As I finished each volume it went into the fire; and I stood over it until the last leaf was ashes.
It searched about as though to find a convenient resting-place, and when this was discovered, stood over it, swaying to and fro for a full minute.
Still the enormous beast floundered forward; up to that moment I had never realized how truly huge it was, not even when it stood over me in the moonlight about to crush me with its foot.
For quite a long while, it seemed more than a century, he stood over me, studying me as though I interested him very much, the water of the lake trickling in a refreshing stream from his great ears on to my back.
I sat down upon the ground, for I was so exhausted that at the time I did not greatly care whether I died or lived, while Hans drew his knife and stood over me, cursing them as he had cursed at Jana.
He stood over her, when he could be admitted, watching for the symptomatics of her revival; all, however, was vain.
As soon as we got out of the Sound I stood over to the eastward, in order to get the streight well open before the tide of ebb came on.
In the afternoon we stood over to the south point of the bay, but not reaching it before it was dark, we stood off and on all night.
In a jiffy, half a dozen carpenters were at work constructing a substantial ladder out of scantlings, while I stood over them in serene command of the situation.
I stood over my toiling minions and I venture to say that they never worked harder or faster in their lives.
You will tell him that I am here--" I stood over her, trying my best to scowl.
So soon as the whole allied force was collected in the Thames, it stood over to the Dutch coast.
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