1 The snake was unable to swallow, the toad was unable to die.
2 "Swallow, my sister, O sister swallow," he muttered, feeling for his cigar case, following his son.
3 Swallow, my sister, O sister swallow.
4 Front-de-Boeuf," replied John, "is a man more willing to swallow three manors such as Ivanhoe, than to disgorge one of them.
5 No, he'd hardly swallow me as a substitute breeder.
6 She wished to be able to decline it; but the tears, which a variety of feelings created, made it easier to swallow than to speak.
7 Close beside him stood Charlotte, opening oysters from a barrel: which Mr. Claypole condescended to swallow, with remarkable avidity.
8 When she was serene she skimmed like a swallow, and that is how she was moving now.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete 9 He is said to have about seven lawsuits upon his hands at present, which will probably swallow up the remainder of his fortune and so draw his sting and leave him harmless for the future.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson 10 That was a neat way of smoothing a man's vanity and yet keeping him on the string, and Charles rose to it as though such bait were new and he the first to swallow it.
11 After one swallow she pushed her cup away.
12 "Don't think about it," said Grandma sternly and Scarlett saw her swallow.
13 Training and experience had taught her to be hospitable to newcomers, since the most unpromising might be useful later on, and there were plenty of available OUBLIETTES to swallow them if they were not.
14 While Kennicott put up his windows Carol danced inside the bedrooms and begged him not to swallow the screws, which he held in his mouth like an extraordinary set of external false teeth.
15 For he never means to swallow a single limb; he only thinks to terrify by feints.