10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUMBROUSLY»
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1
Philippine Short Stories, 1925-1940
The dust stirred slumbrously. The bull stopped after a short distance, threw up his
head, and a glistening thread of saliva spun out into the dry air and vanished
abruptly. The driving rays of the sun were reflected in points of light on the wet, ...
2
The Poems of Browning: Volume Two: 1841-1846
171. slumbrously] slumberously (1863-88). 172. tall] the (1849-88). chords:
strings. 173-6.] Make murmur wheresoe'er they graze, As an angel may, between
the maze Of midnight palace-pillars, on And on, to sow God's plagues have gone
...
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, 2014
Then he lifted his headwith a glint of mocking comprehension in his keengaze. '
Pregnant,barefoot and in the bedroom, agapi mou,' he told her slumbrously. 'You'
re misquoting.' A slashing smile curved mouth.'Itwas Dio's a statement of intent.
4
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Let the reader recall the " Jacob's Dream," with the right foot raised slumbrously,
as if climbing the ladder of the skies ; and " The Boaz and Ruth." Benignity,
gentleness, stainless purity, flow from the mere memory ol them. Meek Ruth
stooping ...
5
The Saint of the Dragon's Dale
The stream purled slumbrously as Jerome emerged from the Dragon's Dale; from
the clearing he sent one glance westward and north to the Wartburg, where
Ulrich's blood-red banner still trailed to a redder sky, then with swift, strong strides
he ...
William Stearns Davis, 2004
6
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
... flowers closing slumbrously for the night. It was a wonderful thing to see them
open suddenly and find the full glory of the sleep-filled eyes on him for an instant,
and then to watch them slowly close again as she fought valiantly to conquer her
...
James Oliver Curwood, 2012
7
The Romance of History: France
... wont to move and glisten, was now tranquil and almost heavy, as if
slumbrously enjoying its own velvet richness. There was a lurking beam of
triumph, notwithstanding, which Frederic discovered in those beautiful eyes,
schooled to mildness ...
8
Delphi Complete Works of Ford Madox Ford (Illustrated)
Thewalls were covered with yellow satin, thewindows draped with lace wortha
king's ransom,the light was softened, the air dead, thesounds hung slumbrously.
And, in the centre ofit, that motionlessbody. It stirred, pivoted onsome central ...
9
Romantic Parodies, 1797-1831
A printer's boy, folding those pages, Fell slumbrously upon one side; Like those
famed seven who slept three ages. To wakeful frenzy's vigil rages, As opiates,
were the same applied. Even the Reviewers who were hired To do the work of
his ...
David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen, 1992
10
Mark Twain's Which was the Dream?
My eyelids began to droop slumbrously, and I was drifting pleasantly toward
unconsciousness, when I heard Jake's voice cry out — apparently in the next
room — "No indeed it ain't, honey — it's a jay-bird. Wait till I come. Don't make a
noise; ...
Mark Twain, John Sutton Tuckey, 1967
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