He sat at an open window, upstairs, where hecould look down at the sleepy street and at the front of the Acme Hotel, opposite.
When he saw us come in, he climbed up behind his desk so he could look down on us--they like to look down at you, you know.
The assistant grinned, and advised me to watch the man at the top, and then I saw that a giant of an Italian was standing on the hill above the top terrace, where he could look down at the rows of laborers.
He was no stranger at the throne of grace, and he could look back on many happy occasions in which he had reason to be quite sure God had answered him.
He could look calmly up to Him who had drawn nigh unto Him, and say, ‘O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
The boat rolled and pitched like a ship in a tornado, and as she flew along Jack and I, who faced backwards, could look up under the canopies of foam pouring over gigantic black boulders, first on one side, then on the other.
We succeeded in gaining a little cove on the left, and jumped out as soon as shallow enough, the Major immediately climbing the cliffs to a high point where he could look down on the unfortunate second boat.
When he could look again, he saw that the machine had landed upon a steep slope, this time with its nose pointing upward.
All that Smith could do was to wish, for the hundredth time, that he could look around a little and see what was being eaten, and how.
It's easy," he remarked, craning his neck so that he could look at the girl.
Of course I must see that, looking at my prospects and his daughter's, it could not be an engagement which he could look on with much favor from a worldly point of view.
After we had gazed upon it from the bridge at the brow, we went around and down through the forest, and reached the ledge from which we could look up and out upon the column of waters now pouring before us in exceeding strength.
Now there is little to tell of that ride till we reached the hilltop that Wulfhere knew, and where we could look down on the land we were to cross, and fancy we could see Glastonbury far away.
I knew not much about ships, but it seemed to me as if lanterns were on deck, and hidden from the shore by the bulwarks, perhaps, but that being so high above, I could look down on them.
Then we gained the summit and stood there waiting for orders, as it seemed, and I could look round on all the ring.
Our guide beckoned us to a place whence we could look-out without being exposed to the view of any one in the valley.
And, before we could look in one another's faces, a great howl of devilish laughter broke over our heads, and drops of blood!
So swiftly it came and went, that it was gone before I could look.
I could look at him now without recoil, for a common humiliation bound us.
Still, with all my inner heat, I could look as it were in a mirror and understand her unhappiness and vexation.
It was more than I could look at,--his effort to hold life in his torn body and tell me something.
He could look as guileless as the youth who murdered his own father and mother and then begged the judge to have mercy on a poor orphan.
He could look as soulful as a law clerk summing up to a jury of one with his arm around it.
He could look as imbecile as a rustic fop playing "Glory Hallelujah" on an accordeon.
For some reason I feel to- night as if I could look at that radiant, fragrant apple-tree and listen to the lullaby of the birds forever.
I am already confident that I could see infinitely more than I do if I could look at the world through Miss St. John's eyes as well as my own, but I run no slight risk in obtaining that vision.
I was pinned to the ground by the weight of my horse, but not so closely but that I could look around.
Was there some one, to whom imagination could scarcely give shadowy outline, so real and strong that he could look a new life into her soul, set all her nerves tingling, and her blood coursing in mad torrents through her veins?
I am content, as I told you; but were I compelled to make a choice it should be in favor of a man to whom I could look up, and whom I could aid in manly work.
I could become quite absorbed in art if I could look on and see its wonders like a child.
And why didn't you tell me about it, so I could look up too?
And no sooner had he raised his eyes to a level with the line of rock, so that he could look over, than he saw a sight calculated to pay him for all the trouble he had been to, in order to gain this position.
His back was towards me, so I could look at him unperceived.
Now I could look on them indifferently--almost as a stranger would have looked.
She was gone to me, gone for ever--before I could look nearer, and know.
We climbed part way up the hillside and found a place where we could look out on the scene below.
Our hotel had a moving-picture show in the open air, and we could look down on it from our windows.
We could look across to our own side now--to Vevey and those other towns, and the cloud-climbing hotels, all bright in the sunshine.
We wondered how these unfashionable people about us could look so contented and afford to order such liberal supplies.
He could look right at you when he said anything; and the moment needed a man of this talent.
He turned on his side and leaned upon his elbow so he could look at her.
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