| 单词 | untenanted |
| 例句 | But Bobby’s untenanted look owed itself not to vapidity but to a certain lack of interest in the world around him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Today, the docks were empty of commerce, the wide squares untenanted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Rogers' room, as Philip Lombard had already ascertained, was untenanted. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The garden was dressed for winter — bare branches, untenanted beds, patches of dirt. Karen Pittman Isn’t the New Samantha 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z But there’s also something about an untenanted table and chairs, clearly designed for domestic use, that whispers of lives that once gathered around it, in conversation, celebration and probably confrontation, too. Review: Remembering the Way It Was (Not) in ‘The Things That Were There’ 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Fascinatingly, it's not an actual model, or an animation, but something in between, and this image segues into perspectives of actual cities – lonely, dark, eerily untenanted places. Babeldom – review 2013-03-07T21:30:02Z Instead, the relationship of Australia to its pre-European past is like that of the coastal cities to the vast and untenanted wilderness which constitutes the majority of its landmass. What I'm thinking about … why history has put Australia behind a firewall 2013-03-02T03:49:39Z As she said of her subjects, “I go so out of myself and into them that, after they leave, I sometimes feel horrible. I feel like an untenanted house.” Alice Neel’s Apartment Is Still a Portrait of the Artist at Work 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “Virtually all of the neighborhood retail spaces were untenanted in the early 1990s. Who would want to open up a business here?” Bloomingdale: The vibrant community now is one of D.C.’s most-coveted addresses 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z We need to rediscover what we treasured in those regular 48 hours of untenanted time. Where did the weekend go? How work stole our Saturdays and Sundays 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The parks have now been covered with more terraced housing, all meant to be let out, but half of which stands untenanted. The euro crisis is happening in Britain too 2012-06-11T19:00:08Z It stands back gloomy in the sullen shade of its thick fruit trees, and might seem untenanted if one did not hear the incessant yelling of the children. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z When they died, it was left untenanted for a considerable time. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The deck was untenanted and showed no signs of life, and the silence was unbroken save for an occasional cry from the caged animals in the hold. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z With the fall of the monastery the island appears to have become again untenanted, and probably continued so until the prior and convent of Durham established there a cell of monks from their own house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The house, of one corner of whose quaintly terraced garden we had taken possession, appeared to be untenanted. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The splendid valley, untenanted except by a few solitary rancheros living many miles apart, seemed to be some deserted location of ancient civilization and culture. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Right and left, however, the sweep of hillside curved upward to the skyline, lonely and untenanted; behind her the castled rock frowned down on the rugged gorge and filled it with dispiriting shadow. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Ralph had never known that post of the service to be untenanted at any hour of the day or night. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z He found the place dark and apparently untenanted. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Except for a beautiful flock of cream-coloured turkeys, the place seemed utterly untenanted. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Not only was it untenanted, but it had the look of a house that has stood so for years. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z Now, the intense stillness of early morn did not reassure me, nor did the careless quacking of the ducks convince me that the river and shore were untenanted save for them. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Their boats were drawn up upon the beach untenanted. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The door which led into the bedroom was open, the bed made and the room untenanted. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z The huge space of the restaurant was a desert of tables untenanted save by a few dejected waiters and a few couples evidently in need of solitude. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The house, he now saw, was indeed untenanted; dust-sheets covered the piled-up furniture; he glimpsed through doors ajar, pictures were screened upon the walls, brackets draped to look like hooded heads. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The homesteads in sight seemed untenanted: there was not a single column of curling smoke to mark the presence of humanity. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z With that idea he beckoned Smith into a lobby of an adjacent building, which at that early hour was untenanted, and produced the medal from his vest pocket. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z My first impression was that this room, like the other, was untenanted. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z The key was soon produced, and, accompanied by the repentant ballad-monger, he approached the mansion, which, as we have before noticed, was near at hand, apparently untenanted. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Pallid, silent, untenanted, it lay before him, lit by the flicker of his guttering candle. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z It seems as boundless in its desolation as an untenanted temple-ruin. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z These evidences of his munificence and taste, still exist in the fine but untenanted halls of the neglected academy. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z I tell you it was not so pleasant for a little boy of impressible nature to go up to bed in an old gambrel-roofed house, with untenanted, locked upper chambers, and a most ghostly garret; ... Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Anthony knew that, and chanced finding his eyrie untenanted. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Apparently, however, this world of sunlight and green leaves and cool shadow was quite untenanted; there was no sound but that of the blackbird and the thrush; she wandered on without meeting any one. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z But, on approaching the cottage, it proved to be quite untenanted, and from the cobwebs woven across the doorway it seemed to have been long abandoned. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z This room also was untenanted, but the light was full on. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z The second and less traveled road crossed theirs just above them at a narrow angle; but it, too, lay untenanted, not a breath quivering on the stillness. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z It was no longer untenanted, she was no longer alone. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z We found Custer City a deserted village—many a store and dozens of houses utterly untenanted. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z There was no doubt, as I could see from where I stood, about the place being untenanted now, nor that it would not remain so for very long. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The site first chosen was at La Prairie de la Madeleine just across a broad swell of the river from Montreal on a tract of land belonging to the Jesuits and hitherto untenanted. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z As far as wild beasts were concerned, the dismal swamp was untenanted. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z You could really think the forest was untenanted. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Leslie was still peeved with Dulcie for not having locked the back door of the untenanted house as she had been ordered to do. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z The house next door might have been untenanted for all we saw of its inmates, and that, I confess, made me a little angry. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Will it act less freely, less intelligently, with less consciousness and individuality when that attenuated vital connection is severed, and the body lies—untenanted? Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z The house was always shut up they told him, although not untenanted; they could not explain why his summons had not been answered. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z A general aspect of desolation was perceptible on every hand, showing the premises to be untenanted. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z He glanced at Juanita, lying unconscious in my arms, at the open grave, and last at the untenanted coffin. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z He tramped one quiet road after another on the look out for a dead 'un—a house furnished, but untenanted. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Their torches flared brightly, but the spacious apartments appeared untenanted. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z With the most delighted alacrity Caroline hastened to get ready, and in her hurry forgot the poem till she re-entered the school-room, which was still untenanted. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z The western staircase gave access to this passage, from which the servants' rooms in the new block were reached, as also the untenanted apartments in the old wing. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Count Henrik pacing up and down, half-dressed, on the landing, with weapons in both hands, while the guard hung snoring in their shoulder-scarfs among the untenanted suits of armour on the window pillars. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z The room was untenanted, but a haze of cigar smoke in the air indicated that it had been only recently vacated. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He wheeled abruptly and shot a glance in the direction of one of the bunks, thinking that he had made a mistake in deeming it untenanted. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Kenneth could hear the Prussians' boots crunching on the rubble overhead, and their guttural shouts as they reported that the building was untenanted. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z By way of some slight compensation, she was allotted a small table with places for two, the other chair being untenanted, which she considered much preferable to the tables for four across the aisle. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z He gave a start of keen disappointment when he found that the place was untenanted. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z As the finale, he offered his arm with a sweeping obeisance, and they strolled through the rooms, untenanted as yet save by themselves. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The boudoir opening upon the ladies’ dressing rooms, is untenanted. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The closet, and its canvas-covered wall; the adjoining house untenanted and shut up—but this house, though unoccupied, belonged to Ormond. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The highest regions of mountain-ranges, clothed with perpetual snow, and with far-reaching sheets of glacier ice, are untenanted, except by the chamois at their outskirts. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z It was dark and untenanted; a fire was burning in the grate. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Since the murder the mansion had been untenanted. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The houses are crazy, old, and brown, of every height and every size; many are untenanted. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Thanks to the big clean lake and the wind-swept wharf, there was no dust to show how long the place had been untenanted. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z There are some who say that they do not believe in elevating the working classes, because it would leave the ground floor of the social edifice untenanted. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z In one corner an untenanted frame, with the glass in it, showing the wall-paper through, which he would neither take down nor get refilled. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z On that very account, it had long been untenanted, but me it suited perfectly. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Why not let them be still closer, in Westminster Hall itself, which is now untenanted? Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z In truth, Stone Dean had been a long time untenanted, except by one of those peculiar creatures termed “caretakers;” a grey-headed old veteran, who appeared less an occupant than a fixture of the place. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z O how does joy die a stranger in the untenanted, dark bosom, when she finds no sister and becomes a spectre there! Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Even by the deer, the savanna was untenanted, as I could perceive at the first glance. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z For as a lair in which to lie low it offered every advantage—secluded, inconspicuous, the rest of the floor untenanted. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Your Highness has perhaps done wrong to leave the state-prison untenanted. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z "How is your father?" asked Tom, seeing the study untenanted. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z It was dark and untenanted, save by a slender, black-robed figure, seated by the window, as motionless as a statue. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Doors were barred and barricaded, and sufficient means of defence for a time seemed to have miraculously sprung from the untenanted location. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z In five minutes the crew space was untenanted save by Fuller and Kirkwood. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z While in some speculative towns in our island great warehouses and other edifices have sprung up too quickly, and are standing untenanted, a rising manufacture like this cannot find room. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Second, it will in its eastward progress open up to settlement a broad belt of fertile and well-watered country, at present well-nigh untenanted. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z To his surprise, he found it untenanted, except by his wife, who was standing before, and very near to, the closed door of the Princess's study. Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:37.767Z There is a further power given to the Commissioners to acquire compulsorily untenanted lands. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z The centre of the cellar was occupied by two portable operating tables, rarely untenanted during the three hours I spent in this hell. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z A dazzling chandelier lit up the splendid, but as yet untenanted, space, which, in spite of its festive decorations, was almost awesome in its stillness and emptiness. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z It was as quiet as the woods around it, and seemed more untenanted, for through them the songs of the thrushes were ringing in flute-like cadences, while here nothing was astir. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Otherwise, the fore part of the ship was untenanted save for Maseden himself and the slim, cloaked form which seemed to be peering aimlessly into the impenetrable wall of darkness ahead. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z "One of the cells is untenanted," said he; "why don't you put Tengelyi in that?" The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z The north wing of the house was pulled down after his death and all his personal possessions burnt—but still the place remains untenanted. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z A distant boudoir, untenanted for the time being--though a lively hum of voices told of neighbours in the adjoining room--served as the desired refuge. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The new castle, an uninteresting building, was erected in 1724 by the earl of Fife, and though untenanted is maintained in repair. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z But compassion had to undergo a still greater trial, at sight and hearing of the parent birds, as they flew frantically around the now untenanted nest, uttering shrill plaintive cries. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z They came up to it and found it untenanted; there was a hut big enough for three persons to sit in, but too small for even one to lie in. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z So lordly a park, such rich pastures, could not be untenanted; nor were they. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z It led to a home-building binge that now, as Ireland enters another year of contraction, has left empty houses clustered in untenanted “ghost estates.” In Ireland, There?s an All-Too-Familiar Gloom 2010-12-05T06:05:00Z The horse had been taken out of the stable and from many evidences about the untenanted place he judged that the man who lived alone there had been absent for several days. The Law of Hemlock Mountain It was a compact and comfortable-looking house, but had evidently been long untenanted. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Healthy vegetation with sound leaves must be passed by as untenanted; but the presence of partly eaten foliage immediately arouses suspicion. Butterflies and Moths (British) It was astonishing how different it seemed now the rooms were untenanted. The School by the Sea Each evening they put up a gibbet as well as his tent, and the former did not remain long untenanted, but it was all in vain. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster And the Prussian King treated his acquisition like an untenanted prairie; almost at his pleasure he fixed boundary stones, or removed them some miles further. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. All the five houses of Leppard Street seemed to be untenanted by children, which certainly added a touch to their decrepitude. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Dusky in a corner stood a great dolls' house, somewhat sad like a real house that has been left long untenanted. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Besides the desk which the master himself occupied, there was another large unoccupied desk in the corner of the Great School, which was untenanted. Tom Brown at Rugby On subsequent occasions when Boone passed the "great house" it seemed almost as quiet as though it were totally untenanted, but with the approach of Christmas it awoke from its sleep of inactivity. The Tempering But the field appeared to be untenanted, and it occurred to him that his companion might actually endeavour to hide if she took him for a German soldier. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 For the electric torch which he flashed on the gloomy interior showed it to be untenanted, while the gaping hole in the roof told of the way of escape. A Traitor's Wooing I had not been over an untenanted home before, so I jumped at the opportunity, and we climbed up the hill-side again to a little iron gate which opened through the hedge from the fields. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story It had, at one time, been a lead-mill, but for the past eight years had, we learned, been untenanted. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Blinded by the sunlight, and believing himself to be surrounded by a solitude untenanted by enemies, he saw not the quietly moving figures in the dim shadows beneath him. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 His chamber was also untenanted; but, on the quilt of the bed, lay a piece of paper written over. Bye-Ways The shutters had not been closed, and the room door was wide open, seeming apparently untenanted, or as if the occupants of Sir Hilton Lisle’s residence were all retired to rest. Sir Hilton's Sin Apprehensive of a surprise, the band gradually approached and cautiously entered the town, only to find it untenanted by a living soul. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa The ground outside might as well have been untenanted. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Indeed, the whole house had that curiously breathless feeling encountered in homes for the moment untenanted. Mask of Death As the presence of a kennel presupposes that of a dog, so I imagined that it was impossible that such desirable quarters should be untenanted by one or more restless shades. International Short Stories English The Heathcotes had gone to Rome for the winter, and the Villa was shut up and untenanted. One Of Them Well, your majesty," replied he, "we have determined to take possession of the sphere Hilar, one of the untenanted spheres above us, and there create an ideal world. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar There is often a sort of an instinct which tells that a place is empty, whether house or room—empty, untenanted by its ordinary occupant. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland It was apparently untenanted, and they eagerly asked if it were to be let. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly A cubicle fenced off in one corner formed the office proper—for the time being untenanted. The Destroying Angel "A pretty spot," remarked Layton, carelessly, "and, to all seeming, untenanted." One Of Them The creature was beautifully complex, and, more important, untenanted. Insidekick It had brown walls and large brick palaces untenanted, and ancient towers, also of brick, pointing high to heaven. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June It was untenanted, save by a mouse, that scuttled away across the floor on seeing us. Long Live the King The "Ambassador Street," where formerly the armorial shields of every reigning house of Europe were wont to be displayed, was now almost untenanted. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The Mazzarini Palace had long been untenanted; its last occupant had been one of the Borghese family, whose princely fortune was still unable to maintain the splendor of a residence fitted only for royalty. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life We know that there exists one cluster of clusters—a collection around which, on all sides, extend the immeasurable wildernesses of a Space to all human perception untenanted. Eureka: A Prose Poem It was untenanted, and I promised myself perfect peace. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Beyond us lay Ulm,—silent as if untenanted: not a sentinel appeared on the walls; the very flag had disappeared from the battlements. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I It seemed as if Heaven had determined to make her a houseless wanderer; for not a single untenanted habitation could she hear of. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III The tomb remained untenanted by the daring commandant. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality From this noontide quietude it must not be supposed the prison was untenanted; the calaboose at Tai-o-hae does a good business. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) It was a lovely day, and there was the peacefulness of Sunday over the landscape, the wide untenanted fields, the woods near and far, and the distant hills. The Life of Nancy Excepting the two dingy-looking, dust-covered parlors, which served as office and dining-room, the only portion of Mr. Basset's dwelling untenanted by lodgers was the attics. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I There was the look about it that clings to houses long untenanted, a look not wholly due to its unkempt grounds and the heavy boards over its windows. The Girl in the Mirror To the careless passer, it was a gray, bald, doddering old structure that seemed trying to shrink into the ground, untenanted, unsightly, and forlorn. Old Plymouth Trails I saw untenanted land cars shooting wild through packed streets. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The noonday light was shining on the distant river; the road was untraveled and untenanted for miles together, except by the Northern rider and his Southern steed. The Life of Nancy The stairs were dingy and looked unswept, and a pane of glass in the door of the untenanted suite across the landing from the Judge's was broken. The Wishing Moon The barrier reef abruptly ceases, the surf beats direct upon the shore; and the mountains and untenanted forest of the interior descend sheer into the sea. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) And now the corner was untenanted; some judge, like a careful housewife, had knocked down the web; and the bloated spider was scuttling elsewhere after new victims. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Comorre’s nature seemed altered; his prisons were empty, his gibbets untenanted. Legends & Romances of Brittany "In any case, it's warm and comfortable and untenanted, and will allow us to strip off our clothes and dry ourselves." With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front When at last he did so he was relieved to find it dark, and to all appearance untenanted. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) "Dead Men Tell No Tales," a short story by Ida Cochran Haughton, is a ghastly and gruesome anecdote of the untenanted clay; related by a village dressmaker. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 As happens in all untenanted houses, the damp had wrought terrible havoc. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales On re-entering the room they had quitted—the only habitable sitting-room the Priory could now boast—they found it untenanted, the mother and daughter having retired for the night. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly With the mobs pouring in, it would not be untenanted long. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Again he scrutinized the black untenanted wastes of space above. The Passing of Ku Sui Cobwebs in a profusion never before seen by me were spun everywhere, and huge bats flapped their bony and uncanny wings on all sides of the otherwise untenanted gloom. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Even the savage wretch, de Ploermel, unable to believe in the existence of such chivalry, such honor, half doubted if he were not deceived, and the cupboard were not untenanted by the true victim. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Robbed of its empty secret, the North still stretches silent and untenanted with nothing but the splendid record of human courage to illuminate its annals. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas Inside, it was a vast cathedral of untenanted pews. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Its door was ajar, but the log house for any sign of occupancy might have been untenanted. In the Shadow of the Hills The task involved weeks of scanty and broken sleep, and caused our support and reserve lines to be utterly untenanted. With Manchesters in the East So they restricted their inspection to three-story unfurnished and untenanted houses, where the neighbourhood was less pretentious and there was a better light in the rear. The Crimson Tide A Novel They stared in reverential awe at the untenanted chair, where only the inspired vision of Sabbataï could perceive the celestial form of the ancient Prophet. Dreamers of the Ghetto It has now been untenanted for more than a year. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend For a quarter of a mile he had been interested in the evidences of unwonted hilarity at the usually untenanted structure. In the Shadow of the Hills Except for one man sitting at a desk by the window and writing industriously, and the clerk behind the counter, the lobby was untenanted. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective And the room adjoining was untenanted, as she knew. Nobody All he craved was the country, and a whole lot of it, with untenanted roads. Mixed Faces "It is not a fact yet," returned Billy, croakingly; "and if this trip doesn't make it a fact, I venture to prophesy you will have an untenanted aerial structure on your hands before long." A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties To all appearance Sorenson had not stopped here: it was quiet, gloomy, untenanted. In the Shadow of the Hills And below—the gas that was fatal to animal life seemed to have stimulated vegetable growth—an illimitable sea of green rolled untenanted to where the first ramparts of New York rose against the sky. When the Sleepers Woke It needed but little imagination to picture what it will be a few years hence when the inevitable railroad claims the desert as its own, for this rich land cannot long remain untenanted. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The little stretch of sandy beach, between the two horns of the cove, stretched untenanted back to the thick fringe of trees. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards "I have visited the pavilion and found it untenanted," said the Fairy, without troubling to explain how she had contrived to elude her attendants and get there. In Brief Authority I was enticed to an untenanted house in Bayswater, and after a cheque for a thousand pounds had been obtained from me by a trick, I narrowly escaped death by a devilish device. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London Spread over an area of several miles square, with a sufficient number of houses to accommodate twice or three times the population, its broad, stone-paved thoroughfares and numerous untenanted buildings have a peculiarly desolate appearance. The Land of Thor The streets are narrow and gloomy, from being lined with heavy and dark arcades; the houses, which are large, and bear marks of former opulence, are standing in many instances untenanted. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge There was a 131 shout of triumph, giving way to surprise when the pantry was found untenanted. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards Nothing that was old about the latter was swept away, but much that was new sprang up, and rooms long untenanted were now restored. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure If, as it seemed, Reckitt and Forbes had taken unlawful possession of an untenanted house, then it was probable they would not return to get rid of my remains. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London The space where a planet should—in fulfilment of the "Law"—have revolved, was, it appeared, untenanted. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It is the roomiest of all, and has, moreover, spacious untenanted spaces behind, where you may stow away your luggage; and, being the loftiest compartment, it commands the country you may happen to traverse. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The house had stood boarded up and untenanted for years. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards In the summer the heat in her "poet's garret" becoming intolerable, she took refuge in a congenial solitude offered by the ground-floor apartments of the house, then in course of reconstruction, dismantled and untenanted. Famous Women: George Sand I suppose I must have cut a sorry figure, dishevelled as I was by my night’s weird experience, and covered with the dust of that untenanted house. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London Not untenanted: since I could perceive the signs of occupation, in some articles of rude furniture visible inside the doorway. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The cell untenanted; the window bar filed through and broken; the file lying by it, and the chain hanging down outside. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Gerhardt stepped inside the postern, and Stephen beckoned him into an outhouse, at the moment untenanted. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford "Oh, God, help me to remember!" breathed Myra, after a swift glance around, to assure herself the place was untenanted. Bandit Love Whiteing managed to get some rather good books at an untenanted house a few days ago. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition At present these huts—low, uncomfortable-looking structures of stone and roofed with broad, flat flags—were untenanted save for the two or three used by the small garrison on duty. The Doomsman Although she traversed the garden in every direction, she found it absolutely untenanted. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt All during my childhood the Williams house stood gaunt and untenanted, the personification of a haunted house. A Portrait of Old George Town His father owned a cottage in a pretty part of the country, not a great many miles from London, which cottage just then was untenanted. The End of a Coil During the day some of our Sussex fellows came upon an untenanted shanty, containing scores of packets of magnificent candles. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition It had long been untenanted, and had fallen into decay. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies It came into existence of necessity, when the action of Government was paralysed, and the space which it occupied was untenanted. Lectures on the French Revolution She went a step or two on to meet the person she sought, halting him in the untenanted space at the end of the coach. Sundry Accounts With this purpose she contrived to draw Chris Allonby into one of the smaller rooms where the card-tables were then untenanted, and listened with becoming patience to stories she had often heard before. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter He looked at the untenanted corral and then to the bunch of tethered animals the outfit from Diamond X had brought with them. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery Finding that it resisted all his efforts, he lit a match, and going hastily into the house, he was astonished to find it empty and untenanted. The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery We shaped our course thither, hoping to surprise them, but we were disappointed: the birds had flown, and the bay of Balabac was untenanted. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Below, dim gleams The sea, untenanted by ought that lives, And Jordan’s waters thread the plain unseen. Memories of Bethany Have no poet’s dreams, lingering in the untenanted spaces, claimed your beauteous spirit in sleep?” At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern With hasty fingers she raked together the brands of the fire; they flickered up and showed her an untenanted room. Judith of the Cumberlands When this order has been obeyed, and the injured man has been removed, Madeline returns to the drawing-room, untenanted now save by the officers and their prisoner. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter He was passing along the platform when he caught sight of Hilton Fenley seated on the far side of a first-class carriage, which was otherwise untenanted. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Now the house is untenanted, so that you lift your eyes the sooner to look above and beyond it. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Each took a candle and Harlan led the way, in and out of unexpected doors, queer, winding passages, and lonely, untenanted rooms. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern “It would seem that he thought any appointment to the post unnecessary, 104 in view of the fact that the Hall was at present untenanted.” Antony Gray,—Gardener She had entered the library through the drawing-room and, both rooms being untenanted, had left the door of communication between them half open. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Monday, December 17th.—They visited every part of the Lazaretto, and found the hospital clean, and in excellent order, but untenanted. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 "A brief epitome of this Commonwealth," said Denis Quirk, with a wave of his hand as they were running through a vast, untenanted domain, protected on either side by rows of dark green pines. Grey Town An Australian Story And the only thing that keeps me human, nowadays, that keeps me from being a woman with a dead soul, a she-being of untenanted hide and bones and dehydrated ham-strings, is my kiddies. The Prairie Mother The cell happened to be untenanted, and Stephen was at once conducted there. With Cochrane the Dauntless His anger may be imagined when he found it untenanted. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready There was something suggestively final about this, and presently the group moved off, loitering across the flat, untenanted fields. The Rapids They were untenanted now by sheep or 21 cattle, for these had been driven off the night before to higher ground, by men who kept an eye upon the weather. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers Now, a terrible plague swept the world from end to end, so that laborers became scarce, lands went untenanted, taxes unpaid. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Are there no new countries on the earth, as yet uncrowned by thorns of cathedral spires, untenanted by the consciousness of a past? On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Mr. Orde drove rapidly and silently between the shipyards and the rows and rows of lumber piles, arranged in streets and alleys like an untenanted city. The Adventures of Bobby Orde I occupied the only untenanted piece of ground I could find, and awaited events. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France You learn that the place has stood untenanted for years. Blue Ridge Country These had been made on the first days of the landing and are now untenanted. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The key was soon produced, and accompanied by the repentant ballad-monger, he approached the mansion, which, as we have before noticed, was near at hand, apparently untenanted. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 There was the creeper-overhung verandah on one side, which, at a glance, I could see was untenanted; there, on the other side, was the garden-like plantation, with its gorgeous blossoms and flitting birds. The Golden Magnet Hand-in-hand they fled along the narrow, sandy path till they reached the beach, just where a few untenanted thatched huts stood on the shingle. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 No living creature was visible and, in spite of the blossoming geraniums and muslin curtains at the windows and the homely spiral of smoke, the place had a lonely, almost untenanted, look. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The beach along his farm and for several farms along shore was a lonely, untenanted one, for the fisher-folk all lived two miles further down, at Rowley's Cove. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 About ten months after the resurrection of the "Ever Victorious" and the concomitant reawakening to life of Chinkie's Flat, three ladies arrived by steamer from Sydney to take possession of the villa—then untenanted. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 He confessed in the morning to having passed a restless night, tormented by the ghostly noises of the wind, a wanderer, "like the world's rejected guest," through those untenanted chambers. New Italian sketches Sure entrance then made she Into that heart untenanted by thee. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Then the owner died, bankrupt, and for years it remained untenanted, the recrudescent bush slowly enveloping its once highly cultivated lands, and the deadly black snake, iguana, and 'possum harbouring among the deserted outbuildings. The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 I have very frequently found that for some cause which I have not yet ascertained, they often start a large number of queen cells, which in a few days, are all discontinued and untenanted. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual I knew, I knew890 There was a place untenanted in it: In that same void white Chastity shall sit, And monitor me nightly to lone slumber. Endymion A Poetic Romance They came quite close to our encampment, perching upon the nearest trees; and wondering, no doubt, what strange creatures we were, who had thus intruded upon their hitherto untenanted domain. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Though he should have to leave the house untenanted altogether, it would matter but little. Cousin Henry Through it the great trail to the North lays its long, winding course, and over it broods the loneliness of the untenanted. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure They had their own vines and fig-trees, their own wives and olive-branches, and after the death of the venerable grandparents the homestead on the shores of Lake Michigan was for some years untenanted. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike The sea remained untenanted and the Wavecrest drove on as though she were enchanted. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers The toldos of bamboo and palm thatch are still standing, but untenanted—every one of them! Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco On the whole, it was rather an eerie thing to have one's 'haunts' in such a rambling, half-shut up, untenanted old house. The Gold of Chickaree A "city" stood on the spot where, during a former visit, a midnight storm had burst upon me in 90 the then untenanted prairie. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure My child, it is not right for any one to go into an untenanted building, alone, in the dark. Marjorie's Busy Days And it, too, adds to the impression of stillness, as the untenanted handiwork of man always does. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story As the presence of a kennel pre-supposes that of a dog, so I imagined that it was impossible that such desirable quarters should be untenanted by one or more restless shades. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Fit up some of those untenanted rooms, and let them be homes for whoever needs them. The Gold of Chickaree The farm-houses were untenanted, the fences laid flat or destroyed, the fields strewn with discarded clothing, arms, and utensils. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War With this he made a hurried examination of the interior; and, now satisfied that the place was untenanted, he came out again, and beckoned his comrade to bring up the horses. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The plantation late Armstrong’s has passed into the hands of a new proprietor—Darke having disposed of it—while the cottage of the Clancys, now ownerless, stays untenanted. The Death Shot A Story Retold No portion of this world was ever intended to remain for ages untenanted. Diary in America, Series One Look at the position, too—the silent hill, the waters of the sea-loch around it, and beyond that the desolation of miles of untenanted moorland. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 The physicians and nurses treated him with delicate kindness, forcing food and drink upon him, and urging him to rest himself in one of the untenanted rooms. The Dragon Painter The room was entered—it was found untenanted—the bed unpressed—the señorita had fled! The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico When at length clear of the woods, and within sight of the untenanted dwelling, he stops, and for a time remains contemplating it. The Death Shot A Story Retold Comorre's nature seemed changed, his prisons were empty, his gibbets untenanted; but Triphyna felt no confidence, and every day went to pray at the tombs of his four wives. Brittany & Its Byways The grounds were trim and well-kept, but the dwelling looked untenanted. At the Point of the Sword Large islands—so large that any one of them might have been mistaken for the mainland—lay over the dark waters of the sea, remote, untenanted and silent. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 Here all was a waste and barren desert, untenanted by any living creature, save the venomous snakes which had sprung from the blood of the Medusa when borne by Perseus over these arid plains. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome In fine, the Clancy cottage, stripped of everything, has been left untenanted. The Death Shot A Story Retold An alien lived where Betty once reigned, and the white cottage from which Agnes was wont to issue in her exquisite Sunday frock, was untenanted and falling into decay. A Daughter of the Middle Border The broad deck stretched out before them, untenanted save by a few wounded officers near the stern, and a grim old British seaman at the wheel. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Snow covered the untenanted portions of the Fens, and hid its ugly nakedness with a soft mantle, which seemed to hold a silken sheen, as the first flush of morning touched it. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands The hazers had worn their masquerade costumes under their dominos, having been told by Leslie that they would not be more than an hour at the untenanted house. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore The electric light flashed upon a room untenanted. The Lion's Mouse Of course it is very natural after the dreadful event that happened there”—Mrs. Walker lowered her voice discreetly—“but it seems a sin to leave the place untenanted.” The Daughters of Danaus They might have supposed that the house was untenanted; still they advanced till they got within range of the garrison’s fire-arms. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia She had left the gay drawing-room and fashionable company under plea of a headache, and finding the oak parlour untenanted, had hidden herself snugly behind the curtains. Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life After the violent manner in which she had been jerked into the untenanted house, she had not doubted that she might meet with further rough treatment. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore The trees were approached cautiously, and the pair scouted round the clump to make sure it was untenanted before they stretched themselves amongst the mossy, radiating roots that spread far and wide. Marcus: the Young Centurion But the sound had ceased and for the moment we were safe, for no leaf was stirring, and the deep shadowy wood appeared to be untenanted. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah During this hour the room was left untenanted, and the window left open to let in the air. Six Years in the Prisons of England They walked upon a trackless way, and when they entered the dwellings they found them untenanted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Is he on return to the house, which they know is now untenanted, and, if so, with what intent? The Lone Ranche You will find it empty, cold, untenanted by living thing. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The forest, so far as Captain Redwood had explored it, seemed altogether untenanted by living creature. The Castaways A few more weeks and “The Firs” was untenanted. Nearly Lost but Dearly Won He briefly described himself as living an isolated life in a small house on the sea-coast, a dozen miles from the family home which had remained untenanted since his father's death. The Mystics A Novel And to seek it we set forth, leaving my house untenanted, or only in charge of the remaining domestics, from whom gold had gained a promise not to betray us. The Lone Ranche Ultimately, however, we came upon a cave that for some inexplicable reason was untenanted, and seemed to be everything that could reasonably be desired. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn "It can't be possible that we have come ashore on an untenanted island?" Madge Morton's Secret The place was untenanted, and they rushed in and at once began to pile its contents against the door. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti Half the stone cottages were untenanted, with broken windows, flapping doors, and gardens overgrown with rank marsh weeds. The Shrieking Pit The two, with their mules, form a tableau in front of the untenanted dwelling. The Lone Ranche Many an untenanted cell still echoes only to the sighs of its own loneliness. The Bon Gaultier Ballads They are found in little bands, a few here and there, with large tracts quite untenanted. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers At this second fall, he was heard, in a tone of wonder and surprise, to utter the following exclamation, referring to what he considered the untenanted graves, "Ay! ir ye a' up an' awa?" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Above are two rows of canopied niches, which, however they were originally occupied, have for long been untenanted until quite recently. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See To him it looked like any other untenanted shack in the mining town, and so he said musingly, "I wonder if that man really did kill himself there, or was he murdered?" Tabitha's Vacation The result is sometimes puzzling, sometimes amusing; on this occasion it was nearly tragic, as part of the firing line was left untenanted. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 A nostalgia of vast untenanted spaces was upon him,—of those great glacier regions where a man could stand alone with God and the universe, could shake himself free from the fret of personal desire. The Great Amulet The old man led them to a building which had served as a stable, but which was then untenanted. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee Down each side are untenanted niches, and the openings of the tracery show some beautiful and elaborate iron-work, dating from the Renaissance. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See This plan, therefore, was abandoned in despair; the principal rooms were closed; and the building remained for years untenanted, except by one or two unwilling dependants. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 The Gordons occupied the second storey; the one above them was untenanted, and used as a storage place for furniture; the first floor and ground floor were divided into chambers and offices. Scottish Ghost Stories On one occasion the house was occupied by a German staff-officer, and their walks ceased for three weeks; but for the greater part of the time it had remained untenanted. With Our Army in Palestine Here again a large portion of the village is untenanted. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 The American fired three more shots before he was satisfied that the canoes were untenanted and not cut adrift. The Captain of the Kansas "There's a chair in that other room," said Amy, indicating the apartment they had looked in, only to find it untenanted. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley Inside, a gray film of dust had accumulated on everything, and the rooms were oppressive with the musty odors that gather in a closed, untenanted house. North of Fifty-Three They walked down the carriage-road, through the desolate, untenanted grounds, to the gate, before either of them spoke a word. Can You Forgive Her? Although the cold wind blew in his face he paused several times to listen, nor did he enter his bastion until he had patiently made certain that it was untenanted. The Long Night The stoke-hold was quickly emptied of its inanimate occupants; living and dead alike were carried to the untenanted second-class saloon forward. The Captain of the Kansas The bank was untenanted, as I knew it would be if Geddis should not be there, since we had never employed a night watchman. Branded Everything was done up carefully and put away for safekeeping, as became a house that is to be long untenanted. North of Fifty-Three This was to take up their abode for the present in the untenanted ruins of Waverly-hall, and endeavour to prevent its further dilapidation. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Bonnes were coming to market, but most of the booths were untenanted, and the price of vegetables, eggs, and butter was exorbitant. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris In two more he reached the end of the trail beside a pool of dark water only to find the place untenanted. At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear The outer gate is locked hard and fast, and the little sulky-looking porter's lodge is untenanted. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. As I did so the figure vanished, and when I threw open the door and looked out upon the deck ... the deck was wholly untenanted! The Devil Doctor Suddenly, on the side that lay open towards the town, two men entered the covered gallery, which was just at that moment untenanted by soldiers. The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War And when they saw his untenanted body hanging on the cross, they slunk away in confusion and despair. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life At last they were again in the house which was hushed as though untenanted or as though its occupants were asleep or dead. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure A lonesome, untenanted cabin is seemingly in the way but your car swings to the left instead of climbing the door-step and suddenly you find you are facing a bog. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 He confessed in the morning to having passed a restless night, tormented by the ghostly noises of the wind, a wanderer, 'like the 81 world's rejected guest,' through those untenanted chambers. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series They are cared for by women, who escort you to the door of an untenanted hut, collect sixpence and retire. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 He believes the rest of the house to be untenanted, and you must remain perfectly quiet, during the half hour he is here. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire During our steamer's canal passage of about two hours, we were interested by the picturesque scenery, untenanted save by the wigwam and the bark canoe. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 I love above all the solitude they keep, and to feel the pulsing of the untenanted air. Lore of Proserpine It is a most hideous place, like a pit in Dante's Hell, disused for some unexplained reason, and left untenanted by fiends. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The next day he moved his headquarters and not having been considerate enough to inform the Germans of the fact they kept on methodically pounding the roof of the untenanted premises. My Second Year of the War The corner of West and Dwight streets lay more than half a mile from the end of the car route, and it was an almost untenanted district. A Court of Inquiry He had evidently expected to find the hall untenanted. The Second Latchkey But she, that patient beauty which is her body fair, Endures on earth still lovely, untenanted of care. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea The countryside grew absolutely deserted and the solitary farms were roofless and untenanted. Leaves from a Field Note-Book For the first time I realized that darkness was over the city; that dust lay upon the stairs; that the floor above was untenanted and the floor below empty. The Best Ghost Stories It had been untenanted for some time, as the owners were in Europe, although both house and grounds were looked after by a care-taker. Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities Just as pickers comb the back-country for antiques, a related group search for untenanted old houses. If You're Going to Live in the Country He had 'made himself so unpleasant' to various people who had thought of taking the house, that they drew back, and Reka Dom had been untenanted for some time. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances But the Hotel, though held like a place of arms, was untenanted by the marshal, his retinue, or the lost Scottish maids. The Black Douglas So far as he could tell, it was untenanted, but it was possible that the commander might be on the divan above him. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century To his surprise he found the room not untenanted. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood The front door of the manor-house was shut and the broad, pillared portico was untenanted. The Quickening The haunted house remained untenanted for a long time. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition They occupied the room above, leaving the shop untenanted save by Mlle. The House of the Combrays As they had hoped and expected, the cabin was untenanted. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century At the worst, he could easily run from this house which, he felt certain, was untenanted save for himself. The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam The cabin was untenanted, but he found Nan sitting on the slab step of a rude porch at the back, nursing her child. The Quickening She stood on the extreme edge, and, shading her eyes with her hand, she looked up and down the broad expanse of sand—a great untenanted wilderness. The Betrayal The Rectory there was closed for the time and untenanted, the Ellisons having returned some months before to their own enlarged and newly furnished house. Hetty Wesley Within a few miles of this place, I have a little box untenanted at present. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 He made quite certain that the shack was untenanted, then entered boldly. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale In Gandhara there were only a few Buddhists: more than a thousand monasteries stood untenanted and the Buddha's sacred bowl had vanished. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 The house was so still that it seemed to be untenanted, and he shivered suddenly, as if the wind that rustled the dried grasses were a ghostly footstep. The Voice of the People Neither was below stairs when I came; for my Cousin Tom was in the cellar, and my Cousin Dolly in the kitchen; and when I went into the Great Chamber it was all untenanted. Oddsfish! It was true enough: the whole of the untenanted interior contained nothing but wood fuel. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One In short, it was a perfect day in early June, on a wide, untenanted, high-lying Surrey common. Prince Fortunatus It was untenanted except for the girl and the unconscious man on the bed. The Gun-Brand The long beautiful line of Princes street was untenanted as the Rob Roy tartan tacked cautiously round the corner of St. David street and took a hasty look up and down before venturing forth. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. There is a fine looking farmhouse, evidently untenanted. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Beyond this corner of the cemetery as yet untenanted, at the end of lateral Avenue No. 3, a train was passing along the high embankment of the circular railway which overlooked the graveyard. His Masterpiece To his right, a double doorway revealed a drawing-room luxuriously furnished but, as far as he could determine, quite untenanted. The Day of Days An Extravaganza The morning has well-nigh passed, and the drawing-room is still untenanted. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest This dwelling, having long lain untenanted, has a back door that stands ajar and we piloted the awe-struck lyrist inside. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Right and left, however, the sweep of hillside curved upward to the skyline, lonely and untenanted; behind her the castled rock frowned down on the rugged gorge and filled it with dispiriting shadow. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France The windows appeared to be untenanted, and Lionel withdrew his eyes and passed straightly on his way. Verner's Pride Trying the first at a venture, P. Sybarite discovered what seemed a servant's bedroom, untenanted. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Their favorite performance is to break into an untenanted house, to knock off the faucets, and cut the lead pipe, which they sell to the nearest junk dealer. Democracy and Social Ethics It includes, also, purchase of whole estates and of untenanted land by the Estates Commissioners and Congested Districts Board, and these may involve larger sums than were originally contemplated. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union They marched me down to an untenanted little farm, back from the road. New Faces Taking the moaning man along with them, and leaving the cutter untenanted by any living soul, the boat now left her for the enemy's ship. Israel Potter No boots stood outside the rooms, and open doors, one after the other, were sufficient indication that the apartments they led to were untenanted. The Man with the Clubfoot Finding this corpse untenanted, the wandering spirit entered it through the temples, and made off. Myths and Legends of China Houses were becoming untenanted; there were holes in the walls of many of them, through which one gained glimpses of the sky. Out To Win The Story of America in France It is very fine, though gaunt, bare, and untenanted. With Rimington Every mile or two a house is passed untenanted. Israel Potter That vast noble pile, untenanted and sacked, symbolized the vanished monarchy of France. Lazarre Other important clauses gave compulsory powers of purchase to the Congested Districts Board, and, in the case of "congested estates" and untenanted land outside the jurisdiction of the Board, to the Estates Commissioners. The Framework of Home Rule And is all secure within, and untenanted by men? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. The hills look untenanted except that now and then we have seen parties of Boers wending their way in between the kopjes and driving in herds of cattle. With Rimington The glittering floor stretched away for acres of untenanted expanse, with not a skater to explore those dark mysterious coves, or strike across the slanting sunlight poured from clefts in the impendent hills. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Milk and eggs they had none to offer us; and their beds were piles of straw on the ground, seldom clean, never untenanted by fleas. Lazarre This room was without a light, but its door stood open and sufficient light came from the kitchen to show that it also was untenanted. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood I mechanically thrust my hands into my pockets, but they were completely untenanted. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 The chambermaid, through its fatality, never discovered that my jugs were empty, my bottle clothed with slimy green, my soap-dish left untenanted. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 For him, danger, if absent, did not exist, and there was inspiration in the crisp breeze that came over a thousand miles of untenanted woods. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky The crows' nests hung untenanted in the trees; the birds were foraging far away from their roosts. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh So, therefore, it remained unlet, and wearing that gloomy aspect which a large house, untenanted, so very quickly assumes. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood But this desolate tract was not wholly untenanted, for Æneas saw flitting about certain hideous shadowy forms. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) As usual, the hall was untenanted, with no servant to answer questions. The Devil's Garden It was the judge's chamber they had entered and it was not untenanted, for there on the bed lay the judge himself. The Just and the Unjust Johnson was taken to the third floor, untenanted save for himself, and ushered into a quiet and pleasant corner cell, whence he might solace himself by a view of the street and the courthouse park. Copper Streak Trail In fact, what could be done without attracting very special observation was done to prove to any casual observer that the house was untenanted. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Robin, how can you bear to leave it so long untenanted? The Twenty-Fourth of June We passed several Dutch farmhouses, many of them untenanted, owing to the so-called loyal colonial owners having flocked to the Transvaal flag at Vryburg. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time Near this was a large hotel, built to accommodate stage-coach traffic, but rendered unnecessary since the railway had been cut, and consequently now untenanted. From John O'Groats to Land's End He led to a tent, which, from the stillness within, I conjectured was untenanted. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 You have now, as you cannot help having, a disagreeable feeling, that you may find that one coffin is untenanted. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Now her room and her life were empty of all song, and Jessie's untenanted basket—in which the red flannel seemed to Cuckoo like blood—was a spectre and a vision of hell. Flames That was the case certainly in the mediaeval English town of Winchelsea, where the rectangular building-plots laid out by Edward I have in great measure lain empty and untenanted to the present day. Ancient Town-Planning Both sites lay empty and untenanted for many years. The Romanization of Roman Britain And finally, more significant than all, was the empty carpeted sanctuary at her feet, the enormous altar with its flight of steps, the gorgeous curtain and the great untenanted sedilia. Lord of the World The smooth, unbroken surface not only displays itself untenanted for the moment, but it offers convincing testimony that it has lain thus undisturbed through a considerable lapse of time. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Some enthusiasts, to enlarge their holdings, went even so far as to pull down their untenanted fowl-houses. The Siege of Kimberley For however now inclined to believe that the brigantine was untenanted, I desired the light of the sun to place that fact beyond a misgiving. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Could it be that a footstep was now heard coming down the staircase of the old mansion which all conceived to have been so long untenanted? Twice Told Tales When I entered the untenanted room where he first drew the breath of this world, I took off my hat with, I hope, an unaffected sentiment of homage. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 To his surprise, all was still there, and though a lamp burned in the little stone lodge, it was certainly untenanted. The Son of Clemenceau The big drawing-rooms would be untenanted at this moment, so she turned the handle of the door and crept in there. Halcyone I did not hear a favourable account of Ostend; and, notwithstanding the peace, above a third of the houses were said to be untenanted. A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium They became despots, and their despotism, which was everywhere magnificent, engraved itself upon these untenanted bare rocks. Hills and the Sea He was almost surprised to find the great damask-covered easy chair untenanted, and order restored to the length and breadth of the library table. Out of the Ashes Our vast domains of wooded mountains, hills and valleys lie practically untenanted by big game, save in a few exceptional spots. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Desolate and solitary indeed seemed the huge pile of untenanted buildings as the evening breeze swept through them. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune Vacancy, n. emptiness; space, vacuum, chasm, gap; leisure, vacation, intermission. vacant, a. empty, unfilled, void, uninhabited, untenanted; leisure, unemployed. Putnam's Word Book My mind seemed like some untenanted recess in the unfathomable depths below. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described That to the left incloses the coffin of Lady Blessington—that to the right is still untenanted; long may it remain so! International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 For centuries her splendid forests, her grand mountains and picturesque valleys remained untenanted by big game. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Almost all the other rooms were untenanted, and the long table d'hôte was deserted. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty We were at Ecouen not long before the death of its last possessor, and visited its wide but untenanted halls with strong interest. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland Hearing no sound whatever, he rose up slowly, and with an "Ugh" of disappointment, strode carelessly across the silent and untenanted place of encampment. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described They had passed fairly close to a cottage, which was apparently untenanted. The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps For they were designed to be usually untenanted; not places to dwell in, but camps of refuge, whither the neighbouring farmers and their cattle might flee when in danger from a hostile raid. Early Britain—Roman Britain Behind it was a halted tram, and along the vistas of the Green one saw other trams derelict, untenanted. The Insurrection in Dublin On that side his nearest neighbor was distant the width of several untenanted lots. The Lilac Girl Moreover, the association was not revived after the Revolution like that of Saint Sulpice, and their building in the Rue Saint Victor was untenanted. Recollections of My Youth But its object was always to escape the formality of rent-paying, and it was now lodged in an untenanted mansion belonging to a viscount in a great Belgravian square. The Pretty Lady In the court, untenanted by a single spectator, were heard men, women, and children. The Man Who Laughs Saluting with one hand, fumbling at his buttons with the other, Watson marched into the customs house, while the populace waited agape; but he returned very soon to report that the building was untenanted. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts But more often we escape from the burble of the diplomats, and take our sandwiches and thermata—or is thermoi the plural?—to the untenanted shores of the lake, and picnic à deux. Kimono At this second fall, he was heard, in a tone of wonder and surprise, to utter the following exclamation, referring to what he considered the untenanted graves: "Ay! ir ye a' up an' awa?" Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character From the distant, low, and nearly imperceptible shore of the island of Nassau, to the coast of New-Jersey, there was one broad and untenanted waste. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas His ship had been dismantled, and now lay untenanted with the other floating castles of the deep. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence This whistling platoon, with towels round their necks, are on their way to the nearest convent, or asylum, or École des Jeunes Filles—have no fear; these establishments are untenanted!—for a bath. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Harry, as we have said, was out of the house, so his daughter's room was untenanted. Bred in the Bone Directly west of them lay the untenanted wilderness, traversed only by the war parties of the red men, and the hunting parties of both reds and whites. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 His far western lands he left for the most part untenanted. George Washington: Farmer So, one afternoon an untenanted houseboat was left lying in the sunshine and the marshes, all aboard having taken to the shore-boats and gone in search of the more solid portions of Weyanoke. Virginia: the Old Dominion They had found the old home under the giant sycamores, on the edge of the little clearing, dark and untenanted. The Eyes of the World The greater part of this house was untenanted. Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton The three now passed out the open front door to the wide gallery, which lay in the dim twilight untenanted. The Purchase Price It had an upper story, but that was left unfinished and untenanted for years, though fitted with arrangements for defence. The Crater Just above, on one of the peaks of the mountain, stands the Acropolis, formerly used as a fortress, but now untenanted save by a few monks. Views a-foot At first glance one might have been inclined to believe the buildings untenanted. The Apartment Next Door But now the old, historic site Lives only in the past; Neglected and untenanted, Its life is ebbing fast; Each crumbling step, each mossy stone Is marked by Ruin for her own. Poems The subterranean church was buried in profound darkness, and apparently wholly untenanted. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire There were not above a score of cabins in the whole; half of these appeared untenanted; all were rotten and decayed. Martin Chuzzlewit While threading my way through some dark, crooked streets in an unfrequented part of the city, I noticed an old, untenanted house, bearing a marble tablet above the door. Views a-foot It looked to her merely like a cheap summer boarding-house that had gone long untenanted. The Apartment Next Door Beneath the upper and central green circle, the wild valleys are quite desolate and untenanted. The Voyage of the Beagle It is true there were many houses, in which whole families had been swept off, still left untenanted. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire When at last he did so he was relieved to find it dark, and to all appearance, untenanted. New Arabian Nights Our adieux were limited to a hasty bow, and then I pushed forward, trusting to my own resources; for the porter’s lodge is untenanted as yet. Wuthering Heights Philip found an untenanted nook and they ensconced themselves therein. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories Fortunately the room I had selected was untenanted, and creeping noiselessly to the corridor beyond I discovered a light in the apartments ahead of me. A Princess of Mars They appeared untenanted; but I decided to watch for a while before venturing farther. Pellucidar The barrier reef abruptly ceases, the surf beats direct upon the shore; and the mountains and untenanted forest of the interior descend sheer into the sea. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa The sight of them nearly caused the old fellow to die of fright, for to see fifty armed men issue from the untenanted halls was well reckoned to blanch even a braver cheek. The Outlaw of Torn The house looked as though it had been long untenanted. Dracula It was furnished in very much the same way as the one in which he was confined, but at present it was untenanted. The Cash Boy He found this lawn untenanted, unless you chose to count the marble figure of Lord Penniston, made aerial and fantastic by the moonlight, standing as it it were on guard over the College. The Certain Hour It was all dark; the windows had the blind, sightless appearance imparted by vacant, untenanted rooms. McTeague A cry from the men caused him to open them again quickly, and when he looked at the rock it was untenanted—Johnston had disappeared! The Young Woodsman Life in the Forests of Canada If this were the watchman Howson, doubtless he would be satisfied with finding the room dark and apparently untenanted, and would go off upon his rounds unsuspecting. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf The bed making and her allotment of the upstairs work irked Lilly, even though Willie's stepniece, Georgia, came to help out once a week, and evenings the little house could seem very still and untenanted. Star-Dust One was untenanted, two I had now visited, and the fourth I was now almost ready to discharge with a cleared character. The Man from the Clouds A few scattered dwellings were to be seen in different parts of his domains, but they were fast falling to decay, and were untenanted. The Spy Walking down a narrow passage he conducted his companion into a small parlour, at that moment untenanted, pointed him to a seat in the corner, and rang the bell. The Talleyrand Maxim Drawing himself up, he seized a round iron upright of guard-rail and heaved his body in over the edge of the platform round the switching-tower, which was at this hour dark and untenanted. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Opening, the door disclosed a dark and uninviting entry-hall, through which there breathed an air heavy with the dank and dusty odor of untenanted rooms. The Black Bag As he walked, feeling their eyes boring into his back, conscious of himself as hugely conspicuous in the untenanted landscape, he opened the paper and ate ravenously, tearing at the bread and meat. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Its trunk was grey and moss-grown; moss carpeted the ground between its protruding roots, but the bracken and heather held back, and left a half-circle beneath it, untenanted by their kind. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story The corner of West and Dwight Streets lay more than half a mile from the end of the car route, and it was an almost untenanted district. Stories Worth Rereading When at length it discontinued the quiet of the untenanted rooms reigned undisturbed for a brief time only. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Like its adjacent rooms, the cabin was untenanted; the watch was the mate's, and Stryker a martinet. The Black Bag The place looked as untenanted as a tomb. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California He could not see whether the garden was still untenanted, or whether the peculiar phenomenon of a rake moving without human assistance was being observed by anyone from the castle. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story While there were so many homeless folk in the world it wasn't right to have an untenanted house. Quaint Courtships The house was large, and at this time in the evening for the most part untenanted, and Austin's painting-room was over the arched carriage-way. The Lovels of Arden Here happier fortune attended upon his desire; the box-like section was untenanted, and a notice blown upon the window-glass announced that it was "2nd Class Smoking." The Black Bag It was warmed and lit, but it wore that strange air of gloom and melancholy which untenanted rooms, consecrated to the memory of the dead, always have, in spite of blue satin and bright gilding. His Hour He was on known ground, and alone; the apartment, though furnished, was untenanted, and would so remain as long as Lanyard continued to pay the rent from London under an assumed name. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama The Alameda has not been much ornamented, and is quite untenanted; but walks are cut through the grass, and they were making hay. Life in Mexico He found the place lovely, but somewhat untenanted. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 And we made up our minds that the house in Maida Vale would not be found untenanted that night, and we arranged to meet there at eleven o'clock. The Orange-Yellow Diamond The blinds were undrawn, and he could see the bare walls of the rooms, the fireless grates, and that cold bleakness of aspect peculiar to an untenanted habitation. Henry Dunbar A Novel Davenport's room was still untenanted, his bed untouched; the telegram still lay unclaimed in the hall below. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day But if you leave the house untenanted till the period to which you allude, it will be quite unfit by that time even for the small service you propose to require of it. Wilfrid Cumbermede A considerable tract of Sir Ulick's coast estate, in consequence of this, remained untenanted. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 No—the loggia was untenanted, and breakfast was laid for one! Three Weeks He settled into an untenanted cave, which he enlarged, and lived in it for twenty-two years. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Clare had to get out again, and search for a place to suit his fancy, which he found in an untenanted loose-box, with remains of litter. A Rough Shaking Passing through two or three unfinished rooms, whose walls were adorned with rude frescoes of the lover and his mistress, they were shown into Petrarch's chamber, damp and untenanted. A Love Story There was a haunting air of disaster that seemed to brood over the whole land, with its miles and miles of untenanted mountains, its malarial plains, and deserted sea-board. The Isle of Unrest Listening intently, he glanced with covert suspicion at the bridge: it proved untenanted, inoffensive of mien; nor arose there any sound of hoof or wheel upon the highway. The Brass Bowl The houses stood untenanted; the doors lay open; no smoke wreathed from their deserted hearths. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 He found it as comfortable and untenanted as when the leap through the ring of flame had saved his life. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man The inn, or rather tavern, was a small wretched looking building, with a large courtyard attached, but the stables appeared nearly--if not quite--untenanted. A Love Story The Englishman was undecided whether or not to enter the hut, which was apparently untenanted, but the eager whinny of a horse quickly explained Abdullah's disappearance. The Wheel O' Fortune The choice of two alternatives lay before her: either to return to the alcove or to seek safety in the darkness of the upper floors—untenanted, as she had been at pains to determine. The Brass Bowl A nostalgia of wide untenanted spaces, of far horizons, of emotions at once intimate and rooted in things eternal, was upon him. The Far Horizon The island called Innistrynich, which is near the shore, where the road from Inverary to Dalmally comes nearest to the lake, had a house upon it that happened to be untenanted. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 It looked as if it had been untenanted for some time, and in the window was a notice that for keys and information applications were to be made at a shop in the High Street. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret This hath been long untenanted, and will I am informed, require about 300l. to put in Repair. Henry Fielding: a Memoir It added to the strange effect that all these brilliantly illuminated rooms were apparently untenanted, and some of them, so far as we could judge, were not even furnished. The Mystery of Cloomber A memorial from Stockport to the Queen in the spring represented that more than half the master spinners had failed, and that no less than three thousand dwelling-houses were untenanted. Endymion The house was once more silent—but no longer untenanted. Fortitude It was at present untenanted; it contained a center table capable of holding four, and two or three small ones, with two chairs set in readiness to each. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret The ground stretched bleakly away on every hand, untenanted by any human soul except herself. The Vision of Desire Such a stately room, large enough to shelter two or three families, so richly decorated with its red and cream colours, yet silent and cold and dusty and untenanted! Fan : the story of a young girl's life My step echoed strangely with the echo of an untenanted house. Blindfolded He did not, after all, return for luncheon; and when she came up-stairs from her solitary meal their salon was still untenanted. Crucial Instances Miles of elaborate, untenanted dwellings glimmered blank under the moon and stood tomb-like in barren magnificence against the blazing blue of noon. The Fighting Chance It was untenanted, neglected; its windows were unwashed, a pane of glass was broken; its threshold appeared untrodden, its whole aspect forlorn and desolate. Our Hundred Days in Europe Bodies of troops were posted in unexpected quarters, as in the area of the untenanted Rose Inn yard, but within call. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 |
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