"Caressing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... back to the farmhouse, and wrote to my engineers a detail of the breach in the dam, then sat down on the porch to enjoy a smoke. The day was warm and dreamy; the sun, filtering through the September haze, rested on the eyelids like a caressing hand. I was soon half asleep, peering lazily at the view which zigzags down between the knobby hills to the more cultivated farm-lands that we had left hours behind us, when the telephone rang. I ...
— Shapes that Haunt the Dusk • Various
... the beautifully curved lips parted over the fine teeth, and the exceeding brightness of the dark eyes smiled and glittered in our own. The caressing voice still led us forward, into the great gay kitchen; the touch of skilful, discreet fingers undid wet cloaks and wraps; the soft charm of a lovely and gracious woman made even the penetrating warmth of the huge fire-logs a secondary feature of ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 (of 10) • Various
... a gentle and almost caressing tone to his words when Madge welcomed and accompanied him to his late supper on his return to ...
— A Young Girl's Wooing • E. P. Roe
... good Dagobert," said Rose, in a gracefully caressing manner, "as we are going to tell our secret—you must ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue
... king's treasurer, provided my pretty nephew here won't be too much shocked," and as he spoke de Jars gave to the youngest of the three a caressing touch on the cheek with the back of ...
— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
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