Artifice Quote by Herman Melville

“His first stop was the local branch of Child's Bank; once he replenished his supply of cash, he followed the bank manager's directions to…

— Stephanie Laurens

“Imagine a man between thirty-eight and forty, tall, slim, and pale. His clothes, except for their style, looked as if they'd escaped from the…

— Machado de Assis

“His thumb stroked over the thin wool of her gown, making promises to what was concealed. She felt his other hand at her back,…

— Meredith Duran

“...he was presently rewarded with the sight of the present day disgrace of England. Out of the bathing tent, and into the full sunlight,…

— Henry De Vere Stacpoole

“A more practised physiognomist would have been able to interpret that look. It was the one that butlers always wear when they have allowed…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“Though the people of this modest village were not accustomed to seeing such barbaric men as Varg, it was his inhuman features that had…

— Brittany Comeaux

“She went alone to the vast room where the second-hand clothes were kept. Later, she thought it the happiest hour of her life. There…

— Martine Bailey

“How they are all about, these gentlemen In chamberlains' apparel, stocked and laced, Like night around their order's star and gem And growing ever…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Brigitte was a big help to Richard’s parents. During the day she looked for firewood and later helped her grandmother with the cooking, which…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise

Without the great arts which speak to the sense of beauty, a man seems to me a poor, naked, shivering creature. These are his…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He (Lafcadio) was sitting all alone in a compartment of the train which was carrying him away from Rome, & contemplating–not without satisfaction–his hands…

— Andre Gide

“He was far from handsome certainly; and was drest in a snuff-coloured suit, of an uncouth make at the best, which, being shrunk with…

— Charles Dickens