I am happy you are pleased; and certainly the mariners seemed to ply their pieces with a wonderful dexterity; but you must allow me to insist that that note is not A.' 'Ain't it?

Their spears, or pikes, had slender shafts of polished silver with golden heads, and during the drill they handled these weapons with wonderful dexterity.

His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and under the left shoulder he carried a crutch, which he managed with wonderful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird.

I must acknowledge that, in spite of my admiration for their wonderful dexterity, I began to doubt their prudence.

Lawford, with his wonderful dexterity, struck a light with his tinder box and lit a cigar.

The people who stood around were so astonished at his wonderful dexterity, that they could not even give vent to their surprise in their usual clamor.

But one circumstance happened which showed the wonderful dexterity of Ned Land, and proved what confidence we might place in him.

Krug Sixteen could weave and plait and rappel amazingly with his pseudopods; he could bring out a dozen of them, a hundred, thick or thin, whatever was needed, and all of a wonderful dexterity.

McLean was a fanatical describer, a dissector of wonderful dexterity: a most dogged, stubborn worker.

Caesar stabled his horse, went to the kitchen, where he lighted a fire in the big stove, and fell to work with a will and a wonderful light-handed dexterity that justified Mr. Moncrieffe's praise of him.