It was over a year since Mahony or Purdy had been last in the capital, and next morning, on stepping out of the "Adam and Eve," they walked up the eastern slope to look about them.
But the lad was too apathetic to look about him, and never opened his mouth.
A pretty pickle the ship would soon be in, if I forgot to look about me!
Sir Gervaise Oakes had now leisure and opportunity to look about him.
It's time for us old fellows to look about us, Greenly, when the boys begin to reason on a line of battle!
These preliminaries arranged, there was yet leisure for the respective commanders to look about them.
He was a man accustomed to look about him, and he understood, by that rapid glance, the characters of all he surveyed, with perhaps the exception of that of Tom Wychecombe; and even of that he formed a tolerably shrewd conjecture.
Coming upon a coachmaker's workshop, I began to look about me with a revived spirit, thinking that perchance I might behold there some remains of the old times of the town's greatness.
When I had sent my disfigured property on to the hotel, I began to look about me; and the first discovery I made, was, that the Station had swallowed up the playing-field.
No one had yet seen any land; but at this summons we began to look about us, and sure enough there was an island dimly visible on the eastern board!
Method, suitable agents, and a resolution to succeed smoothed the way, however, and I began to look about me and to take breath.
Therein you are mistaken; for, being a great traveller, I have been compelled to look about me, and as a nat'ral consequence I speak a little of all languages.
After the first feelings of pleasure and surprise were a little abated, I had leisure tolook about me and to survey the company.
Yes, sir, as far as there was anywhere to look about.
Kennedy had been climbing the hill back of the house and now paused to look about.
He had stepped politely in, and by dint of cleverly keeping his finger on the hook in the half light, he carried on a one-sided conversation with himself long enough to get a good chance to look about.
Singular,' says I, and out I jumps to have a look about.
Now for the first time they had leisure and opportunity tolook about them.
You needn't look about you, for you won't find any sledges here; you ought to know that.
He went through the halls and the garden until he came to the lamp, and when he had poured out the oil and placed the lamp carefully inside his coat he began to look about him.
So saying, he raised himself in the wagon and sat up, and began to look about him.
Look about to see if anybody is coming, and you can take it away.
It is wonderful how time runs away, when all these things and a great many others come in to load him down the hill and prevent him from stopping to look about.
For my part, I had nought to do, after rubbing my bruised leg, except to look about me, so far as the dullness of light would help.
After some labour, I reached the top; and halted to look about me well, before trusting to broad daylight.
The bitter wind chilled them through in spite of their exertion, and it had increased by noon, when Lisle halted for a minute or two to look about him.
I want to look about, if you don't mind," he explained.
Here they landed, and Nasmyth dropped down upon a boulder to look about him.
I drew down my umbrella, and began to look about me.
As soon as they are 'wearied in the greatness of their way,' they begin to look about for a Saviour.
I well remember the first evening on which I wandered out from the vicarage to take a look about me--to find out, in short, where I was, and what aspect the sky and earth here presented.
You see things right in front; you don't look about.
At the top he sat down and sent the Indian to look about.
I have wakened half-frozen and felt most too scared to look about.
This kind of speculation led to nothing, and he began to look about.
George now had time to look about him a little, and observe the state of affairs prevailing outside his own ship.
The appalling peril from which he had thus a second time so narrowly escaped, inflicted a terrible shock on George's nerves, and it was some time before he could find courage to once more raise his head and look about him.
Soho, Boy, look about you, do you perceive nothing to be wanting?
He that loves to look about him, let him sit here.
Then it behoves you to look about you, if you are wise.
So, you an' Bushie jes' set heer on de log, while we look about us fur some grub.
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