Vincy's openness and simplicity were quite unstreaked with suspicion as to the subtle offence she might give to the taste of her intended son-in-law; and altogether Lydgate had to confess to himself that he was descending a little in relation to Rosamond's family.
The remote worship of a woman throned out of their reach plays a great part in men's lives, but in most cases the worshipper longs for some queenly recognition, some approving sign by which his soul's sovereign may cheer him without descending from her high place.
The road ended abruptly in a church and some descending steps.
Kate's mother Carole, who comes from a working-class background - descending from a line of impoverished Durham miners and builders - is a former air hostess, while her father Michael was an aircraft dispatcher for BA.
The man of the house would be first, followed by his wife, and then the kids in descending order of age.
Those watchtowers serve as a reminder of why the Wall was built in the first place – to defend against attacks from armies descending from the north.
It is doubtful if the Virgo wife ever recovers from her maiden beliefs that sex is base, and that she is descending when she accedes to her husband's physical necessities.
In the green valley to which they were descending six or seven rough-looking men, all armed, were sitting by a tree.
One summer night, when the moon was very bright he suddenly saw a girl descending slowly from the sky.
Twilight was descending over Beijing.
A gentle breeze, however, now arose, as the sun was about descending; and while I remained standing on the brow of the slope, the fog gradually became dissipated into wreaths, and so floated over the scene.
somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience,your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which I cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look will easily unclose me though I have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens (touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose or if your wish be to close me, I and my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly, as when the heart of
I had watched you flirt with Ingrid at the church picnics,"she nodded towards her sister descending the train steps.
Descending, along with lawn tennis and badminton, from the ancient medieval game of tennis.
Dutch auction also known as an open descending price auction.
But now the sun and moon illumine a gold and silver terrace, And, clad in rainbow garments, riding on the wind, Come the queens of all the clouds, descending one by one, With tigers for their lute-players and phoenixes for dancers.
" answered the king, "what is to hinder the horse from descending straight into the sea, or dashing him to pieces on the rocks?
In descending the stairs the doctor accidentally knocked over the corpse, and finding him dead believed that he himself was the murderer.
No one spoke to me, they even appeared to hasten over their dreadful task, and I speedily found myself descending into the gloomy pit, with my seven loaves and pitcher of water beside me.
Descending from the tree I hastily collected what remained of my provisions and set off as fast as I could go towards it.
