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Glance in sentence

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The dragoon comprehended at a glance the ludicrous situation of his new comrade, but had only time to cry aloud, before they plunged into the English line,-"The horse knows the righteous cause better than his rider.
The steed I mounted carried me, greatly against my will, I acknowledge, into the very center of Dunwoodie's men.""And you were again captured," continued the father, casting a fearful glance on the armed attendants who had entered the room.
But the glance was unreturned, and Frances unconsciously sighed as she sought the solitude of her own apartment.
Birch prudently kept his position on the rock, where he had been seen by the passing glance of Henry Wharton, until evening had begun to shroud the surrounding objects in darkness.
Harvey stole a glance over his shoulder, and saw, within a bound of him, the man he most dreaded.
The first glance of his eye on the figure in the doorway told the trader but too well his errand, and the fate that probably awaited himself.
The surgeon was beginning to feel this was a subject that was intolerable, but venturing a glance towards his comrade, he saw with surprise the preparations he had made, and an air of sincerity about him, that was unusual to his manner when making such a request.
The youth had thrown an earnest look at Frances, as soon as his sister raised herself from his arms, and perhaps it was the first glance at the lovely lineaments of our heroine, when the gazer turned his eyes from the view in disappointment.
The peddler went to the door, and, taking a cautious glance about the valley, quickly returned, and commenced the following dialogue:-"The sun has just left the top of the eastern hill; my time presses me: here is the deed for the house and lot; everything is done according to law."
Certain significant signs which were embraced at a glance by the prying gaze of the trooper, at once made him a master of their secret; and he was about to retire as silently as he had advanced, when his companion, pushing himself through the passage, abruptly entered the room.
A glance of Miss Peyton's eye recalled Colonel Wellmere to a sense of his duty, and springing from his chair, he assured the surgeon that in no way could he confer a greater obligation on himself than by sending for that very ring.
When Caesar reached the graveyard, he uncovered his grizzled head with superstitious awe, and threw around him many a fearful glance, in momentary expectation of seeing something superhuman.
What is that glittering in the moon?"Directly opposite the window where they stood, were the outbuildings of the farm, and the quick eye of Lawton caught at a glance the object to which she alluded.
She saw the whole truth at a glance; nor was the manly delicacy of Dunwoodie lost upon her - everything tended to raise him in her estimation; and, for mourning that duty and pride had induced her to strive to think less of him, she was compelled to substitute regret that her own act had driven him from her in sorrow, if not in desperation.
His orders were already given, and the trooper threw his leg across the saddle, in silence; and, casting a glance of fierce chagrin at the narrow space that had favored the flight of the Skinner, he gave Roanoke the rein, and moved slowly towards the valley.
The two immovable members of the court exchanged looks, and threw an inquisitive glance at the prisoner.
Casting a glance of huge contempt at the divine, he called aloud for the good woman of the house.
Harvey gave the captain a glance, and led the way down the stairs, first desiring the woman to leave the prisoner to himself, in order that he might digest the wholesome mental food that he had so lately received.
A very few jumps convinced the captain that his companion was fast leaving him, and a fearful glance thrown behind informed the fugitive that his enemies were as speedily approaching.
Throwing a fearful glance behind, the determined girl commenced her journey upwards.
"As you see me, Mr. Birch," said Frances, raising herself from her brother's arms, and turning an expressive glance towards the secret cavern, that the quick eye of the peddler instantly understood.
The clock stood directly before the eyes of Frances, and she turned many an anxious glance at the dial; but the solemn language of the priest soon caught her attention, and her mind became intent upon the vows she was uttering.
He wandered, therefore, around the field, casting many a glance of disapprobation at the slight operations that came under his eye; but when, among the flying troops, he found that his comrade and friend was nowhere to be seen, he hastened back to the spot at which Hollister was posted, to inquire if the trooper had returned.
Dismounting, he stepped back a few paces, and for a moment viewed the condition of his horse with the eye of one who well understood the animal, and then, casting a brief but expressive glance at his aid, he retired into the building, followed by that gentleman.
He knew that a yearning glance fell upon him, now and then, through a film of tears, but he refused recognition of it.
She wondered; then she was just a grain troubled; next a dim suspicion came and went--came again; she watched; a furtive glance told her worlds--and then her heart broke, and she was jealous, and angry, and the tears came and she hated everybody.
Then both looked elsewhere at once, and wondered if anybody had noticed anything in their mutual glance.
Every time he stole a glance at the girls' side of the room Becky's face troubled him.
Mr. Dobbins fingered his book absently for a while, then took it out and settled himself in his chair to read!Tom shot a glance at Becky.
Her lips were red, and kindly, and firm; and even then, at the first glance, I saw that light of mischief and mockery that danced away at the back of her great dark eyes.
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