At the end of February it looked as if Great Britain and Ireland had got off lightly from the visitation which had caused high mortalities in many countries of Continental Europe.
They moved as lightly as thistledown and as swiftly as sunshine.
For answer the Headsman tossed his terrible axe high up in the air, caught it lightly as it came down, and then, swinging it round his head, he cut off the tall feather that was fastened in the cap of the Chancellor of the Jingle.
Lay out on a flat surface and scrub lightly with soap and water; then rinse with clear water.
Use a nut cracker and crack lightly all around the nuts.
When Cake is Scorched--If a cake is scorched on the top or bottom, grate over it lightly with a nutmeg-grater instead of scraping it with a knife.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.
We Are Seven --A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?
You are spoiled by the world," Blanche wrote; "you do not love your poor Blanche as she would be loved, or you would not offer thus lightly to take her or leave her.
The Duchess of Connaught receives her, Lady Rockminster receives her--it doesn't become young fellows to speak lightly of people in that station.
The value of the new agreement, purely local in its bearing, which was the result of the successful invasion, was esteemed but lightly by the merchants.
The obligations of the treaty, in fact, sat so lightly on their consciences, that only so far as they were held rigorously to its provisions would they observe them.
With a lightly equipped force he hastened to Herdonea by forced marches, so as almost to anticipate the report of his approach and in order to strike greater terror into the enemy, came up with his troops in battle-array.
He went over to the little one, and touched her verylightly on the hair.
He kissed his fingers lightly to her, and waved the tribute in her direction, as if it could be wafted across the room.
At the outer rim of the group, a Belgian drew a knife, ran it lightly across his own throat, and pointed mockingly to the German on the stretcher.
He leaped to the swinging window and flung it open, thrusting the revolvers lightly into the side pockets of the coat he wore.
It was not long before the Eagle sank gently into the valley, settling to the ground as lightly as a bird.
A sob came from the depths of his broad breast, and, finally, he stooped and lightly kissed the child's cheek.
She had laid aside her knitting, and coming across the room placed her hand lightly on her husband's shoulder.
She glanced up at the dull, clouded sky, and remembered the sad words of John Paqualin, the charcoal-burner, that everyone had treated so lightly some few hours ago.
Ten of these bands were used, equally spaced apart on the center form, to which they were lightly tacked; but they were nailed securely to the bulkheads and the stem piece and stern post.
As none of these forms was to remain in the boat, nails were driven very lightly into them, with heads projecting so that they could easily be withdrawn when it was time to remove the forms.
Below these is the face of one whom the thief-takers thinklightly of, and call a man of "no account.
A miserable, dull, dead weight was the heart which throbbed solightly but an hour before.
The yoke shall rest very lightly,--so lightly you shall not feel it.
But at all events, it was such a relief to find the everlasting negation of the desert nullified, that my dogged resolution insensibly changed to an irrepressible enthusiasm, which bore me lightly along, scarcely sensible of fatigue.
I had fallen back behind the sumpter horses, and halted for a moment, when I felt a hand rest lightly on my stirrup.
But though here and there a great name, or a striking figure on the dais, might attract attention, almost all interest was centred on a woman, who stood with the fingers of one hand resting lightly on the King's arm.
And stepping towards the gong I struck it lightly with the hammer.
And then that astonishing girl suddenly lifted up her hand, passed it lightly over my head and murmured that she loved the color of my hair!
She was rightly resolved against beinglightly worn by any man.
For five years now had he been Tsar of Russia, and in these five years he had taken such a grip of power as was not lightly to be loosened.
He slid to the table and sprang lightly to the floor, facing his troopers with a smile, half-humorous, half in seeming disappointment, as he glanced at Virgie.
But his wife was not to be put off so lightly and she put her impelling hands on his arm.
Nor would Love use you hardly; though lightly can he Bind strong men in chains, and has wrought upon me Till the steel is as wax--but I'm longing to press That exquisite mouth with a clinging caress.
And my soul in turn made answer:--"Whoso deems he can control Wily love, the same shall lightly gaze upon the stars of heaven And declare by what their number overpasses seven times seven.
But under the influence of the chocolate bonbon she sat down and ran her fingers lightly over the keys producing such exquisite harmony that she was filled with amazement at her own performance.
If you eat this one with the lavender color you can dance thereafter aslightly and gracefully as if you had been trained a lifetime.
Lance laughed gaily as helightly knocked off with his little finger the ash from his cigar-end.
Cautiously they groped their way onward, Lance feeling his way along the wall of the passage, and making sure of his footing at every step by passing his foot lightly forward over the ground before advancing.
Buoyantly it drifted down toward the wreck, now buried in the hissing foam-crest of a mighty breaker, and anon ridinglightly in the liquid valley behind it.
To his surprise she slid off as lightly as though returning from an ordinary ride.
Herbert Raynier ran lightly up the steps of his verandah, feeling intensely satisfied with himself and things in general.
In the end we raised it, however; the upper part fell lightly beside the second floor casement, and Jennie whispered to me to ascend.
If we can keep the King's peace till my son comes to rule, no man will lightly quarrel with our England.
