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The snakes that served them instead of hair seemed likewise to be asleep; although, now and then, one would writhe, and lift its head, and thrust out its forked tongue, emitting a drowsy hiss, and then let itself subside among its sister snakes.

It must not be imagined that it was anything in the nature of a brutal assault. Dominic's brawny arm would be seen describing deliberately an ample horizontal gesture, a dignified sweep, and Cesar would go over suddenly like a ninepin which was funny to see. But, once down, he would writhe on the deck, gnashing his teeth in impotent rage which was pretty horrible to behold.

He fell to the ground, uttering as he did so his call to the hounds; had it not been for these faithful auxiliaries he would instantly have been slain, but they rushed in and, fastening their teeth in the belly of the serpent, caused it to writhe and twist in its anguish.

Those who know most of God and their own souls will agree most with me; those who know little about God and their own souls will agree but hardly with me, for they provoke God's chastisements, and writhe under them for the time, and then go and do the same wrong again, as the wild beast will turn and bite the stone thrown at him without having the sense to see why it was thrown.

For a whole hour he worked with her, and at length subdued the convulsions of pain which distorted the beautiful face and made the childlike body writhe. He had a resentment against the crime which had been committed. Marriage had not made her into a woman; it had driven her back into an arrested youth.

That was the damnable feature of the barbed thorns: once set, they held on as that strange plant held to its desert life. Ladd began to writhe, and sweat mingled with the blood on his face. He cursed and raved, and his movements made it almost impossible for Gale to do anything. "Put your knife-blade under an' tear it out!" shouted Ladd, hoarsely.

Shall the gazer who would read the secrets of the stars turn because under his feet a worm may writhe? Theirs to make bricks without straw; his a high place in the glorious procession that with gorgeous banners and glittering emblems, with clash of music and solemn chant, winds its shining way to dedicate the immortal edifice their toil has reared.

He crumpled up quietly, one shoulder in the lead and his left leg bending under him, straightening out then, with half a writhe to his back. "No! No! Help him! God! No! No! No!" But yes. Harry had shot himself, very truly, too, through the heart. There followed black weeks, with Mrs.

Gray spoke up and in his tone was the contempt that was in Marjorie's eyes, and it made the mountain boy writhe. "I wouldn't soil my hands on you now." The school-master rebuked Gray with a gesture, but Jason was confused and sick now and he held out his hand for his pistol. "I better be goin' now this ain't no place fer me." The school-master gravely handed the weapon to him.

Bleached skeletons of dead trees writhe in weird contortions against the dark background of jungle, as though some wizard's curse had blighted life and growth amid the rank vegetation rising from this dismal Slough of Despond.