When it drew near, the crew called out to me, saying, "Who art thou and how camest thou to be on this mountain, whereon never saw we any in our born days?
Presently, wedrew near to land, and I saw the shore full of troops none knoweth their number save Allah (extolled and exalted be He!
He did so, and as he drew near he heard Roderick's high-pitched voice ringing behind the shrubbery.
When he had left the room Miss Garland drew near to Rowland.
As he drew near, he recognized his friend Singleton.
This was done, and a little before midnight we drew near to the foot of a huge and lofty mountain, not so close to the sea but that it left a narrow space on which to land conveniently.
His garb was what has been described, save that as he drew near, Don Quixote perceived that a tattered doublet which he wore was amber-tanned, from which he concluded that one who wore such garments could not be of very low rank.
He showed a curious mixture of eagerness and terror, straining to overtake the panic-stricken herd, but constantly recoiling in dismay as we drew near.
A little after midnight the enamored trapper drew near, mounted on a strong horse and leading another by the bridle.
But as we drew near, their alarm and speed increased; our horses showed signs of the utmost fear, bounding violently aside as we approached, and refusing to enter among the herd.
A magnificent lad--though, as he drew near, the starlight showed his face thin and his eyes hollow as if with fatigue or hunger.
And Marco actually heard, as he drew near to the group, the tap-tap-tap of crutches.
So he drew near them to hear what should pass between them.
So she tucked up her skirts and, leaping, landed on the other side of the stream by his side; whereupon he drew near to her and bent him forwards and clapped palms.
She turned as I drew near, and looked at me haughtily: her eyes seemed to demand, "What can the creeping creature want now?
My star vanished as I drew near: some obstacle had intervened between me and it.
Looking up as I drew near--"You have a question to ask of me?
On and on, through rain and water, we marched until we drew near to the river Embarrass.
They were riding at a more rapid pace than the day warranted, but the gentleman reined in his sweating horse as he drew near to us, eyed us with a curiosity tempered by courtesy, bowed gravely, and put his horse to a canter again.
As I drew near to Jonesboro my thoughts began to dwell upon that strange and fascinating man who had entertained Polly Ann and Tom and me so lavishly on our way to Kentucky,--Captain John Sevier.
As I drew near, she looked up at me from her work.
There were some who scattered as he drew near, and of the less timorous spirits that remained only a few raised dark, sullen glances to encounter his, which was unflinching, passionately contemptuous.
Around him stood fifty white slaves, with drawn swords in their hands and clad in divers sorts of silken stuffs; but when I drew near to them, behold, they were all black stones.
So we landed and going up to the city, saw at the gate men with staves in their hands; but when we drew near them, behold, they had been stricken by the wrath of God and were become stones.
Around him stood fifty Mamelukes, white slaves, clothed in silks of divers sorts holding their drawn swords in their hands; but when I drew near to them lo!
But I who watched, saw his face grow white as it drew near to hers.
Now we drew near to her, and the priest who guided us fell back with our guard, leaving us to go forward alone, since they dared not approach the Hesea unbidden.
Presently the moon rose, a white, shining ball, and by its rays we perceived that we drew near to the city.
And, as I wandered along the green, I drew near to a place where several men, with a cask beside them, sat carousing in the neighbourhood of a small tent.
Thereupon he drew near to me, and told me not to talk so much like a simpleton; that as for Christ, it was probable that no such person ever existed, but that if He ever did, He was the greatest impostor the world ever saw.
I drew near to the blazing grate, rubbed my hands, and felt glad.
His flaming eyes were turned anxiously along the path, expecting the captain; then he drew near with a brace of pistols in his belt.
And as he drew near: 'Ah, so young and so fair, to stain his soul with the blood of a fellow-creature!
But when we drew near London, we entered a thick fog, and before we arrived, a small dense November rain was falling.
I descended the bank, and stood on the edge of the canal as it drew near.
In an hour we drew near to Venice, and saw its world of domes rising out of the waters.
As we drew near Viterbo, the lights in the fields grew less and less frequent; and when we entered the town, all was total darkness.
Indeed, I knew not whether I was not approaching some gate that leads to his abode, as I drew near a gulph (the fissure lately mentioned) and heard the hollow gusts which were imprisoned below.
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