"Steal away" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... morphine, or the like gets a similar grip on humanity. Our descendants will look with as great horror upon the alcohol indulgence of our times as most of us now do upon opium smoking. "O God, that men should put an enemy into their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, ...
— Problems of Conduct • Durant Drake
... night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. ...
— Graded Memory Selections • Various
... order such-and-such a stone and pick out a setting and present him with the bill? Why she hesitated she did not know; she was like all her wilful sisters who gaze and sigh, pity themselves, and then steal away to Oriental shops to appease the hunger by a near-silver ring with a bulging near-precious stone set in ...
— The Gorgeous Girl • Nalbro Bartley
... speak, but could get nothing from him but an angry growl or snarl. He was kept for several days at the village, and a large crowd assembled every day to see him. When a grown-up person came near him, he became alarmed, and tried to steal away; but when a child came near him, he rushed at it, with a fierce snarl like that of a dog, and tried to bite it. When any cooked meat was put before him, he rejected it in disgust; but when any raw meat was offered, he seized ...
— A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II • William Sleeman
... boys came back to consult the hamper again—nothing like the sea to make people hungry, and nothing like the sea to steal away the time. So down they sat to the delights of pork-pie, sandwiches, tarts, and the like; and, at last, all had vanished, save a little lemonade, reserved for fear they should be thirsty at starting. As for Rameses, he munched his hay ...
— The Heiress of Wyvern Court • Emilie Searchfield
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