| 单词 | nearness |
| 例句 | The heat of her face, her throat, drew me closer to her and the tiny hairs on my cheeks and brow tingled from the nearness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For it was nearness and not touch that had always compelled me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran his business with a public accountant’s nearness and accuracy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He sensed its nearness, yet did not see it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He drew solace and sedation from her nearness. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The moon was due to pass over a star that was bright enough to see in spite of its nearness to the moon. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked my mom, but her perpetual nearness sometimes made me feel weirdly nervous. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Maybe the fear and the run and the nearness of Luke Messenger are killing her right now, even if that lightning missed her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “We joyfully hailed it as a sign of nearness to the land,” Worsley wrote. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We spoke of everything and nothing, and all the while I could hardly breathe for the nearness of her, the way she moved, the sound of her voice as it touched the autumn air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z All the way through I had expected my parents to stop her, invoking, if nothing else, the nearness of the neighbors. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We are so resigned to the nearness of our deaths that the question simply becomes, Is it today? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His words registered dimly at first, for she was mostly aware of him, his nearness, but as the silence filled the space between them she realized what he had said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He bumps her elbow and knocks into her shoulder, as if it’s due to accidental nearness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His face looked enormous because of its nearness, and hideously ugly because it was seen from below. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My hand balls into a fist at my side, and I am conscious of the nearness of my knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Until a few decades ago, bacteria were a genuine household threat, and although most of us survived them, we were always aware of the nearness of death. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was new to both of them—this nearness that mingles breath and warmth—and they shared the sensation that they were absorbing each other, melting together in an exquisite crucible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The intensity of the pain corresponded to the nearness of the hollow and the frequency of the hits with its strength. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Lazlo watched it go, and this, more than anything, drove home to him the nearness of their destination. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We had little in common other than our nearness to death, and that was not what we wanted to talk about; so, much of the time, we did not understand each other very well. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z All I can think about is his nearness, his dark eyes, his breath stirring against my skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He didn't need to now; nearness was enough. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By default, photography registers a simultaneous nearness to and distance from truth, and more of the artists here assume that condition than overtly address it. Informality and improvisation in photo exhibit at Little Big Man Gallery 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z His nearness to their pain takes a toll. Review: In ‘The Departure,’ Watching Over Those Who Flirt With Death 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z I was aware of the nearness of his arm to mine on the center console and the neat way he trimmed his fingernails. Young Democrats in love 2012-11-02T23:30:00Z “Bookishness,” as Pressman defines it, relates to “an identity derived from a physical nearness to books.” Perspective | Physical books are alive with memories. Has the pandemic pushed them into the ether for good? 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z His soldier’s mask melts at such moments, and because of the nearness of the actors to the audience, you can read the madness in the face beneath with unusual and alarming lucidity. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z And revel in its nearness to such beautiful mountains. A Family Returns to Montana ‘Ruts’ and a Million-Dollar View 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Back on the surface, Esther swims past four fountains that spurt spumes at her nearness, then burst into flame as she swims by again. Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z As Tolson, Hammer purrs and preens, ostensibly as gay as Bill Tilden, but DiCaprio’s Hoover can take little pleasure in the nearness of the man he loves. Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar: Yanking the FBI Chief Out of the Closet 2011-11-08T16:35:25Z That, coupled with the nearness of the stage, gave the production its power. How Taking Flight in London Helped ‘Angels in America’ Soar 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Is this a comment on the frailty and nearness of death, or does the lady represent a wicked witch? How Plagues Shape the Landscape 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Her public image was helped by the fact that she was a skilled horseman, physically indomitable as she ventured into Revolutionary War zones to proclaim the nearness of the End Times. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Beyond the exquisite inflammation of their experiences, I was struck by the nearness and relatability of these three women’s lives. Lisa Taddeo wanted to write about female desire. It set her on an eight-year odyssey. 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z I tried to write it all down, but eventually my eyes moved only by her, and the better story for once was to live in her nearness. The only way to love a married woman 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The two of them stood in front of the London Library, tossed out of memory, dazed by the sexual nearness of something ultimate. “An Evening with Joseph Conrad” 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The citation continued: "With perfect pitch, she presents to us both playful shenanigans and moments of bright joy, and the inscrutable nature of life and the nearness of death." Top award for author Barbro Lindgren 2014-03-26T10:00:28Z It is a feeling borne of nearness to calamity, but that, of course, is felt by anyone living under threat of violence, be it infrequent or constant. What it would be like to live in violence 2013-04-18T20:20:00Z “I think his screen presence is truly able to convey danger, both the concern about its potential nearness, but also his personal capacity to produce it,” Branagh wrote in an email. Jamie Dornan Goes Back to ‘Belfast,’ but Not Without Worry 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Referring to the apartment’s nearness to former execution chambers, Andrei says, “It was like living down the street from Auschwitz.” Struggling to Love, Work and Do the Right Thing in Putin’s Russia 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z He exaggerated facial expressions, probably because the company’s Seattle home stage, the Marion McCaw Oliver Theater, has none of City Center’s nearness to the audience. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet and Three by Balanchine 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Sure, the last men’s wear show of the official fashion week cycle was in late June, yet Mr. Chavarria chose July 24 for its nearness to his Cancer birthday. Willy Chavarria’s House Music 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The tantalizing nearness of space added a new layer to his feelings of loss. ‘We Choose to Go to the Moon’: Kennedy dream inspires a dance 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Her partner had a heart attack eight years ago, and now she thinks about the nearness of death on a daily basis. ‘Sex and the City’ helped fans navigate their 30s. Decades later, they still feel seen. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z But fate confronts each man with the reality of life and the nearness of death. Boxing Day – review 2012-12-20T21:40:01Z But one through-line in her book is the constant nearness of loss, of pain, of suffering. After Writing About Mental Illness, Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z What makes Clare so fascinating is that she revels in the nearness of getting caught. The Performance of Racial Passing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Or, describing the moment when she meets her birth father: “My stomach clenched. Like a hovering wasp, his nearness made my shoulder smart.” Review | Her first memoir was about working as a dominatrix. How can a writer top that? 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z That attitude might seem cheeky, but Reggio has become accustomed to the nearness of death. An experimental prophet returns from his wilderness with a new film for children 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Whenever its voice becomes audible its earnest denunciations of the Prince are accompanied by regret at his nearness to the throne. Looking back on the last time a senior British royal testified in court — in the 19th century 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z For example, an apple, through its substance, allows us to make sense of the qualities of color, taste, the nearness of the object, etc. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The nearness to nature, she said, became even more valuable during periods of pandemic isolation. Colonial gems in a lush hideaway mark this Northwest D.C. community 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z With pet pigeons, it seemed, I was closer to the fleetingness of life and the nearness of death than with any other animals I'd had before. Keeping pet pigeons is a lesson in learning to let go 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Though it is not expected to strike, its size — and the nearness with which it will pass Earth — means that astronomer and space agencies are keeping eyes on it. A large asteroid is whizzing by Earth this week 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Moving that way, like driftwood, I could get teasingly close to paddling birds, who lifted off reluctantly when my nearness was finally too much to bear. Taking the scenic route to Aveiro, on Portugal’s Atlantic coast 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “The view bordered by the square window frame gave a deceptive impression of nearness, like a mirage. In the evening the tree would bask in the setting sun, reaching the height of its brilliance.” Review: What a 1980 Japanese novel about a single mom foresaw about pandemic loneliness 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “It’s just a temporary sacrifice of physical nearness,” said Dr. DiDonato. Can a Long Distance Relationship Work in a Pandemic? 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z He said that with the nearness of the election, plus “a lot of craziness, anger, and a lot of children, babies … it was all the ingredients of a great tragedy.” The week hundreds of Native Americans took over D.C.’s Bureau of Indian Affairs 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z “For us, it’s hard. It is the physical contact, the physical nearness that is the essential channel of communication,” she said. Virus lockdown means Italy’s old are isolated from relatives 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “This tragedy is a case when the European institutions show their nearness to Albania, a friendly country for Italy and the EU.” Italy urges donor conference for quake-struck Albania 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “I want to feel the nearness of something secure,” she wrote as her public image grew. ‘Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words’ shows a raw and sometimes uncertain civil rights giant 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Yet again, I find the opposite to be true – the nearness of things, the nearness of others, is really all that matters for now. In grief, I have found unexpected comforts 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce President Timothy Sheehy tells the Journal Sentinel that the nearness of the northern Illinois hotels was part of Milwaukee’s pitch for the convention. Some delegations to 2020 Dem convention head to Illinois 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z For the collective, large-scale notion of nearness is only meant to correspond to the fundamental notion of causality when averaged over vast numbers of events. Space: The Final Illusion 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The satellites' nearness, their high throughput - over one terabit per second across the constellation - and global coverage promises to transform internet provision for those who are currently underserved, or simply un-served. Internet mega-constellation set to fly 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z If you live in a remote wilderness, you may only receive a channel or two, depending on the nearness of local radio towers. Tax prep, Alexa etiquette and more: Tech Q&A 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z It smashes the glass panel behind him, and both boys stop, rendered blank and mute by the nearness of genuine harm. Alfonso Cuarón Bears Witness to Peril with “Roma” 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Only an anxious, determined child could fit between the counter and the stove, which hugs a wall on which the nearness of flames has painted a brownish patina. Cooking for one in the age of Trump 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The star’s nearness to us is only temporary—within tens of thousands of years, its trajectory will have swept it out of our solar system’s list of top five closest stars. A Frozen Super-Earth May Orbit Barnard's Star 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z My head was spinning from the beer and from the nearness of him. Perspective | I know why Christine Blasey Ford didn’t come forward earlier. I didn’t, either. 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Burgess, citing his involvement with the search committee and the nearness of the mayor’s final decision, declined an interview request for this story. For candidate Carmen Best, ‘nothing more important to me than being chief in Seattle’ 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z I loved her profoundly, but when she dropped me off at college, I felt free from the crushing nearness of grief, and then immediately guilty at feeling free. Opinion | Let’s Talk About My Abortion (and Yours) 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z “There is something even awful in the nearness it brings.” Middlemarch: Jennifer Egan on how George Eliot’s unorthodox love life shaped her masterpiece 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Every night, we sleep curled away from each other, as if our very skin recoils from the other’s nearness. The lie pictures tell: an ex-model on the truth behind her perfect photos 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Dunmore, whose novels and poems always flow and brim with images of seas, rivers and pools, felt a sudden “amazement and joy” at the nearness of her favourite element. Helen Dunmore’s indomitable spirit 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z I heard stories of friends pulling over in their cars to cry at the weight and nearness of it all. No. 8 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Desert dust blankets the landscape in a white haze, the Rock of Gibraltar fades from view, and the nearness of Africa is palpable. Spanish Caves Reveal a Trove of Biological Treasures 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The patrons were treated to one staggeringly good rally after another as, energised by the nearness of the prize, they fought tigerishly for every point, fist-pumped every success. Andy Murray knocked out of French Open by Stan Wawrinka in semi-final 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z “Sooner or later, because of the nearness and the border, the personal relationships, the human relationships, the Mexico-United States relationship is going to return to what it was or even better than before,” Campos said. Mexican Ford plant workers blame Trump for dashed dreams 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The tantalizing nearness of such breaks is something “Don’t Think Twice” delves into most movingly through Jacobs’ character. Birbiglia gives improv its first close-up on the big screen 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Asked how he processes such nearness, Kelly said matter-of-factly, “You really don’t.” Stanford’s dramatic win over Notre Dame makes College Football Playoff picture clearer 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z What was meant to be a short conversation about his new book, ‘‘Bumble-Ardy,’’ became a meditation on his nearness to death. Terry Gross and the Art of Opening Up 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z I don’t mean “scale” in terms of small; it mean it in terms of nearness, and the closeness of the wine to the earth and the people to their place. The "Zero Kilometer" Wine Region: Rias Baixas, Spain (PHOTOS) 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Minor recounted his personal list of amazements - the unexpected nearness of the national emblem; the pride of usually anonymous labor. Utility provides new aerie for East Texas bald eagles 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Almaty is selling its bid largely on Kazakhstan’s long winter sports tradition and the nearness of competition venues to the city center, in contrast with Beijing’s far-flung facilities and relatively new appreciation for winter sports. IOC commissioners prepare to inspect Beijing’s 2022 bid 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z "The nearness of the two visits creates the impression that German and Russian influence are competing with each other in Hungary," said Daniel Hegedus, an analyst at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. Merkel to visit Hungary at time of huge political challenges 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z What should come most clearly into focus, in the next few days, is the incredible nearness of Cuba. Barack Obama’s Cuba Surprise 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z I myself have never tried V.R. without a trip-sitter type — and sometimes I think that reassuring nearness was half the satisfaction of the experience. Virtual Reality Fails Its Way to Success 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z “They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature.” Camille Paglia thinks rape is intrinsic to men’s nature — and a lot of men are like, “This is awesome!” 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia: The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z With the nearness of her due date evident, Chelsea’s baby was a major topic of conversation both on stage and off. Welcome a new Clinton to the world: Charlotte 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Forgiveness should be seen as an opportunity – a chance at experiencing and achieving a nearness to God that is indescribable in its beauty and tranquility. Ramadan, Day 9: Forgiveness 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z “We chose to live here because of the nearness to light rail. We definitely gave up something in terms of neighborhood,” she said. Rezone debate splits neighbors near Mount Baker light-rail station 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Instead, the real problem women need to contend with is “the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature.” Camille Paglia thinks rape is intrinsic to men’s nature — and a lot of men are like, “This is awesome!” 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z He settled on Houston for the business courses, the nearness to his family, the seemingly easiest transition to college. Cameron Burrell Is Following in Very Fast Footsteps 2013-05-23T13:00:01Z That nearness! she felt Him much nearer than was her own raiment, nearer than was her own flesh.... Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z The nearness of the explosion of the shell had urged upon the submarine's kapitan the necessity for haste. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Thus the country girl may receive a better business training than her city cousin whose nearness to the attractive stores and shops proves a constant incentive for over-indulgence and wastefulness in the use of money. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z It gave us a pleasant feeling of nearness to home, to have a great ship full of our countrymen close at hand. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z They serve their wearers, however, none the less, though it is by aiding their concealment, and so allowing their prey to approach them unsuspectingly to fatal nearness. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The nearness of his presence imparted strength and determination. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Are there not in your life any objects for the sake of which you sacrifice that nearness to God, and that sure hold of Him you once enjoyed? The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z If the prospect of kingly power was fitted to puff him up, the sense of God’s nearness to him was fitted to cast him down. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Toward these we feel a personal devotion independent of country; nearness of time compensating for distance of place. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Luther, as the reader is aware, speaks of the devil with as absolute an assurance of his existence, activity, and nearness as if he were a member of his own household. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z This they refused, hoping that, from the nearness of the shore, they would be able to escape. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Few give us the same sense of God’s nearness and sovereignty; few make us feel so deeply the dignity and importance of our own salvation and career. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Elkanah could not but feel that in faith, in lofty principle, in nearness of fellowship with God, he had been surpassed by his wife. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z But this difference, amounting to scarcely eight days, has been proved to be exactly compensated by the greater nearness of the earth to the sun during the southern than during the northern summer. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The coaches cross a succession of ranges running up to 2000 feet in height, and they had to shave with remarkable closeness some of those gums whose nearness alarmed the English author. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z But, without stopping to consider the wonders of the prophecy, let us learn the lesson which it teaches us with reference to the nearness of the Advent. Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem 2012-03-30T02:00:17.477Z A light or two betrayed the nearness of the town, but in every other direction dull lines of willows or pale stretches of water ran into the night. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In consequence of this nearness of our God to us, from whatever point of view we regard it, St. Paul tells us that there are certain practices which are incumbent upon us. Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent 2012-03-23T02:00:31.917Z Thus the moral purpose of Daniel Deronda which is certainly beyond all comparison less obtrusive than that of any other book written by George Eliot, grew by its very nearness, out of all perspective. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z It became evident to him that it would be nice to take Ann by the hand; even the decorous novelettes Sid affected egged him on to that greater nearness of intimacy. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z From their nearness to the huge and excessively hot globe of Jupiter, some astronomers, Proctor especially, have inclined to the view that these little bodies may be inhabited. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Though she could not see him, her shoulder touched his, and his nearness and the darkness in which they sat troubled her, though she was not timid. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z When joy is absent from me, it is because faith in His nearness is absent. Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent 2012-03-23T02:00:31.917Z Teach us to be conscious of Thy nearness to us, and so may we never be afraid. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The doctor suggested Atlantic City because of its mildness throughout the year and its nearness to New York. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Her nearness to us has always fascinated astronomer and layman alike. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z They had both heard the nearness of those other feet—very many of them—which had seemingly crossed from the pathway to intercept them. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z This will be the result, not of Our Lord being nigh, but of our realization of His nearness. Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent 2012-03-23T02:00:31.917Z No intimation of his wife's nearness had been given to Lytton. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z A town at last—its nearness announced by the multiplied ruts of the trail, the cactus hedges, the fig-trees weighed down by dust leaning over ruinous earthern walls. In Morocco 2012-03-05T03:00:11.463Z Dense mists, giving evidence of open water, chilled and bewildered them; but the welcome birds, giving other proof of the nearness of the Polar Sea, cheered them on. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Yet she owned a certain sweetness in his dependence on her, in the weight of his hand on her shoulder, in his nearness. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Grace to understand that nearness to Jesus and Mary means the Cross. Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady 2012-02-25T03:00:09.890Z And now sight of Bayard, the sense of relief that his nearness brought, the sudden fear for his safety at seeing the pistol, reduced her to helplessness. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z The interior construction of the mosque was no doubt usually affected by the nearness of Roman or Byzantine ruins. In Morocco 2012-03-05T03:00:11.463Z One day Hans was sent to hunt toward the Esquimo huts, that he might get information concerning the nearness to the brig of clear water. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Instead of exultation at my nearness to Silver Heels, a foreboding had weighed on me since first I unclosed my eyes. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Take advantage of its nearness, first of all. Nogales, Mexico: A Few Steps, and a Whole World Away 2012-02-23T22:07:18Z Ears up now, the sorrel watched his footing anxiously, but the black pony, eyes rolling, put his whole vigor into the running, urged on to even greater efforts by the nearness of the pursuing animal. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z You are completely deceived as to the nearness either of objects or of sounds, though the roll of the surf is more depended upon by experienced ears than the fog-bell. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z And finding him superior to it--so that in the sweetness of her secret nearness to him was mingled no gall--she whispered to herself that if he loved he did not love overmuch. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Excitement at the nearness of my departure proved a lively antidote for sorrow—nay, the fever of anticipation burnt out regret and seared with its caustic the frail unopened bud of romance. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He seems to have stood in providential nearness to human sensibility, as if his were a maternal relation as well, and he owned the minds whom he nurtured and educated. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z No rustle of the leaves has betrayed my presence; the sound of our voices, and their nearness, is drowned by the general hilarity. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z To this ought to be added their nearness to the best fishing grounds. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z For older people, having exhausted their “usefulness,” it’s as if their nearness to death somehow makes the quality of their lives less important. Well Blog: Finding Joy in Alzheimer's 2012-02-16T05:01:11Z But the nearness of Walter Butler was a very different affair. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z But never before or since have I experienced a deeper feeling of nearness. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z We could not signal loud in consequence of the nearness of the pickets, and therefore did not meet. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z The sea is what you seldom tire of, especially where its nearness to the chief New England marts shows it crowded with sails bearing up for port. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The influence of geographical nearness is slight beside that of historical background and social relations. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Vivien had drawn a little nearer to that dour father of hers, but nearness to him carried the command for self-repression, for reticence. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z It was near noon when he woke again; and over all the ship one could feel the vibrations of excitement at thought of the nearness of Tyre, the home city. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z But soon immunity brought confidence, his conscience ceased to trouble him, and the comfort derived from the nearness of the red heifer was increased exceedingly. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The developers of the new map created an algorithm that incorporated four factors into the local climate: slope, elevation, prevailing winds and nearness to large bodies of . Check Your Seed Packets: Garden Varieties Moving North 2012-01-26T17:15:00.247Z Usually I feel, even in these moods, the nearness of divine help. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z There was also to be a working tailor and a superintendent visiting it regularly from Chicago, which its nearness to the metropolis allowed. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Others seemed frozen dumb with apprehension, while yet others laughed and sang and played at boisterous games, striving recklessly to forget their precarious nearness to trouble. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z Snoring, deep and musical, sounded directly into their ears from behind the curtain, and even Tavia’s love of adventure quailed at the awful nearness of the sound. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z The danger always is that the newer achievements will be seen out of all proportion, and overrated because of their nearness. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Lovers who love aright will feel that no physical nearness can content them, but what will content them they cannot say. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z We have witnessed such scandals in Lombardy in 1848, caused by the tempting neighborhood of Switzerland, and also unhappily in the Roman States by the nearness of the royal territory. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Whatever premonition of his tragic fate he may have had, there is nothing to prove that he felt the nearness of the awful hour. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z The rayed branches of the upper part of the tree, and the nearness to it of the crescent moon, seem to indicate that the palm was a solar as well as a sexual emblem. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The camel was there, and she spoke to it, as if she were comforted by its nearness. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z I was shaking with the nearness with which tragedy had almost struck. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z They do not look alike, I am sure, although I avoid looking at George's pictures—but they seem to me the same; it is the uniform, misfortune, and nearness to death. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z It is therefore a mistake to say “gravity is the cause of a stone falling;” for the cause in this case is rather the nearness of the earth, because it attracts the stone. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z It was comparatively prosperous till the wars of Bruce and Baliol, but from that period down to the union of the kingdoms it suffered from its nearness to the Border and from civil strife. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Hold them in a small room, that nearness may warm the coals of devotion to a glow. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z "Really," he said, trying to sound casual, though the warning of her nearness frightened him and put his heart to its paces. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The typical threatening posture of rattlesnakes is all but lacking in the cottonmouth, which relies primarily on concealing coloration or nearness to water for escape. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z The touch of her dress, the perfume that floated from her, and a yet more mysterious fluid wherewith her nearness filled me, intoxicated and upset me. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z But if nearness has its embarrassments, it has also its benefits. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z Guatemala, because of its nearness, is an unusually good market for the products of the United States. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z But the presence of the girl beside him, her partly averted face, the nearness of a projecting elbow with its white, prettily rounded arm, forced themselves on his notice, made him intensely self-conscious. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z Many people come to this village to spend the summer months and enjoy the advantages it affords of country, pure air and also its nearness to the city. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z Surely Ashbrook would benefit from the nearness of so much wealth as this implied. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The fear of death or shame was now before their eyes, and the nearness of their persons summoned them to bring this judgment to an end. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z He would sit beside some woman glad to have secured him; she would be the companion of some man happy because of her nearness. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It seemed as if I felt God as I never did before, and I prayed in my heart that I might keep that happy sense of nearness all my life. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The sound of the nearness sent a flood Of terror of death through the fox's blood. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z I think the greater nearness—here—the strange and sinister nearness—makes much of the difference; various facts are conveyed by personal—unpublished—report, and these sufficiently serve the purpose. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z The nearness of their relationship, accounting as it did in her mind for a growing intimacy, prevented any suspicion of that intimacy having sprung from another source. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z She saw, in quick, startled perspective, her own future, uncompanioned by the man whose supporting nearness her bitter gibes had so often slighted. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I never, even at my loneliest, held a waitress or attendant in talk for any satisfaction I had in her nearness. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z This was a happy and a holy use to make of his place of nearness to God. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z I don't seem to recognise any particular nearness for my being able to revisit your prodigious scene. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z A faint reek of chemicals filtered through the keyhole, and in a vague sense the odor suggested Doctor Tagala’s nearness. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z His nearness warmed her more than did her garments. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z After what had passed our situation could hardly be commonplace, and our nearness was as little compromising as nearness ever can be. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z It is often truly marvellous to observe the trifles to which we will betake ourselves when once we have lost the sense of God's nearness, his infallible faithfulness, and unfailing sufficiency. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The season here is monotonously magnificent—and we look inconceivably off across the blue channel, the lovely rim, toward the nearness of the horrors that are in perpetration just beyond.... The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z The first substantial profit that we reaped was in our nearness to the best schools. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z She kept to this district because of its nearness to Kingston and the Molyneux Arms. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z But the sweetness of her nearness could not for him wipe out the fact that before them lay parting and long heartache. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Moreover, she occupied a place of nearness and intimacy known only to herself. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Some purple flowers stand next in our regard on account of their nearness in colour to the pure blue. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z I am thankful that thou hast felt a deepening sense of God's nearness. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The nearness to Mexico brought in the musical piñon and madroña in the southwest. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z They went up side by side, the girl quite silenced by the sense of his nearness. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z At, at, prep. denoting presence, nearness, or relation. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The captain looked about with a frown, for the desolation of the spot and the nearness of the reefs had their effect on him. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Fully realizing the impending danger, because of the nearness of the burning munitioner, they used what precious minutes of life remained them to protect their own ship's explosives from ignition. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z The nearness of the speaker in the adjoining room betrayed the fact that she had been listening. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z It was so hard to leave the sense of her nearness that Herrick, like a boy, stood still and there rose in his breast a tenderness that seemed to turn his heart to water. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z The most intimate ties become dull and indifferent through custom, and the nearest friends, because of their nearness, lose interest as if estranged. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z It was not needful for Grahame to take her so close as he meant to do, but he had reasons for letting the nearness of the reef appeal to the captain's imagination. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z To those who lived in the heat of the conflict, and whose estimate of relative proportions was necessarily confused by the nearness of this position, it was altogether unintelligible. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Ann had approached from the rear, and Virginia was unaware of her nearness. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z And then the nearness of the roadlights and the sense of his own extreme helplessness overbore his instinct, and kicking off his shoes, he sped noiselessly over grassy slopes. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z In one moment her nearness caused his heart to throb with joyful anticipation. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z It was on the nearness of that new beginning that I brooded restlessly and passionately. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z In one of the quiet silences, full to the brim with their nearness to each other, Neale remembered what he had meant to do with this afternoon, what he had so self-consciously planned to say. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z “What on earth is that?” exclaimed Ruth, a 153 little nervous now from the nearness of the robber. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Yes, yes; but rapture, for your mind severe, Lies in the nearness of wise and powerful men— As once for famous high Leontion, That philosophic courtesan your mother. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Hope, innocence, joy, and an all-pervading sense of Divine nearness, are the characteristic notes sounded. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Already the nearness and warmth of her had set me trembling. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Divided between his disturbing reflections and the enchantment of her nearness, he had not thought of reserving any dances. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z She feared vampires especially; belief in them was spread particularly in the Dniester country by reason of nearness to Moldavia, and just the places around Yampol and Rashkoff were ill-famed in that regard. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z And my nearness to Penelope, too, so filled me with happy impatience that the last mile seemed a hundred leagues on the dusty Schenectady road. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z At first Jimmy had thought of flight, but the nearness of his captors made this impossible. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures Shirley Willing to the Rescue 2011-09-05T02:00:22.290Z At this thought, this recollection, she pressed it more closely, and as she did so, Max Keller, unknowing where he was, though aware of her nearness, came back to semi-consciousness. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z After that few minutes of delightful nearness to her he did not want to dance. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z His violent movements and the nearness of his face restored her presence of mind. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z They are stealthy, insidious, assaulting us when we are unaware of their nearness. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z Never be content with anything short of His dwelling in you, and your conscious nearness to Him. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z When I can’t see you any more I shall still have that sense of nearness. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z But my eye traveled up beyond that and was caught in a colossal network of steel, so bold, towering and gigantic in its nearness that it almost made me reel. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z How amazing to remember that only yesterday her nearness had brought him intolerable unease, as well as keen shame. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Our nearness to land stirs up some old dreads in our minds also. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Dosia hardly knew what she was saying as she laughed and talked with the crowd, while Lawson conversed across with Mrs. Malcolmson, but the sense of his nearness never left her. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Oh wonderful Orosei with your almonds and your reedy river, throbbing, throbbing with light and the sea's nearness, and all so lost, in a world long gone by, lingering as legends linger on. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The whole game of playing at revolution is pictured with such nearness and intimacy of view that the wildest things happen as though they were every-day occurrences.... Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z The very nearness of the city to which they were bound added to the unreality of all that had happened. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Expectation and uncertainty had come to an end, quarrels and disputes were finished at once, for the nearness of the enemy had raised their courage as Pan Skshetuski had predicted. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z A kind of warmth seemed to diffuse itself from his bodily nearness, as if the pulse of his blood must be on some exceptionally liberal scale. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z She claims that in the intuitional nature of the human soul there is such nearness to the divine nature that the especially sensitive soul "feels impulses from across the border." Subconscious Religion 2011-08-22T02:00:58.937Z The club's nearness and convenience to the city are very good. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z The nearness of God is inconsistent with boastfulness of man. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The nearness of the Swedish legions lent unusual interest to all the details, which were not of a character to give consolation. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The neighborhood’s nearness to many other areas, she argued, is more important. | Gramercy Park: Feel Free to Use the Name, at Least 2011-08-12T21:00:40Z Even if the general militia has not all appeared yet, perhaps the nearness of the king might disperse the rebellion. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The offshore wind and the nearness of the open water gave us some life from this point. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Now they become distinct; each line is drawn clearly and stands out; the definition is like that which occurs before rain, only without the illusion of nearness. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z There was something very comforting in the thought of Joe’s nearness. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Dr. Reiser knew of no other refuge, for she would have been refused admittance both in Christian and Jewish hospitals; the nearness of Miriam's home to his own was an advantage. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Were it not for the nearness of the army of the crown, the mob would rush upon us. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Although their religion is a very primitive and native one, it is usually only at the inception of night that they feel the appalling nearness of a world that is supernatural. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z I find it is as I anticipated,—I feel a greater nearness to my husband than I did when he lay on his couch in the next room. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Some come clost to you,” and she made an appealing movement of nearness. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Owing to the nearness of the Christmas holidays and the brief stretch that lay between them and the mid-year examinations, the other two games were put off until February and March, respectively. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z The walking on the waters, as we shall see further on, was a step in training the Apostles to realize His nearness to them, when He was not before their eyes. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z I knew that only by encouraging a delusion of nearness to land could I urge them ever farther in the face of the hardships that must inevitably come. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z For, except to passionate love, nearness and touch are not poetical or transfiguring, and to Hearn love never could come; at least it never did come. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Virginia Deering slipped her arm about the small figure with a sympathetic nearness. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z With the nearness of the blessed anniversary of the world’s King, Marjorie grew daily happier. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z They were transported beyond themselves at times, by the prospect of the Lord's nearness. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z There were times when I felt a startling nearness to them—a sense like that one has of the proximity of living beings in an adjoining room. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z In "Growth of the Soil," on the other hand, there is a wonderful sense of the nearness of nature. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Their surprise at the nearness of the airplane was past. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z No, she did not understand what he meant, she only understood that there was something divine in him, and that the perception of this nearness to God filled her with a happiness never known before. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Its rapid growth is due to its favourable situation as a commercial port, its transportation facilities, and its nearness to extensive forests whence the material for its chief industries is obtained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z For thus they were encouraged to believe in a nearness to terrestrial solidity. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The nearness of the date for the long voyage to the East came like a surprise to the occupants of the Rectory and the Misses Twettenham’s establishment. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z If his passenger was frightened by the nearness of the German airship he did not betray that fact. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z Innumerable stories, novels, plays and poems have been written to show the nearness of the dead to the living, and the thinness of the veil that separates the two worlds. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z The nearness of exile took away her breath. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z I had encouraged in them the belief of nearness of land; each day I had gone on, fearing what had now come, the utter breaking of their spirits. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The slow, familiar dropping on the roof suggested the nearness of her lover. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z But, as I have said, the report of our nearness to port sent a glow of unusual cheerfulness through the ship. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z There is a loneliness, unlike any other kind of loneliness; there is a feeling of smallness and weakness; a sense of the immensity of things and of the presence and nearness of God. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z His nearness affected her with a kind of panic. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z I therefore offer no apology for giving another example of the nearness to absolute accuracy with which the circle has been "squared." The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z That strange impulse was the beginning—he could see it now—and it had grown with daily contact, until the contagious animal magnetism of her nearness became resistless. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z But my business is only to state veracities and necessities; I neither look for the acceptance of the one, nor promise anything for the nearness of the other. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z He had tested the saddle, Judith was afraid that it might be loose, they stood together, their hands touching, and suddenly her nearness had pervaded him. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z The nearness of her person, the intimacy of her touch, weighed heavily upon his senses. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z A caress from her was so rare an event, so unfamiliar a concession, that her mere nearness fired Adriance. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z This system of course accounted accurately for the motions of the two inferior planets, whose nearness to the sun may have suggested their connection with it. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z But, like every other officer in Meerut, he was confident that the nearness of the strongest European force in the North-West Provinces would certainly keep the malcontents quiet. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Lynn followed, stood by her side, not touching her but keeping her enveloped in the lethargizing knowledge of his nearness, his strength, his passion. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Its commercial prosperity in modern times is due to its nearness to Portsmouth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z How find words, when at a nearness, a name, a touch, some spell seems snapped and the meanings of all words thereafter seem entirely to have altered? The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The constellation has also been called Atlas, from its nearness to the pole—as if it held up the heavens, as the fable goes. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Scarcely; if by spiritual we are to understand a devout mind, joy in God, and nearness to him. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z How refreshingly did the nearness of his father breathe over Albano's sultry waste! Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z But, in spite of this nearness, the stars seemed dim—he was thinking of the light in a pair of glorious blue eyes. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z The men are more independent, and owing to the number employed, and the nearness of settlements and villages, more sociable, and possibly more hilarious and less thoughtful. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z She grasped only the fact of them and their nearness. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Its main purport is to proclaim the spiritual nearness, the 421 all but inseparableness, of joy and pain in human experience when either is present in its intensity. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z He was sufficiently blessed in the good fortune of his daughter, as his step-son Bouverot was by her nearness, and this pair of knaves lay deeply buried and revelling in nothing but flowers. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z How can I describe the new sense which informed me of their nearness! In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z He, in the nearness of His relationship to the Father, seems to occupy a position that no other person occupies. An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2011-06-06T02:00:07.650Z They might think each his own thoughts in the nearness, the interdependence, of that strange companionship. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z My nearness to her person would frustrate no stratagem, nor promote any other end than my own entanglement in the same fold. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z To this was added Albano's exasperation against his new falsehood about Schoppe's nearness, and against his own incapacity of listening for a good, long hour incredulously to what a liar is saying. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Mrs. Doggett mopped her warm face with her checked apron, and sank down beside Miss Nancy on the log which lay in convenient nearness to the spot of their meeting. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z She could not help feeling suspicious of them; yet their nearness had driven off the strange and terrible beast that had so frightened her. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Gorge communities benefit from their nearness to power transmission lines that connect to California. Money Blows in to a Patch of Oregon Known for Its Unrelenting Winds 2011-05-31T01:01:28Z Most of the thoughts of the party were of the man walking ahead of them, and his nearness made the discussion of his actions awkward. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z By those usual magic arts of the heart had Linda's nearness awakened in him an insuperable longing for Liana. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z The thought of the possible nearness of her departure had suddenly overwhelmed her. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z There were no signs here of man’s nearness save the road through the forest, nor had she seen such since leaving the main highway. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z This nearness to his enemy inflamed every passionate memory of wrong. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z She was glad that the great lady happened to be placed next her so that she might feel the thrill of her nearness. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z They went up to two children of white marble, who held an incense-muscle-shell of yellow marble; the children grew by nearness till they were giants. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Yes, of a truth, it is thou, kind Nature--never ending Love, who changest, in us, distance of body into nearness of soul. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z O but what union with God is here; what nearness to him; what consequent lofty and sweet elevation beyond the reach of earthly trouble. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She burnt and glowed at the thought of his nearness. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Fischer's "gee" was echoed by the yearlings with what would have, but for the nearness of the camp, been a yell of triumph and joy. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z He had made several attempts to reach over, but as she always had something to say and he to answer, it would not do, unless he chose to betray his nearness to her ears. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z Does the nearness or the remoteness of our everlasting good-bye make any difference? Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z She was in no hurry to see Oliver again—indeed, she sometimes had a disturbing dread that his actual presence might destroy that amazing sense of nearness she now felt to him. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z I suppose it's our nearness to the sea. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z And the soul of man is made greater and greater by its nearness to the Invisible.... Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z She stood, to still her pounding heart, and waited for him to feel her nearness, or turn his face to her. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z They realized his nearness only when a sudden flourish of the stick sent Priscilla's baskets flying into the street. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z And while Lord St. Amant was saying this to his old love, the two on the other side of the room were silent, as if stricken dumb by the nearness each felt to the other. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z That feeling of nearness to the soil that I met there was new to me. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z And my whole heart was filled with prayer by the very nearness of this higher being. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z The nearness of the time when the Constitution was framed to the period of which we are speaking gave to this construction its most repulsive aspect. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z Nor can the greater nearness of their immediate primary compensate for their remoteness from the Sun. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z You know——” Fred held his pipe elaborately out of the way and protruded his face to a confidential nearness. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z The idea of nearness or distance is given by the aid of perspective, foreshortening, and gradation, and in the same way the three-dimensional quality of objects is expressed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The chord of Virtue, Truth, and Beauty, taken from the music of the spheres, calls us from this dark oppressive earth, and announces to us the nearness of a more melodious existence. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z The nearness of the sun gives a new youth. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z It is readily observed that the fact of its imperfection necessitates a beginning, and the degree of its imperfection shows the nearness or remoteness of its starting point. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Jimmy thrilled at her nearness, but he knew that he must steel himself against her charm. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Then silence fell between them, and though she would not look she felt his nearness, knew how he sat, angry and sullen, brooding over his hurt. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z She paused on the step and faced him, and he had again that magnetic sensation of nearness to her which he had experienced at the store the day before. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The sense of nearness to other presences is really inherent in man. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Moreover, the nearness to the great cataract is more sensibly felt, the communion with it is deeper and more intimate than it can be anywhere else. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Napier half turned from the too-disturbing nearness and instinctively put out a hand to the boulder, shoulder-high, just in front of him. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z At last the saint of the Rotunda herself—suffused with a virgin blush at this nearness and at his blushing—stepped in, to take him away into the cool dining-room. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z She would have taken his hand but for the nearness of her brothers. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z These nights possess a poetical charm that almost defies description, a charm that touches the most unimaginative with a vague sense of the nearness of an intangible other-world. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z He goes away, but remains longer than the nearness of the castle seems to justify. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The extension of inheritance taxes, graduated in proportion to the amount of the bequests and to the nearness of kin. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Again he filled himself with joys and sighs by looking at her,—and these were increased by the nearness of the garden, wherein June with his evening splendor lay encamped. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Anna cried, startled at the nearness of the two fish as they sprang about in an old sugar box at her feet. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z This colony, protected by the nearness of the house and seeming to know it, was not nearly as wary as those that lived in more remote sections of the swamp. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z I whispered, mad with her beauty and her nearness. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z We shall then understand—so far as it is necessary for a modern reader to think of such things—the ceremonial dress, the religious masks, the constant presence or nearness of the supernatural. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z O his heart, full of virtue, felt with trembling the nearness of virtue in another; and, with all signs of the deepest veneration, he walked along by the quiet being, who could not observe them. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Presently the republics of South America, and particularly the Argentine Republic, began to feel in their cattle trade and coffee growing the increased nearness of the European market. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The idea of physical nearness between the Almighty and the Angels confuses us here. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Behind him, a high, shrill roaring had grown slightly in volume and nearness, but was still too far away to impress Burl. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Through her veins creeps for the last time the feeling of pleasant, animating warmth which has always overcome her in his nearness. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z His heart rose within him at this double nearness of such opposite days. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Its extreme nearness to the great railway station made its shelling almost inevitable when the bombardment of the city began in earnest. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z The best way of expressing this relation in human language is by the idea of physical nearness. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Disappointment filled him, yet the nearness and the apparent practicability of his scheme spurred him on. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z It was not long before Phebe herself realised at least one blessing which had come into her life since the child's departure, and that was the sense of the nearness of the spirit world. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z In wondrous nearness lay the illuminated earth round about them, and Albano could see the white statues on Liana's roof blush like life under the blooming clouds. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Hence, it is not merely disobedience, but simony, to violate a law which forbids a certain contract because of its nearness to the sale of spirituals for temporals. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z And yet there had been a brightness then—a nearness.... Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z This is a good example of that combined farness and nearness which is so characteristic about most neighboring cities in Greece. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Both Phebe and Nanna had seen the growing nearness between these two, but had made no remark, for the friendship had certainly been helpful to both. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z Certainly the physical and moral nearness of the two fair female hearts, and his love for them, had done most to excite the Count against Luigi's artistic cynicism. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z He could not be brought to see the nearness of the danger. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Even less could they believe what their own eyes beheld, when they then saw him draw back, slowly and silently, from the nearness to the Spaniard to which that single uncontrollable bound had carried him. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Then, once more, and after all these months, the same strange sensation passed through her—a thrilling consciousness of his nearness. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z He does not make the slightest effort to detain her, but still lets her feel his nearness. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Death, or that nearness to it which his wound had brought, fired his brain with a rare life, like some wine of the old gods. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z It was as though the enervating atmosphere of my uncle's nearness had taken from me the power of volition. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z A sudden thrill ran through him; her nearness, the touch of her cheek against his arm; her childish trust and abandon. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z And the most peculiar and marvellous thing of all is the strange nearness of the grass and herbage to the snows. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z She seems for the moment to have utterly forgotten Cyril's nearness, as in memory she lives over again all the detested past. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z It was not so much Elizabeth’s religion as her nearness to the throne and the circumstances of her birth that endangered her life in Mary’s reign. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z By some subtle means her nearness seemed to brace and stimulate my faculties. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z In the immediate nearness all was silence and darkness. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z He was so absorbed in his work, however, that he probably was hardly aware of the nearness of the creature. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Never had his nearness to her heart, his large share in all that she thought or did, been so forcibly apparent to her. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z Our backs chilled to freezing while our faces were hot from nearness to the flame. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The extension of inheritance taxes, graduated in proportion to the amount of the bequests and to nearness of kin. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z True, just now I hinted, that she that bears it can not dwell very remote; but then her nearness may not be at all conspicuous. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z To begin with, the very nearness to God which this indwelling secures must make a great difference to my outlook on life. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z The thought of leaving all that held the nearness of his spirit was repugnant to me. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z The time of arising found me with eyes that had not closed; and the night of wakefulness, the nearness of a danger that hovered unseen, stirred me to black, unreasoning anger. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The nearness of another white person reassured me, for—oh, before that it was terrible in those jungles and swamps! Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Then, too, nearness to Paris may decide him in favour of one cathedral instead of another requiring a longer journey. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z By appreciating the nearness of God to us. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z At this immediate juncture they are to all the great powers an object of desire and ambition, by reason of their nearness and close relation to the great Empire of China. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z Now, with the confidence inspired by his mother’s nearness, came a self mastery and a happy feeling of competence. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Here there were no near neighbors, but there was, instead, the nearness of each member of his family. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z He adopted the frontier notion of nearness when deciding whether or not a particular town that he wanted to strike was sufficiently near the dividing line between the white settlements and the Creek Nation. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z It perceives how close it is to the Spirit of God, and the sense of this nearness makes it better able to hold on to its duty. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z The value of those who stand nearest to us is lowered by means of their very nearness. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z The school-teacher evidently held a rather superior place in the social life of the neighborhood, and again Billy felt the nearness of a kindred interest. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z His nearness filled her with a sick fear, but she would not have had McNab guess it. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z For many evangelicals, Israel’s victory in 1967 was a confirmation of the accuracy of the biblical prophecies and the nearness of Christ’s own reign. Do U.S. Donors Drive Israeli Politics? 2010-07-07T23:42:00Z Then we must hold fast to God's nearness to us, and feel the virtue going out from Him to us, though He does but touch the hem of our garments by His indwelling. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z The nearness of Michigan State and West Virginia could take another 5 percent to 10 percent out of the revenue pie, he said. Hometown team in Final Four could cut cash boost 2010-03-30T19:30:00Z He found quite heaven enough for the present in her nearness, the beauty of her white, regular profile, and her adorable way of leaning the merest trifle over the arm-rest between them. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z This nearness to Wales contributed in a great measure to the importance of this city, as will be presently shown. Cathedral Cities of England The suddenness, the nearness, the wildness of this song made it indescribably thrilling, and the girl and I both stood rigid, breathless, peering into the gloom of the pines. The Idyl of Twin Fires Now this notion of God's nearness to His world depends for its full appreciation on the central doctrine of creation. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z The distance of the latter from the Franks, the connection of the Duke Arichis with Desiderius, and the nearness to the Greeks, who occupied Gaicta, and other parts of Campania, caused special difficulties here. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII The sense of the fatal woman's nearness was making all his pulses sting and throb. The Undying Past He even to a nearness counted their numbers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 It sounded with a thrilling nearness, so lovely that it almost hurt, and instinctively I put out my hand and felt for hers. The Idyl of Twin Fires Lucian thought his paleness was due to terror at the nearness of his self-imposed death. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius You know that you are not able to defend Rome, the very head of your royalty, unless perhaps the mere city from its nearness to the sea and a fleet. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Only the nearness of death opened his eyes to them, and to everything that surrounded him. The Undying Past The mere sense of his greater physical nearness to her enthralled him. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame For the thousandth time I reviewed the dangers that threatened her, the bitter cold of the rain, insults of the soldiers, her wandering wits and the nearness of the river. Idonia: A Romance of Old London All that she loved best seemed to her at this moment hateful, and the bitterness of her soul permitted no thought of the nearness of the Omnipresent to rise before her. Four Phases of Love Farther to the south, owing to the nearness of the range which bounds Arakan on the east, the rivers are of but little importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" A lofty consciousness of inherited possessions, the beauty of the summer night, and the nearness of home, combined to inspire and soften him. The Undying Past The constant odor rising from the subterraneous fires not only excites disgust, but is disagreeably suggestive of the nearness to active volcanic agencies. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Some magnet of danger past and gone for ever—something, too, of nearness to the little schoolhouse, to which, spite of my father and myself, Elsie had carried her point and returned. Deep Moat Grange Besides its nearness to Down, Clapham had the merit of giving more mathematics and science than could then be found in public schools. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History But had he possessed the key to that savage nature, he would have guessed that it was the nearness of the prairies which so moved the impassive Indian. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests "There was no one else," she murmured, and sighed as she became conscious of the nearness of home. The Man from Jericho She swayed toward him and he caught her, feeling for a sharp instant the adorable nearness of her body. The Valiants of Virginia We were sleeping side by side, our breathing intermingled; and nothing was sweeter than this nearness of our slumber. Woman Another mark of the nearness of the shore when these beds were laid down is the current bedding, of which a good example may be seen in the cliff at the north of Shanklin parade. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight But the actual cost will, of course, vary greatly according to style, price of labor, nearness to market, and other circumstances. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. To begin with, it possessed a curious and romantic shape due to its nearness to the roof. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The only other thing I had presence of mind to remember was the nearness about us of a lot of beady-eyed cats, and so I drew nearer and lowered my voice so none could hear. The Haunted Pajamas Ohitika sensed the nearness of old familiar places and began to bark. Hawk Eye He would have sworn that his heart-hunger would have declared her nearness at any hour of that long period of search, and he told her so, but she laughed again. The Tempering Kohle sat at the tiller and thought only of his dame Venus, notwithstanding the nearness of the beautiful art-enthusiast who was opposite him. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Then they sat leaning against the gate, she idly plucking sun-faded primroses, he brooding upon the nearness of her hand. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Our travellers, having finished their supper, were trimming their fire preparatory to retiring to rest, when the slow and dismal notes of the horned owl fell on the ear with a startling nearness. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom His nerve was gone already—the nearness of that thrust had shattered it! In the Day of Adversity She passed him within touch; the rustle of her garments, their faint perfume, the simple sense of her nearness, thrilled his being wondrously. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story She had made no sound; perhaps her nearness awoke him, for he opened his eyes. The Moonlit Way He had a thrill in Drake's dull drawing-room from the sense of nearness to Lily, and from the looking-glass room it was back to back with the more vital drawing-room next door. Sinister Street, vol. 1 But the warriors, heartened by the confident bearing of their leader, held fast in spite of the fearful nearness of distended jaws and gleaming fangs. The Return of Tharn She started slightly at his unexpected nearness; then, with a quick impetuosity, she responded to his question. The Gambler A Novel What is involved is the consecration which the heart bestows upon any place of privacy and prayer, where, in shutting out the world, the soul is aware of the special nearness of its King. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus There is a sixth sense—the sense of nearness to what is familiar. The Moonlit Way Soon Trelawny Road was reached, and in that last good night was a sense of nearness that never before had Michael imagined. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The thought of her nearness brought an almost painful sensation of swelling deep within his chest and a strange ache at his wrists. The Return of Tharn From the moment the ascending train enters the canyon at Golden until it pauses opposite the hotel at Graymont, the scenery is rugged and inspiring, but it belittles itself by its very nearness. A Romance in Transit The name of God is not taken in vain when men who are conscious of His nearness, and act with habitual reference to His will, mention Him more frequently and familiarly than formalists approve. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus He passed her at her very elbow—aware of her nearness, as though suddenly close to a young orchard in April. The Moonlit Way Just now, perhaps, Anthony's more striking features were emphasized by the nearness of Johnson Boller, one of his few really intimate friends. In And Out For the first time that day the little woman’s love of country seemed to rise triumphant within her, and drown every impulse to selfishness; or, was it the nearness to safety that she felt? The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution "My opportunities to sit quietly in blissful nearness to you haven't been so frequent that I can afford to spoil this one with foolish queryings about the whys and wherefores." The King of Arcadia Generally speaking, they are only of local importance, their cheapness depending largely on the nearness and abundance of some suitable volcanic deposit of the trass or tufa class. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Perhaps Ambrose's head was swimming from fatigue and drowsiness, perhaps from his sense of his companion's nearness, of her readiness to fall into his arms with his first desiring touch. The Loves of Ambrose Now, if opportunity were but decent enough to knock twice, at least double the number of striving humans would recognize her nearness and grasp her. In And Out Yet it is in this most calamitous of human ills God has shown His nearness and His love. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II When, at the command of Gen. Hill, two orderlies arose from the kneeling group and demanded their surrender, they seemed amazed at their nearness to their enemy, and yielded their arms without resistance. From Bull Run to Appomattox The Panama Canal will make the nearness all the more significant since its completion will bring Shanghai much nearer New York by boat than it is now. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity She only knew that Morris was vibrating to her nearness, that his blood was trembling in him. Shadows of Flames A Novel There is nothing like constant nearness to death to make men generally turn their thoughts to things serious and solemn. The Irish at the Front Do we not see the full bearing of that great manifestation of God’s nearness more clearly? The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Paul was conscious of a sense of peril in her nearness, in her charm. The Dual Alliance Your presence has intoxicated me, your nearness fills my brain as with a subtle, aromatic wine. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Yet in a way the fact of their nearness and of his having to avoid them added a zest to the adventure. Plashers Mead A Novel Your uncle, desperate at the nearness of your attaining your majority, wants to put you in a place where you will be powerless to interfere with his plans. John Marsh's Millions It is possible that her love and womanly instinct had revealed to her the nearness of that death of which Jesus Himself so often spoke, but which the disciples refused to think of. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II But the present war, because of its magnitude and nearness, had set our nerves jangling, excited us morbidly, dulled us to horror and made us oversensitive to dread. American World Policies In a word, God cannot reveal Himself to us by any overwhelming display of His nearness or His power. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I But the quiet about them, the sense of rest after the days of sorrowful turmoil, the nearness of their grief, kept them for some time bereft of words. The Shadow His belief in its nearness, cherished in its turn the lyrical temper, which is always athirst for an emotion, a beauty which cannot be found in its perfection upon earth, or only for a moment. The Cutting of an Agate He learned that God is love, and that to infinite love, while there remains one thing to give, one step of nearness to the loved to be taken, love has not its perfect expression. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Accessibility to Cities.—In deciding upon the location of a farm, methods of transportation that are available are as important as nearness to cities. A Living from the Land He saw his father’s body slowly swinging and turning in the light breeze of a perfect day, and he quivered at the nearness of what he was seeking, its proximity was tantalizing. The Orphan He sucked confidence from their nearness, and went up and down looking for a hiding-place. Man and Maid Betty and George were especially intimate companions because of their nearness of age and their similarity in personality and character. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia He who believes will know that his Lord is near him; he who refuses to believe will be able to deny His nearness. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II It was a new experience for her to be compelled to meet a man at a disadvantage, although as yet the nearness of freedom prevented the complete realization of oppression. Carnival Still she could not resist that impulse to enchain him, and exulted each time she made him tremble at their nearness. Ewing\\'s Lady While he waits he imbibes Republican leanings on account of the nearness of Japan to America. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They had just passed the door when I emerged, and they receded, at a slow pace and with a kind of confidential nearness, down the long avenue of the lobby. The Sacred Fount The nearness, the stillness, the deep welling of joy in the sweet human contact, were all-engrossing. What a Man Wills Suddenly, and with startling nearness, there echoes forth from a crag overhead a loud resonant bark. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Half unwittingly he wandered into Ninth Street, and stood a long time opposite Teevan's house, finding a solace in his friend's possible nearness. Ewing\\'s Lady This gave me a delightful sense of nearness. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He went over all the scenes again, his nearness to James Langdon, and the luck he had had then. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War His nearness gave her a momentary feeling of suffocation, but she braced herself to bear it without shrinking. What a Man Wills He forgot everything but the dearness of her, the nearness of her, the wonder of her love. Lady Cassandra His position was between two youths who were annoyed by his nearness. Ewing\\'s Lady Straight toward the Tree she paced, and all the blossoms glowed more vividly at her nearness, the branches stretching toward her, rippling with eagerness. The Tree of Life At this moment she was feeling sore at the nearness of Jean's departure, and was conscious of the pressure of his will urging her to go with him. International Short Stories American His real dismay at the nearness of the unknown happening supplied a genuine note to his exclamation, and it appeared that surprise was expected. What a Man Wills Idle hours are proverbially dedicated to temptation, and despite many resolutions his thoughts drifted continually towards Cassandra, continually emphasised her nearness, and dallied with the possibility of a meeting. Lady Cassandra After they crossed the Great Hall which bisected the city from north to south, their caution was increased by the realization of their nearness to enemy territory. Red Nails In proportion to the nearness to the city, there has been a distinct urbanizing of rural life. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity My forebodings of the nearness of the end were too well founded. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses They are used only as vehicles to bring home to us the idea that God's nearness is our highest good. Jewish Theology But the instant it was over, her timidity came back with double force, and she hastily sought refuge beside Helen, her voice gone, in her eyes a dangerous nearness to tears. Anne After the long, lonely voyage, the nearness to a host filled the Triomed with eager anticipation. The Invader The Partnership With Nature Any briefest mention of the attractiveness of country life would be incomplete without reference to the nearness to nature and the privilege of her inspiring comradeship. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity And all around the horizon the sky has that watery appearance that betokens the nearness of the sea. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks Yet it is just this Being of all Beings who draws us irresistibly toward Himself, whose nearness we perceive in the very depths of our intellectual and emotional life. Jewish Theology He resented the “old codger’s” nearness to his dainty darling and his talking to her. Dorothy on a House Boat Almost immediately he had sensed the nearness of many creatures. The Invader Spurred by the erotic atmosphere, plus the dizzying speed of recent events and Maria's nearness, he said, "Let's get out of here and go to my place." The Ambassador He could sense her nearness, sense her womanliness. The Lost Warship The pious soul realized the nearness of the Deity in hearing His name pronounced. Jewish Theology The barkeep dropped his hands, paralyzed by her intoxicating nearness. "And That's How It Was, Officer" The society of Mr. and Mrs. Ripley was most congenial to her, and the nearness of the woods afforded an opportunity for the rambles in which she delighted. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) The charm of the princess, so visible at a distance, increases with the increase of nearness; the Queen's tone is delightful. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The ship had now to be unladen, which was an easy matter, on account of the nearness of the shore. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. But how loathsome their nearness was, to a sane and enlightened man who had discarded the creed of their god-hood! The Buttoned Sky Tharn passed silently above him, the leopard unaware of his nearness. Warrior of the Dawn The period of defilement varies with the nearness of relationship. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition Ruth, out feeding the chickens, felt that spring nearness. Fidelity A Novel Yet as the days passed, he became more interested in her, influenced by her nearness to him, and still more by her remoteness. The Mountain Girl The globes floated down to the level of the Mink's face, and his skin prickled at the nearness of the energy aura. The Buttoned Sky When the guard saw the young giant's nearness and threatening position, his eyes flew wide in surprise and fear. Warrior of the Dawn These gasps were punctuated with moans, and I should have been frightened if the direction and nearness of the queer noise hadn't told me at once that it came from the medium. The Brightener |
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