Whenever this happened the figure removed her mask and unclasped her robe, and revealed a sight which for one moment rooted the young man to the earth and in the next sent him scampering to his bark.

The wine was strong and the gourd capacious, so he also began to sing after a fashion, and soon I had the delight of feeling the iron grip of his goblin legs unclasp, and with one vigorous effort I threw him to the ground, from which he never moved again.

Expressing her sympathy only by look and touch, she began to unclasp my robe at the throat, aware that my only wish was for rest, and content to postpone her own anxiety and natural curiosity.

Unclasp my spirit, self's close stolid stole. Are there no lives to bless?

But I knew it were best for God to unclasp her hand From mine, while yet she clung to it in trust, Than for her to draw it from me, live to understand, Blush for her

And yet forever and forever, When seeming just within my grasp, I feel my feeble hands unclasp, And sink discouraged into night!

A JESUIT Is a larger spoon for a traitor to feed with the devil than any other order; unclasp him, and he's a grey wolf with a golden star in the forehead; so superstitiously he follows the pope that he forsakes Christ in not giving Caesar his due.

As they could not unclasp his fingers from the broken bottleneck they had to let him clutch it as a dead warrior clutches the hilt of his broken sword.

She knelt on the ground to unclasp them.

After some few minutes, the ladies, who were inclined to oppose him, yielded to the tearful advice of their more timid sisters, and one by one they began to unclasp necklaces and belts and hand them over to the dacoit together with bracelets, bangles and rings.

His fingers were badly swollen, and it was agony to clasp and unclasp them; while his arms were sore from wrist to elbow.

The struggling foe may now unclasp The fainting Chief's relaxing grasp; Unbounded from the dreadful close, But breathless all, Fitz-James arose.

Have you no alarms for the continuance of that spirit, which once conducted us to victory and independence, when the talons of power were unclasped for our destruction?

At first he beamed gently upon the traveller, who soon unclasped his cloak and walked on with it hanging loosely about his shoulders: then he shone forth in his full strength, and the man, before he had gone many steps, was glad to throw his cloak right off and complete his journey more lightly clad.

He heard her still singing, "Quick unclasp your tendrils clinging, Stealthily the trees enringing!

"Let this mysterious coffer be opened," said the Abbot of Inchaffray, "to reward the deliverer of Scotland according to its intent" Bruce unclasped the lock, and the regalia of Scotland was discovered!

As he brought the monstrance back she unclasped her hands and sat up.

The words of the Fire Song echoed again in her ears: "Whoso shall stand By this hearthstone Flame fanned, Shall never stand alone!" Gladys turned and fled to her room and resolutely began to unclasp the fasteners of her butterfly dress.

After a terrified pause, she tendered him her assistance to unclasp his cloak; but with a deadly execration he rejected the offer.

" He tried to unclasp her arms, but she clung the more closely to him.

Ma Fewkes could not unclasp the hands; but she produced an effect just the same.

"Said Grippeminaud [the concentric state; take the attitude of one who is wrapped up in himself, head bent, shoulders warped, hands holding each other; hardly unclasp to make the sign of beckoning] to them: 'Come nearer, my children, come nearer; [point to the ears] I am deaf; it is the result of old age.'

" Dr. Mercer roused himself so far as to unclasp his hands and point with one finger at the speaker.

"I will not spoil it," he said, moving so close to her that his breath was on her face, and reaching round to unclasp her hands.

Not my pleasant household duties, Nor the rosied light of Morn, Nor the banners of the sunset On the wintry hills forlorn, Could unclasp the starry yearning From my mortal, weary breast, Nor interpret the weird meaning Of the phantom's wild unrest.