The child she had learned to love had vanished somehow and here was this tall, serious-eyed girl of fifteen, with the thoughtful brows and the proudly poised little head, in her place.
The statue of Diana on the tower of the Garden—its constancy shown by its weathercock ways, its innocence by the coating of gold that it has acquired, its devotion to style by its single, graceful flying scarf, its candour and artlessness by its habit of ever drawing the long bow, its metropolitanism by its posture of swift flight to catch a Harlem train—remained poised with its arrow pointed across the upper bay.
Well, here was Valancy at last, a poised, confident thing, not humble and deprecating as she should have been.
Seeing Peter slowly advancing upon him through the air with dagger poised, he sprang upon the bulwarks to cast himself into the sea.
Sometimes he poised himself in the air, listening intently, with his hand to his ear, and again he would stare down with eyes so bright that they seemed to bore two holes to earth.
Journalling is awesome and it allows me to feel a lot calmer, understand myself better, and make poised decisions.
Forgas once wrote: 'The same smile that is seen as friendly by a person in a good mood may be judged as awkward when the observer is in a negative mood; discussing the weather could be seen as 'poised' when the person is in a good mood but 'boring' when that person is in a bad mood.
The country is poised to become one of the first to experiment with a 32-hour workweek, which would allow workers to spend less time at the office without any change in pay.
They warn Germany is "poised to overtake" the UK in having the most top universities in Europe.
" Her poised index finger had just punctuated the Eleventh Commandment.
5, the first day of Chinese New Year celebrations, and already seems poised to beat out most of the competition.
In 2019, China is poised to reach a milestone that signals how the rebalancing of economic power in the world is reshaping industries with it.
These uncertainties seem poised to drag the world back to the turbulent years of the early 20th century.
Climate change is poised to become a major threat in the coming decades, with some animals - most famously polar bears - already in decline due to rising temperatures and changing weather patterns.
The new degree will allow students at Northern Michigan University to get an professional edge as marijuana seems poised to become an explosive industry in the United States.
But that chip inside the head could soon vanish as scientists say we are poised to gain a much greater understanding of the brain, and, in turn, technologies that empower brain computer interfaces.
However, the rankings may be poised for another shakeup as Ma Huateng's wealth increased rapidly following a run-up in the stock price of Tencent Holdings.
While output will pick up in 2018 and 2019, there are few big projects poised to come on stream.
Inland cities are also poised to show strong growth in high-income residents, with Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing and Wuhan each looking to have over 2 million high-income consumers by 2030.
But after such a long wait, 24K Magic is poised to give the singer's *trademark Funk a flashy makeover.