This code of principles covered only a very
small circle of contingencies, but then the principles were never doubtful, and Vronsky, as he never went outside that circle, had never had a moment's hesitation about doing what he ought to do.
He had evidently gone round in a
small circle. 'I shall perish like that!' he thought, and not to give way to his terror he urged on the horse still more, peering into the snowy darkness in which he saw only flitting and fitful points of light.
Perhaps the doctor's lady had good reason for her jealousy: most women shared it, of those who formed the
small circle of Amelia's acquaintance, and were quite angry at the enthusiasm with which the other sex regarded her.
We shall greatly miss Edmund in our
small circle, but I trust and hope he will find the poor invalid in a less alarming state than might be apprehended, and that he will be able to bring him to Mansfield shortly, which Sir Thomas proposes should be done, and thinks best on every account, and I flatter myself the poor sufferer will soon be able to bear the removal without material inconvenience or injury.
So many instances within my
small circle of friends is remarkable!
We need be careful how we deal with those about us, when every death carries to some
small circle of survivors, thoughts of so much omitted, and so little done--of so many things forgotten, and so many more which might have been repaired!
In a
small circle of ecclesiastical archaeologists, who were the only people who could even understand one another's discoveries, he occupied a recognized and respectable place.
Tranquillity, resignation, and her strong love of him who needed it so much, formed the
small circle of her quiet joys; and while that remained unbroken, she was contented.
I narrowed the field of consideration to that
small circle, so to speak.
He was settled in Paris, and living there quietly in a
small circle of English and French friends.
The antelopes, nearly exhausted with fatigue and fright, and bewildered by perpetual whooping, made no effort to break through the ring of the hunters, but ran round in
small circles, until man, woman, and child beat them down with bludgeons.
Weller, shaking up the ale, by describing
small circles with the pot, preparatory to drinking.