sallow-white

"I can't marry at a registry office," said Marion, sallow-white.

Tono Bungay 1906

She sat on the floor, on the orange and blue cushions, in silence and in patience, embracing her knees with her long, slender, sallow-white arms, while Nicky stamped up and down her studio and talked to her, like a monomaniac, about his

The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1904

Dorothy saw a long, slender, sallow-white face, between sleek bands of black hair; black eyes, dulled as if by a subtle film, like breath on a black looking-glass; a beautiful slender mouth, pressed tight, holding back the secret of its sensual charm.

The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1904

There was a little smudge of grey earth above the crinkles in her soft, sallow-white forehead.

Mary Olivier: a Life May Sinclair 1904

The other girl, the youngest of the eight, came forward, holding out a slender, sallow-white hand.

The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1904

He staggered as he moved, and his face was sallow-white and drawn and glistening.

The Romantic May Sinclair 1904

The dead men were laid out in a row, on their backs; greyish-white, sallow-white faces upturned; bodies straight and stiff on a thin litter of straw.

The Romantic May Sinclair 1904

And through all his painful pity he knew that her skin was smooth and sweet like a sallow-white rose-leaf.

The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1904

There would be blood; she knew there would be blood; but she didn't see it; she saw white, very white bandages, and greyish white, sallow-white faces that had no features that she knew.

The Romantic May Sinclair 1904

And as she looked at him the beauty that slept in her dulled eyes and in her sallow-white face and in her thin body awoke and became alive.

The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1904