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"Draw close" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and in shorter curves could round; More deftly governed by the guiding helm: While on the Roman side their steadier keels Gave vantage, as to men who fight on land. Then Brutus to the pilot of his ship: "Dost suffer them to range the wider deep, Contending with the foe in naval skill? Draw close the war and drive us on the prows Of these Phocaeans." Him the pilot heard; And turned his vessel slantwise to the foe. Then was the sea all covered with the war: Then Grecian ships attacking Brutus found Their ruin in the stroke, and vanquished lay Beside his bulwarks; while with grappling hooks ...
— Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars • Lucan
... fortune, not great, perhaps, but sufficient to make life tolerable. He doesn't think life is very delightful, in the nature of things; but one of the best things a man can do with it is to get hold of some woman (of course, she must please him very much, to make it worth while) whom he may draw close ...
— The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) • Henry James |
Words linked to "Draw close" : push, go on, march on, hold close, edge in, come near, move on, come, go up, hold tight, edge up, progress, pass on, come up, crowd, bear down on, pull, close, come on, clutch, bear down upon, snuggle, cling to, advance, drive up, cuddle |
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