单词 | blacksnake |
例句 | A student found an unlikely surprise in her elementary school desk this week: a three-foot blacksnake. Snake found in student’s desk at Maryland school 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z His slim frame writhing like a blacksnake, Sforzini activated a third hoop and a fourth, each moving in a different direction, spinning, beating on. The maestro, the money and unfinished ‘Great Gasby’ opera 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The fact that it was only a large blacksnake and non-poisonous made 114 no difference at that moment to the dog or to the little girl—nor to Joseph Stagg when he saw it. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z The brute swung the blacksnake—this time in earnest. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z "Shut up! you rascal!" cried Simpson, rising from his seat and feigning to pursue him with his blacksnake whip. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z From the wall Mrs. Crump seized her trusty blacksnake. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z In fact, one of them was a famous story of her killing of a huge blacksnake. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z Save on the Sunday when Prince had killed the 181 blacksnake, Miss Amanda had not spoken directly to the hardware merchant in all these hungry years. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Then with a vicious swish and crack the lash of the blacksnake curled down over his head and shoulders, and he went out of sight. The Land of Strong Men In his hand he held a long, blacksnake whip to administer punishment. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z Mrs. Crump had killed that rattler most expertly; she had killed it with one snapping crack of a blacksnake whip. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The driver, feeling that the need for silence and caution was past, began to shout at his mules, and the reports of his blacksnake whip rang out like pistol-shots. Campmates A Story of the Plains He wisely caught the blacksnake behind the head, his strong, sharp teeth severing its vertebræ. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z The eyes of Zacharias rolled once toward Joseph and then he was gone, running; he returned almost instantly with a seven foot blacksnake, oiled until it glistened. The Garden of Eden Bill’s blacksnake whip leaped from point to point experimentally, picking up twigs and leaves with disturbing accuracy. The Orphan Then she slipped to the doorway of the shack and picked up the blacksnake whip which she had tossed away. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The ladies wheeled sharply to the right and the gentlemen to the left, and thereafter began a series of evolutions which, in the mere witnessing, would have given a blacksnake lumbago. The Competitive Nephew And the teamster pranced out and brandished his blacksnake whip menacingly. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro But I fit him good and plenty till de overseer shakes a blacksnake whip over me. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 He leaped to his feet, wrapping the reins about his wrists, and the “blacksnake” coiled and writhed and hissed. The Orphan Abel Dorales had come to Magdalena; there he had half killed three drunken miners who had ventured to taunt him, and for the same reason he had taken a blacksnake to a sheepman. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z All the spooks you know anything about personally are blacksnakes. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air Done got de blacksnake's head an' de dead baby's hand right hyar. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk No, sir, I did not leave any of the doors open, but I’ve been looking for Sam with a blacksnake whip to liven him up. The Ghost Girl The blacksnake again and again mercilessly leaped and struck, and another wonderful burst of speed rewarded him. The Orphan Perhaps it was not by chance that his eye wandered to a blacksnake whip hanging on the wall. Crooked Trails and Straight She left behind her writhing all over the kitchen floor a pair of big blacksnakes. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air Ophiocaryon paradoxum.—The snake nut tree of Guiana, so called on account of the curious form of the embryo of the seed, which is spirally twisted, so as to closely resemble a coiled-up blacksnake. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture He had a blacksnake whip in his hand and was teasing a pup with it. Oh, You Tex! A blacksnake was brought to McCoy, and the others roughly surrounded Lefty and Red, herding them through the timber and out of sight. Kid Wolf of Texas It was just an ordinary wagon drawn by six men, naked to the waist and bleeding, with other men walking beside them and beating them with blacksnake whips, just like they were mules. The Blood of the Conquerors There are many snakes in the mountains: rattlesnakes, copperheads, blacksnakes, and almost every other variety of the snake kind; in short, the boys have snake on the brain. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer The overseer, a great strong man, cracking his "blacksnake" from time to time, to enforce authority, excited our strong indignation. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West But there was no escape from the deadly blacksnake that was cutting his flesh to ribbons. Oh, You Tex! From the bottom the shadows went slanting along the glooming walls of the gorges, swallowing up the yellow patches of sunlight that still lingered near the top like blacksnakes swallowing eggs. Roughing it De Luxe The boy came quickly to his side, giving him the blacksnake. Man to Man There was, as is, though, some weed use for fever an' headache as: blacksnake root, furrywork, jimpsin weed, one that tie' on the head which bring sweat from you like hail, an' hickory leaf. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 But now, he could see, his approach no longer resulted in that discreet scurry to cover, that feverish scuttling away for safety, which marks the blacksnake's progress through a gopher-village. Never-Fail Blake It was quite on the cards that the old-timer might use a blacksnake whip on him. Oh, You Tex! The blacksnake, though he looks an ugly customer and, when cornered, will sometimes show fight, is not venomous and his bite is not deep. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Packard, glancing from him down to the tortured body of Blenham that breathed jerkily, noisily, turned with a sudden revulsion of feeling and hurled the heavy blacksnake away from him. Man to Man He's a smart operator, and he's crooked as a wagon-load of blacksnakes. Murder in the Gunroom You see he had seen little Luke's battle with the blacksnake and was drumming and screaming for joy. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends James did what he could to pull her along, Douglas plied the blacksnake; but to no avail. Judith of the Godless Valley "I'll blacksnake the condemned fool that set fire to the prairie!" he swore, gulping down a lump in his throat. A Man Four-Square And that's what this age needs, Sam,--since you ask me,--a big, fierce prophet on the outskirts of the city; a great, grim, uncompromising hater, with a tongue that bites like a blacksnake whip. V. V.'s Eyes He swung a blacksnake whip around him, and the lash fell savagely on two gray horses. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen The owners who whipped their slaves usually stripped them to the waist and lashed them with a long leather whip, commonly called a blacksnake. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives He'd make 'em strip to the waist then he's lash 'em with his long blacksnake whip. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives I don't believe in killing snakes as a general rule, but blacksnakes do more harm than good, I believe. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol "Gee-up," I shouted to my cows, and cracked my blacksnake over their backs; and they strained slowly into the yoke. Vandemark's Folly Once more the blacksnake whirled, and Cordova leaned back to give the stroke the full stretch of arm and body; yet Alcatraz did not so much as lift an ear. Alcatraz For years he had a sore that would not heal where his master had struck him with a blacksnake whip. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives After that he carried a long blacksnake whip to use on them if they ever got close to his wagon again. The Life of Me; an autobiography I suppose it's my business to kill all the blacksnakes I can. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol The busy spider hangs the brush With filmy gossamers, The frogs are croaking in the creek, The sluggish blacksnake stirs, But still the ground is bare of bloom Beneath the fragrant firs. Dreams and Dust It would require a blacksnake whip to make most juve-niles, or adults either, read these productions, as devoid of picturesqueness, life-blood, and intellectual content as so many concrete slabs. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations Wild flowers grew everywhere, great beds were blue with calamus, and the birds flocked in companies to drive away the water blacksnakes that often found nests, and liked eggs and bird babies. Laddie; a true blue story Over and over he asked her where the trouble was, but she only gripped the hames, leaned along the bay's neck, and slashed away with the blacksnake. Freckles Then he whirled the blacksnake over his head. Harrigan He had supposed every Southern plantation had a white overseer as slave driver with a blacksnake whip in his hand. The Man in Gray The negro almost paled, and then, with a look at a blacksnake whip that hung on the barn door, grinned. Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories When a big blacksnake darted its head through sweet grass and cattails, and caught a frog that had climbed on a mossy stone in the shade to dine on flies, I let it go. Laddie; a true blue story Maurice gathered the lines firmly, seized his "blacksnake," and, with a low whistle, urged his animals, that bounded forward, snorting with fear as a crack of thunder followed, booming down the gorges with deafening echoes. The Shagganappi The blacksnake whirled through the air again and fell with a sharp slap like two broad hands clapped together, but Borgson did not cry out. Harrigan They were young animals and they had been unused, until this day, to the touch of the blacksnake. Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret He had been teaming in the nearby woods, and the blacksnake whip was in his hands. Rolf in the Woods It was a blacksnake, heavily loaded and stiff at the butt and tapering gradually to a slender, supple, snakelike body, with a thin, sinister lash. Harrigan Again the blacksnake whirled and again it cracked, but this time on naked flesh, and the scream of Kamasura was like the cut of a knife. Harrigan It was the singing of Kamasura, who as he wielded the lash remembered a chant of his native land and shouted it now in time with the blows of the blacksnake. Harrigan The blacksnake whistled around the head of the third mate and there was a long scream from Kamasura—but the blacksnake only cracked loudly in the air. Harrigan |
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