Observe that silvery dance upon the upper branches of the pear-tree, and now a little lower, and now on the whole mass of boughs, while, through their shifting intricacies, the moonbeams fall aslant into the room.

Yet it seemed to Arren that there was a dullness in the light, as if it fell aslant through glass.

From somewhere above, fillets of amber light fell aslant a small oak door armed with iron bosses and the usual Chubb lock.

For the morning sun fell aslant on the great glass globe with gold fish in it, which stood on a scagliola pillar in front of the ready-spread bachelor breakfast-table, and by the side of this breakfast-table was a group which would have made any room enticing.

The light from the high slit windows fell aslant behind me; this was the west side of the castle, then.

It was the eeriest thing in the world to see how the flakes of snow, falling aslant, were sucked suddenly into it, as if it were a living thing that ate them up with greedy lips.

Tears burst from her eyes and were gone, falling aslant her lean cheeks.

The man's eyes grew wide again and his jaw fell farther aslant than before.

Soon the first rays of the sun struck through the little window and fell aslant on the bed.