| 单词 | backward and forward |
| 例句 | J. Walter Thompson over there is bouncing backward and forward like a tennis ball... Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry looked up at the stars still glimmering palely in the dark sky and listened to the sea washing backward and forward against the cliff: He was going to miss the sound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then they turned round and swayed backward and forward once or twice, in order to get their weight on their toes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Winky began to rock backward and forward on the ground, her breath coming in sharp bursts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Why the hell,” panted Ron, holding up the Horcrux, which swung backward and forward on its shortened chain in some parody of hypnosis, “didn’t you take this thing off before you dived?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There were never any new ants in the procession, only this same dozen going backward and forward, as they would do during all their lives. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She had memorized the note backward and forward, but repeating the words hadn’t made their meaning any clearer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Only the harpies were unafraid; they took to their wings and soared above, scanning backward and forward, flying back to reassure those still in the tunnel, flying ahead to search for the way out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mother, I can read you backward and forward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron stared around the room as though he had been bidden to memorize it, while Hermione’s eyes swiveled backward and forward from Harry to Lupin. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Werfel played with the doorknob, twisting it backward and forward, listening to the click of the latch. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He rocked backward and forward on his small feet for a moment and spun his bowler hat in his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Her only advantage was that she knew this path backward and forward. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He began to fall just as they were above it, clutched it with his furry feet at the last moment, swayed backward and forward twice, and found that he had landed successfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He swayed backward and forward under the hail of blows which were administered, and feebly wagged his arms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She plays the tape backward and forward, stops and starts, scribbles down identifiers she missed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was slumped down on the table with his big hand over his mouth, swaying backward and forward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Just as wormholes can, in theory, send you halfway across the universe in the blink of an eye, they can send you backward and forward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z All this time the Lion’s song, and his stately prowl, to and fro, backward and forward, was going on. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Two girls were swinging backward and forward, and a skinny boy was watching them from behind a clump of bushes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He flew backward and forward across the field past blurred red and yellow shapes, with no idea of what was happening in the rest of the game. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She keeps rocking backward and forward in her chair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z But I knew that the room couldn’t be swinging backward and forward, so it must have been something which was happening inside my head. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z People were chasing backward and forward past the door of their compartment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He swung his right arm upward to shake Harry’s hand, but at the last moment seemed unable to face it, and merely closed his fist and began swinging it backward and forward like a metronome. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The spider leapt from Moody’s hand on a fine thread of silk and began to swing backward and forward as though on a trapeze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was rocking backward and forward, shaking his ugly head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The gull kept flying backward and forward along the direct line to the bank, only alighting now and then to guide Bigwig toward some straggling doe whom he had spotted going the wrong way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you believe it. They may be dumb in many ways but they know the City’s statutes backward and forward.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It appeared to be moving backward and forward. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And my chest began hurting again and I folded my arms and I rocked backward and forward and groaned. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The elf sat up, curled into a ball, placed his wet face between his knees, and began to rock backward and forward. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Ron looked half resentful, half sheepish; he rocked backward and forward on his feet for a moment, then said, “Right then, well, that’s...yeah.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The miniature Krum walked backward and forward over Ron’s hand, scowling up at the green rosette above him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It nonetheless satisfied everybody, except the few of us who knew his recent papers backward and forward. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Then again began the struggling and fighting, backward and forward, jerking and falling, until he choked and lay quiet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I knew it all, backward and forward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But I carried on groaning and rocking backward and forward. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She was rocking backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden information. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Kingsley was striding backward and forward, glancing up at the sky every time he turned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The wispy little witch beside Crouch began to rock backward and forward in her seat, whimpering into her handkerchief. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Joseph knew the Bible backward and forward and often mentioned the multiple wives of such Old Testament figures as Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and King David. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z The gift of “Dontrell” is that it looks backward and forward while occupying a whimsically thoughtful present. Buoyant ‘Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea’: Heavy themes, light touch 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z On the bigger canvas of “Monsters,” Windsor-Smith feverishly traces the roots of a single violent act backward and forward in time, across generations and nations and the border of life and death itself. How Do You Illustrate Anguish? With Rage or Silence? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s a first-generation woman always looking backward and forward at the same time, acknowledging that to move through life without being haunted by the past lives of your forebears is impossible. The Writing Life of a Young, Prolific Poet 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Like many detective stories, “Ruben Brandt, Collector” moves backward and forward. ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ Review: Stealing Inspiration From Great Art 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z “He knows the book backward and forward, but he mostly roams around, and we can suggest whatever we want.” Battle-Honed Commander Unleashes Pirates 2011-02-25T00:04:44Z Beginning on a snowy school day in 1970s Omaha, the reliably wizardly Ware tracks his characters backward and forward across time, letting us into their innermost lives while also illuminating how they all connect. The Best Comics of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z But remember that its title is a palindrome, a type of wordplay in which a word or phrase reads the same backward and forward. Review: ‘Are We Not Drawn Onward to New Era’ Stages a Disaster in Reverse 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z "Incendies" is an intricate, often riveting mystery that unfolds backward and forward in time. 'Incendies': Mother's final wish leads to a gripping mystery 2011-05-26T20:19:55Z Everyone assumes that all 4,000 people know these operas backward and forward. Old-Fashioned Approach to Met?s New ?Don Giovanni? 2011-10-09T03:45:05Z Those pastoral interludes are respites from Henry’s other travels backward and forward in time, which can involve landing on subway tracks or on top of easily angered motorcycle-club members. ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Review: Making the Leap, Again 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In “The Premonition,” Lewis makes the most of his conceit, flashing backward and forward through the decades to show us how and when the warning signs flashed. Michael Lewis Chronicles the Story of Covid’s Cassandras 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In Chinese, “Chairman Xi” sounds the same read backward and forward, and the Freedom Team agreed this described his vague politics as well. Hiking the Great Wall of China, the wild and free way 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Instead, “Frog Music” tricks up its time sequence, jumping backward and forward during the brief period when Jenny figured in Blanche’s life. Books of The Times: In ‘Frog Music,’ Emma Donoghue Delves Into Unsolved Crime 2014-04-07T20:53:50Z Like Janus, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is pretty adept at looking backward and forward at the same time. This Past Provides a Nice Prologue at Film Society of Lincoln Center 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Woven together, the classical dance and folk motifs — circles, flexed heels, quick runs backward and forward — knit patterns onto the stage, almost transforming its surface into a sky of gliding birds. Review: Jerome Robbins Delivers the Hit of City Ballet’s Season 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Memory, then, is not just a signifier of the past but also of the future, a way of looking backward and forward at once. Reading -- and thinking -- about memory 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The patches are geometric and chaotic: rectangles and triangles, L shapes backward and forward, and other hand-cut polygons of cotton and denim reminiscent of Tetris pieces. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z All I had to do was say my alphabet backward and forward and then walk in a straight line. “I blamed Adam Sandler for ruining my life” 2014-03-21T17:08:00Z This may seem like a lot of leaping backward and forward in time. Music Review: Amuse Revives Villa-Lobos?s ?Missa S?o Sebasti?o? 2010-06-14T23:07:00Z The solemnisation of matrimony, best loved and known of the Book of Common Prayer's occasional offices, looks backward and forward. The Book of Common Prayer, part 3 2010-09-06T09:30:00Z When I would make him go really, really fast, backward and forward, he’d screech. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z The Metropol Parasol, a large, multipurpose structure that made its debut late last month in the city, looks both backward and forward in its unusual design. In Transit: Metrosol Parasol, Huge Wooden Structure, Debuts in Seville 2011-04-29T17:00:40Z And Michael de la Nuez, while spinning in a pirouette à la seconde, suddenly sliced his free leg backward and forward. At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and ‘Swan’ Debuts 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Two concerts over the weekend gazed simultaneously backward and forward, looking for the new in the old and the old in the new. Chamber Music With a Challenge: Playing From Memory 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z It is also a work, like “Arcadiana,” that looks simultaneously backward and forward. Music Review: Calder Quartet and Mostly Mozart Orchestra at Lincoln Center 2013-08-04T20:19:01Z Perhaps more irritating than that are the jumps backward and forward in time and among characters. 'Skyjack': The story of the never-ending hunt for D.B. Cooper 2011-08-10T22:24:04Z The album’s title was Gibbard’s way of grounding it in the present, while looking both backward and forward. Death Cab for Cutie re-energized on ‘pivotal’ new album ‘Thank You for Today’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Like so many elements of this rich new novel, its title points backward and forward. In ‘The Sunken Cathedral,’ Kate Walbert evokes Virginia Woolf 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z As the narrators pass the story backward and forward in time, the characters unknowingly bounce off one another like particles in the Large Hadron Collider. Novles by Glenn Beck, Stephen McCauley and Others 2010-06-16T22:42:00Z I flipped backward and forward, trying to decide which picture to go for, I moved slowly, holding myself back. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Her plots are dreamlike and nonlinear, spooling backward and forward in time as though characters bring the entire weight of history to bear on their every act. Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Focusing on assignments for graduate school, with each word I was building my body both backward and forward in time, to when it knew its own worth. My affair with witchcraft 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z What is family, anyway, but an elaborate web of story and memory, stretching backward and forward to connect us through time? From the Author of ‘Room,’ Another Bittersweet Family Novel 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z First and foremost, “The Green Fog” is a marvel of film scholarship that looks backward and forward from the Hitchcock masterpiece. Review: ‘The Green Fog,’ a Salute to Hitchcock’s San Francisco 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z When they exited the Candy Shop, Parker and Broderick took the bus to a rehearsal space in midtown, where they ran through the three plays backward and forward for six hours. Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker Spend the Night Together 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The series starts with an ending, then simultaneously moves backward and forward. Review: Have You Heard the One About the Grieving Daughter? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Riders who get on the Ice Breaker are treated to four airtime-filled launches that go backward and forward. SeaWorld Orlando opens Ice Breaker coaster, breaks state record for having 'most coasters' 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The gimmicky short-term amnesia thriller with its simultaneous backward and forward storyline was a success because it was a fairly typical neo-noir presented in a quirkily novel way. Memento remake: chance to improve the original or instantly forgettable gaffe? 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Unfolding in a present that might easily be mistaken for an earlier century, “The Strange Case of Angelica” finds Mr. Oliveira casting his gaze both backward and forward. Movie Review: In Remote Corner of Portugal, a Photographer Finds More Than He Expects 2010-12-28T23:04:34Z Pirouetting backward and forward from its highly eventful titular day, the movie samples a buffet of tried-and-true narrative offerings. ‘Mothering Sunday’ Review: Sex, Death and Literature 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Kistler bourrées across the stage backward and forward, somehow both wistful and willful, until she ends up in Mr. Askegard’s arms, while Ms. Ringer, with stormy passion, finds peace with Mr. Martins. Dance Review: ?Agon? and ?Chaconne? at New York City Ballet 2010-05-20T21:22:00Z Race, however, is implicitly in the fore of "Hamilton," which through its casting and inclusive spirit extends the democratic American experiment both backward and forward. Through 'Hamilton,' the Founding Fathers might once again make history 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Twisting backward and forward in time, entering the minds of each character in turn, Yates examines both how they reached this point and what happens years later, when the past wreaks havoc with the present. In This Thriller, a Cold Case Turns Hot 26 Years Later 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Beach’s warm, thickly chromatic, intensely elegant single-movement quartet — which incorporates, after the model of Dvorak, the Native American melodies “Summer Song,” “Playing at Ball” and “Ititaujang’s Song” — looks both backward and forward. Broadway Meets the Avant-Garde in a Juilliard Music Festival 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z In quick succession, dancers face backward and forward, left and right, down and up. Frederick Ashton’s ‘Cinderella,’ at American Ballet Theater 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Its current grouping of shows, culled mostly from the museum’s permanent collection, echoes this landscape, looking backward and forward. At the Studio Museum in Harlem, 4 Shows Engage a Cultural Conversation 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Kato and his delighted cohort waste no time in exploiting this marvel, racing up and down stairs and backward and forward in time to interrogate their near-future selves. ‘Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes’ Review: Hello, It’s You 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Enduring dystopian novels look backward and forward at the same time. The Handmaid’s Thriller: In ‘The Testaments,’ There’s a Spy in Gilead 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The Trio thus extends backward and forward in Mr. Young’s musical cosmology, both a singular historical flash point and part of an evolution. La Monte Young Is Still Patiently Working on a Glacial Scale 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z He credited the student with having given him a fresh eye on a film he thought he knew backward and forward. Review: Reliving Delicious Terror in ‘78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Bourdeaut announces at the outset: “This is my true story, with lies going backward and forward, because life is often like that.” New French Fiction: With an Emphasis on Food, Film and Frolics 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” with its backward and forward jumps, is one of his favorite stories. From Ali G to Alice in Wonderland 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z In the Scientific Reports study, the scientists designed various tasks to assess the participants’ ability to produce words backward and forward. People Who Speak Backward Reveal the Brain’s Endless Ability to Play with Language 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Across the way, “Evil” — a 1973 word-painting related to Ruscha’s series on palindromes, words that read the same backward and forward — is spelled out in dark, coagulated blood that was drawn from the artist’s veins. Review: In his rapturous MoMA retrospective, L.A. artist Ed Ruscha gives New York School art a witty blow 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z "Kinross is also really bad for taxis, so we're providing another service that get people backward and forward - it's provided a social element to a small village." Our bus service was cancelled so we started our own 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The book looks both backward and forward — you wanted to know what your community was like before crack, but it also points to so much of what’s happened since, right? No such thing as a 'crackhead': Drawing stories and lessons from the last drug epidemic 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z They require a velvet touch when operating so you don’t create shallow dips where the machine changes direction as you go backward and forward. Refinishing hardwood floors is a task best left to a professional 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z “Try singing double-time and make sure your mouth is reading perfectly. In the second episode, we go backward and forward in time, and I had to sing backwards.” Have a story to tell? Sing it out 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z One model put forth in 1990 assumed riders rock backward and forward at a constant frequency in simple sinusoidal motion—meaning the movement makes the shape of a sine wave in time. Physicists unlock the secret of a child’s swing 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The epic menu looks backward and forward but also lets diners savor the here and now. Tom Sietsema’s 6 favorite places to eat in March 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z People of different ages wearing straw skirts lurched backward and forward as drums and chants resounded. Lula meets with Indigenous in Brazil’s Amazon, pledges lands 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Thanks for filling the gap, sir, with a restaurant that looks backward and forward but also lets diners savor the here and now. Review | The Bazaar by José Andrés is his dream come true in Washington 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Throughout, Schwartz moves backward and forward in time, zeroing in on pivotal moments of creation, tracing the interweavings of mutual self-discovery. Review | A brilliant novel about the dreams and desires of queer women 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Like me, Norwich also enjoys palindromes, phrases that read the same backward and forward, e.g., Review | These ‘Christmas crackers’ offer surprises for lovers of language 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The Clotilda’s discovery sparked an even more profound excursion, backward and forward in time, as Brown returned home to hear what the residents of Africatown had to say. How passed-down memories become full American history in 'Descendant' 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Still, the book is at times confusing, leaping backward and forward in time despite its ostensible division into sections labeled “Spring 2020,” “Summer 2020” and so on. Review | Schoolchildren’s pandemic struggles, made worse by U.S. policies 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Looking through the lens of physics allows us to look both backward and forward in time, and we can discern marvelous patterns in nature with its myriad rules and complex connections. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Still, Thursday night’s dramatic — and devastating — portrayal of Trump during the 187 minutes of the insurrection offers an opportunity to look both backward and forward. Opinion | Now we know the truth on what Trump sought to obscure about Jan. 6 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z It helps that Mr. Daniel knows Disney backward and forward. The Former Electrical Engineer Leading Disney’s Streaming Strategy 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Then comes the building backward and forward, a process that draws in hundreds of relatives who will ultimately prove irrelevant. Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z “That was the most fun about this project … sometimes the things we thought we knew backward and forward turned out to be totally wrong and there was a much more interesting story.” The new Oxford guide to cocktails is the drinking buddy you’ve been waiting for 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z I get impatient a lot, so “Count to 10, backward and forward” is my mantra. 5 tips for safe and sane travel with someone who has dementia 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Thanks to Gaia and other surveys, the researchers already knew how fast each star is moving, so they pushed the stars’ trajectories backward and forward through time on a big virtual map. Aliens Might Already Be Watching Us 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The current networks are built on existing 4G networks to account for backward and forward compatibility for devices. Verizon turns on commercial private 5G in U.S. 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Self-projection enables us to travel both backward and forward through time. Perspective | ‘Mental time travel’ is one of many imaginative ways we can cope with the pandemic 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The filmmaker deftly moves backward and forward in time to chronicle Ngoy’s remarkable journey from war-torn Cambodia to the strip malls of Orange County while becoming a multimillionaire. Review: A Shakespearean SoCal tragedy, 'The Donut King' charts the rise and fall of Ted Ngoy 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z On-screen in “Time,” the Riches saw themselves move backward and forward in time in the blink of an eye as Fox’s camera entwined with Bradley’s contemporary lens on their lives. 'Time,' a kiss, and resilience as resistance: Why the Amazon documentary is a vessel for change 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z She moves the narrative backward and forward in time without losing the viewer, and the use of friends to interview the subject proves inspired. 'Aggie,' art and social justice 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z In “Tenet,” it moves in circles: backward and forward like waves in the ocean. Review: In ‘Tenet,’ a time-bending thriller for bended times 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z So expect to find the palindrome principle at work in the film’s structure, most ingeniously when Nolan stages action so that it seems to run backward and forward simultaneously. Review: 'Tenet' has arrived. But is it spectacular enough to lure you back to movie theaters? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z “She sat down, rocked her body backward and forward, and groaned aloud,” according to Eliot. Depicted kneeling before Lincoln, this enslaved man broke his own chains in pursuit of freedom 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Memory looms heavily and sometimes heavy-handedly over “All Day and a Night,” which drifts backward and forward in time as it pieces together moments from Jahkor’s life. Review: Netflix's 'All Day and a Night' is a bruising, empathetic gangland drama 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Steinberg shifts backward and forward in time, just as her prose shifts into a kind of poetry. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z That would allow them to put eyes on the locations of shootings faster than ever before, and then follow potential suspects from the scene and backward and forward through time. Surveillance company wants Baltimore to put three of its planes over the city at once 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z A palindrome is typically a word, such as the name Bob, that reads the same backward and forward. Tuesday is the first of 10 ‘palindrome days’ in a row, the last stretch of them in this century 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Alma skips backward and forward in time, letting the writers weave in flashbacks that explore her family life, but also jump forward to events that won’t occur in real time for several episodes. Amazon’s animated series Undone could start something amazing 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Gardens grow backward and forward In the mind; in the driest season, flowers. “Apple Thieves” 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z I cradled her gently, pressing lightly on her flanks, trying to keep the fish upright, moving it backward and forward, forcing water through her gills, seeking to revive her. In Patagonia, a Duel With an Epic Trout 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z We come to understand that animus slowly, as the story of a murdered baby moves backward and forward in time, before and after the Civil War. Perspective | The 23 most unforgettable last sentences in fiction 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Or it runs backward and forward over endless lists, stitching and unstitching. Opinion | The Genius of Insomnia 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z In all my long years of being in church, of knowing the Christmas story backward and forward, I never heard these verses emphasized. Perspective | Mary’s ‘Magnificat’ in the Bible is revolutionary. Some evangelicals silence her. 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Which is why it’s worth looking backward and forward at the same time as we contemplate what’s wrong with our elite. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Wells "The Time Machine," in which a man uses a vehicle to move backward and forward in time. The Upfronts: Everything old is new again 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z These days, however, in the aftermath of Mr. Cruz’s streak of violence inside a schoolhouse, we are forced to looked backward and forward: Clinched fists punch skyward. Martin Luther King, guns, gun control 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “He kind of looks backward and forward in terms of what’s happening at the top of the men’s game today,” Blackman said. Lendl goes from Slam champ Murray to finding future champs 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z We curse and celebrate, resist and accept, look backward and forward at once. New Sentences: From Richard Lloyd Parry’s ‘Ghosts of the Tsunami’ 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The story stays tightly focused on its place and time — backwater Georgia, circa 1930 — as it pivots backward and forward chronologically and unfolds from different points of view. A riveting novel of injustice, race in the Jim Crow South 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z “He knew it cold. He knows policy backward and forward,” Kerrey said of Clinton. Analysis | What President Trump could learn from last holdout on Clinton’s 1993 agenda 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z “Buena Vista Social Club: Adios” goes backward and forward, gathering more background from the key players in the movie and discovering how the fame changed their lives. ‘Buena Vista Social Club: Adios’ review: Saying adios, seems like déjà vu 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Rather than flopping over as expected, the bird settled into a stable, one-legged posture that stayed put even when the top of its body was tilted backward and forward. The Science Behind the Flamingo’s One-Legged Stance 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Reading it feels as if one is listening to Hayden reminisce, wandering backward and forward in time, recalling some events in great detail and others with the barest mention. Opinion | Echoes of Vietnam-era protests in today’s demonstrations 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Saturday: Veteran partystarter DJ Dredd is looking backward and forward at "We the People," his first Black Cat gig of the new year. 15 things to do in the D.C. area on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “He was backward and forward that year in Toronto,” Pursglove says. How to Hide $400 Million 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z With a joystick, participants controlled a chain saw and cut down the trees with a backward and forward sawing motion. Using virtual reality to make you more empathetic in real life 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The narrative is fractured, flashing backward and forward, into the pilot’s past and occasionally into his nightmares. Review: Eastwood’s ‘Sully’ stubbornly refuses to soar 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z As their convention enters Night 3, Democrats will be craning to look both backward and forward. Democratic Convention Night 3: What You’ve Missed So Far 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z They can be scholars: someone who knows the canon backward and forward seems a sound gatekeeper for esteem. Critics in the Age of Opinion 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Two of the men remain motionless, but Ricardo Diaz Zeferino drops and raises his arms repeatedly, showing the officers his hands and stepping backward and forward. Gardena police shooting solicits stirs up heated debate on social media 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The path led backward and forward in time, arriving at the same place: the High Bridge, the greatest public work in New York City’s history. A Stunning Link to New York’s Past Makes a Long-Awaited Return 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z As they spin around or move backward and forward, the on-screen view changes as it would in real life. Virtual reality: The latest weapon in the battle for your shopping dollars 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z He'd check his score twice, backward and forward, then hand the card to the scoring official, unsigned, and call out his hole-by-hole scores by memory. David Fay: Road Rage in the Scoring Tent 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z “They are musically capable of playing these songs backward and forward,” he said. EXCHANGE: Mate’s illness inspires suburban band Pulsebeat 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Like the pieces of music he once memorized, Tackett knows the rules of golf backward and forward. How Ken Tackett Went From Jazz Drummer to PGA Tour Rules Official 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z They veer sharply backward and forward in time, the point of view shifting among a host of major and minor characters. First Alice Munro collection since Nobel Prize 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z After too many embarrassing nights, I’ve promised myself to do this and work that Chaka Khan or Eurythmics song backward and forward. Jets? Giants? Better Ways to Spend Your Sunday 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Tapping the left or right arrow keys skips a few seconds backward and forward through the clip. Using the ‘Public’ Network Option 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z They practiced shooting walking backward and forward, side to side and even with guns in each hand, Old West-style. Zombies lurk at the end of a gravel road in Virginia. And they must die. Part of the museum’s contemporary art series “NOW at the Corcoran,” Tribe’s “Plein Air” puts a somewhat more ambiguous punctuation mark on nearly 150 years of museum history by simultaneously looking backward and forward. The two shows Corcoran is exhibiting before it goes under the knife You want to read the contracts backward and forward. Q&A: Michael Wheeler, author of ‘The Art of Negotiation, on the importance of improvising 2014-02-14T14:59:40Z A breeze is blowing; long white curtains are dragged sluggishly backward and forward on a pale wood floor. Tessa Hadley: “An Abduction.” 2012-07-02T04:00:00Z She rocked backward and forward in her grief; nothing that any one could say comforted her. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z A further stage is reached by boiling the brown sugar in huge iron pans and pouring the liquid into coarse jars, the whole of whose interiors have been threaded backward and forward with coarse string. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The girl came on slowly and rather timidly up the long walk, while the dog rushed backward and forward and indulged in all sorts of joyous antics. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z In 1794, Cowper sank into a state of melancholia, in which for hours he would walk backward and forward in his study like a caged tiger. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z We could see, in that dim, religious light, the huge head of the snake swaying backward and forward in front of him, whilst its long forked tongue darted swiftly in and out. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z This fearless officer walked backward and forward over his deck, encouraging his men, and directing the fire, apparently unconscious of the balls that smote and crashed around him. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Mr. Lincoln was greatly moved, and, springing up from his chair, walked backward and forward through the apartment. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z His last words had scarcely rung out when my horse began to quiver under me and sway backward and forward. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z To give that sensibility a vigorous restart, he is reaching both backward and forward for inspiration. Maloney & Porcelli Reinvents Itself for a New Era 2012-03-28T05:20:22Z Our double system of backward and forward reckoning leads to a good deal of inconvenience. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z In came the genial governor waving the permit backward and forward for the ink to dry, and another half hour of social chatting went by, the very ink of Spain being gifted with dignified slowness. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z And several times that night, before he went to bed, he audibly uttered the same words, as he walked backward and forward across the room. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z It was suspended by ropes t a beam supported by posts, and so balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was impelled by men against the wall. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Take hold of one leg in each hand and move them backward and forward as far as the vice will let them go, repeating the operation about a dozen times or more. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z In such cases, they may be hooded, by covering their faces with leather in such a manner that they can only see a little backward and forward. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z She was pity incarnate, she had rolled it in her poor shawl and rocked it backward and forward. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z They are skarpring backward and forward, Their ends to keep up if they can; They are doing their utmost endeavours, For fear o’ the frown o’ man. Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z For some time Harry walked backward and forward. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z It is also well to place the flat face of the washer upon a smooth file and rub it backward and forward under finger pressure, which will tend to correct any defect in its flatness. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z They can fawn, wheedle, cringe, or, if occasion requires, leap backward and forward over a stick, to the great emolument of their master, and entertainment of those that behold them. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z Weinstein was snapping his fingers at his own florid neck, as he walked backward and forward. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z While he was vaguely murmuring his dates, and rocking himself backward and forward in time with the murmur, there came a tap at the door. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z It appears, also, that in Zanzibar the streams are very rarely bridged, and hundreds of negroes, in passing backward and forward, wade through them and pollute them. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Rocking the boat backward and forward, head on, when it had gained a free motion, the whole crew hauled together on the painter when the boatswain cried loudly: "Pull all!" True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z In the carnivorous, the jaws can only move backward and forward; in the herbivorous their motion is lateral, as observed in the cow when chewing her cud. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z On almost any fair summer morning he could find Mr. Lincoln on the sidewalk in front of his house, drawing a child backward and forward, in a child's gig. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Startled small birds fluttered backward and forward deeper into the brushwood. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z “Hum,” said Mr. Whiting, when he had read the slip and studied it backward and forward. Black-Eyed Susan 2012-02-13T03:00:16.587Z You didn’t dare go in to argue with him on any issue without understanding every paragraph of the policy and every line of the balance sheet — because he knew both, backward and forward. Letter From Europe: America's Economic Bright Spot: Farming 2012-02-12T16:50:06Z I go backward and forward in all seasons and always have good weather. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z He sat down when Lucy told him to, and it was pleasant to find what he required ready at hand, instead of having to walk backward and forward between the table and the stove. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Cynthia could not hear the words, but the sound, with its rise and fall, surged backward and forward against the walls of the Exchange for a full minute. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z They skip backward and forward on the coaches, and actually carry on stock-jobbing in Change Alley, though they reside at Brighton. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Nothing can exceed the noise, bustle, and hurry, of the streets of London, where carriages are passing backward and forward during the whole day, and most of the night. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z There was great confusion at the Palace—dinners still going on and servants hurrying backward and forward with dishes, and piles of plates on the floor as we passed through the long corridor. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z "Well, ma'am," he answered, swaying backward and forward on the hind legs of his chair, "there are moments when I confess it looks improbable." The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z For hardly had Robert Daventry ceased to speak when it began again to swing backward and forward before their eyes. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z They are alternating currents of electricity, currents that are constantly and suddenly circulating backward and forward. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Poor Gonzalo, overwhelmed and distraught, never answered a word, but listened to him while walking backward and forward across the room with his hands in his pockets and his eyes wet and gloomy. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z We got up to the theatre easily enough, as carriages were going backward and forward all the time. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z All these beautiful operations are accomplished in the sixteenth part of a minute, by the travelling backward and forward of the carriage or table upon which the form rests. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z He also made sure to understand the company’s financial statements backward and forward and to put the growth plan in his head onto paper. Why Some Business Owners Think Now Is the Time to Sell 2011-12-21T16:44:56Z He wondered what they were thinking of, each in her castle of self, each with her yearnings backward and forward. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Adam had to do the high dive, with all its attendant "frills," as Landy called them, in the way of double somersaults, backward and forward, in order to convince the newcomer of his accomplishments. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z The legs will be swung backward and forward like the pendulum of a clock; that is, the pupil will raise them so as to touch the cantle of the saddle with his heels. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z So you see he can go backward and forward—as he is obliged to do constantly in the day's work—without mussing it up at all. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z They sing, and step backward and forward to a drum accompaniment. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Some of the young men—principally officers—were taking preliminary gallops in every direction, and jumping backward and forward over a large ditch. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z Tommy let his picture book drop to the floor, and swung his fat little legs backward and forward. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z The next morning, however, in the bar-room he began to abuse me, and we abused each other backward and forward until I had backed clear across the street. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z I see the universe one long disastrous strife, And in the staggering abysses of backward and forward time Death chasing hard upon the heels of creating life. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z "Yes, a messenger of Masters went backward and forward several times." The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z I made no reply, but stood with my face fixed, slowly moving the candle backward and forward, gazing intently into the depths of my own brain. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z In proportion as the "olden thoughts, the spirit's pall," fell off, he became peaceful and sweet; his view backward and forward became clear, his purpose steady, his will serene. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Rebecca, her eyes narrowing into a cruel smile, sat down and rocked backward and forward in her chair. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z He moved his box backward and forward from one hand to the other; should he make a bold venture and tell all? In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Presently the knife stuck too; this was some inches under the pick, and he had to work the blade backward and forward to release the point. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z And again I moved the candle backward and forward, when the figure of my brain sprung at once into existence. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The positive pole is to be placed on some indifferent spot, and the negative is to be stroked briskly backward and forward over the sensitive skin, a pretty strong current being employed. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z She was standing there in the dusty road in front of him, telling the story, her hands behind her, rocking slightly backward and forward, like a child repeating a lesson. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Suddenly she sprang to her feet and began to pace backward and forward on the many-colored carpet that was spread upon the floor. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Knowing his ways and his wiles backward and forward, I laughed. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z His bones ached and his muscles seemed strange and raspy, and he kept himself awake by walking nervously backward and forward before the house. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Toby was taught a great many tricks, among others to leap backward and forward through a life-buoy. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Backward and forward, backward and forward they swayed, each trying to gain a hold by which he might throw the other. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures Shirley Willing to the Rescue 2011-09-05T02:00:22.290Z The ships of war moved backward and forward, while the archers and slingers swept the towers and ramparts with a hissing hail of lead and steel. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z He changed his religion backward and forward three or four times and finally under Henry IV. settled into Catholicism. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z He knows it all, backward and forward, and from the middle both ways; you can bet your final dollar on that. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Ned felt experimentally of his back, frowned, rocked himself backward and forward twice, and looked relieved. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z The gallery began to swim—the pit moved—the boxes appeared to wave backward and forward. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z The opalescent animal light gleamed in her eyes as she turned them northward, and she paced backward and forward with impatient strides like a captive lioness. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z This morning the great fore-door quite open, dancing backward and forward with all its weight upon the lower hinge, which must have been broken if the Dean had not accidentally come and relieved it. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Then he turned to the telephone book and fumbled through its leaves, backward and forward. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z They are thus constantly getting lost in the crowd, and then they charge backward and forward in wild affright, neighing shrilly, until they have again found their proper place in the line of march. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z The thread is now pulled backward and forward, when it will appear to actually traverse the centre of the fruit. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Huge flatboats and a multitude of smaller craft plied backward and forward between the harbors and the mainland. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Once landed there, who was to know Lance from any other Australian digger, numbers of whom had been backward and forward since the earliest "rush," in 1849? Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Hume moved backward and forward by the chart house, while Webster gloomily looked at his figures. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z By and by they rise, and bend their heads backward and forward until the most eminent among them fall in fits, and are taken up in an unhappy condition. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z The cord is then pulled backward and forward, after which the apple is cut in half with a table knife; both portions are shown, the cord having to all intents and purposes been severed. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z He had been pacing backward and forward before his men, who stood at attention along the wall. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Even such horrible modes of death as eroding the jugular vein by drawing the neck backward and forward across a barbed-wire fence have been imitated. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Then the goats were hurried in, made to crowd over the stone, and to rush backward and forward. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Nearer and nearer the bull approached; he seemed to be suspicious, for his muzzle was held high and his large ears moved backward and forward. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The two portions are then united and the cord is pulled backward and forward as before. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Lines of men, half naked, ran backward and forward between the ships and the great warehouses, carrying bales upon their heads. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Finally, dropping such airy play of the mind backward and forward between the two spheres, he consigns the work of ancient skill to the future, to remain,— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Suddenly the water ceased running, and began to sway troublously backward and forward, lapping loudly against the rocks. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Olly uttered a shout and pointed to a black object moving backward and forward before the opening. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z But Long Jim worked patiently backward and forward, breaking down the snow, 205 and packing it a second and even a third time with his webs. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z He began to pace backward and forward, with his hands behind his back and his head inclined slightly toward his left shoulder. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z We sweep this point of sight backward and forward and over an extensive field of view, gathering all the distinct impressions into one mental image. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z I forthwith started in on what is now the second act of 'The Princess Chic,' and wrote backward and forward. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z But in some respects the one is the reverse of the other, for we reckon backward and forward from a fixed point—the era; that is the numbers increase each way from the era. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z The little middy, sitting in the stern sheets, had folded his arms; but he was swinging backward and forward to every lift and heave, with the same strange grin upon his face. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Alexander continued to pace backward and forward with his head inclined a little to the left, as was his wont when in thought. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It boasts a cathedral, a museum, and an Hôtel de Ville, and tramcars run backward and forward all day long. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z He swung backward and forward on his feet. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The guards paced backward and forward on the spacious lawn, their arms glittering in the moonlight, which glimmered through the grand old trees. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z Chaotic movements backward and forward will confuse the hearer’s attention and fail to indicate the direction of his own, which is of vital moment. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z "I thank you for giving me this consolation," Clearchus said eagerly, hoping that she would tell him more; but she began pacing thoughtfully backward and forward, with bent head, apparently forgetful of his presence. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z And so, backward and forward, north and south, the cruising was kept up day after day. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Her eyes wandering from group to group, after a time become fixed upon two of the school-girls, who, linked arm in arm, are walking backward and forward directly in front. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z The military movements in the area where the attack took place were “very fluid” at the time, he said, according to news reports, with vehicles going backward and forward. NATO Offers No Apology for Airstrike on Rebel Tanks 2011-04-08T09:56:16Z The figure-of-8 action of the wing explains how an insect or bird may fix itself in the air, the backward and forward reciprocating action of the pinion affording support, but no propulsion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z She paced backward and forward, stopping now and then before the polished mirror to examine once more the lustrous coils of her hair, or the arrangement of her silken chiton. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z My mind reached backward and forward, and began to foresee and foretell, and I had a cold shudder at my own thoughts. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z I could not sit quietly within hearing of so much grief; and, leaving my seat, I paced backward and forward before the low entrance of my house. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z As it is swayed backward and forward by the force of the wind, it seems to flutter like a white veil. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z In these instances the backward and forward strokes are made to counterbalance each other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The same almost ghostlike stillness continued, orders were passed backward and forward in whispers. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z I scarcely looked at the path—once or twice only—and then I saw the tracks of the pony—backward and forward; but I heeded them no more; I knew whence and whither they led. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z "Any man would have been scared with this great ugly bugaboo whooping and yelling, and jumping backward and forward over his head, and beating him with his own cane." The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z His shop was a place where many men and many minds met, and angry words were frequently thrown backward and forward there; yet his needle never paused an instant for them. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Oscillation, the act of moving backward and forward. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z "Look well at this man as he paces backward and forward across the airy platform out among the smoke and rigging and sea wind." The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z He found relief in swaying backward and forward, and uttering a long, low moan, which finally shaped into, 'Poor Massa killed.' Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z Is it not a pleasant season, a profitable halting-time; a point of prospect, from which we may look backward and forward? Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The shadows were moving backward and forward, just as they had been an hour before. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z Night had now fallen; the forest had grown black and weird; shivering spindles of the northern lights crept tremulously, with whispering movements, backward and forward across a blue-white sky. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Thus, in imagination, did we sally backward and forward as the twilight thickened about us. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z For some time I strode backward and forward across the floor of the tent, muttering such speeches, and giving way to such thoughts. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Her eyes wandering from group to group, after a time become fixed upon two of the school girls; who linked arm in arm are walking backward and forward, directly in front. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Matilda turned her shoulders on him, and spelled backward and forward, up and down, with the greatest vigor, but all to no purpose. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z A certain sum was deducted to pay the man for the time spent in carrying the work backward and forward to Norwich. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z There was a continual movement, a backward and forward swaying, among the ships at anchor; a shifting of the level of the signal lights. Vestigia Vol. I. 2011-02-04T03:00:23.340Z They balanced themselves over sticks, head downwards, with their legs and tails in the air; or on a rope, and were swung backward and forward. Little Robins' Love One to Another 2011-01-25T03:00:23.537Z How do they manage to move in one direction, instead of alternately backward and forward? A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z The male, which is much smaller than the female, runs round her, and they butt one another, standing face to face, and moving backward and forward like two playful lambs. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z "From my heart's depths, I love and reverence thee; and feel for thee, backward and forward, through all eternity!" Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z It was the fashion for those who stood at the tables to have their hands full of coins which they shuffled backward and forward, like so many cards. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The cook danced, clapped her hands, sat down in a chair, and reeled backward and forward in unrestrained ecstasy. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The backward and forward movement of the entire system operates the elevator: the sideway movement warps the rear edge of the upper wings, and the rotation of the wheel steers the machine. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z A cruiser, under easy sail, stretching backward and forward across this road, must necessarily get sight of nearly everything that passes. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z There I sat, supported above the mud and slime, while Fangs ran yelping backward and forward between me and the bank, seeming surprised I did not follow. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z When I laid hold of the animal's foot, pulled it, twisted and stretched it, or pushed it backward and forward in every possible way, no crackling was produced. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Seven times did he cross the Atlantic, backward and forward. A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield 2010-12-24T03:00:34.583Z She paused in her story to open her fan and, lazily, wafted it backward and forward before her pale middle-aged face. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The atmospherical, tidal wave, as it ebbs and flows, seems to carry the needle backward and forward with it. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z For some time I hunted backward and forward without seeing a sign of the animals; at length a loud barking from Floss and Bruno, who were with me, announced that they had been discovered. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z He continued walking with the same measured, deliberate tread backward and forward, apparently watching nothing, and yet maintaining a more than usual scrutiny upon the river and forest. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z Heavens and earth!" cried the aged Hebrew, raising his eyebrows and causing his round cap to move backward and forward on his bald skull; "a large sum, a big pile of money that makes. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z "They were washing backward and forward very close to the cliffs here, which are jagged limestone cliffs, very nasty." GOP blocks youth immigration 2010-12-18T16:40:00Z They were washing backward and forward very close to the cliffs here, which are jagged limestone cliffs, very nasty. Australia probes asylum shipwreck 2010-12-16T07:24:51Z In this cradle they placed the gourd of cream, and each taking a side rolled it backward and forward continuously for half an hour. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z In AntiGravity Yoga, beginners hang from silky hammocks and flip backward and forward. | Laughter Yoga, Serious Benefits 2010-08-21T21:54:00Z “We were just paying for each other’s shipping, and the cabs were going across the Atlantic backward and forward.” 2010-02-09T17:25:00Z They wandered backward and forward, hand locked in hand, until the sun was lost behind Hallidon, and the stars began to steal out through the grey twilight. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 He walked backward and forward across the floor, with his arms crossed upon his breast, his head thrown back, yea, he stalked with the majestic stride of a stage-king in a tragedy. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 The sheep were under Ernest's care, and I brought up the rear of this patriarchal band, while the two dogs kept constantly running backward and forward in the character of aids-de-camp. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z I was rocked backward and forward on the chest on which I was sitting. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 By the crushing action of their pincers, and an alternate backward and forward movement, they bring the soft blood-holding tissues of the victim close to the minute pin-hole aperture which is the scorpion’s mouth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Her eyes swept this strange tract of country backward and forward. The Hillman Thus backward and forward ran question and answer, as the Brownie soldiers swiftly fell into line of battle. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Women in graceful toilettes pass backward and forward along the broad parade, making the air sweeter still with the perfume of their floating draperies, and the light revelry of their musical laughter. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 We walked for some time backward and forward, and breathed the warm air in deep draughts. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Margaret returned to the parlor, and from the kitchen Jean could hear the heater tilted backward and forward in the box-iron—a pleasant, homely sound 332 when there is happiness in the house. The Little Minister He walked aimlessly backward and forward, chafing against the restraint of the narrow walls and the low ceiling. The Hillman Their balloons were anchored by strong cords to grass stalks, and hung in the air swaying backward and forward ready for the embarkation. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies I wandered backward and forward in the storm, drenched and cold, yet all unmindful of my state. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 It looks as if they had had a general rendezvous, or as if a flock of them had roamed backward and forward. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Suddenly I discovered a large, strange Indian approaching toward me, having two small ropes in his hand, with eyes spliced in the ends, which he was slipping backward and forward as he approached near me. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... The argument swayed backward and forward for a long time, without reaching a conclusion. Sinister Street, vol. 2 For a few days longer the cannon continued to grumble backward and forward between wall and trench, until the arrival of the Vanguard, Diana, and Lawrence placed matters beyond a peradventure. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec The Englishman sat with knitted eyebrows, watching the people pass backward and forward, with an absent, puzzled look in his blue eyes. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 A small box stood on the table before her, and she was absently turning the key backward and forward in the lock; her face was pale, and her eyes wore a strangely fixed expression. The Children of the World The roads, knee-deep in mud, were filled with troops in blue uniforms marching up and down, or with wagons passing backward and forward, piled high with boxes or forage. A Captured Santa Claus They were going backward and forward like flies, meeting for a moment in a quick buzz of colloquy and continuing after a momentary pause their impersonal and recurrent progress. Sinister Street, vol. 2 I counted my steps backward and forward in the hope of locating my position. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance He was on the Marina by this time, elbowing his way among the people who were still lazily walking backward and forward, or standing in little knots talking. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 She was slender, with a youthful litheness in her motions, and her white arms flashed as they moved backward and forward in her work. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play As soon as the dog saw them start, he followed after them, and was constantly running backward and forward, from one to the other of the party. On the Heights A Novel They too, he felt, irresponsive as fish, would glide backward and forward with the rest. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Later the moon went behind a cloud and a light mist fell, and then the girl's body began swaying gently backward and forward. The Loves of Ambrose I stood swaying backward and forward for a moment, sick and dizzy with the horror of it. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 These shuttlecock letters were tossed backward and forward between Wychford and London throughout the rest of June and most of July, and sometimes Guy thought they were as unreal as his own poetry. Plashers Mead A Novel And he leant his back against a beam, nursing one of his knees between his hands, while the other leg swung backward and forward over the scaffold. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Michael went to the Orient that night certain that he would meet Lily at once, so much since he left Leppard Street had the imagination of her raced backward and forward in his brain. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He then took a few irresistibly jubilant steps backward and forward, swinging the girl with him. The Loves of Ambrose They turned suddenly an abrupt corner, and came upon two men locked in one another's arms, and swaying backward and forward upon the short green turf. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 The flaming ball whizzed along the rope backward and forward, scattering fire on the heads of the people underneath, and threw the whole procession into confusion and laughter. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. The huge body of Goose-Skin, behind the trouvere, according as the latter's evolutions compel him to move over the ground, jumps hither and thither, backward and forward. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades The general walked slowly backward and forward for some minutes in silence. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Many a time, while I was unpacking, did she come backward and forward to stir the fire, which burned all the worse for being so frequently poked. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. In the first fortnight of their engagement the waggons travelled backward and forward between Pieter-Maritzburg and Grey Town, which for the time formed the base for the column of Colonel Glyn. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars A little later he began to pace backward and forward, and as if a sudden thought had occurred to him, went to the door of the prison. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War When they went into the church, they found the man walking backward and forward in a restless, disordered manner. International Short Stories English Many were overcome by fatigue and thirst, some perished by hastily drinking cold water; but Putnam rode backward and forward, hurrying every one on. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools I had studied "stage deportment" with Victor Capoul, and knew the opera backward and forward in both French and Italian. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer The pincers were attached to a pair of arms arranged to be moved backward and forward by “any suitable mechanism.” The Invention of the Sewing Machine The hose fell like a serpent unchained, wriggling backward and forward. Black Diamonds And now at last he had found it, bobbing backward and forward in a fantastic dance just above the eddying waters of the beautiful forest river. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks "Say, dis is dead swell!" exclaimed Jimmy, taking a seat in the rocker and moving backward and forward. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? Another way is to use a very soft shaving brush, and to gently rub backward and forward a lather of curd soap. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades The material to be sewn was held in clamps which moved it forward between the pincers to form a running stitch or moved it alternately backward and forward to produce a backstitch. The Invention of the Sewing Machine At this moment a big dog bounded forward from the thicket, and another and another; they barked loudly, and ran backward and forward. Favorite Fairy Tales The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women Now, I suppose that we would have no very great difficulty in selecting the keys that would be most likely to turn backward and forward the bolts in these different locks. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul Then he forced his horse over him backward and forward before the dismounted champion could regain his feet. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "Oh, what shall we do—what shall we do?" she sobbed, rocking herself backward and forward in her distress; "we can't have a doctor, mother said we couldn't; she said we couldn't afford it." The Children of the Top Floor And Hannah laughed and wrung her hands together and rocked herself backward and forward, and says she, 'Yes, that was it. The Land of Long Ago He made a great work with his elbows as he went, working them backward and forward at his sides as though he was oaring a boat. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway That seems to work much better, and turns the bolt backward and forward. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul Instead, he strode to and fro with the feverish intensity of a leopard padding swiftly backward and forward in its cage. When the Cock Crows Porters were hurrying backward and forward, trying to find seats for late arrivals. On the right of the British line And this backward and forward look transfigures the present with a new glory and a fresh hope. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Around the face of this huge column, and between the clefts, he now moved backward and forward, still ascending as he found convenient foothold. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Then, with deadly intent, he forced his horse to trample over him twenty times backward and forward, thinking to destroy him. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur The cobweb, as it waves lazily backward and forward with every breeze that assails it, is a thing of joy to Roger and Dicky Browne, who are sitting side by side. Portia or By Passions Rocked The crowded street became as silent as death; even those who were running backward and forward, carrying water, for a time stood still. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 The idiot answered with a stupid smile, swaying his head backward and forward. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium The kitchen lamp was alight there and I could see figures passing backward and forward. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Jack, the plow-boy, on whom they had now put a livery jacket, was employed half his time in trotting backward and forward with the most wretched trash the little neighboring bookshop could furnish. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Its ears twitched backward and forward, its head lolled to its gait, and though its eyes shone with a baleful ferocity they seemed to gaze anywhere but at its intended victims. In the Brooding Wild The Consuls seem to have gone backward and forward, to and fro. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) This got the better of me, and I paced backward and forward in the parlour very fast, and my breathing was like screaming. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle That sound prevented his approach from being heard; and standing at the threshold, he saw poor Mary Williams pacing backward and forward in some wild mood. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 She ran backward and forward, wringing her hands, and crying out in a tone of piercing agony, "Oh, my child! my little Tommy! will no one save my Tommy?" The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales A piece of strong wire, eight or ten inches long, crooked at one end, is useful to draw the bunches backward and forward, as the operator may require. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Henceforward he could go backward and forward by day or night, no one would ever mention his name. Timar's Two Worlds You have discussed this matter backward and forward till I am ready to perish. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The reciprocating, or backward and forward, movement imparted to the cable by the rising and falling of the buoy now requires to be converted into a force exerted in one direction. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Mr. A. is breakfasting under one tree, with wife and children around, and Mr. B. is breakfasting under another tree, hard by; and messages, nods, and smiles pass backward and forward. Household Papers and Stories Thousands of feet below us, for example, were the artillery craft, which darted backward and forward across the lines as from their height of vantage they ranged and registered for the guns. Cavalry of the Clouds The balloon is then thrown up, the game being to keep it in the air backward and forward over the string, so that if it falls it will fall in the other side's camp. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes She rocked backward and forward a few minutes, pressed her hand hard upon her eyes, and then languidly resumed her fine stitching, on which she had been busy since morning. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings And yet he was pacing briskly backward and forward between the President’s office and the War Department. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The man’s eyes opened and closed again, and he swayed weakly backward and forward, and choked as if his throat were dry and burning. The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys The Bavarian phlegmatic temperament craves constant stimulation; the political strife, in which there is no embittered fanaticism, but which in all good nature sways backward and forward, is an indispensable condition of the national life. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 They could hear the heavy and measured tread of the sentinel pacing backward and forward in front of the house; the sound of his footsteps seemed to measure out the moments between them and eternity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative The mass of snakes writhed backward and forward, and then two of them rose in the air and hung over the ship. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 What has Blair been running backward and forward so often for between the two Presidents? A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital From this one act a flood of light streams backward and forward upon His whole earthly life, and we can see the kindly glance that brought the little ones around Him. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching The yacht swayed slightly to an unseen swell; the riding light moved backward and forward, its ray flickering over the glassy water. Wild Oranges So he went backward and forward to his lovely home in the country, and played with his children, and enjoyed life generally. Daddy's Girl Symptoms.—The ox suddenly becomes very restless, stamps with his feet, moves backward and forward, hurriedly lies down, rises, moves his tail uneasily, and kicks at his belly with the foot of the affected side. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Then one day, when no one was paying any especial attention to him, Henry Ford made a car that would run on level ground, would run up and down hill, and go backward and forward. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades Sometimes the scenes are transposed and shuffled backward and forward; a thing which could no otherwise happen, but by their being taken from separate and piece-meal-written parts. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare And so the dance went on, backward and forward over the ice, until they were once more close to the ship. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I If little "Spitfire" was here, how he would yelp and dance, and dart backward and forward, and shake his tail, so as to render it doubtful whether it wouldn't fly off in a tangent. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 If we are only man-hunting, we go backward and forward like a policeman to prevent the Germans from getting over our own lines. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons The day had been excessively warm, and so, as she sat, she gracefully waved, backward and forward, one of her delicate web feet. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated For a moment he held it thus, moving it slowly backward and forward: then he returned it to its place of concealment, and turned away with an air of indifference. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Now and again one of the ladies fanned herself by moving one of her flappers backward and forward over her body; then she lay quiet again on her back or side. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Marsh walked through the room, backward and forward, with his hands behind him, and a great lock of his iron-grey hair throwing shadows across his face. Dwellers in the Hills He experienced a thrill of disappointment when he saw that she was not waiting, and, again consulting his watch feverishly, tramped backward and forward along the confines of the hallowed place. The Plunderer Such as various space-ships and vibration machines for visiting other planets and traveling backward and forward in time. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Sit quite easily, and sway backward and forward with the motion of the basket. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt The fog had cleared, but the ice, which lay drifting backward and forward according to the set of the tide, looked as close as ever towards the north. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Owing to this condition of mind, man cannot avoid looking both backward and forward and comparing past impressions. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer One day he came up on deck, and, taking his arm as had been my wont, I sauntered with him backward and forward. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories But go close up, and you notice that the machine is slowly moving backward and forward, and still more slowly at the same time in a lateral direction. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. He goes backward and forward, gradually approaching the shore, and of course managing so as to drive them toward the point where the net is. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt Then twenty-five empty paraffin casks which were lashed on deck broke loose, washed backward and forward, and gradually filled with water; so that the outlook was not altogether agreeable. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Jack was sitting with the girl's head in his lap when he began to sway unsteadily backward and forward, feeling strangely sleepy and cold. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas And so on, at which the muskets flew backward and forward, up and down, with such wonderful precision. Red, White, Blue Socks. Part Second Being the Second Book of the Series On Tuesday, for an hour, he was at Camp Lyon, and some of the other officers saw him walking backward and forward, on the piazza of the hotel, in conversation with the Adjutant. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Not only should the teeth be brushed with a backward and forward stroke, as we ordinarily do, but also upward and downward the length of the teeth. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Just as we were approaching we saw a fox jumping backward and forward on the ice, taking the most wonderful leaps and enjoying life. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I As Rocinante came close to the racket, he began to make hysterical movements, pirouetting backward and forward, and Don Quixote crossed himself, commending himself to God and his Lady Dulcinea. The Story of Don Quixote In working she must not generally work backward and forward, but must finish each row separately. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet He was driven backward and forward, but each time managed to get a little nearer the shore line. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main He saw a dark, shadowy figure in rapid motion backward and forward, and at every movement some article of furniture would go with a crash to the floor. Among the Brigands They sway backward and forward, now strong, now fainter again. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I As soon as it boils up, strain it through a flannel bag, throwing it backward and forward till it is perfectly clear. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. The Lieutenant strummed a few chords softly upon his banjo, but old Tillie was drowsily crooning her own accompaniment as she swayed backward and forward, and seemed not to notice. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska By passing these tongues backward and forward rapidly they cut their food down much as a mowing-machine cuts grass. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The boys swayed backward and forward, and danced up and down, and shouted, and yelled with laughter. Among the Brigands Waving the chamber door backward and forward for a few minutes, two or three times in a day, ventilates the room, without exposing the sick person to chilness. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families When ready to serve, pour the soup to the eggs backward and forward to prevent it from curdling, and send it to table. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. One of these last stood for some time gazing at the brig––one hand resting on the ratlines of the mizzen shrouds, and the other slowly swinging a trumpet backward and forward. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life He walked backward and forward in Princes Street, crossed the North Bridge, and wandered about the Canongate and High Street, and tried to lose himself in the crowd. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI They put The Boy, seated, on a long counter, and they slid him, backward and forward between them, with great skill and no little force. A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs He shook his head, and pointed his long ears backward and forward, but not a step would he stir, for entreaties, threats, or blows. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. Shell, and let two persons holding a cloth, one at each end, shake them backward and forward for a few minutes. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Five gray fighting ships are mounting guard, and by their signals and pinnaces chasing backward and forward between the troopers are bossing the show. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went What we must do is to make her stop thinking, stop looking backward and forward. The Road to Frontenac He sat with a sort of languor in her grandmother's rocking chair, rocking slowly, languidly, backward and forward, as Ursula talked to him. The Rainbow Here we go up, up, up, And here we go down, down, downy, 33 Here we go backward and forward, And here we go round, round, roundy. The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Without Addition or Abridgement Why all this delay, and turning backward and forward? The Life of Cicero Volume II. He was engaged continually in riding up and down upon spirited horses, and shooting in all directions, backward and forward, and both to the right side and to the left, with his bow and arrow. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series All this time they were walking briskly backward and forward before Tozer's open door, the Anglican, in his long black coat, following the lively movements of Tozer's granddaughter, only because he could not help himself. Phoebe, Junior For a long time he had kept to the top of the hill, going backward and forward and circling about, and at last following its crest toward the mountains. With Hoops of Steel Here we go up, up, up, And here we go down, down, downy, And here we go backward and forward, And here we go round, round, roundy. The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Without Addition or Abridgement Stories were told backward and forward of the cruelty and violence on each side. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Reciprocation is this backward and forward motion of the piston: hence the term "reciprocating" engines. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Janey lost the other two among the bushes, but she always beheld that orb of white moving backward and forward with two dark figures near. Phoebe, Junior With a dainty, dancing motion, and a proud tossing of his head, he now threw his weight slowly backward and forward. Kings in Exile I then laid him down to measure, and see Whether standing or lying the tallest he'd be; When he lifted himself with a nod and a bound, Rocked backward and forward and balanced around. Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The Rabbi shook his thin hands, rocking his figure backward and forward, scattering his silvery beard over both shoulders. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story He tried so hard to change his position, but could at first only move backward and forward the fingers of his right hand; this he continued to do until he could slightly move his arm. Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Upon this I told the story, a piece at a time, going backward and forward over all that has been set down, and the effect of it upon the lad is impossible to describe. Nancy Stair A Novel Each has his slate before him, and repeats his lesson with monotonous chant, keeping his body moving backward and forward as if he were rowing hard the whole time against stream. Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The Lizard continued to turn the needle backward and forward around the face of the dial. The Maids of Paradise He threw his head—which was covered with red hair—backward and forward with great rapidity. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Lying in wait for her at corners, and suddenly breaking upon her with a glory of backward and forward somersaults did not convey the state of his heart. A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes But Toby, not hearing it continued to trot backward and forward: musing as he went, and talking to himself. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others The plan suggested was to write to the Prince of Hesse, and, stating our position, beg that his Royal Highness would grant us permission to pass backward and forward at any hour. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Most of the riders then dismounted, a few only remaining upon their horses, and continuing to dash backward and forward, from group to group. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Long cobwebs hung from the ceiling, waving slowly backward and forward in the unaccustomed draught. The New Tenant On the contrary, he paced backward and forward, grunting as fiercely as ever, and at intervals making a rush towards the entrance as if he still had hopes of reaching his victim. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains He spent hours each day in spelling words backward and forward, and also by repeating their letters in the order in which they appear in the alphabet. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Under no circumstances attempt to move the fragments from side to side, or backward and forward, in an effort to detect the grating sound often caused by the ends of broken bones. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Clupp, the fellow addressed, bashful at finding himself the object of attention, swayed backward and forward with his pikestaff for a pivot, laughing vacantly. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Laying aside the forked sapling ready to his hand, he took the piece of split reed, and drew it backward and forward across the row of upright canes. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West I shall not detail their wanderings backward and forward, upward and downward, through the vaulted galleries of that stupendous cavern! The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The Indians must have worked backward and forward across almost every pass in the mountains before the white men came. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies They are kapering backward and forward, Their ends to keep up if they can; They are doing their utmost endeavours, For fear o’ the frown o’ man. Revised Edition of Poems Slowly he swayed Master Vallance backward and forward, while over the dark face rippled a succession of leers, grins, and grimaces, which had the effect of making Master Vallance feel thoroughly uncomfortable. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel These arms are either withdrawn as the ice forms, leaving the block solid, or they are made to work backward and forward in the center of the moulds, dividing the block vertically into two pieces. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 The bull continued for some minutes to grunt and charge backward and forward among the bushes, but, not finding any of the party, he at length returned to the plain, where the dead were lying. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains A continual ebbing to and fro made the multitude sway backward and forward. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man It must have been a wonderful sight to see the Air Squadron of twelve aeroplanes moving backward and forward over the heads of the moving columns. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia Her joints move up and down or backward and forward in a plain square fashion. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk But they weren't paying much attention to their work; they were just bending backward and forward and screaming. Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels He had need; for the peril he had passed, and the rushing backward and forward, and springing over the rocks, had quite taken away his breath. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The wind moaned through the long aisles, raising strange and ominous echoes, and making the vast folds of sable drapery wave slowly backward and forward, as if agitated by unseen hands. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Bradley rocked his long slender body backward and forward as though about to fall into a spasm with suppressed merriment. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York This can be rubbed backward and forward till the surface is level. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. When strength sufficient is acquired the exercises for anteversion will be found useful, and any other exercises which strengthen the abdominal muscles, such as bending backward and forward, and sideways. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say I sent the negro back on my horse to bring them over; and the noble animal went backward and forward no less than seven times without making one false step. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Unload: Take the position of load, turn the safety lock up and move the bolt alternately backward and forward until all the cartridges are ejected. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition When the dip is flat, the trough, if hung from plugs in the hanging-wall, may be swung backward and forward. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Taking the two ends with the fingers of each hand he passes it backward and forward near the flame of the candle, using a gentle pressure to make it assume a crescent or bow shape. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. We paused and reflected, looked backward and forward, but there was no alternative—death was our doom. Sanctification As he surged unevenly backward and forward, the current swung the pea-pod's bow first one way, then the other. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good He swung backward and forward, screaming, swearing, weeping, and praying, but all in vain; the door was deaf, and Finette asleep. Laboulaye's Fairy Book Hither and thither would she flit, this way and that, up and down, round and round, backward and forward, about and about. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales A fine surface, after a little passing backward and forward over it, adding a little oil now and then, will be obtained. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Dalrymple frowned, and biting his lip, he struck his clenched fist softly with the palm of his hand, making a few quick steps backward and forward. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Brownell had been nodding his head backward and forward with dreamy emphasis; he now shook it horizontally, closing his eyes. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories The saddle, for instance, was made to slide backward and forward, so that the center of equilibrium could be shifted with a push of the rider’s back. The Bill-Toppers He heard the restless footstep backward and forward, and began to wonder if anything further had gone wrong. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Preparation must be made for guarding the upper table of the violin from injury, from slips of the glasspaper file during the backward and forward movement. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. The long backward and forward motion recalls to the rider the swells of the sea. Shepp's Photographs of the World Sir Henry paced the room backward and forward, and George stood leaning with his back against the chimney-piece. The Bertrams A voyage in quest of an enemy expected to sail through any particular tract of the sea at a certain season,—the seeker traversing the cruising latitude under easy sail, backward and forward. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The laird rocked his head backward and forward, and his eyes swam with tears; but he stood in the middle as quiet as a child. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time He hurries backward and forward, with hanging wings, open mouth, calling out louder and faster, and actually screaming with distress, until he appears hoarse with his exertions. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 5 May, 1897 “I suppose it was the strain of the past few weeks that tried me, and perhaps I have been doing too much, traveling backward and forward between here and the muskeg.” Prescott of Saskatchewan The general now walked backward and forward for some minutes without speaking. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Slowly their tails would move backward and forward as she patted them, and even the most ferocious would look at her with affection. A World of Girls The Story of a School She had stopped, and he was tramping nervously backward and forward. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time |
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