The great hatch is scrubbed and placed upon the try-works, completely hiding the pots; every cask is out of sight; all tackles are coiled in unseen nooks; and when by the combined and simultaneous industry of almost the entire ship's company, the whole of this conscientious duty is at last concluded, then the crew themselves proceed to their own ablutions; shift themselves from top to toe; and finally issue to the immaculate deck, fresh and all
aglow, as bridegrooms new-leaped from out the daintiest Holland.
It was
aglow with light, as the sea itself, and the eyes were flashing in the starshine.
When the sun had entirely emerged from the fog, and fields and mist were
aglow with dazzling light- as if he had only awaited this to begin the action- he drew the glove from his shapely white hand, made a sign with it to the marshals, and ordered the action to begin.
Anne, her pale face blanched with its baptism of pain, her eyes
aglow with the holy passion of motherhood, did not need to be told to think of her baby.
The two men had clubs and were striking about in the half darkness, for now the Indians had set several fires
aglow. And in the gleams, constantly growing brighter as more fuel was piled on, the young inventor and his chum saw a weird sight.
They were
aglow with loud-colored silken hangings, but the stone floors had nothing but rushes on them for a carpet, and they were misfit rushes at that, being not all of one breed.
Geraldine looked over his shoulder, her cheeks
aglow.
I meant "Alicia" when I said "hear, hear"--and when I officially produced my subscription list, it was all
aglow with the roseate hues of the marriage-license.
All
aglow from my bath, I sat down once more beside the fire, which I replenished, and began gravely to consider my position.
He had naturally an active Hotspur temperament, which did not crave liquid fire to set it
aglow; his impetuosity was usually equal to an exciting occasion without any such reinforcements; and his desire for the brandy-and-water implied that the too sudden joy had fallen with a dangerous shock on a frame depressed by four years of gloom and unaccustomed hard fare.
We were still in the pleasant shade of forest trees, we were still in a region which was cushioned with beautiful mosses and
aglow with the many-tinted luster of innumerable wild flowers.
He was
aglow with a pleasurable sensation that he never before had known.
aglow - softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"