He was about thirty years old, tall, slender, and with the light hair and blue eyes seen so often in Northern France, telling, perhaps, of Norman blood.
— from The Hunters of the Hills by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
The pinnacles which rose from the base of each successive start of its narrowing height were just the clinging, upright branches of the poplar—a lovely instance of Art following Nature's suggestion.
— from Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
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