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... And ev'ry creature seeks some place of rest, Screen'd from the violence of the oppressive heat. No scatter'd flocks are seen upon the lawn, Nor chirping birds among the bushes heard. Within the narrow shadow of the cot The sleepy dog lies stretched on his side, Nor heeds the heavy-footed passenger; At noise of feet but half his eye-lid lifts, Then gives a feeble growl, and sleeps again: Whilst puss, less nice, e'en in the scorching window, On t'other side, sits winking to the sun. No sound is heard but humming of the bee, For she alone retires not ...

— Poems, &c. (1790) • Joanna Baillie

... gained him consideration where he was otherwise unheeded. "He was born the day the brig on the Fleckie Road gaed down, in the year o' the great flood; and since the great flood it's twelve year come Lammas. Rab Tosh o' Fleckie's wife was heavy-footed at the time, and Doctor Munn had been a' nicht wi' her, and when he cam to Barbie Water in the morning it was roaring wide frae bank to brae; where the brig should have been there was naething but the swashing of the yellow waves. Munn had to drive a' the way ...

— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown

... standing amid gray clouds—a sombre, solid, figure; whose attitude was one of grave thoughtfulness. Approaching nearer, it was evident that her gaze was fixed upon a fishing boat which had been drawn high upon the shingle; and from which a party of heavy-footed ...

— A Daughter of Fife • Amelia Edith Barr

Words linked to "Heavy-footed" : lumbering, light-footed, ponderous, heavy