10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WALK ON AIR»
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walk on air in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Boy Who Would
Walk on Air
Can you make yourself walk on air like me? It wouldn't be much fun all on my
own.” “I hope so, but you'll have to close your eyes again.” Tommo did as he was
told, but listened really hard. He could hear the rustling of activity and imagined
he ...
You must have learned to concentrate on earth. You have more will-power than
any other ghost I have met — unless it is the Theosophist or the Occultist, and I
am not sure whether they are ghosts or not! You walk on air far more readily than
I ...
3
Metaphysical Magazine: A Monthly Review of the Occult ...
You must have learned to concentrate on earth. You have more will-power than
any other ghost I have met — unless it is the Theosophist or the Occultist, and I
am not sure whether they are ghosts or not! You walk on air far more readily than
I ...
But you needn't think because you earth people cannot walk on air we Olympians
are equally incapacitated. You can walk there in two ways. One of these is to
fasten a pair of ankle-wings on your legs; the other is to purchase a pair of ...
John Kendrick Bangs, 1st World Library, 2006
5
The Poetry of Derek Mahon
He says, 'The lightbowl flickers and the lifts are slow | but I bounce on sneakers
up a winding stair: | even at sixty I can still walk on air.' If this offers a buoyantly
self-mocking self-portrait in syncopated couplets, it also mischievously pitches ...
6
The Physics of Superheroes
Assuming for the moment that she can indeed walk on air—that is, that somehow
the air provides enough resistance to the backward force of her feet that it
supplies a forward thrust, propelling her forward—the question still arises as to
how ...
I don't have the energy to be frightened. I lie in the snow, watching her with
lethargy, and with a sluggish curiosity. I would like to be able to walk on air like
that. Now she's quite close. I can see the white glimmer of her face, the dark scarf
or ...
Her muscles shuddered and cramped, shivered and seized. Her toes ached, then
grew numb, turned to small, clumsy blocks of furry ice. She turned the second
comer by act of will alone. Sam. If I have to walk on air, then I will. Rounding it,
she ...
9
Heatwave and Crazy Birds (Hebrew Literature Series)
In the air I don't have to jump from anywhere or walk on air, I explained, over and
over, patiently, what should have been obvious. But the whole plane is
suspended in the air! protested Jean-Jacques. It isn't suspended in the air—it's
flying!
Gabriela Avigur-Rotem, 2011
10
The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861
... timidly watching my motions as if they were the antics of a ropedancer or
mountebank pretending to walk on air; or here and there one creeping out upon
an overhanging but cracking bough, unwilling to drop to the adamantine floor
beneath, ...
Henry David Thoreau, Damion Searls, 2011
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WALK ON AIR»
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As a tribute to Monty Python's Silly Walk sketch, Czechs 'walk on air'
Fans of the British comedy group 'Monty Python' perform their skills during the International Silly Walk Day in Brno, Czech Republic on January 7, 2015. «Malay Mail Online, Jan 15»
Government to announce stricter smog standards: report
In response to the new proposal, Becker said Tuesday night that Obama “has walked the walk on air.” Under the initial proposal, the number of counties in ... «New York Daily News, Nov 14»
Minus the Bear Embrace Gaming in 'Walk on Air' - Song Premiere
"'Walk on Air' fits the superhero vibe oddly well," singer-guitarist Jake Snider tells Rolling Stone. "It's about how one partner in a relationship can make the other ... «RollingStone.com, Apr 13»
