| 单词 | bespatter |
| 例句 | “Capital boys, aren’t they? I feel quite young and brisk again after that.” said Jo, strolling along with her hands behind her, partly from habit, partly to conceal the bespattered parasol. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was night in the glade by the pool and the sky was bespattered with stars beyond counting. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He did have a caveat: “The authors have such a picturesque yarn to spin that their insistence upon thrusting bespattered conversation down the throats of the audience is as superfluous as it is unpleasant.” Review: ‘The Front Page’ Is Diverting, but Don’t Stop the Presses 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The sites of battles, murders, genocides, plagues, sieges, crucifixions and reality TV show planning meetings bespatter the planet. What Leicester needs is a Richard III theme park 2013-02-10T00:05:24Z His sermons, however, are of the insipid sort, not spiced up with any of the vicious nonsense bespattering the Bible. Sean Hannity, very bad critic: Fox News, Sony, Sarah Palin pal help hit movie prey on the gullible 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Through it all, his well-tailored grey suit is battered, bespattered, but always ready to be ironed and pressed. Assassination at the movies 2012-10-04T07:00:02Z A photo of the three bespattered men appeared in Life magazine. Staughton Lynd, Historian and Activist Turned Labor Lawyer, Dies at 92 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z When they are butchered on the spot, which happens in certain live-animal markets, their bespattered fluids potentially expose other animals as well as humans. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Regardless of your chosen approach, however, expect a certain baseline of bespattered violence. Let battle commence: a look ahead to the big games releases for 2020 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z As the children ran across the garden they beheld with dismay that the lovely white clothes on the lines were now all bespattered with mud. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z If the road is muddy be careful that you do not ride so as to bespatter her habit. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The ground beneath them was bespattered with narcissi and anemones, the very olive trees looked gay. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Another shell plunged into the river, a third struck the road a few yards behind them, as they entered the railway arch, bespattering them with earth. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z Not only her white dress, but her face and hands, and her dainty white slippers and stockings were bespattered with brown mud, and Lilian said that she looked like a chocolate �clair. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z The whitewash the interior walls had received was plentifully bespattered upon the wooden benches. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z There was Robert--haggard and unkempt--still in the pinchbeck uniform, torn and bespattered now, with a peasant's frieze-coat thrown over it--a ridiculous disguise. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z I wish immensely that you would let them fly at me—though there is no reason, certainly, that the decent public should be bespattered, periodically, with my gore. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The place is described as a “large, old dingy house, the doors and windows of which were so bespattered with mud that it would have appeared to have been uninhabited for years.” p. 153Mr. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z There was the big black car, its body and wheels plentifully bespattered with the identifying red stain—and there, at the wheel, sat Alphonse Valentin, while the veiled woman in the rear was—Grace! The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z For the future you may besnuff and bespatter your coat as much as you please, for all the trouble I shall ever take. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Another was an unmistakable scavenger, as he had a scoop-shovel, and was bespattered with mud. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z They would hide behind a hedge and bespatter enemies and friends alike. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The wretched slaves saw their flesh torn from them under the lash, and bespattered with blood the faces of their executioners, who did not cease exacting from their tortures denunciation against accomplices. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z He was dripping with perspiration, bespattered all over, and his horse was white with lather. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z In the name of my wife," went on Manasseh, swinging the salmon by the tail, "I ask you to clear my good name which you have bespattered in the presence of my very tradesmen. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Ak�lka's mother passed by; she saw her daughter's bodice bespattered and her shirt soiled. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z We know an instance of the crown of a lady's white-silk bonnet being bespattered with tobacco-juice, by a man spitting out of a window in one of the New York hotels. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z In addition, he was bespattered with the blood of at least one of his vanquished antagonists. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The moon was full and the sky was bespattered with stars. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z By an hour's close application to my bespattered garments, after reaching the Camillus House, I found that I was ready to "turn in" for the night. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z They had evidently come straight from the scene of action, for they wore long grey coats bespattered with mud and the yellow stains of lyddite, their faces were grimed with smoke and dust. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z But in this terrible struggle the walls were used as defences, the bushes were torn down and trampled under foot, and the flowers hung broken on their stalks, bespattered with men's blood! The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The statues of divinities and ancient heroes, bespattered with blood, looked with lifeless eyes on that death. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z It was a piece of paper, limp and bespattered with the night's rain, but on which characters in native Visayan were still visible. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z In twa hours after this, a man on horseback, bespattered wi' the red loam o' the Warlocks' Glen up to the chin, arrived at my door. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Usually a nobleman bespatters a nobleman from enmity. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z My cousin was taking long strides, his wife coming after him; farther on a Landwehr was coming too: the people were sweeping before their doors, without caring how they bespattered the passers-by. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z His face was pale, all bespattered with blood, which was hanging in large stiffened drops on his mustaches; his eyes were closed; his armor was bent from the blows of swords and horses' hoofs. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The youth’s clothing was bespattered with dried mud as though he had ridden hard and fast without time for attention to appearances. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z What sort of construction would she put upon all the affection wherewith these people were bespattering him? Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z A small man bespattered with the slime of the ditch and torn with brambles; a man exhausted with fatigue and tremulous with nervous excitement, but still erect and threatening. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Morgan he admired and respected, but the name of the woman he loved had been bespattered with mud. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Drusilla noticed that the youth's cloak was bespattered with mud, but she remembered that the roads were bad, and opined that he had had some trifling accident. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z “Yes, and Elena’s attic is so bespattered with raw umber and ivory black that Mrs. Marsh says she will have to stain the entire floor now to make it look decent again,” added Nita. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z The roads were heavy after much rain, and the mud was leaping up into the sunshine from the flying wheels, bespattering the carriage, and reaching even the man who sat upon the box. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z His rapid driving, his dust bespattered vehicle, and the exhausted condition of his horse on arrival, excited but little comment from those who knew his habits, and for other criticism he had a supreme indifference. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The same night a crucifix on one of the cemeteries was bespattered with mud. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Love sat on the back of the sow bespattered with mud, and still tenaciously holding on by her long, pendant ears. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z His sense of defeat was aggravated by that ugly scene in the Cockpit in 1774 when Wedderburn bespattered the taciturn colonial agent with foul invective. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z This sincerity, abused as any good thing is liable to be, now and then grows scandalous; but still, Tom, though they may bespatter you with mud, nobody ever thinks you too dirty for society. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The water in which the sea-lion lay was deeply tinged with its blood, which had also bespattered the rocks. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Instantly a shower of water bespattered Napoleon's face and clothing, and drenched the papers on the table. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Oily pools stood here and there; the pavement, bespattered with mud, was covered all over with dirty rags, greasy papers, vegetable peelings, and, overtopping all the rest, what Antoinette pompously called "human dejections." Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z A moment later, he came back again, swabbing the bespattered bar with a towel. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z A fusillade of bullets at once bespattered the wheedling phrases. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z The floor was covered with rain and broken glass and ice; and our new, white, hard-finished walls and ceilings were bespattered and disfigured. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z At length, away goes the flag! and then what a rushing and clattering, and bespattering until the boats are alongside. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Shells bespattered them facetiously with moss and earth. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z It was not less light than in the brightest of the dog-days, and the weather was hot in proportion; but how degrading was the spectacle, to behold the caliph bespattered, like an ordinary mortal! 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 Generous, of a chivalric character, with a repugnance for any kind of meanness, we yet insult the fallen man and even bespatter the memory of one who has gone to the grave. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z "Oh mother!" said Eva, "you know it gives me a headache to brush boots, and I shall make my hands so dirty, and perhaps bespatter the floor with blacking as well." Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners It was still pinned to his coat, though bespattered with blood. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War The old man watched the intruders go away, went to his dovecot, and by the light of his lantern saw the floor bespattered with blood and scattered all over with pigeons' heads. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Its victims are found in all classes from the hod carrier in his bespattered rags up to the members of Congress in their ruffles. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution He felt the foam from their mouths bespatter him, and their hot, foul breath fan his face. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers If the world bespattered her pure life, he would wash it all away in his heart's blood. Barbarossa and Other Tales The dresses of both ladies were completely bespattered. Magnhild Dust And what blood is that, still fresh, with which your own robe is bespattered? The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter Marguerite folded her mantle over her cambric peignoir, all bespattered with small red spots. Marguerite de Valois She screamed violently, and her volatility seemed to forsake her when she held up her beautiful tulle dress bespattered with lamp-oil. Stories for Helen These Tories do so bespatter his lordship with praises, and tell such improbable things about their victories! Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency All five threw themselves on their faces among the reeds, just in time to allow a flight of arrows to pass over them and bespatter the surface of the river beyond. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The man, with his bespattered eyes, had to grope his way to the pool, or get some kindly soul to lead him through the scoffing, doubtful crowd. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I In place of bespattered walls and crimson stained operating table are snow white tiling and glass slabs mounted on iron frames. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter A lump of rock had dashed out his brains, which were bespattered over the half-roasted Hottentot’s face and breast, the shattered head and ungainly body dangling about a ghastly sight. The Ruined Cities of Zululand And thus I have with much ado rid my hands of a great part of De Cros’s Rubbish, as far as it endeavours to bespatter Sir W. T. in his Morals and Intellectuals. Reflections upon Two Pamphlets Lately Published One called, A Letter from Monsieur de Cros, concerning the Memoirs of Christendom, And the Other, An Answer to that Letter. His jacket was bespattered with mud, his shirt-frill torn and bloody, one eye almost swelled out of his head, and the side of his face quite black and blue. Holiday House A Series of Tales Jacob stepped quickly backwards, glancing a little disconsolately at his bespattered trousers. Jacob's Ladder The strongly-built man was bespattered with mud and the others did not look much better. The Golden Age in Transylvania It flew so thick about the Wilson Mission, and bespattered those who went out and in so freely that on a particularly boisterous night the good missionary’s wife decided that something must be done. The Children of the Poor The interior was bespattered with blood and partially filled with absorbent cotton which was saturated with gore. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin What a fearful command the "Be ye perfect" to earth-born creatures, but half-emerged, the star upon their foreheads bespattered and dimmed! A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Far be it from me, however, to bespatter his character by avowing him negligent in performing his duty in this case, whilst lauding him for his honest devotion to his masters. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Thus we say, when any one bespatters another with gross flattery, that he lays it on with a trowel. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The nest consists of a large mass of sea-weed, and, with the ground immediately surrounding it, generally looks as though bespattered with whitewash, from the excrement of the bird, which lives entirely on fish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The inside of the cover of the trunk was bespattered with blood. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin As we came in from sea, dazzle-painters swarmed on us, bespattered creatures with no bowels of compassion, who painted over our cherished glass and teakwood and brass port-rims—the last lingering evidences of our gentility. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Act�on saw shields pierced by iron swords, rusted by blood; war-chariots with broken tongues, the gilded wheels bespattered with the mud of battles. Sónnica Its naked walls were bespattered with blood; in a corner lay a heap of dried twigs and leaves used for kindling a fire and from beneath them protruded a foot and part of a leg. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium A small cast-iron stove stood in a corner with its door yawning open, its front bespattered with tobacco juice. The Coming of the Law They plunged, the carriage sprang from the hole and ploughed the mire, and Garnet sat down and drove into the town's main avenue, bespattered with mud from head to waist. John March, Southerner He has a narrow escape of being pulled to pieces, and emerges in Fleet Street, hot, bespattered, and bruised. Old and New London Volume I Clothes ripped in shreds, mud and blood bespattered, one arm dangling, tangled hair that looked unreal as if sewed to his scalp. One Purple Hope! His ambition was to be a Brutus; that he had bespattered the part probably never occurred to him. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I The infantry labored along with mud-clogged feet, casting sour looks and candid curses at the cavalry and couriers, who bespattered them. History of Morgan's Cavalry It seems his pleasure to cast filth into the face of purity; and bespatter innocence with foul imputations. Talkers With Illustrations Among the flouts and gibes so freely bespattering the personal character of James the First, is one of his coldness and neglect of his queen. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Irate pedestrians often found themselves bespattered and befouled by some passing horseman or vehicle and in danger of their very lives. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria When I asked why old Pan’s instrument should be so bespattered with ridicule, they were instantly serious, as is their habit when you mention any one who has passed away. An Ocean Tramp Shot-holes marked the wall, and within the houses were well bespattered with musket balls. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) They were liberally bespattered from head to foot with the lifeblood of an overripe tomato. The Monk of Hambleton “I have just received a letter from Mr. Hogg, Helen,” she began with a rush, regardless of the anguish that was still evident in Helen’s lovely grapefruit bespattered eyes. Officer 666 With mud bespattered 'Votes for Women' banners still flying, Mrs. Trout and her party of orators returned late yesterday afternoon. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI He mocks the picture which the public pass, and bespatters with praise the canvas which a crowd concealed from him. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) And the royal emissary carefully brushed a crimson stain from the bespattered saint. The Strollers It consisted of a tall conical cap spangled with stars, a sort of red Mother-Hubbard gown bespattered with black crescents, a small metal tube, and a wand. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective We were a sorry looking company of men, drenched with the rain, bespattered with mud, and chilled with the cold. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry It is in the nature of the "little villain" to bespatter men of such devotion, patriotism, and eminent capacity as is Captain Dahlgren. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The next morning the room was found bespattered with blood, and the body of Faust was missing. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden The roar of the surf is so great that we cannot hear each other speak, and the rain and foam bespatter our faces. Round the Wonderful World The poor animal could not stand on his legs; his intestines protruded and bespattered the ground. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Presently a gentleman, who had evidently ridden hard, came into the hall, his cloak and buskins bespattered with mud. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney He was a proud man, who must hate standing by helplessly, holding the supreme office in Orvieto, watching the two great families bespatter his city with blood. The Saracen: The Holy War The Ransomes, to be sure, stood more in the center, they were more deplorably bespattered, and more, much more intimately tainted. The Combined Maze Others have bespattered the unions with insults, and some do so still. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals "She's down in the meadow," Ward repeated to the bespattered young man. The Ranch at the Wolverine And so it did, for very soon the poor brother reached the place, bespattered with mud from head to foot, but ready to do all he could to help the mule and his master. The Lilac Fairy Book On the way into town, Dan passed her in his dogcart with a casual nod, bespattering her with mud. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius "To bespatter a rival for the gaining of an advantage by contrast is a Yahoo's trick to which no decent gentleman would stoop." The Dop Doctor The limp bodies, with matted hair, some with holes in their heads, eyes knocked out and all bespattered with blood were a ghastly spectacle. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin But let it rain a day, you had a mire, reflecting at night the shifting lamps of the carriages and bespattering the foot-passengers on the narrow walks. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere You have sought to bespatter me in the eyes of France. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. At last Harriet had occasion to open the oven door, and just as she did so there was a loud explosion, and the kitchen wall opposite was bespattered with boiling animal matter. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Outside the sky was still blue, bespattered with countless stars. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Your only hope at such a moment is to throw yourself with the grace of an expert gymnast on to the bank, thankful if you escape unhurt and only bespattered by mud. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow He managed, however, to scramble out with wet sleeves and bespattered trousers. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen He could only feel an utter scorn for the people who bespattered him with base charges. The Explorer "Bid him enter," said the king, and, all bespattered and dripping from his ride through the tempest, the courier entered and, dropping on his knee, presented the king a writing from the prince. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Hetty, sitting, jaded and bespattered, on the limping horse, flashed a swift glance at him, and smiled out of slightly misty eyes. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter She looked, he thought, as if she could see such small matters as bespattered clothes. The Wind Before the Dawn "And a lucky thing for us you did," said Dennis, pointing to the hideously bespattered grey-green uniforms that littered the earth heap. With Haig on the Somme I said 'What a fine fellow you are to bespatter the whole world with this oil of vitriol!' Stories of Authors, British and American The executioner appears on the city wall, a fearful sight, his bare arms bespattered with blood. Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts The cook, at a sign from Breckenridge, went down, and came back by and by with a man in bespattered blue uniform. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Our shirts each bespatters Then brush them to tatters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 I got a sound drenching, but no other damage except for the mud bespattering my clothes, which must have presented a sorry spectacle had there been any there to observe me. Athelstane Ford The players could scarcely be recognized for the mud with which they were bespattered. Over the Line We in New York think of bespattered boots, of horses falling down, of dirty piles, more black than white, lining the streets like igloos till the tip-carts come and carry them off. Penguin Persons & Peppermints A regular army of the "System's" votaries must have been out working like Trojans to stop my work, to discredit me, to bespatter me with its dirt. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated And knock down worth, bespatter merit: Don't stint—all will your scandal credit. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Instead snakes and toads sprang forth, and all sorts of filth that covered her up to her knees and bespattered her clothing. Tales of Folk and Fairies At this moment a carriage drove hastily by, all mud bespattered, and lying open in defiance of the rain. The Diamond Coterie I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane. The Scarlet Letter He had been working at the case, and his trousers were bespattered with ink and his waistcoat was only half buttoned. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe Let kings or cobblers, for that matter, Tell of the gifts which we bespatter; Deem ye, that loyalty encumbers The congregated courtly numbers? Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) On the table a candle burns, bespattered with tallow. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Here, breathless and bespattered, he sat down upon a flat stone to recover himself, and review the situation. The Diamond Coterie The grave irony of this poem so bespatters the theologian's God with his own mud that we dread the image and recoil. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 In Canada it had taken all the skill and political experience of Lord Sydenham; under Sir Charles Metcalfe the new wine burst the old bottles, bespattering more than one reputation in the process. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe About two o'clock, another Provincial dragoon, bespattered, horse and man, with foam and mud, made his appearance—not wearing his sword or helmet. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 The horror of the poor artist may be imagined, when he observed that the skull of the Indian was battered in, and that his young comrade’s face was bespattered with blood and brains. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains These last were nearly new, and very clumsy, and, like the rest of her costume, travel-stained and bespattered with mud. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Hope himself was bespattered with mud from head to foot, and his umbrella was broken to pieces. Deerbrook He regained the path and hurried along it, hatless, dishevelled, bespattered, and oblivious to every thing save the war within. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana As she shut the door she saw the cannon at203 the pass limber up, wheel, and go bumping up the hill to rejoin its bespattered fellows on the knoll. Special Messenger My face was plentifully bespattered with mud, and upon my chin was a beard of a week's growth. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure But the pavements were dry and clean, and in spite of dirty crossings and mud bespattering carriages, they were thronged with gay promenaders, eager to welcome the spring. Janet's Love and Service The chairs and other appointments of furniture are cream-colored, bespattered with flowers and reminiscent of Venice. Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes He is morally bemired, bespattered, and trod under foot, until he remains a lifeless carcase. Diary in America, Series Two Biscuit after biscuit was hurled with increasing violence, as temper suffered from the strain of failure, and each time the matchbox jumped still farther away, while another shower of biscuit crumbs bespattered the carpet. The Love Affairs of Pixie 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 Her right arm hung helpless, and even through her bespattered veil he could see that she was very white. The Ffolliots of Redmarley The judges whose names are written low down and bespattered with dirt—or Socrates, whose name fills the sky and who has become the thinker for the world? The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon Thou dost fall and break thy limbs, and bespatter thyself with mud, like a crocodile, and no one reaches out a hand to thee. Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt Pat halloed loudly in response, and the next moment Stephen stood in the doorway, looking with bewildered eyes at the bespattered carpet. The Love Affairs of Pixie Now the unknown hand had written to Topándy to the effect that a young man would appear before him, bespattered and ragged. Debts of Honor Studying his map, the colonel led the way across some disused trenches, past a lonely burial-place horribly torn and bespattered by shell fire, and up a wide desolate rise. Pushed and the Return Push Grant was dressed, to all appearance, in a tarpaulin suit, and he was, even to his whiskers, so bespattered with mud, fresh and dried, as to almost prevent recognition. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The two boys were bespattering themselves in the meadow below, by the water’s verge. The Daughters of Danaus Several Moorish seamen were going about with bared legs and arms, swishing water on the decks and swabbing up the blood with which they were bespattered. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Dust covered their garments, and foam bespattered the chests of their horses, but the spirits of men and beasts were not yet subdued, for their muscles, by long practice, were inured to hardship. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West Running to his assistance, they found that he was an Indian, and, from the blood that bespattered his dress and hand, it was evident that he had been wounded. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land He was still bespattered with the blood and dust of battle, and furiously angry at the escape of Haldor and the burning of the stede. Erling the Bold “Oh! father,” exclaimed the poor boy, dropping the axe and standing as if petrified with horror as the blood spouted from the gaping wound, flowed over the fish-box, and bespattered the deck. The Young Trawler To have Pegasus in harness is bad enough; but when the waggon that he draws is immovably stuck in the mud, and he himself bespattered by his efforts, the spectacle is yet more pitiable. Milton She was angry with Gilberte, not for having robbed her of her husband, but for having bespattered herself with this filth. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories Think you that the people could do any wrong to such a man when they tore away his prætorship or his toga? when they bespattered his sacred head with the rinsings of their mouths? The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome Our faces are doubtless not known to any of them; besides, we are so bespattered with the blood and dust of battle that even friends might fail to recognise us. Erling the Bold The sou’-wester is crushed and soiled, the coat is limp, rent, mended, button-bereaved more or less, and bespattered, and the boots wear the aspect of having seen service. The Young Trawler This rotten worm of the earth having blasphemed the majesty of my king, I have a just right to bespatter his English majesty with his own dirt and ordure. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In less than half an hour it was spread through the whole town that Spinney had been murdered by Mrs Forster, and that his brains were bespattered all over the shop windows! Newton Forster The Merchant Service Icarus, upon his first attempt to fly, fell on the stage close to the emperor's pavilion, and bespattered him with blood. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome Suddenly the door was burst open, and a tall powerful man, dressed in riding-boots, his clothes bespattered with mud, yet having in other respects a nautical cut about him, entered the room. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa Fore and aft lay the mangled corpses of the slain, while the shattered bulwarks and even the stumps of the masts were bespattered with blood and gore. The Boy who sailed with Blake Dreadful!—Answers and rejoinders from both, in which they bespattered each other with the foulest abuse. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Several were in ruins, and the walls, in many places, were bespattered with bullet-marks. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots The gay doublets of all were thoroughly bespattered with snow, and sometimes with other materials mixed with it. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham The evilly disposed newspapers would sing songs of victory for six months; my mother's name would be dragged through the mire and brought into the prose of Socialistic journals, and my father's would be bespattered. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories This surmise is probably correct, for Percy presents himself in a decidedly dishevelled condition, his flannel costume being liberally bespattered with mud, and his hair very much in need of a brush and comb. A Dog with a Bad Name When she comes home, with the rain-drops glistening on her red cheeks and her dark lashes, her cloak bespattered with mud, and her hands red with the cool damp, she is a profoundly wholesome spectacle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Jacques was now bespattered with blood which spurted from a long gash running from his left eye to the corner of his mouth. Fighting in France His clothing was bespattered with mud and his face showed the struggle both physical and mental through which he had passed. The Kentucky Ranger Meanwhile the screeching devils bespattered with gore, swarming about in droves and bands, found very little plunder, so were disappointed, and sought out Farig Pasha, and found him with the Dervishes. General Gordon Saint and Soldier The crime of the 2nd of December bespatters them. Napoleon the Little Arriving at New Geneva, mud bespattered, tired and hungry, they congregated on the old wharf boat until the steamer was heard coming below the bend. Watch Yourself Go By Jerome, bespattered and soiled from his hard ride, a raw bruise across his cheek, his clothing awry. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Fortunately none of the pieces of ice struck us; though Wade and Raed, who were a little behind, were well bespattered. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' As the priest, leaning over the boat-side, slipped the pieces into the buckskin bag, Colonel Winslow turned away, and rather roughly ordered the bespattered soldiers back to camp to clean themselves. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Several others were badly damaged, and the occupants, many of whom were desperately ill with dysentery, while helping their weaker comrades out of the débris were bespattered with bullets from the low-flying machines above. With Our Army in Palestine The door opened, and the courier, in his dusty and bespattered travelling-costume, entered the room. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia But the scales of justice, though equally balanced in the courts, get so bruised and bespattered in the minds of the fickle multitude, that time alone will bring them to their proper equilibrium. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 He poked his head over the combing, his face, arms and clothing bespattered with copper paint. Tom Slade at Temple Camp They looked so funny, standing there with their faces black and their clothes bespattered with grime and a look of sheepish chagrin on their faces, that the girls burst into gales of uncontrolled laughter. The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained I know they are pleased to bespatter me at all their little dirty levees. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series We might just as well resign now before this hoax explodes and bespatters us. Police!!! His scanty clothing was profusely bespattered, and broad cakes of mud clung to the soles of his naked feet. The Delight Makers But when we reached home, Mr. Reid's white suit, and our dresses, veils, and even faces, were a sight to behold from the liquid mud with which we were bespattered. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua They arose, and after despairing glances at their bespattered garments, trudged on. Visionaries He bespattered my hands and the axe handle, and I took him by the neck and ran him to the other end of the yard and dumped him in a corner. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine The path was now as slippery as grease, and our horses floundered at every other step, and at times we plashed through quagmires, and became bespattered from head to foot. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro Rushing to a large vessel of burnt clay, standing alongside the wall and filled with water, he plunged both hands into it, and began to bespatter the assailants with the not very clean liquid. The Delight Makers Captain Sorby lifted high his great bespattered hat, and every grinning demon of the crew waved hat or rag or pail or cutlass and set up a discordant yell in honour of their departing visitors. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter No genius can pardon or excuse the abuse and filth with which Voltaire bespatters the immortal memory of the glorious Maid of Orleans. Joan of Arc I drove the milk-cart in front of the publishing-house door, and, with my working clothes bespattered with milk and grease, I applied personally for the job. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine I must have looked alarming—a gaunt, dirty, unshaven figure towering above my motor-cycle, without hat, bespattered with mud, and eyes bright and weary for want of sleep. Adventures of a Despatch Rider What does my poor, dear father expect, but that I shall be bespattered if I am to live on the highway? Records of a Girlhood Boer and Briton fell side by side, staining the grass with their blood, and bespattering the stones and rocks with their brains. In the Shadow of Death It is unnecessary to go through the long verbiage of abuse and blasphemy with which these theologians thought it their duty to bespatter Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc My companion gave his card to the butler, with the observation that we were too much bespattered to come in; and we turned away to complete our circuit. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The gowns of the orderlies were stained and bespattered with blood and yellow picric acid. Combed Out It was a dark old tenement, standing forward from the others, and was bespattered like them with the mud from the gutters. His Masterpiece I could have done nothing for you but bespatter you with the mire in which I wallowed, and I wanted you, my beautiful one—my pearl, my lily—to be spotless as mountain snow. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week The grey-haired preacher had opened the Bible in his hand and was climbing the stone base of the lamp-post when a handful of filth struck the back of the book and bespattered his face. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 They had not the free-hearted, thoughtless, fighting, mud bespattered, ragged, peat-smoked cabin dirt that irish Mary knew and could forgive and love. Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena He breathed quite normally, but when the bandage was removed, his breath rushed bubbling through the aperture and bespattered all who stood around with little drops of blood. Combed Out The whole surface of the bay, bespattered by the rain, flogged by the gusts of wind that blew from all quarters, splashed, moaned and seethed in violent agitation. Madame Chrysantheme One second later, and its blood and brains would have bespattered the stone floor, but Mr. Carlyon sprung forward and wrenched it from her grasp. The Baronet's Bride Were I to retort the abuse, with which my own creed is daily bespattered, I should describe him further as the only victim of clerical obscurantism to be found in Ireland. The Open Secret of Ireland It is quite amusing to see with what energy O’Connell and Lord Stanley are wont to bespatter and heap dirt on each other’s heads in their legislative squabbles! Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Some of the dose bespattered Boots, and when the deed was done the child fell back and buried her head on his breast, incidentally leaving medicinal traces on his collar. The Younger Set He always wore good and yet exceedingly mussy clothes, at times bespattered with ink or, worse yet, even soup—an amazing grotesquery that was the dismay of all who knew him, friends and relatives especially. Twelve Men "It might commove Europe and bespatter it with blood, but that would not hinder it from plunging itself into nothingness in the abysmal ooze of definite dissolution." The Inside Story of the Peace Conference It was dainty, and essentially feminine, and he became, for perhaps the first time, uneasily conscious of his own solid masculine proportions and bespattered garments as he glanced deprecatingly at the girl. Alton of Somasco Active walkers darted dexterously to and fro over the cobblestones, occasionally turning sharply to swear at a driver whose cab had bespattered their black conventionality with clinging dirt. Flames Is it not the sport and divertisement of many to cast dirt in the faces of all they meet with? to bespatter any man with foul imputations? The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) The azure depths beyond had assumed the appearance of a blue tunic bespattered with white, and the clouds suggested the idea of a celestial shepherd, driving myriads of sheep to the pasture. Willis the Pilot Throughout he curtails, makes additions, alterations after his fashion, like a sow smeared with mud, rolling herself in a strange garden, bespattering, disturbing, rooting up everything. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. He also spoke little with Seaforth during the journey, and stared at the latter, who drew rein when the weary horses plodded, steaming and bespattered all over, into the settlement. Alton of Somasco Besmeared and bespattered, he quickly picked himself up; and when, a moment later, he gained the sidewalk, no one would hardly have recognized in the dilapidated-looking creature the dapper Hugh Ridgeway. Nedra Bespattered hogs bespatter others, and he who is full of fault finds fault. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Ah, hateful, cruel war! that changed all those poor folks to ravening wolves, bespattering the child with the father's blood! The Downfall His large cavalry-boots were well bespattered, and his whole bearing was that of an officer on duty, rather than of a gallant bent on visiting lady fair. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Wearied with saying grace and prayer, I hasten'd down to country air, To read your answer, and prepare reply to't: But your fair lines so grossly flatter, Pray do they praise me or bespatter? The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 We are always in pain for a man who, instead of cutting up a fowl genteelly, is hacking for half an hour across the bone, greasing himself, and bespattering the company with the sauce. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant The Squire came in—to use one of the Homeric similes of which he was so fond—'like a lion fresh from a slain bull, bespattered with blood and mire.' Elizabeth's Campaign He was hatless and coatless and his soft gray shirt was torn and mud bespattered. In the Clutch of the War-God This time not only his skirts, but even his hat, was bespattered with mud. The Bishop and Other Stories He pointed to one of the dead bodies, lying in a thin pool of yellow water, its face and clothing bespattered with mud from hoof and wheel. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians He would like to trim, keep this country from being actually bespattered with blood, but coax the Administration to give the Revolutionists money and moral support. The Conqueror And how bespattered one with compound epithets of adulation! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 In less than half-an-hour it was spread through the whole town that Spinney had been murdered by Mrs Forster, and that his brains were bespattered all over the shop windows! Newton Forster Civilization is not held in place by noisy youths in flaming waistcoats; and even if every cabbage had hit its mark, and every egg bespattered its target, the morning stars would still sing together. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great For two days his neck had been so weak that it could no longer support his head, and his spine had become like the branch of a bramble bespattered with mud, shivering in the wind. Romance of the Rabbit The shells which bespattered them are ravaging another world. Light Windows crashed, portions of egg bespattered many, several persons were struck by missiles, and a great hubbub was created. Around Old Bethany A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis This slime of a good action performed towards you bedaubs and bespatters you with mud for ever. The Man Who Laughs Thus these parsons have their choice between going on quietly with their work and being nonentities in the public eye or bespattering the non-Germanic section of the world with the mire of hate. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War And notice how he will bespatter The subject, in his vain endeavor, With deep philosophy so clever, To prove you what you knew before, That matter’s matter, and no more. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland But what is to be done for our brother's soul, bespattered with the gore of innocence? Paul Faber, Surgeon Thickset men paused on sidewalks bespattered by passing omnibuses, and women, their skirts tucked up to the knees, bent under umbrellas, flattened themselves against the shops to avoid being splashed. Against the Grain Human blood streamed across the once peaceful hearth, while brains bespattered life-sized figures in bas-relief of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child which adorned the broad columns on either side of the ample fireplace. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories In cutting him up the executioners are naturally very careful not to be bespattered with his blood, for if that were to happen they would of course be turned into were-wolves themselves. 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 One we saw was almost completely tunneled through, and the blood bespattered sides of the opening told that the occupant had been caught as in a trap. My Home in the Field of Honor Ah! but the secret lacking, The secret of the child, the bird, the night, Faded, flouted, bespattered, in days so far Hate cannot bitter them, nor wrath deny; Else were this Desdemona…. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. His white necktie proclaimed him a parson, and the grey mud with which his boots were bespattered told of his long walk. A Mere Accident Was that bespattered gray horseman no phantom, who came galloping up the river road and called to a servant at the gate that the enemy's fleet was in sight from English Turn? Kincaid's Battery There were delicate ladies with their hats awry and their hair dishevelled, and their beautiful clothes bespattered and torn, so that they were like the drabs of the slums and stews. The Soul of the War Oh! you wretched boy," said she, "just look at your clothes, all covered with chalk-marks and bespattered with lime! The Garies and Their Friends Rather a precarious kind of seat this was, as barrel heads were apt to give way, and then the luckless individual would be smothered with flour or bespattered with brine. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods Who sometimes comes home all bespattered with blood That was drawn by a fall? Just Folks Hence, when he came out of his invalid retirement and shook off that ragged train, he was much bespattered, and in worse case than ever. Our Mutual Friend A beautiful suit it was, and now it is hanging up so bespattered with mud I can't bear to look at it. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow As the grave Roman retired, a buffoon, who, from his constant drunkenness, was nicknamed the Pint-pot, came up with gestures of the grossest indecency, and bespattered the senatorial gown with filth. Lays of Ancient Rome The venom, brother, which you would squirt upon me, bespatters but yourself. The Brother of Daphne The girl was looking at them askance now, and the young fellow with the yellow hair, as he had swallowed some wine the wrong way, and was coughing violently, bespattered Madame Dufour's sherry-colored silk dress. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant "Yaqui!" screamed Gale, and he waved his bleeding hands till the blood bespattered his face. Desert Gold As in a dream, too, I have the impression of the double line of gas-lamps, and my bespattered boots tell me that I must have run down the middle of the road. The Parasite Then blameless Pot-visitor killed Brewer and Water-larked killed the lord Ham-nibbler, striking him on the head with a pebble, so that his brains flowed out at his nostrils and the earth was bespattered with blood. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane. The Scarlet Letter These familiar fields and farms, of which we knew every blade and stick, had done nothing that I knew of to be bespattered with adjectives in this way. The Golden Age It was full late in the night when the carriage emerged, dripping and bespattered, out of the creek, and stood at the door of a large farmhouse. Uncle Tom's Cabin In his younger years he had been suspected of low tastes, and his mother had greatly feared he would make a slip in the mud of the highway and bespatter the family shield. The American He may bespatter you with ink, he may hit you in the eye, but he writes a magnificent hand. Roderick Hudson The next moment he saw it dolorously bespattered with eggs. Middlemarch On her feet, she had large, coarse, men's shoes, bespattered with mud, which had splashed even to her red ankles, and she was wrapped in an old mantle which hung in tatters. Les Misérables In his task, the poet, a deformed figure in a tye-wig, bountifully bespatters the passers-by, particularly the chariot of the Duke of Chandos. De Libris: Prose and Verse Like those monsters you chatter, Friends and foes you bespatter, And dirty, like them, what you eat: The Hollands, your muse Does most grossly abuse, Tho' you feed on their wine and their meat. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Maria Nikolaevna at last drew up her foaming and bespattered mare; she was staggering under her, and Sanin's powerful but heavy horse was gasping for breath. The Torrents of Spring Don't mind the untidy smudges, and envy yours, M.' The letter was in fact bespattered all over, and smelt of orange-blossom … two white petals had stuck to the paper. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories He seized the candle in his fist, and set it on the chimney-piece with so violent a bang that the wick came near being extinguished, and the tallow bespattered the wall. Les Misérables I poured out some water into my basin and, with that cold pictured azure eye fixed on us, bespattered Seaton's sallow face and forehead and dabbled his hair. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Do you think I am likely to play the Pharisee, and be eager to bespatter the grave of this poor sufferer? Birds of Prey He was followed down the stairs by the paper-makers, Mr. Thompson making use of language that was decidedly bespattered with "winged words," while Mr. MacHewlett detailed his own thoughts in a plaintive monotone. Roden's Corner She has bespattered the whole letter; she slapped a wet nosegay down on the paper. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories His enemies and envious rivals are attacked and bespattered with filth in many an epigram, but Martial, true to his promise in the preface to his first book, conceals their true names from us. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal This very unbecoming appendage was stained with blood on the side which covered the right cheek and the wearer was plentifully daubed and bespattered with mud, his sturdy little steed being in a similar condition. Run to Earth A Novel And after wallowing in the gutter, he lives to bespatter his virtuous brother with the mire from his carriage wheels. Birds of Prey This garment, bespattered with blood, I instantly put on, as well as his hat with a tri-coloured cockade."—"This disguise saved your life," interrupted I.—" Paris as It Was and as It Is Yet I pass her by—bespatter her with the mud from my wheels, in my helpless ignorance, in my blind submission to the awful hand of fatality. Lady Audley's Secret The glasses were up, and so bespattered with the mud and rain, that it was impossible to see through them. A Love Story One offers me all I desire; but the other's ever at hand to bespatter the gifts with filth, so that they're useless to me and I can't touch them. The Road to Damascus I felt my leg where I hit it a while ago; it seemed bespattered with something greasy. Botchan (Master Darling) Our till-then-envied couple fell suddenly up to the middle of the leg in the wine-lees left in the cask, by which they were bespattered up to their very eyes. Paris as It Was and as It Is One could not pray, one would not like to see the service of God rendered in a building that had been thus bespattered with blood. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc All the cabs were taken up; they splashed along and bespattered the foot-passengers to the best of their ability, while the asphalte glistened in the dim light with a dense coating of mud. Tales of Two Countries I replied: and a most vindictive political warfare raged for a while, in which we were both most magnanimously bespattered with the filth of our own creating. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 This one day had coarsened my whole mind, bespattered my soul with shamelessness. Hunger It was about fifteen minutes later when Sporty appeared, dripping and mud bespattered, but kept warm by glowing fires of indignation, and vigorously demanded of the attendant the use of the telephone. The Short Line War And yet, says Christ, black and bespattered as these natures are, they are white in comparison with the blackness of the man who, looking into His face, sees nothing there that he should desire. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI "Deserve to be bespattered—hiccup— "With all the dirt even you can pick up. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes When the vessel was dashed against the stones bespattering the aged drunkard with its contents, he fell upon the grass wringing his hands and bemoaning his hard fate. The Old Homestead He was wet indeed, and bespattered with the blackest mud in the three kingdoms. The History of David Grieve There is no dilating on his crime, nor any bespattering him with epithets. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Eh, one stays at home and tells it to the typewriter or, more likely, one gets run down, chewed up and bespattered while darting across State Street in quest of an invigorating vanilla phosphate. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Bending his head towards the sound, Griffith beheld his friend looking anxiously up the main hatch, with a face grimed with smoke, his coat off, and his shirt bespattered with human blood. The Pilot Already Don Rodrigo in imagination saw his clean red Christian blood bespattering that Hebrew floor, for he had no weapon save the heavy Toledo dagger at his girdle, and Diego de Susan was not alone. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series It must have been in one of these December days that a handful of knights came through the Bruneswold, mud and blood bespattered, urging on tired horses, as men desperate and foredone. Hereward, the Last of the English Do I understand that you are proposing to bespatter others with scandal unless I am frightened into going to the governors with the flimsy excuse you attempt to offer me? The Fighting Chance It evinced more activity than its fellow of the moon- bespattered garb. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Now leave such boasting / and yield me passage free, Else shall mail-rings a many / with blood bespattered be. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original But this proving too hot for comfort, he instantly drew it out, and in his attempt to reascend, he stuck his bespattered toe into Paul Gelid's mouth. Tom Cringle's Log About two o'clock, another Provincial Dragoon, bespattered, horse and man, with foam and mud, made his appearance, not wearing sword or helmet. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. And you stand out so bright in the loveliness of true women that one forgets that your sex do bespatter themselves with the mud they throw. A Heart-Song of To-day As every Hindu is a betel nut chewer, those 943,903 superficial miles of country which make up our Indian Empire must be bespattered to a degree which it dizzies the mind to contemplate. Concerning Animals and Other Matters These comfits break into a white powder and bespatter the clothes of the person on whom they fall as if hair-powder had been thrown on them. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 I flew over his head and alighted firmly on my feet, but the spruce young Greeks, whose snowy fustanelles were terribly bespattered, came off much worse. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The promenade or gallery outside, which might be very pleasant, was bespattered all over with vile expectoration. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States When one comes across a manuscript bespattered with such cabalistic signs as "R.2.E.," Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship Wounds of the head, the face and the neck abounded among these men—for the shells, exploding in the air above where they crouched in their trenches, had bespattered them with iron pebbles. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front In the agony of jealousy, Desglands, as he was holding a fresh egg in his hand, involuntarily crushed it; the shell broke, and its contents bespattered his rival's face. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life We were both bespattered with mud from head to foot, and our jackets and sombreros had lost something of their spruce air. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain She was always to be bespattered with blood. Doctor Pascal Dr. Piquet, a man of seventy, was killed in his drawing-room by a ball in his stomach; the painter Jollivart, by a ball in the forehead, before his easel, his brains bespattered his painting. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness Is it not the sport and divertisement of many, to cast dirt in the faces of all they meet with; to bespatter any man with foul imputations? Sermons on Evil-Speaking The men became caked with mud from steel helmet to boots, and the field guns which had to be hauled by double teams were so bespattered that there was no need for camouflage. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Presently our volatile lady told them that she had learned how to walk, and begged to be put down; then she waited for her countesses, who arrived bespattered with mud. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 And it is perfectly natural that we should have reaped only ingratitude and envy, to the extent that even to-day the whole town would be enchanted with a scandal that should bespatter us with mud. Doctor Pascal All the offal in the world, said prisoner, wasn't too much for him to use in bespattering the objects of his attention, friends as well as foes. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 This act in the tragedy was complete, for Nancy Flatt was dead, and her infant lay clasped in her arms bespattered with the life-blood of its dead mother. From Wealth to Poverty The palace at Versailles, thus stripped of royalty and left bespattered with blood, was never again to be occupied as the residence of a king of France. General History for Colleges and High Schools For the other loyal subjects of the king had liberally bespattered them with mud. Inns and Taverns of Old London Tom, his scraggly hair matted, his face streaming, his chest heaving, and his ragged clothing bespattered, stood hoisting up his suspender, safe in the custody of the other two marshals. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures The mimic Ape began his chatter, How evil tongues his life bespatter; Much of the censuring world complain'd. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe At times, he imagined a streak of blood was running down his chest, and would bespatter his white waistcoat with crimson. Theresa Raquin That had been bespattered with blood, but it had been wiped away. Warlock o' Glenwarlock We were drenched to the skin and bespattered with mud, cold and cheerless but full of a grim excitement. A Fool and His Money He was riding very slowly, and both he and his horse were bespattered with mud. Fifty Famous People To bespatter a man, that his doctrine might be disregarded. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 She went a shade paler than before, closed her eyes and turned her head away as if to avoid being bespattered with blood. Theresa Raquin His white neck-tie proclaimed him a parson, and the grey mud with which his boots were bespattered told of his long walk. Celibates Was it not the act of the false apostles to say thus—to bespatter a man that his doctrine might be disregarded? The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works You were so bespattered with mud that I thought you were some old farmer. Fifty Famous People A half-intoxicated man rose up and threw something, which missed her but bespattered a chair at her side, and this evoked an outburst of laughter and boisterous admiration. The Gilded Age, Part 7. Cannon would roar from the Champs Elysees; the gates would be burst open; blood would stain the steps, and men's brains would bespatter the pillars. The Fat and the Thin Aurelia had been walking in the park with her two remaining charges, when a bespattered messenger was seen riding up to the door, and Letitia dropped her hoop in her curiosity and excitement. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume All the cabs were taken up; they splashed along and bespattered the foot passengers to the best of their ability, while the asphalt glistened in the dim light with a dense coating of mud. Stories by Foreign Authors: Scandinavian In a wild and unfrequented spot near Caude, some countrymen came one day upon the corpse of a boy of fifteen, horribly mutilated and bespattered with blood. The Book of Were-Wolves She occupied splendid apartments in the new town, enjoyed the same luxuries as Monsieur Peirotte, gave parties, and bespattered the whole place with her wealth. The Fortune of the Rougons He was wet to the skin and bespattered with mud; he had been almost constantly in the saddle for twenty-four hours, and Don Ricardo's cow-pony was almost exhausted. Heart of the Sunset And the child tortured its own small, parched mouth so that, in obedience to its mother, it might defile and bespatter a beautiful, innocent girl. I Will Repay There stood old Battle, bespattered with mud, and in a condition so pitiable, that no truly philanthropic gentleman could have withheld his tears. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter She swings back the door, and there, bespattered with mud, face bleeding and distorted, and eyes glassy, stands the chivalrous M'Carstrow. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter When a motor-car comes along, they draw aside to let it pass, dazzled by the head-lights, and bespattered by the liquid mud that the wheels hurl over the whole width of the road. Under Fire: the story of a squad I long to see that Divine Splendour of the ages stand out white and shining and free from the mud and slime with which His priests have bespattered Him. The Master-Christian That it is not an infallible sign of great mental refinement to bespatter our fellow-creatures, while every nerve is writhing in honor of our pigs, our cats, our stocks, and our stones. The Monikins He was as dirty and as bespattered with mud as a lost dog that has been wandering about in the rain and the mire for a week at the very least. Monsieur Lecoq As he spoke he took off his white overcoat, which was all gray and bespattered with mud, and threw it across the saddle. The Vultures So we right about face and started back again—stumbling as if we were boozed, slipping, puffing, splashing and bespattering ourselves. Under Fire: the story of a squad Three cannoneers were shot by his side, and their blood bespattered his face and breast. Joseph II. and His Court These things the driver stored in the boot of the stage, bespattered with mud now frozen. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields They turned to go, and saw Jim coming towards them, by the route that Sam had come, all bespattered with clay, limping and leading his new grey horse, dead lame. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn The trees in the Park were bespattered with young leaves. Who Cares? a story of adolescence And so it did, for very soon the poor brother reached the place, bespattered with mud from head to foot, but ready to do all he could to help with the mule and his master. The Lilac Fairy Book He was quizzed and bespattered and made a fool of, just as though, or rather worse than if, he had been a constant enemy instead of a constant friend. Barchester Towers He expects Sir George should not bespatter him privately, in revenge, not openly. The Diary of Samuel Pepys He was seeing again that line of mud bespattered men, patiently plodding up the communication trench. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land He is entirely in black broadcloth—or rather, at present, black and brown, for he is bespattered with mud from his heels to the crown of his low hat. A Changed Man; and other tales Now that the Lacedaemonians might have no less share of his malice than the Athenians, behold how he bespatters Othryadas, the man most admired and honored by them. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Why, he knows very well that he will draw deep draughts of praise from the same fountain, from which he has been already—though sparingly—bespattered. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero The clothes of all were drenched, bespattered and rent by the thicket. Cabbages and Kings Here came the slave bespattered with the mud of the fields; here the cripple limped upon his crutches; and here was the blind man led by a hound. The World's Desire There was, indeed, an actual conspiracy at work against him among men little less bespattered than himself with innocent blood. Zanoni Colotes therefore has bedashed and bespattered himself and his master with that dirt, in which he says those lie who maintain that things are not more of one quality than another. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies At length, the punch was ready, and the Dorpat student, with much bespattering of the table as he did so, ladled the liquor into tumblers, and cried: "Now, gentlemen, please!" Youth Bolkhovitinov was bespattered all over with mud and had smeared his face by wiping it with his sleeve. War and Peace He assisted publicly at my toilette, he walked out with me, left me as little as possible, and sought by every attention to console me for the impertinences with which my enemies bespattered me. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself It was a tall round hat from Zimmerman's, but completely worn out, rusty with age, all torn and bespattered, brimless and bent on one side in a most unseemly fashion. Crime and Punishment He was quizzed and bespattered and made a fool of, just as though, or rather than if, he had been a constant enemy instead of a constant friend. Barchester Towers He was hatless and bespattered, but his tender eyes had neither fear nor anger in them. All Roads Lead to Calvary He was bespattered with mud and had a pitiful, weary, and distracted air, though at the same time he was haughty and self-confident. War and Peace I dare not make a drink-offering to Jove with unwashed hands; one who is bespattered with blood and filth may not pray to the son of Saturn. The Iliad He assisted publicly at my toilet*, he walked out with me, left me as little as possible, and sought by every attention to console me for the impertinences with which my enemies bespattered me. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry; with intimate details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV It was not less light than in the brightest of the dog-days, and the weather was hot in proportion; but how degrading was the spectacle, to behold the Caliph bespattered like an ordinary mortal! The History of Caliph Vathek He was a somewhat diminutive boy, clad in a velvet suit with a lace collar, both of which were plentifully bespattered with mud. My Lady Caprice On the boards of the scaffolding workmen, all bespattered with plaster, moved hither and thither like ants. Resurrection Her mother had dressed her all in white muslin like a fairy, but she had stepped on the edge of a puddle, and some of the muddy water had bespattered her frock. The Diary of a Goose Girl The woman whom I honor with my regard ought never to go on foot; if she is bespattered with mud, I suffer. A Prince of Bohemia You would have enjoyed it if you could have seen him standing there all bespattered with blood and filth, and looking just like a lion. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original Sometimes, as the dancers whirled, they overturned a vessel, and their garments were bespattered. Dreams Does a gentleman declare war upon the mud that bespatters him? Captain Fracasse The sharp stones tore him in pieces; and his brains, mingled with blood, bespattered the shrubs growing on the uneven walls of the precipice. Taras Bulba and Other Tales They could scarcely make their way out, and were bespattered by the snakes which darted at them on every side. The Danish History, Books I-IX Hence, when they are gushing over, they bespatter everything about them with the white spume, but when they are spent the sharpest eye cannot discern them. The Danish History, Books I-IX Every day he remained in his mother's house utterly listless and unclean, flinging himself on the ground and bespattering his person with foul and filthy dirt. The Danish History, Books I-IX He further deliberately drew blood from the beast on which he had ridden, and bespattered it, so that when it came back into camp he might make them think he himself was dead. The Danish History, Books I-IX For the lively valour of his spirit feared not the hands of the slaughterers, when he had once beheld the place where Rolf had been wont to live bespattered with the blood of his slayer. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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