He swells his lifted chest, and backward flings His bridling neck between his tow'ring wings; Stately, and burning in his pride, divides And glorying looks around, the silent tides: On as he floats, the silver'd waters glow, Proud of the varying arch and moveless form of snow.

And yet I have been pestered by cheap flings at my personal bearing" "We might get him to make a barrel of it for the Sunday-school picnic" "That will do," I said severely.

" "Of course you're right, and as I've had my little fling, and got it out of my system, let's work along the sensible lines you laid out, Frank.

It was all very like the conventional stage picture of Western melodrama: the fire lighting up their faces with patches of alternate red and black; Défago, in slouch hat and moccasins in the part of the "badlands" villain; Hank, open-faced and hatless, with that reckless fling of his shoulders, the honest and deceived hero; and old Punk, eavesdropping in the background, supplying the atmosphere of mystery.

No, she'll just keep him trailing along, in an ambiguous position, sickened and tantalized and fevered, till all the temper is drawn out of himand then hell be dropped," He turned away with an impatient fling of his head.

But then she arrested herself with a sharp, curved fling of her starched skirts.

How they had faced a bombardment of heavy gunsa whistling, shrieking, thundering roar, pierced by the higher explosion of a bursting shellsmoke and sulphur and gasthe crumbling of walls and downward fling of shrapnel.

And every extreme here mentioned flings a general scandal upon the whole body it pretends to adhere to.

A green-wood grave-yard hid from ken, Where sweet-fern flings an odor nigh Yet held in fear for the gleaming ghost!

He flourished it about and flung it forth as a fly-fisher flings his line.

According to their natures men are indulging in flippant flings at a vanished superstition, or grieving silently over the disappearance of the ancient light which ruled the night of earth.

And while the citizens, outraged at this scene, crowded together and forced back the guard, he came up behind the Chamberlain and threw him down, tore off his cloak, collar, and helmet, wrenched the sword from his hand, and dashed it with a furious fling far away across the square.

Far, far from hence, its bosom deep and wide, Bears the proud steamer on its fiery wing Along its banks, bright cities rise in pride, And o'er its breast their gorgeous image fling.

While Seward sweeps her plaintive strings, While pensive round his sable shrine, A radiant zone she graceful flings, Where full emblaz'd his virtues shine; The mournful loves that tremble nigh Shall catch her warm melodious sigh; The mournful loves shall drink the tears that flow From Pity's hov'ring soul, dissolv'd in woe.

Go to Paris and get yourself some awfully good-looking clothesand have one grand fling at the gay world.

sneered Jeanne, all her antagonism kindled afresh at this last gratuitous fling.

As he writes, his large-hearted nature flings off its royal mantle, and he talks as a man to men.

Martha Foote sat up in bed, now, preparatory to the heroic flinging aside of the covers.

He left the tiller, with a hopeless fling of the arm.

That this Sir George Covert should call the patroon a poltroon hurt me, for he was kin to us both; yet it seemed that there might be truth in the insolent fling, for selfishness and poltroonery are too often linked.

The flare sank into earth a few yards away, after a last insulting, ugly fling of sparks in our faces.

The story of "Janet's Repentance" might, with the omission of a few passages such as the satirical flings at Mr. Tryan's female worshippers, be made into a very edifying little tract for some "evangelical" society.

But then she arrested herself with a sharp, curved fling of her starched skirts.

Then, from that safe sanctuary which you have chosen, you may look your fill upon the awakening of the primitive in man; see him throw off civilization as a sleeper flings aside the cloak that has covered him; watch the savages fight, whom your gold has conjured.

Then, with a sudden reckless fling of his shoulders, he put out his hand boldly and caught her small pointed chin in his palm.