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Looking to the sidelines, he saw his father keeping step with him, following him down the court in front of the first row of spectators. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Treebeard was at their head, and some fifty followers were behind him, two abreast, keeping step with their feet and beating time with their hands upon their flanks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
So Frank keeps at his side, keeps step with him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
He kept step with them, walking backward, a furious sneer on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
“Yes,” the woman responds, keeping step beside her, “but pretend that you do, there’s a man hiding behind your car.” Women on the Scottish Coast, at the Whims of Male Violence 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z
As it discreetly keeps step with the girls, the camera remains tethered to Nelly’s point of view, so you see what she sees. ‘Petite Maman’ Review: Into the Woods 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z
Indeed its gestures left such slight traces that my sense was of a music whose inner dance playfully resisted the ungainly attempts of my ears to keep step. Total Immersion: New from the North – review 2013-03-11T15:56:53Z
Advances in the parade telecast do not constitute a march toward progress so much as an exercise in keeping step with new expressions of the status quo. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Adapts to the Eye of the Times 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z
The actors who, swarming, make up a terrifying London crowd, move, perfectly drilled, as a nimble whole; the hero has to teach himself to keep step. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Philadelphia, Here I Come!; Playing the Games: Taking Part/After the Party – review 2012-08-04T23:06:09Z
A slowdown in residential construction "is absolutely at odds with plans for the supply of housing to increase to keep step with immigration," said Randall Bartlett, senior director of Canadian economics at Desjardins. Canada's slowing home building is bad news for buyers and Trudeau 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z
Within the United States, government regulation has also failed to keep step with new technologies that allow scientists to alter viruses and even synthesize new ones. Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn
Rising inflation, driven mainly by energy prices and supply chain issues, also poses a risk of stalling an economic and jobs recovery if workers’ incomes do not keep step, the ILO said. China lockdowns, war risk derailing global jobs recovery: ILO 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z
All in all, the new iPad Air is closer to keeping step with Apple’s more expensive tablets, minus a few ounces. Apple unveils low-cost iPhone SE and new iPad Air 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z
He kept step with her across the bridge to the Cortober side and together they slowed to look out over the water. Fiction by Kevin Barry:  “The Coast of Leitrim” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z
It keeps step with Sand’s wandering heroines, her radical utopias and fierce intellectual independence. George Sand’s unfinished legacy 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z
The Japan News calls for Japan and the U.S. to keep step with each other on policy, ahead of the planned U.S.-North Korea summit: Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z
While shares in top energy companies have risen since mid-2017, they have failed to keep step with recovering crude markets, opening up a historically unusual performance gap. Investors sense opportunities in Big Oil - but mind the gap 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z
Unlike so many defensive midfielders, he has a raw pace to keep step with the fastest attacking players in the league. Leicester City 2-1 Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z
Leaders are the ones who keep faith with the past, keep step with the present, and keep the promise to posterity. Reflections on Leadership 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z
I fantasized keeping step with these men marching against the tide, a red ribbon boldly tacked to my breast. My Invisible Life as an AIDS Widow 2014-02-28T00:35:46Z
Ahead of the planned U.S.-North Korea summit talks, it is important for both the Japanese and U.S. governments to keep step with each other on their policies regarding North Korea. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z
While shares in top energy companies have risen since mid-2017, they have failed to keep step with recovering crude markets, opening up a historically unusual performance gap. Investors sense opportunities in Big Oil - but mind the gap 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z
Unlike so many defensive midfielders, he has a raw pace to keep step with the fastest attacking players in the league. Leicester City 2-1 Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z
Both horses were trotting exactly together, keeping step, as the saying goes, yet my companion was at ease whilst I was in torment. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z
As I was marching in Flanders A ghost kept step with me— Kept step with me and chuckled, And muttered ceaselessly. Poetry of the Supernatural 2012-04-22T02:00:10.897Z
The material civilization of the foreigners changes from day to day; we attempt to imitate it, and we find it difficult to keep step with it. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z
She took it, and they had kept step for some fifty paces before she said— "Then you knew all the time?" The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z
Try to will it and to will it often; you will see the ability keep step with the exertions of your will. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z
They wore branches of blossoms in their hats, and kept step as they marched. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z
But the seventeen years of Edith and the eight springtimes of the child kept step harmoniously. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z
Lame men with canes hopped and skipped in order to keep step with their more nimble comrades. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z
At first they followed a leader to a simple melody, keeping step and working into a rhythmic swing. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z
When you give, or have an arm, carefully avoid all erratic movements, and keep step, like a well-trained soldier! The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z
She and others watched with tear-dimmed eyes as again the troops took up their line of march for the South, keeping step to the music of the band. Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z
The prisoners paced their floor, keeping step with the sentry; and as soon as he had passed by, Burton, who was the taller, and could reach the ceiling, commenced work, while Wadsworth walked on. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
The company must keep step, and the stragglers must be mercilessly cut off. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z
To keep step was impossible when it was hard work to drag their feet out of the mire, and they carried their rifles anyhow. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z
Henceforth no nation may hope to keep step with the advance of mankind unless its political procedures are essentially democratic. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z
Give your places to them, and if others want to join your ranks, welcome them heartily to the places of honor in the rear and let them learn how to keep step. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z
From first to last he was the real leader, and he kept step with events. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z
All I am doing is herding the others up to keep step with you. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z
Their nocturnal expedition had been too much for them, and one by one they fell by the wayside, until but a mere handful remained to keep step with their gallant and astounded captain. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z
Two hundred and fifty pairs of little feet, keeping step, are marching to dinner in the Newsboys’ Lodging-house. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z
What is commonly called sex lay only slightly in his troubled emotions; her purpose had nothing that kept step with chance acquaintanceship. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z
It used to trouble him much that he never could keep step in the Volunteer Infantry corps to which he belonged, and someone tried to teach him “God Save the King,” but without success. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z
Presently they were, outwardly, on proper honeymooning terms again, each making a gallant, and not wholly unsuccessful, effort to shut out from actual vision the ghosts which kept step at their sides. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z
The music burst suddenly, joyously into the Wedding March, and the girls started slowly down the broad aisle, keeping step to the music. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z
The soldiers in front shoulder arms and stand in file as the approaching company appears, followed by a lot of street gamins who keep step and sing to the music. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z
How much your interests and mine keep step with each other, dear Flournoy. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z
The first male who, so to speak, got within reach of her, took her by the scruff of the neck, and made her keep step with him. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z
All the braves fell into line, and the pow-wow started with each brave keeping step to the beatings of the primitive instrument. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z
Now and then her silk dress just touched his leg, they were keeping step together, he seemed carried along by the electric current of her vicinity. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z
How those horses are enjoying it—aren't they pets? and how perfectly they keep step to the music, don't they? Voces Populi 2011-10-04T02:00:20.280Z
A dull throbbing beat through the air and the heavy centre started slowly forward, each man touching the arm of his neighbor and keeping step in parade order. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z
When the slow-footed Manchus showed themselves congenitally incapable of keeping step with the quickening national pace, the rising tide of national life overwhelmed them in the Republican Revolution of 1911, and they were no more. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z
Let them keep step with their new comrades. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
Landor noted the free, swinging motion with which she kept step with him as they went down the street. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z
“They are all passing into the valley now, and I can see the soldiers keeping step to the music.” The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z
Dare, as he kept step with her, maintained a constrained silence. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z
According as the rent runs high or low, a lover's generosity must keep step and be proportionately great or less so. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z
I could hear from my door the loud voices of the officers, the neighing of the horses, and the departure of the battalions, which filed off, keeping step in admirable order. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z
I thought they were looking at Mr Jabez, but I said nothing, only kept step with him, as he thrust his arm through mine and hurried me on. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z
I am absorbed in watching the soldiers whom we escort, walking on the pavement, keeping step with them. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z
To him, dancing was rather a matter of concern to keep step and to avoid knocking against anyone—a serious business. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z
The shuffling feet of the prisoners passed on down the middle of the street; the double line of guards kept step on either side. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z
Now isn't it a wonderful thing that my family and the Dook's has kept step with one another for a matter of two hundred years? All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z
Orrin kept step with her for several moments, studying the eyes that, black and disdainful, stared straight before her, and the mouth set in a close curve of pride, before he spoke again. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z
“Going to make it lay more eggs?” giggled Agnes, keeping step with him. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z
Before the swollen limb was healed the performance was repeated so frequently that the animal did not need the incentives of fear and pain to cause him to keep step with the music. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z
Then, walking on and keeping step with her companion, suddenly a new world seemed to have spread itself before her eyes. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z
Corporal Prame is one of the most unassuming and quiet members, but one of the best men that ever kept step with the beat of the drum. History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York 2011-05-25T02:00:23.703Z
The red-coats might laugh at their clothes, and the way in which they tried to keep step, but they found out that they knew how to use guns, and that each man was a dead-shot. The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable 2011-05-23T02:00:10.807Z
So long as the rush of work continued they were as harmless as harnessed and driven cattle, incapable of anything more than keeping step in the mad march that the Snow-Burner was leading. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z
In walking with any person you should keep step with military precision, and with ladies and elderly people you should always accommodate your speed to theirs. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z
I want to say to you, Ladies and Gentlemen, that the State of Washington will keep step to the music of the Union. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z
What fun is it to walk down into that dinky little village keeping step like convicts? At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z
They kept step to the sound of the drum and fife, and raised a great cloud of dust, for there had been quite a drought. The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable 2011-05-23T02:00:10.807Z
The boys fell back at once, and started on two and two, keeping step and order the rest of the way. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z
At New Haven the Yale College students came out in a body, keeping step to the music of a band of which Noah Webster, the future lexicographer, then a freshman, was the leader. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z
Josh was eager to keep step with him; but there was no trouble experienced in picking up the trail, so plainly marked were the tracks. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z
Each time that the snake design is destroyed, one or two men, with torches in their hands, perform a dance, keeping step to the Pulluvan’s music. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z
Indeed, Vaga was not all the while by her side, nor keeping step with her. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z
It weighs us down; we cannot keep step with the rest; how can a man run sheathed in mail? 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z
It was, in fact, he who said: "We've too many old grudges against England to keep step with her now." The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z
Indeed, my limbs twitched as you strode along, and I felt as if I were keeping step with you.' Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z
One glance at him, the nipping of a little scream in the bud, and then she increased her pace, the prowler keeping step with her. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z
They walked slowly down the fruit-scented lane together, Sally’s shoulder sometimes touching David’s coatsleeve, her short legs striving to keep step with his long ones. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z
Some didn't keep step with themselves very well at first, but they soon found out how. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z
But he did not want to; he preferred to keep step, and did not like them to know how little money he had. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z
Take courage yet; thou are not unattended: See Love and Peace keep step on either hand. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z
There's another question too: is the number of sales of songs keeping step with the number of iPods, given that it's the iPod that is reckoned to be the driver of sales? Apple hits 10bn songs - but what about music sales growth? 2010-02-25T16:34:00Z
He had kept step, as it were, with Old Cy in all things adventurous as well as labor and sport. The Girl From Tim's Place
We have been organizing all these years, and there are now approximately three millions of American workingmen who wear union badges, who keep step to union progress. Labor and Freedom
We rose early in the morning, set out arm in arm, keeping step, and came to this springtime nook as if to a rendezvous arranged by spring itself. Woman
Forward marched the cadets, keeping step to the lively air of the fifes, and the accompanying rattle and boom of the drums. Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son
It is good to keep step, though beset with hard cares, With the life that is real, to the far distant goal, With no arm save the lucid, white pride of one's soul! Poems of Emile Verhaeren
In conscious behavior, on the other hand, stimulus and response keep step with each other. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
He drove slowly, pace by pace, and his thoughts travelled slowly too, as though keeping step with the thin horse. Yiddish Tales
Is there anything more out of taste than the sentimental custom of keeping step? The Children of the World
At that he started off walking along the road very quickly, but I kept step with him. The Great Discovery
In times past he had seen these same orphans led through the streets of Pennyroyal, a dreary set of little human beings, dressed alike and made to keep step like a chain gang. The Loves of Ambrose
How big and important we seemed as we prospectively saw ourselves dressed as soldiers, armed and keeping step to the beat of the drum. From Bull Run to Appomattox
They went back, keeping step together, tall Claire with hand fearlessly placed on the shoulder of her Professor, who straightened his bowed student-back at the light touch. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion
We must keep step with the person with whom we are walking, if we would not make an awkward appearance. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use
In their walks abroad the soldiery never dream of keeping step. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
"Glory," he whispered, "here am I running away from the fear of havin' to keep step with one person; what if I had been made to keep step with so many?" The Loves of Ambrose
Eric and Roland wandered on, as if they must so wander on forever, with no rest, no goal, always keeping step. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine
Municipal progress has not kept step with private benevolence, but there is progress. The Children of the Poor
It is proper for a younger person to accommodate his pace to that of an older, and a gentleman must keep step with a lady. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use
Shall we keep step with a laugh and a song All through the runaway morning? Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks
He kept step with the horse the whole way, but Trond lagged behind us down the slope. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself
She did not regulate her step by mine, but I was forced to keep step with her unless I wished to be left behind. Waldfried A Novel
Let the forces, however, be at once consentaneous and united,—let the men keep step,—and down comes the bridge! Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day
"Yes, my gloves heretofore have all been spoiled by the sabre," I replied, keeping step with his charger. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865
As I watched the little blue figures keeping step to their strange yet spirited march, the tears came to my eyes, and I felt the tragedy of France, and I loved her. A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall
The legs of the two men who went in front were fastened to those of the two behind, so that when they set off they would have to keep step. Barclay of the Guides
It was certainly a strange pair that my wife was teaching to keep step with each other. Waldfried A Novel
I confess that I experienced considerable difficulty in learning to keep step, but, like the raw Irish recruit, I stoutly maintained that the trouble was with “the other b’ys; they wouldn’t kape step wid me.” A Raw Recruit's War Experiences
The progressive differentiation of the products of labour keeps step with the progressive individualisation of the labourer and with the growing material independence of the body from its products. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory
This done, we moved slowly forward at a walk, the guns keeping step by step beside us. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II
I walked on, but Gaston kept step with me along the graveled paths, through the bright flower beds and under the green arbors of the garden. Francezka
Nervous headaches and other people's twin babies won't keep step—not one bit. The Story of Old Fort Loudon
One will tell how he saw a neighbor's boy try to keep step with his father while on a walk. Training the Teacher
He would not or could not keep step in the ranks, nor mark time. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign
It was easy, after all, to keep step with the music. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in
OF course, you can't expect two people to keep step all their lives to the wedding march; but it's a pity the joy-bells get out of tune so soon. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl
It was to prevent another Arickaree that Custer's forces kept step in straggling lines when rations had become only a taunting mockery of the memory. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas
The young boys and girls struck up a song which sounded to me like a band of sweet music and we all kept step to it. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children
For goodness' sake, Nate," Si would say irritably, "try to keep step. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign
His vigil was soon rewarded: by seeing the three individuals for whom it had been kept step forth from the sea,—as if emerging from its profoundest depths,—and stand conspicuously upon the beach. The Boy Slaves
Jack dreamed almost every night of his father coming home, keeping step to the cheerful drum; so he had marched away, and so he would return, with G. W. at his side! A Little Dusky Hero
It was to save these two, then, that we had kept step heavily across the cold starved Plains. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas
On the contrary foot to foot and shoulder to shoulder he kept step with both as far as they went. Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14
He directs the Senate as he once did the American finances in making it keep step with his policy and his business.... The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804
Could Love’s great harmony The saints keep step to when their bonds are loose, Not weigh me down? am I a wife to choose? The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV
He was keeping step with her as easily as he could have kept step with a child. Coquette
The professor could hardly keep step, for he was short and stout; his white vest was stretched tight over his round paunch, and his face was red and heated under the cinnamon-colored, stubbly whiskers. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19
She hung on his arm and they went up together keeping step. The Son of His Mother
Four policemen entered the room in single file, with Michel behind them making comical efforts to keep step. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It
I don’t keep step very well; I walk all over my partner’s feet. Aurora the Magnificent
On either side of us, the forest trees began to tread solemnly, like a vast procession which no man could number, keeping step to some inaudible march. The Gates Between
She had stolen out after him, learned to keep step with him as an unnoticed companion of the way. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19
Don’t turn in your toes, Sibyl, walk straight, turn your toes out a little, so; keep step with me. Daddy's Girl
“Oh, my patience can keep step with your own will, Excellency,” retorted the lad. The Flute of the Gods
So they came in view around the turn of the rough road––Northrup with Noreen holding his hand and trying to keep step to the swinging words of the old song. At the Crossroads
So determined was her tread that one might have thought that there was a band behind her playing martial music to which she was obliged to keep step. Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains
This pin could be moved each day so that the anaphoric clock kept step with the seasonal variation of the times of sunrise and sunset and the lengths of day and night. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass
I never saw soldiers keep step, and seem to be such parts of a machine like that. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields
Thus human reason and divine wisdom "keep step" together till the former reaches its limit; and very soon, in looking forward, is that limit reached. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes
Wee folk, good folk Trooping all together, Green jacket, red cap, And white owl’s feather–– Here, you, Noreen, play fair; scuffle and keep step, you little beggar!” At the Crossroads
Remember me in love to the old friends and pledge my affectionate regard to the new friends with whom I will try to keep step here on the Massachusetts coast. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V
The soldiers who had marched so proudly, keeping step to the drumbeat in the morning, were running now. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
His industry has kept step with his genius. Italy, the Magic Land
Assembled in haste for the journey, there had been no opportunity even to form in line or learn to keep step. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War
Her graceless carriage was not improved by the difficulty of keeping step with her escort and the added task of keeping step with the music. In a Little Town
Other bearers followed, keeping step and carrying the regalia, consisting of chrysanthemum stalks and blossoms. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan
They are marching on, keeping step with civilization and human progress; or they are lapsing back toward barbarism and darkness. Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root
All right, darling, and I shall soon be back, and we can keep step again. Our Bessie
There wasn't much that I could say in answer to this, so I walked down the Broad in silence, and tried in vain to keep step with my companion. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate
It is not necessary to keep step, and talking, laughing, singing, etc., may be indulged in. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
Nan followed them, and tried to keep step with Mr. Trinder’s shambling footsteps, as he walked between the girls with a hot perplexed face, and still muttering to himself at intervals. Not Like Other Girls
Because it would be a shocking thing for you and your friend across the way to land in England wearing funny bangles on your wrists and keeping step with each other, wouldn’t it?” The Dark Star
We must all keep step with the times. Hurricane Island
In 1905 considerable opposition developed against the increase in naval expenditures, occasioned chiefly by the necessity of keeping step with the accelerated pace in naval armament which Germany began to set at that time. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers
The bearers trudge along, keeping step with each other, and uttering a loud, peculiar cry to clear the way, reminding one of the gondoliers on the canals of Venice. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months
We saw some thirty men and women coming towards us, singing in chorus and keeping step to the music. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia
Our poor mankind by no means always feel braced, serene, and energetic; and we are far from necessarily keeping step with the movements of the universe which imply happiness. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life
Somehow she moved her feet as if they had been made too heavy for her, but she learned a good deal from trying to keep step as she walked with Betty, who was naturally light-footed. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls
Its interest in Near Eastern affairs became deeper and more active and its advances in the Far East kept step. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers
We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
So are the naked natives, by fours, bearing heavy loads swung from their shoulders upon stout bamboo poles, while they shout a measured chant by means of which to keep step. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands
No word they spoke, keeping step with the stern precision of soldiers. Bones in London
The music trailed off into a weird, rippling rhythm, with young hearts beating time to its melody and young feet keeping step to its measure. Winning the Wilderness
The company began to circle about the mast, keeping step to the inspiring notes and singing the four parts. Doctor Jones' Picnic
Again he quickened his pace to keep step with her. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories
He was a rapid walker, his usual pace being four miles an hour, and to keep step with him required energy and activity similar to his own.  My Father as I Recall Him
He quickened his pace, and Lucy, without a word, kept step with him. The Explorer
Steven spoke of himself as a Broad Churchman, and in his speech on prize-day he never omitted some allusion to the necessity for "marching" or "keeping step" with the times. The Wonder
We must get into the rhythm, keeping step with the beat of the universal life and finding there our place, our destiny, the meaning of our being here, and joy. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life
"Up top, you know, Daddy," he urged, trotting along, trying to keep step with his father's long stride. Sunny Boy in the Big City
The whole line was soon moving slowly forward, with fifes playing, drums beating, and colors flying; the regulars keeping step the while to the "Grenadier's March." The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief
He strode on with immense strides, made slow to accommodate her shorter steps, and embarrassing her by his entire absence of effort to keep step. The Brown Mouse
Steven," he said, on one occasion, "marks time and thinks he is keeping step. The Wonder
Then learning was so delightful, and it was so pleasant to be, at least in some small measure, keeping step with Pitt. A Red Wallflower
Much, evidently, was on Miss Cullam's mind; yet she kept step with Ruth when they came to the corridor on which the rooms of the three Briarwoods opened. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers
In walking with any person you should keep step with military precision. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies
She saw that the old gentleman with the wig kept step with her. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City
They might have been veterans, instead of an awkward squad, so perfectly they now kept step and so fully they entered into the old man’s whim. Dorothy on a Ranch
Nanna walked first, and Annetta followed close behind her, keeping step, and setting her feet exactly where her mother had trod, with the instinctive certainty of the born mountaineer. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2
The crowds on Broadway seemed keeping step to some happy tune, and she felt that her heart was dancing with them, so elated, so girlishly irresponsible was her mood. Virginia
He turned up the street toward the high hill to the south, and she kept step with him. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
But this passive intelligence, mechanically keeping step with experience, neither anticipating nor following the course of the real, would have no wish to deny. Creative Evolution
Down the side aisle of the room, keeping step, grave of mien, walked nine boys led by the sober-countenanced Amy Byrd. Left Guard Gilbert
They march beautifully, keeping step all the time, and wheeling round just as the men do, for they are carefully drilled. The Children's Book of London
"Her skirts are too narrow; she can't keep step, or jump ditches, or anything." A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions
Its decline kept step with the decline of the nation, and both fell at length into a pitiable state of feebleness and corruption. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
When gathering breath in the intervals between his assaults, he would hover himself between his antagonist's legs, keeping step with the awkward creature in its efforts to get away from him. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization
The ten men plodding up after us seemed to be keeping step, causing the ladder to spring fearfully each time they ascended the next rung. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason
No doubt his father was keeping step to just such sounds, on his path to martial glory! Captain Horace
In its essentials, discipline is not measured according to how a man keeps step in a drill yard, or whether he salutes at just the right angle. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2
He could keep step with the best of them; but unfortunately he had no decent clothes. Little Grandfather
Behind him tramped his men in column of fours, matchlocks across their shoulders, bright weapons swinging against their thighs as they sang all together and kept step to the beat of the drums. Blackbeard: Buccaneer
It gave Daniel extreme pleasure to walk along with her, keeping step, moving hastily. The Goose Man
Officers were marching them about, and teaching them how to handle their muskets, and to keep step, and to wheel this way and that, and to perform other such evolutions. Rollo in Scotland
Utterly untrained in marching, they walked at will, no two keeping step, while no two were dressed alike. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
Well, then, you needn't plague me for not keeping step to your old whistling. Little Grandfather
Behind the drum came a score of youngsters, all keeping step. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille
I looked round, and was considerably surprised to find a pale, grave young woman of some thirty years of age, poorly but neatly clad, keeping step with me on the narrow pavement. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
The reverend gentleman had not got his sea legs yet, and did not find it an easy matter to keep step, or indeed keep his footing sometimes. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant
There he stayed, keeping step pretty well with the bullocks. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure
If you want to know what the reason is I can't keep step, I'll tell you; it's because my feet are sore. Little Grandfather
Then a band of crickets followed all in uniform, and every one kept step to their music, though that was a difficult matter. Seven Little People and their Friends
"So should I," she added, throwing in the last three words most inexplicably, as she kept step with the engineer. The Daughter of a Magnate
The band went ahead and played a march, and we kept step to the music. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
His vigil was soon rewarded by seeing the three individuals for whom it had been kept step forth from the sea, as if emerging from its profoundest depths, and stand conspicuously upon the beach. The Boy Slaves
Like all classes of people who have failed to keep step with the march of progress, he would have to follow the herd. Land of the Burnt Thigh
In perfect array, they kept step as if on dress parade, and bore their banners proudly. Reminiscences of a Rebel
Nancy looked gratefully at the President as she tried to keep step with his long strides. The Lost Despatch
Half the art of life lies in learning to keep step. Mushrooms on the Moor
Thou wilt find it hard going, Mam'selle, keeping step to the men, and sleeping in the woods. A Little Girl in Old Quebec
We have tried to keep step with city maidens, shorn of ridiculous hoops and trailing trains. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
She kept step to the music and nodded her head to the fascinating little boy in the Armory door. The Angel of the Tenement
But he is wise and kind, and already I can see that she is trying to keep step with him—which is as it should be. Mistress Anne
I said a moment ago that half the air of life lies in learning to keep step. Mushrooms on the Moor
This girl would keep step and inspire an explorer. A Little Girl in Old Quebec
This democratic society was not a disciplined army, where all must keep step and where the collective interests destroyed individual will and work. The Frontier in American History
Surely during these past two years they had been developing a real understanding of comradeship, the ability to stick together, to keep step. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
I like to think that father and mother kept step through all the years. Mistress Anne
She seems to keep step with him somehow, and think his thoughts. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
A person," I said slowly and rhythmically, "with normal intelligence and a minute interest in the universe, will keep step with the major sciences, at least on an elementary level. Question of Comfort
They sing as they go along, and keep step to the music. Rollo on the Rhine
Our awkwardness in keeping step, though we had rehearsed the whole business several times, only relieved the tension that must exist at so important an event in life. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Do not expect the little feet to keep step to a dead march. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony
We marched into the dining-room keeping step to the music of a bagpipe. A Daughter of the Middle Border
"The Kingdom of Gladness," she repeated over and over again, making it a rhythmic march to keep step with. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge
The time has passed when the people kept step to the music of candidates. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes
This he sounded with considerable vim as the khaki-clad lads marched away, with a flag at their head, the scout master keeping step alongside the column. The Boy Scouts of Lenox
The tangoing was an individual effort, and each enjoyed it in his own way, but they all kept step to the music, showing the savage characteristic of being able to observe rhythmic effects. The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island
Then they marched, keeping step, and still counting the time. In and Around Berlin
In the race with biting usury that knows no rest, night nor day, year in and year out, that knows no sickness nor delay, that keeps step with time, there is but one possible result. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
No doubt it was a drain on vitality to live abreast of such a man, to keep step with his robustious stride. On the Stairs
In the big hall the monotonous click of checkers on the board kept step with the clock. Children of the Tenements
When they returned to us all our party joined hands to go to our camp, now ready, a good distance off, all keeping step in a kind of stilted, prancing way, singing. Southern Arabia
But Flaubert is so difficult to translate because he has no fixed rhythm; his prose keeps step with no regular march-music. Figures of Several Centuries
“Now, if we lift him and lay him upon that, and half-a-dozen take hold of the sides and try to keep step, we can get him along.” The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias
I tell you I’d shoulder arms, keep touch with you, and keep step and march straight up to a regiment of the French, with the bullets flying all about our ears. !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War
Two hundred and fifty pairs of little feet, keeping step, are marching to dinner in the Newsboys' Lodging-house. Children of the Tenements
“Oh, Drew!” whispered Frank; but the lad drew himself up, and took a few steps forward, placing himself between the Guards, and kept step with them as they marched out and down the stairs. In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First
We must therefore try to keep step so far as we can. The New Society
Now then, lift him carefully, and keep step. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias
I did hate to go all the way next door and all the way back, through the white snow, under the white stars, invisible company keeping step with me. The Promised Land
They walked on, the spirit of good fellowship keeping step with them. Under the Country Sky
Think of having to run that gauntlet—morbidly curious old women, silly girls, bored men—and trying to keep step to that confounded dirge. Torchy, Private Sec.
In one the dancers, bending down, make a motion with their hands, as though they were sowing the grain, keeping step with their feet all the time. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
There marched the retributive justice of the nation—'carrying the flag and keeping step to the music of the Union.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
There were a hundred of them keeping step to the bobbing shadows upon the floor. The Seventh Noon
I ask no more save only this may be— On life's long road, where many comrades fare, One shall not guess, though he keep step with me, The burden that I bear. The Dreamers And Other Poems
And behind him marched thousands of green-gray German infantry keeping step with a marvelous precision. The Boy Scouts on the Trail
That is but another way of saying that they need the stimulus of the crowd, as well as of the occasion, even to make them keep step to the rhythm of their own music. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
His horse, decked with flowers, seemed to be inspired with the spirit of the occasion, and appeared anxious to "keep step to the music of the Union." Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
To one who has watched these conditions, the question arises, does the general advance keep step with the special? The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891
Part of these mobiles lay over Sabkhet, where it was possible to keep step and the pipers attached to each company could amaze the desert rats with alien music. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
Martin Wetherby, heavily keeping step beside her, not even touching her arm at crossings, was silent, but her best friend was vocal and vehement. Jane Journeys On
"Walk as I do, signore, and keep step with me." The Call of the Blood
I hope to show that it alone can keep step with life; it alone is humanly relevant; and it alone achieves valuable results. A Preface to Politics
Now, lads," Leigh said, as soon as they were fairly away from the village, "instead of walking along as a loose body, you had better form four abreast, and endeavour to keep step. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
Boom! and Jack and Margaret marched all along the bed, keeping step to it. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1
He was in exuberant spirits, and whistled as he walked keeping step to the dancing gaiety of 'La petite Tonquinoise.' The Hippodrome
As well as they could, the four boys bearing the litter kept step with one another, since that helped to make the jar less noticeable. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery
We straggled all over the road, and kept step only when the sergeant major doubled forward, warning us, with threats of extra drills, to keep in our fours or to "pick it up!" Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army
It is no more difficult to walk that way than in a clump; and indeed, by keeping step it makes the walking easy, and it has the advantage that you can act much more quickly. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
Once you told me that you couldn't keep step with me. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North
In a similar way musical expression keeps step with musical ideas. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing
More than that, I kept step with you all the way from Chaudière's to the levee. The Price
Consequently he generally managed to make his adventures keep step with his duties. Raftmates A Story of the Great River
For the first hour or so, he had some difficulty in getting them to keep step; but they presently fell into it, time being kept by breaking into one of the canticles of the church. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
But you go so fast I can't keep step with you. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North
She marched off, laughing and keeping step to the tune till she disappeared into her room, shutting the door behind her. The White Sister
If observation does not keep step with practice you will do nothing really good. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art
But the moral ideal of necessity goes on, keeping step with the social experience of the race. Our Unitarian Gospel
The men are never sized, and they scorn to keep step, whilst the cross-pieces at either end of the pole rest upon the head and are ever slipping off it. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
It's the music of keeping step, keeping step with Him. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ
One had only to keep step on the road, and to follow whithersoever the leader might direct. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches
During bodily life they are marshalled as an army; marching in regular order under the command of a general, performing various evolutions, keeping step, moving as a single body. Death—and After?
On the level road she kept step without faltering or effort, holding Hollister's hand, not because she needed it for guidance, but because it was her pleasure. The Hidden Places
The guard struck him with the butt end of his rifle and roughly ordered him to get up and keep step and pace with his comrades. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
From this and many similar passages in the "Conversations" it is clear that Meissonier had no conception of the fact that a woman may possibly keep step with her mate. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
No matter how wise the leader, not all were ready to move at once, and not all could keep step to the sound of even the slowest trumpet. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches
He remembered the first time he had tried to keep step with his fellows. The Tin Soldier
The Sergeant-Major came along with the message, 'Smarten up and keep step through the town.' One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk.
It was as if she kept step with a mightier movement which tended towards eternity. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel
Couples tramped backwards and forwards, keeping step and balance without effort, in a confined space. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle
Suggestions.—See that the children keep step to the air of the song. Arbor Day Leaves A Complete Programme For Arbor Day Observance, Including Readings, Recitations, Music, and General Information
As he kept step with her, it seemed to him that no woman had ever walked so lightly; she laughed a little now and then. The Tin Soldier
In walking together, especially when arm in arm, it is desirable that the two keep step. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society
At first, she kept step with him; now he is keeping step with her and finds the enterprise an exhilarating adventure. The Vitalized School
And the melody of the piper became so strongly accented that they could not help keeping step, even if they had wished not to do so. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old
The march and chorus marking the return of Valentine's regiment beat with a fire and enthusiasm to which the tramp of victorious squadrons might well keep step. Great Italian and French Composers
"I should have been glad to keep step with him myself." The Tin Soldier
In such an atmosphere an original and alert person like Botticelli could not fail to keep step with the foremost of his day. The Book of Art for Young People
I keeps step with Mr. Creighton clear to his hotel, where he swings in the Fifth Avenue entrance without wastin' any breath over fond adieus. Wilt Thou Torchy
They were moved by a power which they did not understand to keep step with the music of the pipe. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old
Out of the town limits they went, still keeping step. The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership
Now," I said, "take short steps, keep your knees bent, but don't on any account keep step. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy
So keep step with your rank and file, whether your party does what you think it ought to do or not on matters of passing moment. The Young Man and the World
This aunt is society crazy, and, knowing you can't keep step in society without money, she arranged the whole thing. Kitty Canary
Still, they never ceased to keep step with the music. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old
It is with a distinct pang that I recall the steps of Richmond Hill's decline: material and spiritual, its two-sided fall appears to have kept step. Greenwich Village
"All's well" lulls to sleep the after-dinner loungers in chairs along the deck, while brave men and fair women keep step to entrancing music. The Harris-Ingram Experiment
Porto Secco's front is all pinks and yellows, reds, ochres, and white; and the sun is now so low that the steamer's shadow creeps along these façades, keeping step with the boat. A Wanderer in Venice
"When you walk it gets on Suvy's nerves to try to keep step," he answered. The Furnace of Gold
They were in khaki uniforms, marched in fours, and kept step. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege
YOU LOOK— And lo, swinging past are many Black men; garbed in "Blue", keeping step to the music of the Union. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico
Dr. Argyle and a Philadelphia heiress kept step. The Harris-Ingram Experiment
Notwithstanding the horror and depression which must necessarily keep step with the campaigner, death staring him in the face throughout the campaign, yet the burgher endeavoured to show a cheerful countenance. In the Shadow of Death
They hev a good father, and I try to keep step with him. The Measure of a Man
The whole world was marching by, keeping step to a neat, orderly little tune. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118
I have seen the soldiers in the streets; and when they came one could feel the ground tremble, and they had music, too,—they kept step to it. Dreamland
The column started, and marched out, keeping step with military precision. The Waif of the "Cynthia"
And then I said: "Let me set you on the horse--you are weary with keeping step with me." King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut
It was no light matter," said the girl, keeping step with Andy over the crisp snow, "for you—your father to be a patriot. Then Marched the Brave
He carried a strong, tall staff in his hand, fashioned at the top into the form of a cross.Close beside him, keeping step like a familiar comrade, was the young Prince Gregor. The First Christmas Tree A Story of the Forest
They turned and saw a great black figure, humped but still high, keeping step with them a yard or so behind. The Judge
They went together like a pair of horses, and kept step with each other to and fro. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches
Did the weird prophet-orator who spoke of "carrying the flag and keeping step to the music of the Union" ever dream of such a strange combination? The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884
I saw the other day in Boston several thousand schoolboys in the street keeping step. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy
"Why on earth don't you play tennis and let me sit and watch you?" he asked, joining and keeping step with her. The Firing Line
But," he added, in a tone of satisfaction, "we manage to keep step, my dear! A Woman Named Smith
I never could walk straight or slow, and I never can keep step. Mary Cary "Frequently Martha"
It was the scuffling of four pairs of feet, carefully instructed not to keep step. Love Stories
For all those who would not keep step, who romped out of the regular procedure and wantoned by the way, picking what flowers they chose, I held feeling and sympathy. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative
I greet him; he is shy and surprised, but returns the salutation and keeps step with me. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls
His son was keeping step with him, vainly attempting to persuade him to sit down. A Reversible Santa Claus
Mary was really inside the altar looking at me coming up slow and easy, and Martha was ordering me to keep step to the music. Mary Cary "Frequently Martha"
He was an inch or so taller than she, perhaps, and kept step with the utmost ease. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl
The reins lay loose upon their necks, but they kept step to the music which they felt. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains
The little things run and keep step with the older men and women; their shaggy, frowzled heads are bent, their hands protrude pitifully from their sleeves; they are barefooted, bareheaded. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls
Away they all marched around the room, keeping step. McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
I haven't, and that shows I'm no better on resolves than I am on keeping step. Mary Cary "Frequently Martha"
There is inspiration in the sight of armed men marching steadily together; men well disciplined, keeping step to the measured clank of their armor. The Sword Maker
On they went jumping, and keeping step, and singing. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
After leaving this man I visited an ex-teacher who had lost his post at fifty, no doubt through being unable to keep step with modern educational requirements. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People
And then they began to hum a tune and keep step to the music. Jimmy, Lucy, and All
We are moving—everything is moving up, and the church has to keep step with the age. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage
Ruth almost forgot to keep step in her surprise. The Twenty-Fourth of June
The guide set off at a brisk pace with which we tried in vain to keep step. African Camp Fires
He saw that night after night and season after season and decade after decade they had kept step of light, each one in its own place, a sisterhood never clashing and never contesting precedence. New Tabernacle Sermons
He tried not to keep step with the music—he even tried to think of quadratic equations—as he marched heroically on to the academy. Sandy
Give us enlivening, lightsome airs, to which our souls shall, on a sudden, begin to dance, keeping step with the angels! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862
And if he tried to make him keep step with the other scouts of the patrol, and if Tim did not want to keep step— "You're not eating, Don," said Barbara. Don Strong, Patrol Leader
He whistled a slow waltz, thoughtfully, and as slowly and solemnly kept step to it, turning round and round, buried in deepest reflection. The Common Law
The prisoners were walking in double column, but without regularity and not attempting to 'keep step.' Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
The result was that in relation to that war Great Britain set the pace and France had to keep step--a very advantageous situation for the North, as the event was to prove. Great Britain and the American Civil War
Let officers apply themselves with conspicuous energy and they heard from a genial Partow; let officers only keep step and free of courts martial, and they heard from a merciless taskmaster. The Last Shot
Silently walking, the movement of the mind keeps step in thought exactly with the movement of the man, so that the pace is a thermometer of the temperature at that moment of one's brain. Walking-Stick Papers
Heels Raise Stepping Deep Breathing Hike or Outdoor Work Walk three-quarters of a mile, column of twos, keeping step. Keeping Fit All the Way
Are we keeping step in the Covenanted ranks that are marching on, assured that the principles of the Reformation will yet prevail in every land? Sketches of the Covenanters
They was so far apart he couldn't keep step. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned
But he noted how naturally the men kept step; the solidarity of their movement. The Last Shot
"There is another thing," said Locker, who was now keeping step with him. The Captain's Toll-Gate
Walk a mile, column of twos, keeping step. Keeping Fit All the Way
I had kept step with men who charge an enemy on an open plain or storm a high defense in the face of sure defeat. Vanguards of the Plains
Was he not a pioneer, a captain among men, a seer in the realms of thought, keeping step with her in all her high imaginings? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873
The cortege marched around the whole front of the lined-up troops, keeping step to the slow and dismal sounds of the "Dead March." History of Kershaw's Brigade
The two swing along buoyantly, keeping step as if accustomed to walking together. Jean Francois Millet
Men passing the street unconsciously keep step to the music of the band; and Christians in church unconsciously find themselves keeping time with their feet, while their soul is uplifted by some great harmony. The Abominations of Modern Society
With them was my collier, keeping step and holding himself with the best of them, and I thought that they would be seven hardy Danes who should overmatch my standard guard. A Thane of Wessex
When McGinty was reproved for his absolute inability to keep step on the drill-ground, he responded that he was pretty sure he could keep step on horseback. The Rough Riders
But here he was, and actually keeping step with a storming party. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
Then a friend and I would go to the café, keeping step, our arms similarly swinging, exchanging some words, idle, and vaguely divided into two men. Light
"We don't keep step, Sylvia," she said, with an uneasy laugh. Running Water
They are in touch with the big things and it is up to us to keep step with them. Laugh and Live
Graydon was one at whom even men would turn and look as he passed, and she believed that there was none other who could keep step with him like herself. A Young Girl's Wooing
A few of the recruits still found difficulty in keeping step. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche
Out from Pentecost rings this word: "Let my followers all form in line, close ranks, and move out to a world conquest, and--keep step." Quiet Talks with World Winners
In this work women of culture can keep step with Jesus, and become the benefactresses of their sex and blessings to mankind. True Woman, The A Series of Discourses
Things had been happening so fast that she couldn't keep step with them. The Purple Heights
No haggard spectre, reflected from a turbid soul, sat moping in the prow of his boat, or kept step with him in the race. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863
Intimate as is its connexion with the progress of science, metaphysics does not keep step with it,—any more than it simply marks time as the former advances. Recent Tendencies in Ethics
The same men might cross the bridge, in as large numbers, at the same time, but they must not keep step. Quiet Talks with World Winners
When the Salvation Army's street service had been concluded, led by flying flags and keeping step to the beating of a drum they marched to their prayer hall. The Trail of the Tramp
I see what's the matter," he said gently, looking down at her feet, "these little shoes were not made to keep step with a moccasin. Frontier Stories
Eyes brightened as the throng kept step with the martial music. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War
The many honest and acute men who did not keep step with Grey, who were disappointed in him, or repelled by and embittered against him, were not always wrong. The Long White Cloud
They had evidently been well drilled, for they kept step admirably. Frank, the Young Naturalist
Keith joined in, and keeping step to the tune, like two soldiers, they marched on into the house. Two Little Knights of Kentucky
He shook his hair back and flew light-footed, the sweep of the magnificent body beside him keeping step. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World
I tell you, I march to the tune of your piping; you keep step to my drum-beats. The Precipice
Behind the sacrament were grouped the authorities, and the battalion of cadets brought up the rear, their muskets on their arms, their shaven heads bare, keeping step to the time of the march. The Shadow of the Cathedral
If he is your equal in rank, keep step with him during the whole walk, and do not always turn first at every end of the walk. George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway
One class of men has always been anxious to keep step with the crowd. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
A man admires a progressive woman who keeps step with the age. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters
Eyelids drooped over hollow eye-sockets; sore, numbed feet moved like feet which are asleep in their vain effort to keep step. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form
"All right," said Godfrey, and led the way down the street, with Jemmy keeping step with him as well as his short legs would permit. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
They sent off a regiment that had neither arms nor uniforms and couldn't even keep step, the other day. Ailsa Paige
And as for Joseph, the lad there who so gallantly keeps step with the Onondaga, where will you find a white boy who can excel him? The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign
Oh, they're simply too sweet! how those horses are enjoying it—aren't they pets? and how perfectly they keep step to the music, don't they? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890
There is no linear promotion indulgent to mediocrity and inferiority which are satisfied to keep step and harassing to those whom nature and application meant to lead. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form
They were but broken regiments, marching disorderly for the most part, yet here and there were little bodies of men keeping step, with shouldered rifles, in fine, grim pride. The Soul of the War
Followed Winona and Merle, the latter bearing her hymn book and at some pains keeping step with his companion. The Wrong Twin
The temple and the table of the money changers keep step as of old. People of the Whirlpool
It is a good while that you and I have kept step together. McClure's Magazine December, 1895
Eight months before he had not known any more about war than thousands of other Canadians of his type, except that soldiers carried rifles over their shoulders and kept step. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form
It was as much as the clerks could do to avoid keeping step with it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
Furthermore, as all professional training has its cultural side, as well as its strictly professional side, so the cultural training of the worker must ever keep step with his vocational training. The Trade Union Woman
Let me see that I keep step with you. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Again, the sense of possessing you is no longer an abstraction when I hold you bodily, and feel the impossibility of keeping step with you. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
From the time he entered the school the government has paid his way; and he is cared for until he dies, if he keeps step and avoids courtmartials. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form
The French regiment's road discipline was rather more lax than the British, and many tolerantly amused criticisms were passed on the loose formation, the lack of keeping step, and the straggling lines of the French. Action Front
All of them were in the garb of mechanics, yet as they approached in single file down the path, the quick eye of the chief noted that they were keeping step. The Apartment Next Door
The growth of wealth and population can not keep step with borrowing, even though all funds were expended for the actual needs of society. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86
But if he had any taste for walking, or should wish at any time to break into a trot, he might sometimes find it a little difficult to keep step with your mother. Our Mutual Friend
From up the courtyard Lingard's boatmen came down and passed them, keeping step in a single file, their paddles on shoulder, and holding their heads straight with their eyes fixed on the river. An Outcast of the Islands
Hep—Hep— Shoot that ni**er if he don't keep step. The Fifth String
She was with him, a slender shape, a spirit, keeping step with him, and memory was strong, sweet, beating, beautiful. Desert Gold
It was hard enough for Penrod to keep step with a girl of his size. Penrod
This I could not beleive at first, because such conduct is very young and imature, and to much like fighting at dancing school because of not keeping step and so on. Bab: a Sub-Deb
He tried to keep step in a set of young folks whose fathers had made our town. Buttered Side Down: Stories
They walked on with the same light gait, so nearly of a height that keeping step came as naturally to them as breathing. The Reef
And Miss Dewey has to keep step with the rest of us. The Rise of Silas Lapham
Only here and there could one see a man of military bearing; most of them struck happy-go-lucky attitudes, and were quite unable to keep step in marching. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71
The science of house-breaking keeps step with modern inventions to protect property. I Spy
Once outside, he walked briskly, the negro keeping step with him diligently. Southern Lights and Shadows
"Touched and taken!" said the kindly captain to himself, as the boys tramped off, keeping step in a soldier-like way. Stories Worth Rereading
He was whistling a tune in a wheezy way, and keeping step to it grandly. Four Girls and a Compact
In the one, you may perhaps see female prisoners taking exercise like a string of nuns; in the other, schoolboys running at play, and their shadows keeping step with them. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2
Totally unconscious of the tears which fell one by one on her white cheeks, the excited Frenchwoman kept step with him in silence for three blocks; then the Captain roused himself. I Spy
Thus, Poland, in spite of her fetters, is keeping step in the very van of the most progressive nations. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy
She was there, fluttering beside him, her delicate face often turned to him, her feet keeping step with his. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
It was borne by four men at each end—experienced machele carriers who would keep step with a gentle gliding. The Leopard Woman
Now their energies no longer kept step: hers still bounded ahead of life, preempting unclaimed regions of hope and activity, while his lagged behind, vainly struggling to overtake her. The Greater Inclination
But Donne, though he forgot to keep step with the procession of poets, has survived many poets who tripped a regular measure. Robert Browning: How to Know Him
He was willing enough that his daughters should improve themselves; he was even proud, in a way, of Jane's ability to keep step with the general advance of female culture. With the Procession
The trees all round it muttered, warning men; Still they kept step and neared it. Poems
Because you must have noticed that Balzac was often feeble in his reason and couldn't make it keep step with his instinct, while in Thackeray they both step together like the Siamese twins. The Delicious Vice
I couldn't long keep step with one in chains. The Pagans
From time to time Terence rode up and down the line, and ordered the men to keep step. With Moore at Corunna
Callow youths, hooligans, round-shouldered slouchers at the best, made shift to lift their heads and keep step. The Wheel O' Fortune
The medicine men then, with drum and rattle, keeping step, lead in the dance down the length of the tent and back. Home Missions in Action
They marched along cheering, as the white handkerchiefs waved; they proudly kept step to the tap of the drum, or moved briskly beside the cannon, or cantered by on their glossy and spirited horses. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee
The sum of us may amount to something, if we mind our own business and keep step with each other, and finish one thing before we begin the next. The Desert and the Sown
When you are working side by side with the children of this world for the same objects, you keep step with them, and are known to be diligent in business as they are. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke
Whenever they leave their house or shop, they are required to go two abreast and keep step with each other. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation
He could scarcely wait each day for the hour when, with his books under his arm, he would set out over the hills, whistling lively tunes and keeping step to his music. After Long Years and Other Stories
And here, as a nurse or a mother with her child might do, He keeps step with the little steps, and goes slowly because the man goes slowly. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark
Without a word they set out, arms and hands entwined, keeping step—a little quick, firm step, like hers. Jean-Christophe, Volume I
"Of days!" she shivered, and moved forward to the edge of the terrace, he keeping step beside her. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series
How each man dresses up, and they pull themselves together, keeping step, sloping their rifles rightly. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms
Those prayers are not hasty which keep step with the suppliant's desires, when these take the time from God's promises. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes
A time so early as the end of the eighteenth century found the German Jews in a position to keep step with their Christian fellow-citizens in cultural progress. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history
In consequence it is easy to read his most prolix passages, as it is easy to walk over almost any kind of ground if one but keeps step to outward or inward music. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived
Since the longest strides he could take left him behind, he would break into a run, and getting close under his father's heels, would begin keeping step once more. King Coal : a Novel
I am keeping step with some elemental Force . Tales of the Wilderness
"Your place, Jenny, is to go behind," Miss Dolly said, with no small dignity, as this zealous attendant kept step for step with her, and swung her red arm against the lady's fair one. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War
He tried to keep step with their monotone. The Grizzly King
The easiest way to avoid overlapping is to keep step. Ski-running
Hal was going in the same direction, and it affected him like the music of a military band; he too wanted to throw his head up and square his shoulders and keep step. King Coal : a Novel
Marching, he was unable to keep step with the men, and on horseback he presented the most ludicrous appearance, being quite unable to ride, and looking more like a monkey than a human being. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857
I do not mean the ghosts of queens or prelates, but one that keeps step, as soft as snow, with some poor student. Courage
Meanwhile the younger men and maidens, on a neighboring fondamenta, keep step to the music of some strolling player who lives, content, on the trifling harvest of these moonlight festivities. A Golden Book of Venice
The next minute auntie and grandmother were sitting side by side in the dancing-hall, watching the two girls as they kept step to that perfect waltz music. A Flock of Girls and Boys
He too had his head up, and his shoulders square, and he was an irresistible object, throwing out his heels and trying his best to keep step. King Coal : a Novel
You must keep step with the business world. Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others
They kept step across the corral, gay, light-hearted sons of the frontier, both hard as nails, packed muscles rippling like those of forest panthers. Man Size
Now then, men, left legs foremost—keep step—march!’  Yeast: a Problem
In the meantime he was making no effort to do more than keep step with the limousine, but at a decent distance. Alias the Lone Wolf
"How do you know you don't?" he asked keeping step with her. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives.
Alongside the ranks were the wives and children of the called-up reservists, trying to keep step with the quickly moving troops. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it
Besides, we rather enjoyed thinking of ourselves as keeping step with the whole Sunday school world—all over the wide earth everybody studying the same scripture on the same Sunday. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment
Gaunt, keeping step with him, pressing up the hill, shivered. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862
Without hesitation he began walking rapidly toward the office, and the girl kept step with him. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation
The length of the step may be increased by muscular effort, as when a line of soldiers keep step in spite of their having legs of different lengths. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
So many find me difficult to keep step with that I have become fearful of venturing upon the floor with a stranger. My Lady of the North
The joy of their life keeps step with the joy of that energy which is playing at building and breaking throughout the universe. Sadhana : the realisation of life
He who fails to keep step with the march of events falls behind and suffers the consequences. The United States of America, Part 1
Lunar and terrestrial history would keep step with each other, and we should record them both. Curiosities of the Sky
In this marvelous age of mechanism all things are done by devices and machinery, and the church that would keep step with the spirit of progress must also be run by mechanism. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory
A citizen without a state is a man who makes the effort to keep step, and to walk in single file, all alone. A Handbook of Ethical Theory
And after awhile they stood up together, and came pacing across the bowling- green, side by side, the older man trailing his foot painfully to keep step. The Splendid Spur
"With cannon for treaties and millions of freemen as ambassadors," they demanded that the feet of all nations should keep step with the march of what they deemed liberty. The United States of America, Part 1
He ran wildly as if to leave it behind, but it trod in his tracks and kept step with him. The Net
Botticelli and Rembrandt kept step in their history, both receiving instant recognition in early life and becoming rich. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists
A town might be old and yet have kept step with time. The Making of an American
You just follow behind me, keeping step all the time—about three steps behind me. The Rose in the Ring
Any one, white or black, can purchase the privilege of keeping step to the music for two cents, or one strawberry ticket. Success with Small Fruits
A man of forty-six can keep step with the youngsters, even if it does make him puff a bit. Roast Beef, Medium
As she stood, the rabble ran, or pattered, or, keeping step to the music, marched by, followed by a drum-and-fife corps. Janice Meredith
How life refined and humanized as time went on, sobered down and became more meditative, keeping step, no doubt, with the amelioration of the soil out of which all life finally comes. Time and Change
It had not kept step with rural economic progress. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox
If our lives only keep step it won't matter much about the 'Washington Post.' The Imperialist
Mr. Gerald Douglass was rambling about, keeping step to his own extemporaneous whistle. The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C.
As they moved, their music—flute, harp, and lyre—rose on the air in a military march, and keeping step the long line advanced with perfect order and regularity. The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal
"I'll just toddle along—it's lots better than keeping step with Sandy." Jane Allen, Junior
The soldiers passed by in silence, keeping step regularly along the dusty road. The Cossacks
The only thing that could keep step with it was the exultation of his followers. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days
With all my faults, at least I am honest; and when I bow my stiff neck under the yoke connubial, I promise you I will keep step demurely and sedately. At the Mercy of Tiberius
Please strive to stand the motion—if you can; They will keep step, and bear you steadily. The Dynasts
Your words do not keep step with your decision nor march like standard-bearers of your great resolve. Hassan : the story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make the golden journey to Samarkand : a play in five acts
We had all five of us to walk backwards down some steps, keeping in line and keeping step. The Days Before Yesterday
Towards them, towards the bristling row of guns, the men marched steadily, keeping step as if on parade, their banners fluttering gaily, and their bayonets glittering in the sunshine. This Country of Ours
No discipline, no strong hand, no man to imitate, no inspiration, no one to try and keep step with. Who Cares? a story of adolescence
He laughed shortly and resumed his pacing, I keeping step with him. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
They advanced down a long pebblebank, keeping step and making grotesque movements with heads and arms, which seemed to imply a mixture of caution and curiosity. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo
Therefore science always goes abreast with the just elevation of the man, keeping step with religion and metaphysics; or the state of science is an index of our self-knowledge. Essays — Second Series
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