gravely waved the detective to an armchair, adjusted his pince-nez, and coughed, introductorily. The Yellow Claw A thin, dark young man, wearing a pince-nez and smoking a cigarette, looked up from his writing as she entered. A Millionaire of Yesterday He looked for a moment over his pince-nez in Ivor's direction and then, without saying anything, returned to the grimy little sixteenth-century account books which were now his favourite reading. Crome Yellow Her pose in the arm-chair by the tea-table was rather elaborately rigid; in the gloom of a December afternoon Egbert’s pince-nez did not materially help him to discern the expression of her face. Reginald in Russia and other sketches "Well, sirs, is everybody here?" he asked, putting his pince-nez on his nose, and looking round. Resurrection It represented a very typical Parisian gentleman, with a carefully trimmed square beard and well brushed mustache, wearing pince-nez and a white silk knot at his neck. The Yellow Claw The delicate pince-nez he wore emphasized slightly the elusive air of supercilious courtliness he always conveyed. Other Things Being Equal He put on his round pince-nez, rimmed with tortoise-shell, and began cautiously to turn over the pages of his loose and still fragmentary book. Crome Yellow He talked to me in carefully easy French, and watched my face with an intelligent eye through his pince-nez for the signs of comprehension. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war Nekhludoff had put on his pince-nez, looking at the prisoners while they were being questioned. Resurrection "I can—and I cannot," answered the solicitor, leaning back in the chair and again adjusting his pince-nez, in the manner of a man having important matters—and gloomy, very gloomy, matters—to communicate. The Yellow Claw And then he looked at Mr. Ledbetter, and his eye went down to the dropped pince-nez. Twelve Stories and a Dream Holding his tortoise-shell-rimmed pince-nez an inch or two in front of his eyes, he read out names from a list. Crome Yellow “I owe you an apology,” he said, raising his golden pince-nez to his eyes. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The public consisted of about 15 persons, of whom two were ladies—a young one with a pince-nez, and an old, grey-haired one. Resurrection "I don't advocate protection for the sake of private interests, but for the public weal, and for the lower and upper classes equally," he said, looking over his pince-nez at Oblonsky. Anna Karenina His hands felt trembling to recover his pince-nez. Soul of a Bishop Besides,” I went on, “the pince-nez, which was a large and peculiar one, was all awry: she had half pulled it off, but it continued to stick, and she was crimson, she was angry.” Glasses I then glanced at her face, and, observing the dint of a pince-nez at either side of her nose, I ventured a remark upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed to surprise her.” The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Kiesewetter, a thick-set, grisly man, spoke English, and a thin young girl, with a pince-nez, translated it into Russian promptly and well. Resurrection "What is it exactly that you want from me?" he said, moving in his chair and snapping his pince-nez. Anna Karenina His great convex pince-nez—I saw it, I recognised the kind—is for his poor ruined sight. The Jolly Corner He wore correct morning dress and through gold-rimmed pince-nez he stared inquiringly at the caller. Fire-Tongue There is character in spectacles—the pretentious tortoiseshell, the meek pince-nez of the school teacher, the twisted silver-framed glasses of the old villager. Babbitt He put on his pince-nez in order to hide the tears, then got out his handkerchief and began blowing his nose. Resurrection Nekhludoff sat in the front row on his high-backed chair, without removing his pince-nez, and looked at Maslova, while a complicated and fierce struggle was going on in his soul. Resurrection And, taking a list from his pocket, he began calling out the names, looking at the men, sometimes through and sometimes over his pince-nez. Resurrection She had apparently been taken ill, and a dignified Hindu gentleman, wearing gold-rimmed pince-nez, was in attendance. Fire-Tongue The usher bowed to him, looking over his pince-nez, politely and pleasantly, as if wishing to distinguish him from the others. Resurrection The General put on his pince-nez and read, "Will know one another by light emanating from their astral bodies." Resurrection |
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