| 单词 | besmear |
| 例句 | It's unclear whether any concertgoers were similarly besmeared, but the gig's promoters are providing full refunds. Kings pooed off 2010-07-26T09:21:00Z The verses below the image begin as follows: “Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore, Thy hallowed Walks besmeared with guiltless Gore.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “Stoop, Romans, stoop/ And let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s blood/ Up to the elbows, and besmear our swords,” Brutus cries after the assassination. Why Donald Trump Was Low-Hanging Fruit for 'Julius Caesar' 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z They had thrown away their hats and coats, and besmeared with powder and smoke were loading and firing, each for himself. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z With blood besmeared, and white with foam, While big the tears of anguish pour, He seeks, amid the forest's gloom, The humble hermit's hallowed bower. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z An instant after, four Indians entered the room, all armed with tomahawks, and all besmeared with blood, upon every part of their bodies. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A septic softening may be induced by besmearing, with septic material, the outside of a blood-vessel containing a thrombus, and this form of softening is usually associated with those conditions favoring this relation. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z I inquired of a young man, dressed in a frock, besmeared with iron and coal, for the head of the establishment. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z About noon Barbe came on board having his mouth and body besmeared with blood. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Dwelling, covered way, and tower were each and all besmeared; and the keeper seemed not overconfident that he might not soon receive an order to put on a coat of it himself. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z As soon as I had done working I found myself all over besmeared with blood, that ran from a wound I had received on my head at the time of my fall. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z They then resolved to keep the marble figure concealed in a safe place, and to besmear it with the blood of their first-born child when it should be ushered into existence. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z The arms, neck and breast are also plentifully besmeared. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The blood besmeared his face, and streamed down his neck, and wet his shirt-bosom and sleeves, and still the voices cried, "Hold on, Johnny!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z They show the horror-struck priest a great coil of golden hair besmeared with blood. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z They cover such pits with flat stones, whose joints are besmeared with a lute of mixed dust and crushed charcoal, lest the joints should absorb the molten bismuth. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z He crushed them on the palms of his hands, besmearing his body with every drop of their blood. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z It was a time when every imagination was besmeared with the crude colours with which Lamartine had been daubing his Girondins. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z The deformed savage was then by the fire, with his face besmeared with the clotted blood of swine, part of which he already devoured, and was roasting the remainder upon spits by the fire. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Under the impulses of this peculiar appetite, they sometimes tear even our bateau to pieces for the tar with which it is besmeared. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The assistant, having prepared the forehearth, returns to the furnace and besmears both sides as well as the top of the mouth with simple lute. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It so happened that in that hole there was a snake; in the course of the night the snake darted its fangs on the fruit, and thus besmeared it with its poison. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z Accidentally, while thus deliberating, she touched the handle of a large wicker-basket, and found that it was wet: she held out her hand to the light, and saw that it was besmeared with blood. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z The amazons danced around the hole into which the creatures’ blood had been poured, frequently dipping their fingers therein and besmearing their faces, which certainly did not improve their grim beauty. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z They staggered as if drunk, they held their sides; their faces, besmeared with the gore of men, were twisting spasmodically, and the more Zagloba struggled the more did they laugh. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z They afterwards dragged me through a house into the street, stoning and beating me as they dragged me along; so that I was all over besmeared with blood and dirt. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z So saying she went to the tank which was near the tree, and bringing thence a quantity of mud, she besmeared the trunk with it, especially those parts which had been pierced and scratched. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z I am equidistant Between humanity And the heavens, Between star-strewn galaxies And streets besmeared With innovations…. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z I had felt sure that the hand which did the besmearing was silhouetted clearly against the blackness of its own making. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z He then besmeared his face with black, and sat down six years to lament, uttering the name of Chibiabos. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Their mouths were pierced with a pipe, in the left hand corner, which hung loosely and rakishly down, besmearing their laps with ashes, and now and then they puffed forth a column of smoke. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z They had been stripped naked, and their bodies, already lacerated with many a weal, and bruised from the switches and clubs of their tormentors, were plentifully besmeared with their own blood. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The inhabitants of Westbothnia, to defend themselves against the bites of gnats, besmear their skin with a mixture of tar and fish-grease, or some other kind of fat. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z In all history it has been shown that he who seeks to besmear others usually leaves the greatest amount of mud on himself. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Then the elder brother cast dust on his head and besmeared his face, and went home and slew his wicked wife. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Mr. Turtle hurled an inkstand and contents at Bates's head, which besmeared him from head to foot. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Into this struggling, tangled mass of plunging, besmeared horses, and fighting, snarling, bleeding men, Johnse Hatfield had plunged his own horse, followed by his ferocious riders, now blind-mad with the lust of battle. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z He was coatless, without a hat, and besmeared with the dark mud of the morass from head to foot. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z One of the villagers officiates as priest, who cuts a small hole in the stomach of the victim, and with the blood that flows from the wound the idol is besmeared. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z “They are gentlemen, no matter how much you may wish to besmear them with low epithets.” The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Their hair, however arranged, is always besmeared with grease. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z He walked along one row of fighting men, plentifully besmeared with cam-wood, and his was the leisurely step of some great personage inspecting a guard of honour. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z His chief diversion was argument, in which—thanks to his study of the Bible, and a small, besmeared pocket-edition of Webster's Dictionary—he was rather effective. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Sáhela Selássie has never yet attempted an expedition in person against these war-hawks, nestled in the lap of the mountains, who fight stark naked, and are besmeared with lard from head to foot. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Let the reader picture to himself a hundred or more unclad Africans, besmeared and disfigured with copious defilements of red clay, and assuming with frantic gestures all the characteristic vehemence of a furious engagement. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Before the first purification the candidate for initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries was besmeared with clay or mud which it was the object of the purification to wash away. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z Of course, you will cut your beautiful locks, besmear your cheeks, and there you are. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z How else could I have slept all night on the bare ground and on awaking find my gun discharged, my clothes bloodstained, and even the butt end of my rifle besmeared with blood? Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Gradually, however, as they rambled over the place, all in turn became besmeared with our birdlime on head, paws, or back or breast. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z On my inquiring what could be the use of this, she answered that the dugs were besmeared with it, to prevent the fawn's sucking too much. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z The huts were not built in the same regular order, as in the instance of the latter, and they were entirely composed of wicker-work besmeared with clay. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The face, which was most emaciated and betrayed great suffering, was completely besmeared with this mixture. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 Surely there never showed a less heroic figure on a stranger defiance than that of Mr. Peabody, torn, bedraggled, and besmeared. Where the Pavement Ends Everything was plentifully besmeared with birdlime, and basins of the mixture were set in all directions, strewn with rice, maize, and other dainties for bait. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The modern harpies besmear every noble thought till it becomes unpalatable and nauseous; and thus must Clodwig wrestle and fight for the common daily bread of the spirit. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine And well he might; for, in spite of a plentiful besmearing of red ochre, I knew that face and he saw that I did—knew it for the face of the deserter, the slave Maroane. The White Shield This palace contains a number of different divisions, all built of mud besmeared with red sand. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Thus besmeared with black, there was no sign of his white complexion, and if viewed from a distance he might easily have been taken for a Zulu even by day. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer If the Indian converts still retained a veneration for the powder of burned cow-dung, the Jesuits made the sign of the cross over it, and the Indian besmeared himself with it as usual. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Several large altars stood here, besmeared with the blood of human sacrifices, and there was also a hideous image of a dragon polluted with gore. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Their dead bodies still lay there, ripped open, with the arms and legs chopped off, while everything near was besmeared with blood. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. A fearsome lion bars the way, The Mink he cannot pass; He lifts his pick with fearful rage, And blood besmears the grass! The Buttoned Sky It is believed that he, as if he purposed to assist Claudius in his efforts to vomit, put down his throat a feather besmeared with deadly poison. Roman Women The walls, naturally, are rough in texture and the joints are generally stopped up and besmeared with a thin coating or almost a wash of clay. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) His uniform was all mud, and his face and hands were liberally besmeared. Francezka The walls and floor around this idol were also besmeared with blood, and the stench was worse than in a Spanish slaughter-house. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. All eyes turned quickly thither, and they beheld a demoniacal figure with upraised, extended arms, face, head, and body coloured and besmeared with blood. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. Blood flowed from under the bandage, and in an instant his cheek and neck were besmeared with it. Doubloons—and the Girl Meredith returned to his files and the clamouring multitude under the trees, for the remainder of the afternoon, with the noxious odours of bare-bodied humanity, besmeared with mustard oil, assaulting his nostrils. Banked Fires It was also on that day that the immortal color-bearer, Anselino, was killed, and fell within the folds of his regimental flag, which was besmeared with his blood, with the broken flag-staff in his hand. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War Their dress was completely clogged together with blood, with which they were besmeared from head to foot, and impeded in their walk: they likewise smelt most offensively of sulphur and putrid flesh. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. But once any man or woman passed over the line of respectability into the besmeared realm of sheer disrepute, and that person would find Longworth not only accessible but genuinely sympathetic. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Maximilian believed that ink, thus sagaciously besmeared by a statesman’s fingers, would blot out further revolution. The Missourian Like Oberon in the hive his beard With wax and honey all besmeared Would make the crescent moon afeard That now is sailing brightly Right o'er his leafy donjon-keep! Collected Poems Volume Two The Jew pursued in hot haste, in his excitement still carrying the bloody knife and wearing his besmeared apron. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales It was very much blotted and besmeared, and presented a very remarkable specimen of caligraphy. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit It is said that elephants in India will besmear themselves with mud as a protection against insects, and that they will break branches from the trees and use them to brush away the flies. Ways of Nature So against the stain of tainted mankind, the vision of delicate femininity contrasted as a fleck of spotless white on a besmeared palette. The Missourian There were braves present whose hands had been besmeared with the blood of innocent women and children—who had raised the savage yell of terror while setting firebrands to the cabin and tomahawking its inmates. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Drunken wretches, besmeared with blood, were swaggering along the streets, with ribald jests and demoniac howlings, hunting for the Protestants. Henry IV, Makers of History One of these men appeared to be suffering great bodily pain, but his face was so besmeared with dirt and blood, that we could scarcely tell whether he was a mulatto or a white man. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba I much prefer a ceremony of this kind along with Demos to the "Tedious pomp ... and grooms besmeared with gold" that Milton denounces so scathingly. War Letters of a Public-School Boy I then besmeared my hand with oil, and carried it into the abdomen, in order to feel for the indurated part. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 It required no small amount of pluck—as I call it—to face them—bootless, coatless, vestless, hatless, penniless, and, withal, with my feet and trousers besmeared with cow dung. Adventures and Recollections His magic rod o'er every lid he draws, His sleep confirming, and with crooked blade Severs his nodding head, and down the mount The bloody ruin hurls,—the craggy rock With gore besmearing. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Here is one, whose face and bare arms are besmeared with soot and ink. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba To begin with, her palette was the very largest in the room, and the most plentifully besmeared with colours, and woe to the girl who ventured too near it! A Bookful of Girls But the Papists have taken the name away from true Christians and applied it to the Pope's besmeared, and shaven-headed ones. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost The murderers, reeking in intoxication and besmeared with blood, came in crowds to the door of the municipality to claim their reward. Madame Roland, Makers of History Their distorted limbs fixed in every conceivable attitude of penance, their faces besmeared with white clay, and their long hair matted and clotted with dirt. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The girls had found pleasant seats in a car and were chatting about their friends, when they felt a sudden lurch, and soon one of the party was besmeared by slippery, sticky whites of eggs. English: Composition and Literature Whereupon he who made the proposition took out his instruments and extracted the eyes, besmearing the sockets and the outer part of the lids with a certain rich ointment. Mediaeval Tales In that, the skin is besmeared with material oil; in this, the heart is internally anointed with the Holy Spirit. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost This night ships besmeared with pitch and rosin and filled with combustibles are to be sent into the midst of yon fleet. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The men were dirty, uncouth specimens of humanity, besmeared with yellow ochre and vermilion, dressed in red blankets, and bearing a hatchet in their hands, their only visible weapon. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The men are dirty and uncouth examples of humanity, besmeared with yellow ochre and vermilion; their dress consisting of loose flannel blankets and deerskin leggings, their rude hats decked with eagle feathers. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Well, if he ride me, let the fool sit fast, for my wit is very hickish: which if he spur with his copper reply, when it bleeds, it will all to besmear their consciences. A History of Elizabethan Literature His garments were besmeared with mud and dirt; they were torn, too, in many places; and here and there were stains of blood, still wet, upon them. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf The change was magical; the yellow clay was attracted and held by the grease with which his body was besmeared, turning his color from black to bright yellow. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography The inhabitants resemble those of New Holland, omitting the quantity of grease and red-ochre with which the New Hollanders besmear their skins. Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales And in the last, here reproduced, we see them when "Their prity lips with blackberries were all besmeared and dyed, And when they saw the darksome night, they sat them down and cried." Children's Books and Their Illustrators On rising, and discovering that his cloak was besmeared with mud, he threw it off, and left it in the street, for any one who might choose to pick it up. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Indiscriminate flatterers are no better than the snake which besmears its prey with slime, only to gorge it the more easily. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 For two hours we remain about the fires, some cooking and eating, others smoking, others freshening the hideous devices of the war paint with which all are besmeared. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Look at this scarlet bodice with its gold tassels and fringe, at this cap besmeared with the last fee the hag got from Beelzebub or his imps! it will give me a right worshipful air. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck As he says in his admirable satire of "Don Juan,"— "'Tis sad to burrow deep to roots of things, So much are they besmeared with earth." My Recollections of Lord Byron A vision that appalled him, and caused him to start back abashed—himself, all grimy, with his matted hair and besmeared face! Fifty-Two Stories For Girls However, by his own personal effort and the impetus of his horse he made good his passage, his face besmeared with his own blood to avoid being known. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 He was quite nude, and his body besmeared with yellow clay. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Caution, when besmeared in blood, is no longer virtue, or wisdom, but wretched and degenerate cowardice; no, never let him that was born to execute judgment secure his honours by cruelty and oppression. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth? The Day of Judgment In the latter the combs are so nearly melted, that the weight of the honey will bend them, bursting the cells, spilling the honey, and besmearing the bees. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained Attached to long poles and besmeared with pitch, ready for the fatal flame, are the living bodies of wretched Christians which will illumine to-night the gardens of Cæsar. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science My body is then besmeared with paint and oil. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Round Rishabh first the giant wound His arms and hurled him to the ground, Where speechless, senseless, wounded sore, He lay his face besmeared with gore. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Often their faces are besmeared with various coloured pigments in stripes or patches—one colour on one side of the face, the other being of a different hue. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Above this platform, a little higher than the height of the average native, was the dangling end of a rope, freshly besmeared with the life-blood of a recent victim. Bamboo Tales At Allahabad there were many devotees with their tangled hair, besmeared bodies, and very scanty clothing—if what they had on could be called clothing. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 The parts of the pieces of wood, intended to represent the eyes and mouth, had recently been besmeared with blood, and there still lay at the heap of bones the entrails of a newly-killed reindeer. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Each arrow through a giant tore A passage, and besmeared with gore, Pursued its onward way and through The air with flamy brilliance flew. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse A glass that is pure and cleanly, renders the image lively, but if it be besmeared with dust, you can see nothing, so is a composed mild spirit apt to discern the truth without prejudice. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Its bright edge, besmeared with Saracen blood, was biting viciously into the foe. ...After a Few Words... Him at this moment spies a Saracen Who lies among the corpses, feigning death, His face and body all besmeared with blood. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier Midget was usually very dainty, and neatly dressed, and this besmeared maiden was a shock to all beholders. Marjorie's Busy Days And scarcely less in size appeared Great monkeys all with dust besmeared. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois It corresponded with that with which he had been already besmeared! The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The axe, bespattered with blood, was sent for, besmeared with an anointment, wrapped up warmly, and carefully hung up in a closet. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing On his way it seemed to him as though the whole town stared at him as at one besmeared with tar—At home new troubles awaited him. The Slanderer 1901 Dark streams of welling blood besmear Thy limbs where dust and mire adhere, Nor have I strength, weighed down by woe, Mine arms about thy form to throw. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Her decks were besmeared with blood, and in some places it stood in clotted masses to the tops of the sailors' slippers. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 She held it up—my canvas child—all besmeared with mud. The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) Her feet are not washed nor besmeared with red powder at the wedding ceremony like those of other girls. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Ten minutes after he left his game, the six wolves came up with him, one of which had his nose and face besmeared with blood, and he seemed to be almost bursting. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals There she, with sandal-oil besmeared, In garments meet for queens appeared: And lustre to her form was lent By many a gem and ornament. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse To behold Tyrker thus dishevelled and besmeared was surprising enough, but to see him with grapes and vine-leaves stuffed all about him and twined all round him was absolutely astounding. The Norsemen in the West Blood and dust besmeared it and soiled his white locks. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands They fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II All were of a uniform rusty-red colour, each with his broad bosom bared, and perspiration trickling down his besmeared countenance. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Then as the ground he smoothed and cleared, He saw me all with dust besmeared, And on the new-found babe, amazed The ruler of Videha gazed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He was tattooed from head to foot; and his face, besides being tattooed, was besmeared with red paint and streaked with white. The Coral Island But a gloomy day approached—the Danes destroyed that noble structure, devastating it by fire, and besmearing its holy altars with the blood of its hapless inmates. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents’ tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children’s cries unheard. The King's Own Their skin, which seemed of a dark brown, was covered with dirt, and their faces, which were flat with high cheek-bones, were besmeared with red and yellow ochre. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific Fancy a silver watch sat upon, squeezed, and besmeared by a reeking red herring. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch When these are completed they make them offerings of the hearts of other victims, which they sacrifice to them, and besmear their faces with the blood. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents’ tears, Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children’s cries unheard, that passed thro’ fire To his grim idol. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 After the death of Constantius, he openly professed idolatry, and by besmearing himself with the blood of impious victims, pretended to efface the character of baptism. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The women besmear themselves with the most disgusting filth. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Look at this scarlet bodice, with its gold tassels and fringe, at this cap besmeared with the last fee the hag got from Beelzebub or his imps: it will give me a right worshipful air. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg She had on a large apron and in her hand carried a small stick, besmeared, as his quick eye saw, with modelling-clay. The Tragic Muse He will as surely soil and besmear with sin your moral garments as would contact with the most filthy object imaginable your outer garments. Plain Facts for Old and Young A band of witches in Italy, in 1536, renewed a plague, then almost ceased, by besmearing with an ointment and a powder the posts and doors of men's houses. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales His hands were besmeared with mire; his uniform torn by the brutal grasp of the conquerors, and his gory head trailed along the pavement. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia There is no arrogance so great as the proclaiming of other men's errors and faults, by those who understand nothing but the dregs of actions, and who make it their business to besmear deserving fames. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Ponder in your hearts how grievous is the turmoil in which the world is plunged; how the nations of the earth are besmeared with human blood, nay their very soil is turned into clotted gore. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Thousands of souls are besmeared with dust and blood in the arena of battle and struggle every year, and the tent of happiness and life is overthrown. Bahá’í World Faith These were surrounded with wood besmeared with butter, and set on fire. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Here and there was the wreck of a cannon besmeared with blood and mire, and empty knapsacks, fragments of broken wagons and muskets, in the utmost disorder and confusion. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia You see it exposed for sale everywhere, like thick treacle in dirty besmeared jars. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma His hideous figure was made use of only as a bugbear to frighten children; and to drive the birds from fruit trees; with whose filth he was generally besmeared. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. The stone went on to say, "If thou wilt cut off the heads of thy two children with thy own hand, and besmear me with their blood, I shall receive life again." Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm In former days people were less besmeared with sentimentalism. A Mummer's Tale Like food besmeared with poison, I abhor such happiness as is tainted with unrighteousness.—Jatakamala. The Essence of Buddhism Lime-Twigs, is another Expedient for taking of great Fowl, being Rods that are long, small, strait, and pliable, the upper part apt to play to and fro; being besmeared with Bird-lime warm. The School of Recreation (1696 edition) Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science of Defence Many were in deep mourning, and frightfully besmeared. Adventures in New Guinea The moment the flames began to crackle the villagers prostrated themselves again and the holy man besmeared his bony chest with more ashes. The Adventures of Kathlyn When he staggered to his feet— hatless, without spectacles, and besmeared with clay from head to foot—the train was fifty yards beyond the station. The Astonishing History of Troy Town And yet they both said afterwards that they could hardly help laughing out loud. p. 104The pink muslin was draggled and besmeared with harbour mud, and torn half out of the gathers. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses Their pretty lips with blackberries Were all besmeared and dyed; And when they saw the darksome night, They sat them down and cried. English Fairy Tales The relatives of the dead put on mourning by blackening their bodies all over, and besmearing them with ashes. Adventures in New Guinea He staggers and falls; his head strikes the curb-stone; the blood besmears his face; the police lift him up and start with him to the station house. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures With blood besmeared, and white with foam, While big the tears of anguish pour, He seeks, amid the forest’s gloom, The humble hermit’s hallowed bow’r. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine As these people use no paint, they are not so dirty in their persons as the savages who thus besmear themselves; but they are full as lousy and filthy in their houses. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 As there was neither clean water nor time to wash off the mud, they were obliged to jump into their clothes, besmeared as they were with mud. In the Shadow of Death Put them to fry over a very quick fire in a pan first glased over, with no more Butter melted in it, then just to besmear a little all the bottom of the Pan. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened I bade farewell to my cell; I thanked my hosts; and I kissed their little urchins, all besmeared and ill-kempt as they were. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume My highest tribute is meagre of superlatives in comparison with the hackneyed puffs with which artists submit to be besmeared. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe Amid this tumult, several men armed with tremendous bludgeons, with their faces besmeared with grease and Page 457soot, and otherwise disguised, were observed to be urging the populace to attempt a rescue. Jack Sheppard A Romance In about a minute, to the manifest delight of all present, young Lamh Laudher, besmeared with blood, leaped upon the platform. The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two And the wretchedness of this sculptor's studio and the dirt attendant upon the profession were made still more conspicuous by the wan light that filtered through the shop windows besmeared with whitening. His Masterpiece The men, themselves, are ghastly, besmeared as they are from top to toe with the gore of the mackerel. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Ogilvie did not answer; he was looking at his besmeared hands and dishevelled clothes. Macleod of Dare And therefore, as I came along, I first besmeared my boots with muck then tripped my toes against a pile of brick: and finally fell headlong into the gutter. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature One besmeared with the sand taken from the shores of Ganga regards oneself as a denizen of heaven, adorned with celestial unguents. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Ah! fickle France! you are blighted with eternal shame for having allowed these cowardly vindictive conspirators, popularly called the Allies, to besmear you, as well as themselves, with the blood of a hero. The Tragedy of St. Helena The Indians gathered on the glimmering plain in the early shadows of evening, besmeared with yellow ochre and war-paint. The Log School-House on the Columbia Alas! the beautiful, brilliant boots were all besmeared, and the white gaiters too, and the horsey-looking nether garments. Macleod of Dare Upon this, Nisus also merrily asked for some consolation, since but for an accident the first prize would have been his, and he showed his face and limbs all besmeared with mud. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) His body was besmeared all over with filth, and with the dust of various wild flowers. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 He had already been under the barber's hands; his head being all besmeared with red pigment, in order to redden his hair, which was naturally of a dark-brown colour. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time On the other hand, the tenants organised a body called the 'Molly Maguires'—stout young men dressed up in women's clothes, their faces disguised and besmeared in the most fantastic manner. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times She has besmeared you with filth, and now you are hairy like a goat.... Abbe Mouret's Transgression I burn in such a degree as neither Hercules did, besmeared with the black gore of Nessus, nor the fervid flame burning In the Sicilian Aetna. The Works of Horace On the four corners of the platform, large jars were placed, filled with melted butter, to besmear the pyramid, that it might be the more easily set on fire. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. A poor woman was depositing a few cash in front of the besmeared idol, imploring that she might be delivered of a son. Across China on Foot Thus, without regard to any of their unlawful forms of legal procedure, they defiled and besmeared the high places of the field with innocent blood. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive See coward. daub, v. smear, bedaub, besmear, soil, sully. daughter, n. Putnam's Word Book Now I seem to hear of great commanders besmeared with, glorious dust, and the whole earth subdued, except the stubborn soul of Cato. The Works of Horace To die on the edge of the river, or to die partly buried in the stream, drinking its waters, while their bodies are besmeared with mud, is supposed to render them very holy. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Joe was besmeared with blood, and, when he opened his eyes and stared at the flaming light, he resembled some sanguinary demon. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described They make little fires during the day, sleeping at night among the warm ashes, with which they besmear their bodies. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The black women can help in the wash-house, and in the farm-yard; but they are too much besmeared with grease to be fit for the kitchen. Far Off They besmeared their bodies with fish oil and red earth, and painted their faces in different colours. Pioneers in Canada The other, his fine fair hair untouched, was seated with his elbows on a cloth now red as a Turkey carpet, hideously attentive, his face besmeared with shining blood and full of foul marks. Light Finally applied huge sheep-skin plasters under the axilla, with a composition of printers' ink, paste, paper, ribbons, and writing-ink besmeared thereon, and all were despatched in one short day. A Collection of College Words and Customs His besmeared face and his great stick—perfectly harmless, by the way—makes the youngsters shriek with fear. The Devil's Pool In one of the courts there was a temple, all besmeared with blood and soot, surrounded by the tombs of the Mexican nobility. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The sides of the grave were besmeared with the blood of the unfortunate victim, indicating that the tiger had tortured it just as a cat plays with a mouse as long as it remains alive. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Then the people got me out and beat me exceedingly, stoning me as they drew me along, so that I was besmeared all over with blood and dirt. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters Their grimy armor and bearded faces besmeared with black marked them as Black Riders. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy At funerals, "the women besmear themselves with the most disgusting filth." Primitive Love and Love-Stories His mother and female friends gathered about him and set up a dismal wailing; they besmeared themselves with his blood and endeavored by other Indian customs to restore his life. A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians He is described in the first Book as besmeared with the Blood of Human Sacrifices, and delighted with the Tears of Parents and the Cries of Children. The Spectator, Volume 2. And all besmeared with the blood of Wyrd! The Tarn of Eternity He was dressed in a canvas suit abundantly besmeared with coal-dust and oil, and had cinders in his whiskers, and a smell of half-slaked ashes all over him. Dombey and Son Enter, at several doors, BENVOLIO, FREDERICK, and MARTINO, their heads and faces bloody, and besmeared with mud and dirt; all having horns on their heads. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Them he visited with terrible outrage and dishonour, scourging some severely with whips of oxhide, besmearing their eyes with soot, and casting them away from his presence. Barlaam and Ioasaph Beside his stony bed Lay a long quiver full of arrows, some For hunting, some to smite his foes withal; With deadly venom of that fell water-snake Were these besmeared. The Fall of Troy He was tattooed from head to foot; and his face, besides being tattooed, was besmeared with red paint, and streaked with white. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean A cry was raised immediately that he was besmearing the seat with poison. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Next morning a naked corse, besmeared with brains and blood, is found by an arriero; and within a week a simple cross records the event, according to the custom of Spain. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain In 1530 Michael Caddo was executed with fearful tortures for thus besmearing the pavements of Geneva. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom It is because I am old and a hermit that you are trying to besmear my advice and belittle me before my lord the king. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc First, Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol. Paradise Lost Latinus tears his garments as he goes, Both for his public and his private woes; With filth his venerable beard besmears, And sordid dust deforms his silver hairs. The Aeneid English All the hairdressers' shops, hoping for powder and the return of the royal bird, were besmeared with azure and decked with fleurs-de-lys. Les Misérables He wore a blue serge suit which was heavily besmeared with white plaster and the trousers were rent across one knee. The Yellow Streak Most of the cards were besmeared with mud and one or two in such a freakish way as to give a curious turn to their meaning. Pee-Wee Harris She was about to besmear her face, when lady Feng pleaded: "My dear child, do let me off this time!" Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books And although we may besmear our liver and brain in the mire, how could we show our gratitude, even to so slight a degree as one ten-thousandth part. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books The six pinioned ruffians were standing, and still preserved their spectral mien; all three besmeared with black, all three masked. Les Misérables Find in the Glossary the meaning of: alert; mission; dejected; besmeared; brindled; docile; relaxed; crestfallen. The Elson Readers, Book 5 He sat behind his card-strewn counter holding the stencil brush like a sort of weapon ready to besmear that face of sneering assurance if its owner ventured too near. Pee-Wee Harris Every sort of bite was practised; but the greatest attraction and acme of delight consisted of chianlits, that is, persons masked, walking about, apparently, in their shirt, the tail of which was besmeared with mustard. Paris as It Was and as It Is By handfuls, yea, by handfuls, with tears of dole besmeared! Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays Then they toyed and embraced and kissed and slept till near the call to morning-prayer, when Heyat en Nufous arose and slaughtering a young pigeon, besmeared herself and besprinkled her shift with its blood. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III With their mouths open, their chins besmeared with grease, they had such bloated red faces that one would have said they were bursting with prosperity. L'Assommoir He then killed the groom's horse, and after having torn the prince's suit, which he had put off, he besmeared it with blood and threw it into the highway. Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights Who can imagine that these poor snakes, the very extracts of ichthyophagy, are not thoroughly enough besmoked and besmeared with misery, distress, and calamity? Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 I had noticed before, in the Malmö prison, how the prisoners tried to besmear this glass, or scratch on it, with a sort of fury, so that it was often impossible to see through it. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth The Indians made their appearance in grand costume, hideously painted and besmeared. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography She was then a pillar of flame, and the decks, which were plentifully besmeared with pitch, were all in a blaze, save just round the tiller where her captain had stood to steer her. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire As his weary eyes wandered, he noticed, with horror, that his chest and side were thickly besmeared. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America To foul with a dirty liquid; to besmear. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire Anchorites wearing only loincloths sat quietly in little groups, their bodies besmeared with the ashes that protect them from the heat and cold. Autobiography of a Yogi Hence, when the hatless, spare, whity-brown man in soiled cotton offered for sale the odd-shaped beads in a besmeared whisky-bottle for five pounds, his national trait expressed itself in a scoff. Tropic Days He was tattooed from head to foot, and his face, besides being tattooed, was besmeared with red paint, and streaked with white. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean "Otherwise the perfume made of the gall of a black dog, and his bloode besmeared on the posts and walls of a house, driveth out of the doores, both devils and witches." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 His face was besmeared till scarcely a bit of natural color showed, and his hat was pulled low over his eyes. Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp And sometimes he was moved to put on hair sackcloth, and to besmear his face, and to tell them so would the Lord besmear all their religion, as he was besmeared. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 Small Porges was laboriously inscribing in a somewhat splashed and besmeared copy-book the rather surprising facts that: A stitch in time, saves nine. The Money Moon A Romance Part of what Johnny's mother had provided for the midday repast was bread and butter, plentifully besmeared with honey. The Wolf's Long Howl Enter ENVY, his arms naked, besmeared with blood. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 The body of Richard was found in the field, covered with dead enemies, and all besmeared with blood. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation An Apache Indian, besmeared with brilliant greases and smelling of the water that never freezes, an understudy to Cupid? Man on the Box So that the London press is accessible at the meanest beer-house, and well bethumbed and besmeared the blackened sheets are, with holes where clumsy fingers have gone through. The Life of the Fields That afternoon David appeared in the ring, once more clad in the striped suit and besmeared with bismuth. The Rose in the Ring Nor would the temple of God be so besmeared with these snuffs, and be daubed as it is. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 But what was her dismay when she found the horse standing at the stable door without his rider, and the saddle all besmeared with clotted blood. Stories by English Authors: Ireland By the time that he reached the desolate-looking lodge at the demesne gate, he was nearly wet through, and was besmeared with mud up to his knees. Castle Richmond I was trying to place on two of the taller glands little cubes of albumen, these slipped down, and, besmeared with secretion, were left resting on some of the small sessile glands. Insectivorous Plants It seemed a ghastly door to open, for a broad stream of blood trickled over the threshold and the handle was besmeared with blood. The Treasure This hardly enhances my personal appearance; but it doesn't matter much, as I am where no one can see, and a clay- besmeared individual is worth a dozen dead ones. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran I lose myself in the recollections of my childhood like an old man … I do not expect anything further in life than a succession of sheets of paper to besmear with black. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters A white neckcloth, somewhat besmeared with blood, denoted his profession. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter His clothes were nearly torn from his back, besmeared with mud, from head to foot, and his face cut and mangled in the most shocking manner. Manuel Pereira It was black and dirty on the outside, and within all besmeared with the marmalade, for Sally cared not to take the trouble of cleaning it. Woman's Trials Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us He is rarely besmeared with grime, he is hardly slovenly. Under Fire: the story of a squad I no sooner told him, than he discovered great emotion, and not confining his operation to my chin and upper lip, besmeared my whole face with great agitation. The Adventures of Roderick Random They were 'dressed like devils, being wrapped in dog skins, white and black, their faces besmeared as black as any coals, with horns on their heads more than a yard long.' The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier Everything was plentifully besmeared with bird-lime; and basins of the mixture were set in all directions, strewed with rice, maize, and other dainties for bait. Swiss Family Robinson Where, here and there, a blue jumper had kept a tinge of blueness, it was so besmeared with yellow that it might have been expected to turn green. Australia Felix It was he, rain-washed and besmeared with a sort of scum, polluted and dreadfully pale, four days dead, and close up to our embankment into which the shell-hole where he had burrowed had bitten. Under Fire: the story of a squad Kaunitz grew deathly pale; not all the paint that besmeared his wrinkles could conceal his pallor. Joseph II. and His Court Having besmeared his face with paint, he performs many antics with the view of enticing all pestilential and noxious influences to attach themselves to him only. The Golden Bough Gradually, however, as they rambled over the place, all in turn became besmeared with our bird-lime on head, paws, back or breast. Swiss Family Robinson There were many saplings in this part of the forest, and I noticed that many of them in the deer's track were besmeared with blood about two feet and a half from the ground. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon He spat out mud from his besmeared mouth, and his unburied face was like a beast's. Under Fire: the story of a squad The place is in their eyes invested with such a sacred character that the trees are believed to be divine on account of the blood and gore with which they are besmeared. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Men, women and children in ragged finery, Pierrots with neck frills and floured faces, hideous masks of impossible beasts roughly besmeared in crude colours. The Elusive Pimpernel Schell was besmeared with blood; I had bound up his wound the best I could; but in Polish villages no surgeons are to be found: and he performed his journey with great difficulty. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 I have seen," said one of the speakers, "at a Hindoo festival, a naked dishevelled figure, his face painted with grotesque colours, and his long hair besmeared with dirt and ashes. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 In one hand I was holding a ragged, long-suffering "Algebra" and in the other a small piece of chalk which had already besmeared my hands, my face, and the elbows of my jacket. Youth On the way "they dragged their victims on the ground, pummeled them, trampled on them, spit in their faces, and besmeared them with filth." The French Revolution - Volume 1 In one part the white flowers were besmeared with a dark brown stain. Okewood of the Secret Service Remain quite still and hidden, and when the thread comes down, take out the bone and put in its place a spindle besmeared with honey, with a fig in the place of the little button. Stories from the Pentamerone The constables, also, discovered, between the bed and sacking of the unhappy man, a shirt and neck-handkerchief both marked with the initials of his name, and both hideously besmeared with the blood of the victim. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 On a chair lay a razor, besmeared with blood. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 It was a naked Fuegian, his long hair blowing about, his face besmeared with paint. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Ah! the mystery of those ensanguined fingers, those gory, wolfish jaws! that face, all besmeared with blackening blood, is revealed! The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American In his excitement, Father Roman had flung snuff in handfuls at his face, and, all besmeared with tobacco, round-eyed, and beside himself, had got out of the hammock to walk about, uttering exclamations. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Mounted sentries stood at the corners of all the streets with drawn sabers—shivering in the cold and besmeared with mud. North America — Volume 2 Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look. Other People's Money She was richly dressed in a new robe, with a great deal of lace and a jaunty hat; yet she had a wretched expression; she was all besmeared with rouge and paint. The Mystery of Orcival The outcome, seven feet by twelve of besmeared canvas, stood, gilt-framed, in the lobby of the Capitol. Roads of Destiny A second blast of hot-stinging cold enveloped us; the moon shone out clear, and I saw her face—gaunt and ghastly, besmeared with red. Lilith, a romance Formerly, besmeared with soot and charcoal, overgrown with hair, and bent double with the nature of his labour, disfigured too by his odd and fantastic dress, he seemed a man of fifty years old. Kenilworth I was enforc'd to send it after him; I was beset with shame and courtesy; My honour would not let ingratitude So much besmear it. The Merchant of Venice His fustian dress, besmeared with coal-dust and begrimed with soot; his oily hands, his dirty face, his knowledge of machinery; all point him out as one devoted to the manufacturing interest. Miscellaneous Papers What ridiculous gods," said others, "are these puppets, besmeared with grease and smoke! The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature At length he encamped, caused the bodies of the wagons to be dislodged from the wheels, covered with buffalo hide, and besmeared with a compound of tallow and ashes; thus forming rude boats. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Thus arrayed, their hair besmeared with fish oil, and their bodies bedaubed with red clay, they considered themselves irresistible. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains In a few minutes Abdullah appeared, with a big, half-picked bone in his hand, and the lower part of his face besmeared with grease. Russia Now reigns the Rose, and now Th' Arabian dew besmears My uncontrolled brow, And my retorted hairs. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick So when the youths were looked for in vain, the scattered limbs were found, the tracks of the beasts were pointed out, and the ground was seen besmeared with blood. The Danish History, Books I-IX The faces of most of them, besmeared with blood from ear to ear, looked grim and horrible enough. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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