| 单词 | sward |
| 例句 | An eastward bend led them hard by the sward of Mirrormere, and there not far from the roadside stood a single column broken at the top. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a clearing in the forest, a wide sward of moonlit grass, and the white rays shone full upon the tree trunks on the opposite side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a last unanimous melodious clang, they both fell prostrate on the fatal sward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees were broad and widely spaced; sheep and pigs grazed on the swards among them, and on my rare free afternoon, I had walked there without fear. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Clangt went the armour, like a motor omnibus in collision with a smithy, and the jousters were sitting side by side on the green sward, while their horses cantered off in opposite directions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees grew dispersedly about the sward—great elms and oaks and beeches—and Lancelot was thinking about Guenever with a heavy heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And then they were standing on the true path: a swath of green sward running through the grey wood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z About it lay a smooth sward, shelving down on all sides to its bare unbroken rim. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Only half the realm, the release of our captives, hostages, his father’s sward . . . oh, yes, and his sisters. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The two horses pulled themselves up, their duty done, and began resignedly to eat the sward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To the left stood a great mound, covered with a sward of grass as green as Springtime in the Elder Days. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The meeting place was a grassy sward dotted with pale grey mushrooms and the raw stumps of felled trees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The host passed through the breach and halted on the sloping sward above. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There are aisles in garden centres promising ever-greener sward, with no moss and weeds. Why you should turn your lawn into a meadow 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z And the Delahaye sons, dressed in white down to their plimsolls, are redolent of “sun-warmed grass and willow bats and scattered applause drifting across a trimmed, flat sward.” Books Of the Times: ‘Vengeance,’ a New Novel by Benjamin Black 2012-08-13T21:47:45Z A boardwalk leads visitors deep into the woods; mown swards direct footsteps up, over and through the Earth Garden; and steppingstone boulders navigate a stream. ‘Tokachi Millennium Forest’ captures a vast and visionary landscape that’s as much about people as it is about plants 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z "We accept it is often necessary to maintain a shorter sward near to the road's edge and at junctions, whilst grading to a taller sward near to the hedgerow." Why are Britain's roadsides blooming? 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Having lost five and drawn one of last season’s six Old Firm derbies, Rangers march out on to the Ibrox sward led by Graham Dorrans. Rangers v Celtic: Scottish Premiership – live! 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z A replica was built in 1989 by the junta, which handed the vast sward of green that surrounds the palace to the military for use as a headquarters. Animosity in a Burmese Hub Deepens as Chinese Get Richer 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Soon we learned that the sward circle was actually trampled by local wild hogs; and for our show to be performed ... well, let’s just fast forward another few years. Vivien Goldman: my Kid Creole musical was a hard nut to crack 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The teams line up in the tunnel looking very tense indeed, then make their way out on to the Twickenham sward ahead of the pre-match formalities. Australia v Wales: Rugby World Cup 2015 – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Picture his bemusement when, out of the blue, he is invited to the du Pont estate, and gently deposited by private chopper on the sward. “Foxcatcher” and “The Homesman” Reviews 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z In the sward’s early stages, mowing is essential to prevent taller species from dominating; once established, however, Smith finds that the swards need less and less mowing each year. Outgrowing the Traditional Grass Lawn 2013-07-29T15:15:03.733Z And they’re never short of instructors for British made fine weapons, such as princely swards. Lack of Swordsmen May Lead Saudis to Abolish Beheadings 2013-03-12T04:05:25Z "The blessing of the saints be between all good men and harm," was the concluding sentence of Tim Jarvis's narrative, as he flung the remaining drops from his glass upon the green sward. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z The teams line up in the tunnel looking very tense indeed, then make their way out on to the Twickenham sward ahead of the pre-match formalities. Australia v Wales: Rugby World Cup 2015 – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Approach, for what we seek is here.25 Alight and sparely sup and wait For rest in this outbuilding near; Then cross the sward and reach that gate; Knock; pass the wicket! Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z A terrible shower came down—one of those mighty floods which can, in a few moments, transform a beauteous green sward into a hideous mass of unsightly mire and dirt. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z For quite half an hour the cart jolted over the sward, then the wheels struck the hard surface of a road, and the pace became quicker but more even. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z With a nice tact Stapylton said no more, but, pushing open the window, walked out upon the smooth sward, on which a faint moonlight flickered. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z I never in any landscape saw a more dreary sight than the sward of the green hills, covered with deep snow; while below, the fruit-trees, with their ripe fruit, were standing reflected in the water. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Here the Melbourne Cricket Club has its head-quarters, and much its sward and its grand stand and its pavilion are praised by our cricketing friends from the Old World. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z In the shadow, at its foot, on a piece of smooth sward, a group of four persons were standing waiting for us. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z In ten strides he was in the open park, and trotting steadily, his elbows to his sides, across the sward. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The sober rooks perambulated the green sward in pairs. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z "But a woman's will dies hard, in the hall or on the sward!" In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z The bank swelled up from the stream to a pretty wood, and the green sward between was covered with these gay people, arrested in their amusements by our arrival. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z I did not look to see if they followed, but, leaving the dead, I took the lead, and ran across the sward towards the wall of the Cathedral. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z But beyond these the sward, faintly lined at first with ruts, stretched away into forest glades, bordered here by giant oaks brown in bud, there by the yellowish-green of beech trees. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The low sun shone athwart the cool, green sward of the park, leaving the dells and leafy retreats of the deer in shadow. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z After a meagre supper they lay down on a stretch of green sward to pass the night, Will arranging that they should take turns to watch against intrusion by wild beasts. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The two stood at the farther end of a long narrow room, in the bay of a large window, that, open to the ground, permitted a view of cool sward and yew hedges. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z O feel-of-primrose hands, O feet That want the yield of plushy sward, But you shall walk the golden street, And you unhouse and house the Lord. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Nor much it grieves To die, when summer dies on the cold sward. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z When there is a large space to cover, it is much the cheaper plan to sow the lawn with grass-seeds, and equally effective, though the sward takes much longer to thicken. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It was I at last who spoke, pointing downwards to where the bare grey stone walls of a small monastic building rose with almost startling abruptness from a narrow ledge of sward overhanging the precipice. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Of these latter not a trace remains, except a mere outline on the green sward, and a few squares of concrete to indicate the position once occupied by them. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z But when the wheels had rolled noiselessly over the sward a hundred yards a faint curl of smoke became visible, rising from the ground in front. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z They were standing on the narrow strip of sward between the wood and the stream, which the gun accident had for ever made memorable to them. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The sunshine, though it was summer, seemed to fall grey and pale on the hill sward; the morning air, though the day was warm, made her shiver. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z With my arm on Mount's, who had fallen a-pouting, I paced the sward, searching the pavilion through and through, unmindful of the battery of bright eyes which swept and raked us with indolent contempt. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The green sward was dotted with columnar red cedars, growing to a height of thirty feet, with a diameter of two or two and a half all the way, straight as a pillar. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Now, if we remember carefully the general expressions, respecting grass, used in modern literature, I think nearly the commonest that occurs to us will be that of "enamelled" turf or sward. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z The smaller portion of the sward had been given up to des Ageaux and his band of troopers and refugees. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z In a flash I saw the poplars, and the road running beneath the ash-tree, and the woman's body lying stiff and stark on the sward. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The house is separated from the highway by a narrow strip of sward, out of which grow elms planted by Bronson Alcott and clustering evergreens rooted by Hawthorne himself. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z A ray of light streamed across the sward. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Where there is a good broad sward by the roadside, as in the Midland counties, a good stretching canter for miles may always be had where the ground is good going. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z Sinking on the sward beside his stool, she began to fan herself. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Rich and dark was the green of the grass, tall and deep on the plain, but when creeping up the ravines to meet the snows, short green sward enamelled with tulips. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Fair stretches of smooth green sward rejoice the eye. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Let me gambol on this square of sward, and do you frolic as you choose beyond. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z The lady, who had borne up bravely so far, fainted from reaction when we gained the level sward, where the horses were grazing quietly, none the worse for their bath. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z The smaller portion of the sward thus divided, a portion raised very slightly above the rest, had something of the aspect of a stage on a great scale. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z And valley and hill, the ancient mould Was robed in sward, an evergreen cloak; And a woodman sang as he felled an oak. The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z These terraces often "hang" above green sward and noble walnut trees. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z For some time we reposed upon the velvet sward, beneath Margaretta's favourite tree. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z They had some distance to ride to covert, and after a smart spurt of a mile or two on the sward, the lady pulled her horse up to walk up a hill. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z He contented himself with a word of disgust, therefore, chucked the rein impatiently--since justice has its limits--and began to lead the horse down the descent, which a short sward rendered slippery. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Perdita—"a violet dim, and sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes"—"The sweetest low-born lass that ever ran on the green sward." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The sward is covered though not crowded with red sandstone monoliths, from six to fourteen feet in height, generally in excellent preservation. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z An extensive piece of ground, covered with green sward, stretches in a gentle slope to the water, and is surrounded by avenues of lofty, shady elms. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z It has an area of upwards of 4800 acres; and its soft natural sward, which has never been broken by the plough, affords excellent pasture for sheep. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The man he addressed turned, and summoning his party, cantered across the sward--never so green as after mowing--towards the building. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The figure in front moved silently on till he reached a sweet spot for an occasion, a little clairi�re among the trees, the smoothest sward, moonlight on the grass, dark shadow all around. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z The trim green sward at the rear—once evidently the bowling-green—is a famous resting-place in summer; and in one of the small arbours Dickens is said to have written during his stay here. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z A round space of soft sward is guarded by strawberry shrub and by the bridal-wreath spiræa that droops white branches lowly to the ground. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z In early spring the close sward on the higher reaches is starred with little blue squills. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z Droves of black hogs and shoats are ploughing the sward in their search for sweet roots, or lying half-buried in the wet sand. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z A path led through the trees, and they followed it until they came to an open space of sward. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z How chill and wild the moonlight spreads over the undulating sward! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The dews drip roses on the meadows Where the meek daisies dot the sward. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z And here, without entering the inn, they sate on the green sward by the hedge-row, waiting the arrival of the coach. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z As he crossed the continent he had seen the traces of spring everywhere; everywhere the mad incendiary had been kindling fires in tree and shrub and sward. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Stripping where the rabbit-cropped sward met the mossy boulders, he swam out joyously, breasting the little ripples which splashed and sparkled beneath the breeze that had got up with the sun. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Croquet parties were already visible on the shorn grass, under boughs that spread high in the air, and cast a pleasant shadow on the sward. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z While through the glade an insect army drones And birds from neighboring boughs their notes repeat, These patriarchs, drowsing as in bliss complete, Rest on the flowery sward their tranquil bones. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Francis Drake, with the national alarum instant in his ears, desired first to win at bowls, on the Devon sward, "and afterwards to settle with the Don." Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z So steep is the bank that the hind legs of the horse sometimes slip right under him, and loosened stones roll down to the green sward below. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Then crying out “They will kill him!” she fell down on the sward of the garden and rolled about on it, distraught. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Looking down upon the water with a pallid frown, he struck the bank beneath him viciously with his heel, peeling off little bits of the sward, which dropped into the water. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z And soon they came to a kind of green grassy glade in the forest, which, from the trampled condition of the sward, gave evidence that a fearful struggle had taken place there but very recently. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Where they were standing, the road was bordered on either side by a wide stretch of level sward. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Low down in the strath here there is a stream of water, a river in fact, rushing along, its waters sparkling in the moonlight, and everywhere on its banks the sward is green and beautiful. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Thus causing almost worn out fields to put on a grass sward and then heavy crops of tobacco and other products. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z Perdita—A violet dim, and sweeter than the lids of Junos eyes—"The sweetest low-born lass that ever ran on the green sward." Shakespeare A Lecture 2011-11-24T03:00:42.050Z As she was spreading it on the green sward something tumbled out. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Indeed, so smooth and level was the sward, so tall the trees, so various the fruit, that the cunning gardener must surely have been a magician, as appears by certain infallible proofs. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z She and I were seated in incredible leisure, in comfortable basket chairs, on a space of sward that sank in pleasant curves to the verge of the summer sea. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z They threw themselves full length on the blood-stained sward, and long they remained without moving or speaking a word, as if they were dead; and a heavy curtain of darkness fell over their eyes. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The upper share cuts and turns the sward to the depth of five inches, which is immediately buried seven inches deep by the earth turned up by the deeper share. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z It rose from a green sward, and adjoining it, on the north side, was a cloister that in the hush of its seclusion brought back hallowed recollections of a bygone age. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z For a time the literary plough went merrily through the sward of Sweden; nor can I, with any degree of conscience, complain of the quality of the crop. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Whenever such a course could be pursued, the procession took its way over the sward. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z They tread lightly on the green sward from which many little flowers lift their humble heads. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Riding on with my tricycle some distance ahead of the Wanderer, I came upon a gang of them—twenty-one in all—having a noontide rest, sitting and reclining on the flowery sward. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z From desert peak the storm-cloud poured Light on the tables of the Law, But sunshine here o'er flowers and sward Reveals the grace that softens awe. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z But it was another thought that kept her silent as they strolled to and fro upon the twilit sward. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z When the grass had been cut down, it was usual to broach a barrel of ale, and drink the contents on the green sward. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Nowhere does anything approach so near to the ecclesiastical exclusiveness of an English cathedral close as the great square of level green sward in which these three remarkable fabrics stand. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z And we were to have a dinner al fresco on the green sward after the manner of your true Romany Rye. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z She therefore hastily put on her hat, and prepared to follow William, and being joined by Kate, she stepped out through the window to the green sward in front. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Sometimes he wrote these things on a sheet of paper and read them to himself aloud as he lay on the green sward. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z The bomb shall roll across the sward, The plaything of a child. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z To the south, two miles away by this time, Crook's long column is crawling snake-like over the rolling sward. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z The horses are out and grazing on the clovery sward by the roadside. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z We shall triumph—triumph greatly When ye lie beneath the sward. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Immediately he began to run on the sward, but presently his feet became entangled in the train of his cloak and he rolled on the grass. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z AS they talked the young girls wandered over the grassy sward of the churchyard and their voices grew fainter and fainter to the cyclist and Miss Sallie. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z North, south, and west they frown down upon us, their crests enveloped in eddying mist and rain clouds, the sward at their base rolling towards us in successive dips and ridges. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Greensward at each side of the road, with ragged hedges and stunted oaks and ashes; roses in the hedgerows, golden celandine on the sward, and tall crimson silenes everywhere. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Unto Him, whose forming word Gave to Nature flower and sward. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z A tree, with willowy bending sprays such as only Blake could draw, arches over a green sward, whereon a ram with woolly fleece and heraldically curly horns, lies sleeping. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Hundreds of wide-spreading, broad-headed oak trees covered the hills and valleys, and flung their gnarled branches over the rich grassy sward beneath. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The gold-strewn sward, the horizontal gleam Of the low sun, pouring its splendors through The far-withdrawing vistas, filled the view, And everlasting beauty was supreme. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z There is clovery sward on each side, and the trees almost meet overhead. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z But Olivia gave him no assistance; she seemed more interested in the noisy dancers on the sward below the terrace. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z Their way led again into the forest, through the dense underwood, to a smooth circle of velvet sward, set around with hundreds of little mushrooms, on which the fairies took their seats. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z The girl was lying prone upon the sward. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The Somali trode gingerly on ahead, picking his way through the flowery sward, as if afraid to leave the slightest trail. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z The floor is the green sward, and here are many graves. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The custom is a very ancient and a very beautiful one; life’s fitful fever past and gone, to rest under the soft sward, and under the shadow of the church where one gleaned spiritual guidance. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It blocked the whole width of the road, save for a strip of sward on either side. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z The long, deep shadows of the breathless forest which lay beyond, checkered the silvery whiteness of open sward and intervening glade. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z As they walked, they talked, and in the midst of their talk, they would cease to walk; standing still to enjoy some thought of the moment, and then begin to pace over the green sward. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z “Did ever you see such a glorious meadow in your life?” he seemed to say, as he threw himself on his broad back and began tumbling on the sward. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Just then the horn of a motor echoed from the park's main drive and a minute later its lamps flared as it rolled over the sward toward the wood. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Here there 207 is a considerable clearing, with kine browsing over a hummocky sward that is well above the river on an occurrence of the red clay. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The young man spread a mantle upon the sward, and Hilda sank down upon it. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z “Go!” yelled Mr. Studley, and simultaneously, as it seemed, the two sky ships dashed forward over the smooth sward. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The day is so fine, the sun is so bright, and the sward so green, that we all squat, gipsy-fashion, on the grass, to discuss a modest lunch. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The greenness of the parks had vanished, and the pleasant sward had become a dirty gray, upon which vast tribes of ragged children camped. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z The approach was through an avenue of similar trees, whose branches formed a beautiful arch over the luxuriant sward beneath. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z He hastened back into the house with eager footsteps, and the agitated girl sank down upon the sward. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z My father gave the signal, and the ball rolled down the incline to the sward. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z There is even a greater wealth of them to-day than usual, while the sward at each side of our path still looks like a garden laid out in beds and patches of brightest colours. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z He walked away upon the Downs until safe from observation, then threw himself upon the sward, and poured out his heart in thanksgiving. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Had it rained, there would still have been dancing-room in the barn; but it was warm and dry, so they footed it on the sward. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z One afternoon, she had walked somewhat farther than usual, and, feeling the need of rest, flung herself down upon the sward under the spreading branches of an oak tree. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z As soon as the first ball touched the sward he pressed trigger; and in a moment ’twas seen that his bolt had nicked its edge. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The road goes straight through the hedge-bound sward, and can be seen for miles either way. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z This he placed against the steep hill—the very best of butts—keeping it upright with two stakes, which he drove in the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The limbs that bounded over the sward, the nostrils that scented the clover, and the eyes that watched and pondered, perhaps as mine did but now, over the sunset! Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Then was he borne onward, and placed on the green sward beneath great overhanging rocks. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Traps with steel jaws are sometimes set in runs, inserted in the turf so as to bring them flush with the sward. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z When he gets on to a bit of clovery sward by the wayside it really is a treat to see him. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z He knew it was Bevis, but he was so overcome he sat down on the sward to watch, he could not stand up. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z A few yards from the copse there was a slight incline of the ground; there he sat down on the sward near enough to hear Margaret in a moment should she call. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The sward by the roadside appears to have a special attraction for them; they constantly come over from the arable fields, alight there, and presently return. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A third man quietly paces the sward behind the nets, killing whatever strikes them. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Through this belt the actual road meanders; the sward on each side is now bathed in wild flowers, conspicuous among which are patches of the yellow bird’s-foot trefoil. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z They went back up the bank and through the firs to the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Geoffrey looked and saw a labouring man asleep upon the sward, his head pillowed on a small boulder stone, or sarsen. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z There was a thick growth of tall grass, clogweed, and other plants just there, and some of the bushes pushed out over the sward. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z By a quick movement I wrap the long net about my arm, and, taking the noiseless sward, get hastily away from the spot. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z We come to a place where the sward is adorned with spotted lilac orchids. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z They grounded the punt and undressed on the sward where there was more room. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z On the sward a tinker’s donkey was peacefully grazing, heedless of the excitement. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Somewhat earlier in the summer, bright yellow strips and patches, like squares of praying-carpet thrown down upon the sward, dotted the slopes: it was the bird’s-foot lotus growing so thickly as to overpower the grass. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The thump-thump of a horse’s hoofs cantering on the sward by the roadside, though deadened by the turf, are reproduced or sharpened. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z We came out on a plain sward overlooking the river. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z “Of course we can,” said Bevis, rushing out in the field for a dance on the sward, and then back splash into the water again. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z She sat on the sward and leaned against the stone; Geoffrey felt the short grass, it was perfectly dry. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z These, I think, never look so lovely as when rising from the green sward; the daffodils grow, too, in the orchard. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The poacher now clears his arm and, with a sudden jerk, lifts the fish right out of the stream and lands him on the sward. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Yet the green sward continued to be decked with orfrey-work of many hues—buttercups, violets, rose-campion, speedwell, daisies—defiant little bright heads not three inches from the roots. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z All the way there and back the sward was short and soft, almost like that of the Downs which they could see, and dotted with bird’s-foot lotus, over whose yellow flowers they raced. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He found that in the course of the centuries the ground had risen materially, so that the floor inside the cave was below the level of the sward without. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Several times I stood under an oak bough that projected across the sward by the roadside, with a nightingale perched on it overhead straining his throat. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In front, and somewhat lower, a streamlet winds, fringing the sward, and across it the fir plantations begin, their dark sombre foliage hanging over the water. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Laughing gayly she ran swiftly across the sward under the trees and on to the wharf, which lay a little below the mansion, in front of the deer park. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Mark was caught by his own argument, and went out on the sward for the bow. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Guessing what the man meant more by the slant of his whip than his words, he turned off the road on to the sward, and ascended the hill. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z One warm summer’s day I sat down on the sward under an oak, and leaned my gun against it, intending to watch the movements of a pair of woodpeckers who had young close by. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The sward rises and rolls along in undulations like the slow heave of an ocean wave. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Tarleton and one of his lieutenants stretched out upon the sward directly under the window of the room where Peggy was. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z He knelt and crept out on all fours to the edge of the wall, leaving his hat on the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The men rose from the sward whereon they had been lying, and listened expectantly. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z The early summer sun's rays in that temperate region had as yet been unable to dim the green lustre of the herbage, or turn to dust the close sward of the river meadows. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z He falls on the sward and is instantly pounced upon by the farmer’s dog, who worries him, seizes him by the middle and shakes him, while the snake twists and hisses in vain. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Then he would career up and down the sward, his white ruff gleaming in the moonlight. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z There was no outline; it was a dim uncertain expanse with shadows, and a grey mist rising here and there, and slight rustlings as pads pressed the sward, or wings rose from roost. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Here they sprang ashore on the green sward, leaving the boat to float back with the current. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z A girl on a bicycle was skimming the broad white road which banded the level sward. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Moorhens were busy in the weeds, or came out to feed upon the sward. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z A row of subalterns were roosting on the railing in front of the exclusively male department of the club, while their dogs fought and frisked, and snarled and panted, on the sward underneath. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z He soon brought back a straight hazel-rod to which he cut a point, the bird was spitted, and they held it by turns at the fire, sitting on the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Helmer bounded blithely on the green sward, to try whether his legs also stood him in good stead; he seemed again preparing to wrestle with the squire, but Canute sprang aside. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z “Well, Wagram, and what have you been doing with yourself?” he said, as they passed into a gem of a panelled room looking out upon a lovely picture of smooth sward and feathery elms. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Directly the jack is thrown out upon the sward he must be seized, or he will slip from the noose, and possibly find his way back again into the water. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Otherwise, on the open prairie, with the moon shining down upon its treeless sward, he could not have eluded the vigilance of the camp-guards, one of whom was Snively himself. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z Varro turned aside to defend himself, when Mark Antony rushed at and overturned him thump on the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Around them the sward was trampled, and the scorched grass, worn in many directions into paths, signified that at no distant period the place had been inhabited. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z “What a perfectly lovely place this is,” said the girl as they walked on beneath great over-arching oaks, which let in the sunlight in a network on the cool sward. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Lying at full length on the sward, with his hat off lest it should fall into the water, the poacher peers down into the hole where he has reason to think tench may be found. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z She had seen her father’s corpse lying upon the prairie sward, bathed in its own blood. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z He seized him, and by sheer strength whirled him round and round, so that Bevis’s feet but just touched the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The wild flowers gemmed with dew—the quivering foliage vieing in colour with the emerald sward—the vistas dreamily grey and endless—the air balmy—the light soft and grateful. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z And what a picture was that upon the smooth sward. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I just seen him, as the smoke rose, hitting at a fellow; and then, before I could step, I hears a crack, and the squire he was down on the sward. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Instead was the green meadow sward strewn with dead bodies, every one of them showing a bronze-coloured skin, horribly enamelled with gashes or gouts of crimson blood! The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z When they came out they bathed again in the air and the sunshine; they rolled on the sward, and ran. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The two young men bent over his prostrate form, which his nephew had gently laid upon the sward. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z And he lay back on the sward and howled again. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It is perfectly treeless, but the grass-covered rolling downs were so like the prairies of Manitoba that May and I were impatient to go ashore and feel soft green sward beneath our feet again. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z There were distributed here and there over the sward, most of them close to the captives, as if still keeping guard over them! The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z Mark had started for his clothes, which were in a heap on the sward, he seized his coat, and drew a note much frayed from one of the pockets. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Rich green swards covering the steep slopes of the mountains, afforded abundant pasture for the scattered flocks of goats. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Sit down there,” he continued, pointing to the smooth, sloping sward, which he has narrowly scrutinised to make sure that no noxious reptile, whether serpent or centipede, is at hand. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Groves of splendid trees, dark green and luxuriant, lay in an almost continuous chain along the water’s edge, only separated from each other by little spaces of green sward. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Before his eyes—almost within reach of his arms—upon the grassy sward, he saw lying that fair form which for long absent years had remained vividly outlined in his memory. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z “First-rate,” said Mark, and off he went with the stick, and thrust it into the sward with a wisp of grass tied to the top. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z When they were within twenty feet of his cover, our hero sprang lightly forward on the sward to meet his foes. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z The frantic hoof-strokes rip up the sward in long furrows—and then a plunge—a slide and a struggle—they are gone! The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Thereupon the marble floor breaks up beneath and before his footsteps into a flowery sward. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Rows of delicately carved pillars surrounded a grassy sward. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z She moved slowly, rumbling and crushing the rollers into the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z "Yes, Miss," the man answered, as he lowered her head from his shoulder to the sward, making a pillow for her of his hat. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z A dark stain is oozing forth upon the moonlit sward, welling from a great jagged wound. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z To die, when summer dies on the cold sward.’ Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z They belong to him, and he steps upon the sward in lordly mastership. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z The strawberries and the sward of the garden path, he himself reclining there, were moving through, among, and between the stars; they were as much by him as the strawberry leaves. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Across the sward a little way the horses were picketed, and Mowitza's graceful head was bent in search for the most luscious clusters of the bunch-grass; but Mowitza's master was not to be seen. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z Roughly plucked from his horse, he found himself flung to the sward; unceremoniously pinioned, and heard the voice of my lady raised in his behalf. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z And here, without entering the inn, they sat on the green sward by the hedge-row, waiting the arrival of the coach. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Burning, burning, the sun glowed on the sward at the foot of the slope where these thoughts burned into me. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z Sir Wilton hurried through a twilit drawing-room in deadly order, and forth by a French window into a pleasaunce of elms and plane-trees whose shadows lay sharp as themselves upon the shaven sward. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Wondering, she led the way downhill to where a little boat lay with its bow upon the grassy sward which ran into the water. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z She, however, a little ahead, appeared not to hear; spoke suddenly to her horse, and, as they swung from the sward, started at a brisk gallop down the road. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z The long stuff provides secure nesting, while the pipits find it easier to find their insect prey in closer-cropped sward. Chick sex swayed by farm grazing 2011-05-11T09:07:11Z Now the trumpet sends forth a shrill blast, and on the instant spurs are driven into each charger's side, and, with a snort of pain, they dash across the sward. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The young noble's eyes sparkled, and he paced the sward with angry impatience, as he concluded. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z She turned her eyes away for a moment, and, lo! the horse was gone, and the woman stood on the green sward alone. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Only quite at the lower end, where a clipped hedge divided it from a footpath on the river bank, there was a strip of green sward like a velvet carpet, spread completely across the garden. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z One rose with a sonorous whirr; while another went fluttering along the sward as if both its wings had been broken. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Oswald remained for a long time with folded arms and bowed head, pacing to and fro on the sward, in anxious and troubled thought, which found vent in audible words. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The young Seminole spread his dripping uniform on the grass to dry and dropped to his full length on the sward near Sam and Bill. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z As they whirled in the yard Mason saw a new house of the ambitious pork-pie order, standing in a fairly well-kept sward, with a background of barns, corncribs, pigsties and beehives. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z It was an old brick building with ivy growing on the walls, a beautiful sward about it. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z It was the same he had seen Doggy distribute over the sward. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z So saying, he bounded over the prostrate form of Oswald, and across the sward, mounting the half-dozen steps at the terrace entrance at a spring, and dashing through the open door. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Like an arrow from its bow the steed of the cuirassier shot across the sward. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Or may I woo thee In earlier Sicilian? or thy smiles Seek as they once were sought, in Grecian isles, By Bards who died content on pleasant sward, Leaving great verse unto a little clan? Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Outside the sun was shining brightly; the air was invigorating with its bare hint of dewiness on the trees and sward of the Common which he was crossing. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Miles and his companion, turning inwards, crossed the soft sward of the minor avenues, and emerged on the more or less broken ground that expands southward to Hampton Wick. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Saying which, he gave his Arab a touch of the spur, and started off at a canter over the green sward, direct for the hawking party. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The interrogatory was addressed to the rustics standing upon the sward below. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Scenery is fine—but human nature is finer—the sward is richer for the tread of a real nervous English foot—the Eagle’s nest is finer, for the Mountaineer has looked into it. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Presently, while he stood looking at the dark, sloping roof of the barn, he saw a figure steal out from the kitchen door and move across the sward toward the barn. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Largest and most beautiful of them all was Paradise Valley, a broad sweep of flower-painted sward dotted with graceful clumps of alpine firs and hemlocks, and nestled at the base of a mighty frowning cliff. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z It still adheres sufficiently to bear hoisting out, without fear of spilling the contents; and at length it is so lifted and carried to a clean spot of sward. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z The pleasant exposure on this side—with the more careful cultivation of the flower beds and turf sward—plainly proclaimed it to be the sacred precinct. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z I re-lit my “havanna”—stretched myself as before along the soft sward, watched the circling eddies of the purple smoke, inhaled the narcotic fragrance of the flowers, and once more fell asleep. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z He set down his basket and Enid and Geraint alighted and put all the horses to graze, while they sat down on the green sward to have some bread and barley. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z The little hairy dog has brought her ruined garland back to her feet; and, holding it between his fore-paws, is painstakingly biting off each leaf and tendril, and strewing them over the close-shaven sward. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The place seemed as silent as the grave; our own footsteps upon the sward were a heavy sound upon the silence of that summer's night. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Gleams of lightning at intervals flashed over the sward; or, in fitful coruscation, illumined the deep arcades of the forest—the beeches, for a moment, appearing burnished by the blaze. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The horses were staked over the ground, and the men stretched themselves along the sward so lately occupied by the bodies of their savage foes. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z She pushed her chair back as though to rise, but at this moment there was a stir about the lighted doorway across the sward, and Grant came out. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z She rises from her knees, and stands quite still on the sward opposite her sister. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z He lives or dies for duty, and he yields no inch of sward. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z He almost tottered, as he trod the sward! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Women in their long frocks could be seen moving among the tents, and little dark-skinned “papooses” were playing over the grassy sward in front of them. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Every moment was precious to him, and yet he loitered along the lighted sward as if eternity were his. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z The snubbed fox throws himself on the sward and pants, swishing his brush from side to side like a cross cat. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z We should, indeed, count it a miracle if, on a May morning, we were to see a group of human beings start up alive from the sward, along with the paiglus and the cowslips. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The stag, that had been slumbering undisturbed during the night, springing from his soft couch of moss, strode forth to make his morning meal upon the tempting sward. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z On it crawled over the sward—crossing the corner of the meadow, and directly upon the track which the man had taken. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z He is coming pacing down yon green sward as if he were not out of his teens yet. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z At first he walks along over the dew-freshened sward, under the isolated oak giants, or between the more gregarious beeches and limes of spinny and copse, without seeing them. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The fountains refuse to play; the sward looks like a shabby, worn carpet; the leaves are withering on the trees. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z This, however, hindered him from making rapid progress: for the sloping sward of the counterscarp had at once become slippery, and it was with difficulty he could keep his footing upon it. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Join the airy fairy crew Dancing on the sward together! A Little Book of Profitable Tales 2011-03-03T03:00:47.690Z Daffodils were blooming here and there, scattered throughout the sward,—even beneath the carriages of the guns a score perhaps, untrampled still, reared aloft the golden "candlesticks" with an illuminating effect. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z A sundial, old and green with honorable age, uprears itself upon a chilly bit of sward. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z And so he turns aside his glance to the untransparent sward, till comes the line, awful in its reproving simplicity: Guardami ben: ben son, ben son Beatrice! The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Marion could not misinterpret his surprise—mingled with indignation—as he lifted the hat from his head; wrenched the flowers from their fastening; and flung them scornfully upon the sward. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The song and the keen joke of their distant country occupied the first hours of the evening, and then the greater portion sank to rest upon the green sward. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The dew was cold and thick in the pines, and the sward glittered like a sheet of water. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z The brown-green sward is beneath her, the river runs with noiseless mirth beside her, rushing with faint music over sand and pebble to the ocean far below. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z With great snow-capped mountains in the background, streaming precipices overhead, and a sward of flowers to go upon, that strenuous prospect was altogether delightful. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Everything was as before: the spotted kine lounging slowly over the lea; the fallow deer browsing upon the sward; and the birds singing their sweet songs, or winging their way from copse to copse. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z A bright green sward extended far in front, and the steep mountain that rises behind afforded shelter from the bleak blast of winter. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z They had sat, hand clasped in hand, their hearts too full for utterance save in whispers, till the shadow of the corallodendrums lengthened on the sward. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z He threw himself upon the sward and kissed it. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z For about a hundred yards our course is over the sward; after that comes an abrupt turn entering a steep incline, and the ascent has begun. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The good brute rises obediently, springs forward, but jumps too short, and in another second horse and rider are rolling together in a confused mass upon the sward beyond. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z On the green sward of the bank between Princes street and George Street, the annual military "Trainings" on the Fourth of June, "the old King's birthday," were wont to take place. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z While the black buzzards are quarrelling over the carcase, not far off there is another carcase stretched upon the sward, also of a bear. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z In these woods horsemen can advance without obstruction, so spacious are the intervals between the trees, so high the branches above them, and so free from underwood is the sward. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z At one moment she steals carefully along amid fragments of fallen rocks and broken timber; at another, she flies, with racing speed, over the smooth sward. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z There is exactly half a yard of sward between them. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z The sward on the northern side of the building was ever eyed by the passer-by with a degree of awe. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Gurgling water, strips of sward and tall forest trees, backed by green hills, make a scene completely unlike the usual monotony of Persian landscape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z He was on the American side, and he paused on the sward, on the very brink of the tameless cataract, that had for immemorial ages been driving itself backward by eating away its own rock. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The thick sward muffled their footfalls, while a high, warm wind, which had arisen, rustled the foliage, thus favoring them by masking still more such sounds as they did make. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z She is guiltless of gloves, and, being heated in the chase, has flung her hat upon the velvet sward beside her. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z As Pierre passed through the open wicket and crossed the short soft green sward, he unconsciously muffled his footsteps, and now standing close behind his sister, touched her shoulder and stood still. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He dashed off in the direction of the grassy sward that led to the dolmen; and he stopped half way. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Two Corinthian columns, as high as the house itself, support the roof over the entrance porch, and on either side are well-protected verandas, overlooking beds of old-fashioned flowers and smooth stretches of sward. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The feet sank into a rich carpet as into the sward of glades which no human step has ever pressed. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z No churlish wall marked the limits of the sacred ground, and from the ancient building a soft green sward stretched on all sides to the circle of oaks which sheltered it from the rude winds. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z But, the first time for many weeks, Delly voluntarily spoke: "It feels not so soft as the green sward, Master Pierre." Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z We strolled on in the cool air, following the course of the stream; the great trees overshadowed us, and the cool, green sward stretched away between them at our feet. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z "The prettiest low-born lass that ever ran on the green sward." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z It fell out this evening, that, after leaving the caliph in the meadow, she ran with Gulchenrouz over the green sward of the mountain that sheltered the vale where Fakreddin had chosen to reside. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Here the peasants who flocked in from the country pitched their booths on the green sward, and looked down from the dizzy heights on the boats dancing in the bay below. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z “You had better stay here,” said his master, indicating the sward generally. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z An immense herd it was, blackening the green sward to the width of a hundred yards, and thick as sheep in a flock. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The mongrel that had followed at their heels lay stretched on the sward beside them. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z White, to the Welsh, would naturally be the favourite colour for a beautiful creature, dancing in the moonlight on the velvet sward. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z That the pallahs knew nothing of the proximity of their dangerous neighbours was very evident, else they would not have been moving so sedately along the sward. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z I could catalog them — the plush sward of Sheep Meadow, the boat pond, the elegant bridges — but let me suggest the Mall alone as reason enough. Central Park vs. Prospect Park 2010-07-11T00:48:00Z A lonely daisy yet decks the sward, The last of the summer throng. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 The banquet being spread upon the sward, when it was finished, and the brandy cup had been sent round, Lussha Fleckie took up his Northumbrian pipes, and began to play a merry reel. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 And run him till, faint, on the sward he lies lowly. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 The tails of their coats made a considerable angle with the line of their backs, as they “sloped” across the level sward of that little meadow. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Yet when withered in March and April, it is an object of aversion to the sheep farmer, who prefers green grass and tender sward; and he issues to impatient boyhood the sentence of destruction. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 The next moment Charley cantered by upon a splendid roan mare, turning her on to the lawn-like sward, and disappearing behind a clump of beeches. By Birth a Lady The ancient warriors of Troy have their shadowy chariots beside them, their lances planted in the sward, their chargers grazing in the meadow. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The Emir's powers were round and nigh, Like locusts on the sward; And when Cid Ramon spurr'd his steed, They struck him fast and hard. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Its bottom was a smooth sward, sloping but slightly. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z A thrust, and he fell backwards on the sward, and the staff, whirled quickly round, striking heavily on his open jaws. Four Phases of Love But a sward like this in the early morning, with the dew on the grass, is the best opera for a steady diet.” The Valiants of Virginia All around the house are carefully trimmed lawns and gardens gay with flowers, while the soft expanse of green sward extends to the shadowing trees and the background of forest and rock. Remodeled Farmhouses The Doctor stretched his six feet of length upon the sward, dropped his gray head on a little heap of newly-mown grass, and looked up into the sky. The Land of Lost Toys On swept the blesboks over the level sward and on galloped Hendrik after them—his horse and dogs running at their utmost speed. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z I suppose that college was to me, as to most subfreshman, a place of green swards and track meets and those musical harmonies which glee clubs can so throatily accomplish. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Her silken hair, slow rippling, from her shoulder Down to the mosses of the sward did reach; The childhood of her eyes disclosed a silence More sweet than speech. Poems of Emile Verhaeren She left him on the rustic seat, and hastened across the sward to pluck a bloom that had been sheltered from the early frost, and he looked at her, a gladness tingling in his nerves. A Yankee from the West A Novel Wearied and perplexed, he had thrown himself down on the sward, when there suddenly hove in sight a big boar leading a small band of sows and piglings. Donalblane of Darien Almost at the same instant, the animal, which was not yet dead, rose to its feet again, and charged once more across the sward, with the Bushman upon its back! The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Close by stood the hut, and beyond a grassy sward, broken by a few large trees, stretched down to the river. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War All at once the stage swarmed with supple, glimmering 373 shapes: Oberon and Titania came flitting down through the trees; Puck, scintillating like a dragon-fly, dropped on the sward, seemingly out of nowhere. The Moonlit Way The glare fell upon the sward of the forest, and towards the rear upon a sheet of water, which showed the conflagration to have been kindled on the bank of some river. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Not waiting to look at his quarry, Mr. Sutherland rushed to Donalblane, who lay senseless on the sward, with the blood streaming from nearly a score of wounds. Donalblane of Darien The former lay crouched and stealthily watching the herd—the latter browsed peacefully along the sward, perfectly unconscious of the plot that was “thickening” around them. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z When, beneath the vertical rays of the bright and cloudless sun of the tropics, the parched sward crumbles into dust, then the indurated soil cracks and bursts as if rent asunder by some mighty earthquake. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 I 'm ashamed to say I have not that excuse for so rudely trampling over your neat sward. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) A better sward of grasses and carices exists at Cape Lyon, than is usual on those shores. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In some of the old accounts of her life we are told that she often, with some companions, herded and tended her flocks of sheep that grazed on the level sward round the convent. A Reading Book in Irish History By this time the muchochos had got fairly through the pass; and, climbing out of the river-channel, stood up on the grassy sward of the meadow. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z When, beneath the vertical rays of the bright and cloudless sun of the tropics, the parched sward crumbles into dust, then the indurated soil cracks and bursts, as if rent asunder by some mighty earthquake. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes "But a woman's will dies hard, in the hall or on the sward"— Toll slowly. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II The soil is sandy, and in many places clayey, with a pretty close grassy sward. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Do you suppose these human beings, with minds, and souls, and feelings, would not otherwise repose on the sweet sward, and hearken to the song-birds as you may do on your lawn at Cedar Villa?” The Vagabond in Literature Her foot is tapping the sward lightly, yet nervously. Faith and Unfaith Ah," she murmured, in a voice whose echo pierced to every heart save that of the guilty wretch now lying handcuffed on the sward, "I thought I saw Albert! Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth They lift me from my dream; The island fadeth with its swards That did no more than seem: The streams are dry, no sun could find— The fruits are fallen, without wind. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II This island rises four hundred feet above the level of the sea, and is covered with a thin sward of grasses and bents. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea He was leaping about on the mown sward, and dancing this way and that, with surprising agility. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation All the same, if clerk I am, I am no poor clerk, and so you will find me—if, waiving my royal blood, I consent to put my steel to yours upon the sward. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Her gait, in keeping with her appearance, causes the hem of her dress just to graze the sward, without, however, throwing the folds of her dress into disorder. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades For here, O Lord, For here they travel vainly, vainly pass From city-pavement to untrodden sward Where the lark finds her deep nest in the grass Cold with the earth's last dew. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II And flash on flash, as when the elves wage war In Goblinland, the fireflies bombard The stillness; and, like spirits, o'er the sward The glimmering winds bring fragrance from afar. Shapes and Shadows Once there alone, I sank down upon the sward, and poured forth my heart in tears of happiness. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Fragmentary ruins reveal the original site of the keep: the extent of the chapel may be traced on the sward. Hastings and Neighbourhood Near him on the sward lies a chaplet of vine-leaves with which he covers the few grey hairs that are still left to him. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Nor think each arch�d tree with each Too closely interlaces To admit of vistas out of reach, And broad moon-lighted places Upon whose sward the antlered deer May view their double image clear. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II Woe is those who happen to find themselves over these hidden traps, that are constructed of wooden beams and strong chains concealed under a layer of sward! The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century This she had fostered on many a level stretch of sward, with daisy chains hung all about her. Carnival For the mare had run up alongside of her great competitor, and together they literally skimmed over the obstacle in front, and landing on the stretch of smooth green sward, raced for home. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One The knight roars with rage, staggers and drops backward upon the blood-stained sward. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades The Zulu boy lay on the sward beneath the great dog—his one object being to shield his throat. Haviland's Chum The jetty, covered with sward and lined with a thick fringe of reeds, reaches clear to the other side, and is lost on the edge of the forest. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Kalulu, after skinning the leopard, proceeded to spread the hide out on a piece of spongy sward for the sun to dry it, putting a number of small pegs around to stretch it. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa One could be seen crawling on the sward, evidently badly wounded by the ball in its ricochet. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt And but for the corpses strewn about the sward no one would have imagined that a fierce and bloody fight was even now in progress. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa “Well, this is the very jolliest kind of picnic,” pronounced Elvesdon, as he lay in cool comfort on the sward, after they had lunched, filling his pipe. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Pipes were lighted, and the quartette lounged luxuriously upon the sward. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "Alas! no, my friend," said he, rising from the sward. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Botticelli painted such spangled swards for the feet of his angels. The Tree of Life Arrived there, the prisoner found it to be a perfectly level forest glade about half a mile across—open sward in the centre, with the forest fringing it on all sides but one. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa His chips soon spread a yellow carpet over the mossy sward and the tree-roots. International Short Stories American She throws herself upon the sward: there in the shade of the mimosa trees where they had sat together. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The difference is curiously complete; it was, no doubt, to be looked for in the avenues, in the sward, in the winding water, and in the Park generally, considered as a landscape. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure Head down, paying little heed to where he was going, he went on over the flowery sward. The Tree of Life Had she not fallen suddenly backward, she must have been fearfully mangled; as it was, she received a severe wound in the wrist, and, overcome by pain and terror together, sank fainting on the sward. One Of Them Human culture brings trees, shrubs and flowers to their fullest development, fosters and keeps green the emerald sward, and brings the bright leaping waters into the midst of the graces of nature. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time Red stains spread swiftly, dying the crystal columns, the glassy sward, seeping into the reeling brain. Shock Treatment Many a grassy path of even sward led through the forest, and, taking one of those which skirted the stream, I strolled along, unconscious alike of time and place. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance When sanity returned to him he was lying face down on the flower-spangled sward in a silence so deep that his ears ached with its heaviness. The Tree of Life Billy obediently shook his harness, disordered by the efforts of the lads to straighten it, and crumpled himself up on the sward. Dorothy on a House Boat Margaret Lindsay's artist eyes were busy registering impressions of sunlight on pearly stretches of sea, or effects of green sward and grey rock in shadow. The Head Girl at the Gables Shelving down to the water’s edge, a beautiful smooth grassy sward, overhung by forest trees. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion "I came out here to search for the newspaper," said I, taking it up, and stretching myself on the grassy sward to read at leisure. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance But I can't help confessing it, Philip, the sight of those fellows in their gay scarlet, caracoling over the sward, and popping over the walls and hedges, provoked me. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly A wild, mad cry, blended with the loud report echoed in many a mountain gorge, and the youth fell dead on the sward. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier We stepped across the sward and stood under the balcony. A Marriage at Sea A grey old sun-dial dominated the central sward, and we moved towards it instinctively, as the most human thing in sight. The Golden Age He rolled his head and there, its point buried deep in the sward an inch from his right ear, was his pick. The Buttoned Sky The green sward was already dyed crimson from their many wounds, when the thrilling song of a bird, fuller and sweeter than the voluptuous tones of the nightingale, filled the neighboring air. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist It was a deep ditch, with sides of sloping sward, cropped neatly, and kept in trimmest order, but, from its depth and width, forming a fence of a formidable kind. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune "Is she safe?" were the first words he said as he stared around him vaguely, and then, as if overcome, he fell heavily back upon the sward. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Whole forests of the large cochineal cactus grew among the rocks, and here and there they saw a light-footed kid grazing on the dry sward. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries This time we are in a large grassy sward between Bannu city and the cantonments. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Now, all alive, The green sward rings with play, among the shrubs— Hushed the long murmur of the morning task, Before the pensive matron's desk! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 The blue wreaths of smoke rose level, and there on the green sward, with his face to the sky, and his Bible yet in his hand, lay the widow's son, Andrew Herries, very still. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway He walked up to the villa, and entered the drawing-room, as he was wont, by one of the windows that opened on the green sward without. A Rent In A Cloud He did not halt here, but passing across the grassy sward, made for a small low house which stood at the angle of the terrace. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Having placed the half-lifeless girl on the sward, I hastened to see after the poor Mexican. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Steeds of yellow gold are on the sward there, Other steeds with crimson colour, Others again with a coat upon their backs Of the hue of all-blue heaven. Ancient Irish Poetry There was a broad patch of green sward in front, on which three yellow-haired children and a small tawny dog were rolling in play. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. A tine gallop of grass sward led to the pound, and over this I went, cheered with as merry a cry as ever stirred a light heart. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Some pretty, low chairs are standing scattered about, and Portia sinking into one, the others all follow her example, and seating themselves on chairs on the soft sward begin to enjoy themselves. Portia or By Passions Rocked Desolate grey sand is a hideous exchange for sward, and orange trees look like toys from a Noah’s ark. The House of Fulfilment She rose, and casting back at Jacques Haret one of those looks which, on the stage, had thrilled all who saw her, she walked like an insulted queen across the green sward toward the house. Francezka Wildly they tumbled about, and started a giddy reel upon the sward by the pale illumination of the moon. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres The fearful sound proceeded from the summit of a pointed cliff, which rose almost perpendicularly over the green sward to the scene of the joyous tumult. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. The voice comes to her distinctly across the sward, browned by Winter's frown, and over the evergreens that sway and rustle behind her back. Portia or By Passions Rocked As the wind to the fixed boulder lying deep in the sward, so is the immaterial mind to the wind. The Hills and the Vale The sward encircling it is firm—and Kit lays him down, heedless of the bird, with eyes fixed on the oozing spring. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) He lay before me on the sward of Vilagós, slain by his own hand. Eyes Like the Sea Freeing the mare of saddle and bridle, and turning her out to graze, he threw himself down on the sward in front of the house. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge She threw herself on the sward, under one of the elm-trees, and leaned her head against its trunk. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Farther on, the different green of the hill turf, and white sheep, feeding in an extended crescent, the bow of the crescent gradually descending the sward. The Hills and the Vale On pony-back we used to make the soles of our feet smack together below the belly, for quadruped and biped were both unshod, and hoof needed no iron on that stoneless sward. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The trees grew pleasantly spaced upon a hilly sward, here and there interspersed with a rack for drying copra, or a tumble-down hut for storing it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) I stretched myself on the sward, acted nonchalance, and lit a cigar. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) He had endeavored to detain her, but she shrank away from his grasp, and glided down the smooth sward to the terrace which divided it from the ripple-barred and ringed sands of the shelving beach. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The noble blackbird, with full black eye, pecks at the decaying apples upon the sward, and takes no heed of a footstep. The Hills and the Vale Here the bases of the mountains, and even their sides high up, are without heather—a rich sward, with here and there a deep bed of brackens, and a little sheep-sheltering grove. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Great patches of moonlight lie upon the garden sward. Rossmoyne It was done in a twinkling, the end of it being that he found himself lying upon the green sward of the prairie, considerably bruised, and with horse and buffalo rapidly speeding from view. Through Apache Lands One stepped from the level sward into the living room. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club When they arrived, Joel was lifted out of the water and carried tenderly up to a patch of green sward lying in the shade of a wide-branching oak. Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond We trembled with a sort of fear, to behold him lying indeed dead on the sward. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) It was a deep ditch, with sides of sloping sward, cropped neatly, and kept in trimmest order; but, from its depth and width, forming a fence of a formidable kind. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 So here I stand, poor trumpeter, And on the sward am blowing; In words I cannot tell my love, In music it is flowing. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. As the party struck across the sward toward the boathouses Dave suddenly dropped his paraphernalia and started on a run for the river. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club On the sward of the Bois d’Hyver the firs stand well asunder with outspread arms, like fencers saluting; and the air smells of resin all around, and the sound of the axe is rarely still. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The branches of his antlers pierced the sward like swords. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The meadows had also their moist emerald sward scattered with the grass of Parnassus, and an autumnal crocus of a particularly delicate lilac. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Werner meanwhile to the garden Climbed up; to the shady arbour On the soft green sward he's walking, That the pebbly footpath may not By the noise betray his coming. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. And he stepped silently aside on the velvety sward, under the clump of lilacs. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Good farm land, suitable for corn or potatoes, answers its purpose very well, and it flourishes on green sward properly plowed and harrowed. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus His stockings had been next day found lying on the sward, near the shore of the loch, manifestly after having been washed, and laid out to dry in the sun. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Then a mist seems rising before the young soldier's eyes, the earth begins to reel and swim and whirl, and then all grows dark, and he, too, is prostrate on the sward. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. "God, he lives!" she bent now softly Over him who 'neath the chestnuts There on the green sward was lying, Stroked the fair locks, lank and bloody, From his brow: "Hast fought right bravely!" The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. I gazed on the beautiful works of God; I raised my eyes from the green sward on which we trod, to the soft blue sky, and my soul was melted within me. Ellen Middleton—A Tale In place of this display and grandeur they were surrounded by an edifice of nature’s planting—the stately forest tree, while the green sward of the verdant grove furnished a velvety carpet. The So-called Human Race But when this danger had apparently passed they discovered that she had lifted herself from the grassy sward and was flip-flopping awkwardly in the direction of the brook that runs through Cylburn near the road. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories One of them, clinging desperately to the high pommel, but reeling in his saddle, urges his willing pony down the slope; the other has plunged forward and lies stone-dead upon the sward. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. I said with some enthusiasm, as we sat in the shade of the ruined cloisters, the sunshine flecking the sward in eccentric patches as it made its way through what had evidently been richly-sculptured windows. Four Ghost Stories You ride in a German plantation and see no bush, no soul stirring; only acres of empty sward, miles of cocoa-nut alley: a desert of food. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) I’m a merry little campus maid, The campus sward I rove, Picking Greek roots all the day And learning how to love. The So-called Human Race He was an ardent votary of the noble quadruped; and he loved the turf—whose sward, we judged, he trod mainly at Tattersall's. Miss Cayley's Adventures It is safe to say that no highly paid athlete, prancing over the velvet sward of major league grounds, got so much real fun out of the game as these lads with their makeshift diamond. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out The sound of the 175 “punk” of the football kicked hither and thither over the green sward told what was in the wind. Jack Winters' Campmates On the carpet of clean sward, troops of horses and herds of handsome cattle may be seen to browse; and to one accustomed to the rough luxuriance of the tropics, the appearance is of fairyland. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The doe dropped in a heap upon the sward and Enoch, flushed with success, ran forward to view his prize. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Dark trees filled the openings in the hills, and the sward round their roots was dotted with clusters of wild flowers, like a garden. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Most of these showed no dividing fences or hedges, and boundaries were indiscernible in the green velvety sward that swept in a gentle slope to the sidewalk. Two Little Women That rosy gleam upon the sward Is not the sun’s last kiss; It is the blood of an English lord Who ruled the land amiss. Legends & Romances of Brittany The very leaves are fanciful, And write their maxims on the sward in sun And shadow. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems Enoch flung himself down on the short sward and fell asleep almost instantly. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga The girl eased him down then upon the sward, and, seating herself beside him, unrolled the apron she had carried. Anything Once Sherm stretched his muscular length on the sward in front of her and began to chew a grass stem in a leisurely fashion while he watched her. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John It falls not on the rock or sward, But on the mail of Saxon foe: Swift as the lightning falls the blow. Legends & Romances of Brittany Within, on a knoll of sward, was the house of the proprietor, and another smaller house hard by to serve as a museum, where photographs and petrifactions were retailed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The dry, baked soil, innocent of vegetation on the one hand, the luxurious growth of many lands combined on the other, interspersed with a green sward you long to fling yourself down and roll on! The Truth About America Thou canst perceive," continued Rookwood, pointing to the strip of sward, "that good Thomas Percy has had a care to have no element of fairness lacking. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts They were little birds, which, lighting on the sward at shy distance, hopped as if expectant. Shirley Then he recovered his footing and sped with extraordinary swiftness for so large a man across the sward in the direction of that woods that edged it. The Monk of Hambleton They have suddenly appeared by my side, as I have been standing on rich, new carpeting or sun-kissed swards. Byways of Ghost-Land The unworn state of the green sward showed that this was a spot little visited by the townspeople. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire That broad, smooth, always dewy nose of hers is just the suggestion of green sward. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Neither fountain nor flag nor sward nor vine was visible except to the outsider, but it was for him the effect was planned. The Side Of The Angels A Novel An indefinite terror of meeting their friends, rendered their steps slow upon the green sward. Mabel's Mistake No one who travels over the flat green plains and tundras would have any idea of the mysteries and upheavals that lie hidden beneath the sward. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Stones were scarce on the sward of the park, but a case bottle aimed at the woman alighted on the ear of one of the guards. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court Joyously we gallop over the sward behind the yelping pack, as we clearly scent high, low, jack and the game. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) I love best the great headlands towards the Lizard, black rock or grey, all spotted with rosettes of orange lichen with sweeps of grey-green sward sloping to them. Tante He liked the refreshing coolness and the touch of the sward. Amaryllis at the Fair The clatter of horse’s hoofs on the dry sward made Pedro, the shepherd, lift his eyes from his basket weaving, but only for an instant. Jessica, the Heiress On the level sward before the village the three yachtsmen paced back and forth in an ecstasy of apprehension. The Pirate Woman Spring and summer and the autumn pour'd their gifts around the bard, And, ere winter came to chill him, slept he safe beneath the sward. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 A sward of short pliant grass carpeted a romantic little plain, skirted on one side by a portion of a forest, through which the sun cast short and interrupted glances of his parting splendour. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Imagine these canvas tints transferred to the sward, the woods, the hills, the streams, the sky! Amaryllis at the Fair This was more than Harry could bear, for I had scarcely made half a dozen movements when my cousin, frantically seizing me around the waist, stretched my length on the green sward. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware A moment of ghastly hush prevailed, then the Grove shook from sward to tree-tops—pandemonium broke loose and all were in turmoil. The Pirate Woman There lies the poet, watching them unseen, The whilst they chant the sweetest songs of heaven, Or, floating o'er the sward without a sound, Lead on the mystic wonder of the dance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Her slender foot, booted, braced against the ground, and almost touching his heavy miner’s boot, tapped its toe on the sward as if she were impatient to find words. The Plunderer In the green sward above the cliffs a yawning gulf opens its rocky mouth, and is called the Lion's Den. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel At the turn of the road, from some cause or other, the rider was thrown off and deposited on the green sward. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Close to the rather dilapidated native church we found a beautiful sward of grass shaded by cocoa-nut trees, where we established ourselves to rest and look at the view. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' And sometimes, on very hot nights, I sleep in the park, right on the sward, under a plane tree. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays Mauville at this leaned from the window and as he did so, there arose a hooting from the sward as though bedlam had broken loose. The Strollers The valley then slightly expands, and the green sward is dotted by the houses of the long and scattered village of Tintern Parva. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel In the time when fairies still tripped the moonlit sward, they received praise and compliment indeed from the mouths of their human kin, but it was more out of fear than out of love. The Balladists Famous Scots Series The grass grows from a mixture of buffalo and other kinds of grass-seeds—a combination which produces a velvet-like sward about three inches in depth, and apparently incapable of injury. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Though many a flower in the wood is waking, The daffodil is our doorside queen; She pushes upward the sward already, To spot with sunshine the early green. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition The absurd thought came to her that the bright autumn blossoms were red, the hue of sin, and she threw them on the sward, and unconsciously rubbed her hands on her dress. The Strollers The long sunset shadows were rapidly stealing over the velvet sward as the company rose from table, adding a new charm to the beauty of the scene. Red, White, Blue Socks. Part Second Being the Second Book of the Series |
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