Then the long-headed man, with care-chiseled face, who sat in the White. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
My dear girl, I have the honour to be a tolerably long-headed individual. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
But it did not suit the long-headed Captain Broom to have the boys killed. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
Here is Musgrave's photo on her campaign Web site, all skinny and long-headed. From Wordnik.com. [11/02/2006] Reference
The long-headed man would stand up, go to the coffin, stand over the dials for a minute. From Wordnik.com. [A Gift From Earth]
"Special conditions might bring about a change in an originally long-headed race," snapped Kirowan. From Wordnik.com. [People of the Dark]
He waited until the long-headed man had gone, then moved to inspect the dials along the edge of Polly's coffin. From Wordnik.com. [A Gift From Earth]
Kensington, which is kept by a long-headed American woman, who will very nearly guarantee to bid a door post discourse freely and be obeyed. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The famous letter of Cromek to Blake is one of the finest examples on record of long-headed worldliness bearing down upon wrong-headed genius. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
Its head was a long-headed, cautious, shrewd old fellow, with so many Yankee traits that I sometimes almost forgot, and addressed him in English. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
He may sometimes experience a little opposition in the House, but he is long-headed as well as hard-headed, and he invariably holds the trump card. From Wordnik.com. [The Boer in Peace and War] Reference
John's long-headed, if he isn't quite so brilliant. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl of Long Ago] Reference
These long-headed men of business little knew the man. From Wordnik.com. [Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader] Reference
I regret to say that I belong to the long-headed branch. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
Their long-headed, cautious policy is truly astonishing. From Wordnik.com. [The New World of Islam] Reference
"Well, I call that kinder long-headed, myself," said Sabrina. From Wordnik.com. [Country Neighbors] Reference
Doubleday, long-headed and crafty, listened to all that was said. From Wordnik.com. [Laramie Holds the Range] Reference
Mongoloids - the Sioux are actually long-headed (dolichocephalic). From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Then the long-headed man with care-chiselled face who sat in the White. From Wordnik.com. [The Souls of Black Folk] Reference
"They are too old and long-headed for us to meddle with," said Addison. From Wordnik.com. [When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine] Reference
The fact was, however, that Fritz was a knowing and long-headed fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain of the Polestar] Reference
Eumenes was the private secretary of Alexander, the most long-headed man in his army. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient States and Empires] Reference
The city is well outfitted with progressive men -- thinking, sagacious, long-headed men. From Wordnik.com. [Life on the Mississippi] Reference
Some long-headed Members of the Cabinet saw clearly that if Lord Spencer insisted on his. From Wordnik.com. [The Days Before Yesterday] Reference
"Depend upon it, the squire's a long-headed man," said old Tom Cooper, in the village tavern. From Wordnik.com. [Herbert Carter's Legacy] Reference
You were long-headed in deciding to slip out there and buy more land, and by the way, Parker is in town. From Wordnik.com. [The Jucklins A Novel] Reference
Hardie's notes, a result the long-headed youth had expected; and said notes went up to ten shillings premium. From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
The learned Bartholomew hardly seemed equal to his responsible position among those long-headed Dutch politicians. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
On the contrary, as he smiled kindly upon Henry, he looked what he was, a shrewd, kindly, long-headed man of business. From Wordnik.com. [Sam's Chance And How He Improved It] Reference
Madame de Maurville was a woman that the Scotch would call long-headed; she was sagacious, penetrating, and gifted with strong humour. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3] Reference
He gave him a long letter of commendation to his father, a droll missive indeed to carry to clear-sighted, long-headed Josiah Franklin. From Wordnik.com. [True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin] Reference
The long-headed old man instructed Madame Bridau carefully as to the line of conduct she ought to pursue, -- advising her to enter into. From Wordnik.com. [The Celibates] Reference
But the long-headed ones reasoned that it must go up, as it could not expand in breadth, and "down-town" must be given over to business. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl of Long Ago] Reference
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