But she clutched one of the poles of the chair, which leant against the wall in the corner, and pounded the floor furiously with one end of it, being afraid to pass the open door the child had pointed to.
Against my convictions, I might say my knowledge, I was simply bullying myself into a false courage.
In Thames Street, my lord, over against the sign of the 'Three Kings.
In the inscription placed against the pillar, dedicated to the memory of Queen Mary, Lady Barbara is said to be a daughter of Lord John Mowbray--Barbara Moubray, D.
Can any of your correspondents compare the seals on those dispensations with the above, or throw any light on the practice of dispensing with the ecclesiastical law against consanguineous marriages?
As the subject has been opened, and as I know of none more interesting in the whole range of English history, I cannot refrain from at least entering one protest against C.
I was afraid you might be away on some of your extraordinary campaigns against the supernatural.
I started back, and stumbling against one of the loose boulders reeled against the wall and nearly fell.
At last I managed to shut it, but the moment I let go it swung back open of its own accord and struck against the wall, where it remained just as before.
Before God, Mr. Bell, I believe the poor fellow is innocent, but the evidence against him is very strong.
Well, at any rate," I said, "this fresh death will upset the evidenceagainst Wynne.
Both men were madly in love with her, and she played them off one against the other.
Now the nephew is engaged to this girl, and is naturally anxious about her; but, say what he will, nothing will induce her to turn against her uncle, to whom she is deeply attached.
Taking the mass, I pressed it against the door just opposite the hasp, and slid it upagainst the wood.
We might be buried alive, but I was not going to die by his hand, and seizing him by the throat I pinned him against the wall.
Against the tapestry at the further corner of the room, in the dark shadow, stood a figure.
I now experienced a very odd sensation; I certainly felt as if I were resisting an unseen person who was pressing hard against the door at the other side.
The case looks very bad against Wynne, and yesterday the magistrate committed him for trial at the coming assizes.
I was about to hurry forward, when I must have knocked against something.
This may be censurable in us, and doubtless it is; but, still, the charge lies more against our heads than our hearts.
O'Neill hoped to intercept some one of the two hostile forces that were, as he was perfectly convinced, moving against him from opposite points of the compass.
For seven hundred years she has been crying out against the colony of foreign bayonets that have kept her in bondage and reduced her to beggary.
Throughout every single hour of seven hundred long years, Ireland has been secretly plotting or openly fighting against England.
From first to last, his troops observed with singular fidelity, his order that the lives and property of the Canadians not found in arms against him, should be held as most sacred.
Her story done, and to the attorney's complete satisfaction, Searle then put the final formal questions: "This property was taken against your will and without your consent?
From without came the sound of waves slapping idly against her sides, and then she shivered while the screws were reversed and churned desperately.
The doctor was prominent in the work of one of the Encina churches, and had been particularly sympathetic with Hampstead in campaignsagainst petty crime.
With this feeling of strength, which was spiritual as well as physical, came the desire to test it against something big, bigger than he had ever faced before.
The defendant himself has said that the case against him is without a flaw.
The hope that the fall, even of one so humble and unimportant as I, may be some slight protest against this spirit of weakness, takes out the sting and gives me a delirious kind of joy.
I have stood up for the Lord against the disturber," announced Brother Burbeck over his shoulder, while he dealt a vicious blow, as if the head of the nail were instead the head of the malefactor.
You have taken advantage of it to get your eyes on the perjury case I have against your bosom friend, Jack Roche.
Take his own line, now, for instance, and borax shipments from the Mojave Desert as against the Union Pacific with borax shipments from Death Valley.
If that is so, it is not a reason, my brethren, for hasty action against any man.
This formality, he said, was necessary to properly recognize their flag of truce, and to guard against a possible fake or bit of treachery.
Coaxing and persuasion proved utter failures, for the bovines seemed to have the same prejudices against our blue uniforms their owners had, and it would not do to fire a gun.
That he was standing on the porch of the Chancellorsville House, leaning against one of its supports, when a shell struck it, rendering him unconscious.
That there was more than the "fates" against him was felt by many, and whether under existing conditions "Fighting Joe" or any one else was likely to achieve any better success was a serious question.
We were actually under fire in this battle, that is, from the time the assault began until we were swept back, probably not more than thirty minutes as against four and one-half hours at Antietam.
The secret of successful jumping is to give the horse his head as he rises, feel your knees against his sides firmly, rising with him as he rises and be again in your seat before his feet reach the ground.
The line was lying prone upon the ground in that open field and trying to maintain a fire against the rebel infantry not more than one hundred and fifty yards in our front behind that stone wall.
Ran up against man, who grabbed me by the collar, and demanded 'what are you doing here?
Its purpose is to watch the enemy, and guard against being surprised by an attack.
To guard against attacks of the enemy would require it to remain perpetually under arms.
In front of us loomed up almost against the sky the long ridge called the South Mountain.
It is thus seen that in case of an attack the picket force finds itself maintaining a fight possibly against the whole opposing army, or whatever the attacking force may be.
Lacy retreated by the other or left bank of the River, to guard against attempts from that side.
Freidrich's plan of Campaign is settled long since: Recapture Schweidnitz; clear Silesia of the enemy; Silesia and all our own Dominions clear, we can then stand fencible against the Austrian perseverances.
They were the one resource Friedrich had left, against such overwhelming superiority in numbers; and they came out like surprises in a theatre,--unpleasantly surprising to Daun.
That is the firm notion at Vienna among men of understanding: ever-active Loudon the favorite there, against a Cunctator who has been too cunctatory many times.
The cabin was steeped in light; the lamps were large for the interior, and burned brilliantly, and their luster was duplicated and reduplicated by the mirrors which hung against the side.
The two Spaniards put their shoulders against the door, and it flew open; then I recollect a few moments of struggling and shrieking, and nothing more.
The land showed dim against the dawn; and the distance we had made good during the hour of darkness had carried us, as I had foreseen, far out of eye-shot of any point of the range of cliffs.
The froth of the streaming ripples broke bare and ghastly, and the run of the waters against the boat's sides filled the atmosphere with notes as of drowning sobbing.
The sea, that ran in folds of leaden hue, was merely wrinkled and crisped by the wind, and I had no difficulty in making head against the streaming foam-lined ripples and in laying the little boat alongside the American.
I leaned against the rail to think, but my reverie was almost immediately broken in upon by Captain Dopping.
She wore very handsome jewelry: diamond earrings, a rope of pearls with a cross of diamonds that sparkled against the dark yellow of the tresses which had fallen.
The sun was astern of us, and his light streamed full upon the coast, which glowed red as copper in that atmosphere upon the dark blue of the water brimming to its base and against the violet of the eastern sky.
Had we been working up against it we should have found it a strong wind; as it was, the schooner was swirling before it with every cloth set, saving the little sail I have mentioned.
The rim of the cliff turned blackagainst the dim crimson light.
However, to provide against all risk, I arranged that the seamen should keep a look-out in the cabin as heretofore.
The block swung back a little and returning, hit againstthe cubs.
He looked out and saw that Stepan had leaned his spade against the wall and was resting and trying to warm himself.
It rubbed itself against Jilin’s legs and wagged its tail.
As soon as he was faced by the opposing army, King Simon ordered his soldiers to rain bulletsagainst it and shoot fire from their cannons, in this way wiping out half the hostile troops.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
The old Devil fell to the bottom of the stairs and thumped his head against the ground.
His despair was so great that he even began to complain against God.
Why, this is the very traitorous position of taking up arms by my authority, against my person!
Leave your father-in-law and me to maintain our ground against young people!
Counterfeit a rage against me, and I'll make my escape through the private passage from her chamber, which I'll take care to leave open.
Fabius might joy in Scipio, when he saw A beardless consul made against the law, And join his suffrage to the votes of Rome; Though he with Hannibal was overcome.
Beyond, the range of mountains rose dark and somber against the cloud-flecked sky, their tops softened by the light haze that told of coming autumn.
Tom went off then for more berries, and Hilary sat leaning back against the trunk of the big tree crowning the top of Meeting-House Hill, her eyes rather thoughtful.
Pauline had come back to Winton long enough to gather up her skirts a little more firmly when she saw Mr. Shaw struggling up the hill against the wind.
Pauline dropped down on the floor, her head against her mother's knee.
Hilary named it the "Surprise" at first sight, and Tom was sent for at once to paint the name in red letters to look well against the white background and to match the boat's red trimmings.
Upon the carpet then he rolled And brushedagainst the wall, And, horror!
In the name of democracy they speak, warning the people against the influence of wealth and the danger of aristocracy.
Size and shape are the only things against friend Obiter.
Just when I got in I tripped over some ribs of beef lying in the doorway, and before I had time to say I preferred my beef without any boot-blacking, I fell head-first against an immense sirloin on the parlour table.
First of all, the title of the piece is against it.
He paused in his whittling, brought forth a huge handkerchief, passed it across his forehead, was aware for a moment that he was working hard against the woman's unnatural calmness, and feeling the heat intensely.
If accidents happen and you're seen entering the Walman, what more natural than that you want to ask this woman the meaning of her vague threats against--against Sloanehurst?
Before she spoke again, she looked at him intently, drawing in her under lip a little against her teeth.
Jarvis was behind a screen near the door, now and then clinking glass against glass as he worked.
His customary dash, a pleasing levity of manner, was gone, giving place to a suggestion of strain, so that he seemed always on the alert against himself, determined to edit in advance his answer to every question.
He sees clearly, too clearly, the weight of suspicion against him.
Dusty papers and books were piled, too, on several chairs set against the bookcases, and on the floor in one corner was a pyramid of documents.
She put out her hand again, picked up the envelope and stood tapping it against her left palm.
Webster was swaying on his feet, falling a little away from the piano and reeling against it again, his elbows sliding back and forth on its top.
Mr. Sloane, this man's been working against me from the start.
She held the paper so that Sloane bent forward, and, against his will, was held to joint perusal while she read aloud.
Within the last hour she had done that many times, always to halt before the mantel and gaze at the oblong, grey envelope that leaned against the clock.
Wilton, his chest pressed so hard againstthe edge of the table that his breathing moved his body, turned his swollen face upon her at last, his eyes flaming under the thatch of his down-drawn brows.
She stood looking down at him, her whole body tense, arms held close against her sides, the knuckles of her fingers white as ivory.
She saw him stand at the doorway for a moment looking down along the grass road, his figure cut against the blaze of light outside, then the doorway was empty.
The moon in the cloudless sky outside cast a patch of silver on the floor, then it shewed a silver rim gradually increasing against the sky as it pushed its way through the night to peep in at Phyl.
Yes," said Phyl meditatively, "but how are you to use your will against what comes unexpectedly.
That gentleman after many debates with himself had arrived at the determination against will, against reason, against Love, and against nature to have nothing more to do with Phyl.
It was a desperate gamble; well she knew how the dice were loaded against her, but the game had to be played out to the very last moment.
The man has his good points as well as his bad and I don't want to push the thing against him.
The contrast between the forbidding and ponderous door and the charming little figure against which it had stood as a barrier might have struck him had his mind been less astonished.
I'm not saying anything against the boy, he's as good and better than any of the rest, but like the rest of them his character wants forming round something real.
When in this condition he shewed nothing of his feelings except towards the person against whom he was in wrath.
If the whole world were against you I would love you all the more.
She left her husband, and he got a divorce, but didn't charge anything wrong against her.
I believe she left her husband of her own accord, but I never knew that she made any complaint against him.
The atmosphere was in motion, and a white scud began to drive across the heavy, dark masses of clouds that lay far back against the sky in mountain-like repose.
Suddenly her husband had put on a new character and assumed a right of control against which her sensitive pride and native love of freedom arose in strong rebellion.
I never heard a breath of wrong charged againsthim as coming from her.
And let me warn you of the danger you incur of turning against you the spirit of such a man.
She was afraid of throwing herself against a rock which, while standing immovable, might bruise her tender limbs or extinguish life in the strong concussion.
But she could form no sentences against which pride did not come with strong objection; and so she suffered on, and made no sign.
Even while the old man was under her roof, Irene had a brief season of self-willed reaction against her husband, consequent on some unguarded word or act, which she felt to be a trespass on her freedom.
Real things, against which we often bruise or maim ourselves, while to others they are as intangible as shadows.
Full of vague plans of reforms and social reorganizations, and impatient of opposition, or even mild argument, against her favorite ideas.
She was going unattended by her husband, and against his warmly-spoken remonstrance, to pass an evening with people of whom she knew but little, and against whom he had strong prejudices.
Knowing her weakness, why should I not protect her againsteverything that wounds her sensitive nature?
When they returned, at the call of Margaret, they found Irene in bed, her white, unconscious face scarcely relieved against the snowy pillow on which her head was resting.
But don't let it break your heart; I'm all the same; nothing will ever turn me against you.
She had often been on the point of doing so, but an impression that Hartley would take up an unreasonable prejudice against her kept the name of this friend back from her lips.
We admit to her the title of "Mother of God," but protest against her being worshipped.
Of the nine rubrics at the close of the service, the second, third, and fourth are directed against the practice obtaining in the Roman Catholic Church of solitary masses.
Mill says that the objections against it are "for the most part weak and groundless.
A screen behind an altar, necessary in cathedrals, and some large churches, because the altar is notagainst the East wall.
The Privy Council, however, has, rightly or wrongly, pronounced against the legality of the revival of the vestments named in the Rubric.
The following reasons seem to afford ample proof that the baptism of infants has always been the practice of the Church, notwithstanding all the Baptists allege against it.
The term is now used of all who protest against Popery.
The great revolt in Europe in the 16th century against the Papacy.
An ecclesiastical censure, whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is for the time cast out of the communion of the church.
Emperor Marcianus, againstthe heresy of the Eutychians.
The word seems to be derived from the Italian credenzare, a buffet, or sideboard, at which meats were tasted in early times before being presented to the guests, as a precautionagainst poison.
He whirled himself loose and leaned his body against the wall, turning his face toward it.
He could not see the water, the fog was too dense, but he could hear some faint splashing against stones.
At the entrance to the court the thief was standing, leaning against the wall with fevered, unhopeful waiting in his eyes.
Though but few pedestrians were out, Dart found himself once or twice brushing against or coming into forcible contact with men feeling their way about like himself.
Among watches and forlorn pieces of old-fashioned jewelry and odds and ends, the pistol lay against the folds of a dirty gauze shawl.
He felt as he had done when Jinny Montaubyn's poor dress swept against him.
His thin lips drew themselves back against his teeth in a mirthless smile which was like a grin.
He quaked as she came near, her poor clothes brushing against him.
Those whom the pressure outside had crushed against the wall near the window in a passionate hurry, breathed on and rubbed the panes that they might lay their faces to them.
He always shuddered when he heard their names, and rebelled with sick fear against the mere mention of them.
The thief was still sitting on the hearth, but being full fed and comfortable for the first time in many a day, he had rested his head against the wall and fallen into profound sleep.
There’s no law against going into a repair shop, even at night.
Not the least afraid, without warning, she landed upon it with a head-on blow that sent it crashing against a wall.
What did she, Norma, have againstthat photographer.
They have discovered a light against the sky well out to sea.
If a boat was out there it would show against the dull gray of the night sky.
Only instead of palms there were huge pine trees standing out against the snow.
She was part of the spy ring, a very small part, and against her will.
But what pleased me most in this hotel, was a picture of General Moreau, which, unframed, stood against one of the walls.
He is the editor of a journal, and wrote against the Ordinances.
He took me through a door at the extreme end of the gallery, opening into a room on the floor, and against the wall of which were several unframed pictures.
I see that wretched man, writhing in mental agony, and against what, I fancy, he now believes inevitable doom!
One of our richest and oldest aldermen was going to be proceeded against for usury, and the principal witness against him was a gentleman who owed him considerable obligation.
At Boodle’s, on the Prince’s applying for the same privilege as at White’s, they voted three to oneagainst him.
I know well that it may be urged againstme what and how much I relinquish by this refusal--the elevated rank of a duchess, a splendid fortune, and all the accessoires of high rank.
Believe me then, and despond not, my dearest daughter, no aspiration to add to your rank or to increase your fortuneagainst your consent, shall ever again influence your mother or me.
The reader may possibly recollect that this song attached a large portion of unpopularity and ridicule to the cause of King James, against whom and the Duke of Tyrconnel this lampoon was written.
The Bertha returned after a three months' struggleagainst tempests and opposing winds.
Possibly they have come to our aid," I suggested, hopingagainst hope.
That settled the matter so far as the Josefa was concerned, for her crew, taken by surprise, could do nothing against our people, they simply retreated to their forecastle and were there promptly battened down.
I told you they'd fire us," said Josh to Stephen, as looking through a chink he saw the Indians piling wood and other combustible materials up against the walls of the house.
In a short time the firing in the direction of the spot where we knew Vogelsang's covering party was battling against terrible odds, began to slacken, then it suddenly ceased.
While this terrible scene was taking place we were not molested by the enemy; but, the other divisions destroyed, they now combined their forces against us.
For the line was tight, and as Lance began to haul, it was against a heavy persistent drag.
He had dismounted and was leaning againsthis horse, and Isabella was eagerly inquiring as to his injury.
I came here in hopes that, in spite of your prejudice against me, I might still succeed in winning your love.
Well, I find it as easy to write of kisses as to review a sentimental romance, but actually there is some instinct in me stronger than mind against the fact, do you understand?
This is the worst possible symptom in his case, for he will work himself into a frenzy, and before ever he eats or drinks he will get "called" to take some radical stand against us.
And if you come thus, I shall not have time to retire behind my instinctive defence against you.
My father is set with all his scriptures against the idea.
Also, I shall certainly defend him against your Nirvana doctrines if I suspect you of juggling with his soul.
For the first time in my life, I lost the sense of God, which is always a kind of mental protection against the terrors of infinity.
I have at least learned something; and while writing against the lack of faith in the present religion of humanity, I shall at least remember that my own calamity has come from one inured in the old dogma.
Only, now, I do not know whether I cherish them against you or against the God who made me simple and you double.
She calls the man selfish and is bitter against him at times, but her accusation is wrong.
General Greenfield, and immediately afterwards proceeded with an expedition against the French island of St. Lucia.
Forty pounds for good service in the action at Sedgemoor, in firing the great guns against the rebels.
The enemy occupied a fort near the river; but when the batteries opened their fire against it, the French commandant retreated with the greater part of the garrison, leaving an officer and 30 men to capitulate, who were made prisoners.
While the brigade lay at Wurtzburg, the King sent out so many detachments that he had only about ten thousand men at head-quarters, and an army of fifty thousand men, commanded by the Duke of Lorraine, advanced against him.
After quitting the precincts of Ingoldstadt, the brigade was detached against Landshut, a pretty little town with a castle, in Bavaria, which place surrendered on the 29th of April.
He was declaiming against some drugs he had purchased there on the previous day, and demanding that for the future they should be of better quality, otherwise he would be compelled to take his patronage elsewhere.
He shrunk from me as if he had been struck, and, leaning againstthe wall of the house behind him, trembled like an aspen leaf.
Remember 'tis death to bring a false accusation against a citizen of the Republic, and 'twill be worse when 'tis against the great Revecce.
You recognized that grey-haired man, who had appealed to the Council against you.
Then we sat ourselves down to wait and to watch, hoping almost against hope that this beautiful, happy young life might be spared to us.
From the latter's lips he learnt all that had transpired during his absence, and was informed of the villainous plot that had been prepared against him.
Doubtless the Don was an experienced duellist, while Glenbarth, though a very fair shot with a rifle or fowling-piece, would have no chance against him with the pistol or the sword.
Now," said Nikola, addressing him, "you have seen what is in store for you if you persist in pitting yourself against me.
Knowing Nikola so well, I had not the least desire or intention to be drawn into any of the plots or machinations he was so fond of working against other people.
I will not bore my readers with the abusive arguments against society, and social etiquette, with which he favoured me in reply to my speech.
To attempt to reason with the Duke in his present humour would be absurd, besides his honour was at stake, and, though I am totally against duels, that counts for something.
But this cannot go--it cannot go on," I repeated, in a last feeble protest against the horror of the thing.
In consideration of that I will forgive him all his sins against me.
