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It was not without great fear and trepidation that little Nell slipped off her shoes and gliding through the store-room of old curiosities, where Mr Brass--the ugliest piece of goods in all the stock--lay sleeping on a mattress, passed into her own little chamber. [12]
An aide-de-camp approached with gliding steps and offered him a gold snuffbox, which he took. [2]
But at last, when over half a mile of rope had slidden away, it stopped gliding and stood absolutely still--one minute--two minutes--three--while we held our breath and watched. [5]
The sailors' songs were hushed, and the psalms of the virgin sisters, imploring the protection of the Almighty, seemed to float round the gliding boat as softly as the light of the circling moon. [10]
The excursionists by-and-by went away out of the clouds, gliding breathlessly down the rails. [4]
How often do we see birds which fly easily, gliding and sailing through the air obviously for pleasure? [1]
Right from the water's edge rose long lines of stately palaces of marble; gondolas were gliding swiftly hither and thither and disappearing suddenly through unsuspected gates and alleys; ponderous stone bridges threw their shadows athwart the glittering waves. [5]
Above him there was now nothing but the sky--the lofty sky, not clear yet still immeasurably lofty, with gray clouds gliding slowly across it. [2]
She was gliding timidly away again, when she was arrested by the governess. [12]
He looked at the snowflakes fluttering above the fire and remembered a Russian winter at his warm, bright home, his fluffy fur coat, his quickly gliding sleigh, his healthy body, and all the affection and care of his family. [2]
In gliding over the deep blue sea studded with lovely islets luxuriant to the water's edge, one is at a loss which scene to choose for contemplation and to admire most. [5]
To be sure, the ballroom was little frequented, only an adventurous couple now and then gliding over the floor, and affording scant amusement to the throng gathered on the piazza and about the open windows. [4]
At three in the afternoon we were nearly dead with exhaustion--and still the rope was slowly gliding out. [5]
Immediately after the sun rose, the foe were seen gliding darkly out of the horizon. [11]
He heard her step at last,--alight, gliding step,--so light that her coming was often unheard, except by those who perceived the faint rustle that went with it. [6]
As she came she had seen Indians gliding through the woods with their purchases, and now the shop was clearing fast, in response to the urging of Dingan and his partner, a Scotch half-breed. [11]
And now I saw a most strange thing, for I saw a white shadow come slowly gliding along the grass toward the Tree. [5]
We struck the raft at the same time, and in less than two seconds we was gliding down stream, all dark and still, and edging towards the middle of the river, nobody saying a word. [5]
Eastwardly also, the prospect was, in my earlier remembrance, widely open, and I have frequently seen the sunlit sails gliding along as if through the level fields, for no water was visible. [6]
So I slipped out of the pilot-house, and down the steps, and around to the texas door--and was in the act of gliding within, when the captain confronted me! [5]
It was unsatisfactory only to the moon for, after Biberli had closed the heavy door of the house behind him, Luna found no chink or crevice through which a gliding ray might have watched what the true and steadfast Biberli was saying to Katterle. [10]
Alpatych, mastering his offended feelings, kept pace with Rostov at a gliding gait and continued to impart his views. [2]
Xavier, however, was not to be caught thus, and presently we were gliding quietly along the eastern bank, or levee, which held back the river from the lowlands. [9]
Sometimes on a moonlight night, when a party of the young ladies were out upon the lake, they would see the white canoe gliding ghost-like in the distance. [6]
His look was met by the glitter of two diamond eyes, small, sharp, cold, shining out of the darkness, but gliding with a smooth, steady motion towards the light, and himself. [6]
Next, I noticed Merlin gliding away from me; and then I noticed that my lasso was gone! [5]
Their remnant of life was nearly spent; their lips and tongues were swollen, parched, cracked with eight days' thirst; their bodies starved; and here was their last chance gliding relentlessly from them; they would not be alive when the next sun rose. [5]
So follow me into the shadow of the linden, I entreat you; for yonder--surely you see it too--a figure is gliding towards us. [10]
They lifted me into its stern under the awning, the barge was cast off, the oars dipped, and we were gliding silently past the line of keel boats on the swift current of the Mississippi. [9]
At this crucial instant what had been a gliding flight of the automobile became, suddenly, a more or less uneven and jerky progress, accompanied by violent explosions. [9]
One must put in the pause, there, to fetch the reader up with a slight jolt, and keep him from gliding by without noticing the lake. [5]
I well remember how much surprise I felt at the beauty of the first coral- snake which I saw gliding across a path in Brazil. [1]
This "spurt" finds him six feet behind the gliding enemy, and two miles from his friends. [5]
An hour later he had made his way back to Dalton Street with its sputtering blue lights and gliding figures, and paused for a moment on the far sidewalk to gaze at Mr. Bentley's gleaming windows. [9]
Alpatych at a gliding trot, only just managing not to run, kept up with him with difficulty. [2]
We kept the glasses gliding around all the time, till our arms got so tired we couldn't hold them any more. [5]
We flew along for a while, then slackened steam and went cautiously gliding toward the spark. [5]
And before the early sun had set we were gliding down the Wabash in a canoe, past places forever dedicated to our agonies, towards Kentucky and Polly Ann. [9]
We were moving down the bay now, and it was pleasant to stand at the window and take the cool night breeze and watch the gliding lights on shore. [5]
The boat came close to the bank again, and before she had had any more time for consideration, she and her grandfather were on board, and gliding smoothly down the canal. [12]
Lost in thought, Clark stood on the parapet, watching the water gliding by until the darkness hid it,--nay, until the stars came and made golden dimples upon its surface. [9]
Nothing lay between but the brown sand, and here and there a handful of dark figures gliding towards the river, or a little train of camels making for the bare grey hills from the ghiassas which had given them their desert loads. [11]
In about half an hour Aunt Sally comes gliding in, and there I was, up a stump again! [5]
I was gliding along smoothly and without obstruction or accident, until I came to that word "spalleggiato," then the bottom fell out. [5]
The Folly, making a wide circle, shot into the breeze, and ended by gliding gently up to the buoy. [9]

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