Dorset

Examples

• Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His betrothed looked shocked at the metaphor, and George Dorset exclaimed with a sardonic growl: Poor devil! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Dorset greeted the sally with delight. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• No--I heard her tell Bertha Dorset that she had six months to put in while her husband was taking the cure in the Engadine. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Mrs. Dorset, examining her between lowered lids, met this with the immediate query: Who told you that? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• With the clearing of her vision the sweep of peril had extended, and she saw that the post of danger was no longer at Dorset's side. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She would have smarter gowns than Judy Trenor, and far, far more jewels than Bertha Dorset. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It's one thing to get Bertha Dorset into line--but what you want is to keep her there. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It was in Bertha's interest, certainly, that she had despatched Dorset to consult with Lawrence Selden. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• At Dewlish in Dorset, an artificial trench has been found which is supposed to have been a Pal?olithic trap for elephants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Dorset, of late, had grown more than usually morose and incalculable, and Ned Silverton went about with an air that seemed to challenge the universe. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But to Miss Bart's relief the repetition of her promise was cut short by the opening of the box door to admit George Dorset. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Mrs. Dorset might startle or dazzle him, but she had neither the skill nor the patience to effect his capture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• George Dorset's talk did not interfere with the range of his neighbour's thoughts. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Was it to see herself or Bertha Dorset? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She had not tried to see Dorset alone: she had positively shrunk from a renewal of his confidences. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Was it possible, after all, that he had come for Bertha Dorset? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She was sufficiently familiar with Mrs. Dorset's habits to know that she could always be found at home after five. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• And Mrs. Dorset leaned back against her travelling cushions with a smile which made Lily wish there had been no vacant seat beside her own. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Mrs. Dorset, for reasons we needn't go into, did you a beastly bad turn last spring. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Bertha Dorset's letters were nothing to her--they might go where the current of chance carried them! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They grew to sudden acuteness as she caught sight of George Dorset descending the steps of the Hotel de Paris and making for her across the square. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Dorset had apparently shown marked interest in the girl, and this interest might be used to cruel advantage in his wife's struggle for rehabilitation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But there was another change, perceptible only to Lily; and that was that Dorset now avoided her almost as pointedly as his wife. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• If Selden had come at Mrs. Dorset's call, it was at her own that he would stay. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• And why should Bertha Dorset have turned into an enemy at the very moment when she so obviously needed the support of her sex? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Thus adjured, Lily turned her eyes on the spectacle which was affording Mr. Dorset such legitimate mirth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But Mrs. Dorset told Molly about it herself: she said the villa was full of the most exquisite things and she was really sorry to leave. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It was Ned Silverton's idea--but poor Dorset and Lily Bart must have been horribly bored. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Do look at Mrs. George Dorset's pearls--I suppose the smallest of them would pay the rent of our Girls' Club for a year. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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