"Unpursued" Quotes from Famous Books
... power of ascension for any quantity of ballast—fling it out, and up she goes! Let some gas escape, and she descends far more gingerly than Mrs Graham and his Serene Highness; the grapnel catches a stile, and she steps "like a dreadless angel unpursued" once more upon terra firma, and may then celebrate her aerial voyage, if she choose, in an Ode which will be sure near the end to ... — Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 • John Wilson
... coming up from the south under Barton, and Joubert found himself pressed between two forces each as strong as his own. After an action at Willow Grange, which each side claimed as a victory, Joubert, fearing lest he should be cut off, retired unpursued, against the wishes of the more pushful and energetic Botha, who was in favour of an advance ... — A Handbook of the Boer War • Gale and Polden, Limited
... dawned cool and misty, Venice lay behind the young artist. Unpursued, but without finding rest or satisfaction, he went to ... — Uarda • Georg Ebers |