Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a hazel twig
brushed against him, and almost pushed off his hat: so he broke it off and brought it away; and when he got home he gave it to his daughter.
So here, again, had good fortune--the best of fortunes--stolen so near that her garments
brushed against him; and he knew nothing of the matter.
Momentarily they expected to be pounced upon and torn asunder by some of their captors; and, in fact, it was all that Tarzan and Mugambi and Akut could do to keep the snarling, ill-natured brutes from snapping at the glistening, naked bodies that
brushed against them now and then with the movements of the paddlers, whose very fear added incitement to the beasts.
The air was full of soft, gay music, and the skirts and flounces of the women
brushed against him at every step.
The tall hollyhocks
brushed against his knees; the air, as mild as springtime, was fragrant with the perfume of late roses.
As the third passed the gate, the kaross he wore
brushed against me and slipped aside.
There was squealing, biting, kicking, and cursing as animals fouled one another with their loads, or
brushed against some tethered war horse.
As they sat thus something
brushed against Peter as light as a kiss, and stayed there, as if saying timidly, "Can I be of any use?
But, passing along a narrow path through a clump of cottonwoods, some object
brushed against my legs and I stumbled and nearly fell.
When she was your pride, you would have thought I had done her harm if I had
brushed against her in the street.
The child put out her hand and broke off a branch of wild plum that
brushed against the side of the buggy.
The alarm was raised after the shark
brushed against a woman swimmer, injuring her arm with its rough skin.
He claimed he could have
brushed against the victim accidentally.
A WOMAN who
brushed against giant hogweed was in hospital for four days with fist-sized blisters on her leg.
However, customers complained of amounts being deducted when they accidentally
brushed against the reader.
