"Wipe away" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... girl slipped from the enfolding arms, and, clinging to the man's hands, looked up into his face. Sometimes she bowed her head, and once she passed her hand across her eyes as if to wipe away tears. Then the man drew her close again. He raised the face that was crushed against his shoulder; he kissed the brow, the eyes, the chin—and ...
— Joyce of the North Woods • Harriet T. Comstock
... hearing the dreadful name of the hangman of Witold's children, turned as pale as linen; after a moment he sat on a bench, shut his eyes, and began to wipe away the cold perspiration, which collected in beads ...
— The Knights of the Cross • Henryk Sienkiewicz
... slowly from Hester's eyes on to her clasped hands, those blessed tears which no human hand shall ever intervene to wipe away. ...
— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley
... aside a moment to wipe away the tears that were gathering in her eyes,—then she put an arm ...
— Innocent - Her Fancy and His Fact • Marie Corelli
... philosophical opinion are concerned, of itself a literature. We must add, however, that Sir William Hamilton's dissertations, though abundant, are not yet completed. Yet, in spite of this drawback, the work is one which ought to wipe away effectually from our country the reproach of imperfect learning and shallow speculation; for in depth of thought, and extent and accuracy of knowledge, the editor's own contributions are of themselves sufficient to bring up our national philosophy (which had fallen somewhat into arrear) to a level ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 • Various
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