About his waist flickered a sort of aura of radiance which was extinguished as he flung himself headforemostinto the cold spring.
I was turning away after tying the last gasket on the foresail, when the deck up-ended and tipped me headforemost into the starboard scupper.
Greek Aristarchus was a swimmer born And practised, and he plunged headforemost down, Soon to emerge with easy buoyancy And aim unerring true where Mary rode.
Make haste you in the rear," he exclaimed, but scarcely were the words out of his mouth than he found himself going headforemost from the top of a high wall, when he began to roll over and over, down a steep declivity.
She was anything but an Amazon, but he could see her pitching him headforemost into the road for daring the impertinence.
Her battle flag was flying as she sank headforemostto her grave.
I did not glide but pitchedheadforemost into sleep.
I slithered down into the sheepfold, and pitched headforemost among the worshipping women.
Her crew fell twisting and screaming through the air to the water far below, while the cruiser, her propellers still madly churning, dived swiftly headforemost after them to the bottom of the Sea of Omean.
Before I could overtake him he had sprung to the rail and hurled himself headforemost into the awful depths below.
And I went to the palace of the Prince of Helium with any such demand, they would laugh at me and, into the bargain, would more than likely throw me headforemost into the avenue.
Ah, then and there was hurrying to and fro," and Hercules pitched headforemost with his partner into a bunk.
The hideous beast ran after the man, and striking him with its nose under the tail of his coat hurled him headforemost about twenty feet.
Hercules had pitched headforemost from his hammock, and precipitating himself first on the sea-chest, had rolled over, and covered with his huge body the prostrated forms of Old Grizzly and M.
Incidentally, he came very near to going headforemost into the pool.
Setting his lips he made the attempt, and falling headforemost into the canoe he lay still for a few moments gasping, until he rose and pulled the dog on board.
Flung headforemost into a hole and stuck in the clay.
Then I advise you to get out of my way, for my fingers do itch to fling you headforemost down the stairs.
Then Quox yawned and stretched himself and ambled over to the Tube, into which he slid headforemost and disappeared.
And there, also, appeared General Cone, who had struck a rubber rock headforemostand was so crumpled up that his round body looked more like a bouncing-ball than the form of a man.
There was Tik-Tok, flat upon his back and sliding headforemostdown the incline.
Merry tumbled headforemost into the excavation; the man with the bandage spun round like a teetotum, and fell all his length upon his side, where he lay dead, but still twitching; and the other three turned and ran for it with all their might.
This had nearly tossed me off into the sea, and now I lost no time, crawled back along the bowsprit and tumbled headforemost on the deck.
You have been drinking rum; you have had a stroke precisely as I told you; and I have just, very much against my own will, dragged you headforemostout of the grave.
So soon as it was opened she drew Mrs Bankes inside with a force and suddenness which almost precipitated that lady headforemost on to the floor.
In his stuttering eagerness his words tumbled headforemostover each other.
That night I left her plunged headforemost into a huge trunk, with a sloping roof, her feet just touching the ground, and complaining bitterly because Dempster was not at home to help press the things down.
He just pitchedheadforemost into the cause, and stirred up that great congregation like a tornado.
For an instant my hand touched against human flesh, and then, as I lunged headforemost through the darkness to seize my nocturnal visitor, my foot became entangled in my sleeping silks and I fell sprawling to the floor.
The next moment, one fellow came diving headforemost out of that triangular hole at the back, followed fast by the other three--the captain last.
The next moment the other was picked up and plunged headforemost into the watering-trough.
He felt like pitching them headforemost into the dock, and was fearful he might do something which, in cooler blood, he would wish he had not done.
At length a bright idea occurred to me, fully worthy of a schoolboy: it was to thrust the rat headforemost into one of my shoes.
Only one consideration could have prompted me to leap headforemostfrom that giddy height--suicide; or at least so I thought at the moment.
Ye would blunder meheadforemost into John Amend-All's camp.
The crowd fell back, and a party of archers invaded the choir, laid rough hands on Dick, dragged himheadforemost from the stall, and thrust him by the shoulders down the chancel steps.
A wave, like a great black bulwark, hove immediately in front of her; and, with a staggering blow, she plunged headforemost through that liquid hill.
