It changes a girl, by magic power, into a lunar paralytic, or covers the cheeks of a broken old man, begging for alms in the wine-shops, with adolescent blushes: gives a woman's hair the odour of a midnight sea-port: and at every instant works the arms with gestures that are the mothers of the dances of all the ages. ❋ Hadani Ditmars (2011)
The small sea-port city of Gloucester, Massachusetts was recently subject to some unwarranted media attention when news emerged of a pregnancy pact that saw 150 teenagers receive tests in the same month. ❋ Em_321 (2008)
Plymouth is a cheerful, clean place, with the finest site I remember to have seen for a sea-port, except Genoa ❋ Unknown (2006)
Without the trading bustle of a sea-port, it was rendered cheerful by its traffic and manufactories; and the ❋ Unknown (2008)
Though Palestine does not equal Provence, though Marseilles alone is superior to all Judæa, which had not one sea-port; though the town of Aix is incomparably better situated than Jerusalem, you might nevertheless make of your territory almost as much as the ❋ Unknown (2007)
“It is difficult to take you to a sea-port in the depth of winter,” answered the old man. ❋ Unknown (2006)
We looked upon it in a hovel in a certain Zingaran sea-port town, where we were skulking in disguise. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (2005)
Ferdinand and Julia immediately mounted; and descending to the plains, took the road that led to a small sea-port at some leagues distant, whence they could embark for Italy. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Livingstone and his companions reached the Portuguese sea-port of ❋ Unknown (2004)
The sea-port is Leith, a flourishing town, about a mile from the city, in the harbour of which I have seen above one hundred ships lying all together. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Their usual rendezvous is Hodeyda, the sea-port of Yemen, from whence they proceed to Mekka, by land, passing through the hospitable tribes of Bedouins in the mountains of the Hedjaz. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The last post but one in this days journey, is at the little town of Viareggio, a kind of sea-port on the Mediterranean, belonging to Lucia. ❋ Unknown (2004)
He now consulted them, concerning the sea-port, to which they should direct their way, and Ludovico, better informed of the geography of the country, said, that Leghorn was the nearest port of consequence, which Du Pont knew also to be the most likely of any in Italy to assist their plan, since from thence vessels of all nations were continually departing. ❋ Unknown (2004)
That he might not, however, neglect any means in his power, he immediately despatched expresses to all the sea-port towns on that coast, that he might be prevented from leaving the kingdom; and the lieutenant, at his own desire, was sent across the country, in quest of this young fugitive. ❋ Unknown (2004)
A couple of horses were to be stationed among the rocks beyond the woods, to convey the fugitives to a sea-port, whence they could easily pass over to Italy. ❋ Unknown (2004)
