"Go forward" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... trees scattered here and there round it. There was neither leaf nor twig on any of them, but their bare crooked branches were stretched out like the arms of an angry man when he threatens. He had no help for it, but was obliged to go forward. He was a couple of hundred yards from the church, but he walked on, and never looked behind him until he came to the gate of the churchyard. The old gate was thrown down, and he had no difficulty in entering. He turned then to see if any of the little people were following him, but there came a ...
— The Haunters & The Haunted - Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural • Various
... a strong effort of her will to go forward and extend a hand in greeting to the lady whom her rector ...
— An Ambitious Man • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... strangest things will happen in it. It's no use making plans, for I can't see two steps ahead—everything is unknown. But one thing's evident: nothing but the wildest audacity will carry me through, and I must sacrifice everything else to that. And therefore if Surtur shows himself again, I shall go forward to meet him, even ...
— A Voyage to Arcturus • David Lindsay
... the quack. "His wife!" The heart of the youth sank in his bosom. Here was a new and unexpected complication. What should he do? It was too late to turn back now. The die had been cast, and he must go forward. ...
— The Redemption of David Corson • Charles Frederic Goss
... of its own, or inherent in its own constitution, but through the continued action of that strength which it had inherited from the republic. In a philosophical sense, therefore, it may be affirmed, that the empire of the Caesars was always in decline; ceasing to go forward, it could not do other than retrograde; and even the first appearances of decline can, with no propriety, be referred to the reign of Commodus. His vices exposed him to public contempt and assassination; but neither one ...
— The Caesars • Thomas de Quincey
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