92 collocations for glides

A Series of Sonnets": Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide.

' 'And sure the man who has it in his power To practise virtue, and protracts the hour, Waits like the rustic till the river dried; Still glides the river, and will ever glide.

they at last imagined that he was dead, and one by one they closed or half-closed their wings and dropped, gliding downwards, growing larger in appearance as they neared the ground, until the small black spots no bigger than flies were seen to be great black birds as big as turkeys.

You may imagine what a fearful night I passed, for the snake returned eager to devour me, and glided round and round my frail shelter seeking an entrance.

Slow glides the sail along the illumined shore, And steals into the shade the lazy oar; Soft bosoms breathe around contagious sighs, 105 And amorous music on the water dies.

On the lake there glided a boat, and the party within it sang Swedish and Danish songs; but by the shore, under that tall, hanging birch, sat four young girlsso prettyso sylph-like!

The foot of Donna Violetta had scarcely touched the pavement of the lower hall, when several menials glided down the flight and quitted the palace by its different outlets.

p.436 [206] 'Eheu! fugaces, Postume, Postume, Labuntur anni.' 'How swiftly glide our flying years!'

As if without volition she fell into gliding little steps, moving toward the dancing floor.

We now began to climb among the ashes, and tho' the ascent to the position of the ancient crater is not more than probably eighty yards in height, we were at least one hour before we reached it, from its excessive steepness and from gliding back two feet out of three at every step we made.

And it needs not the gift of prophecy to foresee, nor the spirit of personal flattery to declare, that the names of Franklin and Morse are destined to glide down the declivity of time together, the equals in the renown of inventive achievements, until the hand of History shall become palsied, and whatever pertains to humanity shall be lost in the general dissolution of matter.

Have we already begun to glide down the descent that leads to it?

The boat was gliding off, the oars dipping, as he spoke.

Her husband kissed her hand fondly, as he assisted her into the gondola, and the boat had glided some distance from the palace ere he quitted the moist stones of the water-gate.

Then I heard a rush under the hedge, and close by glided a great dog, not staying to look up.

How gladly I would have glided out the front door!

But when he was in his electric brougham, gliding eastwards, he frowned to himself.

They had glided away in one unbroken course of study, religion, and domestic love, the enjoyment of nature, and the pursuits of charity; like a long summer sabbath-day, sweet and serene and still, undisturbed by a single passion, hallowed and hallowing.

The canoe glided fasterever faster down the stream.

The silence was suddenly interrupted by the sound of approaching footsteps, and around the nearest corner glided the cowering figure of a man.

at peace he strays Where never fall the snows, Where o'er the meadow springs the maize That mortal never sows; Where birds are blithe in every brake, Where forests teem with deer, Where glide the fish through every lake, One chase from year to year!

Then, speeding through the evening dews, A dozen lighted windows glide The East-bound flyer for New York, Soft as a magic-lantern slide.

Life, like a mighty river, bears us on A rapid tide, we ne'er can rest upon, Adown the narrow stream, at first, we glide Thro' fruits and flowers that fringe the grassy side.

So bright, the folding canopy undrawn, Glides the gilt Landau o'er the velvet lawn, 345 Of beaux and belles displays the glittering throng; And soft airs fan them, as they roll along.

I saw half-a-dozen cuckoos, gliding silvery grey and beating the hedges for nests.

92 collocations for  glides