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1  The Rat sculled smartly across and made fast.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK
2  One big mottled arm shot out and caught Toad by a fore-leg, while the other-gripped him fast by a hind-leg.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD
3  With a smile of much happiness on his face, and something of a listening look still lingering there, the weary Rat was fast asleep.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
4  The Rat brought the boat alongside the bank, made her fast, helped the still awkward Mole safely ashore, and swung out the luncheon-basket.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK
5  Lastly, in his waking dream it seemed to him that the Adventurer had risen to his feet, but was still speaking, still holding him fast with his sea-grey eyes.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX. WAYFARERS ALL
6  Mole made the door fast, threw the satchel into a drawer and locked it, and sat down quietly on the table by his friend, waiting for the strange seizure to pass.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX. WAYFARERS ALL
7  His shining eyes held fast to the horizon, and he seemed to be listening for some sound that was wanting from that inland acreage, vocal as it was with the cheerful music of pasturage and farmyard.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX. WAYFARERS ALL
8  Holes, hollows, pools, pitfalls, and other black menaces to the wayfarer were vanishing fast, and a gleaming carpet of faery was springing up everywhere, that looked too delicate to be trodden upon by rough feet.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
9  He had to take a minute or two's rest to recover his breath; then, gathering his wet skirts well over his arms, he started to run after the barge as fast as his legs would carry him, wild with indignation, thirsting for revenge.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD
10  Up and up, it forced its way to the air, and then another, and another, and others thick and fast; till poor Mole at last gave up the struggle, and cried freely and helplessly and openly, now that he knew it was all over and he had lost what he could hardly be said to have found.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V. DULCE DOMUM
11  So the dismal Mole, wet without and ashamed within, trotted about till he was fairly dry, while the Rat plunged into the water again, recovered the boat, righted her and made her fast, fetched his floating property to shore by degrees, and finally dived successfully for the luncheon-basket and struggled to land with it.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK
12  He patted him on the head, shoved the bundle of invitations into his paw, and told him to cut along quick and deliver them as fast as he could, and if he liked to come back again in the evening, perhaps there might be a shilling for him, or, again, perhaps there mightn't; and the poor weasel seemed really quite grateful, and hurried off eagerly to do his mission.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES