But then his trousers were always rolled up at the knee, for the convenience of wading on the slightest notice; and his virtue, supposing it to exist, was undeniably "virtue in rags," which, on the authority even of bilious philosophers, who think all well-dressed merit overpaid, is notoriously likely to remain unrecognised (perhaps because it is seen so seldom).
A few minutes later Tom was in the shoal water of the bar, wading toward the Illinois shore.
At the end of half an hour they were wading through the tall grass of the graveyard.
Tossing my beach bag onto the sand, I began wading toward the animal, who continued to writhe as if in distress.
Lesson 7 Sailing The Boat Here are a boy and a girl wading in the sea.
They rent all the equipment: the reels, the rods, the wading suits, the rowboat, the car, and even a cabin in the woods.
'Some of these people are wading through heaps and heaps of resumes.
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Tossing my beach bag onto the sand, I began wading toward the animal, who continued to writhe as if in distress.
To overcome this obstacle, the State of Chu sent men to secretly measure the depth of the Yong River and make marks for wading across the river at night.
The floor was thick with mud where ruffians had sat down to drink or consult after wading in the marshes round their camp.
The ebb had already run some time, and I had to wade through a long belt of swampy sand, where I sank several times above the ankle, before I came to the edge of the retreating water, and wading a little way in, with some strength and dexterity, set my coracle, keel downwards, on the surface.
For four or five of them were busy carrying off our stores and wading out with them to one of the gigs that lay close by, pulling an oar or so to hold her steady against the current.
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Pitying his age and feebleness, I took him up, and wading across the stream I bent down that he might more easily reach the bank, and bade him get down.
The giants, seeing their prey escaping them, seized up huge pieces of rock, and wading into the water hurled them after us with such good aim that all the rafts except the one I was upon were swamped, and their luckless crews drowned, without our being able to do anything to help them.
Tossing my beach bag onto the sand, I began wading toward the animal, who continued to writhe as if in distress.
