| 单词 | straw-coloured |
| 例句 | The dress of the young man who now stepped out on to the terrace was Indian; but his plaited hair was straw-coloured, his eyes a pale blue, and his skin a white skin, bronzed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Another face—pale, spectacled, with a small straw-coloured moustache. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z In another, a woman with straw-coloured hair sits on a roadside bench with a fast-food takeaway on her lap. Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011-04-11T06:00:06Z It is the time that the captive colony of straw-coloured fruit bats begin to stir and the best time they can be tested for different pathogens. Ghana's batmen hunting for pandemic clues 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z They gleam in the late afternoon, straw-coloured sunlight scattered across the peak like white and silver sculptures. Neutron star chaser: Telescope spots dead suns crash 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z These poachers may be after antelope and elephants, but their actions also pose a threat to the straw-coloured fruit bat, Eidolon helvum. Why the world's biggest mammal migration is crucial for Africa – photo essay 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z "It is a clear, straw-coloured liquid, which carries platelets, red and white blood cells. It contains over 700 proteins and other substances," it explains. Bryan Cranston donates plasma to Covid-19 research 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z She was packing up her case files, her shovels, her sonar and gear, and preparing for a permanently nomadic life with her straw-coloured Chihuahua-mix Nellie. The amateur sleuth who searched for a body - and found one 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z In the corner of one stall, we see what looks like a saucepan lid full of shrivelled, straw-coloured fruit bats. Ghana's batmen hunting for pandemic clues 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr Hearron adds that the other donors of plasma - the straw-coloured liquid that makes up 55% of your blood's volume - were "generally working class folk or fellow students". Should we pay people for donating blood or not? 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Every year, between October and December, 8–10 million straw-coloured fruit bats descend on the park to feast on an abundance of fruit. Why the world's biggest mammal migration is crucial for Africa – photo essay 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z For years he has been trying to pay Canadians for their blood plasma—the viscous straw-coloured liquid in blood that has remarkable therapeutic powers. Bans on paying for human blood distort a vital global market 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In Europe, other mutations brought wavy and straw-coloured hair. Combing human genome reveals roots of hair diversity 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Craft beer may once have had a non-commercial feel to it – certainly these producers pale in comparison to the exporters of more mainstream straw-coloured fight juice – but that element seems to have hopped it. First they came for our beards, now we've hit peak craft beer 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The straw-coloured fruit bat is found across Africa Bats harbour more deadly viruses than was previously thought, scientists say. Bats harbour more deadly viruses 2013-11-19T16:00:28Z Plasma is a straw-coloured blood component that acts as a clotting agent. US buyer for government blood firm 2013-07-19T10:37:22Z When erected, however, it discloses a stripe down the middle of the head of deep straw-coloured feathers, some of which are tipped with olive. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z The straw-coloured border beneath the posterior wings is narrower and darker than in the female; but in both it forms a slender marginal fringe on the upper surface. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Thin straw-coloured paper, such as is used for biscuit bags, may be conveniently employed by travellers unable to carry a quantity of 335 bibulous paper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z His straw-coloured hair no longer completely covered his scalp. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z His two strapping daughters were with him: buxom, vulgar damsels, attired this morning in Magenta skirts and straw-coloured jackets. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z He was tall and frail with a long straight straw-coloured mane and pontifical gestures. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The male is black, the upper parts faintly mottled with yellowish grey; there is a straw-coloured stripe over the eye; the throat and breast bright crimson. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Dammar is imported into England by way of Singapore; and as found in British markets it is a hard, transparent, brittle, straw-coloured resin, destitute of odour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Three peculiar shaped, straw-coloured Venetian glasses were close to me, these I passed onwards mechanically to D'Amboise, and he went on, filling the glasses to the brim with wine from the flagon, as he spoke. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z In it will be, as a rule, three eggs, an olive-brown, spotted and streaked with a blackish tone; but pale blue, light green and straw-coloured varieties are found often. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z He had a very thick-lipped mouth with a tiny straw-coloured moustache perched upon it, whilst around it a smile hovered unceasingly. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z He drank the straw-coloured tea and ate the burned toast with complete indifference. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Jun had appropriated the younger of the two, a bright-eyed girl, and the elder, a full-bosomed, florid woman with straw-coloured hair, had, as the boys said, "taken a fancy to Charley." The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z He has rather a pimply face, a perpetual grin and damp-looking, wispy, straw-coloured hair. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Or perhaps it is biliousness," she continued: "her face and hair are almost of the same hue; true that is light, nearly straw-coloured. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z All the boys were obliged to wear straw-coloured or lavender kid-gloves and to be dressed very smart.... Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z He was a faded little man, of indeterminate age, with a straw-coloured moustache and sallow skin, but his eyes were very bright, and before long his face was glowing with an infectious enthusiasm. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Isabel had bought a new riband for her straw hat and a pair of pale straw-coloured gloves, and all manner of small matters necessary to the female toilet upon gala occasions. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Strong and sympathetic hands seemed to come about me, and again the voice of the man with the straw-coloured moustache sounded in my ear, decisive but kindly and respectful. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z This fur was straw-coloured, with a tinge of maroon and brown on the shoulders and along the back, while the tail presented a ringed appearance from an alternation of the two colours. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z He stroked his straw-coloured beard complacently, and grinned like a trickster after the performance of a particularly artful dodge. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Hordes of straw-coloured grasshoppers lay in it, whistling and whispering huskily, or rose with whirring wings when anything disturbed them. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The under side of the fore wings is tawny brown, with straw-coloured tips bearing black markings. Butterflies and Moths (British) He was a florid young man, of no strikingly apparent intellectual powers: he had straw-coloured hair parted in the middle, and a downy moustache to match. A Poached Peerage Buried in the downy softness of a large armchair, totally covered by the same straw-coloured Indian silk as formed the rest of the hangings, Cl�mence d'Harville sat, awaiting the arrival of Rodolph. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 He wore straw-coloured gloves, and held his silk hat pressed to his breast. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z But here Ambrose, sighing, pushed back his faded straw-coloured hair with the old puzzled gesture. The Loves of Ambrose It was a Face on the steamer—a face above a pointed straw-coloured beard, a face with thin lips and eloquent eyes. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel A steam-launch has in tow half a dozen barges, which, with their unpainted woodwork, rice bales, and straw-coloured connecting cable, appear against the dark water as a knotted golden thread. Japan A Record in Colour Her frock was of straw-coloured jaconet muslin, cut low at the bosom and short at the ankle, so as to display her demi-broquins of Regency violet, crossing with many straps upon a yellow cobweb stocking. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston He passed his exquisitely cherished left hand over his shining bald pate and straw-coloured beard, beneath which a worldly mouth half concealed an epicurean smile. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Then a faint light gleamed in the leaden eyes, and he fingered the straw-coloured moustache with that nervous hand till he almost put a visible point upon it. Miss Cayley's Adventures My father turned his bright blue eyes from the fire, while his hand wandered, with an habitual gesture, to his coarse straw-coloured hair which stood, like mine, straight up from the forehead. The Romance of a Plain Man Sometimes you were sure that he affected a slight, straw-coloured moustache; then, a moment afterward, if you turned your back, you were not quite sure about it. What's-His-Name I will discharge it either in your straw-coloured beard, your Orange-tawny beard. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare William Beldham—"Silver Billy," because of his straw-coloured hair—lived most of his life in the village, where he kept an inn, and died in a cottage close under the oak. Highways and Byways in Surrey He gazed hard at me, and stroked his straw-coloured moustache. Miss Cayley's Adventures Whistling a bar or two of "Gigolette" he poured out two glasses of a pale straw-coloured liquid, then with the shaker poised over a third glass looked inquiringly at Esther. Juggernaut Their abundant straw-coloured hair had in his case become palest gold, of silky texture, falling in curling locks almost on to his shoulders. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young A youngish looking man, with a straw-coloured beard, was seated before the fire, with a cigarette between his lips. The Pools of Silence "Never marry a woman with straw-coloured hair, Dorian," he said, after a few puffs. The Picture of Dorian Gray If pure, it will form a thickish, clear straw-coloured solution, free from smell; but if made of impure materials, it will give off a very offensive odour, and have a yellow, gluey consistency.” Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Even the lank, straw-coloured hair hardly showed the streaks of yellow-white that offered their unemphatic clue to Wark's age. The Convert He was an elderly man, rather tall, slim of build, and somewhat cadaverous of feature, with light straw-coloured hair and goatee beard that was fast changing to white. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Vane thoughtfully stirred the pale straw-coloured concoction reputed to be tea on the table in front of him. Mufti He spoke with a smiling courtesy as excessive as his silky moustache, his long straw-coloured beard, and his Panama hat. Robert Elsmere They sang their national Croatian songs, and when they approached us some of them stood up and, while the wind played with their straw-coloured and golden hair, they laughingly threw flowers at us. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 The wave of dull colour that mounted up to the bushy, straw-coloured eyebrows seemed on the way to have overflowed into her eyes. The Convert When young, they grow closely round the mid-rib attached to the axis by a few fibres only, so that when the mid-rib is held up they hang from it like so many straw-coloured ribbons. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America He had grown into a tall lad with long hair of straw-coloured gold, that shone with irregular reflections like muffled moonlight on a still but gently rippling sea. The Dew of Their Youth Orchid in your button-hole of course, and a pair of straw-coloured kid gloves, I suppose? Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Both lungs were strongly attached to the pleura costalis, and a very considerable effusion of straw-coloured fluid was found in both cavities of the chest. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners At this conjuncture, a green cap made its appearance, bound with straw-coloured ribbon, and surmounted with two bushy sprigs of hawthorn, of which the globular buds were swelling, and some bursting, but fewer yet open. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection In one desk silkworms began as eggs upon a sheet of paper, ate, and grew themselves into fine, fat, transparent straw-coloured larvae which afterwards spun cocoons. Glyn Severn's Schooldays Our breakfast and tea consisted of a straw-coloured decoction known on board-ship as “water bewitched,” accompanied by such modicums of our dinner allowance as we were able to save conscientiously with our appetites. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea "Oh, why?" asked the young man with the straw-coloured hair. The Guests Of Hercules The pericardium was considerably distended with a straw-coloured fluid, and several flakes of lymph floated throughout the effusion. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners This Thistle grows on dry heaths especially near the sea, and is easily distinguished from other Thistles by the straw-coloured glossy radiate long inner scales of its outer floral cup. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure It was straw-coloured, went well with his bronzed complexion and improved his appearance very considerably. Foe-Farrell Upon the other shelves are arranged more neatly rows of tin boxes with locks, and reams of still uncut cigarette paper, some white, some straw-coloured. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance He was a brown, well-groomed, clean-shaven youth, whose hair was so light that it looked straw-coloured in contrast with his sunburnt skin. The Guests Of Hercules The pericardium was considerably distended from effusion of a straw-coloured fluid. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Observing Molly, he spat a wad of tobacco over the hitching rail by the steps, and stopped to smooth his straw-coloured hair with the palm of his hand before crossing the threshold. The Miller Of Old Church She was in the shape of a girl about the lad's own age and size, fair as was he and slight, a flapper with a short thick straw-coloured plait. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Here shewed an elm its straw-coloured head — there stood an ash in beautiful grey-purple; very stately. Hills of the Shatemuc He was turned away from the door at their entrance, and Dot saw only a massive head of straw-coloured hair above a neck that was burnt brick-red. The Odds And Other Stories The pericardium contained about eight ounces of straw-coloured fluid. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners She used to laugh sometimes at my admiration of her straw-coloured tresses, or lint-white locks, as she called them. Uncle Max She was richly attired in a tunic of nasturtium-hued velvet and a skirt of straw-coloured satin, with diamonds in her ears and a large bouquet of roses on her bosom. His Masterpiece At all of its wide, old-style windows, ruffled shades of straw-coloured silk were drawn. The Day of Days An Extravaganza He made straw-coloured urine in due quantity, and had no pain or numbness of his arms. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life The pericardium contained about 10 ounces of straw-coloured fluid. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners The straw-coloured canes, from being crowded under a very slovenly System, with little manure and less weeding, degenerate into a mere reed. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official He confronted a lean, narrow-chested young man, black-suited, pale of face, with watery eyes, straw-coloured eyelashes and an underbred smile that twitched between timidity and assurance. Lady Good-for-Nothing My friend, Mr. L. Wray, in his "Practical Sugar Planter," considers the Bourbon, and yellow, or straw-coloured Otaheite cane, as identical, but merely altered by change of soil and climate. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. His flannels and straw-coloured silk coat were crisply ironed; his hair, his scarf and lustrous yellow shoes, precise. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Balsams of all colours, now straw-coloured, now the hue of peach-blossom, now blush-white, now grey like flax, filled another basin where their seed pods split with little snaps. Abbe Mouret's Transgression She wore a dress of some straw-coloured stuff, too thin for the climate of a Cumbria autumn, and round her singularly small and fleshless neck, a wisp of black velvet. The Mating of Lydia There seemed to be only a single head, closely packed with flowerets, and strongly scented; it was a pure white, not the green and straw-coloured white of other scented orchises. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland Stretched along the bottom-boards lay a tall young man with straw-coloured hair and beard: and in his arms, tightly clasped, and wrapped in a shawl and seaman's jacket, a young woman. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts She wore ruffled lavender with a clear lace pelerine caught at her breast by a knot of straw-coloured ribbon and sprig of rose geranium. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The knights are to wear a silver star with nine points, and a straw-coloured riband from the right shoulder to the left. Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 His head was a shock of curly straw-coloured hair, his face eager, clear-cut, his eyes golden-brown and bright as the eyes of a bird. Waysiders He wore dark blue pince-nez on his nose, on his hands straw-coloured gloves. Best Russian Short Stories The flowers are daisy-like, 1½ in. across, and are straw-coloured, the petals being tipped with black. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation That one with the straw-coloured hair is Coles, the great forward; and there are nine lads of metal who will stand by him to-day through thick and thin. The Firm of Girdlestone Gabriel examined the child, noting its extreme emaciation and the spots that scrofula had spread over its straw-coloured skin. The Shadow of the Cathedral This, as it escapes, is at first clear and straw-coloured. Diseases of the Horse's Foot Dark mottled grey for your wings, and a brown hackle, with a dark rather than a straw-coloured body, is the kind of fly we find most killing on the upper Coln. A Cotswold Village Cushions about 1 in. apart, arranged in spiral rows, and composed of short, reddish bristles, with two or three straw-coloured spines, 1 in. long. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation Behind him came Lovel, an almost albino type with straw-coloured hair and eyes bleached and passionless; the vacuous smile was never gone from his lips. Trailin'! The sweet Constantia is also very good indeed; not the expensive sort, which is made from grapes half dried, and is a liqueur, but a light, sweet, straw-coloured wine, which even I liked. Letters from the Cape An oblong pane of straw-coloured shimmer, Across it, in a tangent, A smear of rose, black, silver. Men, Women and Ghosts He is pale, thin, ugly, silent; he has thin legs, no chest, hay-coloured whiskers, and straw-coloured hair. Vanity Fair Flowers stalkless, with pointed, straw-coloured petals, forming a shallow cup about ¾ in. across the top. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation She had a broad sallow face, slightly pitted with small-pox, and thin straw-coloured hair through which her scalp shone unpleasantly. House of Mirth His head was the shape of a chocolate drop, and was covered with dry, straw-coloured hair that fuzzed up about his pointed crown. My Antonia "Never marry a woman with straw-coloured hair, Dorian," he said after a few puffs. The Picture of Dorian Gray A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist. The Island of Doctor Moreau Men in straw-coloured bamboo armchairs turning round to look. Mary Olivier: a Life The glare of the unshaded gas shone familiarly on her pock-marked face and the reddish baldness visible through thin strands of straw-coloured hair. House of Mirth Bill Simms choked and sobbed, and pulled his lanky straw-coloured hair, and kicked his legs about, and was altogether beside himself. The Channings At the window, making cigarettes, sat Ivanoff, broad-shouldered and sedate, with his long, straw-coloured hair carefully brushed back. Sanine On her return, the prince and the straw-coloured gloves were gone. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Her straw-coloured hair was done exactly like Lady Holme's, but she wore no diamonds in it. The Woman with the Fan There is no milk or sugar, and the tea is usually a straw-coloured, bitter liquid, very unpleasant to a European taste. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan Mr. Bill Simms stood on his heels and stood on his toes, and pulled his lanky straw-coloured hair, and rubbed his face, ere he spoke. The Channings But now I must be moving on; the day has ended; Paris is defining itself upon a straw-coloured sky. Memoirs of My Dead Life One day, just before she left, she brought in a packet of kid gloves she had purchased, among them one pair, straw-coloured. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Her straw-coloured hair was done low in the nape of her snowy neck, and, as she took her little steps, her white skirt trailed over the carpet behind her with a sort of virginal slyness. The Woman with the Fan It was now about half-past three, the straw-coloured sun was perching on the hill-tops, and darkness would soon be drawing on apace. The Yeoman Adventurer He had a pale face at the best of times, and it was embellished with straw-coloured hair. The Channings "Do you call a simple straw-coloured blouse elegant?" she asked. The Precipice Two days after the departure of this lady, the straw-coloured gloves were produced by his highness and presented by him to a young lady whom he admired, then in the same pension. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc But failing them, you may do well with a drake which is ribbed through the whole length with red hackle over a straw-coloured body. Prose Idylls, New and Old The furniture and hangings of this apartment were of straw-coloured silk, wrought on the looms of Persia, and crossed with embroidery, which produced a rich, yet simple effect. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 A miserable object he looked; his eyes red, his teeth chattering, his face white, and his straw-coloured hair standing on end. The Channings He glanced down, and beheld a mass of straw-coloured silk, crumpled and disordered, and just beyond it a coil of faded hair adorned with jewelled pins that reflected the soft light. Greifenstein It's just a natural cathedral aisle, with a lot of pale straw-coloured glass in the painted windows, like that splendid one we went to see the other day at Merton Chapel.' Philistia His hair was light brown, almost straw-coloured, and was brushed straight back from the forehead. Quill's Window Her hair was straw-coloured and stringy in spite of the labour she had expended on it with curling-iron and brush. Her Weight in Gold The swaying fronds of aspiring palms, adorned in due season with masses of straw-coloured inflorescence, to be succeeded by loose bunches of red, bead-like berries, shoot out from the pall of leafage. Confessions of a Beachcomber Beyond these creeks, several lagoons or swamps were seen covered with ducks, and several other aquatic birds, and, amongst them, the straw-coloured Ibis. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 I declare she was too lovely on the sands last year, with her straw-coloured hair, and a straw-coloured hat, and her pink cheeks matching a pink apron! The Story of Julia Page Among the red, white, blue and straw-coloured feminine dresses the uniform figures of the men resembled large, squat, black beetles. Yama: the pit There was secrecy written all over their blond faces, and in every strand of their straw-coloured hair. Sowing Seeds in Danny He was a tall, slender man, with a pink and white complexion, curly fair hair, and a drooping straw-coloured moustache—altogether a strikingly aristocratic individual. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab He gave a loud cough of laughter, smiled broadly and tugged twice at the straw-coloured goatee which hung from his blunt chin. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man I can imagine her,—a die-away creature with a cough and a straw-coloured wig. The Secret Power Presently, Irene skimmed down, elegantly gowned, with her pale, straw-coloured hair done in the latest and most extreme fashion, and an over-luscious atmosphere of perfume enveloping her. Rilla of Ingleside The coach had stopped, the door opened and a stout woman climbed in, bearing a big basket, and followed by a young man with straw-coloured whiskers. The Getting of Wisdom At the edge of the moat he halted, and at sight of Valentina and her company, he doffed his feathered hat, and bowed his straw-coloured head. Love-at-Arms We sometimes noticed Albinos, with greyish-blue eyes and light straw-coloured hair. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile Therewith the boy put the tray on the counter and solemnly poured out a straw-coloured wine into the long bowls. News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance Then he went to a cupboard in his muniment room and produced a bottle full of some straw-coloured fluid into which he dipped an ordinary painting brush. The Virgin of the Sun The old poet felt in his pockets as he spoke, and withdrew a folded sheet of straw-coloured wrapping paper and opened it. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country He rose up before me, a blotch on his sallow face, his fingers tugging nervously at the tuft of straw-coloured beard. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Victor smiled and teased his small straw-coloured moustache with his thumb and middle finger. One of Ours The hot water is merely allowed to rest a minute on the tea-leaves, and the infusion is a clear straw-coloured liquid with a delicious aroma and flavour, grateful and refreshing at all times. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan She looked charmingly, too, in a little cap, whose straw-coloured ribbons were particularly becoming to her brown complexion. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 Something like awe came upon her as the strangeness of his metamorphosis was brought into closer range; the rich, red-brown of his complexion brought out so vividly his straw-coloured mustache and steel-gray eyes. Whirligigs The two Alcaldes, less violently dressed, wore straw-coloured silk suits, with satin waistcoats of the same colour, and hats turned up with gold. A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 There was one in particular, driving a donkey in a straw-coloured governess cart, to whose graceful charm we succumbed on the instant. Penelope's Irish Experiences We ousted a hundred indignant straw-coloured monkeys and twice as many baboons from the tiny flat above the water hole. The Land of Footprints Its only possible rival is the washstand, straw-coloured; with staring white basin and jug, together with other appurtenances. Paul Kelver, a Novel I asked, noting the straw-coloured liquid in my glass. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes It was a small, untidy room, smelling of smoky lamp; but all I saw distinctly at the moment was Miss Sellars with her arms above her head, pinning her hat upon her straw-coloured hair. Paul Kelver, a Novel |
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