Her neck was long and finely turned: and here, if I was not afraid of offending her delicacy, I might justly say, the highest beauties of the famous Venus de Medicis were
outdone. Here was whiteness which no lilies, ivory, nor alabaster could match.
Not to disgrace himself before a new spectator--not to be
outdone by Oblonsky--that too was a thought that crossed his brain.
There he perceives a cunningly wrought fountain of many-coloured jasper and polished marble; here another of rustic fashion where the little mussel-shells and the spiral white and yellow mansions of the snail disposed in studious disorder, mingled with fragments of glittering crystal and mock emeralds, make up a work of varied aspect, where art, imitating nature, seems to have
outdone it.
It was not till he had arrived at the hollow part of the deepest down that D'Artagnan, smiling to see them
outdone, turned towards them, making a friendly sign with his hand.
She flung herself into her studies heart and soul, determined not to be
outdone in any class by Gilbert Blythe.
We `did' London to our heart's content, thanks to Fred and Frank, and were sorry to go away, for though English people are slow to take you in, when they once make up their minds to do it they cannot be
outdone in hospitality, I think.
His legs and thighs were thin, nearly to emaciation, but of extraordinary length; and his knees would have been considered tremendous, had they not been
outdone by the broader foundations on which this false superstructure of blended human orders was so profanely reared.
But unfortunately in bestowing these embraces, a pin in her ladyship's head dress slightly scratching the child's neck, produced from this pattern of gentleness such violent screams, as could hardly be
outdone by any creature professedly noisy.
Keen not be
outdone, Gaga, During her 47-day stay, she spent pounds 1988 on the mini bar and pounds 317 on cigarettes.
Batroun MP Antoine Zahra said Wednesday that Aoun "has
outdone all of the philosophers of history, by issuing weekly fatwas in plentiful fashion," referring to the FPM leader's weekly news conferences
A team of Kuwait Joint Relief Committee (KJRC) Sunday distributed relief goods among the flood victims in northern Pakistani province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa, where deluge has
outdone the 2005 earthquake and pushed backed the provinces development by almost 50 years.
And not to be
outdone by Nadine's antics, Cheryl Cole has organised a private driver to bring her Chelsea star hubby Ashley to all the shows from their home in London.