As Adam lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree, The Angel of the
Air he offered all the
Air in fee.
The Tin Woodman had chopped a big pile of wood, and now he made a fire of it, and Oz held the bottom of the balloon over the fire so that the hot
air that arose from it would be caught in the silken bag.
When I had inhaled this
air freely, I sought the conduit pipe, which conveyed to us the beneficial whiff, and I was not long in finding it.
Far below her she found six great glowing balls suspended in the
air. The central and largest one was white, and reminded her of the sun.
He was ready to don the diving-dress himself, or try the
air apparatus, in order to reconnoiter the situation of his courageous friends.
Ferguson have used two balloons, his chances of success would have been increased; for, should one burst in the
air, he could, by throwing out ballast, keep himself up with the other.
I can rise when the
air is calm and full of holes, and I can rise when its boiling, and by my control of my plane areas I can come pretty close to making any speed I want.
No sooner had the eyes of the Prince of the
Air rested on her than he forgot all the terrible woes which had been prophesied to him ever since he was born, for in one single moment the plans of years are often upset.
Talk about
air! If there was anything in it, the people in that
air ought to live to be a hundred.
In evening's limpid
air, What time the dew's soothings Unto the earth downpour, Invisibly and unheard-- For tender shoe-gear wear The soothing dews, like all that's kind-gentle--: Bethinkst thou then, bethinkst thou, burning heart, How once thou thirstedest For heaven's kindly teardrops and dew's down-droppings, All singed and weary thirstedest, What time on yellow grass-pathways Wicked, occidental sunny glances Through sombre trees about thee sported, Blindingly sunny glow-glances, gladly-hurting?
"Well, if friend Nick can manufacture, from this mess of rubbish, a Thing that will fly through the
air and carry us to safety, then I will acknowledge him to be a better mechanic than I suspected."
I struggled along heroically, my correlations breaking down, my legs tottering under me, my head swimming, my heart pounding, my lungs panting for
air.
Kurt came in with a general
air of ignoring Bert, but muttering to himself in English nevertheless.
As there had been occasions when this same young gentleman had shrieked aloud with rage and had insisted that fresh
air would give him cold and kill him, it is not to be wondered at that his doctor felt somewhat startled.
Today I join the Zodangan navy as an
air scout and I hope in this way to win the confidence of Sab Than, the prince, who is commander of this division of the navy, and thus learn the whereabouts of Dejah Thoris.