| 单词 | visitant |
| 例句 | I rang the bell, for I wanted a candle; and I wanted, too, to get an account of this visitant. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z At Clear Lake the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Mental terrors, sir! I wish I could believe them to be only such: I wish it more now than ever; since even you cannot explain to me the mystery of that awful visitant.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z One difference was that Lucian’s visitants usually took off their clothes. The Devilish Life and Art of Lucian Freud, in Full Detail 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Sometimes, however, there were indications that the troubling visitants might themselves be aliens. Men in Black 3's suits: the latest spin on well-laundered folklore 2012-05-28T11:28:12Z It’s another rare visitant — it last left home at Amherst College in 1986 — and it’s almost a shock to see how small it is: pocket-size, like a holy card or a talisman. ‘I’m Nobody’? Not a Chance, Emily Dickinson 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z At Clear Lake, the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The first of these visitants was Miss Ashley, who in her peacock-blue gown looked much as she had looked when Sylvia last saw her. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Those gracious visitants he was for ever using all his energies to drive away. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z It did him no harm, however, for one of the most curious phenomena which take place in regard to those wild visitants, dreams, occurred in this case. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Eve," kindly spake the divine visitant, "thy sorrow and thy penitence are all known to thy Creator, and though thy fault was great, he yet careth for thee. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z She turned a troubled glance towards her unwonted visitant, but her voice was spell-bound; the questions she fain would have uttered died upon her lips. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The air all around me may be crowded with visitants from the unseen world! The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z It approached at the same rapid and threatening rate as before, and with features he thought still more frightful; and, again, he had recourse to the bed-clothes for protection from this terrific visitant. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z All the visitants in turn took a last farewell of the mortal remains of a great genius, and returned home in silence, the shades of evening having by this time gathered around. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z So, like an angel visitant, She glides among the haunts of men, And faint hearts bound, and sad eyes smile, Because the Spring has come again. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Awhile the watchers on the shore continued on their knees hoping once more to see that heavenly visitant or hear again the soul-stirring voice that had fallen from unseen lips. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z In the southern part of the Argentine country the Little Waterhen is a summer visitant, and very abundant in the marshes along the Plata. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Although midnight is the prescribed time for all ghostly visitants, these wraiths had arranged for a much earlier appearing. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Any one might be the bearer of a divine message, so he listened to all,—the most uncouth and outr� visitant might be the coming man for whom his faith waited, therefore all were admitted. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z To these rooms Moore was a daily visitant, and Canning then lodged on the second floor adjoining the suite E 1, where Macaulay wrote the "History of England" and many essays. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Eudæmon rushed forward, and signed to the old man to hold his peace, then turning to his fair visitant, he gently asked her will. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Delightful visitant! with thee, I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The few shops which dealt in European fashions were crowded from morning to night with fair visitants, or their femmes de chambre; and laces and bugles, catgut and tiffany, were in constant demand. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z A living man he could have faced, but not this mysterious visitant from the world beyond the grave. The Bushranger's Secret 2012-02-09T03:00:14.847Z The blood was whirling and beating in his arteries, as it had done at the Castle of Rummelsburg, when he lay in expectation of his spectre visitant. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Other visitants It hath not; save perchance the mountain-crow, When ice hath lock'd the rills, or wandering colt Leaving its pasture for the shady lane. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z In spite of the Wild Birds' Protection Act, many of these visitants are shot immediately upon their arrival. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z But the first shock did not intimidate many, however, and consequently the ball-room was crowded with visitants. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z In addition to mortals, supernatural visitants, furies, gods, and especially ghosts, have a prominence that stirred Elizabethans to imitation. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Through all its ages of solitude the tell had never known so strange a visitant. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Whin′-chat, a bird very similar in appearance, esp. when it assumes its duller autumn plumage, to the Stone-chat, a summer visitant of Britain.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z I omitted, however, all mention of an earlier visitant to the Abbey burial grounds, and it was to this omission that I owed a confirmation of my conviction that Cullen Mayle was the visitant. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z It was quite clear that his visitant of last night, if there had been one, was not the native spectre of this small old manor-house. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Besides the rains and the earthquakes, the tornadoes are still more dreadful visitants, when the air in a moment grows full of shivered branches, shattered roofs, and uptorn canes. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z But this solution of the problem of my visitant's personality was presently dissipated by the event. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z At other times dreams have played no inconsiderable part in the vindication of the law, which has also been aided by supernatural visitants, or by the self-consciousness of the criminal. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The Fanning and the Nicholson began firing shells at the unexpected visitant, and the Nicholson extended an additional welcome in the form of a hastily dropped "ash can." The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Gold′en-age, an early period in history, a time of innocence and happiness; Gold′en-eye, a species of oceanic ducks which breed in the Arctic regions, and are winter visitants of Britain.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Yes, he brought me hither; perhaps, as Woodley, an unwelcome visitant. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z Nothing more passed on that occasion; but a vivid impression was left with me that my visitant belonged to the order of spirits called "Planetaries." The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z It were devoutly to be wished that this had been the only change effected by such visitants. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z This visitant from the depths was the only survivor of the submarine which it now appeared had indubitably been sunk. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z It is an answer which would seem strange indeed to some visitant from a planet peopled wholly by scientific minds. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Through the keyhole of the door at the opposite side, a ray of candlelight is visible, and from this room opens the china-closet, which is no doubt the point of attraction for the troublesome visitant. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Here we lay at anchor, an Austrian frigate, surely a most unwonted visitant, from the afternoon till the following morning without one single boat coming off to visit us! 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 On the other hand, hail is a tolerably frequent visitant. 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 The marionette dance of death of these ghostly visitants is as fine a bit of word-painting as can be found any where. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z David Ayling, with his mighty voice, Scotch accent, oak-like frame, keen grey eyes, and vast iron-grey beard, was a periodical and excellently well-known Kimberley visitant. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z When she had reached the end her hands dropped to her side, she stared at the girl in front of her as she might have done at a visitant from another sphere. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z The habits of this bird, which is a very rare visitant to the British Isles, differ in no material respect from those of the foregoing species. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z She was coming into a very shady neighbourhood, in which one opined that women of her appearance were very occasional visitants. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Once, when I was, perhaps, five years old, the fox was hunted into our garden, and those glorious beings in scarlet, as well as the hounds, were all about my lairs, like visitants from Paradise. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z We have no other record of the Sora Rail on the barrier island, but in all probability it occurs as a migrant and winter visitant along margins of the laguna. Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico 2011-11-15T03:00:17.973Z But this little visitant, of earth or heaven, child or cherub—I scarce could believe mine own senses! A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z It breeds in some districts: But it is principally as a winter visitant that it is known in the south of Europe. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z That the child of your parents should be one among these sweet visitants is greatly soothing and greatly inspiring. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z It was to him a fair and mysterious visitant, who came in pure benevolence to cheer his solitude. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z As it passed away, and I looked to our mysterious visitant and my mysterious Original, no remains of him were to be seen—except the boots. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z "What else doth our Brother Christopher say of this glaring visitant?" asked Brother Beissel in the hope of pouring oil upon the troubled waters. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z Although a few scattered specimens have been observed from time to time during summer, in most parts it must be considered as a winter visitant only. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The term was generally used to denote any kind of ghostly visitant, but referred more particularly to a fearsome creation which was supposed to haunt the fells and dales, and make a horrible noise. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z Rovero, who had at first seen it but vaguely as it approached him, and who had convulsively grasped it, was now thoroughly awakened, and seeing the visitant about to disappear, seized it forcibly. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z They would have the rare birds, both the resident species and the occasional visitants, and paid liberally for all specimens. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The whole guard, eleven men in all, swore next day to the ghostly visitant. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Though not among the rarest of our visitants, it is far from common. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z That was genuine; it was as tangible, as real, as convincing a witness as would have been the entire head of my singular visitant, whatever might be his nature. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z When morning broke, the ravages of this strange visitant were but too visible—graves had been opened, coffins forced, and the remains of the dead, frightfully torn and mutilated, lay scattered upon the earth. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Not doubting it was his visitant of the former night, he called out to her, and was answered in the voice of Ruth Ipgreve. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Yet, as soon as the prince married her, she was a general visitant at court, and received the most especial and unlimited polite attentions from the queen. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z A rare and occasional visitant, appearing from time to time in small flocks on the muddy or sandy sea-coast. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The roads to it have been made excellent, and the customary amusements of plays and assemblies during the season add to the attractions for summer visitants. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z These symptoms of a warlike temper were not pleasing to a peaceful visitant. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Like those brilliant visitants in the skies, it flashes suddenly upon us in all its splendor and as suddenly disappears in total darkness leaving not a trace behind. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Dean Milman and Canon Farrar explain this by the supposition that the earthquake "seemed to have filled the air with ghostly visitants, who after Christ had risen appeared to linger in the Holy City." Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z Red Crossbill: Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus.—This is an uncommon and irregular winter visitant to Kansas, but it nested once in Shawnee County. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z It stirred the other with a tremulous warmth, a vague, sweet pleasure, that were never visitants there before; but that she scouted instantly as weakness, folly, debasement, in the Last of the Castlemaines. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z I complained to my visitant of this practice, as depriving one of air when gasping for it. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z So she had reasoned, but the self-accusation had remained, not to be argued back by casuistry, a stern visitant that stood insistently before her, pointing the stern finger of denunciation. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Their formidable visitant was one to treat with all respect, but to remove with all speed, “and they began to beseech Him to depart from their borders.” The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z “I would rather have your material lips; I am not fond of ghostly visitants; I shall feel you always beside me; I shall not forget you even in my sleep.” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z Francesco was convinced of the supernatural character of these visitants, and resolved that he would on the following day begin his pilgrimage. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z The approach to Nice on this side is through a quarter consisting almost entirely of villas or country-houses let to visitants. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z It was deserted at that hour—but not for him, for the visitants from which he fled pursued him there! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z To stir his tired veins like magic wine, What visitants across his spirit glance, Lying on lilies, while he watch me dance? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z He bowed before the august presence,—now that the great veil that had concealed the kingly visitants was torn away. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z This expression, however, reminded me at once of that mysterious visitant of the confessional, whom in my cherished dreams I had so often beheld. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z The philosophy, or sophistry, therefore, as to looking upon death as the inevitable visitant to others, but as something which must miraculously pass him by, did not exist in his mind. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The household had not been disturbed by the near approach of the awesome visitant. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Instead of appearing as the angel in Leigh Hunt's "Abou Ben Adhem" did, who diffused himself in the room like a vision, these peripatetic visitants presented themselves like celestial postmen "knocking at the door." Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z And three years afterward, on September 22d, 1823, another celestial visitant outlined to him about the golden plates he was to find and the prophet he was to be. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z When he says this he does not yet understand that the Moon and his strange visitant are one; he thinks they are rivals. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Had I the pencil or the brush of a Millais I could transfer to canvas an exact likeness of the ghostly visitant. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z Their arrival was enough to put to flight all the supernatural visitants that Hades ever sent forth. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Some of our best days seem reserved for celestial visitants. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z The last quoted occurrence, especially, is most accurately and intelligently described—so clearly, indeed, that it furnishes us with a clue to the identity of the strange visitant. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z That what had been seen by Bessie and Jane was a supernatural visitant, I now felt convinced, seeing that it had appeared to that least imaginative and most commonplace of all individuals, my husband. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Campian closed his eyes, surveying this unexpected visitant through the lids. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z "In the same manner, sir, by the unaccountable flying open of the door after I had locked it," said I, suppressing the fact, or fancy, of the mysterious midnight visitant. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Oh for some angel visitant to stir the waters of the Bethesda of self-improvement as it was once done by the use of this principle of emulation in our class in spelling. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z No angel visitant came with mercy in her hands to relieve the sick or to bestow gifts upon the poor. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z Whereupon his visitant reveals himself in his true character and vanishes in a cloud of brimstone. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z These military visitants are commonly more intent on woodcocks than the picturesque, and game does not particularly enrich these regions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z My brother had not seen the supernatural visitant to his room, who, go where she might, appeared only to me. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Now he pondered the words of his visitant; now the image of flowing water rose and glided before the inner eye. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z One by one the visitors left, impressed with the fact that some prophetic power had fallen upon the young man, and they dreaded contact with spiritual visitants. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z It was sometimes an amusement to her visitants to give into her hand their watches, and test a peculiar sagacity which she possessed, in restoring each to its owner. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Indeed, this was but the second time that a ship of war had carried our flag up these waters—the other visitant was, I believe, from the squadron of Sir W. Hoste. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z In point of fact, the two were vastly different, and Joan knew it; but, at least, she argued, they were alike in this: both were gentlemen—rare visitants in her cosmos. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z What was now the luxuriant beauty of Euphemia compared with the divine charms of this celestial visitant? The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z His head was still dim with the tumult, which he had not yet entirely slept off; and the recollection of his nightly visitant disquieted his mind. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z The donations of charitable visitants are deposited in a box with an inscription, and she has been made to understand that the contents are devoted to her benefit. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Day after day strange visitants have been arriving from the north; and at nightfall, you may hear them quacking and screaming and gabbling for many miles along the shore. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Far from being an unwelcome visitant, it should be rather welcome as a stimulus to the possibility of further study of self and the realities of life. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Can Aurelia be the same Unknown—the visitant of the confessional? The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z It is a summer visitant to most parts of Europe, including the British Islands, and is most wantonly and needlessly destroyed by gamekeepers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z It was not until the airship was hovering exactly over the flat roof of the kasbah that they knew, from shouts below, that the strange visitant had been observed. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z The French families had regarded her as if she'd been a visitant from another planet. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Neither Hobbes nor Rousseau, however, was likely to be timorous about ghostly visitants. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z While the master of the house stood rooted to the floor, the visitant accomplished his exit, unchallenged and unattended. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z With joy he beheld the loose fibres of his string raised by the fond salute of the celestial visitant. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z In his priestly character Lycidas tells his latter-day visitant of the religion of the place, complains of the violation of its solitude, and then dives suddenly from view. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Her notions in reference to the proper application of words were obviously just as loose as the prevalent ones in community then, which deemed any spirit visitant whatsoever a devil, or the devil. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Towards day-light they began to retire, and in the morning no trace of any such visitants could be perceived. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Their house had no visitants, and was almost always closed. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Having entered the gate, the visitant, remounting his horse, set the animal on full speed. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The visitant, whose identity is still unrecognized, again disappears; he resumes his quest, and next finds himself in a huge vaulted grotto full of sea treasures and sea sounds and murmurs. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Before the observable works were commenced, she was clairvoyant and clairaudient, and her aid in the amazing feats which transpired was solicited in advance by a nocturnal visitant needing no opened door for entrance. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The lady and her visitant were accurate observers of each other. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z This person, being equally inquisitive into other men's affairs, and communicative of his own, was always an unwelcome visitant. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The lady courteously answered that she was the person, and immediately ushered her visitant into an apartment. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Since then it has been found to be a regular fall and winter visitant along the Atlantic coast, passing at least as far south as New Jersey. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Only superstition and ignorance quail and skulk before visitants that come from unseen realms; knowledge stands fast and meets them with welcome and joy. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Ormond's peculiarities of sentiment excited no impatience, as long as he was regarded merely as a visitant. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z These declarations were heard by her visitant with marks of unspeakable vexation. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The countenance of M'Crea easily denoted that his visitant was by no means acceptable. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Who that cherishes the divine visitant in his own heart but must be amazed at the reckless irreverence with which we assail each other. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Our fathers were not mistaken as to that fact; but their inhospitable and fierce slamming of doors in the faces of these visitants provoked terrible retaliations. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z She had no visitants, very rarely walked abroad, and then only in the evening with a female servant in attendance. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z "I think I had better go with you, Eadburgh," said Ethel, anything but assured by the unsympathetic words of the strange visitant. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The inference was unavoidable that a visitant was here. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Varley, water-colour painter and astrologer, it was," says Gilchrist, "who encouraged Blake to take authentic sketches of certain among his most frequent spiritual visitants. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z We found Tituba distinctly stating that she saw, heard, and was made to help a nocturnal visitant whose doings indicate that he was the originator of the vast Salem Tragedy: that visitant was a spirit. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z One evening this unceremonious visitant discovered Constantia busily surveying a chart of the Mediterranean Sea. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Hastily clutching at the letters lying on the table, he endeavoured to thrust them into a recess of the cabinet, and he fairly cowered in abject terror before these strange visitants. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Who that visitant was, and how he was now employed, was a subject of eager but fruitless curiosity. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The great influx of English, either resident or visitants, has rendered Paris a close competitor with London for extravagance. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z The reason of your course is obvious; the creed of your times deemed any spirit visitant or helper to be the devil himself. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The visitant was struck with the melancholy contrast, which these appearances exhibited, to the joyousness and splendour that he had formerly witnessed. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Ethel, meanwhile, was listening within in great trepidation, but when she discovered that their unexpected visitants were Saxon, she emerged from an inner room. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Winter had come again, and the earth had to consent, with or against her will, to receive her rude visitant. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z If the Archangel Michael appeared at noonday to an ordinary member of the House of Commons, the legislator would mistake his celestial visitant for an omnibus conductor. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z But seemingly the court could not wait for an answer, because, in the same breath, it asked, What did your visitant tell you? Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z She thought of nothing but the contrast between the former situation of her visitant and the present. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z I found the house fall of visitants, chiefly young people about my own age, all making merry, and had little difficulty in being admitted of their crew. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z It spread prosperity over the adjacent coasts; and its oracle, Sibyl, and temple, long attracted votaries and visitants. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Aroused to justice as well as a desire to shield Stanief, Allard withdrew his eyes from the hotel entrance to regard his visitant. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z The girl said she had been accustomed to see her visitant, at times, during three preceding years, and that she saw more devils than any one there ever saw men in the world. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The wife of their present visitant had experienced her succour and sympathy, on occasion of the death of a favourite child. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z The palace was guarded, night and day, by a huge hound and a vulture, both of them the constant visitants of battle fields. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z For there could be no doubt that whoever or whatever it was, his visitant was now in the kitchen, since the door would not open. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z These visitants never stop long or do anything that is of any worth to the world. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Others at that time and ever since have called her visitant the devil. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The consciousness that her true condition was unknown to her visitant, and the ignominiousness of that truth, gave an air of constraint to her behaviour, which Constantia ascribed to a principle of delicacy. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z She was a child again, weak and frivolous, frightened by the awful visitant who had so newly entered that house. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Even when one laughs one feels the ghostly visitant. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z It is not always the fear of waking a sleeping child that makes the heaviest feet go on tip-toe, but the awe which comes from the near presence of heavenly visitants. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z Throughout the whole of her two days’ rigid examination she persistently called her strange visitant “the man.” Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z A grating laugh hurt her nerves, and after it came the order of the sentry calling on some unwelcome visitant to depart. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z I am no more superstitious than most men, yet, for an instant, the notion seized me like an electric shock, that this was no earthly visitant. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z The Britannia, Captain Miller, was a visitant of York harbour about the same period; a top-sail schooner of about 120 tons, remarkable for her specially fine model. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z His fingers left a mark at least twice as wide as those of the mysterious visitant. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z She had no idea that the devil was her visitant, and never confessed that he tempted her. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The sight of the table so spread, creating in him a fear of being surprised by the entrance of a visitant before his toilet was completed, caused him to hurry on his dress. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z The luminous sky was still full of a pink glow in the west; behind this ghostly visitant it had turned to an opaque blue. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed roof your nest of clay, And let my ear your music catch, Low twittering underneath the thatch, At the gray dawn of day. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z In the second reading he corrects a bad assonance thus: His only visitants a straggling sheep, The stone-chat, or the sand-lark, restless bird, Piping along the margin of the lake.... The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Let us then heed this heavenly visitant, and not entertain the angel unawares. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z For, alarming as a human intruder may be, he is less frightful than a supernatural visitant. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z His majesty was busily employed in dressing his own supper; but this did not prevent him from receiving his visitant in a very gracious manner. 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 It is now some time since I made allusion to Claribel's spiritual visitant. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Another assonance is got rid of in the later editions, the "thistle thinly sprinkled o'er," and the passage now reads melodiously as follows: His only visitants a straggling sheep. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The princess received her visitants with distinguished politeness; and, supper being ended, they talked of business. 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 I was destined to behold with my eyes as well as hear with my ears the next move made by my unknown visitant. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z But Wright and Selkirk, suspecting from his appearance that he had some secret supply, watched, and detected the charitable visitant, and the prince was abandoned to his fate. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Among the visitants was one, a great favourite with the aunt, a retired officer, of an abandoned turn, but connected with some of the oldest families in Scotland. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Accordingly, I was early at the place of rendezvous, and waited, with some impatience, the approach of my fair visitant. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 “There are some nations,” said Imlac, “that send few visitants to Palestine; for many numerous and learned sects in Europe concur to censure pilgrimage as superstitious, or deride it as ridiculous.” 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 woman who had orders to keep this house in a continual state of readiness for its fitful visitant was as discreet as she was sympathetic. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z That some of those visitants were men of remarkable ability, there can be no doubt. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Art thou the phantom of a dream, or some blest visitant from that better land, come to bear me hence? Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' The old phantom had returned, even as he wrote—that dread night visitant which had robbed him of so many hours of sleep, and planted gray streaks about his temples. The Man from Jericho The echoing footfalls which occasionally reached his ears sounded like the steps of some ghostly visitant rather than of a being of flesh and blood. The Man Who Rose Again It was evident to anyone who knew anything of collecting that both these men would be scouring the country after the strange visitant, before twenty-four hours were out. The Wonderful Visit What visitants across his spirit glance, Lying on lilies, while he watch me dance? One-Act Plays By Modern Authors I went without enthusiasm, it is true, but at least I went with a mind rigorously swept and garnished, so that there might enter into it visitants of either kind, angelic or otherwise. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France Gen. Stark determined to give the illustrious visitant a warm reception. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It was Europe's great misery—the repulsive visitant of blooming youth, bringing death and disfigurement. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. What sin I have done that I should entertain and clothe angelic visitants, I don't know. The Wonderful Visit And you will receive by the hands of the new visitant a letter from me explanatory of all I expect from your well-known zeal and attachment. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 That our doors are trodden by orthodox visitants only? that the lintels are clean, and the inhabitants temperate and pure? or that the Blood of Christ has cleansed our conscience? The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus They hardly knew whether it was their mother, whom they saw so seldom, or some serene ethereal visitant, who resembled her in face and form. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance O' my conscience, he's worth a dozen of my dull servant; that's such a troublesome visitant, without any kind of conveniency. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 But you mentioned a ghostly visitant of the Castle just now. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The first consul was informed that the road to her residence was crowded with her visitants. Lives of Celebrated Women How was such a delicate visitant as Poetry to be entertained amid all this confusion of tongues and glittering paraphernalia? Shadows of Flames A Novel For my own part I would be more afraid of meeting Robert Mason alone in that dark lane, than any visitant from another world. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. We were presently in the edge of the woods and standing under a locust tree, where the President had several times seen and heard his rare visitant. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt Here, as an old guide book puts it, "every reasonable wish may be gratified, whether the object of the visitant be health or pleasure". Hastings and Neighbourhood While the city was still brooding over this event, four ships-of-war, portentous visitants, appeared off the Hook, stood quietly in at the Narrows, and dropped anchor in the bay. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools She banished him like a puff of smoke and we waited in drawn suspense—we four—our eyes on the archway through which this visitant must now appear. Where the Pavement Ends Renshaw, remarking that their late formidable visitant needn’t have wished them good night quite so loudly, rolled himself in a blanket, and in ten minutes was fast asleep. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Especially in the sleeping-rooms everything was arranged as prettily and neatly, as if not real human beings, much less careless children, inhabited them, but as if everything had been made ready for fairy visitants. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine It is truly the strait and narrow way, and few there be—of London visitants—that find it.... Hastings and Neighbourhood She realised it at length—realised that this was no visitant from the spirit-world conjured up in answer to her impassioned prayer, but her lover himself, alive and unharmed. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Many of the species are sedentary, others are winter visitants, while others again simply pass through Egypt on their way to or from warmer or colder regions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" There is no depth of the deep town that this visitant does not penetrate in August—going in, going far, going through, by virtue of its indescribable gentleness. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure In that part of India one has rarely to wait long for such a visitant, and on an early evening my colleague, the Rev. Mr Hislop, announced that there was a scorpion on the wall. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series The entrance fee entitled you to refreshment, and that refreshment, in the shape of intoxicating liquor, was by that time before each visitant. The Night Side of London But everywhere boarding houses had sprung up as by magic, and cottages had suddenly bulged out with new additions, while signs of "Rooms and Board" greeted the visitants everywhere. The Story of Chautauqua In the days of the Scottish Covenanters it was believed that Psalm 93 was heard sweetly chanted by spiritual visitants. The Bible Story Ariel of a hotter name and of a wilder element, willing and brief, delicate and eager, quick to finish and be gone, a hasty servant, is fire the mere visitant, unused to these long hours. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure What he did think was that the invisible visitant had returned, and he was mightily disturbed. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels They then embraced Captain Smith, adoring him in the like manner, apparently looking upon him as some celestial visitant, and overwhelming him with a profusion of presents and abject homage. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia All further attempts at questioning the nocturnal visitant met with no reply. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Never before had this fierce and majestic visitant from the upper silence fallen upon so difficult a prey. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life But thee may no such boisterous visitants Molest; may gentle breezes fan thy brow; And neither cloud conceal, nor misty air Bedim, the grand terraqueous spectacle, 10 From centre to circumference, unveiled! The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) Where the divine visitant found the match to kindle the coals... Seeds of Pine What strange visitant thus shocks All our ears at such a moment? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Him, however, with an effort of patience and a knowledge of native ways, she forbore to question, though she strongly suspected him of being her visitant of the night before. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion "What do you want with me?" asked the judge, looking nervously at the white face and the wild eyes of his unbidden visitant. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June My companion was lost to me for three full days, being wholly occupied with the fair visitant. Japan A Record in Colour Footsteps were heard in the walk, and the girls rose to receive their expected visitants. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. What the visitant was doing Enid could not exactly see; but she started up, and at the movement the white woman turned and showed her face. A Life Sentence A Novel But now the ragged mob without was scarce a less worthy successor to the brilliant display than were the company within to the former visitants. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II "An awfully nice woman all round," is the general verdict of her visitants to the boudoir. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Should I tell him, right now, that I knew the original; tell him also of my strange visitant? The Red Symbol There was a quick step behind her, and then an exclamation of horror as Gwynne shot past and caught the lugubrious visitant by the shoulder. Ancestors A Novel A rare winter visitant which is more often seen along the seashore. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season The midnight visitants to the empty house did not notice him. Madge Morton's Trust It may contain messages from thence as this pale visitant does from the sun. The Hills and the Vale Images of the well-beloved, when they themselves are in the mould, come and go, no unfrequent visitants, through the meditative hush of solitude. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) I shall therefore begin with persons of condition; and the first I shall undertake, shall be the Lady Fidget, the general visitant, and Will Voluble, the fine talker. The Tatler, Volume 3 The Siskin belongs in the group of winter visitants whose coming cannot be foretold. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season My wife, however, having recovered from her first surprise and burst of natural affection, began, very naturally, to speculate about the parentage of the uninvited visitant. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III There came to my bedside this morning a visitant that has been present at the bedside of everyone who has lived for ten thousand years. The Hills and the Vale “I know you,” replied the visitant, with a sort of kind severity, or rather firmness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) This was tied up to the roof during the day, thus leaving free room for the admission of occasional visitants. Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel He left the spot expeditiously, not halting until he was sure that he was beyond reach of the unwelcome visitant, which, it is well known, is not much given to pursuing its prey. Through Apache Lands Your book I am not acquainted with, cousin; but your ghostly visitants were due neither to it nor to the fumes of the punch. Weird Tales. Vol. I Light is seen by reflection, but this light was visible of itself like a living thing, a visitant from the unknown. The Hills and the Vale It was as though some unquiet visitant from another world had strayed into an Italian Arcadia. Under False Pretences A Novel If the troublesome visitant was still occasionally present it would, no doubt, take care to manifest itself in some mode or place. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Doctor Platt was most indignant; but he laughed at the idea of a supernatural visitant, and concurred in Love's belief of some malicious person in the house playing ghost. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday An occurrence which now happened, by making me shudder with an ice-cold thrill as at sight of a visitant from the world of spirits, revived all the pain I had formerly felt. Weird Tales. Vol. I As our summer residents go and the passing migrants arrive and depart we may begin to expect the winter visitants. Old Plymouth Trails There was nothing of the sort; and satisfied that my visitant was no longer in the chamber, I dismissed the man, and hurried through my toilet with breathless precipitation. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Their interest in the strange visitant had completely banished all sensations of fatigue from a full day of vacation fishing in the cold Adirondack streams among which they were camping for that month. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 With a piercing cry, Dainty sprang past the midnight visitant, rushed to the door, and throwing it open, bounded into the corridor, flying with terror-winged feet toward her cousin's room. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday All the lenses of the great observatories of the world had, in a manner, sought to entertain the strange visitant of the heavens. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories In general, the unexpected visitants are welcome; the fireside is rendered brighter and more cheerful by them; and their presence sends a glow through this northern atmosphere, which allows autumn to steal on unperceived. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. He now thought that this visitant had been one of the Carlist band, who had come in, while he was asleep, on a reconnoitring expedition. A Castle in Spain A Novel I was afraid I should frighten my good angel visitant away, and without the smallest breath of pause went on to add a few directions as to stuffs and colours. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Unless the reader has faith that Stevenson deeply understands the nature of remorse, the conversation between Markheim and his ghostly visitant becomes incredible and vain. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews There can be little doubt that the earlier of these expeditions were from Denmark, though the term Northmen was originally applied indiscriminately to all these terrible visitants from the unknown north. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Visits of the preceding kind are very frequent at the Palace, and the tales told by the visitants are of the very strangest nature. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Into this he peered eagerly, thinking that he might discover his mysterious visitant, but he saw nothing. A Castle in Spain A Novel Thrice welcome! crested visitants; Thou doest well to seek our haunts; The bounteous vine, by thee possessed, From prying eyes shall keep thy nest. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 Over and over again I was on the point of saying "Not at home" to these interminably wearisome visitations, but refrained, out of sheer good nature and unwillingness to mortify my visitant. Records of Later Life The breeze and sunshine entered freely; but the first visitant brought no spring perfume on its wings, only an occasional sulphur-puff from the soot-thick column of smoke rushing sable from the gaunt mill-chimney. Shirley “I particularly wish Mr. Sterling to be present,” he observed with a touch of displeasure—whether intended for M. Auguste or the spiritual visitant I could not tell. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War This passage-way served also to lessen the mystery of his late visitant. A Castle in Spain A Novel A Nez Perce Presbyterian minister was to be their visitant evangelist. Trail Tales Swedenborg confessed to repeated walks and talks with celestial visitants, and, of course, all thought of imposture must be put on one side. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development As Danton’s broad back descended down the steps, a vulpine head peered out of the alcove, and Robespierre’s cunning, self-satisfied look showed that he recognized Henriette’s visitant. Orphans of the Storm The birds are the little people that peep out at me, or pause and regard me curiously in this great temple of trees,—wrens, chippies, robins, bluebirds, catbirds, redstarts, and now and then rarer visitants. Under the Maples Unless the reader has faith that 36 Stevenson deeply understands the nature of remorse, the conversation between Markheim and his ghostly visitant becomes incredible and vain. A Manual of the Art of Fiction “Come, summer visitant, attach To my reedroof thy nest of clay, And let my ear thy music catch, Low twitting underneath the thatch, At the gray dawn of day.” Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 3 March 1897 For, in this connection, these are only names that serve to disguise a visitant of a highly undesirable character. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development An eastern Atlantic species which is only an accidental visitant to our shores. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. A strange light blinks on Venus, and over old Earth hovers a mysterious visitant—dread harbinger of interplanetary war. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 I thought of that picture of Dor�'s where the celestial visitant dispersed the fiends. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Hooping-Cough.—I need not say much about hooping-cough, for there is scarcely a nursery in which, to everyone's great discomfort, it is not known as a familiar and most unwelcome visitant. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases To have told my honest natural visitants, 'Really, gentlemen, I play very ill,' and put on such airs as we do in our genteel companies, would have been highly ridiculous. James Boswell Famous Scots Series By A. T. Locke Many planes and Zeppelins were circling around the mysterious visitant. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Bathed in that baleful, white glare, Parkinson, bewildered, dazed, half-blinded, watched the approaching stellar visitant. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 "Now, which one of these young ladies do you take to have been your 'celestial visitant,' as you most absurdly call her?" Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend I could feel my heart beating audibly when I beheld them, as if they were unsubstantial visitants, whose appearance I expected the grave would have interdicted from my eyes for ever. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 "You have a very beautiful daughter," resumed their diabolical visitant. The End of Time The scarlet sky over Manhattan indicated that the center of the metropolis, too, was alive to the menace of the weird visitant that now was so plainly visible. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 To these people I was a ghostly visitant, if they sensed my presence at all, for my roamings between planes had altered the characteristics of atomic structure of my being. Wanderer of Infinity He only knew they were welcome visitants in his mind. The Prisoner "Perhaps," I said, with a forced laugh—for, despite of myself, the story was exciting my imagination as well as curiosity—"she really is a visitant from another world." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 He stood where first he had stood when he beheld the apparition—the unearthly visitant was there no longer. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 In theaters and restaurants and other gathering places, as well as in millions of homes, a voice from the Worldwide Broadcasting Tower announced the weird visitant. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 By the systematic practice of Induced Autosuggestion we can make it, not a fleeting visitant, but a regular tenant of the mind, which storms and stresses from without cannot dislodge. The Practice of Autosuggestion He was going to dig the ground, even if he dug his grave, and not look up to see what visitant was waiting for him. The Prisoner Here the beggars beset them, in fresh crowds, till Uncle Hoses was compelled to close his purse, and tear himself away from his clamorous visitants. Among the Brigands The watcher knew the wood was a large one and unlawful visitants might well be hidden towards its farther end. Thurston of Orchard Valley The light that it radiated illuminated the night for thousands of feet and Dirk could see, by means of that crimson glare, that many planes and Zeppelins were circling around the mysterious visitant. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The men relieved themselves of bitter and revengeful sentiments toward their unwelcome visitants by deep and hearty curses, until a little later, worn and weary, in the camp-fire "smudge" they slept despite their discomforts. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska Even to his eyes where Jeff was always a grateful visitant, the more so now after he had been so poignantly desired, he was this morning the more manly and altogether fit. The Prisoner They form themselves into a sort of bodyguard to look after this wonderful visitant. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Nothing since the great Antarctic gold rush of ’33 had so gripped the public as the dramatic arrival and startling behavior of this mysterious visitant from outer space. Spawn of the Comet ‘At a verse from the Aeneid, the sun goes back for us on the dial; our boyhood is recreated, and returns to us for a moment like a visitant from a happy dreamland.’ Helps to Latin Translation at Sight His eyes bulged from their sockets, and the other guard staggered backward with hands outstretched as if to ward off an evil spell that might be cast by this supernatural visitant. The Copper-Clad World One fine day, that unwelcome visitant came into the house, and laid its hand on poor little Helen. Donald and Dorothy Perhaps I am the great mystery of their lives, an unexplained visitant from "the night's Plutonian shore." A Son of the Middle Border Tests, suggested and carried out by Dr. Stevens and Mr. Roff, only reinforced the view that they were really dealing with a visitant from the unseen world. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters On windy hilltops; by the roaring sea; 'Mid tombs, in market-places, prisons, fields; 'Mid clamor, vile attack,—or deep-awed hush, Wherein celestial visitants drew near And secret ministered to troubled souls! Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul The unreasoning terror with which the ancients were wont to regard these mysterious visitants to our skies had, indeed, been replaced by an apprehension of quite another kind. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language This was accomplished; after which, to amuse their unexpected visitant, they showed forth their night diversions in music and dancing; likewise the means by which they obtained their livelihood, such as tinkering, fortune-telling, and conjuring. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement The name of the divine visitant who comes to her and ministers to her wants, is Comforter. The Words of Jesus Nor did the unseen and unruly visitant scruple to plague Mompesson's aged mother, whose Bible was frequently hidden from her, and in whose bed ashes, knives, and other articles were placed. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters Virginia firmly believed that her mother, among other unearthly visitants, walked in the night when the blizzard kept up its incessant beating. Rose O'Paradise No nobler visitant e'er sought The Mighty's white-cliff'd isle, Where Alfred ruled, where Bacon thought, Where Avon's waters smile: Hail to the tempest-vexed Man! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 That tantalising visitant can scarcely have been at the same time Psyche and my peacock. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy It would, indeed, be a violation of common-sense to suppose that a celestial visitant so striking in appearance had been for centuries back an unnoticed frequenter of our skies. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Unlike her grandmother, these new visitants from the unknown world did not provide her with the means of regaining her lost health. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters “Who are you, and what do you lack?” he called to the unseen visitant below. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Perhaps, it was my former visitant in a less forbidding form. Old New England Traits I shall often wander in these woods, among the cloud-like masses of odorous blossom, in this windless harbour of sunlight and the murmur of leaves, in the hope of finding the little visitant here. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy On reaching Yokohama we found our anticipated pleasures doomed to disappointment; for that yearly visitant, cholera, was holding high revel in the town, and doing pretty well just as it pleased. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 It gives me great pleasure to tell you that our next visitant from the world beyond is that great soldier, statesman, and patriot, King Brian Boru.” The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton He was known by the poor for many a mile around as their angel visitant. Kościuszko A Biography There in unvoiced oblivion sink thy name, And bid the sun, thine only visitant, Divulge not to the far-off world of men What once-famed wretch he there did espy hid. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Draw your lion's skin about you less negligently, Heracles; I hear visitants approaching. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy She immediately recalled to mind the events of the preceding night, and resolved to remove without delay from a house which was troubled with such fearful visitants. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston To enable them, from the chapters in their dioceses, at their own choice, to augment the number of their archdeacons or visitants, under whatever name may best suit the old constitutional forms of our Church. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 Her heart had unawares entertained an angel visitant; mine had unconsciously performed an angel's ministry; I, next to God and his messengers, had power to satisfy the deepest wants of her nature. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy She may deliberately have thrust the gentle visitant, Love, from her dwelling, and once repulsed he may never have sought again for entrance. The Wall Between Delightful visitant, with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets They were like a pair of radiant godlike visitants from another world. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk And in both cases proper certificates of residence would be required to be produced to the visitants. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 Wagner was debating in himself what course he should pursue—for he feared that some treachery was intended toward Nisida—when to his boundless surprise, he heard the mysterious visitant say in a low tone. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf She already regards me as though I were a visitant from the other world. The Fixed Period Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed roof your nest of clay, And let my ear your music catch, Low twittering underneath the thatch At the grey dawn of day. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Such appearances of divine Beings took place, we have seen, in the Pagan Mysteries, and those of the Church had equally glorious visitants. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries In the morning they explored the grounds, but could find no trace of footmarks, nothing to indicate the nature of their visitant. Werwolves It clasped hers; the arm went around her; she raised her face, and the cold lips of the visitant met her warm tremulous ones. Judith of the Cumberlands The snow-bunting, with its sprightly note, was, as usual, one of our earliest visitants in the spring; but these were few in number and remained only a short time. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage The strange but opportune visitant seemed to motion to me with a gesture of his hand, which I felt I must obey, and I followed in this weird procession. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales No pleased smile had he for the visitant, but a frown of stern displeasure. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries The werwolf, however, seems to have confined itself almost entirely to the Harz Mountains, where it was formerly most common and more dreaded than any other visitant from the Unknown. Werwolves Its home was at 30 Ann Street, and Horace Greeley, its editor, promised that it should be "worthy of the hearty approval of the virtuous and refined, and a welcome visitant to family firesides." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The carriage too, Edward now saw clearly, was a strange one, and must probably be bringing some unexpected visitant. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Presently a whisper was heard close to his pillow, and ere he could make any answer, his visitant revealed herself. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers All the generations to come must be deprived of the pleasure of these delightful flowers, the earliest visitants of spring—to what end? The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young Always when morning broke the ravages of this unsavoury visitant were only too plainly visible—graves had been dug up, coffins burst open, and the contents nibbled, and gnawed, and scattered all over the ground. Werwolves Mr. Townsend recoiled in greater amazement than he did while under the first belief that he had been confronted by a visitant from the grave. Two Wonderful Detectives Jack and Gil's Marvelous Skill "Only!" retorted my spectral and shifting visitant, again shifting spectrally. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887 The Sage Thrasher seems to be a winter visitant to Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Of this number there are as visitants to, and residents in Britain, but 44, 19 only of which remain to breed. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Rare winter visitant; breeds in the arctic regions. Birds of the Rockies He was remarkably dignified in his manners, and had an air of benignity over his features which his visitant did not expect, being rather prepared for sternness of countenance. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Mary, having reflected that it was her own people and not ghostly visitants that had made the hideous interruption in the night, had regained her outward stolidity. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] The American Goldfinch is an uncommon migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico The divine visitant seems about to depart; but Jacob clings to Him, pleading for a blessing. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Resident; common locally; breeds; rather of western Colorado, but visitant among eastern mountains. Birds of the Rockies With a curious thrill he had watched the old chief enter the tiny chamber and float motionless—a visitant from the past. The Rapids Here he languished, a prey to terrible anxiety and remorse; his only visitants were pastors of the Christian religion who tortured him with argument. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The Green-tailed Towhee is a common migrant and winter visitant in Coahuila; the species has been found at several localities. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico These visitants will appeal to our tenderest sympathies, and will work miracles to sustain their pretensions. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan I ranged my sailors fully armed round the deck, to keep off such disagreeable visitants, but with strict orders to avoid hurting them. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 So this, see you, is a two-edged sword, forbidding all communication with the dead, whether as saints to be invoked, or as visitants to be questioned.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall You seem like a visitant from another world. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk The Lark Bunting is an uncommon winter visitant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico The pretended visitants from the world of spirits sometimes utter cautions and warnings which prove to be correct. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan At sunset our Royal visitants departed, highly gratified with their entertainment, and returned to the capital. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 His flesh crept upon his bones at the consciousness of a preternatural but invisible presence—the presence of an unseen visitant in the dead of the midnight! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 It came to me in the midst of my Nol Pros., special verdicts, depositions, protests, business correspondence, etc., like a visitant from the skies. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies These records represent sparse winter visitants to Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico But the “familiar spirits,” as these visitants from other worlds were called, are declared by the Bible to be the “spirits of devils.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan On the other hand, in light, sandy, and well-drained soils, and in warm and dry districts, the mildew is a rare visitant. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Would Howard come and break the spell and drive away the dreadful nightly visitant? Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race But those bandy legs tottered and before he could turn the awful visitants were upon him. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Cedar Waxwing is an uncommon winter visitant to Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico High and humanizing sentiments are angel visitants, whom we entertain with pride and pleasure, but when fine entertainment becomes too costly to be borne we "speed the parting guest" forthwith. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 As the wine was particularly good and abundant that year, the peasants attributed this happy result to the influence of the celestial visitant. Astronomy for Amateurs Ralph was ushered into the lady's chamber; and she, as if expecting some more distinguished visitant, looked with an eye of disappointment and impatience upon the intruder as he made his homely salutation. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 It seems like a fantastic dream now, and the new-comer appeared to me more like a visitant from another world than tangible flesh and blood. "The Pomp of Yesterday" The Black and White Warbler is an uncommon visitant or migrant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Groups of gaily chattering fire-fairies saw this strange visitant flit by them, but were too startled and amazed to check her as she passed. The Shadow Witch In the year 837 one of these mysterious visitants appeared in the Heavens. Astronomy for Amateurs The rest were generally known to each other; but whispers and inquiries now went round, from which it appeared that the new visitants were strictly concealed, and their presence unexpected. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 My footfall echoed and re-echoed, until I fancied the silent church peopled by innumerable visitants from the spirit land. Roger Trewinion Audubon's Warbler is a common winter visitant and migrant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico The only visitants that pass over the threshold of their consciousness are their own mental states, now bright and clear, now dim and strange, but all bearing the brand and mark of temporal origin. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries But Rishyaśring with eager pace Sped forth and hurried to the place Where he those visitants had seen Of daintly waist and charming mien. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Often had she been a visitant to the house, where she imbibed the doctrines and instructions of this sincere and zealous confessor of the faith. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Surely it was a visitant from the spirit land! Roger Trewinion V. g. noveboracensis may occur in Coahuila as a migrant or winter visitant; however, I do not believe that representatives of noveboracensis normally are resident in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico What he relates professes to be what he himself has seen in visions, or what he has heard from celestial visitants. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries I need hardly say that I often thought of my unhappy visitant, often wondered how she was getting on. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Why, I ask, if we admit this fiendish visitant to our borders, should we anticipate that our fate would be more favorable? A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Another sail followed closely, and the shrewd suspicion seized upon Colonel Taylor, of the 100th foot, commanding the garrison, that the visitants were vessels of war. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Marsh Hawk is a common migrant and winter visitant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico These birds may be regarded as the resident birds of the Banda Islands, but there are others which are occasional visitants or migrants. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects In the 170 are included some occasional and rare visitants to our shores, but several others will, no doubt, have hereafter to be added; this is, however, a close enough approximation for all ordinary purposes. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Such delights As float to earth, permitted visitants, When in some hour of solemn jubilee The massy gates of Paradise are thrown Wide open. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Paul repeated all of the speech he had committed to memory, and then waited for the ghostly visitant. Left Behind or, Ten Days a Newsboy The Mountain Bluebird is a winter visitant to Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico He opened his house by a publick table two days a week, and found his entertainments gradually frequented by more and more visitants of learning among the men, and of elegance among the women. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II In April, or soon after, the various summer visitants take their departure northwards. The History of Tasmania, Volume I All Hallows' Eve being one of the occasions a meal was prepared, and the feast spread as though ordinary living visitants were going to sit round the "gay and festive board." A History of Nursery Rhymes The silence of the night was broken by a roar, and Mark felt that a cloud was interposed between himself and the camp visitant which hurled him violently to the ground. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites This subspecies of the Solitary Vireo is an uncommon migrant or winter visitant to Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico We may see this visitant a dozen times more, but we will never be able to stop her. Cruel As The Grave And now there was to be another visitant, "The Swedish Nightingale." A Little Girl of Long Ago Then, in any case, what more natural than to disinter the body of a supposed visitant, to know why he is unquiet in the grave? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The visitant and his dress are figments of the imagination always. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Lincoln's Sparrow seems to be a fairly common migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila; M. l. lincolnii is the common subspecies. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico But he could not understand this unwelcome visitant, that had appeared to every one else in the house but himself. Cruel As The Grave The presence of the figure inspired me with an undefinable awe! and, I can scarce tell why, but a thrilling presentiment convinced me that it was a supernatural visitant. Rookwood For although her heavenly visitants were simply sensorial illusions, there yet remains something unexplained. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Death is at all time a terrible visitant, but in such a place and under such circumstances it was tenfold more awful than usual. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions This subspecies of the Water Pipit is an uncommon winter visitant or migrant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Their only anxiety connected with their security in this place, was upon the subject of the mysterious visitant. Cruel As The Grave The humour of the thing—as described by Trollope—was the bewilderment of the man on discovering the damp and burning mass that had been applied to him, and the amazing disappearance of his visitant. Pickwickian Studies With some, opium will produce a host of similar visitants. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 A week later, a change in the routine of my daily life made me a regular visitant in the neighborhood. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Vesper Sparrow seems to be an uncommon winter visitant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Yet he shuddered with awe as he listened to the description given by his unconscious wife of this strange visitant. Cruel As The Grave Charley, hearing their voices, came out of his room, and Stephen crawled out of his, still pale and trembling, and both had accounts to give of their ghostly visitant. Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay On it came, not unlike the supposed step of an unearthly visitant, until the guardian of the night stood revealed before him on the other side of the road. Fighting the Flames They were considerably excited, as may be supposed, at such an unexpected visit, and the near approach of such a visitant. Chasing the Sun This subspecies of the Brown Creeper can be considered a sparse winter visitant to Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Often had Oowikapun seen these displays, but up to this time he had only gazed with languid interest upon these nightly visitants. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians The singular visitant surveyed the Count long and steadily. Edmond Dantès The ghostly visitants, if such they were, ceased from their nocturnal revels. Stories of Animal Sagacity Personally I don't believe we had a ghostly visitant, as Betty is inclined to think because of the mystery of that particular room. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The White-crowned Sparrow is a fairly common migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Domestic love and quiet bliss are the counsel of the heavenly visitant. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Not the sound of a living foot comes else, not a moving visitant there, Save the delicate step of some halting doe, or the sniff of a prowling bear. Alcyone Lecour, wondering and agitated, divined, while the others were occupied, the identity of the visitant. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Moreover as the island continued changing,—continued slow changes, river, marshes, lakes, mountains &c. &c., new races as successively formed and a fresh occasional visitant. The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 Coahuila this subspecies of the Swamp Sparrow has been recorded as a migrant or winter visitant. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Her heavenly visitant had indeed suggested all this in his mention of Elisabeth, Mary's cousin, herself a subject of unusual blessing, and a woman through whom another miracle of God had been wrought. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern That richly modulated warble proceeding from the top of yonder birch, and which unpractised ears would mistake for the voice of the Scarlet Tanager, comes from that rare visitant, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 The fellow came and went like an angel visitant, and after awhile I got tired of watching for him, and found myself admiring the vocabulary of the boys as they got excited. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book In its smile the world was fair; We believed in all men's goodness; Joy and hope were gems to wear; Angel visitants were with us, There was music in the air. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The Prairie Falcon is an uncommon winter visitant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Luke tells us that "there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him"; but not even the presence of this super-earthly visitant could dispel the awful anguish of His soul. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern During an intermediate enlightened time, these notions passed away; and we have even come to think, that such a visitant of our skies may exercise a beneficial influence. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Or, how are we to explain the appearance of so strange a visitant in a universe which is dominated by the "struggle for existence"? Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles To the watchful eyes of our latitudes, the unexpected visitant presented an aspect that was coy and modest in the extreme; its head, indeed, was scarcely ever satisfactorily in sight. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 The Hermit Thrush is a common migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Both the body of the visitant and the loose robe he wore were of exquisite whiteness. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern A moment's calm inspection would have assured the hazing party that the uncanny visitant was as human as themselves. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore We recognise it as the sweetest and most troublesome of visitants; sweetest when the peace unspeakable sinks into our souls, most troublesome when we have been guilty of a great betrayal. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles He looked a visitant from another world, a worn spirit, of fine temper, but somewhat haggard, somewhat stained. The Long Roll “Thy sky was pathless, but I caught, I bound thee, Thou visitant divine.” Later Poems All that he had ever gleaned from the books proclaimed indubitably the faun-likeness of this visitant of the deep. A Son Of The Sun He looked, expecting to see his usual visitant the jailer, but it was a form very different from his. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century But think what he is seeing: not the stage-vision for which we care so little, but the spectre of his father,—a midnight visitant from the grave! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 Thus we see that the hearts of these two visitants,—visitants not from Heaven, but from Paradise,—were fastened with a keen interest and strained attention upon the unfolding of that wondrous Life of Christ. The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State The man before him must either be the creature of his own disordered fancy, or a real visitant from the world of spirits! The Madman and the Pirate A little more than six years after this, there came a visitant of a rare and heart-gladdening kind, namely, a parcel of books. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Only the old unquenchable fire of his eye remains; also the kindliness of his old smile, when such a rare visitant chances once again to illuminate his worn features. Hunted and Harried And little wonder, for the creature that appeared before these rough miners seemed more like an angelic visitant than a mortal. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West The stranger who had burst thus unexpectedly upon them like a visitant from another world, bereaving them for a few minutes of speech and motion, was evidently not a native of the land. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew But when they saw plainly that Zeppa was a white man and a maniac, they turned, with one consent, and fled as if a visitant from the nether realms had assailed them. The Madman and the Pirate More than eighteen years had now elapsed without the dwellers on that little isle of the Southern Sea having beheld a visitant from the great world around them. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers No visitant was permitted to approach; the doors were closed upon her as in the Tower; and a military guard again kept watch around the walls both day and night. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Upon the whole, however, these manufactures are in a very drooping condition, and are scarcely visible to a foreign visitant, unless the immediate object of his inquiry. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 It is just in the innermost sanctuary, shut to every other visitant, that God meets us. Friendship The visitants were angels, their fortunate entertainer being a married woman. Highways and Byways in Sussex Courteous was he To visitants, for many such there were. Man of Uz, and Other Poems St. Maro imitated his constancy in prayer: yet he not only received all visitants with great tenderness, but encouraged their stay with him; though few were willing to pass the whole night in prayer standing. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It is a comparatively new street, and is quite one of the last places in the world where one would expect to find visitants of a ghostly nature. Real Ghost Stories "Come this way," said his mysterious visitant, and perplexed Andy followed him to the rear of the fowl-house, where the light was clear. The Spinner's Book of Fiction To have told my honest natural visitants, Really gentlemen I play very ill, and put on such airs as we do in our genteel companies, would have been highly ridiculous. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica And when the slender sickle of pale gold Cut the blue concave, by his grated door Stood the veil'd visitant. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Come, come down to your shop, that we may rid it of its present visitants. John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts Thus these mysterious visitants have hitherto failed to enter into that friendly relation with mankind which many of them seem sincerely to desire. Real Ghost Stories What is a town of five thousand people to do with so many hungry visitants? Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom She had guessed happily in saying to him that to offer to paint Gabriel Nash would be the way to get rid of that visitant. The Tragic Muse Hence the phantom was not subjective; it was not illusionary; it was a bona fide spirit manifestation—a visitant from the other world—the world of earthbound souls. Scottish Ghost Stories I would ask those mountains, that were reached by angels, why they no longer receive heavenly visitants. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Tempest-driven across the Northern Ocean from his native forests in Russia, an occasional visitant he "frightens this isle from its propriety," and causes a hideous screaming through every wood he haunts. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 In a brief space of time the whole neighbourhood turned out to see the terrible visitants that had come among them. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales This was accomplished; after which, to amuse their unexpected visitant, they shewed forth their night diversions in music and dancing; likewise the means by which they obtained their livelihood, such as tinkering, fortune-telling, and conjuring. The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies A fortnight passed away, and Mr. Ferrers was still a visitant of our Mediterranean isle. Sketches From that hour no supernatural visitant has troubled the district; but—" "But," said Dr. Cairn quietly, "the strain came from Mirza, the sorceress. Brood of the Witch-Queen Wandering lights and whispering airs are here visitants—and there the blue eye of a wild violet looking up from the ground! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Their residence is in Pátála, though they are occasional visitants both of heaven and earth. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems He thought of it somewhat as a man thinks of Death, as his neighbor's visitant not as his own. The Way of Ambition They had, of course, no idea of the meaning of the words; but the music spoke to them and told them that this fair visitant from another world could speak the same speech as theirs. A Honeymoon in Space Should he slight his radiant guest, Slight this visitant celestial For a crowd of ragged, bestial Beggars at the convent gate? Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Her eyes were turned to the door at which Eustace entered, with an unacknowledged expectation of another visitant, and she stood incapable of the promised introduction. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Roger saw by his manner that he had been favorably impressed, for the weapon was as strange and mysterious, to him, as the visitant. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico I couldn't doubt what my beautiful visitant had told me, and the thought of my murder all planned out was depressing, to say the least of it. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems Shod with Corkolio the happy gardener can defy these sinister visitants and ply the task of "heeling over" broccoli towards the north with perfect impunity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 It binds the chords with arm of might, And strikes with impulse strong; I know not whence the visitant, But mortals call it song. Indian Legends and Other Poems I feared that dread visitant, before whose coming every household trembles, had invaded your hearth and taken from you perhaps a child, perhaps something dearer still. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Pure thoughts are angel visitants! be such The frequent inmates of thy guileless breast; They hallow all things by their sacred touch, And ope the portals of the land of rest. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans Thy sand is almost run, And many a year, in vain, to meet the sun, Thine eyes have rolled in darkness; want and cares Have been thy visitants from morn to morn. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan Unapproachable as a spirit, like a visitant from another world, yet the creation of the familiar sun and rain! The Last Harvest His chief delight was to act as cicerone to an appreciative visitant to his magnificent gallery. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men He woke betimes; and, as may be supposed, Pondered upon his visitant or vision, And whether it ought not to be disclosed, At risk of being quizzed for superstition. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 They were admitted, at all times, freely into the habitations of the English, as harmless visitants, were fed at their tables, and lodged in their chambers. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The surface of the globe abounded in large flat, muddy shores, and was suited to the new order of visitants called into existence. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges To wait for the permission of those whose interest it might be to shut out visitants was cowardice. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 He gave us the Vision; perhaps, he dared not in those yeasty times venture on the song, which his secret visitant poured from her lips. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham |
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