Donkin in a far-away voice to Toddles 'wobbling brain. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Chios appeared happy, save for the far-away look in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Adoniram Judson lay sick with a fatal illness in far-away Burmah. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
Timothy such a far-away Arethusa, in spite of all this enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
In some far-away and yet undreamt-of hour, I can even imagine that. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
A glance at the map will show the geographical location of far-away. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia] Reference
Something in her tone and the far-away expression of her eyes impelled. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
Thule -- far-away Thule, and weaved round it many and beautiful legends. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
He had heard that in far-away France the motley was not confined to men. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
In the mountains of far-away Italy the soil is poor, and so are the people. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
In far-away Japan there exist precisely the same miracle cures as elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
She fancies there is a mystery in the far-away expression of the woman's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Joey arched forward to look out at far-away twin silver silos of a dairy farm. From Wordnik.com. [s Vacation] Reference
Nor are these sad and pathetic tales restricted to far-away or long-ago places. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: The End Is Not Nigh: Take a Deep Breath and Move On] Reference
I had letters of sympathy from every county in England, from Canada, and from far-away. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
What has he to do with that far-away, opaque, limited environment into which he was born?. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
My dear, I fear you have left a little corner of your heart behind you in far-away Baltimore. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The far, far-away stories were in my mind of Finn and his warriors, of his great dogs and his queens. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
From the drawing-room, whither the ladies had retired after dinner, sounded the far-away strains of a piano. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
And again McRae played, looking into the heart of the fire, and the far-away look in his eyes, and as he played. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
The soft eyes were filled with a far-away lustre, as if she saw visions of the future which none else could see. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
The early twilight of the gloomy evening came on, and still he sat, with a thoughtful, far-away look in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
'Sleepest thou, or art thou thinking of thy far-away Sidon, or perchance peering into the future to divine thy fortune?. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
We did not dream that so many invitations would be accepted at far-away posts, that parties would come from Fort Leavenworth, Fort. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
Already many a professor from some far-away university had accepted his invitation to give of his best to the granite men of Maine. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
I can see by the far-away look in his eyes he's thinking of the Senior Citizens coffee special and again, he can't deny his muse. From Wordnik.com. [With Robert Frost, at Wal-Mart] Reference
When the town folks found out who I was and that I was back from far-away Alaska they began to come in to see me -- they had a right too. From Wordnik.com. [Black Beaver The Trapper] Reference
Then there was the light of Puteoli, which, in the far-away days of Rome, was of service to the seamen who were seeking to enter the port. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Then he determined to seek him, and, after finding the place of his abode, found the spirit of the minstrel had moved to a far-away shore. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Mr. Cornaby, the Methodist missionary, declares how conscious he is in far-away China when someone is interceding for him in the home-land!. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
They had ridden until they were three or four miles from the ranch, when they paused again, this time to hear the crooning of far-away cow-boys. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
He had in that far-away region five-hundred skins in cache which he had taken from the backs of the costiliest animals that ran in northland world. From Wordnik.com. [Black Beaver The Trapper] Reference
My heart aches as I look upon his young face and think of "his gentle dark-eyed mother weeping lonely at the North" for her far-away and suffering son. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
'Did you ever use any dogs on the expedition, Jerry?' asked Alick, whose thoughts had been travelling along the silent white expanse of the far-away North. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Besides this, he was shrewd enough to know that he could not hold this far-away territory for any long time against England, which had so many more ships than France. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
How did such a shivering, frail, home-loving little thistle ever float safely to that far-away spot, and take root so kindly, as it evidently has, in that barbarous soil?. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
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