In his mind he beheld the much more secure retreat afforded by the abode of his family while the road was still open.
But in the appointment of his protege, even to the lesser position of honor, he beheld a dagger by which to stab his rival's favor with the Rani, a fatal blow.
Hell's fiends," he shouted, as his astonished gaze beheld an old and wrinkled countenance.
In the centre, fighting for his life with no hope of escape, she beheld the form of the officer who had succeeded in effecting her deliverance from Jhansi.
Meanwhile the Rani, flushed with victory, was still driving her opposing force before her, when glancing backward she beheld with a sinking heart the Native army in full retreat.
At nightfall a trooper caught up with her party to deliver the welcome intelligence that the rearguard had beheld the Foreign cavalry relinquish the pursuit.
As they looked from the dais they beheld the great hall filled to its utmost capacity with eager upturned faces.
In his mind he beheld the woman of his passionate desire, practically alone and unprotected.
Their plaudits were redoubled as they beheld her come forth attended by the other leaders of the cause.
She had beheld in him what she believed to be her ideal of a chivalrous noble.
To the North, East, and South; in whichever direction their gaze turned, they beheld the victorious Foreign armies closing in upon them with relentless force.
Presently from the eastern gate she beheld Ahmad sweep forth at the head of a body of Valaiti troopers with the object of, in turn, cutting off the Foreign cavalry.
On running out I beheld a flock, thirty or forty yards in width, sweeping along very low, between the house and the mountain or height that formed the second bank of the river.
The Countess turned, and in the dazzling light of that fire shebeheld her friend leaning with a haggard face on the edge of the bed.
But no reasoning could efface that impression of uneasiness and discontent which had seized him when he had beheld Farandal talking and smiling like an accepted suitor, caressing with his glances the fair face of the young girl.
Everything here was so new and interesting to Mercy that surprise kept her silent; until, happening to glance through the window, she beheld a rough-looking man approaching on horseback.
Our fun was however turned into mortification when we beheld them cutting our ball ammunition into slugs to fit the bore of their gingalls, and sending it back to us from the heights in as wholesale quantities as they had taken it.
Some alarm was at first experienced for their safety, but it gave way to a roar of laughter when we beheld them again emerging from the water.
At first he was merely the loving man, and beheld only Butheita's countenance; but the hero in him soon gained the upper hand.
The man you beheld as a prince and hero, has again transformed himself, and this time into a miserable merchant.
The boy's eyes sparkled with pleasure as he beheld this costly array.
What did you do, mother, when you beheldmy father's body?
The heart of the finance minister throbbed with dismay when he beheld their daring, resolute faces.
Day and night he beheld before him Ali's terrible bloody shade; in horrible dreams he saw the countenance of his murdered master, and at last, amid fearful torments, he slew himself.
In the sash that encircled his waist glittered a pair of pistols and the jewelled hilt of a dagger, and whoeverbeheld Osman Bey said to himself:" This is a man!
He dreamed of the glories of the world, and his fancybeheld boats and ships, palaces and minarets.
In my dream I was distinctly conscious that it was my son I beheldbefore me.
Can you remember any moment in Vanity Fair when you beheld Becky as again and again you behold Beatrix, catching the very slant of the light on her face?
Since my coming hither I have met with none but pure hearts, and have beheld only the mild pictures of a pure and peaceable existence.
After she had succeeded in suppressing the Jesuits, she fancied she beheld in each monk of the order as assassin and a poisoner.
At the word host, Margarita raised her eyes, and beheld a stranger who Accompanied her master.
The scene is especially striking when beheld for the first time from the sea at sunrise on a fine morning.
From the opposite shore they beheld the mountains enveloped in the flames and smoke of the funeral pile.
Thus if, beheld from some points of view, the Samoan islands appear an earthly paradise, from others they present the aspect, and emit the sounds, of an inferno.
It was no doubt with similar cloth that the white pyramids or obelisks were covered which Captain Cook beheld in the distance from the deck of his ship.
They were still standing just inside the door watching the sophomore team receiving congratulations, when they beheld a familiar figure in a black gymnasium suit pause squarely in front of Ellen Seymour.
An audible sigh of disapproval came from the freshman contingent as they beheld the ball pass into the hands of the sophomores, who scored shortly afterward.
And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down, and that he brought and laid before our eyes, and we beheld and saw, the plates and the engravings thereon.
And we know it is by the grace of God and our Lord Jesus Christ that we beheld and bare record that these things are true, and it is marvelous in oar eyes.
Then came the memory of Mascola's insolent look of triumph when he had first beheld Richard Gregory's son on the wharf at Legonia.
Raising his eyes from the ground, he beheld the one man of all the villagers who had remained unmoved, unsoftened by the spectacle.
Him flaming I beheld When first he flashed from out his central fire-- A mightier orb beyond thine utmost ken.
Star on star, System on system, myriad worlds on worlds, Beyond the utmost reach of mortal ken, Beyond the utmost flight of mortal dream, Yet have mine eyes beheld the birth of all.
High at midnight I beheld her-- Like a flying starbeheld her-- To the waves of Gitchee Gumee Downward flashing through the ether.
Lingering and clasped within her loving arms I, through her dewy, deep, blue eyes, beheld Her inmost soul, and knew that love was there.
The moon waxed and waned, but the star of her hope never waned to the setting; Through her tears she beheld it afar, like a torch on the eastern horizon.
As her sad sisters watched on the shore for her spirit to rise from the waters, They heard the swift dip of an oar, and a boat they beheld like a shadow, Gliding down through the night in the gray, gloaming mists on the face of the waters.
Then, clinging to each other, we beheld the house change suddenly into a heap of formless rubbish behind the back of a man, who staggered towards us bearing the form of a woman clasped in his arms.
You have beheld the guardian angel of the old man--and her to whom you owe all that is seemly and comfortable in my hospitality.
The women, whose tents had been pitched on the summit of a lofty rock, beheld the terrible carnage which destroyed their defenders.
His head still preserved so terrible and imposing an aspect that those present beheld it with a sort of stupor.
She burst into tears when she beheld Ali's secretaries, treasurers, and steward loaded with irons.
Almost on the same day, Ali from the height of his keep beheld the standard of the Cross waving in the distance.
The moment the fatherbeheld the pallid features of his long-absent son, he raised his hands in the agony of his feelings, and fell fainting at his feet.
The father and mother looked upon the children who surrounded their fireside, and beheld them all virtuous in their conduct, and affectionate towards one another.
And who could imagine how deep the agony which filled the bosom of that mother as she heard the wind, and beheld the darkness in which her child was wandering!
The moment he beheld me, he took hold of my apron, and tried to draw me out of the house.
John followed, calling on Marion, and at length, holding up his lantern, he beheld Marion indeed, but she appeared to him to be quite dead.
When he had so spoken, I beheld the Angel, who stretched out his arms embracing the flame of fire, and he was consumed, and arose as Elijah.
I have beheld him since perform the astounding operation, a sight Dis hominibusque; but not in the Rue des Saladiers.
I looked awe-stricken at him and beheld nothing but an ancient Prix de Rome.
You beheld me to-night in the process of trying--an unedifying sight for Madame la Comtesse de Verneuil.
The sight of the trees so near at hand had almost made me sick with longing; but the current had soon carried me past the point; and, as the next reach of sea opened out, I beheld a sight that changed the nature of my thoughts.
To the incredulous mariners it seemed the same silent spout they had so long ago beheld in the moonlit Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Bending his head towards the sound, Griffith beheld his friend, looking anxiously up the main hatch, with a face grimed with smoke, his coat off, and his shirt bespattered with human blood.
Right in front of me, not half a mile away, I beheld the Hispaniola under sail.
Arriving upon the abrupt edge of this elevated region, he beheld a vast expanse of forest stretching towards the sea, and presenting the semblance of cultivated fields.
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