He was walking even more briskly than before, almost running.

When the consuls, thus rebuked, asked them what it was that they desired them to do, declaring that they would carry it out with as much energy and vigour as the senators wished, the latter issued a decree that they should push on the levy as briskly as possible declaring that the people had become insolent from want of employment.

The pleased little smile lingered as she beat the omelet briskly for her supper.

The northern lights were more vivid than usual, making the sky quite luminous; and there was a sharp freshness in the air, which, while it induced the hunters to pull their hoods more tightly round their faces, also sent their blood careering more briskly through their veins, as they drove swiftly over the ice in the Esquimau sledges.

There is a cold wind; and it was necessary to walk briskly to-day to keep one's-self warm.

We recollect in our younger days, when we used to drive home from Penrith market, our friend would say, "come, let us give the horse a songhe will go home so briskly with us."

Run the tips of the fingers briskly down the backbone, and the spines of the vertebræ will be tipped with red so that they can be readily counted.

Early in April the life began to stir more briskly in the great camp that sprawled along either side of the swollen, muddy river.

The dogs cleared the ice-reef, and went spinning along so briskly over the low hummocks that the driver had to run to keep up with them.

We were carried to the vessel in a small boat which she had, and we set sail very briskly about one o'clock.