When Cocky, balanced on one leg, the other leg in the air as the foot of it held the scruff of Michael's neck, leaned to Michael's ear and wheedled, Michael could only lay down
silkily the bristly hair-waves of his neck, and with silly half-idiotic eyes of bliss agree to whatever was Cocky's will or whimsey so delivered.
And the wolf-dog, with ears flattened down and crouching, would slide
silkily away, only to circle up to the foal from the other side and give cause to the mare for new alarm.
The yard was quite dark as they turned into it and the poplar leaves were rustling
silkily all round it.
"If you'd only heard," said the Wax-moth
silkily, "the insolence of the Guard's tone when she cursed our sister.
Traditionally, the divers only wore a loincloth and the pair picked up that motif with rippling,
silkily aquatic clothes that weren't obviously sexy but were utterly sensual at the same time.
The cast was uniformly magnificent, headed by the steelily vulnerable Aida of Alexandra Zabala, Alessandra Volpe's predatory, self-willed Amneris, and Rafael Rojas' ringing Radames, floating his famous "Celeste Aida" so
silkily. Eric Greene was the imposing Amonasro, but none of us could understand the point of the huge white Mickey Mouse gloves he wore at his first appearance.
Along with his monstrous parents, the most devilish figure in John's past is his lover and manager John Reid,
silkily portrayed by Richard Madden, in a performance that unexpectedly answers the musical question: What would 'Honky Cat' sound like as performed by Elton John and Robert Palmer?
The fifth goal started with a pin point accurate pass from Rebe Casselden to find Molly Gransden who
silkily passed three defenders to penetrate the D and a reverse shot slipped past the keeper.
It's presented by Sir David Attenborough, whose becalming yet
silkily seductive tones impart these aquatic adventures with the gravitas and sense of wonder they so richly deserve.
The Bulgarian 13th seed, nicknamed 'Baby Fed' when he was a junior on the basis of a single-handed backhand as
silkily smooth as the Swiss master's, looked sharp in the early exchanges.
But, with just three laps to go, he streaked
silkily ahead and once more went into the lead with only James Ellison now pressing.