1 My own spirits were high, and I bounded along with feelings of unbridled joy and hilarity.
2 As he was proceeding along the sands, he struck his foot against something and fell at his length on the ground.
3 Presently I heard the sound of footsteps along the passage; the door opened, and the wretch whom I dreaded appeared.
4 As she walked along, seemingly incommoded by the burden, a young man met her, whose countenance expressed a deeper despondence.
5 She continued her course along the precipitous sides of the river, when suddenly her foot slipped, and she fell into the rapid stream.
6 We left Edinburgh in a week, passing through Coupar, St. Andrew's, and along the banks of the Tay, to Perth, where our friend expected us.
7 Observe how fast we move along and how the clouds, which sometimes obscure and sometimes rise above the dome of Mont Blanc, render this scene of beauty still more interesting.
8 With a confusion of ideas only to be accounted for by my extreme youth and my want of a guide on such matters, I had retrod the steps of knowledge along the paths of time and exchanged the discoveries of recent inquirers for the dreams of forgotten alchemists.
9 As the night advanced, a fierce wind arose from the woods and quickly dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the heavens; the blast tore along like a mighty avalanche and produced a kind of insanity in my spirits that burst all bounds of reason and reflection.
10 The wind, which had hitherto carried us along with amazing rapidity, sank at sunset to a light breeze; the soft air just ruffled the water and caused a pleasant motion among the trees as we approached the shore, from which it wafted the most delightful scent of flowers and hay.