| 单词 | blackthorn |
| 例句 | Before he could stop them, someone had rummaged through his pockets and removed the blackthorn wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Fiver, however, came over to where Blackberry was lying against the stem of a blackthorn in the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting in the entrance, he tried to make the blackthorn wand levitate small stones at his feet; but his magic still seemed clumsier and less powerful than it had done before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There are seven masters in Leamy s National School and they all have leather straps, canes, blackthorn sticks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was under the bare ash boughs and the flowering blackthorn of March. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if they slap you six times on each hand with the ash plant or the blackthorn with the knobs you must not cry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For ten minutes or so Ron tapped and muttered, Hermione turned the pages of her book, and Harry continued to practice with the blackthorn wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He bit back the retort that sprang to his lips, that she could take the blackthorn wand if she thought it made no difference, and he would have hers instead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Somehow Harry connected these unsatisfying, vague images with the destruction of his wand, as if it was the blackthorn wand’s fault that he could no longer see into Voldemort’s mind as well as before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry took aim at it with the wand Ron had given him the previous night, which Hermione had since condescended to examine, and had decided was made of blackthorn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now he came to think about it, he had not yet tried casting a Patronus with the blackthorn wand....He must try that in the morning.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. We could do with an unbeatable wand,” said Harry, turning the blackthorn wand he so disliked over in his fingers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If you can get your hands on some blackthorn berries from your local market, then you can make a bottle of Sloe Gin. Most popular Christmas recipes on TikTok revealed: ‘Grinch brownies’ and other viral favorites 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z A typical mix might include the hawthorn, blackthorn, wild roses, hazel and bloodtwig dogwood. Giving plants the space they need: Why we thin veggies but crowd a hedge 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z And this is intriguing, because magpies typically construct their roofs out of hawthorn, blackthorn, and rose stems. 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z This month they have mysteriously appeared among their favourite habitat: hawthorn and blackthorn trees on the edge of London, where I and other naturalists watched them flitting between hedgerows. 'Extinct' butterfly species reappears in UK 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z The hole has the only tree at Royal St. George’s, a stunted blackthorn right of the green. BRITISH OPEN ’21: A hole-by-hole look at Royal St. George’s 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Inside were bonsaied blackthorn, clovers and violets; on them, or in the soil below, were hidden hundreds of butterfly eggs and hibernating caterpillars. How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The cherry and other fruit trees, the hawthorns and blackthorns, all feature in his works, famously created on his iPad. Hockney invites the French to find joys of spring in lockdown 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z It is believed that Suffolk Pink dates back to the 14th Century and other natural ingredients such as elderberries, blackthorn or sloe juice were also added to create the colour. Your questions about England answered 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z As David O’Hara began reading the third chapter, a man leaning on a blackthorn stick pulled out his copy of Ulysses to read along. Celebrating Joyce at Bloom’s Tavern, of Course 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z The creatures feed on cherry trees, hawthorn and blackthorn and build the webs to ward off predators. Giant caterpillar web cordoned off after becoming visitor attraction - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Other terms for this are after-winter blackthorn winter, dogwood winter or redbud winter. Why It’s Called an ‘Equinox’ and Other Delightful Spring Words You Should Know 2014-03-20T17:02:26Z Hornbeam, beech, myrobalan or cherry plum and blackthorn also have their advantages, hornbeam being proof against great exposure, blackthorn thriving on poor land and possessing great impenetrability and so on. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The park with its clumps of dead bracken, its naked trees and gnarled blackthorns, stretched away under a thin sprinkling of snow. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z But Sophia persisted, and groped her way after Lane until he came to a stand, his hand on the bark of the fallen blackthorn, beside which she had last seen the men. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The next moment the starter yelled "Go!" and away, like a whirlwind, we sped across the first field, towards a huge, thick blackthorn fence, the one I had thought to see such fun with. Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z Grass has been sown, acorn and beechmast have been inserted, seeds of bramble, briar, holly, blackthorn and whitethorn have been introduced, and some saplings have been planted. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z When he was alone, my grandfather sat there a long time, tracing patterns on the floor of his room with his blackthorn staff. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z But these things can only be studied in leisured intimacy from a slow-going boat passing in the spring-time, when the blackthorn frosts the hedges and starry-eyed primroses grow to monstrous size. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z The first to announce its coming were the blackthorns and willows; they were not yet in blossom but in bud. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Come along back to the barn and I’ll find you another blackthorn. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Soon he was in the fields, where the hedges were splashed with the silver of blackthorn in profuse bloom. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z But close to the woodland's blackthorn thicket Was Dansey, still as a stone, on picket. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z The gorse and the blackthorn were both out, spreading the wild copse and common of the valley with a shimmer of white and gold. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z The blackthorn was over, and the may hung in sprays of delicate drooping buds; and in the south-west hung the pale sickle of the new moon. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z He caught up his blackthorn stick, and they set off. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The hedge itself is really of blackthorn, but its white or pink-ticked blossoms have faded and given place to haws. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z He was in a towering rage, and he carried as fine a blackthorn club as was ever used to crack a man’s head. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z A man with a gun is better than a man with a blackthorn stick in his fist at any time, even though he might be an Irishman inself,’ ses he. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z It had been originally blackthorn, but has been so cut back that many other bushes and weeds far less easily offended have asserted their independence, and tower over it or swamp it. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Mr. Gano stopped meditatively, and struck his blackthorn into the gray "MacAdam" powder. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z These lines, then, shall represent blackthorn hedges bounding fields of flowering grass and hay. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Then the honeysuckle on the hedgerows unfolded its leaves, the blackthorn itself began to bud, and the larch woods grew green. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Come, grief is all done for, The folded leaves creep from their beds in the bough: The seeds are awaking, The furrows are breaking, And the blessing of God's on the blackthorn now. Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z The cat, at fault, made short excited rushes hither and thither as he heard the rustle of the fugitive's steps, but the White Rabbit flung herself into a stunted blackthorn bush and lay gasping. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The hedge itself was like a wood, so wide and thick—full of ashpoles and hawthorn, crab-tree underwood, willow, elder, and blackthorn, and here and there spreading oak trees. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z If a clovery lea be beneath his feet, so much the better; if not, a “rive” at a blackthorn hedge, a bush of laurels, a bracken bank, or even a thistle, will please him. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Then they tried to find a shorter way in to the knoll, which they called Kangaroo Hill, but were stopped by the impenetrable blackthorns. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z One of the under-keepers seized me, but, being a good wrestler, I soon threw him into a dense brake of brambles and blackthorn. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The blackthorn is perhaps the first conspicuous flower; but in date it seems to vary much. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z “Beware of the blackthorn,” laughed May, and was very innocently engaged looking at a sprig of oak with three young acorns on it when Margaret came. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Neither blackthorn nor crab-tree seem so popular as they once were for this purpose. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Pan did go in, and that was as much, he soon came out, he did not like the blackthorn. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Down the slope; up a rise; in and out of a lane defended by straggling blackthorn; dipping over the skyline; the pack was gone. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z A degree further west, on the contrary, the hawthorn did not show a leaf for some time after the blackthorn had bloomed in Surrey. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z He struck at her with his blackthorn that ever lay between his knees. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The bloom is on the blackthorn, but not yet on the may; the hedges are but just awakening from their long winter sleep, and the trees have hardly put forth a sign. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z He found he could not go straight home, for the brambles were succeeded by blackthorn, through which nothing human can move, and hardly a spaniel, when thick as it was here. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I will plant a blackthorn in the land of Nazza, that none of our house may henceforth pass that way—for there were not three or four, but seven men against one. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The white bloom of the blackthorn seems to show there a full fortnight earlier than it does on the same line of latitude not many miles farther west. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Felix, however, had had his dignity upset by the blackthorn cudgel hurled at his head, and naturally waited awhile before repeating his visit. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Up and down went youth in mountain, In a garden, girl round fountain; On her threw he hawthorn red,— Lightly answering, blackthorn sped,— Think you they intend to kill? An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z They had never been through the thicket of blackthorn. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Below, with a hedge between, lay a tiny quarry, where blackthorn was breaking into blossom, and ivy trailed over the remains of an old wall. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z It was very thick and entirely of hawthorn and blackthorn, and divided two water-meadows. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The old dog's head hung low, his battered hat was over his eyes, and both his trembling hands leaned heavily on his thick blackthorn stick. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z So I got down and drew this wattle from the side of a turf creel,—you see it is a strong blackthorn, and good stuff too. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z I once heard a plaintive voice lamenting behind a blackthorn, while the hounds were baying over a drain at the finish of a clipping thirty minutes on the grass. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z As she stooped and filled her barrow, she was already escaping in thought, leaping like a marten, scarcely feeling the pain of running barefoot across the stubble, overgrown with thick blackthorn and blackberries. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z Blue-black sloes adhere to—they do not hang on—the blackthorn bushes: in places the boughs are loaded with them. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The laurel-trees growing out over the fence of blackthorn on each side of the upright posts, closed in the view at two yards. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z "One of my ancestors carried a blackthorn, and Miss Belle Fitzgerald." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z The king gets angry, and says “that there is not a blackthorn in all his garden, and that he is telling him a lie.” Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z If at such a time you cut a blackthorn, some misfortune will come to you. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z It may be found during May and June among the lichens of oaks, blackthorns, and firs, especially in the woods of the south of England. Butterflies and Moths (British) He followed the trimmed blackthorn hedge, which bounded the alley, walking on the red earth or on the narrow border of grass left by the plough at the edge of the ditch. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z I hurled myself between them, and had such difficulty in wresting the blackthorn from the madman's grasp that his hand was bleeding, and something had tinkled on the pavement, when I tore it from him. Witching Hill He tells him that a blackthorn has run into him. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Wine-coloured showed the stems of the alders, the lines of blackthorn hedges, the distant drifts of elms whose branches were still only faintly misted with buds. Beggars on Horseback The larva feeds on the blackthorn in addition to the tree mentioned above, and is full grown in June. Butterflies and Moths (British) Hugh had for many years been watching over the growth of a young blackthorn sapling. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 "It's only a scratch from the blackthorn spikes, but I'd have given a finger to be shot of this devil!" Witching Hill So therewith Sir Perard took down his shield from off the blackthorn bush and he took his spear into his hand and whistled his horse to him. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions When Enid came opposite this gate, which was of oak set in an impenetrable hedge of blackthorn, she was seized with an irresistible impulse to see if the gate was fastened. A Traitor's Wooing They were standing in a wreath of snowy blackthorn that almost veiled even the narrow entrance to this demesne they held in fief of April. Plashers Mead A Novel Then he shot a magpie, drained its blood into a cup, and with it polished the blackthorn till it became a glossy black with a mahogany tint. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Here and there a blackthorn bends beneath its burden of snowy blossom, and calls a challenge to the hedgerows which have wakened late, and are slow in their dressing. Windyridge Trewhella, leaning on his blackthorn, talked to their father and Mr. Corin, while the two girls ensconced themselves in the compartment. Carnival So he went again to the old woman, and she said, "If you can get the three bits of blackthorn out of her hair, you'll get her again." The Wind Among the Reeds A bush of rowan, black sloes, Dusky blackthorns, Plenty of food, acorns, pure berries, Bare flags. Ancient Irish Poetry Irishmen have proved their superiority as marksmen, with long-range rifles; they have always had a reputation for expertness at “the long bow;” but the blackthorn cudgel has always been the beloved hereditary weapon. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 It resembles a blackthorn bush, and grows to a height of 6 or 8 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Coming home late last night he was shot at by some ruffians from behind the blackthorn hedge on the Coole road. Rossmoyne But on the fourth night he got the third bit of blackthorn, and he took her, and she came away with him. The Wind Among the Reeds Greyhounds are in it and beagles, Blackberries and sloes of the dark blackthorn, Her dwellings close against the woods, Deer scattered about her oak-woods. Ancient Irish Poetry Among ten thousand blackthorn shoots, perhaps not more than one is destined to become famous, but one of the ten thousand appears of singular fitness. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Squirrel climbs up on the blackthorn, Squirrel goes up to the tree-top, Squirrel falls into his grave. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. The blackthorn sometimes blooms in Britain in February, but the swallow does not appear till about the 20th of April, nor the anemone bloom ordinarily till that date. A Year in the Fields It is a matter of some difficulty to obtain a real blackthorn in London or any big town. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence There was a delirium of blackthorn in the new wild garden she had annexed from the woods and a close carpet of encouraged wild primroses. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman I waited about behind those thick blackthorn trees, hoping that you might come my way. The Moving Finger Is he slipping off under cover of those low blackthorns?' The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts The woods were veiled in young green and the hedges thickly starred with blackthorn. Tante That is not the genuine article, and, if you buy it, you will become the possessor of a stick as inferior to a blackthorn as a pewter skewer is inferior to a Damascus blade. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence Then with the assistance of the old blackthorn stick he walked away in the rain, limping, it is true, but nevertheless a younger, sturdier edition of the man who had passed out before him. The Eye of Dread Father O'Donnell, presumably in the interests of peace, advised his congregation to take their sticks to a certain meeting, and promised to be there with his own faithful blackthorn. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The Raven put his head out of the blackthorn bush and looked and listened carefully. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts It is beautiful here now; the hedges all white with blackthorn and the woods full of primroses. Tante The length of the blackthorn depends on the length of the man for whom it is intended, but always go in for a good long stick. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence Nels pointed to the heavy blackthorn stick lying on the table before the jury. The Eye of Dread They fight for fun, for love, for anything, for nothing, with words, with blows, with tongues, with blackthorns, anywhere, anyhow, only let them fight. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule In the land I come from we are more inclined to settle a case with a good stout blackthorn than with the aid of a lawyer's wig. The O'Ruddy A Romance The Prince did so, and at once a thick forest of blackthorn sprang up behind them. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The blackthorn, being stiff and covered with sharp knots, is a first-rate weapon for defence at very close quarters. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence A man's watching you from the blackthorns at the top of the wood. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain He would sing of the blackthorn whose snowy blooms were then just peeping out, and of the hawthorn already covered with its tender green leaves. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps Fist and blackthorn, my pretty lass, but nix for the knife and gun.” The Dark Star The forests were leafless but beautiful; the blackthorns already promised their scented snow to follow the last melting drift which still glimmered among the trees in deep woodland gullies. The Maids of Paradise To my mind the leaded rattan is to the well-chosen blackthorn what the life-preserver is to the cudgel—an inferior weapon. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence A high bush of blackthorn was lifted there, starry white against the blue and that bright cloud. Tatterdemalion A Hun's Grave lies there, and the sloe and blackthorn grow luxuriantly among the stones. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen And, again, the unfolding of the year is about us; a thickening of high twigs in the wood, a glint of green on the blackthorn.... The Wonder If it be taken from others 'tis like plums stuck upon blackthorns; there they are for a while, but they come to nothing.—Selden. Pearls of Thought The old Laird Fisher was sitting there, a blackthorn stick at his feet, his elbows on his knees, his cheeks rested on his hands. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The path entered a thicket of blackthorn, with a few primroses close to the little river running full and gentle. Tatterdemalion His foot was rolled in bandages and placed on a low stool before him; within reach of his hand was a knobbed blackthorn stick, a bell and a copy of the "Times" newspaper. The Dark Tower If they had the enthusiasm and the fighting qualities of the Irish, they would take blackthorn clubs and mow a swath through France wide enough for an army to march over. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 And the little bird told her all his story—how he had tried to fly to the warm countries, and how he had torn his wing on a blackthorn bush and fallen to the ground. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk These neglected spots are overgrown with gorse, brambles, nettles, blackthorn, and mullein, as well as with the bitter spurges, and the stringy inedible bracken. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Nor was this all: for some rags of the man’s dress, torn off by his headlong fall, still fluttered on a stump of blackthorn not thirty feet below. St. Winifred's, or The World of School As soon as they are made, let the bottoms of them be covered with fresh-cut blackthorn bushes. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles An hour's ride brought us within his domain, where lofty deer-fences, blackthorn hedge-rows, well-made drives, and carefully cultivated land, formed a striking change from the wild but beautiful forest-country through which we had ridden. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. Then something met his eye on a spike of blackthorn, and he carefully picked off a thread of brown cloth. The Grell Mystery Then again, in the hawthorn and the blackthorn, some of the shorter branches have developed into stout, sharp spines, which tear the skin of would-be assailants. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 People often wondered how so rude and worthless a fellow could have had such a child; she was as sweet and unexpected as the white flowers on the bare and rugged branches of the blackthorn. A Child's Book of Saints They bethought themselves of a blackthorn near one of their villages; and this thorn was for the nonce declared to be the growth of a slip from the Christmas-flowering thorn at Glastonbury. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries A few clips from a blackthorn are capital preparation. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) He maintained his gravity, however, and firmly grasped his staff, which, like that of his companion, was a blackthorn modelled somewhat on the pattern of the club of Hercules. Hunted and Harried He tells the friends he asks that some one has been courting Marion, and they prudently resolve to bring, one his great pitchfork and another his good blackthorn. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Then wading back he got hold of the chain, and twisted it round a little blackthorn bush on the bank. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias They rambled along by the stream, finding before long a blackthorn laden with sloes, of which Pan ate two, and Sydney contented himself with half of one. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea The pair had halters as well as bridles, and, dismounting, made their nags fast to a large blackthorn that grew there. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 The grape does not grow upon the blackthorn; nor does healthy reform come from high dignitaries like the Archbishop of Mayence. Short Studies on Great Subjects The larch forest above Porth Powys was a tangle of green tassels, the hedgerows were starry with blackthorn, and the Pyrus japonica over the dining-room windows was a mass of rosy blossom. For the Sake of the School They would not let any one cut a blackthorn shoot on Hallowe'en. The Book of Hallowe'en We carried blackthorn cudgels to protect us from gamekeepers, lords and dogs. Shakspere, Personal Recollections A fierce scramble ensued for seats, precedence being emphasized in several cases with blackthorns deftly wielded. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians By the Germans it was called the 'wishing rod,' or 'wishing thorn,' which points to the fact that it was often cut from the blackthorn or sloe. Chatterbox, 1905. And the little bird told her all his story,—how he had tried to fly to the warm countries, and how he had torn his wing on a blackthorn bush and fallen to the ground. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 The silence deepened; in the heart of the wood a blackbird was piping madly on a blackthorn. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Then, to his wondering horror, he saw a stout blackthorn stick which was standing in a corner of the room, jump up into the air and leap towards him. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension Bundled warmly, swinging his blackthorn cane, he had set out, accompanied by Dearest, to tramp cross-country to the village, three miles from "Greyrock." Dearest At Quainton in Buckinghamshire two thousand people, it is said, went out on the new Christmas Eve to view a blackthorn which had the Christmas blossoming habit. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Dan went to see who it was, and found standing on the threshold a tall, lean old man in a long, ragged coat, with a thick, knotted blackthorn in his hand. Strangers at Lisconnel A white spot on the footpath yonder was where the bloom had fallen from a blackthorn bush. Nature Near London Bess was quite a long distance down the field, gathering blackthorn from the hedge. A Popular Schoolgirl It belongs to the botanical class Prunus Spinosa, or blackthorn, and it was covered with berries at the time of our visit. Bolougne-Sur-Mer St. Patrick's Native Town I have seen as bad a clip given by a blackthorn. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden Faint premonitions of spring already appeared; catkins drooped upon the hazels, primroses made patches of sulphur in the woods, and one almost expected to see the blackthorn in blossom. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Mice abound; in spring they are sometimes up in the blackthorn bushes, perhaps for the young buds. Nature Near London He played a lively tattoo with his blackthorn stick on the panels of the door. Visionaries All right, old man, but I'm thinking I'll add a bandanna handkerchief and a blackthorn. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life If a quarrel had taken place, and peace not made, then the angry swain would fix a branch of blackthorn in the place which otherwise should have held the May blossom. Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District Ten lengths behind, the mare comes up, well in hand, and slips through the bulfinch without a mistake—hardly with an effort—just at the only place where you can see daylight through the blackthorn. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' The blackthorn, the horse-chestnut, and the hawthorn came, and the meadows were golden with the buttercups. Nature Near London But presently he stopped at the entrance of a little "boreen," where a wrinkled, red-skirted dame was standing sentry, leaning on a stout blackthorn stick. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 Yet another black variety has a spine like a blackthorn at the end of the tail, and its bite is extremely deadly. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Thorneybush Gorse was a large eight-acre cover, formed partly of gorse and partly of stunted blackthorn, with here and there a sprinkling of Scotch firs. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Strange little brown birds—whitethroats and linnets perhaps, if the eye could only have followed them—flew in and out of the blackthorn hedges all day long. Sally Bishop A Romance How pleasant, too, to see the clear white flower of the blackthorn come out in the midst of the bitter easterly breezes! Nature Near London The blackthorn began to show a breaking of pale blossom upon its branches and the hawthorn to vie with it. Secret Bread They generally landed at the Clarence Dock, Liverpool, a wiry, hardy-looking lot, with frieze coats, corduroy breeches, clean white shirts with high collars, and blackthorn sticks. The Life Story of an Old Rebel Above all, he had marked some very promising-looking sticks—two blackthorns and a holly—to cut on his way home, and he was intent on not missing them. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Even the aid of the "blackthorn" was occasionally invoked as an effective instrument for securing correction or impressing conviction. The Young Priest's Keepsake In blackthorn the long-tailed tit builds the domed nest every one admires. Nature Near London Now, suddenly, he stopped still, and stood looking at the distant blackthorn hedge that made a dark network against the last gleam in the west. Secret Bread Here and there a blackthorn bush was in full flower, and filled Jessie with delight. The Story of Jessie And you a poet!—one horn broken off—or hid in the blackthorn hedge!— The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 In fact, she had in her hours of desolation become quite fond of the little old man with the blackthorn cane. Dorothy Dale's Camping Days Most likely he is a new-married man, with nothing but his wife's bed and bedding, his wedding-suit, and his blackthorn cudgel, which we may suppose him to keep in reserve for the bailiff. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The small dells about the farm were closely covered with blackthorn and holly, with an occasional oak shooting up from some little cliff, and towering sturdily over its lowly companions. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One He had scarcely done so when deep in the undergrowth of blackthorn a hound challenged. The Ship of Stars At the back was a rude stone, and the other walls were made up of branches of spruce and blackthorn. Jerusalem The wan film of the winter grasses had faded off the April green before the innings became noisy with bleating, and the new-born lambs could match their whiteness with the first flowering of the blackthorn. Joanna Godden There was a bit of rough, open land there that gave from the covert edge, with scattered brake-fern and a stream in the midst and a lot of blackthorn scrub round about. The Torch and Other Tales He was clad in a holiday suit of dark-green serge, which fitted him well, and carried a nosegay in one hand, and a stout blackthorn cudgel in the other. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Meanwhile," she said, looking softly at the fountain playing in the clear gloom beyond, "rest and grow weary again, for there flock more questions to my tongue than spines on the blackthorn. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance He was not one to put up patiently with this, so he would fire up, twirl his blackthorn round his head, and say, "By St. Patrick, you had better not say that again!" Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) Through coldness and through keenness, Dear hearts take comfort so: Somewhere or other doubtless These make the blackthorn blow. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration But a second glance showed me that something much more like murder than cudgel-play was going on; and shortening my Irish blackthorn, I rushed at breakneck speed down the hollow. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance The stubborn blackthorn wanders far and wide, the good craftsman burns not this timber; little though its bushes be, yet flocks of birds warble in them. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland Beneath and beyond, separated from her standpoint by grasslands and a hedge of hazel, tangled thickets of blackthorn, of bracken, and of briar sank to the valley bottom. Children of the Mist Among the shrubs are many evergreens, as Andromeda, and two extinct genera, Daphnogene and M'Clintockia, with fine leathery leaves, together with hazel, blackthorn, holly, logwood, and hawthorn. The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science A cold wind stirs the blackthorn To burgeon and to blow, Besprinkling half-green hedges With flakes and sprays of snow. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration The next moment the Italian opened his eyes and sat up, and had I not threatened him with my blackthorn would have sprung to his feet. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance The mound immediately beneath was grown over with thick blackthorn, a species of cover that gives great confidence to game. The Amateur Poacher He glanced to the right and left as he walked and gripped his heavy blackthorn stick firmly in his hand. A Tale of a Lonely Parish He held out a long stiff blackthorn spine, marking a full inch on its length with his thumbnail. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex This harmless yew; They told me my intent was to root up That well-grown yew, and plant i' the stead of it A wither'd blackthorn; and for that they vow'd To bury me alive. The White Devil Swinging his blackthorn stick, his lithe figure sprang forward over the ground, and it took a practised pair of legs to keep alongside of his voice. Yesterdays with Authors A kick or blow upon the bushes with a stick will not move anything in an old blackthorn thicket. The Amateur Poacher Mr. Juxon, in his absence of mind, had gone through the gate alone, swinging his blackthorn stick in his hand, Stamboul stalking at his heel in the gloom. A Tale of a Lonely Parish But as they trended towards the edge of the cliffs the barking grew louder, and was recognisably 'Dolph's; and so they came to a wide shelving amphitheatre of turf overgrown with furze and blackthorn. True Tilda The myriad midges performed their rites over the blackthorn and the oak, and blackthorn and oak looked as if changed into stone. A Tramp's Sketches His finger bled from a thorn, as once it had bled from a blackthorn spray. Love and Mr. Lewisham There was a round black sloe on the blackthorn beside me, the beautiful gloss, or bloom, on it made it look like a tiny plum. The Amateur Poacher On the blackthorn hang the purple sloeberries, like small damsons, luscious and covered with bloom. A Cotswold Village Hugo's immortal masterpiece has not yet recovered from this discovery—the thousandth ewe lamb is still blithely saltating over the blackthorn. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 We were like the flowers and the grass and the blackberry and blackthorn. A Tramp's Sketches He looked round, and there she was, her back to him, reaching after the spiky blossoming blackthorn that crested the opposite hedge. Love and Mr. Lewisham Some distance beyond the stunted oak the thick blackthorn hedge was succeeded by a continuous strip of withy-bed bordering the brook. The Amateur Poacher He wished to convert me into a passive tool, like the blackthorn in his hand. Tales of Terror and Mystery The fourth fence, a wattle, floor'd Monk and Bluebottle; The Drag came to grief at the blackthorn and ditch, The rails toppled over Redoubt and Red Rover, The lane stopped Lycurgus and Leicestershire Witch. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon He was dressed in his shirt and trousers, with his favourite blackthorn cudgel in his hand. The Return of Sherlock Holmes "Mr. Lewisham!" she said in feigned surprise, and stood away to give him room at the blackthorn. Love and Mr. Lewisham The blackthorn and pear trees were already in full blossom, and the elm, poplar and chestnut just bursting into leaf. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" He wore a long, thick travelling ulster, and I observed that he carried a heavy blackthorn cudgel in his hand. Tales of Terror and Mystery We, too, sprung from loins of the Ishmaelite stallions, We glory in daring that dies or prevails; From 'counter of squadrons, and crash of battalions, To rending of blackthorns, and rattle of rails. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon His two clenched hands were raised above his head, and a heavy blackthorn stick lay across them. The Return of Sherlock Holmes Higher up the lane," he said, descending triumphant and breathless, "there is blackthorn…. Love and Mr. Lewisham I hear the nightingale, That from the little blackthorn spinney steals To the old hazel hedge that skirts the vale, And still unseen sings sweet. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" Most of it is great bushes of blackthorn, hard as oak, with thorns like two-inch nails, and sharper. The Naturalist on the Thames And where suns peep, in every sheltered place, The little early buttercups unfold A glittering star or two—till many trace The edges of the blackthorn clumps in gold. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript I passed through vineyards from which the grapes had been gathered, then rose by broom and blackthorn to the level land. Two Summers in Guyenne "Show me," she said, though she knew this was the only place for blackthorn for a mile in either direction. Love and Mr. Lewisham The blackthorn and juniper bushes called to caution with a low, swishing noise; the troubled dust hid in the corn, where the young ears whispered to each other; the distant forests murmured. Selected Polish Tales The rest of the fence-stuff is whitethorn, nearly as ill to deal with as the blackthorn, and perhaps a few clumps of ash and wild rose. The Naturalist on the Thames Just outside it, above the low cliff, stood two men looking down into the water, seen dark green below through a tangle of brier and blackthorn and emerald foliage of budding elder. Lying Prophets He watched the young men taking off their coats, the young girls slipping off their cuffs and hanging them on the blackthorn bushes; then they took up their positions and the game began. Married She still carried the blackthorn from which most of the blossoms had fallen. Love and Mr. Lewisham There, against a background of blue haze, encircled by a network of blossoming blackthorn, shone forth the fairest vision mortal eye had beheld. Celtic Tales, Told to the Children The smell of the blackthorn would draw the hare to the spot, and he would move round and round nibbling the twigs until caught. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs He took a scrap of blackthorn bloom from his coat and held it out to her, but she shrank backward and he learned something. Lying Prophets She put the blackthorn in water and contemplated its whiteness with delight; but it had not occurred to her that she might herself, with a little trouble, be as sweet and fresh as its blossom. Gone to Earth "Look at those clouds," said Lewisham abruptly, remembering the remark he had been about to make and waving the white froth of blackthorn, "And look at the blue between them." Love and Mr. Lewisham The clouds are soft, rounded, and spring-like, and the white of the blackthorn is discernible here and there amidst the underwood. Pages from a Journal with Other Papers His success was due to his knowledge of the hare's taste for blackthorn twigs. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs The blackthorns' blooms were faded around her, the hawthorn was not yet powdered with white. Lying Prophets The blackthorn bloom began to faintly show the tiniest white studs, and the boys in great triumph brought in the first blue thrush's eggs. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies They threw branches of blackthorn bloom upon her coffin. Dawn Yes, you see, expecting some rather great people, I thought it well to stand an usher at the blackthorn door. Chantecler Play in Four Acts If I had so sweet a place, I would plant brambles, briers, blackthorn, furze, crataegus, every kind of spinous growth, inside my gates, and never let anybody lop them. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Him or her as first brings blackthorn in the house dies afore it blows again. Lying Prophets Keeping this order, they reached the next fence, Which was living plashed blackthorn with gorse-toppings dense; In the gloom of its darkness it loomed up immense. Right Royal Also blackthorn winter is supposed to bring fresh cold in spring, when the bushes almost look as if clothed by hoar-frost. John Keble's Parishes Among the blackthorn several tits are busy, searching about on the twigs, and pecking into the petals; calling loudly as they do so. The Life of the Fields The other voyager was a jovial Swede whose sole baggage consisted of an old musket, a blackthorn stick, and a barometer glass, tied up together. The Making of an American They blossomed forth like an old blackthorn which has nothing but thorns and a ragged bark. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories O Love, you silent wayfarer, How many years all unaware By blackthorn hedge, and spinney green With larch, I wandered, while unseen You in my shadow walked, nor made Even a whisper in the shade. Preludes 1921-1922 How badly it contrasts with the other trees and bushes that flourish on the downs—furze, juniper, holly, blackthorn, and hawthorn! Afoot in England Tall bushes—almost trees—of blackthorn are in full white flower; the dark, leafless boughs make it appear the whiter. The Life of the Fields My arms tightened about her, then I loosed her suddenly, and, turning, smote my clenched fist against a tree; which done, I stooped and picked up my hat and blackthorn staff. The Broad Highway Felix stepped back one pace and slipped his hand down the blackthorn. Felix O'Day In his walks he pried eagerly for the first violet, welcomed the earliest blackthorn blossom; every common flower of field and hedgerow gave him a new, keen pleasure. Born in Exile The hedge on either side was of hazel and dwarf oak, of hawthorn and blackthorn, all intertwined with giant brambles, and with briers which here and there met overhead. In the Year of Jubilee So that hawthorn and blackthorn, ash and willow, with their varied hues of green in spring, briar and bramble, with blackberries and hips later on, are still there as in the old, old time. The Life of the Fields They picked him up under a blackthorn bush when he was a baby, with nothing but a bit of an old plaid shawl round him.’ Friarswood Post Office This time it was the gray waistcoat, the well-ironed shirt and collar, English scarf, and the blackthorn stick which he carried balanced in the hollow of his arm. Felix O'Day Among the shrubs were many evergreens, as Andromeda, and two extinct genera, Daphnogene and M'Clintockia, with fine leathery leaves, together with hazel, blackthorn, holly, logwood, and hawthorn. The Student's Elements of Geology Father Cahill tightened his grasp on his blackthorn stick, and shaking it in the other's face, said: "Don't provoke the Man of God!" Peg O' My Heart The English people, for instance, freely indulged in infusions of Sage leaves, of leaves of the Wild Marjoram, the Sloe, or blackthorn, the currant, the Speedwell, and of Sassafras bark. Tea Leaves The pine forest had yielded to knolls of hardwood separated by swamp-holes of blackthorn. The Blazed Trail Proceeding towards Markton by the same bypath, they presently came to an eminence covered with bushes of blackthorn, and tufts of yellowing fern. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day He was answered by a blow from the blackthorn. Doctor Thorne It was a heavy blackthorn, with an iron ferrule and a silver weight set in the head; picked up—by my father at some Irish fair—a weapon in fact. The Sleuth of St. James's Square Her father used often to hunt them in out of the field with his blackthorn stick; but usually little Keogh used to keep nix and call out when he saw her father coming. Dubliners The pith is taken out of him with a hot iron, and a yard of white hazel is similarly treated, also a fair shoot of blackthorn or crabtree for a top. Introduction to the Compleat Angler Then, picking a stout blackthorn out of the hallstand, he strode down the drive and out into the road. Okewood of the Secret Service A very strange old man, hardy as a blackthorn, immense, bowed shoulders, the face of some old hawk of the mountains, hair white and plentiful as some old cardinal's. Messer Marco Polo Now the sprinkled blackthorn snow Lies along the lovers' lane Where last year we used to go - Where we shall not go again. Many Voices He selected a blackthorn, twirled it, saluted, and posed before the mirror. The Drums of Jeopardy The first snowy gleam upon the blackthorn did not escape me. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft The sloe, which is the blackthorn, comes still earlier and has fewer leaves. Penelope's Irish Experiences A flat and three-thorned blackthorn would lick the scholars out of Dublin town! The Playboy of the Western World |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。