"When first seen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... But we cannot help thinking of the quality when we look upon its sign. With a beautiful face, when first seen, do we not always associate a beautiful soul? And when a lady adorns herself with the most beautiful and costly things in nature, how can we help looking, to see whether they correspond to things in her mind! For ...
— All's for the Best • T. S. Arthur
... shone pale also; it gleamed as if some spell had transformed the dark granite to glistering Parian. On the silvery space slept two sable shadows, thrown sharply defined from two human figures. These figures when first seen were motionless and mute; presently they moved in harmonious step, and spoke low in harmonious key. Earnest was the gaze that scrutinized them as they emerged from behind the trunk of the cedar. "Is it Mrs. Pryor ...
— Shirley • Charlotte Bronte
... in Coahuila and seems to occur only in the southeastern section of the State; No. 31591 is the first record of the species in Coahuila. The size of the testes (5x2 mm.) of No. 31591 and the fact that the bird was singing when first seen suggest the possibility that V. s. mexicana breeds in southeastern Coahuila. Breeding there is not unexpected because the species has been found breeding in Nuevo Leon (Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, ...
— Birds from Coahuila, Mexico • Emil K. Urban |
