| 单词 | verdure |
| 例句 | He said in a high-pitched voice, like a teensy-weensy kind of voice, “Ooooooh! Observe the remarkable verdure! Little friend, I am master of all I survey.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the verdure of field and tree was overwhelming. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wrote of “towering walls of verdure” and “gleaming cataracts of vines,” of birds of “splendid plumage” and “rollicking monkeys.” | Latin America Issue: Twain?s Nicaragua, 144 Years Later 2010-09-17T16:03:00Z Now it is danced with a green-to-blue backdrop suggesting verdure merging into sky, and the six male-female couples must project into a space 20 times deeper. Dance Review: A Romp Through the Barn 2011-08-20T00:23:30Z Pictures don’t do justice to Obama’s portrait, or the mesmerizing vitality of the surrounding verdure. Inspired by the Obama portrait’s ‘living wall’? Not so fast. 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The road was flanked by walls of dolomite, valley floors of grapevines and verdure. The Joy of Casting in Italian Waters 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z From the water, San Juan del Sur looked much the way Twain described it: “A few tumble-down frame shanties — they call them hotels — nestling among green verdure and overshadowed by picturesque little hills.” | Latin America Issue: Twain?s Nicaragua, 144 Years Later 2010-09-17T16:03:00Z These are singular poems, as full of light and verdure and fresh air as they are of waiting rooms and hair loss. Jo Shapcott's Costa prize is a surprise victory for poetry 2011-01-25T20:30:01Z “Over me was the verdure, touched with brown, of trees nourished from the decay of the bodies of men.” In a Walt Whitman Novel, Lost for 165 Years, Clues to ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z It was a strange mix of verdure and inhospitality, this scrubland, and I asked what it was called. In France, a Visit With the In-Laws (Finally) Becomes a Vacation 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z I make a mental note of another Perret principle, that every window should provide a glimpse of both sky and verdure. ‘Once visitors arrive, it’s easy to seduce them’: Le Havre celebrates its 500th year 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Pomegranate seeds and shaved Brussels sprouts make the delicious verdure pizza look like Christmas. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The pizza that calls to me most, verdure, looks like Christmas. Review | L’Ardente, an Italian stunner, combines fun and finesse 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Large, airy rooms with low beds and spartan furniture are arranged around a central courtyard of red earth, where glossy, large-leaved verdure grows. This Is an Indian House, According to One Architect 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z I thought filling my home with tiny vessels of verdure would create a stress-free sanctuary. When my houseplants died, I felt relieved. Here’s why. | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Trump shuttled on the morning after Thanksgiving from the splendor of Mar-a-Loco to the verdure of the Trump National Golf Club, thereby tugging the media’s focus from one of his revenue sources to another. Opinion | Ivanka, Louise and the Little People 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Toscana will serve its regular menu from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. along with specials that include tortino di verdure with zucchini, artichokes and bechamel sauce. Your 2017 Mother's Day brunch guide 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z A cleverly planned long weekend in Portland will tap both aspects: sampling urban obsessiveness and the abundant verdure of the Pacific Northwest.... A Freewheeling Long Weekend in Portland, Ore. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z But the verdure that covered it had sprouted spontaneously, nourished by the remnants of fecal waste. Cow Dung Goes High Design 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But at least it had grandeur, and verdure. The Old West’s Muslim Tamale King 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Le Corbusier, for example, had wanted to replace teeming streets with expanses of verdure. Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016: an appreciation 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z “I smelled the flowers. I just enjoyed being immersed in the verdure: the signs of the upcoming greenery, the swelling buds. You just sort of say, ‘This is part of my human nature.’ Is there a spring in your step? There should be. It’s the season for it. 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Even in warm, dry Southern California, course designers sought to re-create that wall-to-wall verdure. Drought spurs sports to look at water use on fairways and fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z It must be borne in mind that this excessive moisture of atmosphere is what has given the south-west of Ireland, and England too, their exquisite charm of verdure and wild flowers. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z In this month of January, these plains are without verdure to give them beauty. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z From the portico was visible an extending expanse of freshly humid, bluish-green verdure and cool shade, a fragment of the Vale of Tempe transported to Egypt. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The last village, Fontana, lies in the midst of verdure and vegetation. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z In the deep blue firmament of his future hopes, no cloud was seen; and the earth around him was rich with the fragrance and verdure of promise. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z Apart from antiquarianism, the hill of Uisneach is well worth seeing, for it is as strange in shape as it is beautiful in verdure. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z What the Nile is to Egypt, the Ganges is to a part of India, giving life and verdure to plains that but for it were a desert. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Palms, flowering shrubs, tree ferns, rhododendrons, as big as timber trees, clothe the island in perennial verdure. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z I am never weary of looking at the verdure. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z There is no day in prison, But ever-during night; No pleasing moral verdure, But everlasting blight. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z The limpid, rushing river flows on among meadows and pastures of the brightest verdure, adorned with stately trees, and bright in summer-time with innumerable flowers. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z One can imagine how lovely must be the Vale of Dehra Doon, with its mass of verdure, set in the midst of such rugged mountains. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The richness of the verdure which clothes these islands to their highest peaks seems a mere coat of green fur, and yet is often gigantic forest trees. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Trees of every form, and touched with every shade of verdure, rose to an unwonted height on every side. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z There is verdure and vegetation in every street. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The river that forms it leaps down a rock nearly three hundred feet in height, into a valley of brightest verdure, covered with a thick growth of primeval oak-trees. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Its hue is probably modified by the verdure upon the shores, as well as by the geological structure of its bed, in which there is little or no mud. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z As some mythologists have interpreted it, Daphne is a personification of the morning dew, which vanishes beneath the sun’s hot breath, and leaves no trace of its passage except in the luxuriant verdure. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z It was the eighteenth of January, yet the fruit trees were in blossom, and over the streams floated a lovely white-flowering verdure. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z He lay encamped three days to rest men and animals, and then, leaving his invalids to garrison the fort, put out again into the sea of savage verdure that stretched beyond. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The next question, then, is,—from what breed—with the same expense in other particulars—will the verdure of an acre of land produce the greatest value of wool? Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z After the soul-inspiring grandeur of the everlasting hills, the plain, in spite of its luxuriant verdure, seemed tame; and even Palma appeared almost uninteresting. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Mountains and water, chateaux and shallops, vineyards and verdure, could do no more. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z We may well imagine with what bitterness of mood the defeated war-chief urged his canoe along the margin of Lake Erie, and gazed upon the horizon-bounded waters, and the lofty shores, green with primeval verdure. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z He reached the place at last, the house where Giulio's wife lived, with her five children, near one of the hill-side villages which, as seen from Pisa, shine like white spots on the verdure. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z To Henrietta's eye--fresh from the lake-side verdure--and still more to her heart, the northern landscape struck cold and cheerless. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The voices of nature everywhere speak to us of Thy goodness and Thy power and all verdure and blossom and fruitage is but the answer of the inanimate world to Thy call of life. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The hill above leans upon the single arch of the small temple which embosoms it, and the green soft meadow spreads away from the floor, with the brightest verdure conceivable. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Each house had its yard and garden, and the town was enlivened with the verdure of trees and grass. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Snow-capped mountains rise out of the sea, barren and gray just below the snow, and green with perpetual verdure for a thousand feet above the water. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The island is a crater, a finely broken mass of volcanic rock and verdure, flecked here with light and there with shadow. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The house was in the midst of grounds gay with verdure and flowers, in the opening month of June, and our favorite seats were the steps of the hall, and chairs under the trees. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z “Well, he ought to have plenty of chances on that island,” remarked Cora as her eye took in the luxuriant verdure of the place. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z A few days later, and a cloud of verdure overshadows the land; while birds innumerable sing beneath its canopy, and brighten its shades with their glancing hues. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z This old pergola has remained unharmed through fierce conflict, and is wreathed each spring with the verdure of vines of many kinds. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z But from that point there was a gulf of verdure. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z They leaned too carelessly on one another; they had not deepened and purified the private lives from which the public vitality must spring, as the verdure of the plain from the fountains of the hills. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z It is an ocean full of land,—a prairie full of water,—a desert full of verdure.' Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z All the trees were in full foliage and verdure, though the season corresponded to the latter part of November in our northern latitudes. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Near the temple there grew, according to the account in Adam's chronicle, an exceedingly large tree that always kept its verdure, in winter as well as in summer. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z The verdure of the shores is of the most brilliant green, and grows quite to the water's edge, or to the verge of the cliffs. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z When each new step along the silvery tide Added new gems of beauty to our thought, And lapped the soul in an Elysium Of verdure and of grace, fed by thy sweetness. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The sun shone down, but there was a cool September breeze, and the freshness of the verdure was like early spring. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z "Laissez la verdure"—meaning, "Leave the tomb green, do not cover it over with bricks or stone." The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Then the aspect of the country soon loses its bleak and wind-swept character; we are in a peaceful land of little hills and many woods, of brooks and verdure. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z When at length the march began, the sunshine sifted through the timid verdure of the trees in the square, and fell softly on the swaying ranks that passed beneath. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Then our salt marshes, as though realizing the need of refreshing verdure, put on their most vivid greens; and our chaparral-covered hill-slopes make walls of bronze and olive. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z On the slope toward the city is the most beautiful of the London cemeteries, with a wealth of verdure and bloom. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z And though one might have a nice large meal for lunch, dinner can be very simple, he said, suggesting “a minestrone verdure and maybe a salad.” City Room: A Test for Dolan in the Land of Pasta and Gelato 2012-02-15T20:14:40Z The dun hideousness which by its drear monotony made the eyes ache was masked by blossom and verdure. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Nor are their shores without verdure and beauty. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z It seems to flourish best toward the south, where it covers large tracts of sand with its succulent foliage, making mats of pleasant verdure in otherwise sandy wastes. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Mostly they were black, with snowy variations; some were bare, others p. 203clothed with verdure. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z But all of verdure and greenery that there is lies within the city walls. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z We started punctually at 8.30, through fairly pretty country, nothing very picturesque, but a general impression of verdure. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The houses are mostly large, often whitewashed, always brown-roofed, and much like Swiss châlets, but without the long slopes of verdure which make Switzerland so fair. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z There is the rich vegetation, and "in France, and still less in Italy," Walpole reminds us, "they could with difficulty attain that verdure which the humidity of our climate bestows." Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z I see vast landscapes with valleys of verdure and vine, with soaring crags, snow-crowned. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Welling out forever from the unstained fountains of the Word of God, it has marked its course over the fair face of Scotland, with the greenest verdure, the sweetest flowers. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Where the pool Stands mantled o'er with green, invisible Amid the floating verdure millions stray. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z In Europe the soft note of the turtle is not heard till spring is more advanced, and the trees are clothed with verdure. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The Palace at Nonsuch is encompassed with parks full of deer, with delicious gardens, groves ornamented with trellis-work, cabinets of verdure, and walks enclosed with trees. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z He was neither an insane ascetic nor a fool of pleasure, but walked the golden path along the strip of verdure that lies between the deserts of extremes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z On every side, it was spread into one vast plain covered with verdure, in which innumerable herds of buffaloes were roaming, attended by their enemies the wolves. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z There, by the naiads nurs'd, he sports away His playful youth, amid the fragrant isles That with unfading verdure smile around. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The hills of the prairie were covered with the finest verdure, and the singular forms of the hills afforded us an interesting 281 subject of observation on the otherwise uniform appearance of the country. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The water parts With dimpling smiles around thee, and below, The unsunn'd verdure, soft as cygnet's down, Meets thy descending feet without a sound. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z The summit of the castle commands an extensive prospect—a varied, romantic, but wild scene of rugged rocks and luxuriant verdure, comprising no less than thirty deserted cities. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Far to the right, a mere olive-colored shadow on the horizon, was the line of verdure that marked the course of the river Jordan, the eastern boundary of Phœnicia. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z With thy own smile the yellow topaz burns; Nor deeper verdure dyes the robe of Spring, When first she gives it to the southern gale, Than the green emerald shows. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The calcareous rock is in very strange forms, sometimes like entrenchments and bastions, partly clothed with verdure, partly with dry yellow grass, and spotted with yellowish red clay. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z A bright'ning verdure runs o'er every field, As if by potent necromancer shed, And a dark wood is suddenly reveal'd, A glory resting on its ancient head. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z The plain, as far as it could be seen, was one sheet of verdure, and the stream widening at this point into a lake, was adorned with woody islands. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z And now, at the time of the day's highest glory, Istar's eyes eagerly sought its fresh verdure, the tier on tier of leafy foliage that hid such fragrances and such blossoms as she rarely saw. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The little river gave to the scene that touch of verdure so grateful in the dry and dusty bush, and one day will doubtless be spanned by the arched bridges of the Commonwealth's capital. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The whole country, beyond the banks, consisted of hills, rising one above the other; some covered with verdure, some of a yellowish colour, mostly without life and variety. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Hence it chanced that about twenty yards from the door I saw something bright winking in the verdure. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The hills roll one above the other in different colors, and the valleys, with their stains of verdure and dusky foliages upon the red soil and marble rocks, are unfolded like a perpetual panorama. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z We could from this point see the broad Mississippi in its magnificent course piercing the boundless forests of eternal verdure, and spreading out its watery surface upon which a hundred green islets seemed to float. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Revealed in uncanny splendor by the death of verdure, brilliant and evil fungi come from the dark mold in fall, orange and copper, vermilion and cinnabar, dwelling as vampires upon trees brought low. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The lower part of these eminences is generally covered with plants, particularly grasses, while the upper is bare, or merely crossed with the 332 transverse stripes of verdure, and often they are entirely bare. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The Nez Perc�s, still further in the interior, number something less than three thousand; they inhabit a beautiful grazing district not surpassed by any I have seen for verdure, water privileges, climate, or health. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z The tender green glads weary eyes to-day, but oh! that emerald verdure growing from our dust, whose sight will it rejoice? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The beautiful sylvan scenery up this valley, with its broken sheets of water, and dark rich verdure, reminded me of some scenes in England, which I can never forget. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Sweet, lovely Elm, who here dost grow Companion of unsocial care, Lo! thy dejected branches die Amidst this torrid air— Smit by the sun or blasting moon, Like fainting flowers, their verdure gone. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z But in winter after the first dews have fallen, those slopes and table-lands that now looked so desolate are covered with dense deep-green verdure, when they make a far more agreeable impression on the beholder. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (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. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Right in front of us, and with not a cloud to interrupt the view, lay this extinct volcano of an island, densely covered with the most luxuriant verdure. 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 Coming from the charming coast of Brazil, with its luxuriant verdure, the contrast becomes doubly unpleasing. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (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. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Here we see all the beauty of dark, deep, American foliage, and all the light, glowing brightness of American verdure, so strikingly in contrast with the English. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z There were islands rich with verdure; there were islets brown and rocky, there were great level places hemmed in by the river where magnificent summer residences showed against the beauty of the landscape. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The famous blue-stocking, Mrs. Montagu, writes of the 'shady oaks and beautiful verdure of South Lodge.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Evening, which comes so suddenly in the Cantabrians, was falling before the luxuriant verdure lessened and he came to a break in the forest. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Very soon they drew out of the blocked roads, with their lumbering procession of carts, coaches, and chairs, and into open country, green with the fresh verdure of the spring. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The green hills are all around me, presenting a coat of dark rich verdure, which shows that they have not this season felt the blight of the withering and far-spread drought. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Oh, madness! if a leaf should dare complain Of its dark verdure, and aspire to be The gayer, brighter thing that wantons near. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z We had the whole park for a pleasure-ground, a little scrap of verdure of our own, and an open space and airy situation to regale our lungs in. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z No sand blew from the bare ridges to cut the tender grain, which shot up apace and belted the prairie with its darker verdure. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Unlovely though the rough stems were they were full of virility; and the rain and sun would mend what was marred and reclothe the plant with verdure. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z For a space of nearly a hundred yards across, the ground was destitute of verdure, being composed of a bituminous soil. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z What words can convey the contrast of dark pinal and dazzling sand-waste, or catch the play of sunlight glancing through massed foliage on russet trunks and the soft pale verdure of the brushwood? Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Passing along we see the white foam of a waterfall as it shines amongst the verdure or leaps over the rocky crags and comes dashing and splashing down the hillside. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z The sun bursts through the pearl-gray clouds, and glows in golden ponds on the dense verdure of 103 grass and trees. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z It is a hot morning in the glowing tropical summer—the season of rains—vegetation and flowers are everywhere in their freshest verdure and beauty. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z There was no touch of verdure in all the picture, for it had been a dry season, which boded ill for me. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Eye and mind are refreshed by that broad expanse of spreading vines clothing hill and valley with their close-set trailing verdure. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The slopes of the hills are covered with a very lovely verdure of green, intersected here and there by glens. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z During the short period of spring anemones and other wild flowers enrich the hillsides with magnificent colouring; in June all verdure disappears except in the watered districts and elevated plateaus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Except for the garden of Arghuri, wrote Dubois, this great mountain was absolutely destitute of verdure; an old stunted willow, wound about with snow and ice was the only other exception to this. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z They pass the cradle-head, And there a promise shed; They pass the moist new grave, And bid bright verdure wave; They bear through every clime, The harvests of all time, On, on, for ever! English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Beneath that shapely vault of verdure the feathered tribes find shelter. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Then quite suddenly, coming out of a screen of overhanging verdure, the strange sounds broke into wild tearing, roaring, pulsating tones, and the canoes slid down upon the tawny yellow chute of a real cataract! Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z It is a pretty country, a country of diversified and beautiful scenery in which there is a wealth of verdure and variety which keeps the attention alive and the outward eye delighted. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z Spreading palms overshadow the public squares and walks, and the banks of the brown Guadalquivir are densely clothed with an Oriental verdure. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z There is no want of verdure; the cork-woods, vineyards, and olives dot the lower slopes of the tawny hills. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z After breakfast Josephine and I walked quite up to the top of the hill, the trees making a perfect dome of verdure over our heads. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z We pass delightful scenes of verdure surpassing imagination; here first we see clear mountain streams. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z The climate of Denmark is damp like that of England, and its verdure quite as beautiful. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z It was covered with the finest verdure, and in every part herds of buffaloes were feeding. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z Like the pink cheeks of a child glow the apricots amid the verdure. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The morning sun, now striking upon its domes and minarets, covers it, as it were, with burnished gold; a beautiful verdure surrounds it, and pure waters wash it on every side. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Above it the leaning cedars, newly-tipped with verdure, spread their peculiar flat crowns like ancient hands extended in benediction over the soil. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The verdure of the grass has become a brown, the flowers hang their heads, droop, and fade, whilst the vegetable world languishes; yet still we have a pure air. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Poisèd and full is summer's tide Brimming all the horizon wide, In varied verdure dressed; Its viewless currents surge and beat In airy billows at my feet Here on the mountain crest. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z On my right and left are groves and gardens and smiling villas, a paradise of verdure and beauty, as far as the eye can reach. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z The verdure of the herbage round the place, suggested the idea of springs near at hand. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z The surface of the earth, with its many-tinted verdure, resembled, in form and smoothness, the swelling sea. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The country for some p. 281way eastward of Festiniog is very wild and barren, consisting of huge hills without trees or verdure. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z With this pleasing association with the opening season, amidst the fragrance of flowers and the improving verdure of the fields, we listen with peculiar pleasure to the simple song of the robin. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z Even Paradise, 110 Made mournful by the sounds of woe, grows dim In hue, and its bright verdure fades. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z It was considerably larger than McKay's Island, and composed chiefly of a dark brown rock, its flat portions covered with verdure. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Beyond lies an undulating acreage of ancestral metes and bounds, rich in verdure and precious with associations. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z The woods were stript of their verdure and the hills were half shrouded in mist. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Not even a poor cross of black wood marks this neglected tomb; but the white and pink thorn gives it the fragrance of its flowers and the velvety verdure of its leaves. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z And above the vivid verdure rose other façades of white marble and of pale chocolate-coloured stone, squaring themselves against the deep blue sky. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The companions walked through the dark, narrow streets until they arrived at the hill, which is the only point of verdure in that city of marble. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The highest hills are covered with verdure—grass and timber. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Near the western wall was an oasis of verdure which marked the gardens attached to the voluptuous Temple of Astarte, where, through the foliage of palm and rhododendron, shone the marble columns of her habitation. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Looking thus downward, the soul sees a verdure, and rejoices in a genial light and warmth not found in any proud star-gazing: for the best blessing of heaven is reflected upon its lowly gaze. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z The deep dark English verdure that bordered and overhung it looked rich and old, revived and refreshed though it was by the breath of June. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Orange-trees of the size and height of the pear-tree, often rising higher than the roofs of the houses, embowered the town in perpetual verdure. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z An occasional oasis, as at Maumeen, charms the eye with its verdure and some botanical treasures. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Through the swaying branches of the trees they could catch glimpses of the massive walls of many buildings standing in stately magnificence amid the verdure. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z He walked along, looking up at the green waves of feathery foliage which foamed down over the fawn-colored walls from the verdure of the gardens inside. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z "Mademoiselle can hardly have an idea of what the view is when the fields are covered with verdure." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Again, then, she returned to the meadow, which, now her mind was more at ease, seemed adorned with added verdure, freshness, and beauty. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z It was like melting the ice of Spitzbergen and restoring to it the tropical beauty and verdure it once enjoyed. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z “A withered trunk,” adds a commentator, “without any head or verdure; notwithstanding which, though in the winter season, it miraculously supplied her with fruits for her nourishment.” Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z God bless thine age, Maria!" was the affectionate reply of the Proprietary—"it wears a pleasant verdure and betokens a life of innocent thoughts and kind actions. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z She plucked another blade of grass, and so sat, pulling at the tender verdure, her head bent so that I could not see what her eyes were thinking, but her lips seemed graver. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The sky is full of clouds, between which the rays of sunlight issue to gild the verdure. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z There was a bloom, a freshness, and a verdure about them, most refreshing to all who came in contact with them. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z This forest had not the rounded and dull verdure of our own woods in midsummer, with deep bays of shadow. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The landscape is ancient, and classic—romantic, as if it had known far-off days and fiercer rivers and more verdure. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Yonder is a tall living wall of verdure, with an archway cut through it. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z The background is composed of houses and a wall partly covered with verdure, and several women in front, also selling vegetables. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Flowers of the most varied hues sprang up out of the rich verdure, and for a long distance dyed various spots on the prairie with their prevailing colour. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The pallid boles of the trees, the sentinels by the water with the press of verdure behind them, stand, as we pass, like soundless exclamations. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Most of the hills are covered with verdure, and the less rugged are laid out in terraces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Spring came with its disappointed hopes of sun and verdure, and in its turn made room for the summer which was but a short introduction to the autumn. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Into the "Italian landscapes," which they either brought home or finished from memory when they returned, they frequently introduced among the classic ruins and sunlit verdure the cattle and peasants of their own country. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z When our tired and thirsty horses clambered up a barren height, we suddenly looked down into a lovely valley covered with fresh verdure, through which a broad stream wound. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The land was an oasis of hardy verdure. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It is by no means picturesquely beautiful, like most of the West Indian islands, being quite devoid of their thick tropical verdure. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z These trees so cover the sandy plains of the above-mentioned Islands with their umbrella-shaped tops, that approaching them they present the appearance of one vast field of green verdure. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z As a rule, the paintings of his mature period have greatly blackened because he loved to paint sombre backgrounds, and always used a very dark green for his foliage and other verdure. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z At length hills rose on the horizon, and we soon saw again the darker verdure of forests, which received us into their shady gloom towards evening. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Half blocking the trail, and bulking along the river’s edge for perhaps ten yards, was a heap of gravel and soil on which no grass or other verdure grew. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The climate here is like that of June in New England, and the verdure of the trees is perennial. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Large in the centre lay a vacant space, Which herbs and salads did with verdure grace. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z For the Saviour with His pitiful hand covered the bare mountains with the grandest forests ever seen, surrounding the rocks with spreading verdure, and planting flowers at their feet. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z It was still very early, and we all felt inclined to go hunting, as the rain had refreshed the country, and the verdure of the forest and the meadow does the eyesight good. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Must not the plain below tempt me down there, down to the delicious verdure which affords nourishment and refreshment to all? The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Between the lower and the upper town is a long reach of green terraced embankment, intense in its bright verdure. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Cricketers are not helpless, rifle corps do not die for want of drill-grounds, as children in fever-dens do for want of the refreshment of verdure and pure air. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z A great deal of drift-wood lay along the beach, and the land was covered with verdure upon which large flocks of geese were feeding, while ducks were flying in great numbers. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z If, for example, the desolation of a landscape is felt to be sublime, it is so not as the mere negation of life, verdure, etc., but as their active negation. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z All Nature rejoiced, and sent forth a profusion of bloom and verdure as though to compensate the land for the bloody war waged throughout its length and breadth. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z The glossy green fronds of the bananas throw other verdure altogether into the shade, while in dignity and beauty the cocoanut palms excel all other trees. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Some of them had large trees growing on them, lovely sandy beaches and strips of verdure; others were too young to have trees but were covered with grass. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z In superior grandeur projected the great window of the hall, majestically canopied with ivy; a variegated verdure covered the once-paved area, and climbed the lofty sides of the ruin. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z The great forest-clad slopes were rich in their velvety verdure, rising from the water’s edge on the Savoy side; and a dazzling snow shroud still covered the Dent du Midi half-way down to its base. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The thick mist became dispelled; the verdure, dark but rich, glistened with drops of moisture, and the ghostly moss waved to and fro, stirred by a gentle breeze that had helped to dissipate the fog. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z It is only in the torrid zone that one sees these lavish developments of verdure, these labyrinths of charming arboreous effect. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Upland and valley lay sleeping in the golden sunshine, a rolling expanse of verdure, now open and grassy, now covered with thick bush, or dotted here and there with feathery mimosas. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It is an oval concavity, seventy-four yards by sixty-four, and six deep; in which are ranges of stone seats, though now covered with earth and verdure. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z Nature seems to revel in a wealth of verdure. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z It did certainly afford some verdure; but probably they do not consider the situation sufficiently central for secure pasturage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Nearly all of the houses, which are generally of two stories, are ornamented with attractive balconies, and have handsome gardens attached to them, where the luxurious verdure is with difficulty kept within proper bounds. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Tent and barrack rose up among the verdure, and the shrill, spirit-stirring bugle echoed through the deep valley. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z The mansion is worthy of its noble owner; and the finely-wooded park and grounds exhibit a more luxuriant verdure than might be expected so near a sea-beat promontory. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z But the pleasing verdure of May had disappeared beneath the icy winds of the north, and all was dreary and dull of hue. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z We presently observed certain appearances, which, but for the general utter want of verdure, we should scarcely have noticed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Besides these means, there are narrow stone steps leading upwards to the first level, among the tropical verdure, the deep green branches and leaves nodding to one from out of narrow lanes and quiet nooks. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Even an observer in a seaplane, unless he were prepared for such a disguise, would fail to distinguish the raider in her garb of verdure. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z I often saw him,—usually where the stark mountain range,—which in those old days was covered with verdure,—arises like a rampart from the northern limit of the plains. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z They wandered on together with scanty, broken speech and averted eyes, through lately arid nooks and hollows made sweet and full of the promise of verdure by yesterday’s rain. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The balmy spring of the south opened as usual, and the fertile province of Catalonia had already become delightful with the fresh verdure of the close of March. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z The island is about twenty miles long by ten broad, and is covered with dense tropical verdure, gentle hills, sheltered valleys, and thrifty woods. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The opposite wall was covered with verdure—hardy trees and shrubs found their rootage in the crevices between the rocks. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z Then for a few short weeks the mountain range covers itself with verdure and flowers. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The Nile water, conveyed by seven aqueducts, induced an extraordinary verdure all the year round. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z That He clothes the valleys with the verdure of prairie and forest, the hills and mountains with beauty and grandeur, and peoples the land and the sea with living creatures. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z There were two interminable series of green knolls, one on the right hand and the other on the left, separated by a charming little valley with the softest, brightest verdure I had ever seen. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The banks of this noble stream, down to the water's edge, were a mass of verdure. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z The ground was bare of verdure, and great rocks of the copper ore were scattered around. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z In the great tome of his record of archaisms and neologisms, the grey moss hangs about the oak, and the graft shoots forth with fresh verdure. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The public walk was cool and fragrant as formerly, skirted by verdure as bright, and shaded by foliage as luxuriant, but it was no longer frequented by lively steps and cheerful countenances. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z And here and there an islet laughed at him—a tiny patch of verdure overhung by one white birch that glistered in the sun. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z But to all of this scolding that fell dully on the tropical verdure about them, that sounded harsh and out of place in the soft greenness of the scene, the mule never blinked an eyelash. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z Along the heights, nestling in verdure, rise thickly scattered, castellated villas, looking, with their bright, white walls, like smiles on the face of the earth. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Is there a cold, resentful bank wherein the late snow lingers that shall not finally cast off its disdainful ice and flash into verdure in response to the patient shining of the sun? Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z They have verdure, water, rare fowl, singing birds, flowers wild and cultivated, warm sunshine, deep shade, and brooding over all that solemn charm which lingers around ancient trees and woodland places. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z I accepted, and we had a long and pleasant stroll in the lanes, that already began to wear the light and tender verdure of spring. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z As we advanced the brook gradually narrowed, and became more and more crooked in its course, until finally the thick clustering foliage met in a prolonged arch of verdure over our heads. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z All the hillsides are covered with the vines, and here in the midst of the verdure appears the picturesque villa of the planter or wine merchant. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z They are domed high with verdure and show dusky hollows underneath, where, my skilled eye tells me, lurk spoils fit for Bacchus and all his nymphs. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The wall itself, when it could be seen, was not without some charm and verdure. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Here ceased the freshness and verdure of earth; here began a nature other than that of the poets, yet not without its own beauty, contrasts, and harmonies. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z It is a city set upon a hill, but it is dominated by hills all round, where no verdure is seen, and where the black goat alone finds a scanty existence. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Spring had now fairly opened, the trees were in leaf, a flower was seen, and despite the scanty verdure of the new grass, game was very abundant. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The verdure of summer seemed to shun this frozen region, retiring into the deep valleys between the mountains. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z All along the mountain summits the limestone rocks jutted out clear of every vestige of verdure—bare, bold, ominous, and frowning. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The peninsula Ducos, a narrow neck of land commanded by cannon, with its mouth guarded by soldiers, without a watercourse, without verdure, is traversed by arid hills and swampy valleys. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The place chosen for the trial of skill was an ample lawn of the softest and greenest verdure, lying between the wall of the castle and the verge of the cliff. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z You are the tree, and I am the creeper; you are the trunk and I am the ivy which covers you with its verdure. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z Now again to be softened with verdure, again hold the nest Of the dove, tempt the goat and its young to the green on his crest For their food in the ardors of summer! Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z On the eastern or Argentinian slope, however, so little rain falls that the mountains are almost entirely bare of verdure. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z The effect is heightened by magnificent masses of ivy, and trees growing out from the gaping stones, and about the grounds, screening and softening the ancient walls with quivering verdure. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z As he spoke he brought a quiver full of arrows and poured them out at her feet, and, kneeling on the thick verdure, selected an arrow of the kind he had named. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Evergreen, a plant that retains its verdure through all the seasons, as the fir, the holly, the laurel, the cedar, the cypress, the juniper, the holm-oak, and many others. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z In a few minutes she came to a romantic spring, open to the sky for many yards around, with greenest verdure covering the earth. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z That is a wild and inhospitable coast, devoid of verdure, where not even game is to be found. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Thus, by the introduction of the rose and vines, bestowing a fragrance and freshness, and covering, as it were, with verdure, the thorns and briars of abstract discussion. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z I know not where first to go, nor are my eyes ever weary of gazing at the beautiful verdure. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z Then the hard rock on which the musician rested covered itself with soft green verdure and bluebells and violets began to lift their heads, growing out of its age-old stones. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The country could scarcely be called beautiful, being perfectly naked, exhibiting neither trees nor verdure. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Now, here and there, a tall chimney may be seen soaring up out of its greenery of trees, and vomiting forth volumes of murky smoke, in striking disagreeable contrast with their verdure. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z It is a rapid for about three hundred yards, when it expands into a lake, along which our road conducted us, and beneath a range of beautiful hills, covered with verdure. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Even butterflies hovered about these spots of verdure, and seemed as much at home amid their arctic surroundings as in the warm valleys far below. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Some parts of the inclining heights are covered with stately forests, relieved by promontories of the finest verdure, where the elk and buffalo find pasture. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z At all points it presents a façade grim and precipitous, here and there enamelled by spots and streaks of verdure, wherever ledge or crevice gives plants of the scandent kind an opportunity to strike root. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z They beetled here and there, and the verdure on the summits looked over and gave the deep waters below the grace of a dense and shady reflection. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The face of the hills, where they are not enlivened with verdure, appears, at a distance, as if fire had passed over them. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Below us was a hollow filled with verdure, date trees, acacias, tamarisks, and luxuriant grassland, through which flowed trickling streams. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z The ground was not thawed above fourteen inches in depth; notwithstanding the leaf was at its full growth; while along the lake there was scarcely any appearance of verdure. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z The verdure was the first thing that struck us,—very different from ours. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z A compact mass of people filled Marigny Alley, one of whose sides was formed by the terrace of the palace, on which trees and verdure grew in profusion. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The country is now all blackened with coal-pits, and it is curious to hear my present hostesses describe it all trees and verdure, as it was in their youth. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The Gangaridian shepherds are all born equal, and own the innumerable herds which cover their vast fields and subsist on the abundant verdure. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Down in the valley there still were leaves upon the trees, and there were patches of verdure over the land. The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine 2011-03-15T02:00:14.097Z They were perfectly free from bushes and brushwood, and carpeted with the most beautiful verdure possible to behold. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z The Pribilofs, already green with moss and spring verdure, were sighted at sundown. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Mr. Raymond took Isabel up by a winding staircase to the top of a high turret, beneath which spread green meads and slopes of verdure, where once had been a lake and pleasaunce. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z There remained but a very small number, whose leaves were of a pale dying verdure. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Down there in the valley there still were leaves upon the trees, and there were patches of verdure over the land. The Dusantes A Sequel to "The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine" 2011-03-06T03:00:18.327Z On either side of the river valley a steppe-like desert, covered in the spring with verdure, the rest of the year barren and brown, stretches away as far as the eye can see. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Not even in the park is there any freshness of verdure. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The town was perhaps two hundred feet below us and a mile away, nestling in a feathery bower of verdure. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The mists are swooping down the Alps, and showing cliffs and crags in every tint of sunlit verdure. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Is there not?" replied Mrs. Neuchamp, "'as you see the vision splendid, of the sunlit plains extended,' an ocean of verdure. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z To say that the country was smiling with flowers and verdure does not express it—it was bursting into a broad grin of fertility. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Below us, verdure clothes the valleys, and climbs up the slopes of the hills; and there the shepherd watches his flocks. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z It cannot be contemplated with a pure pleasure, like a landscape gently and harmoniously fading in forest verdure; it rather evokes, at first, loathing, hatred, caution, and hostility. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z Except for this fringe of verdure, no vegetation but desert scrub can be seen. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z After going a good way through this obscurity, they reached a high, marble wall, which was overgrown with creeping plants, that made it shaggy with their verdure. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Far off in the distance rose up the mighty peaks of the Alps—their snow-white tops contrasting with the verdure of their sides. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The meadow brooks were swollen to the brim, and the long plains, brilliant with verdure, presented a pleasing prospect to the eye, although a most treacherous surface to the incautious foot. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z In some cases, the land thus formed is almost co-extensive with the reef, and being clothed with palms and tropical verdure, resembles a beautiful chaplet floating, as it were, in mid-ocean. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z There may in ancient times have been forest or verdure where all is now bare. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Others rise parallel in the softest verdure, guarding between their perpendicular sides streets as narrow and clean-cut as the alleys of a city of skyscrapers. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z The dim woods belting the purpled horizon already lifted banners of scarlet and gold, waving them here and there on the hillsides, among the fast-fading verdure. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The city of Aussa was pleasantly situated on the upper extremity of the lake, and its low, conical, thatched roofs were half concealed among the towering verdure of the shadowy trees. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Here, also, are found the cotton trees, the bases of which form great buttresses; while shrubs in no inconsiderable variety and rich and varied verdure cover the soil. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z All the hills and valleys showed a very white, chalky soil, which actually glittered like snow where it was not covered with verdure or trees. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Captain Cooper represents the country in this portion of it as clothed with verdure, and under a high state of cultivation. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z The shrubs in the yards, bordering the length of the big road with the vivid verdure of new leaves, were also in bloom. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Niagara, in its girdle of verdure and foliage, glowing with fresh life, and breathing perfume, appeared to me a far different place from what I had seen in winter. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Next day, after crossing more of those abominable rush drains, while in sight of the Victoria Nyanza, we ascended the most beautiful hills, covered with verdure of all descriptions. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z This glen is full of verdure and of trees. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Up this singular waterway our adventurers advanced, under the guidance of the bordering line of verdure. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Brown thrashers by twos and fours flitted back and forth across the big road, leaving one green wheat-field for another of still richer verdure. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Spring returned, and clothed the hill sides within the lines with its fresh verdure. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z As soon as the wet season begins, however, this great district is covered with rich verdure and a profusion of flowers. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The lofty mountains of Ithaca and its greater sister, and then the rich belt of verdure along the east side of Zante—all these features make this journey one of surpassing beauty and interest. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The surrounding country was neglected and sterile; all verdure extinct, and not a drop of dew on the dry and withering leaves. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z Between this edifice and the forest back ground rise the romantic ruins of Fort Rosalie, now enamelled with a rich coating of verdure. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z On the creek side was a rod-wide strip of verdure; flowering weeds choked with long, tough grass, bushes of many kinds, and an occasional tree. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The banks of the river are covered with verdure, and in some sections with timber. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z North of the principal watershed forest trees and general verdure refresh the eye. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z As yet the trees and bushes stood clothed in all their wealth of leaves, but their fresh verdure had long ago disappeared. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The aspect is that of a mass of verdure—flowers and leaves in bud and full bloom—suddenly petrified by some magic power. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z A hundred years ago its sides were without foliage or verdure and its few points of landing bristled with cannon. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z After journeying through districts where the vegetation is parched and withered by the heat of June, the freshness of the verdure around Tlemcen cannot fail to delight as well as surprise the stranger. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z With eager pleasure Conrad gazed from his car window the next morning at the narrow bright ribbon of verdure with which the Rio Grande pranks itself on its southward course through New Mexico. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Yet at a turn of the road we caught sight of Chevregny, nestled in verdure, crouched in a hollow way. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z And just so with Lucy in her first longings for the verdure. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z A verdure, which had been seen at a little distance from the shore, gave our people the flattering expectation of meeting with a variety of herbage: but in this they were greatly deceived. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z One sees sometimes, in the country and in gardens, trees wherein, by trimming and bending together the branches, have been formed niches of verdure, in which have been placed crosses or images of certain saints. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The sun was nursing the young grass into verdure, and the prairie was just beginning to put off its winter coat of somber colorings. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z It is a beautiful view,—a smooth lawn in front of the house, meadows green with the verdure of spring; beyond the meadows are hills thickly wooded,—tall oaks, and pine and cedar thickets. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Why round her middle wears this world so rich a zone of torrid verdure, if she be not dressing for the final rites? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Sorrow had destroyed large fields of verdure, and turned barren the future, but its devouring was finished. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Far as the eye can reach, there is but one sea of verdure, giving evidence, at once, of the fruitfulness of the soil, and the ardor of the sun. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The season was well advanced, the treeless prairie being covered with verdure. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Roses were budding in the garden on that Sabbath morning, violets and daffodils were already in bloom, and the trees which shaded the dwelling were green with the verdure of spring. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z See, thy steeds neigh for thee—they call thee—see, the clouds fly down toward the plain—lo, these hills now seem all desolate to me, and the vale all verdure. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Also her mind was called to lower explorations of life; moments in which it seemed as if every tissue within her had been carried from arctic repressions to the springing verdures of the Indies. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Clothe these deserts with verdure, and intersperse them with rivers and mountains, and forthwith the fertile plains of Hindostan would become a great desert, and its two hundred millions of inhabitants perish. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Into this fervid, pastoral verdure the round white table, sparkling with silver, limpid with wine-lights, seemed to roll forth resplendent and incongruous as a huge, tinseled snowball. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z A large number were upon the roof, breathing the fresh air, and gazing upon the fields beyond the James, now green with the verdure of spring. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z "Left undisturbed, these coral insects, laboring incessantly, raise foundations, on which, in course of time, fertile islands appear, clothed with verdure, and inhabited by man." The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z When she returned to consciousness, she arose and went to the graves of her children, which were for the first time covered with the fresh verdure of spring. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Uitzilopochtli would die with the verdure, the flowers and all the beauteous adornments of spring and summer. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z Added to this, at the spot we describe, grow trees that retain their verdure during the whole year, white and green parrots and other birds of gaudy plumage flit from branch to branch. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z Upon the other hand, the country, growing more and more broken in the distance, lay clothed in its tropic verdure as silent and mysterious as the Blue Water Empire. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z Around him were the oaks of the Druids; in the distance, embosomed in softest verdure, gray with age, and softened in the mists of early dawn, were the towers of the magnificent Warwick. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z More than half the trip, however, is quite uninteresting, as the way lies through clefts in the hills at too great an elevation for much foliage or verdure. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z This is a mythological conception suggested by likening the moonbeams to twisted threads, out of which on fair clear nights the brilliant verdure in which the earth is clad is spun. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z Beyond stretched field and meadow in early spring verdure. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z With these thoughts in his mind he moved stealthily along past hut after hut, reached by avenues bordered by stately, flowering plants of tropical brightness and verdure. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z The weeping heavens smiled upon us; all the wet verdure of the spring was a sparkling face that laughed and greeted us. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z She had an open fly waiting: it was beautiful, mild weather; and the spring was weaving verdure in between the trees. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z Its waters are uncommonly pure and limpid, and their banks swarded with the finest verdure. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z An oleander blossomed profusely by the side, and tropical creepers of wonderful beauty festooned the posts and balconies with their hanging verdure and their trumpet-shaped flower-bells. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z Patches of silvery grey—that dreamy neutral silvery grey which is to be caught in perfection on willows played upon by moonlight—here and there lightened the mellow masses of verdure. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Ascension was originally destitute of vegetation save on the summit of Green Mountain, which owes its verdure to the mists which frequently enshroud it, but the lower hills have been planted with grasses and shrubs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" His patient toil had constructed terraces from the rocky soil, and, planting them with vines, had clothed the bald sides of the sierra with a delicious verdure. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies To preserve the verdure of this beautiful enclosure in its natural freshness, white eunuchs went continually round it with gilt water vessels. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The fruitful banks with cheerful verdure crowned, And kept the spring eternal on the ground. Heathen Mythology The patches of verdure, so refreshing to the jaded city eye, are diminishing in size and lessening in number. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The meadows and pastures, especially those in the vicinity of the sea and in the mountain-valleys, are clothed with a brilliant verdure, which we in vain look for in the other sections of the globe. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History I fear my ears will be too hard, and my eyes too dim, ere that time come when I may seek to enjoy the melody of the songsters, or the verdure of their habitations. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 The site of the shepherd's shieling is indeed still ascertainable by the depth of verdure which marks the departed walls; and the traveller may see it by the burn-side, almost half-way down the pass. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 The green woods have lost their verdure, and the once sparkling waters of the fountain their brightness. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Around the walls great elms stand like tranquil sentinels, or at a greater distance drop their shadows on the velvet verdure of the artificial lawns. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame Firs and pines, existing in vast numbers, and retaining a perpetual though gloomy verdure, characterize the transition from the frigid to the northern temperate zone. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Some of them have verdure on them, and I can fancy Abraham pasturing his flocks on them, and with little Isaac chasing calves through the dews of Hermon. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Steep rocks, and in other places abrupt acclivities covered with verdure, and the whole overhung with "wild woods thick'ning green," form the boundaries of the narrow glen in which the village is situated. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 As regards vegetation America may be called a region of forests and verdure, vast tracts being covered by the grassy prairies, llanos, and pampas where the forests fail. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The lapse of centuries has in places covered the lava with exquisite verdure. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame While perennial verdure characterizes her valleys and plains, her lofty ranges are snow-capped all through the year. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The place might have been thus appropriately called on account of its gardens, verdure, and flowers. The Story of Malta Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing, Streams ever copious are gliding along; Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are ringing, Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song. The Story of Our Hymns She stepped out on the broad flat stones, under the trellis on which the grapevines grew so thickly that not even the flood of moonlight could penetrate the thick mass of verdure. Manslaughter Not a sign Of man or his abode met ear or eye, But one great wilderness of living wood, O'er hill, and cliff, and valley, swelled and waved, An ocean of deep verdure. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 Blessed with frequent rains, drought is not known here, and the verdure is perennial. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The rose-arbor was aglow with the same blossoming beauty as of old, and all the grounds were a dream of May-time verdure. The Reclaimers There is no path apparently between one and the other; the beautiful green verdure lies untrodden around them. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 The lower ravine has much beauty, tall trees rising up the sides, and overshadowing the chasm, the banks thickly clothed with large ferns and other verdure. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight In the midst of the woods and forests of the new world, one can readily believe himself among those of France or England; he will remark only a more lively picture of verdure and waters. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 To the right and left the mountain range extended for miles, forming a series of valleys, gulches, and abrupt precipices, with here and there a plateau of table-land, all clothed in exquisite verdure. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He found an entrance passage, winding but deep, leading in to a spacious land-locked lagoon, surrounded by hills covered with verdure. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Luxuriant gardens flourished, paradise of the monks—a strange contrast of barren rocks and rich verdure. Glories of Spain The hills and mountains teemed with verdure, and the serpentine valleys were shaded by a friendly foliage. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The great Union Station is attractive, and when one leaves it for home or hotel, one is greeted by a garden of living green, and by trees and shrubs in flourishing verdure. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 The grass, of sickly yellow, is only fit for sheep, and there are no traces of those vast tracts of verdure which represent culture in the South of Ireland. Tony Butler "The rich verdure of the shores,—the cultivated gardens scattered around,—the clustering fig and pomegranate trees," contrasted with the desert through which our troops had passed, converted this land into a scene of enchantment. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 The ground was too choked with verdure for more than snail-like progress, and Tharn, his unconscious burden still draped across one broad shoulder, took to the trees. The Return of Tharn The twinkling fire fly arose from the surrounding verdure and illuminated the air with a thousand transient gleams. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Soon after leaving Washington the night came on, but ere darkness settled down upon us, we had already seen the fresh verdure, and the trees and flowers in full, radiant bloom. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 The whole island is mantled in luxuriant tropical verdure. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Some trees are greener than others, whilst others scarcely come up to the standard of leafy verdure displayed by their fellows. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 Silence, broken only by the voices of diurnal jungle, held those on the high bit of ground as they watched the three Cro-Magnons move lightly toward that towering wall of verdure. The Return of Tharn To the east, the eye extended over a soil at one time swelling into woody elevations, and at another spreading itself into vales of the most enchanting 75 verdure. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact This verdure results, I understand, from the higher elevation of the place, which catches the "high fog" from the Pacific. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 The dense foliage of the trees stretched above them like a dome of verdure, in which the birds were chirping their gay songs. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Their ruins now rise like stranded wrecks above the sea of verdure of the tomb-abounding plain. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs The margin of the stream was clothed with grass of the liveliest verdure, and a natural grove of huge forest trees covered the whole level space of the valley. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The hills and mountains teemed with verdure, and the serpentine valleys were shaded by a friendly foliage. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The waters of Winnipeg have retired from their feet, and they are now mountain-ridges, rising over seas of verdure. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 It is composed of black earth, rises, in its highest point, to about one hundred feet, and at the time of our visit was covered with verdure. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Now it is already here, alongside, behind the spreading cedars, behind the dark verdure of the junipers. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Their eyes feasted on its fresh and cooling verdure, and its ripe fruits hanging luxuriantly on every bough. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 This thorny path may lead to fair fields of light and verdure. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Level with our bench land that amazing cliff was cut transversely by a shelf of delicate verdure, with here and there black groves of majestic pines. A Man in the Open The coast here was about fifteen feet high; and from the top of the bank a level plain extended to the base of the mountains, which, though very swampy, was covered with verdure. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In this dry, treeless region of southern California only a little water is needed to cover the bare valley bottoms with verdure. A-Birding on a Bronco Without it there would be no verdure on the hills, no trees on the plains, no fields of waving grain, and no animal life upon the land surface of the globe. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The green splendours of the lawn had faded into a yellow lustre; the flowery verdure of the fields was changed to a russet hue. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Chairs were brought, and they seated themselves amid this aerial verdure to partake of sherbet, which the youngest eunuch handed about with a business-like air. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu This island, like the projecting points of the main shore, is a mere deposit of earthly mud, covered with verdure, about twenty or twenty-five feet high. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea But the resulting verdure was enough to attract the birds. A-Birding on a Bronco In the heart of Tibet we had found Arcadia—not a detached oasis, but a continuous strip of verdure, where the Tsangpo cleaves the bleak hills and desert tablelands from west to east. The Unveiling of Lhasa This thorny path may lead to fair fields of light and verdure. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact We looked up, and there it was on the cliff above us, like the hanging gardens of Babylon, green terraces clothing the bare gray rock with beautiful verdure. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Wild, luxuriant grass covered the bed of the place, and the bank on either side was clothed in that verdure which so beautifies the woods in summer. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind With so much insect-producing verdure, birds were everywhere at all times. A-Birding on a Bronco Under the shade of the palms, surrounded by delicious verdure, was a large spring bubbling up from the ground, and stealing away in a brook, which ran babbling through the thicket, until lost to sight. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa To the east, the eye extended over a soil at one time swelling into woody elevations, and at another spreading itself into vales of the most enchanting 75 verdure. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Of course, too, we made close acquaintance with the olive and lemon, the characteristic trees of Mentone, whose foliage forms its verdure, and whose fruit forms its commerce. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu A placid stream would bear her on through fields of smiling verdure. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The whole world seems like a young child, or like the first verdure of spring. On the Heights A Novel Herds of antelopes, and occasionally graceful koodoos and elands, bounded by them, and little rivulets, evidently on their way to mingle with some large river, covered the ground with a carpet of verdure. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The green splendours of the lawn had faded into a yellow lustre; the flowery verdure of the fields was changed to a russet hue. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact "Better let me go ahead and light the way, gents," said Constable Mellish in an excited whisper, as he again unshuttered his bull's-eye and directed its gleam upon the matted and tangled verdure. The Riddle of the Night The woods, the mountains with all their varying panoply of exuberant verdure, had acquired a human significance. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Some enormous and majestic firs encircling the Obo, sheltered it with a magnificent dome of verdure. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 There may be plenty of verdure among them, for all we know.” Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The twinkling fire fly arose from the surrounding verdure and illuminated the air with a thousand transient gleams. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact No sooner has a volcanic island been thrown up than some lichens begin to grow upon it, and it is sometimes clothed with verdure while smoke and ashes are still occasionally thrown from the crater. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology All round it the vegetation is long, and lithe, and luxuriant; the trees keep their verdure late; and the rush of the nettles is amazing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Immediately that the crisis is past, the grass in the valley grows visibly, and the mountains and hills around are covered, as by enchantment, with flowers and verdure. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 And duly shall appear, In verdure, beauty, strength, The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, And the full corn at length. Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion The green splendors of spring had begun to fade into a yellow lustre, the flowery verdure of the fields was changed to a russet hue. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact They appeared shattered and half-naked, no longer affording a fine green prospect, as before, but stripped of their woods and natural verdure. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The arrangement of the whole, of the great single trees, the lines of lower verdure, and the sunny glades, was as beautiful as though Art had planned and Time had perfected the work. East Angels Around the suburbs, however, are a great number of gardens, the large trees in which form, for the town, a magnificent wall of verdure. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The foundations, terraces, and tops of the buildings were overgrown, weeds and vines were rioting and creeping on the fa�ades, and mounds, terraces, and ruins were a mass of destroying verdure. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Marphise turns with a smile towards Eglantine, who, standing behind the bench of verdure, leans her elbows upon its back. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades I turn with pleasure from that barren waste in which no salutary plant takes root, no verdure quickens, to a character fertile as I willingly believe in every great and good qualification. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Besides these monarchs there were sinuous lines of verdure, eight and ten feet in height, wandering with grace over the plain. East Angels On leaving the Lamasery of Tansan, we entered an extensive plain, where numerous Mongol tents and flocks of every kind picturesquely variegated the verdure of the pastures. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The stream ran clear as crystal at our feet; and the verdure of grass and foliage was in its full perfection. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Upon her election, Marphise seats herself on the bench of verdure; her friends step a few paces back and cast mischievous glances upon the Lady Confessor and upon the one confessing. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Along the shore at intervals little clusters of fishermen's huts were seen with a small sprinkling of herbage and patches of bright verdure. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Like a sentinel, a lone peak stood beyond the cleft in the great divide, whose precipitous sides rose in towering splendor all clad in verdure green. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter “Yes; ’tis now many years since I was deprived of the happiness of contemplating the brightness of the sun, and the verdure of our beautiful plains; but prayer is a great consolation in my affliction. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 If our greatest elevations, are humble compared to these, they are clothed with verdure, and break into countless valleys, which afford a habitation to man. An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem Daylight barely penetrates the walk through the dense vault of verdure, shaped overhead by the foliage of the stately trees. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century They were found easy of ascent, and were covered with a soft, fresh verdure, from whence we gathered a bouquet of native thyme and various colored wild-flowers which were brought back with us to Stockholm. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The last vestige of verdure passed, the immensity of that vast area of huge, desolate, dreary waste of rock appalls the mind. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The closed and desolate houses, the gardens with gates half open in which were the loveliest flowers and verdure! A Daughter of the Union The country was now in full verdure, affording "green forage" in abundance, and all things seemed to Sir William propitious for the opening of the campaign. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Unable to wander off either to the right or to the left, the soldiers are compelled to follow the defile of verdure. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century They are of good height, and look out upon an inclosed graveled space, variegated with a few patches of verdure. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The travellers had many glimpses of the varied country of Behar, the hills covered with verdure, and a succession of barley, wheat, and com fields, jungles full of alligators, neat villages, and thick forests. Round the World in Eighty Days The brilliant verdure of the Southland receded from view, and the more sober vegetation of the Northland came in sight. A Daughter of the Union But the first shower of rain brings up the young grass and in a very short time the country is covered with fresh verdure. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars Away and around the gaze could range over a great expanse of country, here smoothly undulating in a green sea of verdure, there broken-up into stony hillocks. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Fancy the earth without Life!—its skeleton ribs of rock and mountain unclothed by verdure, without soil, without flesh! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The morning and its welcome light confirmed this opinion; for before them rose a majestic ridge of mountains, clothed from top to base with greenest verdure. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Away on three sides swept the tumbled masses of bush verdure; here a ridge, there a rift; in whose cool, shaded depths the melody of bird voices made music without ceasing. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Floating down the river in a comfortable canoe, between banks whose verdure was most luxuriant, was a pleasant change after the days of toilsome march. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Out-door work became pressing; sunshine and hail followed one another in swift succession; but the buds were swelling, and verdure refreshed the eye. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Before lay roll upon roll of billowy verdure, and, on the right, a vast expanse stretching away, blue with distance, to the far skyline. In the Whirl of the Rising The ground is quite level, and the enclosure so crowded with tombs that there is very little space left for verdure or shade. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 A spacious lawn, of the brightest and most beautiful verdure, dotted over with noble oaks, and tenanted by some scores of fallow-deer, stretched far and wide on every side. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Wandering through thickets of roses whose burning blossoms swooned upon their stems, we came upon a thick carpet of verdure that surrounded a hidden lake of clear, cool water. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Why should not these trees, these meadows, these plantations put on new bloom and verdure, now that they were his? Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Exquisite are the tiny Mosses, when the fogs and rains of winter, so inimical to other vegetation, have quickened them into verdure and fruit. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series No more the sun shines out in undimmed splendor, for clouds array him in gloom; the earth, forgetful of her verdure and her flowers, produces thorns to wound and frosts to chill me. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. By-and-by, the sand almost disappeared, and our eyes were rejoiced with the sight of continuous verdure. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The latter seemed to have preserved scarcely sufficient strength to enable him to reach the summit of this barren hill, covered with rolling stones, and where a few blades of sickly verdure alone grew. The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth The distance is of a deep blue, and the near trees and grass of the freshest green; for Constable could never consent to patch up the verdure of nature to obtain warmth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 When taken upwards a more hot and heavy way it is impossible to conceive--between blistered limestone rocks, and in front the bare hills piled high without shadow or verdure. The Bible Story On the mountain-sides, indeed, some chalets were to be seen, very high up, and scarcely accessible, but ever surrounded with little tracts of greener verdure and more varied foliage. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Before us, sheer out of the water, rose Mount Isabel, clothed with tropical verdure. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Scowling ferociously, the gaunt scientist stamped violently back across the meadow's lush verdure toward the little country home he shared with his partner, Henry Horn. Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses It was not that he adopted the conventional orange and brown of the continental school, or shrank from endeavouring to carry the full impression of the dewy verdure of English landscape. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 The mountain may be covered with snow when the plain is green with verdure. The Bible Story I had not believed Ireland contained such a spot, for there was all the trim neatness and careful propriety of an English village, with that luxuriance of verdure and wild beauty so eminently Irish. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance They came upon extensive valleys of luxuriant verdure, abounding with turkeys, deer, elk, and buffalo, gentle and, as yet, undisturbed by the fear of man. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia There was a sweet fragrance from the fresh verdure, and the birds came near and almost perched on her shoulders. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series Beneath us, a level flat, where the sullen verdure of the vegetation betrays the marshy, reedy, sterile character of the soil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 When taken upwards, a more hot and heavy way it is impossible to conceive--between blistered limestones and rocks, and in front the bare hills piled high, without shadow or verdure. The Bible Story They had passed through Grey Town, and the magnificent bush country beyond, with its towering heights and great cliffs rearing up their smooth red faces from tossing seas of verdure. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Above, on either hand, masses of rolling verdure, tall forest trees, undergrowth in rich profusion, and, high up against the blue sky, battlemented rock walls. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The frontier of the Cape colony is a very wild and rather barren district, and in many parts there is a scarcity of water and verdure. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Defil'd with one wide sheet of reeking gore, The verdure of the lawn appears no more: In bubbling streams the lazy currents run, And shoot red flames beneath the evening sun. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem We crept soundlessly past the house, treading the verdure that lay in dark streaks upon the glimmering ground of this little-frequented lane. A Marriage at Sea The sweet golden sunshine, now declining, shed a softened and beautiful light upon the verdure of the bush, toning down the angles of the grey cliffs. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He knew, without troubling to look, that Mog's bones were bleaching behind yonder wall of verdure. Warrior of the Dawn While the earth decks itself with verdure and brings forth new life, it receives the dead. Waldfried A Novel Not emerald here so bright a verdure yields As the fair turf of those celestial fields. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Like all countries which derive their charms from the elements of rural beauty, foliage and verdure, Germany offers a sad coloured picture to the traveller in winter or wintry weather. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The next morning was indeed a brilliant one—the earth refreshed by rain, the verdure more brilliant, the mountain streams grown fuller; all the landscape seemed to shine forth in its gladdest features. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands He placed an arm about the man's wide shoulders, pressed the hand of his mother in silent farewell, then turned and strode toward the wall of verdure and towering forest giants to the south. Warrior of the Dawn A few paces brought them to a little grassy mound, where the cliff, descending between the rocks, preserved its rich verdure untrodden and untouched. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Here, behind a sheet of bright verdure, interposed like the veil of a temple, arose a stone out of the waves, having square sides, and bearing some resemblance to an altar. Toilers of the Sea Here, as there, were delightful pastoral scenes and rich verdure; but here we still had the Acadian peasants, while in the land of beautiful Evangeline no longer were they to be found. Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5. "With verdure clad" was written upon every line of our faces. An American Girl Abroad Suddenly a terrible roar came from the ground almost at his feet, and a huge body flashed from the cloaking verdure and leaped at the hairy chest of the astonished man-thing. Warrior of the Dawn The side stands, each accommodating seven rows of pots, are equally clothed in verdure, moss and fern. The Woodlands Orchids "Ay, ay," continued the old lady, "the trees are now putting forth their verdure; but at the fall of the leaf, who knows if all, or any of us, may still be sitting here?" Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 He is delighted with Coombe, and says the verdure is something wonderful. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June In winter, the heavens are obscured by clouds, the verdure has withered, the flocks refuse to graze the meadows, the bees neglect their honey, and the streams overflow with tears because Daphne is dead. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition And as they last, their verdure still endure, To drive infection from the dangerous year! Folk-lore of Shakespeare The scenery was quite Swiss, could we change tropical suns, running streams, and unceasing verdure into frosts, glaciers, and avalanches. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia In the lovely tropical verdure, In the streets, behold I can The hideous English buildings And the brutal English man! Songs of the Army of the Night Damascus remains what it was before the days of Abraham—a center of trade and travel—an isle of verdure in the desert; "a presidential capital," with martial and sacred associations extending through thirty centuries. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 |
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