"Springing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... breeze sighing softly over a grassy meadow, and setting the dainty daisies and buttercups swaying on their stems. Suddenly the music swelled stronger, until it seemed like a flashing fountain, springing up in a burst ...
— A Child's Story Garden • Compiled by Elizabeth Heber
... sailing through the air; Sweet sounds are springing from the stream; And fairest things, where all is fair, Join gently in the grateful theme. And ...
— The International Weekly Miscellany, Volume I. No. 8 - Of Literature, Art, and Science, August 19, 1850 • Various
... spoke, but Jove perceived not her crafty design, but he swore the mighty oath, and afterwards was much befooled.[626] Then Juno springing forth, quitted the top of Olympus, and came speedily to Achaean Argos, where she knew the noble spouse of Sthenelus, the son of Perseus. And she, indeed, was pregnant of her beloved son; and the seventh month was at hand; and she brought him into light, ...
— The Iliad of Homer (1873) • Homer
... 'Stop!' shouted Jason, springing to his feet, his face as white as death and his eyes flashing—'Stop! Do not call her any name but a good name! I would not bear it if you ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II. - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... agitation. His face, ordinarily rubicund, bore traces of a sleepless night; indeed, it was plain that he had not changed his clothes since leaving the Assembly Rooms, where he invariably spent his evenings at a game of faro for modest stakes. He grasped my hand, springing up to do so from a writing-table whereon lay several sheets of ...
— Two Sides of the Face - Midwinter Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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