simple-looking

Updated: May 5, 2025

Lots of people did, to follow the racing; and here she was with a merry party, just as simple-looking and as guileless as a shepherdess at the Vic, and looking no older than a school-girl. When I got up at four next morning I was full of curiosity to know if Ferdy had seen her.

Sir Max Pemberton - The Man Who Drove the Car

The night was so warm that the windows were open; the footman appeared and prepared to close them, but Trevor motioned him back. "I will shut up the room," he said; "you need not wait up." The man withdrew, closing the door softly behind him. Bertha found herself standing close to Trevor. She looked into his face and noted with a sense of approval how handsome and manly and simple-looking he was.

L. T. Meade - The Time of Roses

These words drew upon me the attention of the whole four. The Radical and his companion stared at me ferociously; the man in black gave me a peculiar glance from under his slouched hat; the simple-looking man in the labouring dress laughed.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

Miss Grant felt almost sorry for this big, simple-looking bushman, who came strolling past their hiding-place, his eyes fixed on the sheep, and his hands mechanically occupied in cutting up tobacco. Behind him gambolled a half-grown collie pup, evidently a relative of the dogs in charge of the sheep.

A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson - Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life

"The great Miss Rollo," however, turned out to be a simple-looking girl, who looked much more afraid of her companions than her companions were of her, while when she came face to face with Arthur he seemed suddenly sobered, and uttered his congratulations in quite a quiet, earnest voice.

Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey - More About Peggy

"I could serve out three like him," said the man in the snuff-coloured coat. "So much the better for you," said the other, "the present work will be all the easier for you, get up, and serve him out at once." The man in the snuff-coloured coat did not stir. "Who shows the white feather now?" said the simple-looking man. "He! he! he!" tittered the man in black.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

‘So much the better for you,’ said the other, ‘the present work will be all the easier for you, get up, and serve him out at once.’ The man in the snuff-coloured coat did not stir. ‘Who shows the white feather now?’ said the simple-looking man. ‘He! he! he!’ tittered the man in black.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

I found the best way of getting information out of the prisoners was to set Shah Mirza or Humayun on the job. They used to squat down over the fire with the prisoners and engage them in conversation gradually getting what they knew out of them by simple-looking questions.

William George Laurence Beynon - With Kelly to Chitral

These words drew upon me the attention of the whole four. The radical and his companion stared at me ferociously; the man in black gave me a peculiar glance from under his slouched hat; the simple-looking man in the labouring dress laughed.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

But, nevertheless, Grace was a pretty, simple-looking girl, and clung to her ally closely, and seemed to like being fondled. So that Lucy anxiously wished that Mr. Crawley could be got rid of and the presents produced. "I hope you have left Mr. Robarts quite well," said Mr.

Anthony Trollope - Framley Parsonage