O, what a thing it is, in a time of danger and in the presence of death, the shining of a face upon a face!
As the child had a quantity of shining fair hair, clustering in curls all about her face, and as her name was Lucy, Steadiman gave her the name of the Golden Lucy.
He seemed to be drifting along a shining pathway--drifting, he scarce knew whither, and did not care to ask.
You can scarce see it for the screen of the trees; but you will see it anon--there where the shining stream meanders and the glades of the wood open out.
She realized that the time of trial and poverty and struggle was over, and that the sun of success was shining in his sky, and her heart was glad within her.
Had he not read something dazzling, wonderful, well-nigh unbelievable, in one pair of sweet eyes whose light seemed shining on him now?
But once found, he was able to trace it without difficulty; and soon the soft whisper of the water fell upon his ears, and the stream lay before him shining in the moonlight.
Do I ever forget it as I stand here looking at theshining river?
He only saw one white figure, standing aloof and for the moment alone, the moonbeams glimmering upon the shining whiteness of her dress, the fair face bent, as though in some sort of sorrow or shame.
He had hoped to make this spot ere the sun sank; and then he knew he could have traced the gleam of the shining streamlet, slipping like a silver streak between masses of sombre green.
A shining poniard hung, as it were, over his head.
Perhaps she shared this feeling, for she was silent too; but the delicate flush upon her face, and the soft shining of her eyes, enhanced her beauty to an extent which made many marvel that they had not observed it before.
As she met the wretched Gilberts, "she was dressed altogether in the Indian costume, and was shining with gold lace and silver baubles.
The rain had stopped and the stars were shining in a cheerful way as we all trudged down the wet road to the lake shore.
At length, from loving money for what it would bring, he learned to love it for its own sake; and when death removed from him those for whom he toiled, he toiled on for love of the shining dross.
My gold that I have toiled for, and piled up in shining heaps: what is it good for?
But Death, with that old fondness for a shining mark, has seen fit to remove him from this, the scene of his earthly labors (See rural sheet obituary notice).
Give him faith, and afterwhile a mansion and a crown in that pretty land where little Mary will not be blind, and where she will not only hear the songs of the angels, but see their shining faces.
He looks just like a bundle of cotton, with three black spots shining through.
He took a newspaper clipping from his notebook and read: There is an interesting old Chinese legend which relates how an angel sits with a long pole which he dips into the Sea of Love and lifts a drop of shining water.
He found a canoe of shining white stone, tied to the shore.
Every morning the mother pulled the box ashore, and combed her daughter's long, shining hair, gave her food, and then put her out again on the lake.
Presently the brother came in, very richly dressed, andshining as if he had points of silver all over him.
She informed him that there would be many Indians on the island, who, as soon as they saw him use the shining bowl to drink with, would come and solicit him to be their wife, and to take him over to the island.
A long snout grew from his head, and two greatshining teeth out of his mouth.
As soon as the basket touched the ground, they leaped out, and began to dance round the magic ring, striking, as they did so, a shining ball as we strike the drum.
Odjibwa looked, as he thought to the west, and saw a bright light, as if the sun was shining in its splendor, but he saw no sun.
Inca, thy warfare here is done, Each bitter scene or tender, Go to thy sire, the shining Sun, In kingly garb and splendor.
They were real wampum, white and blue, shining and beautiful.
She shall put on the beauty of the starlight, and become a shining bird of the air, clothed with shining feathers.
Their shining lodge can be seen in the summer evenings when the moon shines strongly on the pinnacles of the rocks, and the fishermen, who go near those high cliffs at night, have even heard the voices of the happy little dancers.
The husband had brought along his spear, and seeing the shining chain, he boldly struck it and broke the links apart.
He now came in view of land, on which he debarked in safety, and could see the lodge of the Shining Manito, situated on a hill.
The sudden appearance "of two men in shining garments," alarmed the women; who at once knew them to be angels.
Some of these Magi, generally supposed to have been three, (though the Scripture says nothing as to their number,) saw a wonderful star shining in the direction of Judaea.
He expected to awaken at any minute to see the stars shining through the leaves.
An intense emotion was visible in his white face; his eyes seemed reduced to two dark shining points, and they emitted so fierce, so piercing a flash, so deadly a light, that Joe could not bear their glittering gaze.
The black threw up his slim head and whinnied, with affection clearly shining in his soft, dark eyes as he recognized his master.
The boy came running up to them, when they were landed, with pleasure and confidence shining in his dusky eyes.
Look at those golden flowers, the red and purple leaves, the brownshining moss, and those lichen-covered stones.
In his dreams he sees his arrow speed to the reeling deer; in his dreams he sees his canoe shoot over the crest of shining waves; and in his mind he gives them life.
I'll never forget the night I first saw that spring shining in the moonlight.
She raised her soft, black eyes, shining with a wondrous light of surprise and expectation, to the young missionary's face.
The hours dragged until once more the canoes were launched, this time not on the broad Ohio, but on a stream that mirrored no shining stars as it flowed still and somber under the dense foliage.
In short, he was of a jovial, convivial turn of mind, full of fun and frolic and glee, was fond of company, and greatly preferred shining in society to poring over parchments.
He wasted talents, energy, wit, brilliancy, which would have made an intellectual capital for a hundred shining characters.
Gorgett sat looking at him for a good while; and then his fat chin began to tremble a little and I saw his eyes shining in the shadow under his old hat-brim.
She was so near him that the faint odour of her hair came to him again, and once more the unfortunate Senator from Stackpole risked a meeting of his eyes with hers, and saw the light shining far down in their depths.
There was not one eye in the place that was not fixed upon him and shining with surprise and delight, while the kindly Lieutenant-Governor, his face very red, rapped for order.
She half rose to receive it, and then her lips and eyes beamed all the graciousness upon his father, which Louis had so often felt shining on himself.
A waving line of shining snow marked the heights of Calemberg, and a sky of the purest azure canopied the scene.
They were very thin, they had very long thin noses, they were always very cold, and from the sharp end of the long thin nose of the elder Miss Pocket there always depended, much fascinating Rosalie, a shining bead of moisture.
And Flora's eyes soon after that were shining more than ever.
Not with goggles and a helmet and all that, but shot up like a flash, all shining and glistening and triumphant with the jewel aloft.
Mr. and Mrs. Demetrius Dennis had proved their title to look after Miss Charlotte by the shining order of everything, within and without, and by the odours which wafted in from the little kitchen.
Wythie looked up without embarrassment, her face shining with confidence.
And just then Frances came up with her face aglow, and her eyes shiningthrough unshed tears.
Thus rise and set in constant change thoseshining orbs and regulate the very life of this our world.
And Portugal is shining in all the glory of wedding-cake ornamentation that the plaster of Paris artist could produce.
You could only tell by the shining eyes and the tip of a small red nose that peeped between the high stand-up collar that inside of it was a small boy.
He passed the cuff of his coat across his wet, shining eyes.
Clad in their fifteenth century costume, they are commanded by an officer who wears a scarlet swallow-tailed coat, cocked hat, and feathers, gilt spurs shining at his martial heel.
And then he slipped his strong arms about her and looked into her eyes shining with unearthly beauty.
The smoke of its funnels made but a tiny smudge on the wide, shining Southern skies.
The waning moon threw its soft, mellow light on the shining waters, revealing the dark hulls of the fleet with striking clearness.
It was impossible to resist the glow of love in her shining face.
Her eyes were wide and shining without tears when she slipped both arms about his neck and spoke with deep tenderness.
They looked up into his face now, the shining eyes, gaping mouths, clenched fists, and crooked twisted limbs.
His wide, deep, lustrous eyes, shining with intelligence, had told him!
The only difference on earth between them was that some settled in the bleak hills and rock-bound coast of the North and others in the sunlit fields and along the shining shores of the South.
Those shining as a crystal spring, Chant in the presence of their King: Holy art Thou, O Lord!
For these things are concealed, and the Holy Highest Ones shine in them, like as light proceedeth from the shining of a lantern.
Both old and young have shining white eyelids which show very plainly among their dark feathers.
The phainopepla is a beautiful fellow, with an elegant pointed crest, and plumage shininglike satin.
It may be that he thinks his shining ruby would show the hiding-place of the nest, or it may be that the little mother is not willing to have any help.
He is shining blue-black all over, except his head, which is brown.
Whate'er it bodes, henceforward will I bear Upon my target three fair shining suns.
Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun; Not separated with the racking clouds, But sever'd in a pale clear-shining sky.
These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights That give a name to every fixed star Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are.
Here's the Lord Say, which sold the towns in France; he that made us pay one and twenty fifteens, and one shining to the pound, the last subsidy.
Or we poor ghosts will cry To th' shiningsynod of the rest Against thy deity.
Witness my son, now in the shade of death, Whose bright out-shining beams thy cloudy wrath Hath in eternal darkness folded up.
All of us have cause To wail the dimming of our shining star; But none can help our harms by wailing them.
Herself pois'd with herself in either eye; But in that crystal scales let there be weigh'd Your lady's love against some other maid That I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now seems best.
A big tree stood in the center, glistening with tinsel and shining with brightly colored balls.
And the shining eyes of the others confirmed their approval of her opinion.
The moon, mounting above the treetops, was shining upon the windows.
If you have a tub lined with zinc remember that needs even more care than a white one, if it is to be kept shining bright.
They put some polishing paste on a flannel and rubbed and rubbed till they could see the metalshining through the paste; then they wiped it off with a dry cloth.
If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a time in his light.
From the large head rose a magnificent plume of white ostrich feathers, his body was clad in a shirt of shining chain armour, whilst round the waist and right knee were the usual garnishes of white ox-tail.
When we came up again the moon was out, and shining so brightly over sea and shore that she almost paled the quick, large flashes from the lighthouse.
When you are in Kukuanaland, do as the Kukuanas do," he remarked, as he drew the shining steel over his broad breast, which it fitted like a glove.
Listen; I will this of thee, that thou reveal to us the chamber where are the shining stones.
Listen, children of the Stars, children of the shining Eye and the movable Teeth, who roar out in thunder, and slay from afar.
Advancing to the door of the hut we ordered that they should be admitted, and presently three men entered, each bearing a shining shirt of chain armour, and a magnificent battle-axe.
