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- At first Philip was impatient to see the result of every blast, and was always back and peering among the smoke the moment after the explosion. [5]
- Presently, however, I was aroused by voices at the foot of the rock, and peering over the edge I discovered a kind of sewing-circle gathered there. [9]
- It's too risky to attack them by oneself, and if we put it off till another day one of the big guerrilla detachments will snatch the prey from under our noses," thought Denisov, continually peering forward, hoping to see a messenger from Dolokhov. [2]
- We grew very tired of seeing wooden quails and chickens picking and strutting around clock-faces, and still more tired of seeing wooden images of the alleged chamois skipping about wooden rocks, or lying upon them in family groups, or peering alertly up from behind them. [5]
- The path led through a dense thicket which became a casino hedge, and suddenly I found myself peering over his shoulder into a little garden bewildering in color. [9]
- As they approached the watchhouse Denisov stopped, peering into the forest. [2]
- I crawled about the ground, seizing and examining bits of stone, blowing the dust from them or rubbing them on my clothes, and then peering at them with anxious hope. [5]
- Here Lassiter rested the burros for a little while, but he was restless, uneasy, silent, always listening, peering under the trees. [13]
- Once a dove swept down upon the window-sill, and, peering in, filled one of the pauses in the recital with its deep contralto note, and then fled like a small blue cloud into the wide and--as it seemed--everlasting peace beyond the doorway. [11]
- The pelicans and storks remained motionless, their long bills hidden beneath their wings, but the cranes were startled by the mere beat of an oar, stretching their necks, and peering anxiously into the distance, if they heard but the song of the boatmen. [10]
- The old lady stood petrified with astonishment, peering over her glasses; Tom lay on the floor expiring with laughter. [5]
- Cassy'll be here soon," she added, peering out of the window, "and if I was you, I'd try and not make her sorry she ever married a Baragar. [11]
- Look, Isabella; this sleeve is hanging by two strings, and the elbow is peering out of the window. [10]
- He reached the platform, bowed irresolutely to the chairman, and then stood awkwardly with one knee bent, peering at his audience over his glasses. [9]
- It was like peering up through the clean-picked ribs and bones of some colossal skeleton. [5]
- Both fell silent, peering out through the darkness at the sound of Dolokhov's and Petya's steps as they advanced to the fire leading their horses. [2]
- I saw him peering in, I saw him backing away again like a man in mortal fear. [9]
- They stood peering over the barricade into the covered way, proud of the self-possession of their young countrywoman. [9]
- So he lay now on his bed, supporting his large, heavy, scarred head on his plump hand, with his one eye open, meditating and peering into the darkness. [2]
- I lay a long time, peering into the darkness, and listening.--Then I heard a grating noise overhead, like the dragging of a heavy body across the floor; then the throwing down of the body, and the shaking of my windows in response to the concussion. [5]
- We bound the logs together with grapevines, and as we worked my imagination painted for me many a red face peering from the bushes on the farther shore. [9]
- A few days later the young diver descended, with his armor on, and entered the berth-saloon of the boat, and stood at the foot of the companionway, with his hand on the rail, peering through the dim water. [5]
- All was darkness in the hall without, save for a spluttering candle which Bamboir held over his head, as he and his fellow, deadly pale, stood peering forward. [11]
- I kept my hold of him, and employed the time until he should be more composed peering into the darkness. [9]
- At that instant he saw a hood lying on the ground, and as the Cure held up the lantern, peering at the little cross, he hastily picked it up and thrust it inside his coat. [11]
- The stream of guests had been arrested until the hall was packed, and the curious were peering over the rail above. [9]
- He stood there, grand and fine, peering down at Smythe, and wondering in silence at the situation. [5]
- Here in this garden, Heliotrope, hyacinth, soft suns to light me, Leaning out, peering, thou, thou art my warden- Thou, Aphrodite! [11]
- She leaned slightly forward, as if she were peering into that by-gone world which, maybe, is wider than the future for all of us--the past. [11]
- The rustler bent forward, as if keenly peering ahead. [13]
- Whose the dark face peering scornfully over her shoulder? [11]
- Even as she did it, a wretched dwarf sprang into the circle without a word, and, snatching the cup out of the flames, jumped back again into the darkness, peering into it with a hollow laugh. [11]
- The driver had descended from the box and was peering into the darkness of the vehicle when he heard them, and turned. [9]
- Before the Vicomtesse could prevent her she sprang from her chair, ran to the door, and was peering out into the darkness. [9]
- He stood peering at me as I lay under the mosquito bar. [9]
- The people pressed around, peering at our party on the Maria, and I heard McCann exhorting them to make way. [9]
- They stood for a moment in the drawing-room door, peering, and then they entered. [9]
- It was but a conditioned prophecy, yet we cannot doubt what was in Milton's mind when he sang, in one of the divinest of his strains, that "Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. [6]
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