It may be conceived with truth that the above happenings had put a very considerable strain upon my nerves, so that I looked to and fro continually, with ever and anon a quick glance behind me; for it seemed to me that I might expect some demoniac creature to rush upon me at any moment.

And now the bells of the churches were sounding the Ave Maria, filling the air with sweet and solemn vibrations, as if angels were passing to and fro overhead, harping as they went; and ever and anon the great bell of the Campanile came pulsing in with a throb of sound of a quality so different that one hushed one's breath to hear.

With keen-worded opposition, playful, merciless precision, Mocking the romance of Youth, Standing on the sphere of Truth, He on worldly wisdom's plane Rolled it to and fro amain.

to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble^, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well. 315.

He prowled to and fro eternally, till Crowther set down his cup and joined him, pushing a quiet hand through his arm.

[Walks to and fro excitedly.

In the flickering of the yellow flames, these forced cripples and the yellow faces above them reeled to and fro fantastically all together.

and melancholy a tone that it vibrated through my whole frame, and called strongly to mind the beautiful lines in "Parisina": The Convent bells are ringing, But mournfully and slow; In the gray square turret swinging, With a deep sound, to and fro, Heavily to the heart they go!

When it ceased, he made an effort to commence the conversation, and Sir Giles, who had been pacing to and fro impatiently within the chamber, stopped to listen to him.

The needle swung to and fro incessantly but always within a definite arc, the centre of which was the true direction.

The noise to which I referred, is caused by men hurrying to and fro on deckby men heavily laden.

Hilda moved to and fro nervously, stiff with having stood still so long.

Thus, day in, day out, was roar of conflict about the walls of Belsaye town, and ever Sir Benedict, with Beltane beside him, went to and fro, quick of eye and hand, swift to foresee and counteract the tactics of the besiegers, meeting cunning artifice with crafty strategem; wheresoever was panic or pressing need there was Sir Benedict, calm-voiced and serene.

Never did a man's eyes move to and fro more restlessly.

Go to and fro in the earth securely in the four months to come.

If done carefully, it is hard work for the armsknocking the manure into small pieces by striking it with a fork swung to and fro smartly.

I had as a fellow-guest a man who had long been intimate with him and whom he was very glad to see; talking after tea in the library Emerson said, "I want to tell you about a friend in Germany, his name I cannot remember," and he moved to and fro uneasily, in his effort to recall it.

This slim creature before me, flitting to and fro with the grace of the woodland life, swift, supple, adroit, on her knees blowing the fire, or stirring the frying-pan through a veil of smoke, suddenly seemed the only way I had ever really seen her.

In the midst of the noise that I made, there was a screaming and a rushing to and fro upstairs.

He arose to his feet, swinging his strapped up books to and fro airily, but there was a dismal catch in his voice as he turned to the teacher's desk, and said: "Mr. Darrow, I guess I would rather take the whipping.