Stand by fer a collision," shouted the captain, while the scouts, intensely interested in the development of this hidden drama of the fog, clustered about him.
She'll stand a lot of knocking about, and that's a fact," agreed Rob.
The starting line was about a hundred yards from the red tape, and the contestants were compelled to stand back of this.
Douse my toplights, I can't stand that," bellowed the irate Captain Hudgins.
Our parents wouldn't stand for it, and we should be disgraced.
Stand back, please," he went on, as Jack tried to protest.
Yer didn't explain in the note, but old Captain job Hudgins'll always standby a shipmate in distress.
Meanwhile, the Doctor, who was angry enough with Arthur Angell to have rejoiced had he known that he had embroiled him in a quarter where Arthur was growing very anxious to stand well, was pacing the streets, nursing his resentment.
But he came back again, unable to leave her like that, and walked restlessly about the room, stopping every now and then to stand over her, and wonder what he could do.
At the first glance it seemed so narrow that a rifle-shot could have crossed its tranquil depths; but a second look at the comparative size of the trees on the opposite mountain convinced him of his error.
The country in which the fairest woman, provided she be a modest one, can walk abroad by day or night, unmolested and unsuspected, the country in which women have acquired the courage to think for themselves, and to stand by each other.
Now a State with every disadvantage of territory, cursed with sterility, or exposed to the murderous overflow of the salt sea, takes its stand upon the simple determination to conquer for itself a free and worthy existence.
On the bank stand two beautiful youths, nearly black, with eyes like sloes, and with crisped hair standing erect like a flame above their foreheads.
Come take thy stand beneath the Cross And let the blood from out that Side Fall gently on thee, drop by drop, Jesus, our Love, is crucified!
She lived a hero, dies a Saint: A model she shall ever stand Of love for God and Fatherland.
Thou to whom grace was giv'n To stand where Peter fell, Whose heart could brook the Cross Of Him it loved so well!
Gracious turn Thine ear to suppliant sigh; If sins of men Thou scann'st, who may stand That searching eye of Thine, and chast'ning hand?
Dear Saint I stand far off With vilest sins oppressed; Oh may I dare, like thee, To lean upon His Brest?
They will charge without the least provocation, and the natives can't stand before them.
However, the wagon can stand the weight, and we can let the paring go.
At the next halt von Hofe and Charlie would stand guard, then the three Indians.
Anyhow, Jack, when you come to think it over it doesn't stand to reason that there's any such place as that.
Then he charged--terribly, deadly, asking and receiving no quarter from these puny men who dared to stand before him.
Other explorers had sheered off to the easier country to south and northwest, but he agreed that if they wanted a big bull, a rogue, they would stand a better chance of getting one in there than anywhere else.
Bethinking himself of a wiser plan he placed the lamp against a post to make it stand upright, and running round to the lower part of the pool, where there was no wall, he sprang in and boldly waded upwards towards the deeper portion.
And it don't wear your legs to stumps in talking over a poor fellow's ways as it do to stand up in hornpipes.
You, Eustacia, stand on the edge of a precipice without knowing it.
The only absolute certainty about him was that he would not stand still in the circumstances amid which he was born.
Is it that you won't come in because you wish to stand here, and think over the past hours of enjoyment?
I don't want to stand in the way of any better chance she may have; only I wish you had let me know earlier.
There was something queer between her and Thomasin's husband at one time--I am as sure of it as that I stand here.
And you must not let me stand in the way of your Christmas party.
VI The Two Stand Face to Face The room had been arranged with a view to the dancing, the large oak table having been moved back till it stood as a breastwork to the fireplace.
The dance was going on just the same, but strangers had arrived and formed a ring around the figure, so that Eustacia could stand among these without a chance of being recognized.
I never had the nerve to stand fire," faltered Christian.
She continued to stand thus, but with eyes widening, nerves tense, and then she uttered beneath her breath: "Why not?
And in that moment, he realized that he would not dare show his face about this place, lest he be scorned henceforth, if he didn't take the stand the druggist had taken.
She sought the chair or the bed--anything, she was too weak to stand now.
She cried half aloud as she hurried along: "I can stand it no longer, I can stand it no longer!
It is said that curiosity is the inspiration of invention, and that women, although with no great record as inventors, cannot stand to be held in doubt.
It was painted in two colors, and reposed quietly behind a medley of small trees, around which was a fair stand of blue grass.
She dared stand and watch her, as she entered the study where her brother sat, now fully awake, but oblivious to the presence of the package.
Aboard the train was his luggage, while he must stand and see it go on without him, simply for the sake of a rule, that Negroes and whites cannot walk through the same gate.
She would have to stand by and say nothing, at the very time he needed her more than ever before.
Let us conceive Saint-Simon to have taken his stand here, in this region, pure in the time of Louis XIV.
In the playhouses of the day, it was the fashion for some of the spectators to stand upon the stage, and the places in that position were chiefly occupied by young gallants.
If he was effeminate, he had convictions and could standby them.
I have lost one Tooth and a half on the left Side, and two and a half precisely on the right; and I have two more that stand somewhat out of their Ranks.
On the mantel-pieces and cabinets stand busts of old orators, interspersed with voluptuous vases and bronzes, antique or Italian, and airy statuettes in marble or alabaster of nude or semi-nude opera nymphs.
I have Hair enough on my Head not to stand in need of a Peruke; and 'tis gray, too, in spite of the Proverb.
It is a difficult performance to hand out, to order, pictures in which human emotions stand counterfeited.
When this etching has proceeded far enough to make a plate that may be used in printing, the lines and dots of the picture stand up in bold relief, while the metal around these lines and dots has been eaten away to a considerable depth.
The irregularities of the weaving, therefore, stand out plainly, and produce to a certain extent the appearance of woven linen fabrics.
The impression cylinder has a set of grippers, and when the cylinder is at rest, these grippers are close to the edge of the feed board and stand open to receive the edge of the sheet of paper.
Maiden Lane in 1824, and late though this date is, it will have to stand as representing the earliest book auction sale in New York until newly discovered evidence reveals an earlier recorded one.
Above and beyond his ability to draw or execute in a manner technically pleasing, should stand his knowledge of people, places, and events.
After having been thoroughly stirred for a while, the stock is run into what is called a drainer, where it is allowed to stand for several hours to drain off as much water as possible.
After pouring, it was necessary to let the moulds stand all night, so the composition might become sufficiently cool to permit the "drawing" of the rollers.
After being reeled, it is allowed to stand for a while to harden; then is run several times through the calenders to get the smooth surface.
Only under such handling does it stand a chance for the full success its qualities warrant.
There, don't stand staring there like a bull calf that has lost its mother.
I can't stand still no longer and see your uncle being made a cat's-paw of.
Now, sir, once more, stand back and let us clear the deck.
You, Rumsey, go and tell your messmates that if they try that game again with me they'll stand a fine chance of not going ashore for the rest of the voyage.
Silence there, my lads," said the skipper sternly, and Rodd noticed the gloomy look upon his countenance as he turned his back to the doctor and walked to the side to stand gazing at the distant ship.
Rodd's heart now seemed to stand quite still till the sergeant replied to his uncle's query.
Rodd grasped this, and then felt puzzled as he saw a youth of about his own age suddenly elbow his way to the front to stand beside the leader.
I won't stand here and listen to such an outrageous charge against those two gentlemen.
Of course my schooner will stand by you, ready to give you help until your brig is once more fit for sea.
You and four men stand by with the gig to take the Count aboard his vessel.
There, sir," said the skipper; "you and the lad stand back.
I had work to do--a task that I had promised to fulfil, and we held on till it was forced upon me that I must get another vessel or stand with my men upon the deck and let our brave Roi Dagobert sink beneath our feet.
When walking, its hind legs do not stand up like those of a cat or dog; but the leg up to the first joint comes down flat upon the ground.
No abridgment of labor or expense has been permitted in the effort to make this series worthy to stand at the head of all educational publications of this kind.
The legs of the mole are short, and are so formed that it can not stand upon them and raise its body from the ground.
When the porcupine is feeding or going about, these quills lie back flat, like hair; but when there is any danger, theystand out straight.
Their toes cling around the stick that they stand on, so that they do not fall off.
When feeding or listening, the ears stand up or lean forward; but when running, the ears lie back on its neck.
They are placed on the hat-stand in the hall, or put into a hat and left there until their owners go up-stairs.
Let us wave in return, and stand apart, so they can see that there are four of us.
If we stand our ground, I can't see as we have much to fear from them.
Now, if you are willing to count me as a friend, I'll stand by you when the crowd comes over.
Tom had to hop from one end of the deck to the other on one foot, Sam had to stand on his head, and recite "Mary had a Little Lamb," and Dick had to go to three of the sailors and ask each if they would tie the ship to a post during the night.
We do, and if you'll take us in we'll promise to stand by you to the end, no matter what comes.
We can't stand up and we can't sit still," came from Grace.
I have told them what you proposed to do, and they don't intend to stand it.
In this view, an Ireland weaker, poorer, and less recuperative than Great Britain, would stand to lose even more from a British defeat than the predominant partner itself.
If they imagine that they canstand politically or economically while Britain falls they are woefully mistaken.
If they imagine they can stand politically or economically while Britain falls they are woefully mistaken.
This testimony to Irish superiority, coming as it does from English official sources just three hundred years ago, would be convincing enough did it stand alone.
It does not stand alone; it could be paralleled in the columns of any English paper--Liberal as much as Conservative--every day in the week.
Ireland turned into a cemetery; Poland transported to Siberia; all Italy a galleys--there is where we stand in this month of November, 1831!
In that war, Germany will standnot alone as the champion of Europe, she will fight for the freedom of the world.
I swear on my honour that I stand here alone with sheathed sword.
A little man came to stand in the doorway beside the Professor.
Can't you see that your stand simply brands you an unbeliever?
It was in the third mile that the battle of wits and judgment had to be carried to conclusion, the fourth mile lurking as a mere matter of staying power and ability to stand the gaff.
I wouldn't talk to every man this way, but I think you're a stroke who can stand responsibility.
The Professor decided tostand in a doorway till the shower had passed over.
I realize the position you've given me will help me, make me stand out after graduation, mean almost as much as my diploma--provided we can win.
But after his death, when they perceived that there was no man of any importance to stand in the breach, they hoped to obtain an easy victory.
But Anan did not standentirely alone; of elevated rank, he naturally had friends.
Nevertheless considerable time elapsed before any one ventured to make a decisive stand against them.
Streatley has a Roman derivation, as have so many similar names throughout England which stand upon a "strata" or "way" of British or of Roman origin.
It is, of course, a matter of conjecture how much population this would stand for.
The Scandinavians made their last stand in the church of the monastery, and the townsmen burnt it.
In a number of cases they stand for portions of the manor only, but even in this list ten at least, and possibly twelve, stand for complete manorial ownership.
The same steeple of Lechlade would stand as a permanent landmark beyond the fields, and, a long way off, the same church of Eaton Hastings, which he had known, would show above the trees.
The new Castle, like so many hundred others built by the genius of the same race, must stand on a steep hill even if the choice of such a site involved a long, instead of a reasonable, day's march.
Westminster almost alone of the great foundations remains with a certain splendour attached to it; we cannot, indeed, see all the dependencies as they used to stand to the south of the great Abbey.
Sicily and Crete, apart from the fact that they do not stand in tidal water, have no navigable rivers.
Our nerves had got to the point where they wouldn't stand another meal in Fergussen.
At the high school the girls would stand in groups and just look at me.
Jimmie McBride, for example, would stand patiently under "M" until he was claimed.
This is what she said: "I'm so homesick that I simply can't stand it.
Stand far enough away to get a perspective on the whole.
It gives me a sort of vantage point from which to stand aside and look at life.
One of the most beautiful studies of childhood--Rebecca's artistic, unusual and quaintly charming qualities stand out midst a circle of austere New Englanders.
Perhaps when two people are exactly in accord, and always happy when together and lonely when apart, they ought not to let anything in the world stand between them.
I was afraid he would regret it in the future--and I couldn't stand that!
Dearest child of my heart, have I not ever been a mother to you, and will you refuse to be still my daughter when I stand so much in need of consolation?
Might not the principal enactments stand something in this way?
Suppose, then, God’s law as to these marriages to stand in the statute-book of a Jewish Parliament, imagining for the moment such to have existed.
The critic is then a magistrate of ideas, the censor of his time; he fulfils a sacred function; while in the former case he is but an acrobat who turns somersaults for a living so long as he had a leg to stand on.
Do you suppose I am going tostand that sort of thing?
The women rejoiced in being able to pity her who had so long oppressed them; never had Dinah seemed to stand higher in the eyes of the neighborhood.
Dinah, in spite of her striking beauty, after nursing her baby for three months, could not stand comparison with these perishable blossoms, so soon faded, but so showy as long as they live rooted in opulence.
I had already noticed when in Holland the additional importance given to figures by a flat country; the lack of hills makes them stand out, and as they usually show against the sky they loom larger.
The harness is more or less rich according to the means of the donkey driver and the rank of his customers, but I am speaking merely of asses which stand for hire.
Above the trees on the other side of the square, higher than the line of the roofs, are seen four or five minarets, the shafts of which, built in courses alternately blue and red, stand out against the azure sky.
Did the name of Hora which she had given stand for that of Tahoser?
We were obliged, by the force of winds and sea, tostand on a W.
The Chief Pilot said that as it was well to windward, and not to waste the water, it would be better to stand on, as we did, with the wind E.
Moreover, the night was coming on, which made it necessary tostand away from the land.
Your worship wishes to kill me," replied the Vicar; "can you not see that I am unable to stand on my feet?
It was now late, so I determined tostand off and on during the night, waiting for the next day to go to the island; but at dawn we were too leeward, and for this cause and others we left it.
They anchored in 10 fathoms, and with loud cries told the General to stand off, as the bottom was full of great rocks.
And this love, in its true sense, should stand for an affection purified from egoism.
Come, come, Mr Macaulay, we cannot permit a foolish old sentiment about a ruin of stones to stand in the way of honest improvement.
Stand up like a man to this filthy Campbell, and give him the bullet that was meant for a better man.
The results of the Elizabethan settlement were becoming apparent, and the two great parties, known then as Protestant and Puritan, now as High Church and Low Church, were beginning to stand out clearly.
As ever, Charles was unable to stand against her stronger will.
