So entirely unexpected was their appearance that for a moment the cattle-thieves were struckmotionless with astonishment; then they recovered their power of action, and those who were on foot made a rush for their horses.
About ten feet from him on his left was another soldier, standing upright and motionless in the shadow of the stockade.
Therefore, when she felt that she was free to move, she made every effort to raise herself; uncomfortably these long hours of weary motionless lying on her back, had made her limbs so numb that they refused her service.
He drew a chair close to the table, and sat down; then resting his elbows upon the table, he buried his head in his hands, and remained thus motionless but breathing heavily like one whose soul is fighting a losing battle.
Then von Schalckenberg waved his hand toward the motionless figure, and said in solemn and impressive tones-- "So perish those who presume to dispute the will of the Four Spirits!
But, as the current in her veins grew warmer, as life held her with a stronger hand and made her once more participant in his fears and desires, that apparition of the motionless veiled form haunted her with access of horror.
She sat in her father's chair, once more in the attitude of motionless brooding.
The little city was near; but the weight of a dead body grown cold is strange and mighty, and it was late evening before he entered the gate, carrying his motionless burden.
Considerably disturbed in mind, Esther remained some time motionless upon the spot where the gypsy had left her.
Exhausted with emotion, she fell, striking her head upon the foot of the bed, and lay there motionless upon the floor.
He stood motionless as the tree at his side, as if senseless from a thunderbolt; he had no longer magic cap or magic mantle.
She remained motionless a moment, then came down like a bolt and said: "I saw thy steed under the old pear-tree which stands before the southern gate of the great town.
She went to the bed of the sleeping king's son, spoke to him, strove to rouse him, and cried as the evening before; but he was motionless as a block.
He lay quite motionless on his couch, with a bit of silken tapestry behind his head, like a heathen halo protecting him at last.
Leaves, that had drooped melancholy and motionless in the afternoon, were whipped from their branches at the snatch of the wind.
The women stood motionless and silent, listening to the footsteps, first upon the stairs, then in the room above them.
One had that feeling about S'norta, so motionless was she, so uncompromising of glance.
He stoodmotionless between the box-trees, staring up at the lighted window shades, as if waiting.
The moon, too, looked green, as it hung there motionless like the shadows in the room, and it augured ill.
He wanted to stretch himself out in a corner, close his eyes, and liemotionless for a long time.
But he did not know whether he had the right to ask for tea and bread, and remained motionless as a stone until he heard a knock on the wall, upon which he went to the door of Piotr's room.
Rayisa's composed words stood motionlessin Yevsey's heart, "I think you are going to choke yourself.
The wagon jolted horribly, and on both sides rose black motionless trees.
But, though I did not know it at the time, we had already passed him; for he was standing motionless behind one of the trees near the back wall, watching us as we went by, ready to fire at us if we saw and tried to catch him.
Now and then she cast a half uneasy, half pitying glance at her lover, who stood as motionless and absorbed as a sailor studying the signs of the weather.
Dona Carmen lay for some time motionless in the attitude in which he had left her, her eyes fixed on vacancy.
The young man listened to this cruel speech, motionless and stricken.
There were four little children, but one lay, pale and motionless on a bed in one corner of the room.
Dick stood silent and motionless afraid that the dog might bark and draw Theo over there, but he stood ready for flight until Theo whistled and Tag ran back to him, and presently followed him off in another direction.
It was only when the boy slipped to the ground in a limp, motionless heap, that his assailants drew off, and looked uneasily at one another in the darkness.
He even entered the pew where Tode was, and moved the books in the rack in front, but the boy lay motionless in the shadow, and the man passed on without discovering him.
The driver did his best to avoid him but when the engine had passed the old man lay motionless upon the ground.
The flame of the little lamp softly flickered, stirred by the draught of fresh air, and shadows stirred all over the room, even over the motionless wax-like yellow face of my aunt.
And she had told the truth: Avdotya really had gone out that evening to meet Naum, who had been waiting for her in the patch of dense shade thrown on the road by the high motionless hemp.
Tyeglev hurriedly uttered these terrible words and still stood motionless as a stone.
The laughter vanished from Raissa's face and her lips, the corners of which twisted upwards in a particularly charming way, became motionless again.
Looking at each other in silence from time to time we stood motionless for several minutes and were just on the point of going on.
And our thrush was standing motionless in the middle of the swept circle on the lawn almost at once.
He knew that in the wild to be motionless is, in nine cases out of ten, to be invisible.
Wherefore our gallant friend did not come down to preen and breakfast like the rest, but sat motionless as a statue, while the sun rose and touched him to a winking golden and bronze wonder, and the mists began to be torn asunder.
Men in tweeds stood motionless on the edge of the covert, and suddenly moved.
For the rest, she remained as motionless and expressionless as bronze Buddha, her wonderful orbs scowling at the wild cat.
It arrived in the shape of two knobs, that just were suddenly, and remained, motionless in the mocking moonlight, on the surface of the water.
Something like a furry round hassock, lying motionless in a far corner, moved at the sound of rain, and lifted a round head with round eyes that glared with so terrible an expression that one caught one's breath.
I'll watch, motionless in the brushwood, wildly wishing that the earth itself might hide me, the muscles of my legs twitching with desire to make the spring, my chin trembling.
But I'll stand--motionless as the statue of a Cat.
At all events he remained motionless and not a sound was heard save the lapping of the little waves against the dock.
The girl now was motionless and Grant's great anxiety was in a measure relieved.
Beside her sat the widow, Mary Anne Waller, and Louisa, motionless too, their heads bent.
Tenderly lifting Zarlah to a safer and more comfortable place, I seized the lever and gradually decreased the repelling power, until we rested motionless in the air.
For some moments I stood motionless under the spell that his remarkable personality had cast over me, nor did even his abrupt manner appear at all strange, such perfect harmony of word and action existed in this Martian genius.
Benham stood quite motionless on the hearthrug and stared very hard at the little volume of Henley's poetry that lay upon the table.
The sea was deserted save for a couple of little lateen craft with suns painted on their gaudy sails, sea butterflies that hung motionless as if unawakened close inshore.
They stood face to face, each perhaps with an equal astonishment, motionless and soundless, in that mad Indian moonlight that makes all things like a dream.
They stood for a time in rapt and motionless attention.
The army of the King encamped from Schilda through Probsthain to Langen-Reichenbach, and Marshal Daun remained firm and motionless at Torgau.
My two companions were huddled up motionless in the car, covered by their cloaks.
He was flying low with a fast wind, and while traversing a forest he noticed here and there patches of light clouds, which, remaining motionless in defiance of the strong wind, continued to hang above the summits of the trees.
Then, for nearly four hours, the balloon shifted about with no improvement in the outlook, after which the wind fell calm, and the balloon remained motionless at 2,000 feet above the sea.
