...The emperor, stopped by the frivolous obstacle of a broken bridge,confined himself to a gesture expressive of dissatisfaction andcontempt, to which Berthier replied only by a look of resignation...
George Grote 「The Two Great Retreats of History」
... Porthos replied by a look expressive of dejection...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
...” These words were accompanied by so expressive a smile, that Madame could not resist paying her by a grateful kiss...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
... He did not complete the sentence, but shrugged his shoulders expressive of contempt...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...Captain ---’s expressive countenance was the battle ground ofdespair and grief at being thus forced to have anything to do with atraffic unpopular in missionary circles...
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
...I could not understand the words that flowed off theirglib tongues, but the gestures were too expressive to needinterpretation...
David Livingstone 「The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873」
... We had several words, expressive of things, important to us, which we understood, but which, even if distinctly heard by an outsider, would convey no certain meaning...
Frederick Douglass 「My Bondage and My Freedom」
... Yet chastity itself is but an artificial imposition uponnature, expressive of a false shame of the human form...
Emma Goldman 「Anarchism and Other Essays」
... But, in these same countries, property is expressive, rather than attributive, of the qualifications necessary to the exercise of these rights...
P. J. Proudhon 「What is Property?」
...We draw attention to this form, thecharacter of which is so expressive of energy in the carnivora...
Édouard Cuyer 「Artistic Anatomy of Animals」
...It was a recognizedprinciple of the statutes that he who winked ata matter acquiesced in it, and indeed such signalswere often more expressive than words...
W. E. Webb 「Buffalo Land」
...If I afterwards smile and look pleased,the tail wags joyously, the eyes are filled with delight, and the earseven are expressive of happiness...
Edward Jesse 「Anecdotes of Dogs」
...He reigns at thehead of a flock; and his language, whether expressive of blandishmentor of command, is better heard and better understood than the voice ofhis master...
Edward Jesse 「Anecdotes of Dogs」
...The carrier expressed much anxiety for thesafety of the young woman, casting at the same time an expressive lookat his dog...
Edward Jesse 「Anecdotes of Dogs」
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