Luscious, sun-kissed fruits which hung far out upon the frail bough of the jungle's waving crest were brought to her by these tiny, nimble allies.
The black was taking him the shortest way, which was no way at all for a horseman, and after the first day's march the young Englishman was forced to abandon his mount, and follow his nimble guide entirely on foot.
The Killer was perfectly satisfied that he was soon again to see the nimble she who had so forcefully reminded him of Meriem.
The lion leaped too; but the nimble Meriem had swung herself beyond his reach without a second or an inch to spare.
But Laureo was nearly always away, and Griselda took care of her father, kept the house, and wove baskets with her slender, nimble fingers, to sell in the town close by.
But after Letty "had her cry out" she felt better, and in a little while her nimble fingers had finished her work and she was ready for a little amusement.
Ay, ay, his nimble head is always full of proclamations.
Lingua, thy feeble sex Hath hitherto withheld my ready hands, That long'd to pluck that nimble instrument.
Did not these feet and hands o'ertake and slay The nimble stag and fierce impetuous bull?
Enough, Furor, we know thou art a nimble swaggerer with a goose-quill.
But come, my nimble lass, Let all these matters pass, And in a bouncing bravation, Let's talk of our copulation.
As soon as she had alighted, however, he took both her hands in his, and said: "How nimble you are!
She went out with her usual nimble gait, ran to the post-office, and abruptly entered the room where Vuillet was still at work.
The hounds ran swiftly through the woods, The nimble deer to take, That with their cries the hills and dales An echo shrill did make.
Roreen, by way of triumph, leaped upon his carcass, and with a light heart cut a few nimble capers thereon, and then proceeded on his explorations into the castle.
How he treated the Septuagint, and how the Hexapla and the Tetrapla grew undernimble hands and learned heads, we must for the present defer to tell.
He climbed the hill as fast as his nimble legs could carry him, blew the horn at the gate, and defied the dwarf to single combat.
The nimble insect eluded me for a long time, and at last got over the paling, into the little garden.
That I will do,' cried Jerry, 'for his feet arenimble enough at making off.
At the ridotto she must equally feign ignorance of modish dancing--she whose nimblefeet had tripped to every measure since she could stand alone.
Now see him mounted once again upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, with caution and good heed.
One of these, a nimble little man, was wearing a blue coat tied round the waist with a rope.
Hence the nimble youth bounded through the smoke and flames, and when the fire had somewhat abated parents jumped across it with their children in their arms in order that the little ones might also partake of its beneficent influence.
The pair of dragons must have had very nimble wings; for, in less than an hour, Mother Ceres had alighted at the door of her home, and found it empty.
The water of this fountain, as it spouted upward, was constantly taking new shapes, not very distinctly, but plainly enough for a nimble fancy to recognize what they were.
The woodpeckers and creepers use their spiny tails as supports while stationary or in motion; not so the nuthatches, which are sufficiently nimble on their feet to stand or glide without converting their tails into braces.
The hands on the dial-plate of the clock pointed to quarter-past ten as Hetty’s nimble fingers set the last stitch in the gown and Floy drew on her gloves, having already donned hat and cloak in obedience to orders.
Madame assented, and Floy’s nimble fingers were presently busied about her, she meanwhile earnestly regarding the reflection of the young face in the glass.
He could cross the island to the St. Gervais bank, and if he were nimble he might give his pursuer the slip in the maze of small streets beside the water.
Nimble young fingers were made useful in helping to tend them.
The nimble eldest of the children was sent to a flower-loving neighbor's for blossoms of patriotic hues, for each of the small Americans was to carry a banner inscribed with a strong motto and wreathed with red, white and blue flowers.
He discerned the soft tread of nimble feet on the hall carpet, and then there was a knock at his door.
Borgert noticed this fact with great pleasure, and the dainty figure and small nimble feet made a strong impression on his susceptible heart.
It has been pleased to bestow upon me a nimble invention to the manufacture of a jest; and upon thee, Martin, an indifferent bad capacity to understand my meaning.
To such extremes did this quarrel go that Oswald, defeated by the more nimble pen of his adversary, at length challenged him to a duel.
In these gay shades the nimble deer delight, While herds of goats ascend the rocky height, Browse on the shrubs that shade the vale below, And crop the plants, that there profusely grow.
Up the steep-hill ascends the nimble doe, While timid conies scour the plains below; Or in the pendent rocks elude the scenting foe.
Trifling incidents that hit the public mind brought work to his nimble needle.
A small fish is nimble game to follow and catch in his own element.
If squirrels and rats and rabbits were too nimble at first, there are plenty of musquash to be caught, and he need not stop at a fawn or a sheep, for he is enormously strong, and the grip of his jaws is not to be loosened.
Plans seemed to be as easy for him to originate as for Lopez to roll a cigarette with his nimble fingers.
Each scout took pride in being able to render his share of the work; and Rob, on his part, was filled with satisfaction to find how well things began to shape themselves under the nimble fingers of his chums and himself.
