"Glance over" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Fisher, LL.D., and ex-editor of the New York Albion, successfully matured a long meditated plan to promote the study of history and of literature. The Literary and Historical Society held its first meeting in the Chateau St. Louis. It is curious to glance over the list of names in its charter. [52] It contained the leading men on the Bench, in the professions, and in the city. In 1832 the library and museum occupied a large room in the Union building facing the Ring. From thence they were transferred to the upper ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine
... and sit down," he commanded; then, seeing that Gryson hesitated and flung a glance over his shoulder at the door: ...
— The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush • Francis Lynde
... followed, water was flying everywhere, and a boiling wave lapped in, but the paddle bent under my hand, and breathless and half-blinded we shot out down the tail rush into daylight again. One swift glance over my shoulder showed the slanting spout of water behind Grace's pallid face. The fall apparently must have been more than a fathom in three yards or so, and I wondered how we had ...
— Lorimer of the Northwest • Harold Bindloss
... answered Barry. His father threw a searching glance over his son's face as he shook ...
— The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land • Ralph Connor
... has quickly opened a drawer in the writing-table and produced a cheque-book. After another glance over her shoulder, she sweeps the presents aside and writes. Then she replaces the cheque-book, rises, and returns to BLAND. Again there is a loud guffaw from VON RETTENMAYER in response to ...
— The 'Mind the Paint' Girl - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur Pinero
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