| 单词 | blackening |
| 例句 | The head remained there, dim-eyed, grinning faintly, blood blackening between the teeth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z One day she took a can of stove blackening and the brush and closed herself in the bedroom where she copiously blackened her left breast with the stove polish. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They were sitting on the steps like that—Mama hunched, Papa tending the blackening rings—one morning a few days before we left camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps eighty years earlier, dust storms had engulfed the high plains, blackening the glaciers in the peaks above. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I stand in the high wind balanced, blackening the night with my stench, gazing down to cliffs that fall away to cliffs, and once again I am aware of my potential: I could die. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z During lunch the clouds started to advance, slinking across the blue sky, darting in front of the sun momentarily, casting long shadows across the beach, and blackening the waves. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Blood was already blackening the snow as the wind buckled the two to the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody wants to think that the rapidly expanding mass of mankind, spreading out over the surface of the earth, blackening the ground, bears any meaningful resemblance to the life of an anthill or a hive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept on looking expressionlessly back at him until beneath a blackening scowl his mouth opened enough to fire out the words, “I’ve been Violated.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, Dill appeared even more wan and pale than usual under the blackening sky. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z We’d watch her sprayed hair and her hysteria, and the tears she could still produce at will, and the mascara blackening her cheeks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the metal of the wheel grow hot beneath him, blackening the flesh of his arms and legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z What the boy had seen was a charred human infant headless and gutted and blackening on the spit. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The guardsman gave a choked cry and stag-gered back, clutching at his neck, his face blackening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She stared intently at her marshmallow, holding it outside the lower flames to avoid blackening it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And about half the recipes in “The Chef and the Slow Cooker” require extra doings: blackening an onion in a skillet here, frying your own potato chips in canola oil there. If you’re just dumping a bunch of stuff into your slow cooker, you’re doing it wrong 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Roast for 25 minutes, turning halfway, until the peppers are blackening on both sides. Yotam Ottolenghi’s picnic recipes 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Mimicking a cooking show host, he begins to narrate his process: “What we’re going to be doing is ... basting these babies in the best blackening seasoning there ever is.” For this politician, leaving Congress for good means saying goodbye to old roommates 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Later, she dances naked with her young son after blackening his body with shoe polish. ‘The Dance of Reality,’ Jodorowsky’s Comeback Film 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The main news of the production, as Michael Cooper reported this weekend, was that this would be a Met “Otello” without the traditional blackening makeup for the tenor in the title role. Classical Music This Week: The Met’s ‘Otello,’ San Francisco Opera and Rameau 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z I am seeing fungal leaf spot diseases on dogwood trees, for example, and I’m hearing reports of the blackening and death of tomato plants, perennials and annuals. Surveying the garden after a soggy summer 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The lawsuit accuses Wade Robson and James Safechuck of unfairly blackening the reputation of the King of Pop, who died 10 years ago. French Michael Jackson fans sue ‘Leaving Neverland’ accusers 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Some critics found the officers’ behavior so foolhardy that the program ended up blackening the reputation of the federal police instead of polishing it. Television: Mexican Cops: These Are Their Stories 2011-06-10T21:07:03Z At Halloween, people would dress up as Precious by stuffing sweatshirts with pillows and blackening their faces, and her friends would send her photos because they found them funny and thought she would, too. Gabourey Sidibe Doesn’t Want to Talk About Her Body 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The two patties, pancaked to a blackening crunch on the griddle, sprawl beyond the borders of the bun, running with “special sauce” and yellow cheese that works as a second sauce. The Best Comes in a Bun at Salvation Burger and Spotted Pig 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z We remember the giant oil slick burning on the water, blackening the beaches, clogging the marshlands, choking and killing the fish and wildlife. ‘Spill’: A devastating account of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Three expert calligraphers took turns painting on Zhang’s skin over the course of a single day, their precise, delicate brushstrokes slowly blackening each facial feature with a different allegory. "Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art : Architectural Digest 2013-12-16T05:00:00Z Insist, if you will, on blackening the name of the dew-dappled ingénue Rosa Bud! Theater Review: ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ Revived by Roundabout Theater 2012-11-14T03:30:07Z At the end of a long-walled garden in a red provincial town", the poet lies under "blackening branches where the mulberry leaves hung down . Ten of the best: walled gardens 2011-01-29T00:06:17Z Others say it is blackening Poland's name by portraying its people unfairly as Nazi collaborators. Film about massacre of Jews touches nerve in Poland 2012-12-14T15:38:31Z Drone footage showed fierce flames blackening hundreds of containers on the dock, with water jets from a fire truck dwarfed by the scale of the blaze that broke out on Monday. Shipping containers ablaze at Turkey's Iskenderun Port, operations halted 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z One day, while trying to illustrate a certain inside move to the rest of the team, “The Animal” whirled and elbowed her first born in the face, blackening Ekeler’s eye. How Austin Ekeler's need to succeed fueled his journey from rural Colorado to Chargers 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Around 142,800 gallons of crude oil spilled into the sea from the rupture in the corroded Plains All American Pipeline, L.P pipeline, blackening beaches and killing coastal wildlife, according to The Associated Press. Judge OKs $230 million settlement in California oil spill lawsuit 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z The Mosquito fire is the largest in California, blackening 50,000 acres and destroying 24 homes. California firefighters newest tool in the battle against wildfires 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z But as the day warmed, fires began blackening the hillsides at a rapid clip. How to Save a Forest by Burning It 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Images from firefighters showed flames racing through thickets of trees and grassland, fanned by strong winds, and smoke blackening the horizon. Firefighters battle wildfires from Portugal to France 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z There, dozens of coal-fired plants operate 24 hours a day, blackening the skies over New Delhi and Mumbai, leading to almost 80,000 premature deaths per year, according to one analysis. How One Restaurateur Transformed America’s Energy Industry 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The blaze erupted Tuesday in the Bordubet region, near Marmaris on the Aegean Sea coast, and spread rapidly, blackening swaths of pine forest and driving hundreds of people from their homes. Turkey wildfire largely under control, Erdogan says 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The fire erupted Tuesday in the Bordubet region, near Marmaris on the Aegean Sea coast, and spread rapidly, blackening swaths of pine forest and driving hundreds of people from their homes. Turkey: Qatari, Azerbaijani aircraft join wildfire fight 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Above my head, hundreds of thousands of starlings were swirling, swooping and diving in a dramatic fashion, blackening the sky. Gazing at the ‘Black Sun’: The Transfixing Beauty of Starling Murmurations 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The plight of the koala gained global attention in 2019 when bush fires raged over millions of acres in Australia, blackening the animal’s habitats. Australia Declares Koalas an Endangered Species 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Zhang, the director, said the ceremony takes into account the changed global backdrop, including the pandemic and what he said were hostile forces "suppressing and blackening" China. After fraught run-up, Beijing turns to opening ceremony 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Hawa Dukuray, 21, would hear later that her relatives had tried to descend from their top-floor apartment as the suffocating plumes rose, blackening the hallways as desperate residents sought to flee. A Family of 5 Tried to Flee the 19th Floor. Smoke Overwhelmed Them. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Residents at the Twin Parks North West tower in the Bronx awoke to children and chores — and then the morning twisted in an instant into a blackening nightmare. ‘We Were Just Trying to Breathe’: Frantic Rush to Escape the Smoke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z In a beautiful green glazed pot, which sat on a wood-fired comal, Thalia was blackening a few chiles costeños. Tracing Mexico’s Complicated Relationship With Rice 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The heat melted ice and snow on Mount Rainier and Mount Baker, blackening their slopes. Opinion | They Are a Tribe of ‘Salmon People.’ Can They Pull Off One More Big Win? 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z No smoke-filled air from fires blackening singers’ lungs. Review: L.A. Opera ends its pandemic hiatus with a triumphant, season-opening 'Il Trovatore' 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Or wash up with the longer-dead, now in blackening piles along the islet in the middle of the creek. California’s disappearing salmon From his desk at the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Pete Lapp could see smoke blackening the sky above the Pentagon. Perspective | For the nation, 9/11 brought devastation. For the D.C. area, it was the start of 13 months of terror. 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z For Temple, however, they are an ideal foundation for one of his favorite cooking techniques: blackening. Blackened shrimp top fresh corn, tomatoes and peppers in this colorful summer combo 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z So your friend’s decision to discontinue using these cleaners without blackening their name in the neighborhood was an ethically sound one. I’m Pro-Choice. Can I Donate to Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Clinics? 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Around the same time, as a 10-year-old in Egypt, she successfully rebelled when her parents tried to marry her, blackening her teeth and pouring coffee on a suitor. Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian author, physician and feminist activist, dies at 89 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The anti-corruption campaigner says it is a further fabricated case aimed at blackening his name. Russia warns EU it could cut ties over sanctions 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z The goal now: blackening trees to keep forests green. ‘There’s good fire and bad fire.’ An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z If you want to try blackening the shrimp, Temple’s technique is simple. Blackened shrimp top fresh corn, tomatoes and peppers in this colorful summer combo 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Roast for 30 to 40 minutes, turning the squash wedges over halfway through, until the squash is tender and is blackening at the edges. Discover the nutty goodness of kabocha squash with this stellar sauce 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z As of Wednesday morning, it has covered more than 289,000 acres, blackening large portions of Sierra National Forest and drawing within 14 miles of Mammoth Lakes. Yosemite to reopen Friday while fires and smoke trouble other public lands 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Crouching as she wound her way through a pinched underground corridor, a young woman grasped a torch in one hand, soot blackening the craggy ceiling above her. Underwater caves in Mexico preserve one of the world’s oldest ochre mines 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The shrimp’s immune response causes the visible blackening of the gills, and results in lethargy, potential death, and sometimes the collapse of an entire fishery. We are eating shrimp in record number. But for how much longer? 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z If you are not comfortable with blackening, he recommends adding a tablespoon of oil. Blackened shrimp top fresh corn, tomatoes and peppers in this colorful summer combo 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z It is 60 years this month since a 25-year-old Cohen – pre-songwriting and with one collection of poetry under his belt – set foot there, hoping to finish blackening the pages of his first novel. Bohemian tragedy: Leonard Cohen and the curse of Hydra 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z The bananas were blackening, as was my mood, by the time I determined to talk with my husband, Don, about an evolving resolve. Raising a Glass to Chronic Disease 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Missing from Gibson’s ensemble were his shoes, as he meandered through the parking lot of the grocery store blackening the soles of his feet while cradling a brown paper bag of his selections. Mel Gibson makes barefoot supermarket run in Malibu 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Diageo claims that the blackening complained of does not cause serious disturbance, substantial inconvenience or material damage and property values are not affected. Whisky giant sued over 'angel’s share' fungus claims 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z If most but not all are on board, leave some blackening bananas behind. At Work, Everyone Is in Fact Talking About You All the Time 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z This is where, just seven months ago, the worst fire in Los Angeles County history swept through, destroying more than 1,000 homes and blackening miles of hillsides and canyon. As rain heals California's fire scars, it's also fueling a risk of bigger blazes 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z White Americans have been blackening their faces to mimic blacks for two centuries. Blackface scandals highlight U.S.'s troubled racial past - and present 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The photographs evoked an ugly history of white people blackening their faces to mock African-Americans in minstrel shows and movies. Florida Secretary of State Resigns After Blackface Photos Surface 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z He said: “everything possible should be done to stop these people blackening the name of our country and of our national squad.” Greece investigates display of Nazi symbols at Estonia game 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z But the blackening spread, including to both of my legs. Being bionic: how technology transformed my life 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “Recently, certain U.S. forces domestically have been continually blackening China’s name, creating antagonistic feeling, which has caused serious harm to the atmosphere of Sino-U.S. ties.” A new Chinese spying charge and sharpening rhetoric further poison U.S.-China relations - with no end in sight - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Emergency services in Portugal are struggling for a sixth day to contain a major wildfire blackening hills in the country’s southern Algarve region. The Latest: Norway county beats temperature record 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z About 60 miles west of Denver, a blaze called the Buffalo Fire prompted the evacuation of nearly 1,400 homes after blackening 91 acres, officials in Summit County said. Fierce gusts, bone-dry conditions challenge crews fighting U.S.... 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Democrats accused him of gratuitously blackening Mrs Clinton’s name. Bitter attack on Trump by the FBI’s former director 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Calling Kosovo “the most pro-American country in the world,” he said that by blackening its name, Russia, a firm ally of Serbia, wanted to damage the United States. Kosovo’s War Ended, but the Shooting Didn’t. A Court Promises Justice. 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Neighbours said noxious smoke billowed out from the factory chimney, blackening and corroding the tin roofs of the shanty town; toxic waste leaked into a stream that ran through the village. Kenya's 'Erin Brockovich' defies harassment to bring anti-pollution case to courts 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z They write of flocks of geese “blackening the sky”, salmon choking the streams and grizzly bears gathering under the oaks to feed on acorns in troupes of a hundred or more. ‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z One cook spends part of his shift blackening slices of chashu pork with a butane torch as they lounge on the side of a wok. Review | This Rockville ramen shop was trained by a noodle master, and it shows 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z If anything, the fires seemed to target the affluent, blackening leafy suburban developments and hilltop estates more than the flatlands where many farm workers and middle-class families live. Wildfires plunge vineyard workers, owners into same struggle 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s a song of foreboding, mirroring the message many ancient people took from the sudden blackening of the skies. Songs for the eclipse – 10 of the best 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Here's a look at the wildfires blackening the West. Thousands Flee as Wildfires Destroy Homes in U.S. and Canada 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Rather, he said in an interview, they embraced Mr. King for blackening the eyes of Washington and Des Moines elites. In Steve King’s District, Iowans Begin to Question His Anti-Immigrant Views 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z "The authorities don't want to implement more drastic measures, for fear of blackening the image of the ski resorts." Gasping in the French Alps for the wrong reason - BBC News 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Caramelizing the sugar thoroughly, burning it yet not completely blackening it, is the key to an effective browning sauce, no matter how it’s being used. ‘Uh-oh, somebody burned something!’ Why burning food isn’t always bad 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z A second Xinhua tweet showed the skies blackening over the course of Friday as toxic air swept into the northern city of 21 million citizens. Beijing smog: pollution red alert declared in China capital and 21 other cities 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Towns across the state have been deluged with record flooding after Hurricane Matthew, paralyzing roadways, blackening power grids and leaving some communities stranded, with no easy way to call for help. Major river flooding in N.C. threatens thousands who live downstream 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Both she and Trump share a fear of the blackening and browning of America, mostly because people of color don’t seem terribly inclined to vote for Republicans. 5 outrageous right-wing moments this week: Gohmert gets brain stuck in a blender 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The blackening was intentional, but there is a point when char turns to bitter ash that obliterates the vegetable’s sweetness and character. Seven Beef: excellent Vietnamese offerings, not-so-great steakhouse 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z And in another warm-weather ritual, blackening skies burst open over the area in the early evening and rain pelted down. Late-day showers offer respite from the sweltering heat in the Washington region 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z The bodies appear emaciated, and the skin is blackening as they lie decaying in the heat. Inside a prison in Fallujah where the Islamic State tortured and killed 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The blaze, which ignited Wednesday in a wilderness area northwest of Santa Barbara, has consumed chaparral and tall grass in the Los Padres National Forest, blackening some 1,200 acres, according to tracking website InciWeb. Hundreds evacuate as double blazes burn through California and New Mexico 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z They believe they need him to turn back threats in the world and to stop the browning and blackening of America and the shifting of traditional gender roles. Now, Election Day is the only thing that matters 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z His best recipe for cooking snakehead is to grill or fry it with blackening seasoning or Old Bay. ‘At first it was shocking’: Angler nabs an 18-pound snakehead fish in the Potomac 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Bright orange blazes soon overtook them, blackening the formerly pristine pyramids. Kenya Sets Ablaze 105 Tons of Ivory It is accused of blackening Russia's image for Western paymasters. Russia USSR: New plaques mark Stalin's victims - BBC News 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z At least one of his punches connected, blackening a woman’s eye. Cleared after stabbing, ex-UW student wants his life back 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z She gained intimate knowledge of the process of decomposition when it is unhindered by embalming: first comes a loosening of the skin, followed by bloating, putrefaction, and blackening. The Rise of the Artisanal Funeral 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z That fire started Sept. 9 and was 100 percent contained after killing two men, destroying nearly 500 homes and blackening nearly 111 square miles. Some evacuees return to homes looted in California wildfire 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z It was 93% contained after blackening 110 square miles east of San Francisco. California fire officials say evacuation plans still aren't good enough 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Season both sides of the fish fillets with salt and pepper, and the presentation side with the blackening spices. The Challenge of Cooking in a Summer Rental 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Their wounds were blackening, infected by fungi so aggressive that the flesh actually sprouted fuzzy white mold, as if they were a forgotten orange or loaf of bread. Soil-Dwelling Fungus Rode Joplin Tornado to Unexpected Human Home 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z It also exaggerated the threat of the Chinese military, "blackening" its image, it said. China says Japan defense review misleading, damages relations 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z On 19 May, a 6in breach along a badly corroded section of the line caused up to 101,000 gallons of oil to spill, blackening beaches and creating a nine-mile ocean slick. Texas company in California oil spill said leak was 'extremely unlikely' 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The spill – about a third as big as the latest one – washed up on 21 miles of coastline, blackening Surf Beach on the Vandenberg air force base. California oil spill could cause long-term damage and 'smother' ecosystem 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Most important, don’t ignore the warnings: telltale rumble, blackening sky, the weather report. How to Avoid Death By Lightning 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The blackening of his reputation by Tudor historians started debate about his personality and legacy which is ongoing to this day. Richard III: 20,000 visit coffin in Leicester Cathedral 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Shops that treat their beans like Cajun chicken — blackening everything that enters the roaster — may be suspect. How to decode D.C.’s coffee roasters 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Hall falls, and with specificity: tripping over an ottoman and cracking a rib and blackening an eye. Donald Hall’s Frank Collection of Essays About the Tarnish of the Golden Years 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Since then, committee Republicans have presented the investigation by the committee’s Democratic staff as a partisan exercise aimed at blackening the Bush administration’s reputation. The CIA and GOP Are Sticking to Their Story: Torture Worked Syria's war is blackening the formative years of a generation. The 13-year-old on 'righteous path' to Islamic State 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z A wind-driven fire burned through mountainous terrain in northeastern Arizona on Friday, forcing residents in two small subdivisions to evacuate their homes and blackening some 2,000 tree-studded acres, officials said. Wind-whipped wildfire forces evacuations in Arizona 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z "Now they are distorting the facts, conflating right and wrong on the global stage, blackening China and making unreasonable accusations against China," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news briefing. Vietnam PM says considering legal action against China over disputed waters 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Janssens agrees that knowing the exact cause of vermilion’s blackening might help conservators to prevent it. Paintings Turning Black? Blame Mercury 2013-10-06T12:45:00.777Z "Maybe next time," he said, relaxed at that stage, despite heavy rain and blackening skies. Dawn Approach wins 2,000 Guineas 2013-05-04T16:48:56Z Unlike the plague insects of the Bible, however, these chattering hordes won’t be blackening any skies. Cicadas prepare to invade by the billions 2013-05-03T16:10:00Z Some suggested blackening deserts or snowy areas, to increase absorption of radiation. We tried to weaponize the weather 2013-04-27T19:00:00Z The worst wildfire season in decades is not only blackening tens of thousands of acres in Western states; it is also creating significant environmental damage. The worst wildfire season in decades is causing significant environmental damage 2012-07-09T19:41:52Z Its accumulation in microscopic pores and crevices in the paint could be responsible for the blackening effect. Paintings Turning Black? Blame Mercury 2013-10-06T12:45:00.777Z The first-floor apartment that housed the party was burned, with bullet holes pockmarking the exterior and the carcasses of burned vehicles blackening the street. Conflict Rooted in Syria Spreads to Lebanon’s Capital 2012-05-22T15:00:50Z Otherwise nearly as Baptisia.—Perennial herbs, with palmately 3-foliolate leaves and foliaceous stipules, not blackening in drying, and yellow flowers in terminal racemes. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z One was to blanket ice sheets with blackening agents, to absorb more light and melt them. We tried to weaponize the weather 2013-04-27T19:00:00Z He would appear to have devoted himself to the task of blackening poor George's character and defaming him. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Garrick retaliated by blackening her name on every occasion. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z So they budded, sitting on the blackening old wreck in which men had lived and died, looking out to sea, talking of that other sea upon which they must presently embark.... Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Gangrene of the gland is manifested by the cadaverous odor, blackening of the skin, the formation of a cavity, and the discharge of ichor and shreds of tissue. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z They came directly at the boat, surrounding it, and blackening the waters with their numbers. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He is content to strike them out with two dashes of Tintoret's favorite colors: "The blackening wave edged with white; To inch and rock the seamews fly." Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z The water was blackening, and had begun to race past. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Chloride of silver blackening by the action of light. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z In a little more the blackening frost would come and the heavy snow drift in. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z Men are to-day blackening his reputation, who are not fit to blacken his shoes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The blackening wave is edged with white, To inch and rock the sea-mews fly; The fishers have heard the water sprite, Whose screams forebode that wreck is nigh. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z And where the Ganges rolls his sacred wave, Or 'mid the central depth of blackening woods High-rais'd in solemn theater around, Leans the huge elephant; wisest of brutes! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z No fears hath she;—Her giant-form O'er wrathful surge, through blackening storm, Majestically calm, would go Mid the deep darkness white as snow! The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z The blow was struck—fiercely—and it cut through her garment like a knife, blackening the white skin beneath it. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z In some cases the white wounds where the flesh had peeled to the bone, showed through the blackening of the powder. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z McBean must assist in blackening the character of Whitman, Rogers, and Spalding, to protect that of the “holy fathers, the Catholic priests.” A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z This included a blackout across significant portions of the Worldwide Web, with Wikipedia going dark and blackening its logo. Why The Demise Of SOPA Is Good For Brands 2012-01-19T16:36:22Z It was over a mile before an undoubted windmill appeared, dimly silhouetted against the blackening sky above a dense growth of river-timber a quarter of a mile down the stream. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z The sky overhead was all one whiteness, but low down, northeasterly, it was blackening. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z Conscious of the badness of their cause, they have employed every bad art to support it, and have retained so much of their former patriotism, as consisted in blackening their adversaries and acquiring auxiliaries. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He dared not call upon any of his friends for help, lest they be tarred with the brush that was blackening his name. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Therefore it is most clearly evident that the cause of wounded honour in the Accused had continued, and indeed new causes of the same kind had arisen, all of which tended toward blackening his reputation. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z Sometimes I thought of the revenge it would give me, and yet I could not take it without blackening my father's memory. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Led by this young knave, the farmer's three sons disguised themselves by blackening their faces and donning old clothes. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z This is the blackening left by jealousy’s burning passion, the essence of which will cling to my soul long after my heart becomes insensible clay.” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Let it remain in the pitcher several days, or a week, till it becomes an excellent black; the blackening will be accelerated by keeping the pitcher in the sun; for instance, in a sunny balcony. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z She knelt down before it and pushed a burning stick further between the bars, blackening her fingers. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z The middle finger is the "black brush," and adds sentiment to the expression by blackening under the eyes; and sometimes when the eyebrows are not shaved it is also used to accentuate them. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The heavens over the moors were blackening fast; he heard the muttering of distant thunder, and saw the frequent flashes of lightning. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z The vessel spilled as much as 350 metric tons of oil, blackening the region’s coastline and killing hundreds of birds. Rugby Cup Win Lifts New Zealanders’ Mood After Year of Tragedy 2011-10-23T21:13:01Z At two o'clock, Blythe, Brooks, and Frazier, clambering a rocky ridge to the southeast of the lovely picnic cove, looked gravely at the blackening sky, then gravely into one another's faces. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z They writhed, shot high in flame, and blackening, fell to ashes. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Teddy's ear was swollen to nearly twice its natural size, and Dan had an eye which was rapidly blackening. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z Possibly the pools of the blood of slaughtered goats and sheep which are drying and blackening on the ground might even suggest that some dark crime had been enacted. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Our heroine was kept waiting a considerable time in a cold and comfortless, though richly-furnished parlour, where the splendid coal-grate exhibited no evidences of fire, but a mass of cinders blackening at the bottom. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The fire began Labor Day weekend and burned for several days, blackening more than 50 square miles. State: Texas wildfire that destroyed 1,500-plus homes likely caused by something electrical 2011-09-20T18:07:39Z Moreover, even in that slowly blackening darkness, he could see that there was no direct connection between the summit or side with the blank, precipitous wall of basalt beyond. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z There is such a thing—listen, Helps, come close—such a thing as blackening a man's character. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Red tongues of fire darted forth, scorching the leaves and blackening the branches. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Behold then, a little later, two of the members of the Silver Star nine industriously cleaning hardened apple sauce off the Peterkin kitchen stove, and blackening it until it shone brightly. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z If such a meeting did occur, I would generally explain my current state of affairs, although I also disliked blackening one's day with news which was generally categorized as traumatic and distressing. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z At the noise of their shouting thousands of starlings rose from the osiers on Serendib with a loud rush of wings, blackening the air like a cloud. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z In vain did the eye seek the end of those ranks; as far as the eye reached swarms of men and horses were blackening, vanishing in the smokes and fires of the distance. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z An ideally perfect material for blackening would lie loosely on the slab like dust, it would cling very lightly to the finger, but adhere firmly to the paper. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z It was difficult to hold to the sledges as we shot over the blackening snows. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z At first sight starlings seem more numerous; but this arises from their habit of gathering together in such vast flocks, blackening the earth where they alight. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The moorland scene faded, and the great dark gorse banks merged into one blackening world. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z In vain—for even in my brightest moments it would fall suddenly like a funeral pall around me, blackening all the light of life. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Consequently the layer of ink on the slab or pad on which the finger is pressed for the purpose of blackening it, must be very thin. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z In the piercing steel-gray light we saw the ice heave awesomely, like moving hills, above the blackening water. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z You teach me, too, that you would stop at nothing, even blackening your rival’s character, to gain your ends; but this must not be. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Flame and smoke enwrapped the blackening body of the martyr. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Across the blackening river electric signs were flashing into view; gigantic affairs insolently shouldering themselves into the unwilling attention, as indeed they were designed to do by Jersey's desire for the greater city's patronage. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z The most desirable blackening of the fingers corresponds to a snowfall which covers all the higher passes, but descends no lower. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z When two nations are at war, it usually happens that the one is calumniated by the other, and the stronger seeks an apology for its own ambition in blackening the character of its antagonist. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z You can blacken your own character all you please but I won’t have you blackening mine! Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z From the 49 blackening woods came the curdling cry of a panther and the hooting of owls. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Aristophanes vainly employed his brilliant genius in blackening his contemporaries; he cannot prevent us loving the Athens of Pericles. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Ah! you think nothing is worth blackening your soul for, Clem! Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z In London, the prevalence of westerly winds drives the surge waves of coal-smoke eastward, blackening every thing; in New-York the western part of the town is cleaner, because newer and built on a better plan. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z After the rejection e-mail from Scripps College hit me like a fist in the face, I nursed my constellation of blackening bruises and refocused. The Choice: A New Obstacle to College Appears 2011-04-12T15:30:47Z There is a curse in a false ambition like the one that is blackening your soul. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z He saw, and half interpreted, their meaning—his brow blackening under bitter fancies thus conjured up. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The rest of the world was obliged to be content with lining the docks and blackening the Breakwater. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The origin of the name is commonly given as referring to the blackening of their moccasins by the ashes of the prairie fires. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z They burn their dead, and display their mourning, by cutting their hair short, and blackening their faces. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Sharp with their ills, and lonely in their dying, The sceptic sick watch by their chamber fire, With haggard eyes, the evening magnifying The house-fronts, and the blackening church-spire. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z This fellow has been taking a leaf out of the Siwash's book in blackening his face. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Before him there was only the smoky, noisy, poverty-stricken town, with hideous factory chimneys blackening the air, and three tall spires rising from amongst the crowded roofs high up into the clearer sky. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z With the exception of occasional visits to the sinking barometer, he spends his weary day on the wet deck, and tries to read the future in the blackening waves and stormy sky. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z If I cannot, like some people, see nothing but what I wish to see, no one ever accused me of blackening any one's character. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z "But what motive could she have had for blackening him?" Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Here, with the dramatic force and fantastic word-painting of his race, amid the long blackening shadows, he disclosed his heart. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z So from story to story, a male Vivien carelessly blackening reputation. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "It was more or less the embarrassment, the blackening of my name and I just wanted it all cleared". ?5 shirt case prompts jury debate 2011-02-09T12:56:41Z She added: "It was more or less the embarrassment, the blackening of my name and I just wanted it all cleared". Acquitted Tesco shopper relieved 2011-02-09T07:34:41Z Ihjel broke into a blue nimbus of crackling flame, his skin blackening, charred, dead in an instant. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z Then he hastened to change the subject, as he noticed the gradual blackening of the surrounding shadows. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z But here we are concerned very largely with the blackening of a man's character. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z Then, blackening his face, for a whole moon he fasted. Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas 2011-01-22T03:00:17.853Z The popular tests of the cap peeling, or the mushroom blackening a silver spoon when cooking, are worthless. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Manhattan’s Little Italy, intended to evoke the warm glow of a piazza in spring, seemed lost on Thursday, the sidewalk tables optimistically set with glasses and flatware and butting up against blackening drifts and slush. And Then, in a Grimy Squish, Came the Slush 2010-12-31T03:05:07Z The residents stood around: the controversy was sharp and animated: the lady bore signs of its vehemence in a bruise, rapidly blackening, over one eye, and abrasions on her knuckles. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z An immense herd it was, blackening the green sward to the width of a hundred yards, and thick as sheep in a flock. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z A pot on the fire threatened to boil over; she moved it on one side, not without blackening her hands with soot. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z Vivid against blackening sky and purple mountain, the lightning flies and shivers. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z "Why are so many people intent on blackening the good name of Stornoway golf club?" he asked the committee. Stornoway's golfers drive a hole through sabbath ban 2010-08-01T20:28:00Z A pilot wanted to take a photographer from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans to snap photographs of the slicks blackening the water. BP and Officials Block Some Coverage of Spill 2010-06-10T01:45:00Z In 2004, a Muslim cleric in India offered a $440 reward to anyone who was able to successfully humiliate her by blackening her face with shoe polish or ink or by garlanding her with shoes. Two killed as Indian newspaper sparks Muslim riots 2010-03-02T10:24:00Z You may be mistaken, Mr. Rigby, regarding the character of the young woman, and you will not better your cause in our eyes, by unnecessarily blackening the prisoner's.' Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 The flames roared high and fiercely, blackening the prison wall and twining up its lofty front like burning serpents. In Jail with Charles Dickens For centuries after the fields were covered with blackening bones, and the people of Massilia used them to make fences for their vineyards. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Gratitude, to the man whom he'd been blackening and showing up, this very afternoon! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune We continued our advance with instinctive stealth, now blackening the roof with our candles as we went, and soon and sure enough the old tube ended in a wad of brick and timber. Witching Hill Having satisfied her thirst at the spring, she took one of the bamboo rods, with its haggled blackening pieces of flesh, and returned to the fire. Into the Primitive At Stettin they went on blackening my character so effectually that Dr. Schwallenberg succeeded in getting himself sent on a mission to repair the effects of my supposed neglect. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster With such enemies as the Jansenists, will it be thought extraordinary, that a thousand fabrications of those days blackening the Jesuits may be referred to? The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion And then people began coming through the doors down the steps, blackening and obscuring my view of the interior. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Angus stared at the knife, at first blankly and then with swiftly blackening brow. The Land of Strong Men The children I saw every day in the streets, following organs, blackening boots, selling flowers, sweeping walks, or carrying ponderous harps for old ruffians. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them "Remember you are blackening a boy's character by what you say." The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils Remember that your good name is in the hands of people who are diabolically capable of blackening it before your husband to defend themselves. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Surely it was to the slopes he meant to take her, not to that blackening pit. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident What I cannot understand and what I cannot forgive is your cruelty in blackening my dead father's memory—to stamp your own brother a lunatic and drunkard! John Marsh's Millions Pearly gray back and wings, whiter on rump; top of head, shining black; pure white on throat; dusky-white below; tail forked, outer edge darkest; bill long and red, blackening towards tip; feet reddish. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago The European sky meanwhile was blackening with coming storms. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII Almost before she was aware of its noise, it had pulled up, blackening the platforms with passengers that tumbled like chessmen from a box. Carnival On their escutcheon it put a mourning band but not a blackening blot. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Slight blackening may often be removed by heating the glass in the extreme end of the flame. A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing And heavy upon my mind lay Lalusini’s warning, and the words of her waking vision, uttered before the King, and relating to the blackening of the moon and of the feast which awaited the vultures. The White Shield But the publication of what was obviously intended merely for a private journal has given Jonson an undeserved reputation for harsh judgments, and has cast blame on Drummond for blackening his guest’s memory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The slivers of light, wave upon wave, crept into the eclipse shadow as the twilight deepened and the stars stung through the blackening shell of sky. The Ties That Bind Well, I don't mind telling you, because you 're a countryman; but I don't like blackening an Englishman to one of those confounded foreigners. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The smoke of the auto-da-fé had, in blackening it, put a morbid touch of hysteria beneath. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Jerran lay a dozen feet off, looking very dead indeed, with his thin hair matted with blackening blood. The Buttoned Sky But with what was evidently a forced gaiety, the girl sought, on the night of his return, to banish from his mind thoughts of the cloud blackening the future—of the trying days ahead. The Whelps of the Wolf They were curling, shriveling and blackening as the rocket poured the glowing death down on them, and the withering veins and nerves cried to the stars. Duel on Syrtis She could not touch them without blackening her hands, nor let her baby sit on the floor for the dirt he wiped up on his clothing as he rolled and kicked about. The Mountain Girl The cave being almost everywhere open to the sky, the smoke issued freely, blackening the curved escarpment. Toilers of the Sea The low-hanging, swift-driven clouds blackening the valley were taking on a lurid glare, and, once at the gate the fire could be distinctly seen. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade It sputtered and winked out, blackening into ash. The Variable Man Over the surface of Hova, the blackening moved like some colossal paint brush. The Reluctant Weapon Flossy listened with keen attention; it struck her at once that Mr. Ferguson was blackening the girl's character out of spite. A Life Sentence A Novel The rocks which seemed destined for ever to receive only the white foam, became now familiar with the blackening smoke. Toilers of the Sea The melanosis or blackening of insect blood, for instance, is due to the oxidation of a chromogen, the pigment produced being known as a uranidine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" When they ascended higher, they observed a thick smoke advancing towards them, blackening the heavens with dark clouds. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. Many crosses were blackening with age, in the tall grass that covered the earth. Their Son; The Necklace Fortunately we saw no great manufacturing establishments belching forth volumes of blackening smoke to soil these delicate shades. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise You have been the means of blackening Mr. Good’s character in this place, when it was all clean and unimpeachable. Talkers With Illustrations It is not to his credit that he should be unable to maintain order without blackening his roll with bad marks. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education After a little there came a soft whirl of soot down the chimney, blackening the embers. Nuala O'Malley It was all just the sulphur blackening the bangles.' Miss Cayley's Adventures What to do to regain a little of that pleasure in living which blackening calumnies and rodent ill-will, even when not victorious, can destroy in the upright and feeling nature? Aurora the Magnificent These vessels are remarkably well preserved and exhibit few traces of abrasion by use or of blackening over fire. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Then, thickening, blackening, sharpening, foaming, swept Up the bright line of bubbles in our wake, That armoured wherry, with its long twelve oars All well together now. Collected Poems Volume Two There was a flash of white light, a sudden blackening of the mass, and as Wunpost leapt up shouting a writhing funnel reached down as if feeling for the palpitating earth. Wunpost He, then, through this agency, has been blackening your columns with his iron hoof. A Vindication of the Seventh-Day Sabbath and the Commandments of God With a Further History of God's Peculiar People from 1847-1848 The driver threw on his search-light, and it tore from the darkness pictures of forest eerily green in the glare––old trees slanting out, deep channels blackening into mysterious glades. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards It is smoky urine—hemaglobinuria—when neither such distinct clots nor blood disks can be found, but merely a general browning, reddening, or blackening of the urine by the presence of dissolved, blood-coloring matter. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Only by blackening now the memory of a father who was not there to defend himself, a father whom she herself had taught them to respect and to love. Kildares of Storm Still her feet sunk heavily in the snow at each step, and her footprints filled with shadows as she passed on, blackening her way over the universal whiteness that covered the earth. Mabel's Mistake Out of such blackening and blasting fumes comes our civilization. Under the Maples In these genera the sporidia, on maturity, may be observed blackening the matrix round the mouths of the perithecia. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses My point is this: don't you write any lies to your friends thinking that you're going to whiten yourself by blackening Karen. Tante "But if they think the jury will be bound to believe that he stabbed her, no doubt they would go in for blackening her, and then they might cross-examine her about those other things." Name and Fame A Novel A deep sigh announced the blackening of the plate at the conclusion of the first process. The Camera Fiend It is impossible to reason from the larger plates, in which half the chiaroscuro is totally destroyed by the haggling, blackening, and "making out" of the engravers. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) The first and simplest is the one illustrated at every fire-side by the rapid blackening of little cinders which fall into the ashes, in contrast with the long-continued redness of big lumps. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I The track of the electrical current may still be seen in the blackening of a gilt moulding in the upper left corner. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. It surely saves the fat or oil, prevents premature burning or blackening by frequent use, and gives a better tasting friture. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Again the frown Of strife bends blackening; once again his ear War's furious trump with stern delight drinks in; Again tho Battle-Bolt in red career! Three Years in the Federal Cavalry The blackening rotting boat, rising from the reed enclosures around it, called up a flood of memories from the past. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore To prevent that blackening was one of the most vital and one of the most costly features of the defense. In a Little Town The sky, gloomy above the blackening, angry seas, was like a mock upon our bravest hopes. The House Under the Sea A Romance There was no Esther now; but he hated, from a species of decency, to drag out the bright dream that had been Esther and smear it over with these blackening certainties. The Prisoner What traitor's head, blackening on the spikes on yonder gate, ever hatched a tithe of the treason which has worked under your periwig? Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges And for the helping of her will, that she the light may leave, She seeth, when mid the frankincense her offering she would lay, The holy water blackening there, O horrible to say! The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Then he began to make elaborate preparations for his character in the bush by ripping his trousers and blackening them here and there. Australia Revenged Then, striking a match, he watched the blaze blackening and curling up the edges of the sheets. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Not long that peace: The Mercian king, her brother, heard her tale With blackening brow. Legends of the Saxon Saints Sucatash nodded and turned again to look at the sky turning gray and gradually blackening above the dim line of the ridge. Louisiana Lou A Western Story He had succeeded admirably in blackening our young hero’s reputation. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street When the coach was high above the river they looked like an army of tadpoles blackening the river bed, their colour being almost black with a reddish tinge at the sides. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina “Who has been blackening my name to you?” Wee Wifie The custom, which was at one time universal, of women blackening their teeth, has largely diminished, and will no doubt in due course become obsolete. The Empire of the East At length, while reeling on our way, Methought I heard a courser neigh, From out yon tuft of blackening firs. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 A strange cloud was blackening the sunset sky. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies The heel is trimmed, and then come the final sandpapering and blackening. Makers of Many Things He could see the blackening circle spreading in the ceiling and flames licking around its edges. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel It thundered again; the world around had become very dusky and silent and the flash veined a rapidly blackening west. The Dark Star I saw then, how something was blackening the hilltop. My First Battle A Sergeant's Story I only consented to the blackening of your name at—at your mother’s entreaty—to save Netty’s life from ruin and your mother from prison.” The Scarlet Feather Each held in his hand a long sapling, upon the end of which a piece of red meat was impaled; and this, projected over the fire, was fast blackening in the blaze. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Starlings in Morocco fly literally in clouds like smoke, blackening the sky wherever they are surging and wheeling. In the Tail of the Peacock This friend, so loved, so trusted, bore a principal part in ruining the earl's fortunes, in shedding his blood, and in blackening his memory. History of Education There are no single tests by which one can distinguish edible from poisonous fungi, such as taste, odor, the blackening of a silver spoon, etc., although contrary statements have been made. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Awhile he holds some false way, undebarr'd By thwarting signs, and braves The freshening wind and blackening waves. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold This blackening of the teeth is produced by rubbing in burnt coco-nut shell, pounded up with oil, the dental enamel being sometimes first filed off. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo It was raw, and damp, and chill, with the presage of winter in its cold; the leaves were almost gone from the trees, the blackening hand of frost was on flower and shrubbery. In Her Own Right It would have been a pity to let such an opportunity of blackening her character pass. Major Frank The fire annually sweeps over the prairies, destroying the grass and herbage, blackening the surface, and leaving a deposit of ashes to enrich the soil. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Long rows of stakes and lines were erected, and upon these the buffalo meat was hung in strips, and was fast blackening in the hot sun. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography And every month and hour is detracting from its value, and blackening the curse that rests upon it. Select Temperance Tracts In its shattered crystal compartment was a torn blob of swiftly blackening gelatin—all that remained of Layroh, the Shining One. The Cavern of the Shining Ones His beacon light vanished; murky clouds of passion were blackening dream and vision; he felt he could cheerfully pitch Dud back to the sharks again. Killykinick "Whoever comes with me must prepare for a storm," said he, glancing at the blackening sky, "only a few flurries of snow, perhaps, but one cannot tell—it may prove more." Ringfield A Novel Arrived there, she offered sacrifice, and left the dying embers blackening the sacred altar. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Think not that all this is imagination: look up, and you will see the cloud blackening, and the lightning beginning to play, and hear the thunder roaring. Select Temperance Tracts This species is easily known by the blackening gluten which smears both pileus and stem, and even forms a veil by which the lamellæ in the young plant are concealed. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Then darkness gathers, the reflected lights in the blackening water grow more golden, and suddenly, perhaps, a duck swims across a tenth story window and sets it dancing in golden ripples. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Before a man knows," says the professor, "he is covered from head to foot with a dense swarm, blackening grey cloths and giving dark ones a strange spotted appearance. From Paris to New York by Land As he grew older these periods of solitary fasting were increased in length, and now, at eighteen, several boys in the Wyandot village had reached the last blackening and fasting. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The letter in his pocket cried out to be exonerated from this wholesale blackening. The Search This change takes place on the margin of the cap first, and advances toward the center, and the contrast of color, as the blackening invades the rich salmon, is very striking. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. I meant to choke the life out of your dirty body for lying about the living and blackening the dead, but you're not worth hanging for. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 There stood the dead stubble, blackening and hopeless. Stubble At the close of the song and ceremony of blackening the Leader's face, I had seen the Leader take the pipe belonging to the society, fill it, and reverently lift the stem upward. Indian Story and Song from North America The huge south polar cap of hoarfrost melting, blackening the soil with brief moisture, while the frost line retreated toward the highlands. The Planet Strappers He turned to look, and he saw blackening wreckage immersed in roaring flames. Space Platform In the silvery mist which enveloped the island, Jack saw confusedly lines of great poplars and tall chimneys, whence issued a thick filthy smoke, spreading over all, blackening even the sky above it. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 His emendation, however, improves Hill’s metaphor concerning a blaze which is a pilot pointing out the source of public wealth, which is drunk to prevent gangrene from blackening to the bone. Samuel Richardson's Introduction to Pamela He had succeeded only in blackening the steel and putting a big water blister on one of his wrists right where the shackle bolt would press upon it. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights They have spat their venom also on Abdullah, thy paternal uncle, even blackening his face with K�k! The Valley of the Kings It is the expedient of impeaching my moral integrity, and blackening my character. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada The flames roared high and fiercely, blackening the prison wall, and twining up its lofty front like burning serpents. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Darkened is every light; and clouds are rolled With blackening curtain over all the stars Within my heaven. Mr. Faust Here is a physiological trouble that causes blackening of the young nuts on the inside. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 I have told the people so over and over again, but to little use, for they will persist in wasting fuel, and blackening the atmosphere. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 You watch with a watering mouth the growing melons and blackening berries; and find sweeter than all, the melons of health, arid berries of rural bliss. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm The flame had already caught the curtains, which were of a light material, and was creeping up to the woodwork of the old-fashioned bed, singeing and blackening as it went. A True Friend A Novel Sometimes a gloomy fellow, with a murderous cast of countenance, sits down doggedly to the task of blackening one whom he hates worse 'than toad or asp.' The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 It is only charitable to be considerate of his feelings—so she argued—and avoid overburdening his conscience, poor dear man, by blackening your own reputation too violently! The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance As vapor rises from some unseen source and forms in vague growing mass within the curdled air, so blackening dark the hideous bulk reared Itself in the night and stared in upon me. The Thing from the Lake A nasty blackening wound, with the skin broken. The Lost Girl In no instance do the food bowls exhibit marks of smoke blackening, an indication that they had not been used in the cooking of food, but merely as receptacles of the same. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Could I endure to face this picture, then to pass it, then to ride on, feeling it ever at my back, blackening the morning, destroying the noontide, making more horrible the night? The Forsaken Inn A Novel An uncanny appearance of the sea to leeward indicated too close proximity to the shoals, while a blackening of the sky to windward told of probable increase of wind and sea. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea I started awake to find Its awful presence blackening the starlight where It crouched opposite me, Its intelligence breathing against mine. The Thing from the Lake The old man, his pipe-bowl glowing and blackening in time to his pulling at it, smoked on alone in the dusk. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Spires of flame seemed to be seeking the stars with their fingers as the plastic walls and streets of the city hissed and shriveled, blackening, bubbling into a vanishing memory before their eyes. The Link Sound distinctly the ending ing in: Languishing, blackening, threatening, rushing, ascending, flashing, throbbing. The Ontario High School Reader On them, while the beaters run up and down, and the lawns are girt with toils, will I pour down a blackening rain-cloud mingled with hail, and startle all the sky in thunder. The Aeneid of Virgil Nor yet did the mighty god desist, but rushed after him, blackening on the surface, that he might make noble Achilles cease from toil, and avert destruction from the Trojans. The Iliad of Homer (1873) On his arrival at Philadelphia, Landais strove to justify his action by blackening the character of Jones, but failed in this, and was dismissed the service. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The moment the load was safe, Elsie tremblingly lifted his hand to look at the blackening bruises left by Cochise's steel grip. Bloom of Cactus After I had come out of the trying condition I have spoken of I found it had purified my soul, instead of blackening it as I had feared. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon He had come upon them silently, out from the screen of blackening cedars. The Long Roll This has the effect of blackening the teeth. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II You are, I suspect, all of you nearly fond of abusing your neighbours, of finding fault, of telling unkind things of them, of blackening their good names. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year Side by side with him appeared Cochise, the print of Lennon's boot-heel already blackening on his ferociously scowling forehead. Bloom of Cactus For what had she gained by blackening her rival? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 Ihjel broke into a blue nimbus of crackling flame, his skin blackening, charred. Planet of the Damned As long as the rustling skirts were audible, the doctor sat there, silent, his face blackening more with every second. The Brentons Any sulphide causes a blackening of the lead acetate paper. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture It is not difficult as a rule to distinguish between the fit, with its frequent convulsive cramps and blackening of the face, and the simple faint of exhaustion. Papers on Health It had lit upon a mass of not yet ignited coal, and lay there blackening in the smoke. The King's Own We had therefore to light our fire, as before, on the thick branch, on which it had as yet made no impression, beyond burning off the bark and blackening it. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Blake had blackened the character of the ranch cuisine, even if he had been unequal to the task of blackening that of the owner. A Wounded Name Then they saw that it was a cloud, black, sullen-looking—great masses of vapor heaped in billowy folds, blackening the slopes with shadow, and barely touched above with silver-gilt. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories If, however, the fits come on again, with blackening of the face, do not treat harshly, but apply a cold towel along the spinal cord in the morning in bed. Papers on Health There, too, amid much laughter, they all disguised themselves, some blackening their faces with soot, others whitening them with chalk, and some putting on the women’s cloaks, bonnets, or aprons. The Carbonels Deep in the dear dust, Dear, we dream, Our melancholy is a thing At last our own; and none esteem How our black lips are blackening. Silverpoints Those that were walking in the street at that juncture found themselves covered with these insects, which settled also on the hedges and gardens, blackening all the vegetables where they p. 148alighted. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 In about a year it began to look dingy; and, blackening every succeeding year, it became coal-black at the end of four. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 He wrote a poem in which he endeavored to clear the murderer by blackening Giulio's character and concealing the motive for the crime. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day A touch of powder to her cheeks and a slight blackening of her eyebrows, and the courageous girl was ready. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels Plain was the village-church, a structure of darkened wood, Having doors on three sides, and flanked by sheds for the horses, Guiltless of blackening stove-pipe, or the smouldering fires of the furnace. Man of Uz, and Other Poems With the instinctive cry to heaven for help, of human-kind world over, I looked above; but there was only a great pitchy dome with glowing clouds rolling and heaving and tossing and blackening the firmament. Lords of the North What's the use of blackening the past because it couldn't be the present. Marriage à la mode A cruel attempt was made in this crisis either to destroy his influence by blackening his character, or to intimidate him, through fear of losing his reputation for integrity, into voting for Jackson. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series "O Alice! see the red sparks going about," he said, looking at the wandering points of light in the blackening scrolls of shrivelled paper. Mr. Kris Kringle A Christmas Tale Pictures like this as sharply defined are frequent and throw in shadowed blackening on shadow. Freedom, Truth and Beauty I saw its turrets in a blaze, Their crackling battlements all cleft, And the hot lead pour down like rain From off the scorched and blackening roof, Whose thickness was not vengeance-proof. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Then it throbbed to the beat of her hands and the blackening waves went away. Stop Look and Dig "The blackening trains o' craws to their repose" is an image that affects the heart of "mortal man who liveth here by toil," through sympathy with creatures partaking with him a common lot. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 The smoke deposits upon all surfaces a fine soot, especially upon men's woollen clothes, so that a man cannot touch his own coat without blackening his fingers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 The storm squall was already tearing across from the western shore, blackening the water ahead of it and picking up a small tidal wave as it came. The Price Billy Westlake, upon the steps of the summer-house, was upon his knees, there in the swiftly blackening dusk, before the appalled Miss Stevens; actually upon his knees! The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story Its coming silenced them and for a space they watched the headlands of the solemn landscape blackening against the sky, and the river breaking into silvery disquiet. The Emigrant Trail For miles over the vastness of the desert they rushed in swarms, blackening the earth, eclipsing the sun. The Way of the Wind Even when the weapon is fired quite close there may be no blackening of the skin, and the hand is not always blackened in cases of suicide. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology All this is said, not for the purpose of blackening the South, not from partisan rancor or local prejudice, or exaggerated patriotic zeal, but because it is true. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy On the sixth early dawn, with shuddering awe And horror, in the last defile they saw Ten pendent heads, from which the gore still run, All gashed, and grim, and blackening in the sun. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan Finally all sides showed the moving mass, blackening the plateau, lining the water's edge in an endless undulation of backs and heads, foaming down the faces of the sand slopes. The Emigrant Trail Now backbiting by its very nature aims at blackening a man's good name. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Blackening of the wound, singeing of the hair, scorching of the skin and clothing, show that the weapon was fired at close quarters, whilst blackening of the hand points to suicide. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology The heat must not be sufficient to decompose the sulphate of cobalt, which decomposition is indicated by a blackening of the substance at the edges. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. On Carmel's top he stood, And while the blackening clouds and rain Came sounding from the Western main, Raised his right hand that dropped with impious blood. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan The young girl called Lucy rose with a partner—her brother-in-law some one told Susan—and facing one another, hand on hip, heads high, they began to foot it lightly over the blackening grass. The Emigrant Trail Therefore not every blackening of a good name is backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Now he was dead and many who had feared him in his lifetime were blackening his memory with subtle sneers and innuendo. Gilbert Keith Chesterton If blackening has occurred, moisten with sulphuric acid, and ignite again. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. In the evening, however, matters ripened, and after a joyous display of heavenly pyrotechnics and thunder all round the blackening, heavy sky, we were subjected to a violent downpour, accompanied by lurid lightning flashes. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 The blackening of the teeth and lips, the quid of black tobacco between the lips, the look of alarm and suspicion, and various other characteristics all tend to heighten this expression. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir He would torture her as he was tortured; he would blacken her by blackening Mr. Harley; with her pride in the dirt, with disgrace upon her, where then was that man who would wed her? The President A novel Rutter's body we had no choice but to leave undisturbed by the blackening fire. Raw Gold A Novel I remember how you used to brown it without blackening it. The Place Beyond the Winds On swept he, and the blackening host behind. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor No painting of the body is resorted to other than the blackening of the lips with soot. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir His passion rushed like flame through his blood, scorching, blackening, devouring. The Miller Of Old Church Awhile he holds some false way, undebarred By thwarting signs, and braves The freshening wind and blackening waves. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc All those electronics, crisping and curling and blackening. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town For the sake of its excellent savour, For the many sweet smokes of the past My pipe keeps its hold on my favour, Tho' now it is blackening fast. The Social History of Smoking Some more distant relatives, instead of blackening themselves, wear the mourning shell necklace. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea The other contrariety is according to opposition of termini, and belongs properly to movements: thus whitening, which is movement from black to white, is contrary to blackening, which is movement from white to black. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Sometimes the mist overhangs my path, And blackening clouds about me cling; But, oh, I have a magic way To turn the gloom to cheerful day— I softly sing. Fifty years & Other Poems The relatives of the dead put on mourning by blackening their bodies all over, and besmearing them with ashes. Adventures in New Guinea The blackening of the lamp bulbs was due to the evaporation of tungsten from the filament. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization But he was such a good-natured, pleasant-spoken man that we let him sit by our side and prevaricate, till we bade him cease from further blackening his soul. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro A faint gleam shone feebly amid the ashes of the now blackening altar. The Days of Mohammed Falsehood lies thick upon us, blackening each word, each trifling action. The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher They'll bring everything against me; everything that can be twisted or turned or bullied into blackening my name. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame After this "burning off" has been accomplished and any residual blackening is removed, the mantle is dipped into collodion, which strengthens it for shipping and handling. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization If we were to take account here of all the evil deeds he is credited with, we should be suspected of wantonly blackening the character of this melodramatic figure. The House of the Combrays We passed rapidly enough out and again sped in the blackening night down the long street just as we had returned. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation Corpses of dead soldiers with blackening faces covered with flies were rotting in the sun, and the reek of putrifying flesh was nauseating. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Lady Kingsmead, who was blackening her eyebrows before her glass, turned, one eye made up, the other very undressed-looking in its natural condition. The Halo This decreases the size of the filament eventually to the breaking-point and the blackening of the bulb decreases the output of light. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Not a steamboat's stacks, blackening in the gloom, broke the peaceful glitter of the river under the stars. The River and I Comes a vapor from the margin, blackening over heath and holt, Cramming all the blast before it, in its breast a thunderbolt. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Then he pulled the trigger, and a bullet went straight into the right eye, blackening the skin. Four Weird Tales A halo originating in Devonian times may attain a certain central blackening from the effects of, say, rob rays. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays The first glimmer of reason through his murderous insanity was the consciousness of a rain of blows upon his head and shoulders, and a blackening face settling back to the earth before him. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt On being dug up it was found that the potato was rapidly blackening and melting away. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent By way of personal adornment, few practices are of more ancient origin than that of painting the face, dyeing the hair, and blackening the eyebrows and eyelashes. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants The immediate result to the fair driver was a sprained ankle, contused face, and fast blackening eye. Bluebell A Novel But now suppose we find that we cannot produce the same degree of blackening with this number of rays applied in the laboratory. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays The horrid story of the bloody Colonel Kirk is considered as one of those political forgeries to serve the purpose of blackening a zealous partisan. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The mountain guns turned vengeful towards the spot whence the fire came, and in a few minutesPg 90 there was another spreading, blackening patch of veldt—and silence. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War The fine powder of this metal is as intimately mixed as possible with the moistened gall-mass into a paste, which is preserved in a damp place, by which it acquires the blackening property. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants Thackeray could not have helped a blaze of indignation—honest and healthy, but possibly just plusquam-artistic—at the unspeakable persons who think that by blackening the unhappy Harriet they can whiten Shelley. Matthew Arnold My heart burned, and the smoke of its fire enveloped bride and groom, fouling his yellow beard, and smirching her silvery veil; shutting out heaven from their prayers, and blackening their path before them. Idolatry A Romance Also Tchin-King saw that the tongues of that fire were licking human bones, and that skulls of men lay blackening among the ashes. Some Chinese Ghosts Yet there be those who watch a serpent crawl And, blackening, sleep within a blossom's heart, Who will not slay, but call their gazing "Peace." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Your mother, madam," he added, his face blackening into the hue of his natural temper, "was always a poor, weak-minded woman. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One She laughed impudently, in spite of the murderous blackening in his face. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem "Impious wretch!" foamed the stranger, blackening in the face as the rainbow beamed, "I will publish your infidel notions." The Piazza Tales In speculation they hold horrible theories, blackening the day; yet they trust the good which their lips unwittingly deny. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 They'll say bad enough things about her without your blackening her good name. Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts What is it that the men are trying to say in this awful, flaming, blackening metaphor of wishing Lord Devonport dead? Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy At the opposite arch another house servant appeared, lifted a distorted, blackening face and, doubling like a wounded snake, fell upon the floor. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Whether taken to a prison, an inn, or a lady's boudoir, whether watching the breaking of heads, the blackening of eyes, or the making of love, the reader is always kept smiling. A History of English Prose Fiction Grief is doing her ugly work: hollowing round cheeks, blackening bright eyes, putting her weight of leaden loneliness in hearts heretofore light with youth. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls But, not being acquainted with the accustomed method of blackening his skin, and being too nervous and timid to make inquiry on the subject, he applied to his face a burnt cork, simply. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Her giant form Majestically calm would go O'er wrathful surge, through blackening storm, 'Mid he deep darkness, white as snow! Sea and Shore A Sequel to "Miriam's Memoirs" How could human lungs breathe the midnight of blackening walls? Lazarre She does not stop there, but goes a step further to aid them in blackening the good name of an entire race, as shown by the sentences quoted in the paragraph above. The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States The roll of the wheels and the rhythmic hoof-beats rapidly lessened to the ear as Franklin drove on into the blackening night. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains These shadow pictures Dr. Morton carefully distinguished from the ordinary blackening effects on the film produced by electrified objects. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 From thee no pale and wilted ghost, Or branded by the blackening bar, But crisp and cheery comes the toast, And brown as ripening hazels are. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 23, 1892 The paths were deep in leaves, the flowers dead and blackening; but the trees will be green again, and the flowers bloom! Audrey And he will not only send us from his roof, but he will seek to justify himself and further ruin us by blackening our names. The Missing Bride Some one, myself, yet not myself, went on, cruelly, blackening all the sweet blue sky for her. The Way of a Man The figs on it were green, though they hung ripe and blackening on every other tree in Arquà. Italian Journeys And hence the universal exercise of the blackening art on the men rather than the women. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before The clouds are blackening, the storms threatening, And ever the forest maketh a moan: Billows are breaking, the damsel's heart acting, Thus by herself she singeth alone, Weeping right plenteously. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 The bitter lines of his "portrait" rung in her ears—blackening and discrowning her in her own eyes. The Marriage of William Ashe "And why?" said he, his face blackening with bitter feeling, his brows contracting fiercely. In Old Kentucky Her politeness is very charming, and her smile would no doubt be more or less winsome were it not for the hideous blackening of the teeth. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama A swing door opened softly and his executive clerk reappeared with a soft tread, unheard by Westerling engaged in mechanically blackening the tens. The Last Shot Buffington, commander of the National Armory at Springfield, Mass., has made a steel covered projectile which he prevents from rusting by blackening by a niter process. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Merely by blackening the rest of the world, we cannot hope to make ourselves white. The Pleasures of Ignorance Awhile he holds some false way, undebarr'd By thwarting signs, and braves The freshening wind and blackening waves 60And then the tempest strikes him; and between The lightning-bursts is seen Only a driving wreck. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems From my home of light Unscathed, I see life's blackening billows piled, Ready to sweep the daring soul from sight, Sinking his name and memory in darkest night. Strange Visitors The fashion of blackening the teeth entails no little trouble upon its followers, for the colour must be renewed every day, or at least every other day. Tales of Old Japan There too they try to make themselves handsome by blackening their eyebrows and dyeing their hair. Far Off Modern writers tell us that we cannot make ourselves white even by blackening ourselves. The Pleasures of Ignorance Hurrying to the nearest opening, we saw the immense flight of pigeons blackening the sky overhead. A Texas Matchmaker But this kind of inconsistency is not uncommon in writers of memoirs, who often revenge themselves posthumously by blackening the reputation of their former masters. The Secret History of the Court of Justinian The author of the "Sho-rei Hikki" makes no allusion to the custom of shaving the eyebrows and blackening the teeth of married women, in token of fidelity to their lords. Tales of Old Japan The blackening dampness turned the cold into a thing, and laid frozen shudders on us. Light They were good gray eyes with popping whites now, because of a trick of blackening the lids. The Vertical City You will vex them less by blackening an eye, than by lightening their purses of a penny. The Man Who Laughs From the road he looked back for the last time upon the Khan's house, which was blackening in the darkness, while the grated door shone with lights. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 The Emperor and nobles of his court are also in the habit of blackening their teeth; but the custom is gradually dying out in their case. Tales of Old Japan And just then I saw, under the trickling morning, some half-open but still tepid dead that steamed, as if they were the blackening rubbish-heap of a village. Light He would kick the tire whose character he was blackening. Casey Ryan How the bared bosom heaves! how the tortured limbs writhe, and the blackening cuticle emits a nauseous steam! Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession The woods grow wild, and from the rising shore The cool wind creeps, the faint wood odours steal; Like ghosts adown the river's blackening floor The misty fumes begin to creep and reel. Among the Millet and Other Poems The warm soft pressure of her hand as it clung to his arm in the blackening gloom of the forest was evidence of that trust. The Courage of Captain Plum To the heathen alone is death the evil spirit, the blackening shadow which, when called to mind, will poison his dearest joys! The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence "My darling, my darling!" begged Clara, alarmed by his blackening brow. Overland The film of collodion will protect the underlying metal from the action of the sulphurous vapors to which is due the blackening of silver. Science in the Kitchen. Western clouds were blackening and his little cousin was pulling the pig into the cabin as a man puts other sort of treasure out of danger into a safe. What's the Matter with Ireland? Trees surround her, suggesting by their rank luxuriance the upward surge of spring while cranes, slowly winging their way in pairs across the blackening sky, poignantly remind her of her former love. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry See what a number of them have alighted on yonder ploughed field, almost blackening it over. The Illustrated London Reading Book There, blackening with rage, he bellows and bounds like a wild beast, among the imprisoning cliffs: he bursts, overthrows, and rolls afar their broken fragments. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 The principle of an apparatus for blackening boots and shoes dates back to 1838, the epoch at which a machine of this kind was put into use at the Polytechnic School. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 The extent to which a blackening takes place may be regarded as approximately proportionate to the amount of organic matter present. Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Every few seconds, Bedient glanced at the Captain, and as often followed his gaze into the churning, blackening North. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel The clouds are blackening, the storms threatening, 29. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays A friend of mine has seen his horrid countenance, as it hung festering and blackening in the wind, and remembers, by way of amusement, between schools, pelting the body with stones. The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776 In other words, such is the desire which every one has to exculpate himself by blackening his neighbour. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 Onward came the moving mountain—shaking the floor beneath his tread, filling a tithe of the room with his bulk, and blackening every object with his portentous shadow. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829 A little higher a fringe of broom, the blossom gone, the pods blackening and shooting their seeds in the sun, marked the line of the virgin wilderness. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine I shall be glad to see this Cyclops, who is blackening all the valley. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction On the latter, oddly enough, were still his grimy boots, blackening the white sheets on which they rested. Trailin'! The spires of the churches looked like the spars of "tall admirals," that had foundered, while the blackening ruins of the halls and larger buildings well represented the ribs and beams of mighty hulks. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire "The same," replied the other, his brow blackening like thunder, while a trembling passed over his body. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII He vehemently swore he knew nothing about it, and insisted upon hearing what poisonous old woman had been blackening his name, and what infamous lies I had been fool enough to believe. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Wherefore stay to talk of fainting, when the sun, with sinking fire, Smites the blocks of broken thunder, blackening yonder craggy spire? The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens He pointed to a broken-backed ruin which stood on the point of land that jutted out onto the waters of the lake, a crumbling structure slowly blackening with time. Trailin'! It was then nearly three o'clock, and a vast chasm of blackening ruins proclaimed the devastation that had been committed. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire |
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