The feathers were so soft that not even a quick-eared mouse could hear an owl swooping silently down!. From Wordnik.com. [Five On Finniston Farm]
Ferdinand's spies were, a quick-eared legion -- the spirit-stirring Hymn of the Constitution, or the wild Tragala -- that Spanish Marseillaise, to whose exciting notes rivers of blood have flowed. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
As on former occasions, the quick-eared comrade had overheard the. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Fairy Book] Reference
I left this quick-eared predestinarian, and rode up to Basili, his. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3] Reference
She rose presently, quick-eared to wait the call, and went to her desk in the window. From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Room] Reference
A quick-eared grinder soon came up to them, and said roughly, "Ain't we to wet new forge?". From Wordnik.com. [Put Yourself in His Place] Reference
A quick-eared coastguard heard the sound of the escape of steam, which was almost instantly silenced. From Wordnik.com. [Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories] Reference
This helps to keep a man's legs from twitching as he waits and waits and waits for the quick-eared seal to rise. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Jungle Book] Reference
As on former occasions, the quick-eared comrade had overheard the King's command and repeated it to the Simpleton. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Fairy Book] Reference
Acota perceived it, and approaching him softly, laid his cloak over him, and taking up his mandolin, struck a chord which he knew would not be lost upon the quick-eared mutes, although not so loud as to awake Mezrimbi. From Wordnik.com. [The Pacha of Many Tales] Reference
'Why, we thought that all was quiet; and as I and a comrade of mine was waiting for the goods, we were going to heave them up, and that was the signal – but you were plaguy quick-eared, and began to holla after us; so we were forced to let the job alone till to-night, and Pattenson let us out through the t'other part of the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Manor House] Reference
A quick-eared animal glancing up as she approached, but did not rise. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
A chord, which he knew would not be lost upon the quick-eared mutes, although not so loud as to awake Mezrimbi. From Wordnik.com. [The Pacha of Many Tales] Reference
As on former occasions, the quick-eared comrade had overheard the King’s command and repeated it to the Simpleton. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Fairy Book] Reference
Lenoir was remarkably quick-eared. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series] Reference
The quick-eared spy in hut and hall!. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
Teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice. From Wordnik.com. [ON A HIGH PART OF THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND Easter Sunday, April 7 THE AUTHOR'S SIXTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY] Reference
Thou becomest an active and quick-eared Mohar?. From Wordnik.com. [Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings] Reference
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