At length, incapable of forcing the British position, the enemy fell back, baffled and defeated, to Plattsburg, and for a time the tide of war ebbed away from the frontier of Lower Canada.
And as he watched her, in silence, the colour that flowed and ebbed in her cheeks registered the coming and going of memories; of incidents in her life hidden from him, arousing in the man the torture of jealousy.
Hodder thought be detected a note of hopelessness in her voice, and the spirit in it ebbed a little.
He noted that the blood had ebbed from her lips, and that she was frightfully pale, but the eyes lifted to his glowed unnaturally.
He started, and the blood ebbed painfully from his heart.
They had done most valiant service while the tide of battle ebbed and flowed.
From the Palace to the meanest brothel which had belched forth its vilest to swell the tide of sheer rascality which had ebbed and flowed all day, the one thought was still, "What does it mean?
It neither ebbed nor flowed, but beat placidly against the rocks of offense.
Although the high fashion of the old place has long since ebbed away, its theatrical celebrity remains; and the locality is storied with the dramatic associations of two centuries.
The rope trailing from its waist had been twisted by the current round the mooring post, and had held it back whilst the tide had ebbed away from it.
When he was awake I saw his eyes, I scarcely could believe in what was coming; but when he slept, I thought I could see moment by moment how the current ebbed and ebbed away.
The tide hadebbed a little from the stony beach of our small bay.
My heart sank, my courage gradually ebbed away from me; but baby began to stir and murmur, he was not content to sit so quietly; and I was obliged to rise and walk about with him, though my limbs trembled under me.
But gradually that too, ebbed away as I began to realise that I had not seen her face.
It ebbed slowly away from me, leaving me stranded on an aching shore alone, in the dark, where I could not breathe or move.
And as I sat there I felt in my inmost soul a faint thrill, a vibration that gradually flooded my whole being, and then slowly ebbed away.
The idea of immortality, like the great sea, has ebbed and flowed in the human heart, beating with its countless waves against the rocks and sands of fate and time.
In the arterial system it also ebbed and flowed, and might be seen and felt to pulsate there.
Having parted thus with its impurities, the venous blood ebbed back again from the right ventricle into the venous system.
Her enthusiasm ebbed and she looked at him, clearly troubled.
Color had leaped into her cheeks and ebbed as quickly; her lips had shut in a tight line and for a fraction of time it was as though she would angrily demand explanation.
And then it seemed as though he could not move, as though he were rooted to the spot---and the colour ebbed from his face.
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