LAY in Classic Quotes

1  Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

2  Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

3  Several old copies of "Town Tattle" lay on the table together with a copy of "Simon Called Peter" and some of the small scandal magazines of Broadway.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2

4  A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5

5  His name was Jay Gatsby and I didn't lay eyes on him again for over four years--even after I'd met him on Long Island I didn't realize it was the same man.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4

6  Myrtle Wilson's body wrapped in a blanket and then in another blanket as though she suffered from a chill in the hot night lay on a work table by the wall and Tom, with his back to us, was bending over it, motionless.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7