| 单词 | three-cornered |
| 例句 | Most of them wore cheap felt three-cornered hats and frontier shirts that tied at the collar. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The coat that Billy Pilgrim got had been crumpled and frozen in such a way, and was so small, that it appeared to be not a coat but a sort of large black, three-cornered hat. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Daisy's face, tipped sideways beneath a three-cornered lavender hat, looked out at me with a bright ecstatic smile. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z First I folded his right ear and sliced out a three-cornered gap in the top side, a mark that we called an overbit. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “What girl wouldn't? You'd look sweet, Mrs. de Winter, dressed as a little Dresden shepherdess, your hair tucked under a big three-cornered hat.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Not far behind it came a beautiful carriage drawn by two pale gold stallions and driven by a stout man in livery with a three-cornered hat on his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the courtiers, Catalabutte, the master of ceremonies, has a personality—officious, irascible—in every production I’ve seen, but here his subordinate, a little herald in a three-cornered hat, has a personality, too. Ratmansky’s Beauty Wakes Up 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The doorways, each made of panels of white plywood cutouts and frames, connect to form a three-cornered gradual zigzag structure. ‘Thresholds’ marks the unmarked at Kent cemetery 2013-09-04T03:15:10Z Like the other women, she wore a black three-cornered hat and a sash bearing the words “Votes for Women.” Overlooked No More: Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Suffragist With a Distinction 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The scene on the lid shows people in powdered wigs and three-cornered hats outside a villa. Delightful, De-Lovely and Deconstructed: Cole Porter’s Piano Is Being Rebuilt 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z She dressed in a plain, three-cornered hat, and she refined the way she acted, based on careful observation of what seemed to be most effective in persuading men to accept her ideas. Do welfare states boost economic growth, or stunt it? 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The name is a nod to the three-cornered hats worn by Founding Fathers such as James Monroe. What’s up with the glowing box in a park on Pennsylvania Avenue NW? 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z The long hair in its queue and the newly rounded face suit him, as does the flattering three-cornered hat. 'A certain sort of maleness': Helen Garner on a week spent watching Russell Crowe films 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z If there are signature items, they are the three-cornered, filled cookies known as hamantaschen — or as they are often described in online reviews, “the world famous hamantaschen.” The East Village May Change, but the Strudel at Moishe’s Stays the Same 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z While most of the Atlantic 11 languished this weekend, Towson issued a statement and demanded respect after spending Saturday stomping on Bill & Mary’s three-cornered hat. It was a week to forget for Maryland, Virginia and the rest of the Atlantic 11 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Distinguished by what one 1850 article described as “long three-cornered flags of yellow silk” that were typically hung outside, Chinese-owned eating houses were known to serve some of the best food in the city. A Very Brief History of Chinese Food in America 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The discovery of the “holy grail of shipwrecks” off the coast of Colombia this week has provoked a three-cornered fight over ownership of the gold, emeralds and other treasures on the ocean floor. Holy grail of shipwrecks caught in three-way court battle 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z There were contingents representing Revolutionary War soldiers, wearing slim-fitting pants and three-cornered hats, and a group of young boys dressed in the garb of World War I soldiers. A day to celebrate, a day to mourn: Events across D.C. for Memorial Day 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z For the past four years, the budget game was three-cornered. E.J. Dionne: Why Obama’s new budget will put pressure on Republicans 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Depicting spectators socialising after a bullfight, Le Tricorne – or “three-cornered hat” – was painted in 1919 for an avant-garde ballet troupe. Picasso painting poised to trade wall of chic restaurant for a museum 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Staying with election-related news, papers are also commenting on the upcoming "three-cornered" contest in Amethi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Indian media: Modi's plane problems 2014-04-02T06:56:03Z “Le Tricorne,” which translates to “the three-cornered hat,” was painted over three weeks in 1919, in a studio in Covent Garden, in London. At Four Seasons, Picasso Tapestry Hangs on the Edge of Eviction 2014-02-04T01:45:08Z He wore a three-cornered hat, the brim of which was tipped with gold. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Shapes Hollow, rattling handles, consisting of a three-cornered box, are found on e,f,r. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z He wore a blue uniform, with three-cornered hat, and carried at his side a sword that trailed behind him as he walked, and even threatened to become entangled between his legs. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Nor is his relation to the three-cornered embroglio within the Church itself anywhere set forth in detail. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Tom bade him keep a civil tongue, and himself led the way into a quaint little three-cornered parlour, boarded like the staircase; beyond it was a bedroom of the same shape and size. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z They were made by Meyer most ingeniously of a lever balance taken from an aneroid barometer and connected with a three-cornered rule; the weights used were shot from their shot-gun ammunition. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The fishing boats slip to and fro under their large three-cornered sails. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Spiderwort, like all "three-cornered" flowers, is a flower of mystery; and so little cared for to-day that it is almost extinct in our gardens, save where it persists in out-of-the-way spots. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z In a foreign city, seeing the gallows, he asked the use of that three-cornered thing. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Horrid things they are at the best of times, but more especially objectionable when one has a couple of three-cornered horses, one behind the other. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z Was there some kind of a three-cornered complication, in which Farrington, Gibson, and Mrs. Davis each had a share, and all three playing at cross-purposes? Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Every now and then somebody would look into a three-cornered fragment of looking-glass on one of the lockers, and return to apply soap and a scrubbing-brush to the bridge of his nose. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z It was up to me to find the boss as quickly as I could and have the three-cornered surgical operation over with. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z With his three-cornered hat under his arm, and clutching his troublesome sword in a trembling hand, he entered M. Zubin's study, so nervous that he could hardly breathe. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z The crowd was bright with uniforms, most conspicuous being the spruce white-edged, three-cornered hats and dark-blue, red-faced coats of the civil guard. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z So they got the canvas on her, forestaysail, gaff-headed foresail, mainstaysail, and a blackened three-cornered strip abaft the mainmast, and the skipper felt a trifle easier when he found that he could steer her. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Then the shrill call of the bugles rang through the great building, and a tall man, with a scarred face, gorgeously dressed, walked into the arena, holding a three-cornered hat and a long, straight sword. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Another group, dressed in what they said was accurate ceremonial garb from the 18th century, including three-cornered hats, also paid their respects. Potsdam Journal: Germany Marks Frederick the Great?s 300th Birthday 2012-01-24T22:00:54Z The fruit or capsule is obtusely three-cornered, and about the size of a hazel-nut; it contains three cells each enclosing a seed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Except that they are usually three-cornered and not columnar, they are somewhat like the drongs of Shetland in their piercing sharpness. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z And, by slow degrees, these chains, as the number of bees which form them becomes greater and greater, become a kind of dense, three-cornered curtain. The Children's Life of the Bee 2012-01-10T03:00:15.617Z Lackeys, with three-cornered hats, gaiters, and heavy scarlet coats covered with gold lace, usher each guest to his vehicle, and each starts in a different direction to the many palaces and offices. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Too many of the cadet cops think they're big shots and are inclined to belittle the men who had been cops before they were out of three-cornered pants. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z The quantity of opium taken up at each dip by the instrument used, a three-cornered, flat-headed sort of needle specially adapted for the purpose, is about the size of a pea. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Still, that little fellow's terrible hard to suit; he had his cap made over five times, and finally swore he'd have a three-cornered hat! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z I was struck by the bishop's dress, for it was the first time I had seen the black knickerbockers and the three-cornered chapeau. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z An ominous scowl drew down the brows under the English three-cornered hat. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Roll out 1/2-inch thick on floured board; cut into pieces 3 inches square and fold over, making them three-cornered; brush with milk; dust with sugar. New Royal Cook Book 2011-12-05T03:00:51.020Z Charles paused for a moment outside the Coffee-Room to take down his full black cloak and three-cornered hat. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It was during this three-cornered conflict that the green-eyed filly forced herself into the front rank of events. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z The result of the discussion was that one of them pulled the sprit out, and folding down the peak left only a small three-cornered strip of sail. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The two hats are as different as the two men: Adonijah's prim, Puritanic, severe; Charles's three-cornered, with a flowing plume. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The female of a pair in Paris died through swallowing a three-cornered piece of glass which a glazier had dropped into their cage, after which the mate pined away and died in a few weeks. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z By this time, they had reached the famous wrought-iron gates of the principal entrance, where an old man in an enormous three-cornered hat and long heavily laced surtout walked up and down. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z I straddled the window-sash, and arrived in the room with a three-cornered tear in the shoulder of my coat, inflicted by a nail in the frame, and one spur draped with ancestral cobweb. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z She arranged it carefully, and smoothed Prudence's soft fair hair, and gave a finishing touch to the three-cornered cap; then she stepped back a pace or two to contemplate her handiwork. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The Democrats, led by Benton, played out their own game, and were the only parties to the three-cornered fight who came out of it with profit. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z The initial opening had the appearance of a three-cornered tear. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z Miss Courteen found hers between the lines of a three-cornered note. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Well, it gave me the cue to come up here and dig for some three-cornered mystery, blackmailing if procurable, in Deutch's life. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Half buried in the earth lay huge marble blocks, some of which were squares, such as were used for the walls; others were three-cornered slabs for roof-pieces. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z It was only a thin sheet of paper, folded 253 three-cornered, on which in pencil was scrawled her name. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z A smiling black countenance under a three-cornered gold-laced hat greeted him on his arrival, and he found his hand warmly grasped by his old friend Sambo. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Mr. Lovely, the young gentleman, looks up very quickly as a three-cornered note flutters down and lodges in a fold of his ruffles. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z I surveyed them with such calmness as I could for the moment command, this three-cornered attack being quite unexpected. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Gerna was stooping to pick up a shell, of which there were many on the sands to-day, when the little Brown Man came up to her, doffed his three-cornered hat, and grinned into her face. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z He was in a long scarlet robe, edged with fur, and wore a three-cornered scarlet hat. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z I have also heard of a little old man in a three-cornered hat, at first mistaken for a neighbour, but whose sudden disappearance proved him to be a fairy. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z He wore a blue uniform, had a three-cornered hat tucked under his arm and held a roll of paper in his hand. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z On the floor was a three-cornered bit of cloth—a piece of Laura’s skirt—nailed to the boards. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z These last were quaintly dressed in poppy-coloured coats and speedwell-blue breeches, and on their dear little heads were blue three-cornered hats turned up with the same rich colour as their coats. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z It was a queer little bread—three-cornered, and almost as hard as ships biscuit, made of starch flour. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Here, too, Davy's three-cornered Revolutionary hat was taken from him, and in its place was given him a raccoon skin. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Some of the professors at the Academy, men who wear three-cornered hats and swords now, were much worse off than we are. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Her dress was of blue, checked gingham, a piece of which was caught on a twig of the apple tree and rent nearly in a three-cornered tear. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Its three-cornered shape is only shown by a side view. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Heavy three-cornered volleying from the British positions swept the parapet of “Big Ben” every time its detachment attempted to turn the gun upon the town. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z It was the commandant, Jean-Pierre Meunier, wearing a three-cornered hat, and a tricolor scarf around his waist, who crossed over the square. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z "Then this note is for you," she declared, handing him a little three-cornered billet. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z The woman in the three-cornered kerchief with the sunken temples and bony hands glanced back and gazed mournfully, almost reproachfully, into her face and at her rich fur cloak. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The pages were in green velvet, with knee-breeches and three-cornered hats, lace ruffles and lace fronts. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Ask them how many corners or angles it has, and then tell them that, on account of its being three-cornered, it is called a triangle. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Some village mayors—in square-cut coats and three-cornered hats—advanced in the direction of the saw-mills, calling on their communes to come and decide what was to be done. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z A pale, three-cornered morsel of a face set off by sleek hair as black as her little French boots. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z A popular hat was three-cornered, and usually of beaver or dark felt. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z Upon thy waves, soft thrilling joyously with rush of thunderous waters from afar, see, like a gull, the white three-cornered sail dip lightly to the fair breeze from the North! A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Behind the barns near the entrance-gate stood two three-cornered wine-houses, also thatched with straw; each of the stone walls had a door in it, and was covered with all kinds of paintings. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z No savage ever supposed that his fetish was a simple three-cornered stone and nothing more. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z And then they all of them got into the car and had a three-cornered hug. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z “Getting ready for an early morning class in the winter has nothing on this,” Bess laughed as she tied a bright three-cornered scarf around her neck and pulled it in place. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z Along one side was lashed a sapling pine with seamless sail, three-cornered and close furled; 'twas fashioned from the stout flap of a tent. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z When the philosopher heard that, he hastened into the kitchen, where he had noticed on the wall a dirty, three-cornered piece of looking-glass. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Jim had the honour of residing with his mother in a lonely three-cornered cottage, which boasted two rooms and a loft. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Before he had time to shake the snow from his broad shoulders, Molly seized him and he seized Judy, and they had a good old three-cornered Christmas hug. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z He wore a brown coat and grey stockings, and a black three-cornered hat. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z Fat purveyors of tittle-tattle with a cat on their knees, aldermen in wigs, burgomasters wearing a three-cornered hat and the whole thing set off by luminous ochre and cinnabar by the bucketful. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z This last curious-looking instrument was called a psalter, and its three-cornered shape was held to be a symbol of the Trinity. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z "I see you have been mending that fence in the three-cornered paddock," remarked Mr. Chattaway, passing to another subject, and speaking in a different tone. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z The three-cornered harp, leaning against the wall outside, had something melancholy about it. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z “It’s now a little after six—only ten minutes,” said Sabrina, consulting her three-cornered watch. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z When she returned, she put a three-cornered bag of leather in her brother's hand. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z I was only too ready to profit by the permission, and with Janet's help a few charmingly quaint chairs and tables, a three-cornered wall cabinet, and some other trifles were soon put aside for us. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z The Democratic convention met June 1st, at Baltimore, and, on account of the three-cornered fight between Buchanan, Cass, and Douglas, was obliged to produce a "dark horse." The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Burly and big and bold and bluff, In his three-cornered hat and coat of snuff, A foe to King George and the English State, Was Cæsar Rodney, the delegate. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z From her belt she drew a quaint, three-cornered watch to ascertain the correct time. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Thought the cross-grained, three-cornered devil would eat me. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z This is a pretty gentle tale of a young girl's romance in the days which we connect with memories of Queen Anne, of Johnson and Goldsmith, of gold-laced waistcoats and three-cornered hats. The Torn Bible Or Hubert's Best Friend 2011-02-09T03:00:51.890Z The word is now chiefly used to designate a small armoire, commode, cabinet or cupboard made to fit a corner; a chaise encoignure is called in English a three-cornered chair. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Quite an engrossing little three-cornered game, isn’t it, Bob?” The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z They all put their queer little three-cornered heads together, and there was an ugly look in their great staring eyes. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z But whenever he and Frank were together the old intimacy had continued, and Jack's coming had only seemed to turn their friendship into a three-cornered one. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z She was sitting on a three-cornered marble bench under a group of palms, with the moonlight flooding her white dress and sending forth tiny sparks of light from the crescent of brilliants in her hair. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z It is an old tale and belongs to the days when students wore three-cornered hats. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Southern, 17, 19. square, 17. three-cornered, 17. types of, 19, 20. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z She shook her three-cornered head sadly, and rubbed her eyes with her forelegs. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z Hats also of the older character were retained, but the turned-up three-cornered shape, filled with short feathers, became more settled in fashion, and they were heavily banded with gold braid or lace on the edge. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z The hair was powdered, and she was attended by four pages in white satin suits and three-cornered hats, bearing over her ladyship a canopy of blue velvet. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Serve it up, surrounded with triangular or three-cornered slices of toast, dipped in melted butter. Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. 2011-01-05T03:01:00.907Z With Billy carrying both rifles and Jack's discarded gun-belt, they walked along downhill to where Billy's pony stood in a three-cornered doze. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Dear to the soul of youth, hankering for the strange and the stirring, were their three-cornered hats, their wooden stumps, their withered monkey-jaws puffed with quids, and their hoarse, squall-tearing voices. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Hats were of the same three-cornered shape, rather fuller in size, and the feathered edging was still favoured. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z She's shed her three-cornered pants and put on her long britches. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Cut some thin slices of bread into a triangular or three-cornered shape, and dip them in melted butter. Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. 2011-01-05T03:01:00.907Z His collar was twisted and a jagged three-cornered tear showed in his grey trousers. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z His trousers were deeply bordered with mud; his hat crushed; there was a three-cornered rent in his great-coat. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z In the event, neither Dream Ahead nor Saamidd reproduced their best form, and the crowd were denied the thrill of a three-cornered fight in the final furlong. Henry Cecil achieves Group One double with Frankel and Twice Over 2010-10-16T17:40:00Z After the unfamiliar country of the first week, David Cameron and Gordon Brown did not repeat their error of failing to realise they were in a three-cornered debate, says Max Atkinson . Politics aside... 2010-04-23T08:18:00Z There was a three-cornered comparison of watches and then a move to the wall, over the edge of which they gazed down at the slowly moving yellow water. H.M.S. —— And she pointed to the flat, three-cornered hat on the bank. A Blot on the Scutcheon Then a reserve pocket-handkerchief, sticky with bread-crumbs, then a taper, and last of all a leather case, about the size of a man's fist, of three-cornered shape. The Undying Past And here, on the top shelf of a three-cornered Empire cupboard, with glass doors and spindle legs, I found what I was looking for. The Window at the White Cat In one corner was a three-cornered cupboard with a paneled door underneath. Remodeled Farmhouses He points his three-cornered head at me and tosses back his thick black mane. Woman The market-place was a charming three-cornered square; on one side a Renaissance church that for its style was really picturesque and formed an admirable background to the women and stalls. Glories of Spain Of course, I wouldn't advise you to take her," said Mitchell, putting on his necktie before a three-cornered fragment of a looking-glass, "but I want to tell you that land's land out here. A Yankee from the West A Novel He wore a slouch hat instead of the usual three-cornered shape, and an Italian cloak thrown over the left shoulder. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Any friend made by one of them had been introduced, as a matter of course, into a three-cornered party; no other way could ever have occurred to either. The Furnace It's the same size and shape, and has the same carving on it, these little three-cornered kind of leaves round the edge, and these marks like queer letters in the middle. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story Jupiter sat therein, in a blue coat, yellow vest, ruffled shirt, and three-cornered hat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Some had large three-cornered hats with long plumes hanging down. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith They had scarcely concluded their scanty meal, when Sam presented the Captain with a dirty, three-cornered note, which, he said, Mr. Lootie had ordered him to deliver instantly! Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. It was the hatter from the next town, bringing for the holidays, a collection of newly dressed three-cornered hats into the village. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Fortunately Oakleigh was equal to any emergency in the eating line, and as rapidly as the piles of three-cornered sandwiches, fairylike rolls, and other goodies disappeared the dishes were replenished as if by magic. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 A little three-cornered note lay on the napkin. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days He saw the three-cornered hat vanish from the hat-boxes of the polite world, and he saw fine-coloured clothes give way to blue coats with brass buttons or coats of solemn black. English Costume Then I fell admiring the bloom on the people's cheeks, the three-cornered smiles of the fat babes, and the surpassing "otherness" of everything round me. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel On the box the coachman with a powdered wig and three-cornered hat. Black Diamonds To Egypt we shall fly, where are the three-cornered houses of stone, one point of which reaches to the clouds; they are called pyramids and are older than a stork can imagine. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series He and Temple have been writing little three-cornered notes to each other all the morning. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly His broad shoulders and well-knit frame made him seem shorter than he really was; his three-cornered hat was set a little jauntily on the left side of his head, with the broad brim in front. Black Forest Village Stories He was much heated, his boots and trousers were muddy, and his frock coat had a bad, three-cornered tear in it. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Just as his Lordship had rounded his peroration, the servant presented him with a small three-cornered note. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Why jes' to set Up on the top three-cornered rail Of Pap's old place, nigh La Fayette, I'd swap my soul off, hide and tail! The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches There are round towers, and square towers, and, for anything I know, three-cornered towers, each with its own history of horrors. An American Girl Abroad He rested his hawthorn stick against the wall, took off his three-cornered hat, pressed it to his breast with his left hand, bent his head humbly, and knocked at the door. Black Forest Village Stories The three-cornered hat had gone, the heavy coat cuff and the cravat with hanging ends. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" In the barn-wall, as in most of the barns in that country-side, there were no windows of any size—in fact nothing save a number of three-cornered wickets. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Halliwell says, a Simnel is “generally made in a three-cornered form.” The Lay of Havelok the Dane You will have to play the infatuated fool, and send me bouquets of gardenias and three-cornered notes, and give me money. The Bright Shawl Well, he is gone now, and 'I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat And the breeches, and all that, Were so queer.' Portia or By Passions Rocked That funny, squat figure, with something like a three-cornered fool’s-cap on my head and the moon above it, looking through a tube!” Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl There are the little three-cornered wickets in the walls. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Is it true that those little three-cornered things in the pink room with the china on them were washhand stands? Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind In an angle by the fireplace was a three-cornered cupboard, and between the front windows stood a chest of drawers with glass knobs. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge He was tall and majestic in stature, and carried to advantage the powdered wig and three-cornered hat, the broad-skirted coat, knee-breeches, high shoes, and plated buckles of the ancient costume. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine Then, once more, it was ripped from on top by that perishing shriek–passing strange, remote–but now it was as if the fissure’s three-cornered mouth filled with it, faintly gibbered the one word: “C-caught!” Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Sören Man was an obstinate fellow; when once he got a thing into his three-cornered head, nothing could hammer it out again. Ditte: Girl Alive! She writes a "frame" letter from the North to Mrs. Elliot, and sends warm appreciation of her work in the house, and of the "little three-cornered things in the pink room." Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind A sudden change in the wind filled the three-cornered sail, and they moved faster. The Life of Nancy Once my uncle thought he lay in a carelessly dug open pit, with a crowd of angry faces framed by straggling locks and three-cornered hats frowning down on him. The Shunned House This well known and highly respected character was one of the last men who wore a three-cornered hat, commonly called the "Egham, Staines, and Windsor." Old and New London Volume I After repeated warnings, he had been flogged, and treated to a ride on a three-cornered rail, and hung up to reflect upon his ungentlemanly conduct and its sad consequences. Cudjo's Cave Their great three-cornered hats, defiling under the lamps, their thin faces with their long mustaches hanging down, their sparkling eyes peering into the darkness, made them look like savages in pursuit of something. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 Rough rushes nod three-cornered approval and I am sure the spinulose wood ferns crowd down into wetter spots than anywhere else, just to get sight of them. Old Plymouth Trails When our small visitors saw the Tub-Tub, "that terrible bird," flapping horribly about with his three-cornered eyes glaring at them, they grasped our hands and shouted with the most exquisite mingling of horror and delight. Aliens A gentleman with a wooden leg and a three-cornered hat held a candle high in the air. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature This is a little height, three-cornered, between three lakes; a natural Belvedere for Central Europe. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 But when at last the three-cornered conversation within ended and the Judge's voice alone reached him, his whole body seemed to stiffen. The Co-Citizens S. grossus is not a very suitable material for industrial purposes, its distinctly three-cornered stalk being too coarse in texture and too large to permit of weaving even a fair grade article. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 He must be in the midst of it—perhaps again in a three-cornered fight it would be the third party that would emerge victorious. Seven Keys to Baldpate Whomsoever she approaches, that three-cornered dagger prods, And a hecatomb of corpses follows when her head she nods. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 In the rain and the black night, the three-cornered fight raged like firecrackers under a tin bucket. The Missourian Other externals of his attire were riding-boots, gloves, and a three-cornered hat without a military cockade. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 In fact, they were the real commanders, although the fire inspector had yellow and crimson feathers in his three-cornered hat. Skipper Worse His hair was curled, powdered, and tied in a queue, his headgear was the ceremonious three-cornered hat. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France At the close of the three-cornered sermon the question was asked, “How many of you from this time forward are willing to follow Jesus and be known as his assistants?” Trail Tales She looked scornfully about the disorderly room, took off her big, florid bonnet, and began arranging her hair before the three-cornered mottled mirror on the wall. The Romance of a Plain Man Two three-cornered hats, and one with a feather, They looked very fine in the sweet summer weather. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children He had not gone far with it when he came upon a small three-cornered slip of paper, with a memorandum penciled upon it. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs All this was done as requested, and then the lecturer was set free by Tom holding the three-cornered piece of glass, from which nearly all the water had run. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam About three years after the meeting at Fort Hall, where the three-cornered sermon was delivered, Mr. Roosevelt made a visit to the West. Trail Tales His gray coat and three-cornered hat become the best known symbols of military genius in modern times. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 A bitter three-cornered Senatorial fight was under way and the women were asked to delay action until after the September primaries, which they consented to do. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI One was described as wearing "a silver-laced coat, a superb three-cornered hat, blue-bafta trousers, considerably the worse for wear, and no stockings or shoes." A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 She was a sedate-looking little girl with big blue eyes and straight, mouse-colored hair, but upon this occasion she was dimpling and smiling as she handed a tiny, three-cornered note to Edna. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays Commissary of the Police—a dwarf with the three-cornered hat worn by the carabinieri. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso A three-cornered note, addressed in an odd feminine hand, very thin, small, and rapid, came among Dr Rider's letters. The Doctor's Family The first public session was held Thursday afternoon and the delegates looked forward with keen enjoyment to the "three-cornered debate" on what had become a paramount question. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V He looked out into a three-cornered room occupied by a three-cornered table, and that ran as far back as the foremast. The Harbor of Doubt This peep-hole was a small three-cornered piece of clear glass among the colored, and through it she could see everything in the room below. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic This fine fellow, with his three-cornered hat, his golden epaulettes, his braided jacket, and his staff, fifteen feet long, would make a servant indeed worthy of a king. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine I have only three of them; I had planned some three-cornered experiments with you, Carson, and myself. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Maggie had dressed her meanwhile in her green silk skirt, which had real little three-cornered pockets, with an embroidered pocket handkerchief sticking out of one, and her white tucked waist. Funny Little Socks Being the Fourth Book At that moment the drunken man, swinging his arms about wildly, struck the pompous man on the head, knocking his old three-cornered hat into the dust. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield The cheese is served in little three-cornered tins, and is poured hot over crisp pieces of toast. John and Betty's History Visit When the other three-cornered Hungarian flag shall be lifted to the wind, we shall see in it the long-buried, but never dead, principles of Hungarian liberty. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Will the time ever arrive in which stars and garters will claim as little respect as broad-skirted doublets of green velvet, surmounted with three-cornered hats tagged with silver lace? Leading Articles on Various Subjects George Macdonald, perfect interpreter of babies, must have had our Preethie's double in his mind when he wrote:— Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? Lotus Buds Outside the buttresses are square below and three-cornered above; all the walls are battlemented; the aisle windows are tall and round-headed. Portuguese Architecture But if she felt her hand close over a three-cornered bottle, it would wake her up in a hurry. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts The minister, however, makes amends for the lackey's shortcomings, for he is brilliantly attired in white cassimere breeches and a marquis's coat with embroidery, while a three-cornered chapeau with white plumes adorns his head. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 Put sippets of thin toasted bread, cut into a three-cornered shape, round the dish. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families "I wonder why things always taste so different out-of-doors," said Lindsay, looking reflectively at the three-cornered strawberry jam pastry she was eating. The Manor House School His three-cornered hat was rakishly set at an angle on his fair hair, which was meticulously rolled in curls above his ears, and the curls were caught at his neck with a black velvet ribbon. Mr. Wicker's Window The chief instrument in translating the message that the light brings is simply a prism, a three-cornered wedge of glass, just the same as those hanging lustres belonging to the chandeliers. The Children's Book of Stars It wasn’t a regular stair, only tiny three-cornered pieces of board nailed in the back angles, first one side and then another. Dorothy's House Party The natty little Frenchwomen who sell them almost all wear blue aprons and black dresses, and have little three-cornered shawls over their shoulders. Round the Wonderful World If they are three-cornered, it is probable that the object glass is subjected to undue pressure in its cell. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers And the boys looked and they saw the three-cornered fin cutting through the water at a great rate. The Sandman: His Sea Stories It was lighted by a three-cornered window, which 145 Marion learned afterward, being over the front door, was considered the one choice ornament of the house. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story I’ll show you, young gentlemen, lower down this river near the camping places on the shore spruce-trees cut into three-cornered shape. The Young Alaskans on the Trail It is about four hours after passing Stromboli that we enter the straits which separate Sicily, the three-cornered island, from Italy, which seems to be kicking it away with the toe of its foot. Round the Wonderful World There her own neat, pretty clothes were taken from her, and she was given the workhouse print dress, the ugly apron, the hideous cap, and the little three-cornered shawl to wear. Good Luck Is that his back fin?" asked little Jacob, "that three-cornered thing? The Sandman: His Sea Stories She had a little three-cornered shawl on her shoulders, and an old-fashioned bonnet was tied under her chin. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School With his three-cornered face, ending in a short, peaked beard, his clean-shaven upper-lip, his sallow complexion and his black clothes, he wore the solemn mien of a Protestant divine. The Frontier They went half the way without speaking, till they came to the little three-cornered grove beside the public footpath. The Combined Maze Some of the group wore three-cornered hats, others seamen's caps of rough wool, and here and there a face grimaced from beneath a twisted rag rakishly askew. The Black Buccaneer Ellen could not help wondering, as the doctor just then came in, and she looked up at his unfortunate three-cornered face, whether Jenny would be a happy woman. The Wide, Wide World He was a stately personage with powdered hair, wearing a three-cornered hat and a crimson velvet coat; diamond buckles sparkled at his knees, and in his hand he carried a gold-headed cane. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose "Dull, but safe," replied the Mole, who never took the least notice of the three-cornered Chip's insults. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children She was tired, she said, and they had found a seat in a little three-cornered grove where the public footpath goes to Wandsworth High Street. The Combined Maze Passing our camp, they turned into a little three-cornered field of much poppies and little corn, and proceeded to bivouac for an hour or two. In the Tail of the Peacock On his white head, decorated with a queue, was his three-cornered hat. Old New England Traits Sir Piers took out his pocket-book, and, from the several papers it contained, selected a three-cornered note. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The three-cornered scrap of garden by the elm tree, with a border of stones, and a neat trodden path down the middle, belonged to little Bethea. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children The cove was of a three-cornered shape, with luckily a deep dark cleft at its inner angle, into which he had already squeezed himself. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley An identity of interests had produced a certain three-cornered sympathy,—obliterating all past spite, and establishing, if not positive friendship, at least a sort of triangular forgiveness. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea They are three-cornered, rounded off at the corners, consisting of a thick succulent yellowish rind, each containing three seeds as large as goose-eggs. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The fair hair on the left temple was dabbled in blood, that trickled from the tiny three-cornered bluish hole. The Dop Doctor "That's the most recent discovery," he continued smiling and pointing to the three-cornered piece of pottery—"All I found in my last digging." Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Yes, there was Harry Foster's boat coming up slowly, with the three-cornered sail spread to catch the light breeze. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls Nearly all had the conventional three-cornered Revolutionary cap of blue; and the trousers were prevailingly of a lemon or canary yellow. Lafayette Rosemary was busy in the kitchen, and Miss Matilda sat at the other window mending a three-cornered tear in last year's brown alpaca. Master of the Vineyard "Sit by me," she whispered to Naomi, breaking off a neat three-cornered piece of barley cake which was to serve Naomi as knife and fork and spoon. Christmas Light Deep down in a buried Etruscan tomb there lay a little three-cornered piece of pottery. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children The driver of the vehicle, in Hessian boots, wore a three-cornered hat with a long piece of crape falling down from it. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man He had “spoken up,” as she had asked him to do, and a curious three-cornered partnership had been arranged the next day; a very mysterious partnership, of which no word was told to any one. That Girl Montana Ain't I always told you that the only way to mend a three-cornered tear was to set a piece in? Master of the Vineyard And how were the contents of this little three-cornered bag to restore Naomi's eyesight? Christmas Light The coachman was on his seat, enveloped in a great cape which hid the lower part of his face, while a three-cornered hat covered his forehead and eyes. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental One of the police-officers, marching at the head of his men, with his three-cornered hat drawn over his eyes, threatened him with his sword. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man "For God's sake, search my cards—my cards—my cards," Thompson had scrawled across the three-cornered envelope flap Macartney's grab had left in my hand: and, knowing Thompson, it was pitiful. The La Chance Mine Mystery To Egypt, where we shall see three-cornered houses built of stone, with pointed tops that reach nearly to the clouds. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Come, boys and girls of to-day, go back with me seventeen and a half centuries, and join the dozen lookers-on as they follow this three-cornered game of ball. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times A mass of helmets and three-cornered Schomber hats mingled upon two vessels which grappled another where swarmed white and red turbans, and above them all rose hands grasping pikes, scimitars, and boarding-axes. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan She had three masts, each carrying a huge, three-cornered sail, sixteen guns of considerable size, and several swivels. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Monroe on this occasion wore the three-cornered hat, "Era of good feeling" scarlet-bordered blue coat and buff breeches of the American Revolutionary army. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) She wound a white scarf around her as she spoke, and bent an old black hat into a three-cornered shape on top of her head. Ringfield A Novel A snow-white plume trailed over the new-comer's crest, and on his three-cornered shield was blazoned a solitary aloe-stalk, sturdy, tough, and unyielding. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times On his head he wore a three-cornered chapeau, from which rose a long, white ostrich plume, and a superb heron feather. Stories of Many Lands "Did I ever tell you about Sally Ann's experience?" she said, as she laid two three-cornered pieces together and began to sew with her slender, nervous old fingers. Aunt Jane of Kentucky At the Bunk there was a tiny, three-cornered room overlooking the bay, too small for any purpose whatever, even for a storeroom. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys An elegant figure in dark cloak, riding boots, and three-cornered hat confronted me, when I slowly turned. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 On the floor was a three-cornered slip of paper which had evidently, judging from the quality and thickness, been torn from a drawing roll. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam There, in the middle of the three-cornered open space, a flag in the paving marked the spot on which men used to be put to death. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 On her head she wore a three-cornered cap trimmed with a ruching of organdie, and beneath it her thin gray hair still showed a gleam of faded yellow in the sunlight. Virginia A violent wrangle resulted, into which Shand was presently drawn, making it a three-cornered affair. The Huntress Presently Phoebe came in with a little three-cornered note, written in pencil. Vixen, Volume III. There were flat parcels to be seen and three-cornered parcels, and long ones and square ones, and they were all done up in tissue paper. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller These three-cornered French plays are going to have a hard time over here in the future unless they contain something that is pretty big, novel, or human. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Now there were three popes and a three-cornered fight. John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr He was intercepted, and the argument took on a three-cornered aspect. The Huntress The bait is a 'lask,' or long three-cornered strip of skin, cut from the tail of a mackerel. A Poor Man's House Molly looked from the flat parcels to the three-cornered ones and could not decide which to choose. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller He wore his three-cornered military hat, but the rain flowed steadily in a little stream from every corner. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" If the prodigal lurked without and his vagrant nose were seen at last upon the window, then musty liquor, from a Toby's three-cornered hat, would be a fitting pledge for his return. Chimney-Pot Papers With a few folds, a newspaper was transformed into a three-cornered cap and placed on the baby’s head. Patty's Social Season There are four horses covered with rich harness, and the fat coachman on the box, with his three-cornered hat and brilliant livery, looks very proud of himself and his position. The Children's Book of London They went into the brown parlour of the inn, the cheerful, wainscotted parlour, where Branwell had so often lorded it over his boon companions from his great three-cornered chair. Emily Brontë She curtseyed deeply, and Monsieur de Zollern, having successfully hobbled from his coach, returned her salute with so tremendous a bow, that the long feather of his three-cornered hat swept the floor. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg In his hand he held a rusty broad-sword, and on his head was proudly displayed an old torn three-cornered hat, with a long red feather. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 By the cut of their short waistcoats, by their tight pantaloons and three-cornered hats, he knew that they were inhabitants of the nether world, from which they must have escaped. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Forward of these, in the bow of the vessel, was the kitchen, a three-cornered room like that on the Young America, with a large galley or cooking-range in the middle. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim The chapeau bras was a three-cornered hat, the like of which you and I have never seen, except in very old pictures. Little Grandfather The three-cornered piece cut out near the binding allows the pages to be turned without catching or tearing. Little Folks' Handy Book Anyway, that there was something mysterious about the sort of three-cornered relations between her and Wellesley and your cousin I'm as dead certain as that I see you! In the Mayor's Parlour Mr. Irving next tries the three-cornered stools which are placed around the table, but prefers square ones. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Also there were pictures in colour of warriors in three-cornered hats, high stocks and powdered wigs. War and the Weird Then, with another bow, his three-cornered hat in his hand, Mr Bayfield turned away. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century The ecclesiastic slowly descended the avenue, along which lean elm trees were placed as landmarks, and Bouvard, when he no longer saw the priest's three-cornered head-piece, expressed his relief; for he hated Jesuits. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life She was holding the field against Lord Rupert and Mr. Addlestone in a three-cornered duel of wits, while M. de Quérouelle sat by, his plump hands on his knees, applauding. Robert Elsmere The girl remained where she was, on the side of her bed, her slippered feet dangling, her eyes fixed on a spot where there was a three-cornered break in the dirty-gray plastering. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Did he have a three-cornered white scar on one side of his chin, where a steer had hooked him when he was a boy? Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos The apostles wear Swedish jack boots, loose collars, and pea jackets; and Joseph, as governor of Egypt, is shown wearing a three-cornered hat and smoking a pipe. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them More: suddenly confronted with the gigantic, three-cornered building standing there, a structure with something of the height and beauty of his own dream edifices, he realized that he was now entering the true New York. The Rich Little Poor Boy “Sound the trumpet, Philotas,” said Melchior, taking off his three-cornered hat, and making a low bow to the audience, at every blast. Japhet in Search of a Father It was fifteen feet high, and was probably the last of many such three-cornered towers. Chatterbox, 1906 I remember the three-cornered and square bits of India chintz which my grandmother showed me in long-preserved "housewives," or "huz-ifs," as she called them. The Development of Embroidery in America The three-cornered chair, now known as an "As you like it" chair, appeared in the middle of the century under the names of triangle, round-about, and half-round chair. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The sailor’s needle differs only from the common one in being longer and three-cornered, instead of round. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner Then Warren returned and dropped on a three-cornered stool standing there, and almost tilted over. A Little Girl in Old Boston You know that long three-cornered bit"—she looked Richard bravely in the face again—"which lies between the Portsmouth Road and our crossroad to Farley? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance He carried his three-cornered hat under his arm as he bowed to the ladies. A Little Girl of Long Ago The next morning Caesar brought me a little three-cornered note. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow It is true it was in a three-cornered fight, and by a majority of twenty-four he represents minority of electors. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 We had a queer three-cornered sail that was rigged in some native way, and as the wind was free we traveled the hundred or so miles to the mouth of the inlet in good time. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers The three-cornered cupboard, in one corner of the room, was of cherry, with small diamond-shaped windows in front, showing within rare old sets of china and cut glass. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills This,” he added, handing the three-cornered note to the old gentleman, “is her reply.” Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters And finally there was a frank three-cornered understanding. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers "Mr. Brett has been a saint to me," said I. Sally smiled her three-cornered smile. Lady Betty Across the Water Just as he concluded this letter a footman entered softly and laid a three-cornered note on the table. Fighting the Flames You see, Carpenter, it's a three-cornered race for three-thousand dollars—each of us, Col. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills “Well then, listen,” said the youth, drawing out a small three-cornered note. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters The porter touched his large three-cornered hat respectfully, for the musician had that morning given him a handsome tip preparatory to leaving. Stradella Then, for some reason, they both turned and gazed at me with a "thank-goodness-here's-a-floating-spar" sort of look, while Sally examined the grounds in her tea-cup, with that funny little three-cornered smile of hers. Lady Betty Across the Water After days and weeks on the "wide wild western sea" they sailed by the coast of Spain and came to Sicily, the "three-cornered island," and after numerous adventures they reached home once more. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Picture to yourself a large man, with reddish hair and beard, in a three-cornered hat and loose fox-skin pelisse; his arms buried to the elbows in fur gloves. The Dean's Watch He took off his three-cornered hat and waved it to our captain, who waved his in return; and then he made a sign that he would come on board us. Old Jack She herself wore a three-cornered blue French hunting-hat on the top of her immense black wig, and a short riding-skirt of green cloth, and boots like a man. Stradella Captain Philo, who had laid down his three-cornered sail-needle, to listen to this exciting story, readjusted the leather thimble that covered his palm, and began to sew again. Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine" The chairs were very curious indeed; the seats being three-cornered, and the back and arms being constructed in a very singular manner. Rollo in Holland Take a three-cornered file of appropriate dimensions, and snip the point off by means of a hammer; grind out most of the file marks to get sharp corners. On Laboratory Arts He who sat in the stern-sheets was a little old man, with a little three-cornered hat on his head, and a blue long-skirted coat and waistcoat, richly laced. Old Jack By the sparks he made Ortensia saw that he was standing beside an old marble table on which stood a brass lamp with a three-cornered bowl that slid up and down on a stem. Stradella Sears, when he got around to it, devoted some consideration to the wood and repair question and, after much haggling, affected a sort of three-cornered swap. Fair Harbor "Then there would be a three-cornered fight, and the Spaniards would have the best of it!" At the Point of the Sword Using an old three-cornered French file, I chipped off the point and adjusted the handle carefully. On Laboratory Arts He did not look a day older than when he came on board the Rainbow off Saint Kitt’s, and he wore the same old-fashioned three-cornered hat and laced-coat. Old Jack He was not taking any chances on a misunderstanding that might arise out of an attempted explanation in a three-cornered Russo-Chino-English conversation. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Coblenz is built on a three-cornered piece of flat land, exactly on the point where the two rivers come together. Rollo on the Rhine These women work very rapidly, with the thimble upon the first finger and by pushing the three-cornered skin needle deftly through skins they are sewing. A Woman who went to Alaska "That one has missed," thought I, standing by in a silent part of this three-cornered convention. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The cornfield no longer held a lure for Ringtail, but the beech trees were dropping their little, three-cornered nuts and the big raccoon was still fat and happy. Followers of the Trail A three-cornered hat, with the mouldering remains of a feather, completed her costume, and she announced herself as the gentleman of the party. Three Margarets The kids hadn't seemed to mind the thunder and lightnin' a whole lot, but when that three-cornered symphony of ours cut loose they begins to look wild. Shorty McCabe We wore white frocks trimmed with red braid and three-cornered pasteboard caps with a bronzed eagle on the front. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman And on the ground lay the soldierly three-cornered hat. The Wrong Woman The leaves drifted to the ground where they spread a rustling carpet, hiding the sweet three-cornered beechnuts upon which squirrels and raccoons waxed fat and contented. Followers of the Trail Before five minutes were gone, the flimsy wooden screen had been transformed into a neat three-cornered hole. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character There were boats of every shape, square, oblong, circular, three-cornered, flat, round—anything that would float. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance I hurriedly wrote a few impassioned words on my left cuff, and folded it into a three-cornered note. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 After peering against it ineffectually for a while she took off the three-cornered hat and proceeded to undo her work of the day before, removing the pins and letting down the rim. The Wrong Woman Scraping away the dry leaves under a beech tree, Mother Bruin disclosed a few of the little three-cornered nuts, moldy from their long contact with the earth but, nevertheless, acceptable food for a bear. Followers of the Trail I wish I could take that look of suffering from her little pinched, three-cornered face for just one hour. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid He hung his old three-cornered hat on one peg at his house, and when he attended the meetings of the Royal Society he had a peg in the hall known as "Cavendish's peg." Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside One bright summer night He sailed out of sight, And, hooting like Lucifer, hung in delight His three-cornered hat on the moon. The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes Having the misconceptions she did of affairs at the ranch, she saw all sorts of possibilities; she said nothing, however, which would keep this interesting three-cornered meeting from taking place. The Wrong Woman See, I'm folding a piece of paper to form a three-cornered case. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies The old Earl took off his three-cornered hat with the gold button on a white rosette at the side. Patsy His dress was peculiar,—a snuff-colored coat reaching to his knees, a long vest of the same color, buff breeches, and a three-cornered hat. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside After all Billy Button was the only one to suffer, and he had a fine big three-cornered hole in his coat. The Boy Scouts of Lenox An imperturbable gravity possessed him from the prim black-satin cockade on his three-cornered hat to the silver buckles on his square-toed shoes. Second Book of Tales When he was breast deep, he let his uniform cloak slip off his shoulders; allowed his shoes to sink to the bottom, and his three-cornered hat to float away. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) “Here it is,” I exclaimed, handing him a three-cornered note, which had come in my mother’s letter. In the Track of the Troops A portly person, with three-cornered hat, A crimson velvet coat, head high in air, Gold-headed cane and nicely powdered hair, And diamond buckles sparkling at his knees, Dignified, stately, florid, much at ease. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Women wore coalscuttle bonnets and three-cornered shawls, with the points hanging down in the centre of their backs, and crinolines that gave them the appearance of inverted tops. The Kensington District The Fascination of London Bias Darn A bias or diagonal cut and a three-cornered tear are the most difficult to repair. Textiles and Clothing I had got almost up to the vessel when I saw another thing which might well have made my heart sink: it was the black three-cornered fin of a shark appearing just above the surface. My First Voyage to Southern Seas The costume of those who were clad in the old-fashioned coats, was completed by short breeches, shoes with enormous buckles, and three-cornered hats. Mark Seaworth Anna had been so busy examining some little three-cornered Cape of Good Hope stamps, that she had not till now clearly comprehended what Willie was speaking about. Mountain Moggy The Stoning of the Witch The principal magistrate was a very dignified old gentleman, with silver buckles on his shoes, velvet small-clothes, a three-cornered hat on his head, and a silver-mounted sword by his side. Hurricane Hurry A trawl is a net with a deep bag fastened to a long beam, which long beam has a three-cornered iron at each end. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It It was of an ordinary sort; a little three-cornered handkerchief with a pink fringe. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas He wore a large wig, a three-cornered hat, short breeches, with large knee-buckles, and a coat with wide sleeves, ruffles, and spacious skirts, while on his feet he had high shoes with heavy silver buckles. Mark Seaworth At last they entered, ushered in by Lawrence, who kept bowing and flourishing his three-cornered hat before them in a way which seemed more like mockery than respect. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War The leaf grows on a three-cornered stalk, and is about a yard long. On the Banks of the Amazon On fine evenings all the gay and fashionable world of Liverpool used to take the air and show off their hoops and high heels, and the gentlemen their brocaded silk coats, and three-cornered hats. Recollections of Old Liverpool “Yes,” I said, pointing to a little three-cornered note. Burr Junior A three-cornered hat, of violet silk and silver lace, was heavily adorned with white plumes, and buttoned up at one side with a diamond. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) When the Gypsies' turn came a second time, Patty had the misfortune to catch her dress on a nail and tear a three-cornered rent in the front. Just Patty One's head inclines to ache by reason of listening to the three-cornered claque on the Tariff as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. The Masques of Ottawa And so, all through that spring and into the summer and autumn the three-cornered contest went on, and into the winter and on to the spring beyond. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Lastly, she put her dead husband's wig on the bare scalp of the pumpkin, and surmounted the whole with a dusty three-cornered hat, in which was stuck the longest tail-feather of a rooster. Short Stories of Various Types They sat on triangular chairs at a three-cornered table. The Colors of Space "Would it have been in that three-cornered strip that runs along by the road?" Torchy As A Pa It is cut off from the infinite by a wall of division which may be either rare or dense, in motion or at rest, round or three-cornered or any other form. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Then he had a Centennial hat, three-cornered, such as old soldiers used to wear a hundred years ago; it had a long brown plume on it. Sunshine Factory There was a coarse, dark-colored horn button attached to the bit of brown jeans, which was a three-cornered scrap of his coat. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories At that, a tall young fellow came springing into the clearing, jumping exultantly over brush-heaps and tree-trunks, his queue waggling, his eyes bright, glad, under his three-cornered hat. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories Suppose we pick a perfectly round jewel and insert into the opening a three-cornered piece of steel wire, in shape somewhat resembling the taper of a triangular file. A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material It was late that afternoon when a three-cornered interview took place in a down-town office somewhat outside the customary espionage of William Street. White Ashes The ladies promenaded in their hoops, sacques, and caps, as they appeared in their own drawing-rooms: the beaux of the period were in attendance, with swords and powdered bag-wigs, their three-cornered hats under their arms. Art in England Notes and Studies The regular troops are uniformed in white with facings of blue and red and gold and violet, three-cornered hat, and leather leggings to knee. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom "Oh, very well," said Phil, in a resigned sort of tone, seating himself in a most unladylike attitude on a three-cornered chair. We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses When the other three-cornered Hungarian flag shall be lifted to the wind, we shall see in it the long-buried but never dead principles of Hungarian liberty. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform His uniform dress is a blue coat with two brilliant epaulets, buff-colored underclothes, and a three-cornered hat with a black cockade. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers She tore a three-cornered place in her best muslin delaine, getting over the wall. Young Lucretia and Other Stories It is said that the troops took off their heavy three-cornered hats and lay in their shirt sleeves, hand on musket, speaking no word, but waiting. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here;133 But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer! The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Plain and unpretending was his green uniform with its white facings; unadorned was his small three-cornered hat. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia It was a kind of three-cornered duel of eyes, and the eyes said a good deal more than common human speech could have done. A Honeymoon in Space The bays are marked by plain aisle buttresses, terminating in three-cornered caps, with a battlement of cusped stonework ornamented with finials behind them. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See And instead of that making a three-cornered fight of it, it might mean an offensive alliance between Ali Higg and Ali Baba's gang. The Lion of Petra The leaf, which is a yard long, is plaited like a fan, and is borne on a three-cornered stalk. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America He threw his small three-cornered hat with a contemptuous gesture on the bed, which was surmounted by a velvet canopy, embroidered with gold, and then, his arms crossed behind him, commenced slowly pacing the room. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia On the right fore shoulder was a great three-cornered tear from which the skin hung in a bloody fold. Benefits Forgot A Story of Lincoln and Mother Love Above this window, in the crown of the gable, is a small three-cornered window ornamented also with dog-tooth moulding. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See The large pod is three-cornered; the husks having turned brown, become divided, and expose to view the large, orange-coloured seeds, which, later, turn to a reddish-brown. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. When his wife fell ill I sent her my own doctor, for her little pale, pinched, three-cornered face appealed to me. At Home with the Jardines This three-cornered friendship is little understood by the town and ridiculed as a childish thing by the great minds that foregather at Uncle Tony's. Green Valley Beech-nuts Small, three-cornered nuts that grow on beech trees, and that are very sweet and good. The Insect Folk Ellen could not help wondering, as the doctor just then came in and she looked up at his unfortunate three-cornered face, whether Jenny would be a happy woman. The Wide, Wide World And they must know too; there can be no more of this three-cornered game. Daisy in the Field He wore a three-cornered hat with the cockade of liberty upon it, and across his breast a broad band of blue silk. Stories of Later American History His wig was frowsy, his three-cornered hat was out of shape and he held a big stick with which he every now and then thumped the floor to emphasise his words. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' To Keep Rugs from Slipping—Cut a three-cornered piece of rubber sheeting to fit each corner and sew it firmly in place. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Placed in a sort of three-cornered square above the inn, the tower stood out boldly against the background of sky, but it possessed no beauty or merit. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 He had on a green cloth coat with gold braid round the cuffs, an embroidered waistcoat, yellow breeches, top boots, and three-cornered hat. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden Along the river cliff was a little three-cornered hut of thatched clay. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Has a black cloak, and a black three-cornered hat. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Charles the First of England was a good friend to Lord Baltimore; and when the settlement in Newfoundland was given up, he made him a present of an immense three-cornered piece of land in America. The Beginner's American History Afterward, following the shore to the east, he discovered a fine harbor beyond a three-cornered island. Days of the Discoverers Old Mat sat by the muddy pond on his three-cornered cob. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Leapfrog and the three-cornered game of "cat" were favourite pastimes, but nothing broke the monotony. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine A three-cornered black hat, which he carries under his arm. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Only the dogs and hens remained under the trees, where some sheep were nibbling at a three-cornered patch of grass, while the priest's maid-servant swept away the snow from the presbytery-garden. The Wrack of the Storm And with that the brave tree gave itself a shiver and shake, and shook down on the bear a lot of sharp, three-cornered beech nuts. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods The portiere, however, was very gorgeous and imposing in his knee breeches, white silk stockings, gold-trimmed coat, and his three-cornered hat with the prince's cockade at the side. The Title Market The Citizen Dumart was a sallow-faced man, dressed in rusty black, wearing an enormous tri-colored cockade in his three-cornered hat, with a sash of the same color girt around his waist. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Adams, with three-cornered hat on breast, bows just behind him. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People The black coachman who had sat aloft, unmoved through all the tumult, in his white stockings and three-cornered hat, glanced down from his high box. Romance A small three-cornered hat rested on a lot of powdered hair tied behind in a queue. The Point Of Honor A Military Tale "I thought there were to be but three members," I protested, thinking of the possible complications of a three-cornered correspondence. The Garden, You, and I It was only of late years that he relinquished his three-cornered hat; to breeches, buckles, and hair powder he adhered to the last. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales He wears knee-breeches, a loose white shirt, silver buckles on his square-toed shoes, and a three-cornered hat on his head. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People He stood aside, in his maroon velvet and gold lace, holding the three-cornered hat under his arm, bowing his gray, woolly head—the most venerable and deferential of majordomos. Romance I suppose he got at last to three-cornered notes in the vernacular; and meanwhile what could a poor girl do? Certain Personal Matters To find out how fast we were going, the sailors threw the "log," which was no log at all, but a long thin rope with a small three-cornered canvas bag at one end. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 "We still adhere to the old sign for President from Monroe's three-cornered hat, and for governor we designate the cockade worn by that dignitary on grand occasions three generations ago." Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Mrs. Crofton had a small three-cornered face, a ridiculously little, babyish mouth, and a great deal of dark, curly hair which matched in a queer kind of way the color of her big, pathetic-looking eyes. What Timmy Did I would suggest a three-cornered alliance: a third to you, another to Farley, and the remaining third to the Major. The Quickening "Anyhow," said I to myself, behind my little three-cornered talc window, "whatever his faults may be, appearances are very deceptive if he ever tries to chuck me under the chin." The Motor Maid Mustafa puts up a large three-cornered sail, Ali sits at the rudder, and with a stroke or two of the oars we turn around into the wind and away we dash towards the shore. The Women of the Arabs Nor did her daring end here; it took the form of a little three-cornered note on that very evening, and on the next morning Mr. and Mrs. Goodwyn-Sandys accepted. The Astonishing History of Troy Town What staid, dignified men in three-cornered hats and embroidered velvet coats and long plush vests! The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York It should first be cut three-cornered, the inside face being about eight inches, and the other two ten inches. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making But look, in the little three-cornered bit of sky, there is a star. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Instead of the usual dust cap, cut a three-cornered piece of cheese-cloth, hemming the two sides without selvedge and tie around the head with the point at the back of your neck. Food and Health I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here, But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches,—and all that, Are so queer! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation When he hoisted it again there was just a patch of three-cornered sail. Dan Merrithew Miss Janet stood at the top of the portico steps, in her dove-colored gown, and her three-cornered handkerchief, with open arms. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is The edge of a steep gabled roof and a chimney could be just seen through the window, and in between peeped a three-cornered piece of blue sky. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Above the big sail they have a small, light, three-cornered topsail, but this is merely a fair weather sail, useless in battle. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence There the rude, three-cornered chestnut-rails, Bound the pasture where the flocks were grazing Where, so sly, I used to watch for quails In the crops of buckwheat we were raising; Traps and trails! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation They produced some marten skins which, after a great deal of wrangling, were bartered for tobacco, tea, powder, shot, bullets, gun caps, beads, three-cornered needles and a few trinkets. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale There is a three-cornered nut called the "lava-nut," of which the animals are very fond, and they will go a long distance in search of it. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah It is a round sum indeed; I wish a three-cornered sum would have served her turn.—Why should you be so pervicacious now, Pug? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Otherwise it serves to spread the three-cornered sails called jibs. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence And the old hat, crushed into three-cornered shape, went back. The Gay Cockade After which, she rose, and, still sliding, made her way to an arm-chair, into which she threw herself, and taking up the cure's three-cornered hat, she began to fan herself vigorously with it. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume Mr. Bombus gave her a severe look from under his three-cornered hat, but did not reply at once, and they advanced on their way for some little time in silence. Dreamland They had pinned on linen aprons, with three-cornered bibs; such as they wore at their machines. The Other Girls He wore a three-cornered hat, a sandy-coloured scratch wig, and had a thick woollen wrapper folded round his throat. Jack Sheppard A Romance His next business was to the baker's, and here a three-cornered crusty loaf was the result. Uncle Max Its immensely long ears see-sawed meditatively, and its queer three-cornered mouth twinkled incessantly as if it were talking to itself. Children of the Wild "True; so I have n't," said the old gentleman, setting his three-cornered hat firmly on his head and settling the fine laces at his wrists. Dreamland Whichever way you turn, you see keen eyes peering upon you from under a three-cornered hat or a cowl. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Jack pulled out a little three-cornered pebble, telling her that it was all he got; 'well,' says she, 'throw it over your left shoulder like the stick.' The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Eric carried his steak and three-cornered loaf jauntily, and every now and then broke into a sweet low whistle that reminded me of his nickname among his mates of 'Jack the Whistler.' Uncle Max Hanging at one side was a three-cornered pincushion of green silk, a proof at once of a character remarkable for thrift, neatness, and industry. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "Sound the trumpet, Philotas," said Melchior, taking off his three-cornered hat, and making a low bow to the audience, at every blast. Japhet, in Search of a Father She wore no bonnet, and had thrown a little three-cornered shawl, with palm-leaf figures, over her shoulders; and it was evident that she was a near neighbor. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Then we set it up as best we might with the running rigging, and so had a mightily unhandy three-cornered sail of doubled canvas. A Sea Queen's Sailing Then Mrs. Hunter came up panting, and, still wiping her hands from imaginary soap-suds, carried off the steak and the three-cornered loaf. Uncle Max Edward was now confronted by a three-cornered problem. A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After His uniform, too, was more splendid, and his head was surmounted by a great three-cornered hat, heavy with gold lace. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Mr. Lewis came to dinner, and brought me a little three-cornered note from his wife, written with much grace and elegance, so far as the composition was concerned. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 My glass, too, the poor little three-cornered, paper-framed companion of my girlhood, showed me some change. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 It was Kant who first began the resolution of this three-cornered difficulty. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant At last, unable to hold out any longer, the good man hung his three-cornered hat upon a peg in the wall and lay down upon the heath. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales He wore a three-cornered hat shaped like that of Napoleon, but instead of the Corsican's simple gray his was bright in color and splendid with plumage. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty There was a three-cornered tear on the shoulder and a hole in the elbow of her sleeve. The Little Colonel's House Party Meanwhile, Cotton Mather took his staff and three-cornered hat, and walked about the streets, calling at the houses of all the physicians in Boston. True Stories of History and Biography When they set out Solomon was dressed in fine shoes and brown wool stockings and drab trousers, a butternut jacket and blue coat, and a big, black three-cornered hat. In the Days of Poor Richard I was anxious to try on my uncle's three-cornered hat and scarlet waistcoat. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Sophy knew it again in an instant from its three-cornered shape. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories He was decently, though not expensively, clad in black cloth, his three-cornered felt hat, wide-skirted coat, and ill-fitting knee-breeches, being all of the same solemn hue. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. There this unknown personage took his stand, and removed the three-cornered hat from his head. True Stories of History and Biography He wore a blue coat with buff facings and buff underdress, a small sword, rich epaulets, a black cockade in his three-cornered hat, and a blue sash under his coat. In the Days of Poor Richard What happened beyond the primrose ring is, perhaps, rather a crazy-quilt affair, having to be patched out of the squares and three-cornered bits of Fancy which the children remembered to bring back with them. The Primrose Ring There was a man called Bronckhorst—a three-cornered, middle-aged man in the Army—grey as a badger, and, some people said, with a touch of country-blood in him. Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages The greater part of them were little, three-cornered beech nuts, which the squirrels like better than anything else. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends On his head was a three-cornered hat, beneath which a bushy gray wig thrust itself out, all in disorder. True Stories of History and Biography The two old companions had locked their brooms into a three-cornered closet at the stair-foot and were crossing the mill yard together. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Some one informed Paul that in France the revolutionists wore the chapeau, or three-cornered hat, with one of the corners in front. The Empire of Russia A loose bunch of small white flowers is succeeded by three-cornered capsules, each containing one hard rough seed. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. One can even protect one's self in this way against the bite of the poisonous file-snake of the Boschveld—a snake the shape of a three-cornered file, sometimes from 3 to 4 feet long. On Commando But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer! Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Besides these they have a three-cornered piece of dressed hide, of which two of the corners are tied round the waist, and the third, being passed between the legs is fastened behind. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time So no one could have arranged them in the order in which they were written, though there was a three-cornered one which said it was the first. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood When a three-cornered piece of peat is observed in the fire, a visitor is coming. A Wanderer in Holland A tap at the door was followed by the introduction of a three-cornered note addressed to himself. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 Charlie put a three-cornered hat on Santa’s head and tied together the parts of his body with a girdle of pink worsted. The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play It consists of a three-cornered piece of tin, nailed on the top of the fence. Peck's Compendium of Fun The quaint triplicate mirror is of black lacquer decorated with Chinese figures in gold, and the little, three-cornered cabinet in the corner is also of black and gold. The House in Good Taste He stands by his horse, a gallant young figure, with a face pale, yet rather handsome, booted to the knee, his scarlet coat, ample waistcoat, and small three-cornered hat all heavy with gold lace. Montcalm and Wolfe He was elected in a three-cornered fight where he did not receive a majority vote in Chicago, but had the opposition to him been solidified he would have been snowed under, for Chicago is patriotic. The Story of The American Legion Sid Waters, as president, was sitting in the go-cart, his head ornamented with a huge smothering three-cornered hat, made out of a New York daily. The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play The industrial class struggle was now a three-cornered one, the contractor aligning himself here with the journeymen, whom he was forced to exploit, there with the merchant-capitalist, but more often with the latter. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States She said it was shameful to reduce this majestic creature of the deep to the dimensions of a chafing dish and a three-cornered slice of toast. Ma Pettengill Senegal closes in again around Gambia, and is at once blocked to the south by the three-cornered patch which belongs to Portugal. The Congo and Coasts of Africa |
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