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Sentences ending with glimpse

Stored within her, sometimes rising to the level of consciousness, was that experience at Silliston in the May weather when she had had a glimpse--just a glimpse! [9]
As he worked his way through to the pulpit on the arm of the minister and followed by the envied officials of the village, every neck was stretched and, every eye twisted around intervening obstructions to get a glimpse. [5]

Sentences containing glimpse two or more times

By dawn he was tricked out for his raid, but he caught a glimpse of Pudd'nhead Wilson through the window over the way, and knew that Pudd'nhead had caught a glimpse of him. [5]
We caught a glimpse of the handsome tessellated pavements within and of the devotees performing their ablutions at the fountains, but even that we took that glimpse was a thing not relished by the Moorish bystanders. [5]
I had had a glimpse of it fifteen years ago, and another glimpse six years earlier, but both were so brief that they hardly counted. [5]

More example sentences with the word glimpse in them

Just a hundred years ago a European rushed in behind the bearers and fed his brutal curiosity with a glimpse of the forbidden mysteries of the place. [5]
He said he would get a glimpse of that document or know the reason why. [5]
The glimpse was worth something, as a remembrancer, but that was all. [5]
Cynthia repeated the word, and remembered the glimpse she had had of him in the dining room with Miss Janet Duncan. [9]
Had he been wise in deciding before he had taught a glimpse of the accomplished Douglas, whose name end fame filled the land? [9]
Peter Erwin, of whom we caught a glimpse doing an errand for Uncle Tom in the bank. [9]
Straitened as we were for time, it was impossible to return home without a glimpse, at least, of Paris. [6]
On Saturday I went to hear and see Rachel; a wonderful sight--terrible as if the earth had cracked deep at your feet, and revealed a glimpse of hell. [14]
They worked their way through the billiard-room, where a crowd had gathered in the hope of getting a glimpse of the Extraordinary Man. [5]
We pursued our way slowly, from time to time catching a glimpse of a dwelling almost hid in the distant foliage, until at length we came to a place a little more pretentious than those which we had seen. [9]
Of course, I was very anxious to get a glimpse of the President, and so we went down to the wharf, where we heard that he had gone off for a horseback ride. [9]
That dying pillow was softened by the sweetest domestic affection; and as he lay down to the sleep which the Lord giveth his beloved, his face was as the face of an angel, and his smile seemed to give a glimpse of the opening heavens. [6]
One of these was open now--both had been closed that other evening against the storm of sleet--and she caught a glimpse of him standing on the floor of chips and bark--tan-bark no more. [9]
Besides the military was a sober deputation of citizens, and hovering behind the whole a horde of curious, blanketed braves, come to get a first glimpse of the great white captain. [9]
My previous visit was a hurried one,--I took but a glimpse, and then went on my way. [6]
Oldring appeared, and Venters had one glimpse of his great breadth and bulk, his gold-buckled belt with hanging guns, his high-top boots with gold spurs. [13]
Far from pressing upon me the thoughts which moved him so deeply, it was long ere he permitted the first glimpse into his soul. [10]
Now if one turns and looks up the gorge once more, he will see the Schloss Hotel on the right perched on a precipice overlooking the Neckar--a precipice which is so sumptuously cushioned and draped with foliage that no glimpse of the rock appears. [5]
When De Soto took his fleeting glimpse of the river, away back in the dim early days, he took it from that same spot--the site of the future town of Napoleon, Arkansas. [5]
They inwardly resolved to watch him nights, when opportunity should offer, in the hope of getting a glimpse of his dread master. [5]
If she wants to take the veil later, who can prevent it, but the abbess herself advises that she should have at least a glimpse of the world before leaving it. [10]
I didn't get to see the President or the Chief Magistrate either, though I had sort of a glimpse of a lady at a window who resembled her portraits. [5]
In the letter to Howells which follows we get another glimpse of Mark Twain's philosophy of man, the irresponsible machine. [5]
Appeal was made to him; he gave assent, and came forth arrayed for battle; but no sooner did the Frenchman glimpse his huge frame and hear his famous name but he fled away, and the French king's cause was lost. [5]
It is important to catch this brief glimpse of the man for whom this masterpiece was written, for without it one can not fully understand the spirit in which 1601 was written, or the keen enjoyment which Mark and "Joe" derived from it. [5]
They took railroad to Alton and the steamboat from there to St. Louis, for the change and to have a glimpse of the river. [5]
Now and then through the parted clouds we got a glimpse of a mountain-side, or the gleam of a valley. [4]
The house was thrilled as with an electric shock, and the people half rose as if to seek a glimpse of the person who had made that exchange. [5]
And then, as though some supernaturally penetrating ray had pierced a square hole in the lower walls, a glimpse of the interior was revealed to her, of the living room at the north end of the house. [9]
A bereavement of this kind gives one a glimpse of the feeling those must have, who have seen all drop round them--friend after friend, and are left to end their pilgrimage alone. [14]
They are so thick on the map that one would hardly expect to find room between them for a canoe; yet we seldom glimpse one. [5]
And the note they strike is presently sustained by a glimpse, on a siding, of an efficient-looking Baldwin, ranged alongside several of the tiny French locomotives of yesterday; sustained, too, by an acquaintance with the young colonel in command of the town. [9]
And by chance they caught a glimpse of Mr. Burgess as he turned a corner. [5]
This confession, with the sudden glimpse it gave him of the fires within her that would not die down, but burned now more fiercely than ever, sent the blood to his head. [9]
In the afternoon the returning prodigal made constant deflections from his course to see if by ascending some hillock he might not pierce the distance and catch a glimpse of his home. [5]
Bob went up the path, and caught a glimpse of her through the entry standing in the sitting room. [9]
I had caught the one glimpse of our first lieutenant in converse with their captain and another officer, when a naked seaman came charging at me. [9]
It was in the midst of this wild mob that Noel and I had our first glimpse of La Hire. [5]
After one passes the last of these he has a backward glimpse at the falls which is very pleasing--they rise in a seven-stepped stairway of foamy and glittering cascades, and make a picture which is as charming as it is unusual. [5]
I flew down the companion-way, looked about for him, could not find him, then returned to the deck just in time to catch a glimpse of him as he re-entered that confounded nest of rascality. [5]
He was thinking that, great as the day had been, with all he had done and seen, it lacked a glimpse of the face he had not seen for a whole month. [11]
We should be thankful for one glimpse of him in this interesting town. [4]
It is a strangely impressive glimpse of a living past, like the _graffiti_ of Pompeii. [6]
And as for Stephen, he often went to his office through Locust Street, which was out of his way, in the hope that he might catch a glimpse of Virginia. [9]
My last glimpse showed it for one instant, far down the descent, springing high in the air out of a cloud of dust, and then it disappeared. [5]
Eyes are straining, scouts are watching at the back of the hall and in the street, for the first glimpse of the dreaded figure of Mr. Thomas Gaylord. [9]
But as he sat in the train he said to himself that in this visit to the hamlet of Coniston he had had the strangest glimpse of all. [9]
But the Annapolis sailed away down the bay, and never another glimpse we caught of my lady. [9]
All about us rose gigantic masses, crags, and ramparts of bare and dreary rock, with not a vestige or semblance of plant or tree or flower anywhere, or glimpse of any creature that had life. [5]
I had almost reached it--when I caught a glimpse of Symonds and of some others approaching,--and I went on, to turn again. [9]
While he was quieting a considerable group of his brigands in his soothing way, near headquarters, we stepped on ahead and got a glimpse of Joan's military family, the great chiefs of the army, for they had all arrived now. [5]
Here was a quaint stone horse-mill, a stable, or a barn set uncouthly on the street; a baker's shop, with a glimpse of the white-capped baker through the shaded doorway, and an appetizing smell of hot bread in the air. [9]
Sometimes, when the place is left entirely to myself, and the servants who are putting it to rights and, as it were, shifting the scenes, I get a glimpse of the reality of all the pomp and parade of the services. [4]
We saw the place as we swept by--that is, we had a glimpse of what we were told was the entrance to Port Arthur. [5]
Let us, therefore, photograph a passing glimpse of book and author, and trust the rest to the reader. [5]
As they rode past, a few of the troopers had a glimpse of the figure dimly outlined at the window. [11]
Whenever Nonna looked over the duchess' shoulder to get a glimpse of George, he was always seen there so long as the sun was in the heavens. [10]
Mr. Chamberlin, none other than he of whom we caught a glimpse some years ago in a castle near Silverdale, owned the wall and the grounds and the palace it enclosed. [9]
As the door opened, and Nahoum disappeared leisurely and composedly, David caught a glimpse of a guard of armed Nubians in leopard-skins filed against the white wall of the other room. [11]
Again, at an open wicket, we caught a glimpse through a cool archway into a flowering court-yard. [9]
I had just one little glimpse of the old gentleman when he come in; then the bed hid him. [5]
At the bottom of the lane was a glimpse of blue water. [9]
All the corridors of the hotel were crowded with people waiting to get a glimpse of General Grant when he should pass to the place whence he was to review the great procession. [5]
Suddenly a flash of sympathy revealed to her a glimpse of the truth that Lise, too, after her own nature, sought beauty and freedom! [9]
In the picture of me in the study you glimpse (through the left-hand window) the little rock bluff that rises behind the pond, and the bases of the little trees on top of it. [5]
My first glimpse of him was in a sort of public room in the town of Lahaina. [5]
Not a glimpse of her did I get that day, though my eyes wandered little from the knob of the door. [9]
Sometimes the glimpse of a fair face or the tone of a sweet voice stirred within me all the instincts that make the morning of life beautiful to adolescence. [6]
The passengers do not turn out at unseasonable hours, as they used to, to get the earliest possible glimpse of strange foreign cities. [5]
Consciously she did not doubt Henderson's integrity or his honor, but she was perplexed about the world of which she had recently had a glimpse, and it was impossible to separate him from it. [4]
All that miserable night those ancient verses went floating back and forth through my brain: And when, in exile wand'ring, we Shall fainting yearn for glimpse of thee, Oh, rise upon our sight! [5]
Our stay in New Zealand has been too brief; still, we are not unthankful for the glimpse which we have had of it. [5]
I must content myself with this glimpse at myself and a few of my fellow-students in Boston. [6]
It will be more to my present humor to call back a little glimpse of the simple and colorless good times we used to have in our village homes in those peaceful days--especially in the winter. [5]
In those days miners would flock in crowds to catch a glimpse of that rare and blessed spectacle, a woman! [5]
Just then the man glanced quickly up and quickly dropped his face again, not being able to endure the awful port of sovereignty; but the one full glimpse of the face which Tom got was sufficient. [5]
It seemed a long time since she had left the hills, and this glimpse of cities had given her many things to think and dream about. [9]
I had one little glimpse of another thing, one day, which gave me a great uplift. [5]
The steamer was literally loaded with human beings, officers and men returning from a brief glimpse of home. [9]
So he could leave her without anxiety; but she, even in the hour of parting, was too proud to offer him a glimpse of her desolate life, whose fairest ornaments were memories. [10]
I took only just a glimpse, and was fading out again, but Tom says: "He ain't alive, you fools; it's the Sphinx! [5]
And they kept it up while she was gaining her ambush and getting her glimpse over the declivity; and also while I was creeping to her side on my knees. [5]
When I saw it this morning I thought of you, and despaired of a glimpse of you to-day. [9]
Think you it is that she may get a glimpse of m'sieu' the dormouse as he comes to trial? [11]
This landing, however, is called Point du Chene, and the village of Shediac is two or three miles distant from it; we had a pleasant glimpse of it from the car windows, and saw nothing in its situation to hinder its growth. [4]
Her feet moved involuntarily while her gaze rested on the litter, and she caught a glimpse sometimes of a golden curl, sometimes of a little hand, sometimes of the whole marvellously beautiful fair head. [10]
I was ill in bed eleven days in Chicago and got no glimpse of the Fair, for I was obliged to return East as soon as I was able to travel. [5]
We housed ourselves in an inn, and soon the town came flocking to get a glimpse of the Maid. [5]
In vain did I seek for a glimpse of Suzanne's red ribbons, and I grew less and less attentive to the miller's reminiscences and arraignments of the nobility. [9]
Laws bless me, I just took one glimpse, General, and lit out'n the county in three jumps exactly. [5]
My friend, as I am an honest man, the street out here is full of people, and others are roosting on the fences, waiting to get a glimpse of you, because they think you are crazy. [5]
Three or four hours out from Damascus we passed the spot where Saul was so abruptly converted, and from this place we looked back over the scorching desert, and had our last glimpse of beautiful Damascus, decked in its robes of shining green. [5]
And her eyes, Honora remarked, were peculiarly bright: glittering, perhaps, would better express the impression they gave; as though one got a glimpse through them of an inward consuming fire. [9]
As they passed, Honora had a glimpse of a blue driveway under the arch of the forest. [9]
This rider's crude hint of her spirit gave her a glimpse of what others might think. [13]
Another glimpse of him is that given us by Mr. Ireland from the "Boyhood Memories" of Rufus Dawes. [6]
You will be here fifty thousand years--maybe more--before you get a glimpse of all the patriarchs and prophets. [5]
The beating of her heart became a pain when in the distance through the spreading branches she caught a glimpse of the long, low outline of the house, a vision at once familiar and unreal. [9]
If I remember her at all it is as a vision, more like a glimpse of a pre-natal existence than as a part of my earthly life. [6]
What a very heaven the messy towers and ramparts of vast Mars Saba looked to us when we caught a first glimpse of them! [5]

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