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But his home is not so interesting as that of the houseboatman, nor so picturesque as that of the raftsman, whose floor of logs rocks flexibly under his shanty, but securely rides the current.
Above the bushes to the horizon on either side of the way appeared the serpentine necks flexibly moving to and fro, now bending deliberately towards the dusty twigs, now stretched straight forward as if in patient search for some solace of the camel's fate that lay in the remoteness of the desert.
Then Bobolincon, Wadolincon, Winterseeble, haste, haste, away!" It should be added, that no bird sings constantly in so regular time as is represented above, and the intervals between the high and low notes are very irregular. Another Flexibly modulated, as if pronouncing the words below. Augustus Fowler of Danversport, who has made one of the finest collections of the eggs of native birds.
There are the born classicists who start with form, to whose minds the comeliness of the old, immemorial, well-recognised types in art and literature, have revealed themselves impressively; who will entertain no matter which will not go easily and flexibly into them; whose work aspires only to be a variation upon, or study from, the older masters.
She was leaning back in an Empire chair, her shoulders poised against the top her body, flexibly straight and unsupported from the hips, swaying when she moved, as though giving to the arms of a lover. Her lips were smiling, her eyes half-closed. It may have been a recognition of danger in the very charm of her attitude, or a twang of digestion, that caused a sudden dumbness to fall on James.
This is flexibly adjusted to the rope and drawn across lower window-casings. Comprehending at a glance the method of entrance, he noiselessly passes along the hall and winding aisles into a room next that occupied by Esther. The connecting door is open. Glancing at the reflecting surface of a mirror, Charles is stupefied with horror. He staggers to the door.
It allows the Federal Government to reduce overhead. It allows states to manage more flexibly and more efficiently. It moves power and decision-making closer to the people. And it re-enforces a theme of this Administration: appreciation and encouragement of the innovative power of "states as laboratories."
She was facing the last arrival and she was smiling more flexibly, more naturally, than Harry; but it was Flora who found the first word. "You! I I thought it was Clara." She was struggling for nonchalance, for poise, at this worst blow, so unexpected. "Clara won't be down," Harry said, advancing. "How d'ye do, Mrs. Herrick? How d'ye do, Kerr?" "How d'ye do?" said the Englishman, without rising.
She was leaning back in an Empire chair, her shoulders poised against the top her body, flexibly straight and unsupported from the hips, swaying when she moved, as though giving to the arms of a lover. Her lips were smiling, her eyes half-closed. It may have been a recognition of danger in the very charm of her attitude, or a twang of digestion, that caused a sudden dumbness to fall on James.
Her neck, he noticed, was extraordinarily supple in spite of its proportions, for it turned so easily to follow him, and the head it carried bowed so very flexibly.
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