Do you therefore place thyself between Mowbray and Tourville: their toes to be played upon and commanded by thine, if they go wrong: thy elbows to be the ministers of approbation.

The pedlar went on the points of his toes to the chest, carefully turned the key, and opened it.

They quarreled for it, chucked it in their arms, examined its toes with critical attention, and conversed with it in barbarous baby language, which was enough, Ralph said, to drive a man distracted.

"Well, sir?" "What was there so interesting in the toes?"

Upon her feet were blue velvet slippers, pointed, turned up at the toes and embroidered with gold.

There are many different kinds of Seal; the family is a large one, but all have one thing in commonthe fish-like body, with toes joined together by a web.

she mimicked, and finicked about on her toes.

This makes him walk upon his toes and tread as lightly as if he were leading her a dance.

This we could not think of allowing: it became indispensable, therefore, to kick him out, which we did with universal consent, the whole company lending their toes uno pede, as I may say, though pitying his gray hairs and his angelic smile.

But, if it fell (as by the hypothesis it did) into the one sole point of ground common to four kings, it is clear that, instead of no leg to stand upon, eight separate legs would have had no ground to stand upon unless by treading on each other's toes.

" A woman passed him carrying a babe poised upon her head, with silver anklets upon her bare ankles and heavy silver rings upon her toes.

His big toes were unusually long and prehensile.

Arteaga and Carrasco took off their shoes and crept gingerly across, using their somewhat prehensile toes to keep from slipping.

"dentes illudunt saepe labellis, Atque premunt arete adfigentes oscula" They cannot, I say, contain themselves, they will be still not only joining hands, kissing, but embracing, treading on their toes, &c., diving into their bosoms, and that libenter,

Yea many times this love will make old men and women that have more toes than teeth, dance,"John, come kiss me now," mask and mum; for Comus and Hymen love masks, and all such merriments above measure, will allow men to put on women's apparel in some cases, and promiscuously to dance, young and old, rich and poor, generous and base, of all sorts.

Why, drive it with all the vehemence that five toes can exert, it would not kill a louse on the head of Methodism.

About his middle he had a piece of a white calico, which came only down to his knees; and both his fingers and toes were adorned with many gold rings set with fine stones; his arms and legs were covered with many golden bracelets.

Every small alley as he passed seemed to contain a Jem Hardy, who whizzed out like a human firework in front of him, and then followed dancing on his toes a pace or two in his rear.

On one occasion he tied her up by the hands so that she could barely touch the floor with her toes.

And my father was so happier he laughed and laughed when Dolly nipped her nose and pinched her toes just right, and when the song stopped he slapped his knees and cried very loud, he was so glad about Dolly.

Ten puffs upon my master's toes, And twenty on his sleeves, Upon his hat a Tudor rose Set round with silver leaves; But never a hunting-spear, And never a rowel-spur; Who is this that he calls his Dear?

The worst plague of all, however, are the sand-fleas, which attach themselves to one's toes, underneath the nails, or sometimes to the soles of the feet.

Bartlett Cloud's a coward from the toes up, March, and if he tries to make it unpleasant for you, why, just offer to knock him down and he'll change his tune.

After they have been retaken, I have seen them stripped naked and suspended by the hands, sometimes to a tree, sometimes to a post, until their toes barely touched the ground, and whipped with a cowhide until the blood dripped from their backs.

"Ranaway, my slave Lewishe has lost a piece of one ear, and a part of one of his fingers, a part of one of his toes is also lost.

Five tows of five boats each, loaded with men, were going ashore alongside of us.

But often the repair gang cannot reach a stranded lorry, and the drivers, helpless before a big mechanical repair, have to camp out alongside their car, till help arrives and tows them in.

You stand on a board, holding the rope, and the boat tows you along.

On these he spends the false gallop of his tongue, and with senseless discourse tows them alone, not out of ignorance.

At dawn she tows a spotty cow To graze upon the village green; She plods for miles be'ind a plough, An' takes our washin' in between.

A pigmy steam-tug tows you, Gigantic, to the shore Dismantled of your guns and spars, And sweeping wings of war.