back-thrown

He was a tall, lean, nervous, convulsive man with an upturned, back-thrown, oval head, who read newspapers and the

The History of Mr. Polly 2003

Fray Ignatio's robe and back-thrown cowl burned brown against the sea and the sail.

1492, 1922

And my brother, knowing what to do, used the things then and there, to the wonder of Abdul Haq and Hussein Ali, pouring the liquor into the glass cup, and holding it to his eyes, and with back-thrown head washing the eye and soothing it.

Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913

I sprang to my feet, and with back-thrown shoulders and upraised sword took a solemn vow to reach, rescue, and revenge my Princess.

The Gods of Mars 1913

One of them was rapidly overhauling him, his back-thrown spear-arm testifying to his purpose.

Pellucidar Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

Her soft arms, her back-thrown head, her closed lids ....

The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne 1908

He was a tall, lean, nervous, convulsive man with an upturned, back-thrown, oval head, who read newspapers and the _Review of

The History of Mr. Polly 1906

Then with the sun's decline we would set out once more, meeting a file of blue-robed women erect as caryatides as they came up from the well, each bearing upon her back-thrown head a water-jar of earthen or brazen ware, staying her burden with a shapely brown arm circled with bangles of glass and silver.

Apologia Diffidentis 1905

Fray Ignatio's robe and back-thrown cowl burned brown against the sea and the sail.

1492 Mary Johnston 1903

The water of the pool flowed, fresh and clear, from the wine skin of a bronze bacchante, hideously squat and fat and green with age, which with drunken eyes in a back-thrown head leered mysteriously down upon the water.

The Plunderer Henry Oyen 1902