21 Metaphors for glimpsing

Besides, he reflected, the glimpse of the rest of the slip he had had was, after all, quite accidental, forced upon him by chance, a kind of providential revelation rather than an unfair advantage.

Mr. Hamilton's last glimpse of the Careys had been the group at the Yellow House gate.

A lighted glimpse, a few hearty words of direction, and we were out in the night again; for though, indeed, this was Dutch Hollow, its simple microcosm did not include an hotel.

The last glimpse Peter had of him was his meager old figure silhouetted against the cold gray fog that filled the compound.

The glimpse which Jacopo obtained, by that passing light, was the last look he had of his father's countenance.

A little over three miles from Pierrefitte,where a glimpse at the zinc mines and the wire tram in connection with them can be obtainedthe road passes over the bridge of Médiabat, and some yards beyond becomes identical with the old route, which until then lay below us.

" Another pleasant glimpse during these stormy years is the couple, during a brief stay in Philadelphia, being entertained almost to death, described as follows by Franklin's daughter in a letter to her father: "I have lately been several times abroad with the General and Mrs. Washington.

Perhaps grandmamma and the Marquis were right after all, and these glimpses of paradise are the compensations.

Her last glimpse was a rather pale smile from Bruce as he waved his hand and then turned to his paper....

Its probable, therefore, that occasional glimpses of these astral reflections of the akashic records are commoner than the published accounts would lead us to believe.

The last glimpse they had of the river was the flood that was pouring out between the jaws of land marking one of the mouths of the Magdalena and making a distinct yellow area in the salty waters of the tropical ocean.

"The first glimpse we get of Saxon blood in history is that line of Tacitus in his 'Germany,' which reads, 'In all grave matters they consult their women.'

"The only glimpse of the forest I had was your Snow Witches, Ivra.

If that be not the beatific vision of which old Mystics spoke so rapturously, one glimpse of which was perfect bliss, I at least know none nobler, desire none more blessed.

PERSONAL GLIMPSES OF CELEBRATED MEN AND WOMEN Is Dr. Conwell's latest lecture.

That glimpse of equine perfection had been an illusion built of spirit and attitude; when the head of the stallion fell she saw the daylight truth: that this was either the wreck of a young horse or the sad ruin of a fine animal now grown old.

Jack was as a mute stranger keeping at their side unasked, while the only glimpse he had of Mary was the edge of her hat and her fingertips on her father's sleeve.

We stayed up late on the night of December 7, in hopes of seeing, as we passed Terceira, even the loom of the land: but the moon was down; and a glimpse of the 'Pico' at dawn next morning was our only chance of seeing, at least for this voyage, those wondrous Isles of the BlestIsles of the Blest of old; and why not still?

My next glimpse of him was a complete surprise to me.

This observation of mine was but a glimpse at best, for the winding of the stage-horn was the signal for Mr. Calhoun's departure, and I never saw him more.

Our last glimpse of Wordsworth in the full and peculiar power of his genius is the Ode Composed on an evening of extraordinary splendour and beauty.

21 Metaphors for  glimpsing