But there was never a sound or movement in all the house that he could detect.
There was, indeed, no sign of ambush that he could detect in any quarter, nor any indication that Popinot's Apaches were posted thereabouts.
And he could detect in his physical sensations no trace of that qualmish dread he always experienced in high places: the sense he had of security, of solidity, was and ever remained wholly unaccountable in his understanding.
In these I could detect no variation; but the bones of the feet were too troublesome to compare with much care.
In the bones of the extremities I could detect no difference, except in their proportional lengths; for instance, the metatarsus in a pouter was 1.
Some good observers thought that they could detect a difference in their habits, and stoutly maintained that they formed a new species.
I procured a hive full of dead bees from Jamaica, where they have long been naturalised, and, on carefully comparing them under the microscope with my own bees, I could detect not a trace of difference.
I could detectno connection between the lips of the psychic and the voice.
As I looked about me, I could detect in the faces of some of my friends an expression of apprehension.
As we continued to study the phenomena that was gradually unfolded beneath us we thought we could detect in many places evidences of the existence of strong fortifications.
We saw their ships assembling once more far down in the atmosphere beneath us, and we thought we could detectevidences of something unusual going on upon the surface of the planet.
One of us supplied him regularly and I thought that I could detect evidences of a certain degree of gratitude in his expression.
I could detect no difference in the two forms in the size of the stigmatic papillae.
Fritz Muller informs me that he could detect no difference in the size of the pollen-grains in the two forms.
I could detect no difference in the size of the pollen-grain or in the structure of the stigma in the plants which differed most in the above respects; and all of them, when protected from the access of insects, yielded plenty of seeds.
I thought I could detect a trace of worry in his eyes, but his face was as impassive as ever.
For an instant I thought I could detect a shadow of the stolid "no-sabby" look of the coolie, but it was gone with the dropping of an eyelid.
Among the dense tropical foliage there were many strange noises; the distant cry of a jackal broke upon my ear, but I could detect no sound of human voices.
Dismal howls came from the small pond where wild animals were drinking, but in the gloom I could detectno moving object, and began at last to think that my companion had deserted me.
Four long breathless days had now passed, yet I could detect no living thing.
He could detect traces of the man in the poise of the Girl and the carriage of her head, and suggestions of the woman in the refined sweetness of her expression.
He arose and as he started to leave the room he took one last look at the Girl to see if he could detect anything he could suggest for her comfort, and read a message in her eyes.
But Jessie was all unconscious of the love that I could detect in every glance of those fine eyes, and in every tone of the voice that grew tender and musical whenever it addressed her.
Jessie struggled with herself; I could detect it by the blue veins that rose along her neck and forehead; but her countenance changed in nothing, and she answered his stern question steadily.
I could detect a tone of exultation in her voice when she spoke again; but it was low still, and vibrated with strange fascination on the ear.
At first the whole buzz seemed one unmeaning jargon, more like the tongue of an Indian tribe than anything else; but as I listened I could detect words of French, Spanish, and German.
I could hear a voice, too, which even in its indistinctness I recognized as that of the old woman; and once or twice fancied I could detect another, whose accents sounded like pain and suffering.
Fresh arrivals of wounded continued to pour in; and now I thought I could detect at intervals the distant noise of a cannonade.
In the bones of the extremities I could detect no difference, except in their proportional lengths; for instance, the metatarsus in a Pouter was 1.
As we continued to study the phenomena that was gradually unfolded beneath us we thought that we could detect in many places evidences of the existence of strong fortifications.
I could detect no trace of blood by feeling, so turned over and went to sleep.
There were two large patches, and a smaller area outlined by no boundary that I could detect.
I determined that I would count fifty slowly, and was sure that the objects were not alive if during that time I could detect no sign of motion.
The crowd began to gather; they were aware that I was under the displeasure of the court, but I could detect no signs of my being unpopular.
When I returned her head was drawn back, and I could detect no respiration; the eyes were then fixed open, and the body just resembled a statue; she was dead.
I could detect no arsenic in the brains of the dogs.
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