He was calling them sinners and covenant-breakers, guilty of pride, covetousness, contention, lying, stealing, moral uncleannessand launching upon them the curse of Israel's God unless they should repent.

Away in the distance, she could see the little breakers washing white upon the sand; to the left stretched the long, brilliant promenade of the Digue, ending in the glare of light which marked the Casino.

The surf roared tremendously on the rocks, on either hand, and the boom of the more distant breakers came to my ear like the wind in a pine forest.

This same gloomy tide Rolling its fearful breakers to the shore, Shall be transform'd, upon the other side, Into the crystal Life-stream, shaded o'er By Paradisal groves, whose mellow fruit Shall heal the sorrows of the destitute.

When this cleared off, the black and dreary front of the Wolf-stone became dimly visible through the tumultuous assemblage of gigantic breakers, that were every instant grappling with the steep which defied them.

At not more than a quarter of a mile's distance on our lee-beam, appeared a range of tremendous breakers, among which it seemed as if every sea would throw us.

The great majority of children who attend this school belong to the class of "street arabs," as they are now called; and either already belong to, or are likely to sink into, the dangerous classesprofessional law-breakers, profligates, and barbarians.

An enormous breaker now burst on us with irresistible force, so that I scarcely noticed what occurred to him afterwards, being buried by successive seas.

The night they sailed a great consternation was caused on the island by the news that the safe in the Admiral Superintendent's office had been opened by expert safe-breakers, and certain most important secret documents stolen.

But, in an instant afterward, just as we thought they were about to be driven into the fatal breakers, they turned, to our inexpressible delight, as if drawn by some invisible power (the rope the ferryman had attached to the oar was, indeed, invisible to us,) and followed the boat.

But no sooner has she sunk into the abyss than the foam and the fierce breakers die away, and a wondrous calm broods over all things.

Beneath us were the serracs of the Gorner Glacier, teased and tousled like a fringe of frozen breakers.

He saw the giant breakers looming up, black and massive, in the foreground of almost every scene.

Busy, arranging the drapery of their couches, whether of royal purple or of beggar's rags, they cannot find the time to think of other thingseven to listen to the grim breakers, with their awful voices roaring on the lee!

He was calling them sinners and covenant-breakers, guilty of pride, covetousness, contention, lying, stealing, moral uncleannessand launching upon them the curse of Israel's God unless they should repent.

Ship-masters, especially those commanding emigrant vessels, were then, as now, habitual promise-breakers; and although each succeeding sun was to light them on their way, it was fully a fortnight before the ship stood out to sea.

But wouldst thou think, that this haughty promise-breaker could resolve as she does, absolutely and for ever to renounce me for what passed last night?

"I always imagined he was a varmint with a pasta' ex-heart breaker of innocent women or a train-robber or" "Aw, hell," the Ramblin' Kid rebuked, "him have a wife?

St. Petroc, choking with impotent wrath, appeared to study the hollow green breakers from between the long ears of his mule, but with quick sidelong glances right and left, ready to jump down the throat of the first saint that dared to smile.

Sergeant Barker was the ideal Cavalryman and the ideal breaker of hearts,hearts of the Mary-Ann and Eliza-Jane order.

The barge was almost immediately overwhelmed in the midst of immense foaming breakers, which rushed over the bows, carrying away planks, oars, &c. About half a minute elapsed between the filling and going down of the barge, during which I had sufficient presence of mind to rip off my three coats, and was loosening my suspenders, when the barge sunk, and I found myself floating in the midst of people, baggage, &c.

The wind and waves, too, went down in the fog; the now invisible and hushed breakers occasionally sent the surf over the sand in a quick whisper, with grave intervals of silence, but with no continuous murmur as before.

A number of grave-looking gentlemen were standing under the portico of the church, looking on with apparent complacency,not one attempting either to check these juvenile Sabbath-breakers, or to allure them to occupations more suitable to the day.

It, however, furnishes the town twice a day with a mild sensation in the shape of a bore, which at the turn of the tide rolls up the river-bed like a miniature breaker.

but you is a monst'us good oberseah; you is de bes' oberseah in dis county, Mistah Johnson,' sez Mars Jeems, w'en de oberseah got th'oo wid his tale; 'en dey ain' nebber be'n no nigger-breaker lack you roun' heah befo'.