"Forefinger" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... cajolery, he imbibed. He was whistling at the cook's windows after a day of wicked truancy, on an April night, and reported adventures over the supper supplied to him. Laetitia entered the kitchen with a reproving forefinger. He jumped to kiss her, and went on chattering of a place fifteen miles distant, where he had seen Sir Willoughby riding with a young lady. The impossibility that the boy should have got so far on foot made Laetitia doubtful of his veracity, until she heard that a gentleman had taken ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... thee and asketh for me and upon him the nights of severance longsome shall be and he craveth reunion and meeting to see and whenas the breezes of love and longing shake him dolefully, let him come in the Islands of Wak to me.'" When Abd al-Kaddus heard this, he shook his head and bit his forefinger; then, bowing his brow groundwards he began to make marks on the earth with his finger-tips;[FN109] after which he again shook his head and looked right and left and shook his head a third time, whilst Hasan watched him from a ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton
... when Jeanne looked up at her, she saw by the light of the fire that she was smiling. Jeanne held up her forefinger. ...
— The Tapestry Room - A Child's Romance • Mrs. Molesworth
... minutes went by, and then with a jerk I had my trout, my thumb and forefinger deep under his gills; brought down my other clutch upon him and, lifting, flung him back over me among the meadow grass, my posture being such that I could neither hold him struggling nor recover my own balance save by rolling sideways ...
— Sir John Constantine • Prosper Paleologus Constantine
... scabbard is carried on the belt: Take the position of parade rest, grasp the handle on the bayonet firmly with the right hand, press the spring with the forefinger of the left hand, raise the bayonet until the handle is about 6 inches above the muzzle of the piece, drop the point to the left, back of hand toward the body, and glancing at the scabbard, return the bayonet, the blade passing between the left arm and body; regrasp ...
— Manual of Military Training - Second, Revised Edition • James A. Moss
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