1 That we better glide out of this before three in the morning, and clip it down the river with what we've got.
2 Then he stooped down and begun to glide along the wall, just his shoulders showing over the people's heads.
3 So life went on for them as it does for those who are not victims of misfortune and whose activities glide along mechanically and tranquilly beneath the eye of providence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 19. The Third Attack. 4 After a short time, the count saw Bertuccio, who, until then, had been occupied on the other side of the house, glide into an adjoining room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 62. Ghosts. 5 The piercing eye of Monte Cristo glanced through clusters of bushes and trees, and was soon relieved from all anxiety, for seeing a shadow glide between the yew-trees, Monte Cristo recognized him whom he sought.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise. 6 But the two snakes glide away to the high sanctuary and seek the fierce Tritonian's citadel, and take shelter under the goddess' feet beneath the circle of her shield.
7 A wind rising astern follows us forth on our way, and we glide at last to the ancient Curetean coast.
8 Meanwhile the wind falls with sundown; and weary and ignorant of the way we glide on to the Cyclopes' coast.
9 When they saw the high ships, saw them glide up between the shady woodlands and rest on their silent oars, the sudden sight appals them, and all at once they rise and stop the banquet.
10 But since bitter doom is upon her, up, glide from heaven, O Nymph, and seek the Latin borders, where under evil omen they join in baleful battle.
11 As his lips rested on it he felt it glide slowly from beneath them, and saw that Mattie had risen and was silently rolling up her work.
12 Now the other side presented itself to Lily, the volcanic nether side of the surface over which conjecture and innuendo glide so lightly till the first fissure turns their whisper to a shriek.
13 Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure.
14 Some dance springily, some glide softly, some move with grave dignity.
15 She felt the glide of his cheek on her thighs and belly and buttocks, and the close brushing of his moustache and his soft thick hair, and her knees began to quiver.