"Unlace" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... unlace his boots as Mrs. M'Gregor pulled the white casement curtains across the windows and then prepared to retire. Her hand upon the door knob, she turned ...
— The Golden Scorpion • Sax Rohmer
... moccasins reaching to the knee, but Red Sun was resplendent in a pair of high laced boots, into which were tucked his corduroy pants. The Indians both looked at Enoch's smart Oxford ties with eagerness. Then without a word, Red Sun began rapidly to unlace his boots. It would be difficult to say which made the exchange with the greater satisfaction, Enoch or the Indian. When it was done Enoch, as far as his costume was concerned, might have been a desert miner indeed, looking for ...
— The Enchanted Canyon • Honore Willsie Morrow
... to move one French youth, who slowly began to unlace his boots, though with what object one could not be ...
— Barbara in Brittany • E. A. Gillie
... she suddenly knelt beside him, and before he realised what she was doing she began to unlace his boots. Larry started ...
— Mount Music • E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
... and reaching to the top of the desk drew down a quart bottle, from which he drank in long, deep gurgles. He stared a long time at the bottle, drank again, and stooping, began to unlace ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx
... unlace your reputation thus] Slacken, or loosen. Put in danger of dropping; or perhaps strip of ...
— Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies • Samuel Johnson
... the signal agreed on for pulling off all their clothes, a scheme which the heat of the season perfectly favoured, Polly began to draw her pins, and as she had no stays to unlace, she was in a trice, with her gallant's officious assistance, undressed to ...
— Memoirs Of Fanny Hill - A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) • John Cleland
... flings himself at the feet of the coming One. He is strong, as his life and the awestruck crowds testified; how strong must that Other be! He feared not the face of man, nor owned inferiority to any; but his whole soul melted into joyful submission, and confessed unworthiness even to unlace the sandals of that mightier One. His transitional position is also plainly marked by our Evangelist. He is the end of prophecy, the beginning of the Gospel, belonging to neither and to both. He is not merely a prophet, for he is prophesied of as ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. Mark • Alexander Maclaren
... sons got off his chest, and Teddy climbed on his back in readiness, as his father sat up and began to unlace his boots. ...
— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley
... swimmer yet,' said Slow-and-Solid. 'Now, if you can unlace my back-plates a little, I'll see what I can do towards curling up. It ...
— Just So Stories • Rudyard Kipling
... said questioningly, although no sound had broken the intense stillness, and stood quite still with her head a little on one side, then dropped to one knee and commenced to unlace her high boots, the slap of the laces pulled through the holes cutting the ...
— Leonie of the Jungle • Joan Conquest
... haste his helmet gan unlace,[*] 325 Till Una cried, O hold that heavie hand, Deare Sir, what ever that thou be in place: Enough is, that thy foe doth vanquisht stand Now at thy mercy: Mercie not withstand: For he is one the truest knight alive, 330 Though conquered now he ...
— Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I • Edmund Spenser
... said the King, with his hand to his side. "I pray you to unlace him and let him out! I have shared in many a spear-running, but never have I been nearer falling from my horse than as I watched this one. I feared the fall had struck him senseless, ...
— Sir Nigel • Arthur Conan Doyle |
