| 单词 | thistledown |
| 例句 | It bore him to the ground as gently as a puff of thistledown. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And for the first time, Will and Lyra thought they could see those things, like veils of shimmering gauze, falling from the sky like thistledown. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He's spent hours weaving weeds and thistledown in the milky moonlight, spinning her into existence. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She was lifted up and over Lady’s head like a bit of thistledown. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And I, with only the thistledown of childish care upon me, would listen lightly and take up my pencil again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam saw a big man, bearded like a patriarch, his graying hair stirring in the air like thistledown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her silence was so complete, her gentleness so apparent, that the residents would crawl from their nests of thistledown and dandelion fluff to join her. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Not only does Novikova retain a more modest purity of line throughout the turning arabesques, but her jumps are more like drifting thistledown, and the luminous shape of her arms more beautifully sustained. The Mikhailovsky Ballet and a tale of two Giselles 2013-03-25T15:15:16Z The strings of triplets in the E flat major were spun of thistledown, beautifully regulated under Lewis' impeccable fingers. Lewis' Schubert recital a thing of rare beauty 2011-05-23T17:16:10Z So that the old terror, of exclusion — or abandonment perhaps — didn’t trouble us, any more than the thistledown troubled us whirling softly off the vegetation by the water. When I Went Away From the World 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The creosote fruit and the female D. gloriosa, also called the thistledown velvet ant — which is a wasp, not an ant — are near perfect doppelgängers. How a Velvet Ant (Which Is a Wasp) Got Its White Fluff 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z He must finish knitting the thistledown shirts for his brothers or they would be stuck as swans forever. Opinion | Sean Spicer is free! 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Lunch was waiting for herself; but for that thistledown what was waiting? The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z As the thought gripped him, mastered him, impossibilities became easy, difficulties but as thistledown. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Such tales as these blow about the world like balls of thistledown, lighting now here, now there, and securing at each resting-place a passionate belief. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The thistledown belongs to a mimicry ring of whitish and fuzzy velvet ants, many of which resemble the creosote fruit, at least to the human eye. How a Velvet Ant (Which Is a Wasp) Got Its White Fluff 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Gladys was devoted to Fairy, and admired her thistledown ways; but being herself a fat, stolid child, could by no means keep up to Fairy's pace. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z Dorothy's clear-cut personality was becoming blurred; she never used to speculate about thistledown in cloud cuckoo land. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The humour of Jonson was that he tried to clear the air of thistledown by stamping on it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Nor did Sir Robert Vermuyden until his daughter's step, light as thistledown that morning, and now uncertain and lagging, passed out of hearing, and--and at last a door closed on the floor above. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z She liked to steal up behind you and place a kiss as soft as thistledown in the palm of your hand. Black-Eyed Susan 2012-02-13T03:00:16.587Z He picked his way daintily over the wide beds of moist sphagnum, making no more sound as he went than if his feet had been of thistledown. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Such excuses were the merest thistledown, and it needed but a breath from her to blow them into air. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z He stopped and drew slowly at his pipe with little puffs that floated to Percival like grey thistledown dropping through the night. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Trees, rocks, clods of earth, everything movable that presented an obstacle to the gale, was carried away like thistledown. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z She says she came to earth like a piece of thistledown on the other side. Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs 2011-09-03T02:00:18.353Z Feathers make a happy simile; I was lighter than a feather, then—as light as thistledown. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z It was no more effort to him to fly than it is to thistledown. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Close after him a motor car rolled up to the curb, and under the awning Letty Lane passed quickly, as though thistledown, blown into the distinguished house. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Then in the autumn issues forth the floating thistledown, streaming through the air and rolling like an aerial ball over the tips of the bennets. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z It so happens that these very waste places are often the most favourite resorts of goldfinches, for instance, who are particularly fond of thistledown, and thistles naturally chiefly flourish on uncultivated land. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z This also the wafted thistledown and the blooming asters tell us, and, though the woods are dark with their latest greenness, in the lowlands the gaudy standard of autumn is already displayed. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z There was a ball of thistledown on the surface, floating on the tips of its delicate threads; the spokes with which it flies as a wheel rolls. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z A movement light as thistledown seemed to have caught his ear. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Silky balls of thistledown come irresolutely rolling over the edge, now this way now that: some rise and float across, some follow the surface and cling awhile to the bennets in the hollow. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z For this is literally the case; these animals seemed to be as white as snow, as imponderable as thistledown. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Overhead, thistledown and the silken balloon of the milkweed float on their zephyr-wafted course, silver motes against the blue; and above them are the black cohorts of crows in their straggling retreat to softer climes. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z They preferred, however, to wait outside and the young girl flew into the house and upstairs as lightly as a thistledown on the breeze. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z All my own affairs were for the present as I would have them, and my heart would have been as light as thistledown but for the discouraging war news I had from my father. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z A wood-pigeon may frequently be found in the quarry—sometimes in the pits, sometimes on the ledges high up—and the goldfinches visit it for the abundant thistledown. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The lordly oryx crossed our path; the ungainly hartebeest lumbered away to windward at a pace which made pursuit hopeless; the gazelles of the desert fled before us like thistledown borne on an eddying wind. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z There they piled themselves up in shadowy hills, there they rolled and tumbled like thistledown in a breeze, and again cascaded down to lower levels to dissolve with muttering thunder in slaty sheets of rain. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z It had been a cold, cloudy January day in one of the great northern cities, and with night came flurries of snow that powdered telegraph wires and danced like thistledown around the corners. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z With rash desperation he took that white hand in his, covered it with kisses soft as the fall of thistledown, dropped it and glided from the room. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The dexterous way in which a bird helps itself to thistledown is interesting to watch. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The sea was master and was tossing the helpless steamer in its waves, and, as the summer wind drives thistledown in its course, was driving her toward the light. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z His fly had settled like thistledown on the surface of the pool after an almost perfect cast, when there was a rush and the line was drawn swiftly across the pool. The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z With that he blew a blast that unloosed all the yards upon yards of strong, coarse netting and bore them off like puffs of thistledown. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z She followed their every motion as thistledown follows the wind: stepping delicately, advancing coquettishly, courtesying quaintly—as Miss Judy had taught her,—and retiring, alluring, only to begin over and over again. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Such a song it was as is born on the plains and blown hither and thither like the thistledown scattered by the wind. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z There was a light-blue morning wind blowing and thistledown flying loose along the tops of the clouds and larks going up and down, up and down, in the shining lift of the sky. Janet Frame: “Gavin Highly.” 2010-03-29T04:00:00Z The word had scarcely been spoken ere the two pages returned leading a House Martin and a Meadow Lark, who were harnessed to a maple leaf mounted upon wheels of thistledown. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies I tell you I will sweep away your objections like the wind sweeps away thistledown. The Man Who Rose Again To the nostrils, too, there floated with the thistledown, hints of bursting ripe fox-grapes and apples ready for the cider press. The Tempering Swift flights of birds and wandering craft of thistledown were mirrored for an instant upon the shining floor, and then forgotten, because of falling leaves. The Master's Violin The old, thistledown, light-hearted recklessness seemed to have left him. Harley Greenoak's Charge The thistledown clouds and the sky grey-white and grey-violet are mirrored in your dark eyes as in the changing pools of the mountain. A Pushcart at the Curb A woman's fidelity is like thistledown, and her promises are written in the sands. The Man Who Rose Again Even as I spoke the canoe came out of the shadow, gliding lightly and noiselessly as thistledown, and we knew that Darius was safe, for the time being at least. Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington A great white moth brushed against her face, as softly as thistledown, and she laughed, because it was so like a kiss. The Master's Violin One beat of its wide, gorgeous wings uplifted its light body as a breath softly uplifts a tuft of thistledown. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Then Fleurette beckoned to her the Wise Man of the court, a wise man dressed all in black, with a long white beard and hair like silver thistledown. The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers Yet sometimes the secrets get carried, like thistledown, on fine currents, and are passed from brain to brain. Dusty Star Her thistledown feet beat airy fleet Yet set no blade astray. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems They moved as lightly as thistledown and as swiftly as sunshine. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children The Scot was breathing like a Highland gust as he cautioned the girl whose tingling little thumb touched lightly as thistledown the fairy button. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl The men plunged down laughing, shouting, and swearing at their occasional missteps, and silently as moonbeam or thistledown the light-footed shadow went down after them. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine Lilacs scent the air, roses crowd through the broken fences, the milky floss of the cottonwood trees is strewed upon the sidewalks or floats like thistledown upon the air. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Brown and yellow butterflies are sown and carried away again by the light air—like thistledown. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Faint blue the distant hills before, Yellow the harvest lands behind; Wayfarers we upon the path The thistledown goes out to find. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted But—puff!—he was off like a seed of the thistledown, and a peal of fairy laughter sounded in his ears. Fairy Tales from the German Forests See," he says, "the depths above us, and the depths reflected under us, holding endless space and all the endless ages, and ourselves like a ball of thistledown floating between two eternities. Memoirs of Life and Literature She then dressed him nicely in a shirt of spider's web, and a doublet and hose of thistledown. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 And he was gone, having floated within doors, like a huge ball of thistledown on well-oiled castors. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography “They roll along with the lightness of thistledown across a green field,” declared Tad enthusiastically, speaking to himself. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass The nest-building rarely begins till thistledown can be had—so literally are all the ways of this darling bird ways of softness and gentleness. Under the Maples The snow was in splendid condition after the winds; you fly along like thistledown before a breeze, and can get about everywhere, even over the worst pressure-mounds. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I If the capital at Washington is founded on pygmy manhood, it will be blown away like thistledown before some passing wind of revolution. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association She was threading out her curls and trying the effect as they floated, like golden thistledown, over the roses of her cheek. A Noble Woman As I looked through the thick glass port, the water was only three inches from my eyes, and I could see thousands of dainty, semi-translucent jellyfish floating about as lightly as thistledown. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Nest of grass, lined with thistledown; semi-pensile in drooping twigs of a willow. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. She seemed to be floating in some indefinable element, floating like thistledown on an irresistible breeze.... A Nest of Spies Then he stopped and collected the breath which he had used in this speech,—for him a very long one,—and went on steadily picking thistledown. Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box This appalling monster started after Bawr with a swift, crouching rush, as silent, for all its weight, as if its feet were shod with thistledown. In the Morning of Time The ironweed had not long since been topped with the dusty royalty of its vagabond purple, and the thistledown had drifted along air currents that stirred light and warm. The Roof Tree I am Paragot, my son," he would say, "a film full of wind and wonder, fantasy and folly, driven like thistledown about the world. The Belovéd Vagabond She made a movement with her lips as if she was blowing a bit of thistledown from her. Home Life in Germany So he did not sit on a fence and watch the thistledown, but took every opportunity that presented itself for a parachute descent. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force It was yesterday but a straw—to-day it is but the thistledown; but I will cling to it to the last moment. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others What I mean by that is that their movement was not like that of any other animal, or like a bird's—it suggested thistledown. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Her thistledown nature might be the prey of the winds, but even so they might bear her high and far. Otherwise Phyllis They sailed from her on the faint hot breeze lightly as thistledown. The Dop Doctor You dance divinely, señorita, and are light as thistledown in my arms. Bandit Love Flow about me in your blueness and coolness, Be thistledown, be flowers, Be all the songs I have not yet sung. When Winter Comes to Main Street Butterflies with gaily painted wings hovered tenderly overhead, and tiny silver thistledown balls sailed across the blue sky spaces, like little wayward balloons without anybody in charge of them. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Once, twice it swished; the third time it alighted like thistledown on the surface. Uncanny Tales Light as a thistledown, the unexpected little visitor landed in the center of the room. Madge Morton's Victory There was no bud, no bloom upon the bowers; The spiders wove their thin shrouds night by night; The thistledown, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by—passed noiseless out of sight. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Even the church towers showed like spires of thistledown, and the winding streets, which ran beside clear walls and dark shining gardens, trailed off from the ground into the silvery air. Virginia Clouds, feathers, and thistledown are kept in the air more by the action of winds and small air currents than by buoyancy. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study I followed their united glance, and overhead there vibrated, lightly as a thistledown, the first incoming adult heron, swinging in from a day's fishing along the coast. Edge of the Jungle He was a very cool player, as quick as mercury and as light as thistledown. The Dark Tower When Se�or Mendez, Estrella's father, who is fat, but dances like thistledown, took me for a turn around the room, "You are having quite a success, eh, my child?" he said. The Other Side of the Door There the wind caught it, drove it east, but it still mounted skyward, higher, higher, sailing always eastward, until it dwindled to the size of a thistledown and faded away in mid-air. Barbarians For one man to go up against him is as a thistledown attacking a whirlwind. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations A big thistledown became tangled in it, and well-nigh blew away with leaf and all; hardly a foot of his path was smooth-going. Edge of the Jungle The artistic pusher came aboard gracefully, with a flying, forward leap, at the precise moment when the equilibrium of forces permitted him to alight as softly as a thistledown. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The ways of the world, the conventionalities of society, the gossip of tongues were no more than thistledown. The Day of Judgment In the end her desire overcame her fears; drifting hither and thither toward the bench like a frond of thistledown, she finally alighted on the edge, and her cheek dropped on his shoulder. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest That is the point to which we as a nation must get back, and when we do, the hosts of German militarism will become but as thistledown. "The Pomp of Yesterday" The pale star of thistledown mounts on some mysterious current, like an infant soul departing heavenward. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science It is to the eye what a flowing measure is to the mind, so easy, so buoyant; the furry creature drifting along like a large red thistledown, or like a plume borne by the wind. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers A Scotch farmer's son amused himself one year during the summer vacation by sitting on a gate and blowing thistledown about. Chatterbox, 1906 The tiny royal coachman falls like a snowflake on the water, and the hare's ear settles like a bit of thistledown two feet beyond it. Days Off And Other Digressions Instead, tufted and fluffy, like dandelion seed or thistledown, it floated upward in incredible quantities, so that for hundreds of miles the sky was obscured by this cloud bearing the germ of the inoculated grass. Greener Than You Think Put your winter ones away in burrows underground— Thick leaves and thistledown, Rabbit's-fur and missel-down, Woven in your magic way which no one ever varies, Worn in earthy hidey-holes till Spring comes round! Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 It was commencing to snow; great, soft, feathery flakes which lighted upon her as softly as thistledown and melted each in a single glistening drop like a tear. The Fifth Ace As Thomas bent over his wearisome and prickly task, he said ruefully to himself, 'If I had not scattered that thistledown, I should not have had to do this!' Chatterbox, 1906 She was as light as a feather, for all her height, and like a piece of thistledown she swayed and circled about the room in perfect time to the music. The Heart of Arethusa If I don’t have my dinner in a minute, I shall be light enough to float away like a thistledown.” The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp There went a thin voice piping airs Along the grey and crooked walks,— A garden of thistledown and tares, Bright leaves, and giant stalks. Songs of Childhood I am happy to inform you that all your fears about Tickler are so much thistledown. The Creature from Cleveland Depths The objects that he had seen were round and sharply defined, and with none of the feathery appearance of thistledown. The Book of the Damned Rather the spirits of the old seem to grow lighter and lighter until they float away like thistledown. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens We took ten regular dancing steps forward and ten back and floated along just like a thistledown—no clumping around like they do now. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The mountain girl walked like a piece of thistledown; Miriam, light and quick in all her actions, moved beside her almost as easily. The Long Roll A few thistledown years, said I, would not matter. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Belief in the idea of progress does not mean that this earth is predestined to drift into Paradise like thistledown before an inevitable wind. Christianity and Progress They do not flit about hither and thither in the atmosphere, thistledown fashion, but rapidly fall to the floor of whatever room or receptacle they may be thrown in. Preventable Diseases The strange little dancers floated hither and thither over my master's baby face, as light as thistledowns, and as graceful as the slender plumes they wore in their hats and bonnets. The Holy Cross and Other Tales Ideas like that arrive, one never knows how—like thistledown in the air—and suddenly they are planted and hard to uproot. The Long Roll Truly your professions of love were light as thistledown. April's Lady A Novel I can twist off a ship's mast as easily as you can waft thistledown. Pushing to the Front We are built on Him, and in our compact union find a real support to a life which is otherwise baseless and blown about like thistledown by every breath. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Gossamer, we should say,—thistledown,—anything it can catch floating, like flies. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds She sprang to the saddle, light as thistledown, and curved her graceful throat with a complacent toss, as the groom smoothed her skirt, bringing the white stain into full prominence. Pixie O'Shaughnessy She flies, dearest, like a ray of light for speed and like a bit of thistledown for lightness. The Skylark of Space The thistledown floats; and see, yonder the white balls are rolling before the gentle air along the very tips of the bronzing wheat-ears. Round About a Great Estate The terrific pressure was hurling the outside line of ships about like thistledown. Invaders from the Infinite She was as uncertain as a spring wind, as flighty as a ball of thistledown—"Doesn't know her own mind for ten minutes together," he groaned. Here are Ladies He knows how to make the flies float indefinitely forward through yonder narrow opening, and drop, as light as thistledown, in the center of the temptingly inaccessible pool. The Joyful Heart It was no use; she was whirled along like a piece of thistledown. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Capture a floating thistledown, breathe on it, make a wish to see or hear from an absent friend, blow in his or her supposed direction, and it will carry your message. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk That heavy-foot Zélie," chuckled the dwarf, deaf to correction, "a fine bit of thistledown would she be to blow around the walls. The Lady of Fort St. John Faint as it is, it sways the heavy laden brome grass, but is not strong enough to lift a ball of thistledown from the bennets among which it is entangled. Nature Near London She was as light on her feet as thistledown and as graceful as a swaying rose. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping A thin mist floated like thistledown from the marshes, which were so distant that they were visible only as a pinkish edge to the horizon. The Miller Of Old Church After thoroughly investigating one plant she would pass to another, running three or four steps and then bounding as though she were made of thistledown and were too light to remain upon the ground. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. "Do I want to be lifted over the turret like thistledown?" The Lady of Fort St. John The sward each side is concealed by endless thistles, on the point of sending forth clouds of thistledown, and to which presently the goldfinches will be attracted. Nature Near London "Oh!" was all she said, and sped by him like a bit of blown thistledown, into the house. Gentle Julia Molly's eyes left his face and turned to the purple and gold of the meadows, where webs of silver thistledown were floating over the path she had trodden only a few hours ago. The Miller Of Old Church She was like thistledown in his arms, she was saying tremendously interesting things to him, in her lovely voice. The Tin Soldier She had gone round much like a thistledown, with a child's face and movement of pleasure. Wych Hazel Glossy thistledown, heedless whither it goes, comes in at the open window. Nature Near London The dancing flames got into his eyes like bits of lighted thistledown blown here, there, and everywhere. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame But the untidiness was something dreadful—"Never did I see such a mess—smears of honey; and moss, and thistledown—and marks of big and little dirty feet—all over my nice clean house!" The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse Her head swam; she felt light, like thistledown on the wind. Dangerous Ages He felt suddenly terribly tired, so tired that his body grew very heavy and his mind of a thistledown lightness, which refused any more to concentrate. Secret Bread "Do you tell me you can't manage—a—a piece of thistledown like that?" The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories She floated in his arms like thistledown, her eyes like twin stars, a deeper color in her cheeks. Poor Man's Rock And light as a thistledown, the girl floated downstairs and danced into the kitchen just as Farmer Hartley entered it from the other side. Queen Hildegarde So, for me, ended the singular episode of my life that has condemned me again to the fate of a wanderer, drifting about like thistledown in the wind of fancy. Diane of the Green Van Then, lifting themselves like blown thistledown, with one waft of their broad, downy wings they floated over to the door of the Little Villager's burrow. Children of the Wild Her personality now was light as gossamer, irresponsible as thistledown. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories He slept soundly, dreaming of thistledown and a little old woman in a green cloak who came out of a hill and played a tune upon a sort of lantern-flute. Kenny Straight on she flew, like a real thistledown, her fair curls streaming on the wind, her eyes big with a vague terror. Polly of the Hospital Staff In a collection of various nationalities, many of whose number have drifted like thistledown hither and yon over the fair earth, how could it well be otherwise? Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 A moment it floated in the air, eddying, rising, falling; then, light as thistledown, it touched the water and began to sink. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Before her wants and desires, momentary though they might be, all considerations flew like thistledown before strong wind. Married Life The True Romance Here was one of those "whimsical and perilous moments of daily life" that pass in a breath; light as thistledown, heavy with complex issues. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India There was a thistledown touch on my cheek from behind and turning I saw the laughing face I sought looking up at me. In the Days of Poor Richard In her white dress, with something fleecy about her head and shoulders, she suggested a piece of thistledown. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters The reason of that, is that some years ago a vessel was wrecked on this part of the coast which was sailing from Scotland with a cargo of thistledown. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 Beneath the machine rose mounds of dust and dirt, and fluff, light as thistledown; while as much was sucked away into the air by the exhaust above. The Spinners Then he was on his knees beside her; and her fingers, light as thistledown, strayed over his hair, in the ghost of a caress that so unfailingly stilled his excitable spirit. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Tireless as thistledown that rolls here and there at the will of the wind, up she sprang and began to dance. Lazarre "You'll never love me half so much as I love you, you bit of thistledown," he answered. The Wheel of Life I used to think one could blow the thistledown fellow about whithersoever one pleased. Jaffery The wind has carried from his lips the thistledown of song, and sown it on a hundred hills and meadows, far and wide. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series The memory of the slurring speech went from him; his thoughts were thistledown blown hither and yon by every vagrant air. Audrey Lawrence waited, convinced that if he tried to seize her she would be gone, such a vague thistledown grace there was in her slender immaturity. Nightfall She had hair like golden thistledown, and the dainty, blonde skin that betrays every motion of the blood. Septimus There he is, great, ruddy, hairy wretch: there she is, a wraith of a creature made up of thistledown and fountain-bubbles and stars. Jaffery Folly had blown into the flat like a bit of gay thistledown. Through stained glass Were people so helpless, the slight sport of Luck, thistledown blowing in the winds of the gods? V. V.'s Eyes The extremest direct effect of hypnotism upon the eye, mechanically speaking, is doubtless scarcely more than the shock of thistledown wafted against it by a gentle breeze. Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men The boy seemed made of thistledown, so light he was, so easily he rebounded from what he touched. John of the Woods The Wondership swayed and then, before Jack could check the motion, drifted off the roof like a piece of thistledown blown by the wind. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone About as angry as I could get with a piece of thistledown. Greatheart His exultation, his emotional excitement made him buoyant, I think, and he fell to the earth like a thistledown. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars A shock even as slight as a bit of thistledown blown against the cornea might be ill—timed at a street-crossing. Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men He danced high, leaping like a grasshopper, and seeming to bound like thistledown. John of the Woods Dorothy flew from the room, light and soundless as blown thistledown. Out of the Ashes Their harness was the lightest that could be devised—no blinders, no breeching, slender, well-oiled straps; the rig they drew shone and twinkled with bright varnish, and seemed as delicate and light as thistledown. The Rules of the Game Lighter than thistledown, fitted to drift with the merest zephyr, they can nevertheless force their way against a breeze. Dick in the Everglades He saw at once that his case was hopeless, and gave a short whistle as you do when blowing away a thistledown, indicating that he would soon be gone. Three Times and Out There went a thin voice piping airs Along the grey and crooked walks,— A garden of thistledown and tares, Bright leaves, and giant stalks. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. A soft thistledown against the blue it seems at that altitude; but it would not if it were about your ears. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form And then he saw first one and then a second great white ball, a great shining white ball like a gigantic head of thistledown, that drove before the wind athwart the path. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The fallen snow crystals are quite feathery like thistledown. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I They were so old that they had blown like thistledown about the four quarters of the world. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Here was a destiny against which the strength of man was as thistledown in the wind! The Sky Line of Spruce He had country clothes on, and some thistledown and a sprig or two of clover were sticking to them. This Is the End He became aware of a vast number of ball-shaped objects drifting as thistledown drifts over the high ground. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories According to his way of thinking a man might kiss a girl now and then, under impulsion of moonshine or mischief, but lightly always, like thistledown. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth This slip of a thing that's come between you and 'im, my lady, will fly away out of his mind like a bit of thistledown. The Port of Adventure But lower down age had conquered, scribbling his skin all over with wrinkles, while moustache and beard were white as thistledown. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest This was ascertained by watching thistledown, and rising fogs alongside of trees or hills of known height. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Snowfall "She can't be unhappy," you said, "The smiles are like stars in her eyes, And her laugh is thistledown Around her low replies." Flame and Shadow But the untidiness was something dreadful—"Never did I see such a mess—smears of honey; and moss, and thistledown—and marks of big and little dirty feet— all over my nice clean house!" The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter And up against the glorious blue of it, some laughing, invisible god was blowing small, rounded clouds of pure cotton, as children blow thistledown. The Conquest of Canaan Well, I have heard it all, weighed it all," said Nicolete, presently; "and to me it is but as thistledown against the love within my heart. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Follow the thistledown," she said, "Till doomsday, if you dare, Over the hills and far away. General William Booth Enters into Heaven : and other poems The thistledown that flits and flies Could drift no hair-breadth otherwise. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone Once or twice, when a ball of thistledown broke under the breeze and flew past him, Craven jumped slightly as if it had been an arrow. The Innocence of Father Brown But for it she would have felt as rootless as the whiffs of thistledown the wind blew past her. Summer The rising and falling of the ball of thistledown was represented by the sudden droop forward of her own head, and when it passed out of sight she was asleep. The Voyage Out It led them into new, unexplored nooks of the woods, past a red-poll nest, and where goldfinches prospected for thistledown for the cradles they would line a little later. A Girl of the Limberlost Everywhere the wind carried that thistledown, other thistles sprang up and grew prickles; and wherever those lily seeds sank to the mire, the pure white of other lilies bloomed. Freckles A flower-like face was held up to him; hands light as thistledown touched his shoulders; dark-blue eyes glowed upon him with all tenderness. The Last Trail How many gay warblers following the sun, have radiated from this nest of silver-birch and thistledown. Excursions She flitted down the stairs light as thistledown. The Crimson Blind She was lighter than thistledown—indeed, there were moments when she seemed scarcely a woman at all, but a mere essence of fragile beauty and sweetness and graciousness. The Old Gray Homestead But, Freckles, there was never a place anywhere in the Limberlost, or in the whole world, where the thistledown floated and sprang up and blossomed into white lilies! Freckles This might have been a place for sleep, But, as from that small hollow there Hosts of bright thistledown begin Their dazzling journey through the air, An idle man can only stare. Georgian Poetry 1920-22 She looked very small and childish—as frail as thistledown. The Case of Richard Meynell Bell was watching in deep admiration of the strong hand that was yet light as thistledown. The Crimson Blind Then a clap of surging air that seemed as solid as oak picked Madden up as if he had been thistledown. The Cruise of the Dry Dock There is falling what in the south we should reckon as a very respectable pelt of rain, but the Inverness Wool Fair heeds rain no more than thistledown. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Ellen trotted between them, taking excursions into the street, now and again, in pursuit of butterflies or thistledown. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Like a thistledown she floated to the little group at the foot of the gangplank. The Gray Dawn She was very small, as thin and light as thistledown, ill-dressed, and as communicative as a babbling child. Robert Elsmere As we shot away we saw the little white body gleaming in the sunlight like a thistledown, and then it disappeared forever. A Columbus of Space But, it happened one night when she was out on the moor picking thistledown, that the young King who ruled that land was out hunting, and had lost his way. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon Contracts, such as Andrew's, were blown away like thistledown. The Mountebank One day some thistledown went drifting over the river. A Dreamer's Tales It is a miserable thing to see men and women driven before the wind like thistledown. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV How can a bit of thistledown be kept motionless amidst the tempest? Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah "But where shall I ever get thistledown enough for so many shirts?" asked the sister. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon It is needless to say, that aught save thistledown must have been dashed to pieces in such a fall. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day There are some of you letting every wind bring the thistledown of vanities, and scatter them all across your hearts, that they may spring up prickly, and gifted with a fatal power of self-multiplication. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Then, light as thistledown, her lips brushed his cheek and she was gone, closing the door softly behind her. The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys A rhinoceros charging a ball of thistledown or a soap-bubble, and causing it to float away with the wind it created, would not have been a more Iudicrous spectacle. Birds in Town and Village He stopped and wondered who the lovely lady could be that walked alone on the moor picking thistledown in the dead of the night; and he asked her name. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon No two falls could be more unlike--Tueeulala out in the open sunshine descending like thistledown; Wapama in a jagged, shadowy gorge roaring and plundering, pounding its way like an earthquake avalanche. The Yosemite They would nestle in crevices, like bits of thistledown caught in a grass-tuft, and would there sun themselves and chirrup. Gone to Earth She uttered a delighted little laugh, and went upwards into his hold like a scrap of floating thistledown. The Bars of Iron The hatred that had been flaring in his head suddenly faded, and the heavy thing that had been his heart for as long as he could remember, became light as thistledown. The Little House in the Fairy Wood You must pick thistledown, and you must card it, and spin it, and weave it. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon The ponderous flood, weighing hundreds of tons, was sustained, hovering, hesitating, like a bunch of thistledown, while I counted one hundred and ninety. The Yosemite In her pink dress, like a thistledown, floating down to him. The Everlasting Whisper I float—I am lifted Like thistledown on nothing. The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" A white speck of thistledown comes upon a current too light to swing a harebell or be felt by the cheek. The Open Air We slip the world's gray husk, Emerge, and spread new plumes; In sunbeam-fretted dusk, Thro' populous golden glooms, Like thistledown we slide, Two disembodied dreams,— With spirits alert, wide-eyed, Explore the perfume-streams. In Divers Tones The hours of "the Maids" never were so early as those of their royal mistress, while their labours, like their responsibilities, have been light as thistledown in comparison with hers. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 In a reckless burst of confidence Ma told him how it felt to walk upside down, like a fly, and to go bounding through the woods like a thistledown. Flowing Gold If you puff up a ball of thistledown it will languish on your breath and sink again to the sward. The Life of the Fields The furze-bushes are lined with thistledown, blown there by a breeze now still; it is glossy in the sunbeams, and the yellow hawkweeds cluster beneath. The Open Air Mademoiselle Volauvent, I mean—the little bit of whirligig thistledown from Devonshire, Oswald's sister, you know, of Oriel.' Philistia One seed was caught up by a wind and went drifting, drifting, a little balloon of thistledown, until it reached the clouds and travelled westward with them for thousands of miles. The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages Mrs. Clifford's eye fell aimlessly upon certain tiny bits of feathery fluff that flecked the floor here and there like floating fragments of thistledown. What's Bred in the Bone Night came, and it was still falling in large, soft flakes that floated to the earth gently as thistledown, for now there was no wind. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Goldfinches tasting the first thistledown rose from the corner where the thistles grew thickly. The Open Air All the merit of my dancing was due to my partner," said Henri, with one of his best bows, "you are like a fluff of thistledown, or a will o' the wisp. Patty in Paris I like to think that splinters from my Iron Star are journeying across the world somewhat more solidly than thistledown, yet making themselves felt wherever they stop to rest. The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages Resting one hand upon those sensitive withers the girl gave a quick spring, landing lightly as thistledown astride the colt's back, holding the halter strap in her firm, brown fingers. Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home Sunshine and showers, Bees in the flowers, Blue sky and floating clouds, Soft Summer air; Bright yellow butterfly, His gauzy wings to try, Floats like the thistledown, Without a care. Princess Polly's Playmates It is a great joy to your people, dear, when the reaping time arrives: the harvest is a great joy to you when the thistledown comes rolling along in the wind. The Open Air Patty, whose step was light as thistledown, followed any hint of Captain Sayre's, and so clever were his leads that the audience broke into loud applause. Patty's Butterfly Days "Now, the pigeon is, of course, a Zeppelin; whereas the sea urchin is obviously a balloon; and the thistledown an undirigible—" "You're making fun of me!" she accused, with sharp enlightenment. The Unspeakable Perk And that gentle, comforting hand was still stroking his forehead and hair, light as thistledown. The Flaming Forest And then the day came, and I drifted off like thistledown into the big world. Escape, and Other Essays She made a gesture with her graceful hands as if casting away a piece of thistledown. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland "I thought a piece of thistledown lighted there, but it may have blown off." Patty's Butterfly Days An interminable chain of these royal blossoms, red and white, wreathed by the radiant fingers of small rainbow-winged creatures as airy as moonlight mist, as delicate as thistledown! A Romance of Two Worlds And when the brilliant fourteen fine days of October came on, her cares were all blown away as lightly as thistledown, and she thought of nothing but the glories of the forest. North and South Deftly, and softly as thistledown falls, she spread her own shawl over the drooping shoulders, then noiselessly hurried back to the door. At the Mercy of Tiberius Locks like the thistledown floating and straying, Cheeks like the budding rose, tinted to kiss. Yesterdays There is a bit of thistledown there," said Patty, "but don't brush it off. Patty's Butterfly Days Ned was all talk; and what impressed one so unfavourably—his grumbling, his extravagant boastfulness—was the mere thistledown of the moment, puffed off into space. Australia Felix The majority of the people are too ignorant to know the value of a book and they regard poetry as the thistledown of speech. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 Their laughter was blown to her like thistledown. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Now this hope had been whirled away like thistledown, and the case was grievous enough to distract a greater stoic than Picotee. The Hand of Ethelberta She dances like thistledown and sings like a thrush. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy For one thing we like thistledown to line our nest, and there isn't any thistledown yet. The Burgess Bird Book for Children She was vivacity incarnate and, to the ordinary observer, light as thistledown in fibre and in feeling. The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange I thought something would go wrong with ’ee up here, and I couldn’t bide in bed no more than thistledown on the wind, that I could not! A Changed Man; and other tales And thus vanished the last chance of succor for Ramona; vanished in a moment; blown like a thistledown on a chance breath,—the breath of a loyal, loving friend, speaking a lie to save her. Ramona But Nan put all her little things to soak in the same tub, and then forgot them while she collected thistledown to stuff a pillow for Semiramis, Queen of Babylon, as one doll was named. Little Men "Alas! good dame, you little know how lighter than thistledown floating on the wind is my influence with the Intendant." The Golden Dog But I could not bring my memory to work; its tired wheels all seemed to be buzzing feebly in different directions, and my thoughts came like thistledown and seemed to elude all efforts of concentration. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Singing as she rode, her eyes flying here and there, over the field, up to the sky, she felt happier, lighter than thistledown. Beyond I was light as thistledown and blown by every breeze. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair "I'm going to have a feather-bed to go with my new pillow," said Mrs. Giddy-gaddy, as she transferred the thistledown from her pocket to her handkerchief, losing about half in the process. Little Men But she will only gamble away all that she has—gamble it away like thistledown. The Gambler However, the boy sauntered off, looking as aimless as a piece of floating thistledown, and gained the house unperceived. The Slowcoach Mrs. Falbe had drifted out in her usual thistledown style, and shook hands with Michael. Michael At this the milkmaids clapped their hands, and little Joan, running to the Well-House, with a touch like thistledown drew from the weeper's yellow hair a yellow primrose. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard She walked with light steps and kissed the young wife's cheek—a kiss like thistledown. The Path of the King If you fast for three days and eat nine of these in the Night of No Moon, you can rise on the air light as thistledown and stand on the peak of Haramoukh. The ninth vibration and other stories I was more helpless and flew lightlier than a shred of thistledown among the stars. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story She drifted towards the studio door, in thistledown fashion catching at corners a little, and then moving smoothly on again, talking gently half to herself, half to the others. Michael Nor would your story have suffered, being, like all stories, a thing as important as thistledown. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard There," he proceeded, drawing her hand farther through his arm, "now you feel more like a big girl than like a bit of thistledown. Other Things Being Equal The sea took the raft and tossed it about as Autumn winds whirl thistledown round and round upon a road. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original White butterflies and thistledown floated in the air, bees hummed drowsily, and the stately hollyhocks swayed slowly back and forth. Lavender and Old Lace She breathed deeply of it until she felt light-headed, as if her body lacked substance and might drift away like a thistledown. Light of the Western Stars A thing as important as thistledown is as unimportantly dismissed. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard But as he was returning the captain perceived in the direction of Gagny, between two trees, a light puff of smoke whirling away like thistledown. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Joyce: To blow it to its fellow, who is now wandering in the night like thistledown. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard |
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