| 单词 | besom |
| 例句 | There was a flicker like green fire in his eyes, and his beard stood out stiff as a great besom. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There had been a little variance in the "besom of destruction" which operated in favor of that mysterious cat. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Well do I mind the first time I caught her in, the besom! A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The pump, the iron basin, a well scrubbed bench, a couple of besoms, and a bucket, she had soon reviewed all that the yard held. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z He shall be swept with the besom of destruction. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z His hopes would not have been lessened had he heard a dialogue which was at that moment proceeding in the stable-yard at Garth to an accompaniment of clattering pails and swishing besoms. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z We dwell in a region of the earth, seldom touched by this besom of destruction. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z O for a whiff of Naseby, that would sweep, With its stern Puritan besom, all this chaff From the Lord's threshing-floor! Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z His admiration and excitement knew no bounds; he could not sit at the dinner-table, but rushed out perpetually to look at the glorious sight, repeating: “It is a besom of destruction sweeping the sky.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z All hopes of peace were now at an end, and since he was forced to fight, Stanley determined to inflict no half-way punishment, but sweep that fair valley with the besom of destruction. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z "The Lord of Hosts hath swept it with the besom of destruction," and it is doomed perpetually to be a "dry land, a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth." By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z I will make Babylon a dwelling for the hedge-hog, saith Jehovah, and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z “Weel,” he said, “I’m thinking yon besom may have had a hand in the thing.” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Nothing escapes from the besom of his allusiveness, and the style is streaked and pied, almost to monotony, by the accumulation of lively details. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z He wagged his tail so quickly you could hardly see it; then his tail seemed to wag him, and he quivered all over like a heather besom bewitched. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z It was a relief to her, whilst kneading the mass of dough, to hear Davy scrubbing away with a ling besom at the dinner potatoes in the stone hollow under the spring. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z That a nameless besom, picked up from the roadside in the middle of the night, should have the face to speak to me like that! A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The northeast winds, like a gigantic besom swung by the hand of some god with a passion for cleanliness, constantly swept away the dust and ashes of the firmament. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z She shall be swept with the besom of destruction, and plunged in the darkness, the horror and desolation, of an everlasting night. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z In America "atheism" was never anything but the besom which again and again has cleared the human mind of phantasms represented in outrages on honest thinkers. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Broom, brōōm, n. a name given to a number of species of shrubs of the closely allied genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium: a besom made of its twigs.—v.t. to sweep with a broom.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The place was a welter of up-rooted trees, logs jammed together in fantastic shapes; it was as if some wanton besom of destruction had swept the narrow rift. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Not I!—to be beaten by a besom and flouted and mocked to boot! The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Mary, bring the besom, my girl, to brush the snow off my boots. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Happily, the garden was neglected, otherwise the besom of the gardener would have swept away all traces of the highway they had made. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Time, with a big besom, was sweeping her quiet past into the discard—she felt it, she knew it! The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z It was nearly certain, at any rate, that the housekeeper at the castle would want lavender and violets, and Dame Annis told Mary to get the besom and sweep out the still-room. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z So the housekeeper grabbed a broom and started out on the side porch with the avowed intention of “breaking the besom over the chiel’s head!” The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z I then endeavoured to remove the dish with the stable besom. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Now you see, if you go on scrubbing and swishing about with besoms behind me, I shall keep writing all sorts of stuff and nonsense, and it'll all be printed. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z With his besom he began to scrub the refuse out of every corner. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z His thick lubber lips were drawn heavily downward, and under his besom brows his little eyes were red and his eyelids swollen. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z They have thrown aside for a time the besom of Radical reform, and are now extending in place of it the olive-branch of peace to each different section of their antagonists. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z This was the besom with which they had swept the holy house, the Caaba, and the Beth Alla. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Lenette, do not go on scrubbing and switching about with that besom of yours, it drives away the whole of my best ideas out of my head. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z “We make besoms of it, sir,” was the ready reply, “but that space has been cleared by the keepers so that the young grouse may have fresh green shoots to feed on.” The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Taking an easterly direction towards Fantáli, we passed numerous well-peopled hamlets, occupying all the secluded nooks, and as wealthy in flocks and herds as if the Amhára besom had never swept the land. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Unhappily, when the dog-star is in the sky, there is but too much probability that the epidemic will sweep the place with the besom of destruction. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Having said this, he threw the besom in their face, and went to enjoy the laugh with Carathis. 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 Torture-bench Note," or rather "Folio:"--"I have held out, this forenoon, through well-nigh as much as is possible; I have fought my course through besoms, feather-dusters, women's bonnets, and women's tongues. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Beneath the yellow hair were cheeks tanned to copper hue, a pair of merrily twinkling eyes, and a long flowing beard which the draught from the train swept backwards like a besom. The Undying Past The king’s áferoch had been busy since early morn, and every thing had been swept with the besom of destruction. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The cart-ruts in the rich clay soil shone as if they had been glazed; bottle-glass and rags from old besoms filled the interstices to prevent the accumulation of stones. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers They advanced, whilst the caliph, without showing himself, put forth his hand from behind the tapestry that hung before the door, and demanded of them the besom. 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 This is the sort of birching, you see, that besom of yours will be getting me in for. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Not a bit of a plate or dish saw a drop of water that evening, and not a besom was laid on the floor, and every one went to bed soon after sundown. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Speaker been going about with a besom brushing away Instructions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 Now, purge me this city as with a besom of wrath. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs From my crown they cut the branches, And they bind them into besoms. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two Your rag and your besom have cost me at least sixteen currency dollars this morning. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z He heard and saw them drink his health in such a mocking style as nearly to tempt him to charge them, besom in hand, but he restrained himself. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry She sweeps all the rooms up stairs and down every week, covering all the furniture with sheets to keep off the dust that she flings into space with her besoms and brooms. The American Country Girl Must Trade, then, turn scavenger, tradesmen turn out With besom and basket to keep their ways clean? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 Then the cunning beast chose all the lowest and brushiest trees to run under, whose twigs and thorns, like thick besoms, lashed and scratched and scraped his rider. The Three Mulla-mulgars The few Americans who had studied in real earnest in Germany brought back with them the wide sweeping besom of the Kantian method, and much besides. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 While the birds were chirping their matin song, she might be seen with her besom in her hand. Every-Day Errors of Speech Fast, fast are lessening in the light The names of high renown, Van Tromp's proud besom pales from sight, Old Benbow's half hull down. Elsie at Viamede The prince hidden under the besom was shaking like an aspen leaf, for when he peeped through the twigs he saw an ogre so huge that he himself would reach up only to his knees. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales There was nothing to interrupt the view, save a besom and a basket. The Woodlands Orchids Not a bit of a plate or dish saw a drop of water that evening, and not a besom was laid on the floor, and everyone went to bed soon after sundown. The Irish Fairy Book The besoms and three-legged stools took the right form of the women, and prevented a too early discovery. Witch Stories This paroxysm of passion swept over her as a besom of destruction, leaving her quenched as tow, white, unnerved, quite pitiful and hushed. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Go hide under the besom and stay there until I call you.” Czechoslovak Fairy Tales More than that; all round me, wherever I turned, the place was swarming with Tussmanns waltzing with their arms round besoms. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Spell visions that the soffins leak That felt the besom of the dead, Just as the Twilight's scarlet urn Is seen from heights unfathomed, strong. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell A wagon-load of these besoms was often purchased, and the supply lasted some years. The Broom-Squire And no a weiss-like servant, either, but one o' they besoms ye see on the hoardings in London wha act in plays. Jan and Her Job It had the same origin as the old Scotch custom of throwing a besom after a cow on its way to market, to avert the evil-eye, and insure luck. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Once, in my days of obscurity, I was made to put a besom into the piece, and it swept all my genius off the boards. Ghetto Comedies The valley was swept as with the besom of destruction, and the drama of a people’s death was enacted with a thousand variations of horror. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Bigotry and lust of conquest, led the early Spanish adventurers to sweep as with the besom of destruction every object and monument of art which stood in their way. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 Though swept, as the site of Rome now is, with the besom of destruction, the outlines, which no ruin can obliterate, are yet grand as ever. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge A Hercules with a big besom is a fine thing for a filthy stable, but not for weeding a seed-bed, where his besom would soon make a barren floor. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete These are the three heroic besoms employed by enlightened and conscientious Boer housewives for sweeping out the interiors of their families. The Dop Doctor The valley of the Conemaugh, which is peculiar, has been swept from one end to the other as with the besom of destruction. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature “My young friend, a man may glorify God making broom besoms; stick to your trade, and glorify God by your walk and conversation.” Spare Hours No, he is away with some of the heath people, hawking besoms and chairs about the country. Tom Brown at Oxford For I needed no besoms, nor even no dagger, but the mere shadow of my beard upon the cobbly stones of Paris sufficed. Privy Seal His Last Venture The words of the Spirit of Creation swell in a harmonious storm, they mould the worlds as with hands, they sweep the plumbless spaces as with a besom of winds. The Masque of the Elements She inspired the chambermaid to unwilling yet amazing effort, and the lodging-house endured such a blast from the besom that it stood in open-windowed astonishment uttering dust like the breath of a dragon. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West "Let a' trades live," quo' the wife when she burnt her besom. The Proverbs of Scotland A besom at the mast-head signifies that the ship is to be sold: derived probably from the old practice of displaying boughs at shops and taverns. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "I don't want to see her with a besom." The Creators A Comedy She shall dust your chamber for you, Sweep the flooring with her besom, Keep the milk-pots all in order; And shall wash your garments for you. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes They were the besom which was intended to sweep, and would have swept, our commerce from the ocean. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Jock Gilmour had been dashing water on the paved floor, and was now sweeping it out with a great whalebone besom. The House with the Green Shutters But I didn't do nothin', no, and he came up to me lek a besom, and went past me same as a flood, who-o-o! The Little Manx Nation - 1891 "Don't be trying to knock me down with your tex'es," said Thomas, shouldering his besom. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 The palms which look so well in sunny pictures are besoms up-ended in a drizzle. Old Junk The besom of reform has swept him out of office; and a worthier successor wears his dignity, and pockets his emoluments. The Scarlet Letter Gilmour made to go at him with the head of the whalebone besom. The House with the Green Shutters “There’s a differ in besoms, however, be they auld or new,” said the weaver. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not He was in this mood of spiritual exaltation as he descended the steps into the Keep, and came upon a man in the dress of a prisoner sweeping with a besom. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Having swept with the besom of Science various 'books' contemptuously away, he does not define the Sacred residue; much less give us the reasons why he deems them sacred. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Uncle Tom, as she usually called him, had all sorts of pet names for her, but the usual remark was "I doot ye're a besom." The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Gilmour turned sideways and whizzed the head of the besom round so that its dirty spray rained in the boy's face and eyes. The House with the Green Shutters New besoms sweep clean,” said Mrs Coats with a sniff. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not The young man has been a besom of fire and burnt up everything. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 I do not mean those whose larders were swept by the besom of the invaders. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Thus when the kelp business was at an end, the Scotch Highlanders sat down in their helpless hunger, till they were swept as with a besom out of the land they cumbered. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 Gilmour dropped the besom and hit him a sounding thwack on the ear. The House with the Green Shutters From this information I hoped great things—at least a letter demanding pardon from Irma, or an account of how she had confessed all from that 237graceless and thankless forgetful besom Charlotte. The Dew of Their Youth Yet the blows went home pretty hard, and as the broom was a sort of besom made of the springy ribs of the palm-leaf it stung sharply where it found the naked flesh. Adventures in Many Lands Three men at night came to the threshold and struck it with an axe, a pestle, and a besom, so that "by these signs of agriculture Silvanus might be prevented from entering." The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Ay, my daughter, sweep it every morning with the besom of prayer, and every night bear over it the torch of self-examination. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago But was I to blame for that?—ye maun walk wide o' a whalebone besom if ye dinna want to be splashed. The House with the Green Shutters The fool also has a besom, which he dips in the gutter, and with which he sprinkles the recalcitrant. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland "Punch riseth in indignant wrath, your champion stout and warm: 'Tis time that Somebody should take this old abuse by storm, And sweep out the Old Bailey with the besom of Reform." The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 They come like besoms of destruction; but they scatter the web of stifling routine; they fling into the stiffening pool the stone which jars the atoms into crystal. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) You auld besom you!" said he, dunting the floor with his rattan, "I see through you now; you think you'll get him put off on me. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Man," he will cry eagerly behind you, "if I only had anither wee wheel in my invention—she would do, the besom! The House with the Green Shutters Here, however, comes me in a besom which sweeps all the old peccant institutions away at one whisk. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 A few days after our arrival a prairie fire came from the west and with a brisk wind swept the whole country with a very besom of destruction. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History "Pink, you old besom, pink"—he uncorked the phial, and put it to his nose. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes They went away ensigns—some of them indeed went to the very tail of the rank and file with Mistress Musket the brown besom—and they came back Majors-General, with wounds and pensions. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure It was that which carried all before it, and swept up the adoration of man-and-woman-kind as with the besom of fascination. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Yes, but no sands were visible, for they had struck on an outlying bank, far from shore, over which the ocean swept like the besom of destruction. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue All over the land the devastating flood passed like the besom of destruction. The Settler and the Savage Nothing save a cloud of dust and snow reached him, but the part of the slope down which he had passed was swept clean as with the besom of destruction. Rivers of Ice Whatever had not been removed by Angus from the ground-floor of his house had been swept out at the windows and doorways, as with the besom of destruction. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Longstreet rushed into a breach in the Union line and swept it with a great big besom of wrath with which he had wisely provided himself on starting out. Comic History of the United States Over the seventy years that have intervened, this pioneer of our town improvements stands out clear and notable with his four-penny besom and basket. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King The Sioux arose against the whites and in their savage wrath swept the prairies of Western Minnesota as with a besom of destruction. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas If these besoms were known to the brushmakers in town, it is probable they might come much in use for the purpose above mentioned. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 The wind favored them, and a besom of flame swept over the devoted town until over one-half of it was laid in ruins. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure The bather who wants to enjoy a violent sweating rests full length for a few minutes on each step, while an attendant administers several hearty strokes of a stinging besom. The Promised Land They are the heterogeneous odds and ends of images swept together accidentally by the besom of the night-current, and it is beneath our dignity to attach any real importance to them. Fantasia of the Unconscious "You mean I 'm a woman, and a besom, and therefore I don't pretend to be consistent or logical, or even fair, but I am right." Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers They were swept over the South Mountains with the besom of destruction. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis They've tongues as long as a besom's teal, and fingers as long to poke after 'em. Stories of Comedy The closing week of March was marked by a furious snow-storm that swept the big prairie like a besom, but plugged up every coulée and ravine. Under Fire Husband and besom occupied the bed as on the previous night. 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 "Not a besom, Kate," interrupted the General, anxiously—afraid that a classical word was to be misused. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers And Shenstone, or rather his memory, caught the besom of just such a sneer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 When the tú̆tza, or burden basket, is filled its contents are poured on the ground and the fruit is brushed about with a small grass besom until the spines are worn off. The North American Indian "Death, that mighty archer, mowed them all down with the besom of destruction." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 A new idea seemed to strike her; and she abruptly asked the farmers if either or both missed any of their besoms or riddles. 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 "Certainly not, for a besom must be nice, and at bottom a lady—in fact, a woman of decided character." Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers The stane is thrown, it glides along, The besoms ply it in, man; Wi' twisting back the player stands, And eager breathless grin, man. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century He up-ended his besom and plucked a leaf or two from between the twigs before adding, "And what, makin' so bold, did she tell about the Churchwardens?" News from the Duchy All Europe had been swept by the plague, as by a besom of destruction, and now England became its prey. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality They had not; but, search being made, sure enough, each husband missed a besom and a riddle. 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 The besom of Protestant reform thought to sweep all vows off the face of the earth, as immoral, unlawful, unnatural or, at least, useless things. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Triumphant besom's wave in air, And friendly banters fly, man; Whilst, cold and hungry, to the inn, Wi' eager steps they hie, man. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century If from any cause, such as early snowstorms or late rains, they happened to escape the autumn fire besom, they were likely to be burned in the spring after the snow melted. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth But I drave a pin into my arm to rouse misen, and took the besom and swept up the ashes and lit the fire. More Tales of the Ridings As we lay there in the suffocating steam, Alexandra whipped us thoroughly with a small besom of birch twigs, rendered pliable and secure of their tender leaves by a preliminary plunge in boiling water. Russian Rambles He wore a sporran an' a dirk, An' a beard like besom bristles, He was an elder o' the kirk And he hated kists o' whistles! The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots And with the besom of red war He sweeps The sin and woe away, To purge with fountains from His ancient deeps The dust of old decay. Successful Recitations "I will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts." Companion to the Bible Nearer and nearer came the noise, and there was Baba Yaga, beating with the pestle and sweeping with the besom, coming along the road close behind. Old Peter's Russian Tales I hope that he will have a very good collection of books in his own room, a sufficient allowance, and a hamper of claret, en cas de besom. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life I begin to think that nothing will do for England but a good revolution, and a 'besom of destruction' used dauntlessly. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II The besom of destruction, in the hands of the sea-kings, threatened to sweep Germany from end to end, as it had swept the greater part of France. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German He had not been long in this parish, and he was sweeping with a strong, new besom. Foes She drove it along with the pestle, and swept up her tracks with a besom, and flew off in pursuit of the little girl. Old Peter's Russian Tales He has had a good sale for his besoms, and comes back laden with good cheer. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. The expulsion consists in the women driving him out of doors with besoms and hair-brooms. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One It is said to have originated in China, spreading over the great continent westwardly, and descending in all its destructive virulence upon Europe, which continent it swept as with the besom of destruction. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German "Has he asked you to marry him then, ye shy wee besom?" The Judge There she was, beating with the pestle and sweeping with the besom, coming along the road. Old Peter's Russian Tales The door was closed, and the girl was standing with a besom in one hand, while the Assistant, who was seated, had hold of the other, and was looking up into her hazel eyes. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance The massage administered with the besom is delightful. A Reckless Character And Other Stories It was nowhere to be seen; the besom of the gale had whirled it to some unknown limbo. A Loose End and Other Stories In fact it reached me, dear, that Mrs Penhaligon had already chased you to the door with a besom—and she the mildest woman, which no doubt you reckoned on for a beginning. Nicky-Nan, Reservist She ordered that a besom should be given him to clean up the courtyard, and said that he was to have his meals in the kitchen. Old Peter's Russian Tales Simultaneously a force went up the Alleghany and swept its shores with the besom of destruction. In the Days of Poor Richard The peasants often use besoms of nettles, as a luxury. A Reckless Character And Other Stories Thrust her away when she gives you 'good day,' And the besom won't board you next time. Songs from Books The woman was insolent, but she did not chase me—as you vulgarly put it, no doubt repeating your informant's words—she did not chase me out of doors with a besom. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The wind that goes like a besom before sunrise, swept off the fog to corners of the sky, except a few spirals which still unwound from the lake. Lazarre No, the brat, he would not have her; the besom, why did she bother him; the witches take her, for putting the idea into his head, nailing it into his head indeed. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood But one of the chambermaids going to kill a spider with her besom, by accident threw down the phial, and broke it, so that the water was lost. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know There was his bed, in the corner against the brush and besom cupboard, all made up. The Lion's Share Can ride the besom, the stick can ride, Can stride the pitchfork, the goat can stride; Who neither will ride to-night, nor can, Must be forever a ruined man. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe HASSOCK, HASSICK, s. a besom; a large round turf used as a seat. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. "She just made a jump for the besom," was Tommy's graphic description of how it all began. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Walking leisurely into the court-yard, he would lift a besom and sweep, or step into the stable and set to work at stitching up a rent in the old harness. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance S.—S has a flat sound like z; as in besom, nasal; and, at the beginning of words, a sharp, hissing sound; as in saint, sister, sample. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Him Death with besom swept from Babraham, Unto the bosom of old Abraham; Then came Hercules, with his club, And knocked him down to Beelzebub. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 When a married woman leaves home for a few days, the husband hangs a broom or besom from the window. Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 It is an inferior woman who has a sense of humor when there is a besom in her hand. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood By the front door a besom leaned against the wall that every comer might clean the mud from his boots; and you stepped at once from the threshold into the sitting-room. The Amateur Poacher He now fell to his work; he wiped the table, next the legs of the table, carefully down, and then swept, as with a besom, the door diligently. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 She had the shank of the byre besom in her hand as she spoke. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Oh for a whiff of Naseby, that would sweep, With its stern Puritan besom, all this chaff From the Lord's threshing-floor! The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell "Talk about masterfulness," he would say, when she whipped off his coat or made a dart at the mud on his trousers; "you are the most masterful little besom I ever clapped eyes on." Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood And it is easier to me far than sweeping with a besom. Judith, a play in three acts Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith Some of these clotted spiders'-webs have since been swept away by the besom of the social reformer, and the spiders have scurried off into darker crannies. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Lovers are always severed both in life and in death:— Rain on the windows, creaking doors, With blasts that besom the green, And I am here, and you are there, And a hundred miles between! Old and New Masters All of these, some happily and some unhappily, have been swept away by the besom of Progress. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 With her mightiest besom does the old lady sweep all the cobwebs from the sky, all the dirt and germs of disease from the ground, and remove all specks and impurities from her air-windows. California Sketches, Second Series Better so, than have a hurricane from God burst in doors and windows, and sweep from his temple with the besom of destruction every thing that loveth and maketh a lie. Paul Faber, Surgeon Usually I have my plays written beforehand and the authors are aware of the besom. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People BROOM.—Is a very ornamental plant, and is used for making besoms. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II The Registrar disengaged himself after a minute, brushed his eyes, straightened his hat, picked up the besom, and offered her his arm. The Delectable Duchy Thus on Easter Monday in some parts of Middle Franken the schoolboys collect all the old worn-out besoms they can lay hands on, and march with them in a long procession to a neighbouring height. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul It was as if her House of Life had been swept of fallacy by the besom of the mountain wind. The Precipice With that besom he would sweep all his enemies—all the foul conspirators—in one clean sweep, down, down to Sheol. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People What numberless delusions, what ghosts, what mysteries, what fables, what curious ideas, have disappeared before the besom of the day! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 Quick as thought, she caught up a besom and rushed out around the corner of the cottage. The Delectable Duchy In the afternoon boys go about with handcarts from house to house collecting fuel, such as sticks, brushwood, old besoms, and so forth. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul From the land unto the cellar, Clean the peasant's hut he keeps, With a coarse and clumsy besom Every tiny crumb he sweeps. Russian Lyrics In vain the actor-manager swept the floor with the besom, beat time with the besom, beat his mother-in-law with the besom, leaned on the besom, swept bits of white paper with the besom. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People And I would rather give you a bit of a living to marry her--ay, I would, Thomasson--than be saddled with such a besom!' The Castle Inn The old woman turned to an ash-colour, leant on her besom, and gasped. The Delectable Duchy Boadicea won victories by the score, and it is said that under the besom of her wrath seventy thousand Roman warriors kissed the dust. Comic History of England Perhaps there was no place, outside the Land of Oz, where contentment and peace were more manifest than on this pretty island, hidden in the besom of the Nonestic Ocean. Rinkitink in Oz Now he would be able to make it all turn round the axis of the besom. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People We are far richer, far stronger, than you; we can easily burn your houses, take your provisions, carry off your cattle, and sweep your country with the besom of destruction; but we abhor the idea. The Life of General Francis Marion Turning toward his judges, he pointed to a comet then blazing in the sky, and said, "God's besom shall sweep you all away!" History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom My father turned up his sleeves and clutched the besom. Margaret Ogilvy The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments. The Scarlet Letter "But," said the actor-manager, with a sudden recollection, "how about the besom?" Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People "Yes; I go round and round with my great besom." At the Back of the North Wind Beneath, dead crowds; Above, life bare; And the besom tempest Sweeps the air: Heart, leave thy woe: Let the dead things go. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 It may not be here that the besoms are plied most,—it is not here that they need to be, for dust will not settle on the kitchen floor more than in nature. Excursions "Weel," he drawled, "I'm thinking yon besom may have had a hand in the thing." Vane of the Timberlands Like maps of stone-walled fields their branching roots Hold the silt still so that thin grass grows there, Its blades whitened with travelling powdery drift The besom of the lightest breeze sets stirring. Miscellany of Poetry 1919 It moved with amazing speed, sweeping across the firmament like a besom of destruction. The Second Deluge "Make ready," said the master to Pierce senior, unlocking his desk, and taking out a birch as big as a besom. The Channings Take his trail; glide like the wily savage back over his course, and mark me, sir, you'll trace the pathway of a besom of destruction: weeping mothers, broken-hearted fathers, daughters bowed in the dust. A Strange Discovery They come like besoms of destruction, but they scatter the web of stifling routine; they fling into the stiffening pool the stone which jars the atoms into crystal. In Exile and Other Stories The lay brother leaned on his besom and drew a long sigh that seemed to come from the depths of his chest. The Christian A Story As we gaze upon the former site of Babylon we are forced to admit that the new besom sweeps clean. Remarks If we do not trust Him our firmest hopes are as spiders' webs that are swept away by a besom; and our deepest desires remain unfulfilled. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The flimsy foul thing is swept away by God's besom sooner or later. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah I have no particular spleen against the fellow who sweeps the stage with the besom, or the hero who brushes it with his train. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography It is right to be glad when men and systems that hinder and fight against God are swept away as with the besom of destruction. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms One cannot help wondering why the use of the besom should have been abandoned. Remarks Some of them were riding on an old besom, and some on a broken stick, and more on a bohalawn or a hemlock-stalk. Celtic Fairy Tales There were a great many Indians lying by the door-steps, having disposed of their baskets, besoms, and raspberries, by the sale of which they make a scanty livelihood. The Englishwoman in America She caught hold of the besom and began to tear off its twigs. The Created Legend If Turpin may be respectfully lamented with indulgent hope, shall a hesitating horn be doomed to "the all-sweeping besom of societarian reformation?" From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 And the Horde, the one greatest peril that has dogged us ever since those days in the tower, has been swept out with the besom of flame!” Darkness and Dawn For now the sun had swept the mist with a besom of gold wire, widening every sweep, and throwing brilliant prospect down it. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War For as Donald approached the inn-door, the hostess, a sharp-nosed, vixenish woman, charged at him with a very dirty besom and routed him completely. The Yeoman Adventurer In these days, when the world is being swept clean with the besom of temperance, the poet who sings the song of temperance is the "poet that sings to battle." Giant Hours with Poet Preachers But though God used the wind as His besom to sweep a road clear for His people, the effect produced by ordinary means was extraordinary. Expositions of Holy Scripture Truly has that wicked city been swept with the besom of destruction, as Isaiah predicted. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets "They swept us with the besom of war, Mr. Blake, and they overwhelmed—but they could not subjugate us." The Boss of Little Arcady Die he did, when the yelling horde in the sudden outrush grazed the edge of the Union besom sweeping over the plain in a rush of death. The Iron Game A Tale of the War The women scuttled into a corner, all but the besom Isobel, who made clutches at my coat. Salute to Adventurers With an outward gesture of his lean claws he swept these wicked ones off the face of the earth, like a besom of the Lord. The Magnetic North The men say it is made by pouring muddy water into empty casks returned sour from use, and then brushing them round and round inside with a besom. The Open Air They started with their armies from Antioch in March, 67, resolved on sweeping Palestine with the besom of destruction. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Back and forth, over and over again, fought the two armies, literally sweeping the face of the country with the besom of destruction. The Life of Abraham Lincoln Oh, no, there is still one article—and one of great importance Alongside the tent you see our camp besom or broom. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns It rained pretty steadily during the time I was in Belturbet, and the principal trading to be seen from my window was the sale of heather besoms. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland And of the boughs and branches thereof are besoms made to sweep and to clean houses of dust and of other uncleanness. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus He himself entered the Royal Nursery finally with the besom of reform. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood On the other side of the table, and by the window, there was a small holy- water basin with a little besom. Via Crucis Then he saw himself again, sweeping the natives out of South Africa with the relentless besom of his might, and ruling unquestioned over a submissive people. Jess A little man who had arrived with his load of besoms somewhat later sold none. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland The vehicle stopped at the end of the square from which the besom had started, and it was immediately surrounded by the privileged, who, however, were soon persuaded to stand away. The Old Wives' Tale And the besoms wherewith the Beat is cleansed are broken in pieces, and thrown out amongst the mob; and he that gets a small stick or twig of it, keeps it as a sacred relique. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 "I should think not, Giglamps, You were as drunk as a besom," said little Mr. Bouncer, with a side wink to Mr. Larkyns, to prepare that gentleman for what was to follow. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Indeed, at the best, we are constantly with broom, brush, or besom in hand; but the men will not perceive it, and we receive no credit for our tidiness. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper He goes to the mountain, cuts heather, draws it home on his back, makes the besoms, and sells them for a halfpenny apiece. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland The operation of this immense besom was very slow. The Old Wives' Tale The besom of a biting wintry wind whips our skin, sweeps away and scatters our words and our sighs. Under Fire: the story of a squad Hale and hearty, the picture of amiability and gentlemanly feeling, comes the Rector, Mr. Larkyns, sturdily crunching the frozen snow, which has defied all the besom powers of the intelligent Mr. Mole. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Clasping her hands, she added earnestly: "I thank thee, my Father! that the Atlantic rolls between Eugene and this 'besom of destruction.'" Beulah One inhabitant made heather brooms, or besoms, as they are called here. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland It seems there had been an election; a signal victory had been won; the city had been swept back into line by a resistless besom of ballots. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million She had commenced life a shrimp-girl, and pushed a dredge before her, instead of pulling a silken besom after her. A Woman-Hater Witches then speed on their errands of mischief, some sweeping through the air on besoms, others galloping along the roads on tabby-cats, which for that evening are turned into coal-black steeds. The Golden Bough It was filled with the heather-stalks which she bound together for besoms. The King of Ireland's Son Rose Mary," as preparing the way for the visions seen in the beryl: "'I see a man with a besom grey That sweeps the flying dust away.' The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 At other times there come tempests, sudden and out of clear skies, which sweep, with ruthless besom, castles and castle-builders alike, and leave desolation and empty spaces for a time. The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies O'Connell had only to utter the word, and those immense masses of men would have swept the whole island as with a besom of destruction. Irish Race in the Past and the Present In Bohemia they say that the corn will grow as high as they fling the blazing besoms into the air. The Golden Bough When I had washed my foster-sister's feet I took a besom and began to sweep the floor of the house. The King of Ireland's Son Scratches the besom and sticks the prong; Crush'd is the mother, and stifled the child. Faust — Part 1 Rain on the windows, creaking doors, With blasts that besom the green, And I am here, and you are there, And a hundred miles between! Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses I’m scum, I’m froth, I’m dirt before the besom—yes!’ The Trumpet-Major And then the ruthless besom comes with irresistible rush, and the rubbish is swept into the pit, there to be hidden for ever from the sight. Framley Parsonage They went to Morag and struck her with the besoms they had for sweeping the floor. The King of Ireland's Son Follow the Romany patteran Sheer to the Austral Light, Where the besom of God is the wild south wind, Sweeping the sea-floors white. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 Bring on your besoms, fair gentlemen; yonder is Champlain, and a lake is as good to drown in as an ocean. Gala-days Mother used to send Sally and me out to gather ling and heather for besoms, and it was such pleasant work! Mary Barton “Let them bring the besom hither; it may be of use,” said Vathek, who was still employed, not having quite racked off his wine. The History of Caliph Vathek They would fain make a clean sweep; and since they cannot set about it themselves, they give their confidence to any one who comes with a besom in his hand. Egmont Let us hope that increased prices will bring with them besoms, scrubbing- brushes, and other much-needed articles of cleanliness. North America — Volume 2 Be it known unto thee by these presence, even the presence of Lord Mortimer, that I am the besom that must sweep the court clean of such filth as thou art. King Henry VI, Part 2 To many of the rich they brought a besom to sweep away what had been theirs while the stars shone; to the poor they brought—another day. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million Having said this, he threw the besom in their face, and went to enjoy the laugh with Carathis. The History of Caliph Vathek If these besoms were known to the brushmakers in town, it is probable they might come much in use for the purpose above-mentioned.* The Natural History of Selborne Line and lineament may already be swept away, for the Plague hath a rapid besom; but I have left that upon her by which you will know the Becchino is no liar. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Here's the besom of Reformation, Which should have made clean the floor; But it swept the wealth out of the nation, And left us dirt good store. Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 They advanced, and Bababalouk almost sunk with confusion, whilst the Caliph, without showing himself, put forth his hand from behind the tapestry that hung before the door, and demanded of them the besom. The History of Caliph Vathek |
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