| 单词 | waif |
| 例句 | “I think it’s that thing when a vampire creates an army of crazed sex waifs and starts his own ruling body,” he says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Kira remembered the power of the singing voice that she had heard, and marveled that it had come from this tiny, frightened waif of a thing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The other part was trickier, but the waif was there to help her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But instead the thin waif of a woman asks, “And where are you?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had smell and touch and taste to help her, but touch and taste could be perilous when grinding poisons, and with some of the waif’s more toxic concoctions even smell was less than safe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Okay,” Bloom said sweetly to the little waif sucking her thumb in the doorway, “it’s okay now.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Until darkness is as sweet to you as light,” the waif would say, “or until you ask us for your eyes. Ask and you shall see.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what to make of this smiling waif. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “In case you haven’t noticed, you waif, you are about to be hooked on the cowcatcher of that streetcar.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The waif fell in behind them as they were making their descent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only moments later, I was wearing a black dress and heels, and Harry had been transformed from a waif in baggy clothes to the smartly dressed boy prodigy that we knew him to be. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Telling one coin from another by touch alone was one of the first things the waif had taught her, after they took away her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most wretched waifs”—plop!—“in your circumstances would be sent away— Ouch!Percy, beloved, why are you kicking me? Have you mistaken me for a chair leg?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “To other eyes, your nose and jaw are broken,” said the waif. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The waif made no answer, but she could hear her slippers whispering over the stone floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All those prosperous, solid men out there would discover now that they had elected a ludicrous waif. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The little princesses who were mistaken for maids, and the long-lost children mistaken for waifs, became more real to me than our house, our mother, our school or Mr. Freeman. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could cover you with weeping sores,” the waif said, “but then innkeeps and taverners would chase you from their doors.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was a waif, an orphan, a runt, and six times as powerful as my brother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After three hours of wine and words, the priests took their leave ... all but the kindly man, the waif, and the one whose face bore the marks of plague. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the evening she played the lying game with the waif, but without eyes to see the game was very different. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She followed, with the waif on her heels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Besides her, the House of Black and White was home to two serving men, three acolytes, Umma the cook, and the two priests that she called the waif and the kindly man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the way that the unfortunate sometimes dislike the co-unfortunate, Baby Kochamma disliked the twins, for she considered them doomed, fatherless waifs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is none of your business, you waif. Why aren’t you in school? Kindly stop molesting me. Anyway, I have no change.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each night at supper the waif brought her a cup of milk and told her to drink it down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Wine will not help, and water will just fan the flames,” the waif told her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes all she had to go on was tone and choice of words; other times the waif allowed her to lay hands upon her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The eyes are large, as in painted waifs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to stay for another showing, but he remembered the waif. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could have my sex waifs deal with my emails.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Better than eyes, once you learn how to use it, the waif had told her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Seeing these three waifs in their cast-off state broke her heart a little. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He had blackmailed another ten dollars out of the urchin, also forcing the waif to watch the wagon while he spent the afternoon at Loew’s State watching a film about drag-racing teenagers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way some waif of a girl could survive months on her own in this brutal world. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Remember those? Used to come through a while ago with all those homeless waifs? I went to the Grange Hall in Albans once to see ’em. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “The pathetic little waif is Talented, did you know that?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We looked again at our grandchild who was part of ourselves, and at the poor little waif who lay quietly now on the rag-heap, and we said farewell. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The waif had shaved her head for her when they took her eyes; a mummer’s cut, she called it, since many mummers did the same so their wigs might fit them better. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Bran walked through a crowd of waifs without being seen—that is until the White Walkers spotted him. Everything We Know About the White Walkers on 'Game of Thrones' 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Ever since, his meditative stories about society’s waifs and strays have blurred the line between mainstream movies and arthouse cinema. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I shy away from sex in my films. It makes me nervous’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Even her name is an invention: she added “Mary,” she said, partly because it suggested to her a school waif being rapped on the knuckles by a scolding nun. Up Close: Andrea Mary Marshall, Photographer and Shape-Shifter Pursuing the Unsavory 2013-01-02T21:18:56Z Built like a waif and not so tough on the inside either, it turned out. Train wreck: Healing for two and parenting with PTSD 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z He transforms his fake of a fake into a trippy evocation of introspective reverie, fusing the original dark figure with a spectral waif based on a photo of a Pina Bausch dancer. Artist of the week 190: Dirk Bell 2012-05-17T13:16:53Z They prefer boyish waif bodies or a tolerable B-cup — largely on the grounds that the clothes hang better. Fashion Review: Reviews of McQueen, Ala?a, Herm?s, Vuitton, Miu Miu and Valentino 2010-03-11T23:19:00Z The Ground Self-Defense Force uses an incongruous mix of doe-eyed anime waifs and camouflaged soldiers for its recruitment posters. Japan's Cute Army 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z This wiry aging waif feels more vulnerable than the screen Annie did, partly because she lacks Ms. Bates’s imposing physical solidity. Review: In ‘Misery,’ With Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, the Ghost of Productions Past 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Walter Keane's paintings of waifs with big tearful eyes were frowned on by art critics, but their huge popular success made him a fortune. Tim Burton fixes sights on Big Eyes 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z In one section a healthy-looking woman walks past two pitiful waifs with apparent indifference, and then she does so again. 2010-02-13T00:15:00Z They acquire Augusta, an ugly waif; kill her father; and burn down his house; Lester goes on to ponder the filmic possibilities of crucifying her. Books of The Times: David Means Colors His Stories Dark in ?The Spot? 2010-06-29T22:00:00Z And maybe, after years of waifs on Prada runways, this was a signal from the forceful designer that not just the bust, but also maturity, is back in fashion. Special Report: The Charm of the Bourgeoisie 2010-02-26T10:45:00Z Ms. Patek, a waif in a short black dress, seems to drift aimlessly from her point, but there’s nothing careless about her. Dance Review: Rebecca Patek’s ‘Real Eyes’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-06-03T21:19:26Z At 7, before the families emigrated, little Vera was a pale, skinny waif. ‘A Replacement Life,’ by Boris Fishman 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Whereas Arya, a tiny scruffy waif chasing cats and laughed off by men larger than she, killed several of those tormentors with her own hands before being fully trained to hunt more dangerous game. A "Game of Thrones" shout out to the last ladies standing 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z “And Pulitzer was once an impoverished waif himself.” Disney?s ?Newsies the Musical? Comes to Broadway 2012-03-02T18:00:09Z She is a philosopher of love, a comedian, a heartbroken waif and an artist beyond her years. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Many of the comeback characters this season were never part of the anonymous 1990s waif wave. At Fashion Week, Comeback Queens Rule the Catwalks 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z It's not entirely surprising that the image of a bald, white-clad waif would be so indelible in the public mind. Sinead O'Connor's latest shocker: Not being 20 anymore 2011-08-10T18:59:00Z From the bones of her life she finds the rich marrow of stories that she feeds to the waifs and strays who come her way. This week's new theatre 2011-03-12T00:07:43Z And that is how the waif was born. Unforgettable Moments 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Two portions of grapes is 28 grapes, which I count out one by one like some sort of shivering Victorian waif. The 10-a-day diet tested: 'I feel like a sentient composter' 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z I never look at it without thinking of that sweet scruffy waif. The Celebrity Interviews of Yesteryear 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Parker, playing a souped-up version of her trademark crazy-eyed waif, reprises her role as Georgie Burns, a character whose lack of a filter suggests a personality disorder in search of a diagnosis. Love, trickery and the drama of uncertainty: It's 'Heisenberg' at the Taper 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z There were some who insisted that domestic service guaranteed moral order, just as in Edwardian times charitable foundations such as Barnardo's saved the souls of city waifs by sending them into service. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z “I painted the waifs of the world,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle in 1991, a claim he would continue to make until his death nine years later. At 87, ‘Big Eyes’ artist Margaret Keane gets her Hollywood break 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z We’ve gone through many phases — the Belgians, the waifs, the Brazilians, the Russians. Anna Sui, Fashion’s Favorite Daughter, Gets Her Day in the Sun 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z When asked about her childhood, Monroe would frequently refer to herself as a "waif" rather than an orphan. The 6 most heartbreaking Marilyn Monroe moments from Netflix’s “The Unheard Tapes" documentary 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The big boys — or at least the more muscular ones — have returned to the spotlight to challenge the waifs. Waif vs. Adonis: Fashion week sets up a great manliness debate From the beginning, Apple was marketed a certain way: as a waif, young and weak. Fiona Apple: “Rings of Power” warrior woman 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Q. “Heroin chic” or grunge seems particularly to revolve around youth — all those waif models lazing about. On the Runway Blog: ‘Heroin Chic’ Beauty for the Office? 2013-08-26T21:00:16Z This fragile, shattering waif of a sandwich was incredible. | Music to Your Mouth 2011-01-18T18:30:17Z In an era of grunge and supermodel waifs, her aesthetic wasn’t in demand. Grace Jones has been a star for 40 years, and there’s still no one quite like her 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z A charming, canny waif, of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, Basquiat was driven by a craving for the fame and fortune that eventually consumed him. The Week Ahead: Dec. 19 ? 25 2010-12-16T15:14:51Z Neurotic, erotic and dangerous, Karen brings to mind the kooky princess waifs once played onstage by Julie Harris and on film by Tuesday Weld. Theater Review: David Rabe?s ?Early History of Fire,? at the Acorn Theater 2012-05-01T02:00:00Z Both these remarkable and strikingly youthful dancers are examples of the ballerina as waif. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Sleeping Beauty,? 2 Auroras at the Met 2010-06-20T22:57:00Z In the German songs by Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss, the transparent top range of Piau’s voice was beautifully suited to incarnate every sort of elf, naiad, night spirit, and lost waif possible. French soprano Sandrine Piau makes stunning D.C. debut 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z And it was: the tale of the abandoned waif taken in by the fairy godmother who happens to be a famous author. Jenny Diski’s Way of Seeing Beyond the Story 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z At first, the startlingly tiny frame of Ms. Lovette, a saucer-eyed waif in a cropped black wig, accentuates her vulnerability. From City Ballet, ‘Hear the Dance: Russia’ 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Consider the tubercular waifs of Puccini’s “La Bohème” burning manuscripts to stay warm in their Paris garrets. How artists became capitalist 'foot soldiers' in the gentrification wars: Case study, Boyle Heights 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z For much of their marriage, Margaret hid from the public, painting in isolation, as Walter crafted a false history of how he had birthed the “waifs.” At 87, ‘Big Eyes’ artist Margaret Keane gets her Hollywood break 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z “This other little guy who was a waif–man child,” Hal tells his wife. Breaking Bad‘s Brilliant Alternate Ending 2013-11-17T16:24:57Z A cluster of schoolboys, waifs and streetwise teenagers threatened to strike if the price for The Journal and The World didn’t return to a nickel for 10. Disney?s ?Newsies the Musical? Comes to Broadway 2012-03-02T18:00:09Z Broke, his reputation in tatters, Mr. Keane continued until his death in 2000 to insist that he had painted all the waif pictures. Margaret Keane, Painter of Sad-Eyed Waifs, Dies at 94 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The current controversy about models' weight actually goes back to the early '90s and the days of Kate Moss, her waif body and a look dubbed "heroin chic." Model shift: Could older be the new black? 2010-04-14T20:35:00Z Now, the industry looks significantly different from the days of clone-like waifs, golden-haired muses and magazine mastheads that read like the Social Register. Perspective | Fashion is finally figuring out diversity — in ways that actually matter 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z It was made in the Czech Republic, and except for Barney Clark's Oliver the faces of its waifs are inimitably Slavic, abraded by ancestral despair. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z Hairdressers with ideas above their stations; dreary waifs wilting in garrets; talking statues; battlement suicides; to say nothing of the one with the Viking hats. Anna Nicole: Kiss goodbye to those Viking hats 2011-02-14T22:00:00Z For me it was about a level of empathy that grief invokes in Hobie, because he too is grieving when he receives this strange waif on his doorstep. Jeffrey Wright on ‘The Goldfinch,’ ‘Westworld’ and James Bond 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The typical TV dream of New York is a high fashion costume fantasy where even the struggling waifs have good cheekbones. What "Broad City" gives us: Celebrating the safe space of Abbi and Ilana before it's gone 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Rather than following the adventures of a twinkle-eyed waif, "Micmacs" is a story of revenge, albeit one utterly bereft of malice. The relentless whimsy of "Micmacs" 2010-05-28T00:20:00Z Photograph: Shane McCauley A kind of care home for waifs and strays, alternative country rock is a place where you'll never get thrown out for being too weird, too drunk or too hairy. This week's new live music 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z A waif herself, Modesty had joined a small criminal gang in Tangiers that she later took over, turning it into an international crime syndicate known as the Network. Peter O'Donnell obituary 2010-05-05T18:09:00Z The ingrained perception of Cobain as an unambitious, helpless waif overpowered by Ms. Love was “shattered,” Mr. Morgen continued. With ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,’ Brett Morgen Demythologizes a Legend 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z In another image, two waifs explore a dark grove with the aid of a flashlight, their eyes wide with fear. The Lovely, Menacing Girls of Justine Kurland 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z She's a waif, waiting to be saved, and loved, and protected. Dangers of dating in the Tinder age: “If you called someone you’d probably get labeled a psyc... 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z A cute French waif who rides a bicycle through idyllic rural France. The Hundred-Foot Journey first look review – romance on the menu 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z She is a waif, silent and oddly detached, that no one quite knows what to do with. A powerful faith 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z And plenty who were captivated by the timeworn image of the pretty, convent-educated waif in lace and velvet plucked from the shops of King’s Road. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z She is reedlike, wavering and tremulous — a waif forever on the verge of a nervous breakdown — and she mostly inspires our protective instincts. Review: In David Hare’s ‘Plenty,’ Time Takes the Edge Off a Femme Fatale 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Her journey from self-expression to self-deception, from wide-eyed American waif to the wife of a cruel boor, is excruciating to behold. Esi Edugyan's top 10 tales of Americans in Europe 2011-07-13T10:59:07Z Lily Elsie was an unhappy British waif, most famous for playing the heroine in the operetta “The Merry Widow.” Antiques: New Auctioneers Take Over for Tepper; Long-Ago Spokesmodels 2012-01-19T22:49:43Z Her house was full of what she would call “waifs and strays”, but could probably be more accurately described as “other people’s cats”. Claws out! Why cats are causing chaos and controversy across Britain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Her most famous role was as Patsy, the waif Mr. Crosby befriends in the 1936 musical “Pennies From Heaven.” Edith Fellows, a 1930s Child Star Trailed by Dickensian Woes, Dies at 88 2011-07-03T00:58:59Z A tourism app that evokes slums, starveling waifs, child labor, pickpockets, brutal jails and gallows might not be everyone’s idea of a good way to promote their city’s past. ArtsBeat Blog: An App to Take You Deep Into Dickens's London 2011-12-09T17:47:01Z They were aided by the townspeople, some bemused, some concerned, but all of them generously helping the thousands of ill-prepared, trusting waifs who passed by, smiling and flashing the ubiquitous peace sign. Reliving Woodstock 1969, in photographs 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Ostensibly still a teenager when he started publishing his stories, JT Leroy appeared in public as a soft-spoken waif in a blond wig, dark glasses and baggy, androgynous clothes. Review: ‘Author: The JT Leroy Story’ Renders a Literary Charlatan 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z In choosing the women she would represent, Ford was not terribly keen on eccentric looks, waif bodies or curvaceous figures. Eileen Ford and Ford Models helped define what American beauty looked like As embodied by the magnetic Ms. Ramos, Win is a sharp and resourceful waif, and it is hard to tell who is getting played in her deal with Thom. Review: ‘Frontières Sans Frontières,’ Where Poverty Is Photogenic 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z This is a Belgian film about working class reality, not romanticised Hollywood trash about the angst of poor little middle class waifs. 'Stand by Me prepared me for reality': readers' favourite coming of age films 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z But she is considerably more resourceful and less passive than Dickens’s winsome waif. London Theater Journal: Firebrands 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z No strutting waif, she has a sturdier build, one which would believably allow her, in Musker’s words, “to hold her own in the demands of this physical environment.” How Disney's Positioning Moana as the Ultimate Anti-Princess 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The abduction became a press sensation, and hundreds of waifs were shown to Christian with the hope that in one he might recognize his son. Books of The Times: Crunch the Numbers; Solve a Famous Murder 2011-06-02T21:24:11Z But the starlet in question was no blushing waif. Rebel Wilson Goes From ‘Fat Amy’ to Fashion Brand 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z It made me look like a street waif, and caused my mother to hide her eyes every time I ventured out the door in it. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z In person she comes across as the opposite of a waif — full blooded and alive — and dances pretty much in the same luscious way. 2010-01-29T19:29:00Z “I hate to use the word waif, but what else can you call all these skinny young hairless guys?” From Boys to Men 2010-10-15T20:55:00Z She no longer needs the rags-to-riches waif, which she also had a huge hand in creating, to help put her across. America’s original California girl 2012-08-06T20:33:00Z Greenson decided at this point that Marilyn was at base an adolescent waif who acted irresponsibly, sulking or throwing tantrums when crossed. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z “But in the person of Miss Hepburn, she is a genuinely charming, elfin waif who will be believed and adored when seen.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Frequency’ and ‘Designated Survivor’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Among the waifs and strays have been glimpses of real talent, with shadow dance troupe Attraction making the judges gasp with amusement. TV highlights 27/05/2013 2013-05-27T05:59:01Z He earned millions of dollars a year from works that depicted unnamed waifs. Created by Hand: Lock, Stock and Barrel 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The early ’90s announced a more stripped-down view of fashion — call it grunge, if you like — and the waif Kate fit the bill as she inspired an industry. On the Runway: Gathering Photos of Kate Moss 2011-05-13T16:34:21Z It's not like I'm a flimsy waif who gets bumped around. Disclosure: how the Lawrence brothers are rebooting dance culture 2013-05-18T05:00:00Z And in the “Heroin 90s,” Cooper says, women began focusing more on the “waif” and androgynous aesthetic. Instagram blogger photoshops body to reflect the 'perfect female' over the decades 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z They are no longer naive waifs straight out of drama school, desperate for a credit. Is it time to restrict nude scenes to the over 50s? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z “She was not just a little waif blowing in the wind,” Judge Jackson said. Woman Who Stormed Pelosi’s Office on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced to Three Years 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z She and other characters, like the inimitable Bertie — who makes a “special brew” in high demand — are not waifs of the frontier. Looking for a feminist horror western? Novelist Victor LaValle is your (highly evolved) man 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z “She’s not some little waif blowing in the wind,” Jackson said. Woman described as ‘among the worst’ Jan. 6 rioters gets 3-year sentence 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z But by age 12, she found herself worrying that she wasn’t quite the physical ideal espoused by the school’s late founder, George Balanchine: a half-starved waif. Review | Ballet begins with a dream. Too often, it turns into a nightmare. 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z I think flappers and waifs could feel the impending doom. It’s a good time to pull your hair out 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z One might wonder whether the fictional narrative of the beleaguered waif in a judgmental small town is Owens’s way of addressing something in her own past. Review | ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’: ‘Blue Lagoon’ meets ‘Murder, She Wrote’ 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z She was later vindicated during a courtroom paint-off, when — after suing her ex-husband for libel — she made one of her signature sad-eyed waif pictures for a jury, executing the painting in under an hour. Margaret Keane, a painter who was all about the eyes, dies at 94 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Humans have long marveled at such exotic stragglers — which experts also refer to as waifs, rarities, extralimitals, casuals and accidentals — and what they suggest about the biological importance of wandering. These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Many people first knew Apple as the teenage waif contorted into dark corners in the video for 1997’s Criminal. The 50 best albums of 2020, No 1: Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Roberts’ Sloane is a chain-smoking, candy-scarfing waif who is meant to look slouchy and unkempt but always just looks like a gorgeous woman with perfect makeup who is simply wearing a hoodie. Review: A rom-com gone wrong in Netflix’s ‘Holidate’ 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z A carnival brute mistreats his witless waif assistant, who meets a friendly aerialist. Movies on TV this week: 'Psycho'; 'Lawrence of Arabia' and more 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z In interviews and appearances on programs like “The Tonight Show,” her husband claimed that he had started painting big-eyed waifs after visiting Berlin in 1946, when he encountered starving children fighting for scraps of food. Margaret Keane, a painter who was all about the eyes, dies at 94 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “The music industry attracts waifs and strays, people who maybe struggle with the basic stuff,” is how Tomashevski puts it. 'He was a groundbreaker and a visionary': music writer Dele Fadele remembered 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Dickens’ London waif is pressed into Fagin’s street gang led by bully Bill Sikes and the Artful Dodger. Movies on TV this week: 'Dances with Wolves' on Encore 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z “For years, historians thought these More children were waifs and strays plucked from the streets of London to be used as servants in America,” says Mike Brogden, spokesman for the group. Richard More: the Shropshire outcast who sailed to riches on the Mayflower 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z It’s also, in Moore’s assessment, “a great place for all kinds of strays and waifs like myself.” Can birds help connect North Korea to the world? 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Then there’s the small problem of what H.J.’s penchant for waifs in “little girl frocks” led to the last time he indulged and discarded: his conquest’s most unpleasant suicide. Review: ‘Quartet’ retains its elegant, honest sordidness 38 years later 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z I’m an only child, always surrounded by adults singing and dancing; my dad was a director, my mum an actress and they’d bring in all these waifs and strays for the day. My perfect Christmas music playlist, by Jarvis Cocker, Tony Bennett, Sarah Cracknell, Mabel, Natalie Prass and John Grant 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z But when he starts to read the stories of children who need a parent — and sees photo after photo of cute waifs — he melts. Review | Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne’s ‘Instant Family’? A slow-cooker is more like it. 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Her gigantic velvet sofa hosted just about every broken-hearted, temporarily homeless waif and stray that crossed her path. Why many mums are better than one 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z She represented a new kind of starlet—less traditional ingénue than waif, carried by the winds. ‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ a Disquieting Masterpiece, Turns 50 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Red Sun spent the day at the waifs home, which was located near the intersection of Conti Street and City Park Avenue. The tragic life of a comic figure in Louis Armstrong’s book 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z “I remember the last time I saw Shulie. I was working on Against Our Will, and I had gone across the street to this health food bar, and there was this little waif standing there. ‘ US feminist Susan Brownmiller on why her groundbreaking book on rape is still relevant 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z "So periodically one will show up in New Zealand, one will show up in California. What we're talking about is the appearance of an occasional waif," Lillywhite says. Venomous Sea Snake Found Off California—How'd It Get There? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Without wishing to objectify him, a short-arsed waif with bug eyes, buck teeth and jheri curl had no business looking so cute and playing so cruel. Golden Goal: Ronaldinho for Barcelona v Chelsea (2005) | Daniel Harris 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z And a beautifully loose Griffiths, whose waif sees in the darkness a glimpse of beauty that he wistfully tries to emulate, lets us see a momentary transformation, and a heartbreaking slipping-back. Review: From ‘Psycho’ to an afternoon ball, ‘Her Story’ at PNB ranges from chilling to unexpectedly moving 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The Times’s coverage of his death described him as having lived a “precarious life” and said that he had become a “waif” and “a ragged derelict, uncertain of a night’s lodging or a day’s food.” Over a Century Later, an Irish Painter’s Brooklyn Renaissance 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z These photos capture the years before the supermodels exploded, before the waifs turned a size zero into the standard and diversity drained from the runway. Perspective | Before Fashion Week became global 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z That brought with it the inevitable interest of other local waifs and strays. Our cat in Havana - BBC News 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Foetid and pestilential, this wasteland has long been a haven for the waifs of Kenya’s fifth city, the country’s highland capital and long-distance running heartland. Revealed: how raid by Kenyan police drove street children to their deaths 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z It outlasted Gibson girls, flappers, hippies, disco queens, waifs and grunge rockers. Saks Jandel, a legendary Washington boutique, will close after 128 years 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Fit and fat at more than 15 pounds, he’s a different animal from the waif washed up on Rialto beach Aug. 1. ‘One last swim in Seattle!’ It’s moving day for Rialto, the adorable baby sea otter 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Fast, sleek and feisty, Rialto the baby sea otter is transformed from the lost waif near death rescued just six weeks ago. Things are going swimmingly for Rialto the rescued sea otter 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The problem was my father and his waif had run out of money. Facing my fear: how I overcame my terror of abandonment and fell in love | Eleanor Scott 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z How had I not been into music's purple waif genius? What did Prince mean to you? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z I was four years on the dole, an anorexic waif suffering from regular respiratory infections and beleaguered by an abusive boyfriend. Viewpoint: How we learn to believe in ourselves - BBC News 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Liverpool’s waifs and strays flirted with defeat in that one, but that was about right seeing they were facing resolute and spirited League Two opponents; an actual team. Liverpool 3-0 Exeter City: FA Cup third-round replay – as it happened 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z She was pale and fine-boned, with the huge eyes of a waif. Nabokov’s Silent Partner 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z My father and his waif had run out of money. Facing my fear: how I overcame my terror of abandonment and fell in love | Eleanor Scott 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Female teens’ choices lack an overachiever; they vary from the romantic waif whose wall placard reads “Live Your Dream” to the angelic rocker—“All Good Things Are Wild and Free.” Restoration Hardware Makes a Play for Teens 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z She was a waif in a world of Top Gun, hair metal and the supermodels who bestrode the Earth when she first became famous. Welcome back Winona – the exotic outsider all 1990s girls wanted to be | Bidisha 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Liverpool’s waifs and strays flirted with defeat in that one, but that was about right seeing they were facing resolute and spirited League Two opponents; an actual team. Liverpool 3-0 Exeter City: FA Cup third-round replay – as it happened 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Still not any animal you would want to run into in a dark Cretaceous alley but a waif compared with T. rex. Rise of the Tyrannosaurs 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Men who are backwoodsman above the waist, and dainty-mankled waifs below it, appear confused and precariously balanced. A Point of View: Why don't men's trousers cover their ankles any more? 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z It used to be that people wanted to be these skinny little waifs. Fitness expert Jennifer Cohen swaps 'skinny' ideal for stronger one 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z At first Bachal and her three cousins taught local waifs in her cramped living room. Quick Study 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The judge, after endless showboating from Walter, decides to give each spouse an hour to produce a big-eyed waif. Review: True story eye-poppingly told in Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z He discovered that the big-eyed waifs she liked to paint sold well. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Selma,’ ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘Unbroken’ and ‘Annie’ 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Anyone who attended a suburban middle school two decades ago or so will recall Abercrombie’s mall stores, decorated with enormous photographs of some guy’s abs and staffed, exclusively, it seemed, by blonde, stone-faced waifs. Abercrombie & Fitch Knows It’s Not Cool Anymore 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Height and a willowy build remain paramount, though Ford was disdainful of the "waif" look — typified by British model Kate Moss — popular in the early 1990s. Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Model Agency, dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Today, height and a willowy build remain paramount, though Ford was disdainful of the “waif” look - typified by British model Kate Moss - that swept the industry in the early 1990s. Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Model Agency, dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z You’ve likely seen the images, even if you have no idea who painted them: Those waifs with the huge, saucer-like eyes, appearing in oil paintings, posters, postcards, refrigerator magnets. Review: True story eye-poppingly told in Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z You’d have homeless waifs following, begging at the wheels of gilded carriages driving on Fifth Avenue and you’d have the carriages run over poor people who happened to be standing in the street. Our sad “Mad Men” revolution: How consumerism co-opted rebellion 2014-05-04T11:00:00Z Fringe right parties do tend to collect a number of waifs and strays... Ken Clarke brands UKIP 'clowns' 2013-04-28T11:53:40Z Ms. Brown is a waif with "tiny wrists, tiny voice," always breaking into tears and coming to odds with corporate grown-ups. City Room: Big City Book Club: Discussing Nora Ephron 2012-08-22T18:00:21Z As eight-year-old post-colonial waifs, my twin brother and I glared at the guards flanking the crown’s case and asked for it back. After the Jubilee: Time to Hand Over the Diamond 2012-06-06T19:35:28Z "It's a disgrace to the town, importing such waifs and strays." Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z So the short story of this little forsaken waif ended in a sad tragedy, and my husband undertook the dismal duty of committing its body to the deep waters of the river. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Northcote says he would often hear the voice of a little waif, worn with sitting, say plaintively, "Sir,—sir,—I'm tired!" Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z There is another class of training-ships, which owe their existence to benevolence, and deserve every encouragement—those for rescuing our street waifs from the treadmill and prison. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z In this precarious condition the ship lay from Thursday to Sunday evening, a waif upon the ocean. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Froude is a waif of that marvellous Oxford movement which began some forty years ago, and of which the strange, diversely operating influence still radiates through English thought and society. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z That the Lord is very gracious to sinners, we all rejoice to believe, for that is the Evangel of Jesus, and He Himself was found practising it even among the waifs and outcasts of society. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z Presently the little waif slept again, and Mary Audley began to make ready for bed. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Deep learned are the poor in many ways, Their hearts are mellowed by sweet human pain, And she has learned the lesson of the waifs, This sadly-ravaged, stern, soul-moving Spain! Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z His thoughts were running on the two little waifs that he had escorted to their grandmother, and not only on them and Dame Martha, but on kind Ysenda. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z He was a Prussian—a waif of the Berlin rising of 1848. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z An inquisition of 1275 shows that the bishop had then, besides the return of writs, the assize of bread and ale and waifs and strays in the soke. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z If a philosopher that way had come, He would have seized the waif with great delight, And honored it as an aerolite. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Brambles wander across the grass, Vines creep over the broken wall, Bindweeds blossom, and here and there Stands a waif of the forest tall. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Strange to say, it was through this lone waif whom Ralph had so befriended that the young railroader was led to know a certain Farwell Gibson. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z And Ralph gave a rapid description of the county farm waif. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z The fact of the matter was they had already taken a great fancy to the waif, and like Lub none of them wanted to see him depart. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z It was strange and ludicrous, the affection between these waifs of the wilderness; what Mount did the Weasel imitated most scrupulously, drinking whatever his companion drank, swaggering when he swaggered, singing whatever catch Mount sang. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Following a frequent, quiet pastime of mine, of tracing the pedigree of such vagrant waifs of thought, I fell to pondering what could have summoned my unbidden friend, and I soon discovered. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z PEORIA, Ariz. — At first, the big buzz in Mariners camp was all about how Franklin Gutierrez looked — fit and muscular, a far cry from the waif wearing his uniform last season. Healthier Franklin Gutierrez hopes to return to better days on field 2012-02-23T04:29:04Z The kind-hearted man who found the poor waif took it home, and cared for it as if it had been his own dead. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z One fiery eye this feline wore— A waif he was of low degree— No gaudy dress Did he possess, Nor yet a handsome cat was he. The Hollow Tree Snowed-in Book being a continuation of the stories about the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods people 2012-02-17T03:00:28.247Z What are we to do with all the waifs and strays? The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z To leave her a helpless waif on this whirlpool of black wickedness was out of the question. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z She took the waif and held it lovingly to her breast and made the child her own. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z "I" stands for a poor waif that wears torn clothes, and when he sits in school by the side of well-dressed children is looked at askance and put to shame. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Stray′er, one who strays, a wanderer; Stray′ling, a little waif or stray. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z "There should be a fellow-feeling between us, Mr. Buckler," she said after a pause; "for we are both strangers to London, waifs thrown together for an hour." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The singing of the children, a band of rescued waifs, moved me to tears. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Some generous, philanthropic man or woman gave a life to establish a "home," it may be, for aged women, for orphans, for the waifs of the pavements. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z True, only a newsboy, a waif from the streets of the great city. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z How wonderful to have found the poor little waif right in Nora’s own attic! The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z “If he doesn’t disappear, as that other waif did,” smiled Clay. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z Surely, between us, we can do something for this poor little waif and stray. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z I think every hospital, every asylum, every home for waifs and orphans should be supported by taxation, not by charity; should be under the care and control of the State absolutely. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Every time some poor little waif like this is born into our midst, we feel the strain of old prephalansteric emotions and fallacies of feeling dragging us steadily and cruelly down. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Like a frightened animal the waif sped across the field and dodged into the next clump of shrubbery. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z Both the man and the waif had disappeared when the officers had come on board. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z "Take Baba home," the baby voice wailed again, and as the fog rolled back a little more, Christina saw that the child was no street waif, but obviously the daintily-clad darling of some great house. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z This child, some nameless waif from one of the charity hospitals, bore a haunting, ghastly resemblance to the little captive of the Tower. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z Under this same roof the irrepressible and cheerful waif, Dennis Hanks*—whose name will be frequently seen in these pages—also found a shelter. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z The island where the waif from Mott street cast anchor is called Randall’s Island, and there its stay ends, or begins. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z And if you come across that waif again, just feed him, and warm him, and clothe him, and pass him on to wherever he wants to go. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z You know she was rather a waif and stray, when I first engaged her as Baba's nurse. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z The waif, the beggar, from the market-place of Valencia, was entertaining Royalty. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z He felt like a tenement waif patronized for a moment on a whim, and likely to be tossed back to his poverty at any moment. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z She was a woman after all, and, poor, wild waif of the jungles, hers was no sin and no wrong. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z “And I have a notion that we’ll run across that waif again,” Case said. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z So still and silent was she that she might have been one of the leather cushions instead of a human waif. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z The Valencia waif and the handsome Irish girl came to an understanding behind the cooper's back. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The famished aristocracy hovered about the kitchen porch like waifs, pleading for the privilege of assisting. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z “Ah!” sighed the poor waif in front of me. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z The cub pranced around the little waif as if he had found a friend from whom he had long been parted. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z Dorama felt like a drowning waif who had abandoned hope, and to whom was suddenly held out a friendly hand. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Some declared that he was the son of a butcher at Seville; others said that in his youth he had been a waif on the beach at Malaga. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The slum-bred waif had no idea that any world could be like this. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z “No, no, no,” sighed Zulina, “I am but a homeless waif and stray, and my fate, I fear, will be to die in the street, or be torn to pieces by dogs.” Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z “We also have with us,” he continued, “Chester Vinton, the waif who was rescued from a barren island in the Mississippi with a hundred thousand dollars’ worth of diamonds in his possession! The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z Here was in truth a waif—a lost one—mercifully removed from further sorrow, but had there been no wreck, how short would her life have seemed, how sad its early close. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The vast majority are not frightened and abused waifs; rather, most spend a few hours a day tending crops, shining shoes, wheeling loads through markets or assisting in carpentry shops. Latin America: Can Child Labor Be a Good Thing? 2011-11-16T09:50:00Z And Mr. Hendren fairly hypnotized the poor waif in father's trousers cut down with the large and rolling eye of an accepted candidate for the honorary treasurership of the Ancient Order of Hedgehogs. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Well, I stayed for some months in Melbourne, just a waif and a stray, you know, begging my bread from door to door. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z After breakfast the waif was rigged out with a suit of Alex.’s clothes. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z Dr. Barnardo, who opened a home for the little waifs and strays of the East End of London, is not inferior to St. Vincent de Paul who adopted and brought up forsaken children. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z In the providence of God the Fifth and Walnut-street church established the Holcombe Mission near where I lived, and among other waifs picked up on the street and taken to the Sunday-school were my children. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z Again he was a helpless waif of the streets seated opposite Jack the Ripper. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2/- "There is real pathos in this story, telling how a poor little waif is protected from evil by the recollection of a lost mother's teaching." Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z At that time the big fellow had been pleading for the safety of a waif who had come on board the Rambler! The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z None could resist the charm of his help to the poor and the lowly, to the waifs of misfortune. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z When the message had been forwarded to Mrs. Perry, telling her of the unexpected finding of her wandering boy, the three chums told the waif their reason for being in New York. Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City 2011-10-11T02:01:05.260Z Let Time shake out my dribbling sand; Who would not die to see The eternal treasures of a land Whose glories shine above a strand With waifs and strays like thee! A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z Once more the lads resumed their work of hauling up the cradle, till nearly the whole of the streaming, weed-covered hull—a forlorn waif from the sea—was visible. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z By its agency the forlorn little waifs of the streets are provided with home and friends, religious and secular instruction, and employment whenever necessary or advisable. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Henceforth it is a waif on the ocean of the world. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Some few waifs and vagrants—acute and greedy of gain—were making good trade with small wooden benches, which they sold at threepence the piece to those who desired a better view. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z First comes that used green Explorer, owned by Justina Cardoso, 21, a waif of a stripper at some of Providence’s lesser establishments. This Land: In Hurricane?s Ebb, a Storm Begins for Police Chief 2011-09-20T16:50:08Z Nay, Rose-Locks, calm thy heart; I did but tease Thy mothering this lost child, kings' waif and surplus. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Others have called Sozzani a hypocrite for selectively championing the fuller figure while pouting waifs remain the stock-in-trade of Vogue Italia and fashion magazines everywhere. Franca Sozzani: The Rebel Behind 'Vogue Italia' 2011-09-16T09:00:00Z This is a story of the regeneration of a little street waif. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z No matter what colour your parent cats are, you will occasionally find waifs and strays in a litter that you will wonder to find of a different colour. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z We must, however, by careful and impartial investigation, acquire the right to our belief, whatever it may be, and not float like a mere waif into the nearest haven. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Passion, like duty, has its pride; and even we waifs, as gypsies, have our point of honour. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Colorado was once a waif; a child without parentage; no older brothers and sisters wanting it about; an outcast, unclaimed, lonely, wretched and friendless. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z The hero is a nameless waif, sole survivor from the wreck of the ship Martin. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z There is no getting rid of a cat when it once concludes to board itself upon you, and this little waif soon established herself for good at Ashburnham House. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Numbers of London waifs and strays have been rescued from idleness and crime. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z I had meant to say that being a waif myself, pure gutter-bred, I have known, though young, more Magdalens than you, my Lord. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z One of my duties was to awaken these poor, little waif children for Mass at five thirty in the morning. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z Even at 33 he seems determined to occupy the crease, leaving the forlorn Iberian waif stranded at the non-striker's end. Chelsea Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011-08-07T23:05:37Z This he navigated with the aid of a lad of fourteen, a waif, whose mother, a tramp, had died by the roadside one bitter cold night four years before. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z These waifs must be cast on the waters, like all other similar ventures. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Long into the night they sat, admiring the lovely waif. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z We must not forget to add to this list a very flourishing foundling asylum, where any number of poor little waifs are constantly being received, and no questions asked. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z They say dead waifs are oft by night Robbed of a decent burial's right; That fiends the friendless bodies bear To crowds of waiting students, where Men tear them up for men to see. City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z Poor precious waif," she said, "if she is wayward and a little difficult—who can wonder? A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z As the fragrance of the simmering broth came in at the door Tomaso sniffed it, smiled and went to see what the little waif was about. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The poor waif suffered many hours of agony alone in his garret. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z The poetical idea prevails that this plant, which once grew in those gardens, having lost its original home, has become a floating waif on the sapphire sea of the tropics. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Two little poverty-stricken waifs had somehow changed his thoughts, his life. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z “Poor waif!” exclaimed the farmer’s wife, “it is hungry!” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z “It’s just like a fairy tale!” said Hinpoha, when it was established beyond a doubt that the abused street waif Gladys had brought home in the goodness of her heart was her own cousin. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Why wasn't I a lord's son instead of a waif of the streets? The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z For a while, at least, she was aroused from the listlessness which is so very significant in consumption, and her whole heart went out to the confiding little waif. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The young women in their “set” were much alike, and he wondered who of them all could show these little waifs the way to heaven. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z A very good man, he said, took some waifs from the poor settlements in New York to the country and tried to better them physically and morally by teaching them to be good. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z The fact is, the young waif, as Rose thought him, was placed, at her expense, on board one of the training-ships lying off Greenhithe. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z The schoolroom looked like a little paradise to the poor waifs assembled there. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z As a waif off the streets he had a better chance of being clothed, and fed, and educated, and cared for, and planted out in life. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z And she, this little being, one among the waifs of a big city, had looked for him, had a right to look for him. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Look at your poor neighbours in the next room—a most shocking case; yet, in all their poverty, taking charge of a little waif that, somehow or other, came into their hands.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z In New York it is now a refuge for the waifs and strays of vanishing negro-minstrelsy. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Miss Brand was heartily glad when the distribution was over, and she could see the poor waifs happy with their little presents. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z Several waifs stood in a cluster admiring or begrudging the antics of the star couple. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z They were all in a manner waifs, and they had nothing to hope for but that they might die in harness. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z A passage of Scripture—a word of the Master’s—came into the actress’s recollection as she looked at the little waif, ragged, half starved, filthy, in their midst. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Only nine months before she had been a lonely, shivering little waif of a freshman locked in the Cloisters. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z The waif's face had changed with those first words of praise; it had become illuminated with a great light, his insignificant little figure had gained a king's dignity. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z A nameless waif starving for a word of love begs it—just one word of deep, real love—think of it! The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z A homeless, friendless waif, with no prospects before me, no one to welcome me, I rejoiced to be in England again, as if I, too, felt it good to be at home. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He is a little waif I’ve picked up, and I want to save him from going to the bad. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The police force—more particularly the mounted division—was popular with the more aristocratic waifs. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Nor song of lark, nor rustle of waving grass, nor anything he had ever heard in all nature, had touched him so deeply as the waif's rendering of that hymn of praise. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z He expected a frowzy little waif from an orphanage, blear-eyed, sad, soulful and tiresome. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Probably this page of the story was hastily turned here, that the history of the two little waifs and strays who took shelter in the warehouse, where the rats lived, might be followed. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z For scarce oblivion could wipe from me How as a wasted lad I came to Venice— A miserable, patched and pallid waif, With but an eye to see and hand to shape! The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z The shouts of the horrible boys became fainter and fainter as the waifs struggled up the rocky terraces. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z And he had been rich and prosperous, and yet had never given a thought to those poor little waifs whose life he himself had once lived. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z Yet who may imagine the horror of those awful hours to the waif floating there in the silent, midnight sea—the solitude, the hopelessness, the consciousness that every hour was but prolonging his agony? The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z This breathless thought made her lose the thread for a moment of what this Miss Walsh, the wealthy waif, was pouring out to the first friendly soul she had encountered in the place. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Besides, kind as every one has been to me, I am as a stray waif on the current of this world, and have no home in it. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Suddenly a noise of shouting was heard, and within a few seconds the terrified waifs found themselves surrounded by a swarm of tormenting street boys. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z The uneventful years slipped by, and the white waif grew in stature and beauty. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z And now to the waif was vouchsafed the first gleam of a great hope. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The old waif of the desert stole silently away. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z A few springbucks, waifs from some trekking herd, stood at gaze as we swept by. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z She covered the poor waif up with a soft patchwork quilt, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing her sink into a deep sleep. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Here and there among the Hlubi kraals are to be found the dwellings of Basuto waifs who have drifted over the Maluti and Drakensberg mountains to find a refuge from deserved punishment or despotic oppression. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Two or three strokes, and the waif was about to seize the taffrail, when he was conscious of a swirl beneath him. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The spoil was handed over to the “Baiala”—“the people who are dead”—wretched outlaws or waifs of annihilated clans, who wandered, weaponless and without clothing, over the veldt. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Here it was cool in the hottest weather, and when the cold eastern winds shrieked in arid wrath down the black gorges, the three waifs lay snug and warm. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The two waifs resumed their search for the Governor’s dwelling with feelings very different from those which had inspired them at the beginning. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z The explanation of the nature and the advent of the little white waif as given by the soothsayers was fully accepted. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Some of those Peruvian hymns were preserved in the work of a Spanish composer, who in 1555 wrote a mass, into the body of which he introduced these curious waifs of American melody. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z I must be cast forth a waif upon the world. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z They were naturally musical, these waifs of the wilderness. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z End of second act, the girl learns she's an intruder—not Lady Marjorie, heiress to millions, but a waif, substituted, see? The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z She was a waif sent wandering through a world which shrank from her as if Cain's mark burned upon her brow? Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z It was not perhaps easy to re-create in the figure before him the outr� little waif who such a short time—such a long time—ago had sat at his feet in that very cabin. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Lottie she still clung to, but I had become a useless waif in the household. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Often Beryl's eyes would fill with tears as she listened to the brave, earnest struggle Martin had made to care for the waif of the wild, and to develop her mind. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z She was indeed a lawless waif of a law-defying generation, and her mind was set on great flaming sensations, hating conventions and resolved on rebellion. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z As a mere nobody, she was quite at home with these grubby, slum waifs. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z As we left the building Mr. Van Silver sheltered Milly with his umbrella and the waif followed with me. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Curious as are the above citations, they only go a little way towards filling up the blanks in the history of this waif from the fabric of early Christian popular lore. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z A child was needed in a play, one of the melodramas that used to be so popular when I was 50 young, a little half-starved waif. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z —A vessel running through Yarmouth Roads was observed to be flying a “waif.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Still, the other pupils were far from suspecting that Jeanne was a motherless, fatherless waif from the Cinder Pond. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z “Do you keep your own rubbers?” the waif asked. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Then came good Mrs. Morgan, who took the waif to her heart. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z He would have asked for more, no doubt, but the garrison was solely composed of waifs of the army of the East and of a few disbanded artillerists. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The immortal soul of my wife, of the mother of my child—a homeless, nameless, fatherless waif! A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z No wonder the world let his books drift without caring to inquire what gold or jewels might be washed up as waifs from the dregs of churned foam and subsiding surf. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z The young girl brightened her life, and her own influence on the nearly friendless waif was excellent. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z She agreed with Dee that it was a strange thing that the whole line of girls and teachers should have passed the little waif by. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Olive and Chrissy will tax your forbearance sufficiently without my bringing this poor little waif of humanity upon your kindness; and you look so far from strong,' he continued, with a quick change of tone. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z They are waifs that I never look after when they leave me; and this has Trieste done for me! Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z These strays are for the most part, as far as I have seen, mere waifs of weed and barren drift. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z He was a street waif from New Orleans. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z Oh, what a great little heart was here—here, in this outcast boy; this neglected, down-trodden, despised, and rejected, poor, pitiful waif of humanity. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Suddenly she seemed to him to be a homeless, deserted human waif, and then he comprehended all. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Night stole on, and the ruddy flare of the fire had heightened suggestions of good cheer and comfort, because of these waifs of the rain and the air shivering in chilly guise about the door. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z We heard of Toinette Bernard for some years afterwards, and Charlotte Leycester sent annual remittances for her; but eventually she absconded, and utterly disappeared like a waif. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Consider them how you will, these people form the most dangerous class of our population—these are the "waifs and strays" of mankind. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z He had been a starved waif, and they had fed his soul as well as his body. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z Not a little of his ultimate success is due to her sympathy and the enthusiastic faith inspired by her motherly love for the little homeless waifs who had come to occupy places in her heart. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z This waif of the eternal snows became the law. Polaris of the Snows 2011-03-02T03:00:28.900Z His face caught a fleeting grimace to remember the height of the "baby-chile,"—but as helpless, as forlorn, as some tiny waif, and oh, so terribly threatened in this beleaguered, in this thrice-guarded, town! The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Some waif washed up with the strays and spars That ebb-tide shows to the shore and the stars; Weed from the water, grass from a grave, A broken blossom, a ruined rhyme. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z He thought too once more of his own misery, and that of this waif, after its long encounter with the storms of life, cast up torn, weary, and breathless upon the shore. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z But it was a task to live notwithstanding, and Mattie fought hard with the rest of the waifs and strays who had a tough battle to wage that winter time. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z We want no waifs and strays of civilization, enervated with excesses, or depressed with failure; men who can find no niche for themselves, who have neither the habit, the disposition, nor the education for work. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Where can that poor, mischievous, pretty waif be knocking about in the wide world now-a-days? A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z A broken, an emptied boat, Sea saps it, winds blow apart, Sick and adrift and afloat, The barren waif of a heart. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Matthew Space, compositor, waited until the owner of the office came down, when, friendless as he was, Septimus Hardon was glad to turn even to this rough old waif of the streets in his helplessness. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z Village, hearth, family—nothing remained to them; without purpose, like waifs and strays, they had drifted there, and in the eyes of all lay horror and anguish. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z You know, my little waif with the drunken father? The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z I knew this thing before me was a fragment, a waif, a bit of flotsam on Life's sea. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Let fall as she let go of this and this By tens and twenties, tumbled to her feet, White waifs or purple of the pasturage. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z In college he tided scores of boys over financial straits; his room at Stanford University was open house for the waifs and strays who had no abiding-place. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z He did not ask the strange waif who had drifted into their keeping any leading questions, however. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z And then the dusky form was whirling away and away again like a leaf on a blast, another stray waif on the great stream of life. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z And the little gilt leaves Flicker in falling, like waifs and flakes of flame. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z The waif’s true instinct was proving this friend’s sincerity more surely than the whispered assurances proved it. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Like a waif which had been picked up from the sea, I had nothing on me but shirt and trousers, and these, as well as my hair, were dripping water. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The woman I love—that little gentle girl—a waif?—without a home?—I would make a cool home for her out of Hell itself, if it was necessary! The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z For this was no wretched waif of the streets I could pity and leave. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z "But what would you have them do with an adopted waif like that?" returned the other. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z A sense of calamity told him that there was trouble deeper than the disappearance of the waif of the Skeet tribe. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z When my ship went down, I was a waif upon the waters. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It was, indeed, a rather sinister waif to find in the hand of a person evidently so ill as I was, especially with a mark of blood also upon that trembling hand. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z This was certainly warm language from a mere philanthropist to a city waif whose misery had attracted his notice. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z He begged me to promise that I would find the boy, and I did so, assuring him that I would care for the poor waif as tenderly as if he were my own brother's child. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Quirky Serbian movie waif Milan Jovanovic is going to be "offered an escape route from Liverpool" by either Trabzonspor or Bruce Willis driving a futuristic sky taxi. Football transfer rumours: Ryan Shawcross to Juventus? 2010-12-07T08:52:00Z To his surprise, it was an elite runner, Kim Smith, a blond waif from New Zealand. Personal Best: How to Push Past the Pain, as the Champions Do 2010-10-18T21:30:00Z Her strong, delicate beauty dazzled Hollywood ever since she made a splash at 13 playing a gunman's adopted waif in The Professional, but her performances have been variable at best. Black Swan: An Oscar for Natalie Portman? (Not So Fast) 2010-09-04T18:00:00Z This waif, in a pink tunic trimmed with silver sparkles, is the breadwinner for a family of seven children. Street life 2010-05-24T13:19:00Z His uncle heard the waif's wails and dragged him to safety. The Fiver: Howard Webb and Diego Maradona 2010-05-20T15:26:00Z Without medication and an identity, she would soon slide back to homeless waif. 2010-02-02T05:36:00Z Of a deep religious conviction, and believing this waif needed to be brought into the fold, Angie set about that task at once. The Girl From Tim's Place The captain’s wife was too anxious about the crew to pay much attention to the waif, and Ruth and her friends bore Nita, the castaway, off to the station, where it was warm. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway The waif in front of him and the waif behind Van Dorn both made an effort to see Livingstone. The Bread Line A Story of a Paper Had they not been poor children, little waifs, they would not have been locked in the cabin to perish like rats. Labor and Freedom One fiery eye this feline wore— A waif he was of low degrees— No gaudy dress Did he possess, Nor yet a handsome cat was he. The Hollow Tree Snowed-In Being a continuation of stories about the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods people For during those two wretched hours when she was alone on the worn schoolhouse step, poor Chip McGuire, the low-born, pitiful waif, had become a woman and put away girlish impulses. The Girl From Tim's Place It was all that she had had to leave them, and with this slender inheritance in their hands the little waifs were taken away to the homes of strangers. The Home Life of Poe But it was not fitting that these children should be left as waifs and charges upon the people. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 "I never knew any other mother; have ever been a waif on the earth, without kith and kin either to bless or ban." Glories of Spain The common prisons are the great centres whence flow, and to which reflow, incessantly those waves of corruption which gradually gain on the capital, and leave there such pernicious waifs and strays. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 It is also possible, in fact almost certain, that that unfortunate waif’s somewhat pitiful tale had won her teacher’s interest and affection as naught else could. The Girl From Tim's Place Now, by an odd stroke of fate, he found himself a waif on board one of these very vessels, and he didn't like the idea at all. Terry's Trials and Triumphs Thousands of homes had been entirely destroyed, the parents slain, the houses burned, the children left to wander as waifs. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 He began to realize how deeply this boy—at first almost a waif—had stolen into the affections of his detached life. The Tempering It was one that she used to warble, humming as we walked, like some stray waif thrown up by memory on the waste of life. The Fortunes Of Glencore How sure that weary, waiting waif was that her heart was not mistaken! The Girl From Tim's Place He's a sort of a waif, isn't he—her boy? The Broken Gate A Novel Our action, however, in regard to these waifs, has always been fair and open. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them To take in a poor little waif and do all this for her! The Book of Susan A Novel I am a waif, a nobody, with no relations, and no place of my own in the world. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days She was miles away from any human habitation, footsore, weary, and despondent, with night enclosing her–a homeless waif, still clinging to the small bundle that contained her all. The Girl From Tim's Place The magnificent anatomy of a beautiful arm, a shapely bosom—bared, it seemed, in an effort to reanimate—showed that this was no plebeian waif driven by stress of poverty over the water's edge. Love's Usuries We do "place out" a certain number of such children; but the great majority of our little emigrants are the "waifs and strays" of the streets in a large city. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The experiences, some of them decidedly dramatic, of a London waif, the artist who was kind to her, and of his family and friends. On the Heights A Novel I know for a fact that Dorothy is nothing but a waif, a nobody, who is being brought up for charity. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Nearly a year before she had been brought here, a weary, bedraggled, dusty, half-starved waif. The Girl From Tim's Place In the haste and semi-darkness it had been impossible to tell whether the child was a gypsy or a mere ordinary waif, and she had looked so young—twelve or a little more perhaps. The Loves of Ambrose The School was founded in 1860, and at once gathered in a large number of the waifs of the First Ward, and has had a like happy influence with our other Schools. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The little waif stayed on therefore at the Ingledew hospital, where she grew apace, and was soon the pet and darling of everybody who knew her. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story The design is a sort of key to the character of the institution: the babies represent the little waifs received into its care. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Its effect upon 316 Chip had been as usual on her nature and belief, and this waif of the wilderness, this gnome child, must not be judged by ordinary standards. The Girl From Tim's Place There were now five or six, maybe more, down at the Forks—some from Sydney, some from New Orleans—waifs of the foam, painted children of passion. First Fam'lies of the Sierras Two eager mothers without children claim some little waif thus cast on the strand before them. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them She found the waif on some waste ground, terribly thin and eaten by insects and crying feebly. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith On Sunday, the seventh, an eager troop of children brought to our door another fallen vireo, this wee waif seeming in worse state than the other. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Somehow this hapless waif had grown dearer to them all than she or they understood. The Girl From Tim's Place The superb Aigline drops the kiss with the disdainful pride of a rich woman who gives an alms to a poor waif. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Aunt Lucindy was on ahead, a little boy's hand in hers, a waif for whom she was caring; for, though old and frail, Aunt Lucindy was always mothering some child. The Shadow It was the simple fact that I should be recognized by others, and no longer accounted a mere waif upon the shore of existence. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Why not accomplish two good deeds in one and give this self-willed waif to us for a pet? Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road She is a homeless, outcast waif, needing education and everything else to Christianize her. The Girl From Tim's Place With all her tenderness and grace Miss Winchester narrates one of those pathetic stories of a poor London waif that at once arouse the loving sympathy of children.'—Guardian. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days In the good old days of Thursday Island there passed as waif currency a certain local jest. Where the Pavement Ends But keeping behind and out of sight of the floating waif, Roden, with a few noiseless but vigorous strokes, brought his now unconscious charge and himself to within grasping distance of the concern. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance These poor waifs and strays, who were thankful for a few weeks’ haven, would think themselves rich beyond measure if they owned one half the blessings she herself possessed. A Question of Marriage As might be expected, that waif was mentioned, and with deep feeling. The Girl From Tim's Place “I’ve read somewhere that it’s always lucky to pick up a waif and stray.” A Veldt Vendetta And he recalled, too, a waif bit of their conversation as he signed the ultimate coupon. Where the Pavement Ends Buffalo took very kindly to his protégé and showed him around, while Kibatti amused him with his innocent unsophisticated prattle, which convinced the kingly bovine that little Kibatti was indeed a wild-wood waif. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories The stray and waif from ‘the very country’ that comes to London is a silver-white seed with silken spokes or sails. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure A thin waif of smoke goes up from the dark dreary building opposite—p. 42are they boiling him his last cup of tea? The Night Side of London I rather think it was the waif and stray who picked you up, kleintje! A Veldt Vendetta The hero is a Russian “Tom Pinch,” who entertains a pathetic, humble adoration for a fair young girl, a solitary waif like himself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" And when I have completed this task, I will throw myself like a waif upon the waters of life. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance And thus was written the first bill of rights for the friendless waif the world over. The Children of the Poor The men and women who transgress are for the most part waifs and strays. The Night Side of London But there was something about the poise of his head and the slow, lithe movements of his body that differentiated him from the ordinary street waif. Little Aliens A few little waifs were found, who in decency could be called little girls and boys. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories The bright-faced, rosy-cheeked girl who entered the room at this moment was a very different being from the pale, timid, little waif of four months earlier. The Girl from Arizona There are thirteen of them by this time, waifs found in the street by the Society’s agents or friends and never claimed by anybody. The Children of the Poor I cannot recall any period of my childhood when we did not harbor some poor, forsaken pauper, waif, orphan or cripple in my father’s house. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant In vain she pleaded other engagements, and promised to telephone later in the evening to hear whether the Prince's interview with the waif had corroborated the evidence of the locket. Little Aliens He wanted to give pleasure to the little waif, to whom he had taken a great liking, and he also felt that Tim might be of service to him. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son And yielding to a sudden impulse, Mrs. Graham stooped and kissed the flushed face on the pillow, almost as tenderly as if this strange, friendless little waif had been her own Marjorie. The Girl from Arizona One may still hunt up by night waifs who make their beds in alleys and cellars and abandoned sheds. The Children of the Poor Who could glean these waifs and strays without being able to see his path? Toilers of the Sea As she grew up, a waif in the dissolute city, Apelles, the celebrated painter, is said to have been the first to have noticed her budding beauty and to have educated her. Greek Women And such a supper as Mrs. Foster had provided for the waifs! Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son It was Trilby, Trilby, Trilby! a poor fallen sinner and waif, all but lost amid the scum of the most corrupt city on earth. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 But one no longer stumbles over homeless waifs in the street gutters. The Children of the Poor My big bad waif from King's Lynn had set the tray on his knees and started to wolf the food down. The Big Time No children are more forlorn and more to be pitied than the waifs of the woman whose life is 103 given up to what she calls “pleasure.” Maids Wives and Bachelors I'll write to Foster at once and ask him if he and his wife can take a crowd of the waifs at Sunnyside for a few weeks. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son A child resident on Fifth Avenue in New York may be in greater moral peril than a little waif of Five Points. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home It was afternoon when these two waifs were found, and all night we fought with death. Eleven Possible Cases This poor waif hadn't had enough to stand, so Love had come to her, just as Kink had predicted—a hopeless love which she would have to fight the way she fought the whole world. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The few members of the ship’s company remaining in the village could throw no light on the waif of the sea who had been so strangely picked up. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea He and the three boys, whom he had invited to make the long journey with him, attended, and helped the waifs to have a good time—if they needed such assistance, which was doubtful. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son The poor little isolated waifs closed the exercises by singing "God be with You till We Meet Again," and it was a seriously appreciative crowd who listened and mentally echoed, "Amen." The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) “I have heard a waif word in the country,” said I, a little nettled, “that you were a hard man to drive.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) It looks already an outcast, a miserable waif, turned out to buffet with the angry winds of fortune at the very close of his life's journey. Portia or By Passions Rocked “We found our waif from the sea most unexpectedly, and I am sure we will find your sister the same way.” The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea The sickly little waif cringed closer to that inscrutable great heart which underlaid a soul of eternal questioning. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 She was only a girl—a waif—and in the eyes of the great hunters counted for little. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon Consider them how you will, these people form the most dangerous class of our population—these are the “waifs and strays” of mankind. Nuts and Nutcrackers But Burns beheld them "waif and stray," and in peril of being lost for ever. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) After the war, Hite went to France, where he found this waif, Stephen Balleau, and brought him home as his adopted son, a year or so later. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Although they laughed at his vision and called him a madman, yet he worked on patiently, and with the labor of his hands he maintained a home for little street waifs. Optimism An Essay Salome, will you be so good as to assist me in shepherding this obstinate little waif? Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Nevertheless, whatever it be that he knows or suspects, it is something which leads him to contemplate with more than usual interest this little mortal waif that has so strangely come ashore in his parish. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine A little waif and stray in London, with only five shillings in his pocket! A Little Hero Beneath her windows were carried every day the dead bodies of the poor creatures massacred by the Taïpings, and she followed with reluctant gaze these sad "waifs and strays" as the river conveyed them seawards. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The Constitution will become a floating waif on the billows of popular excitement. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. Anything beyond—a cork, or the tiniest waif of seaweed—could scarce fail to be seen from the strand,—though the latter was itself constantly receding as the tide flowed inward. The Boy Slaves But the child throve as if it had the fairest right to be in the world, and was no little nameless waif whose very existence was a shame. An Isle in the Water In ecstacy exclaimed A little waif in tattered gown, With form so halt and maimed. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children He was known as an honest, good-natured little waif, with a reputation for hitting the bull's-eye every time any one would lend him a gun at a rifle-match. A Little Dusky Hero It is true none of us knew anything about the business except such waifs of experience as remained to the Invalid after thirty years' absence from grandpa's farm, where he used to spend the holidays. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. How painful will be the transition, and how numerous will be the waifs! The Forerunners The body, indeed, of his child; but whether as a waif unto life, or as a prize unto death—it were hard to tell. The Red Moccasins A Story Edna was very much interested in seeing the little waifs, in hearing them sing, and in seeing where they ate and slept. A Dear Little Girl He appeared to be singularly innocent and child-like for such an uncared-for waif. A Little Dusky Hero Panting, stung, half blinded with the driving flakes, he was now a waif, exiled, friendless, and poor. The Monster and Other Stories At the close of the first six months Sister Irene reported thirteen hundred little waifs laid in the basket at her door. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years In the lamplight that shone from the passageway full on her face, I saw, as I peeped above the rough blanket, that the new-comer was no common type of waif and stray. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself "I suppose the child's morals are far from good," Miss Barnes said; "but little Edna Conway, who is a dear child, seems to have taken a fancy to this poor little waif." A Dear Little Girl Providence having denied them offspring, they fill the void in their affections by taking to their bosoms the helpless, friendless, and abandoned waifs of others. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Many a long, dull talk he held upon the benches or the grass; many a strange waif he came to know; many strange things he heard, and saw some that were abominable. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) ALICE-FOR-SHORT The story of a London waif, a friendly artist, his friends and family. When Ghost Meets Ghost We parted at the foot of the stairs, she to disappear into the back of the house, and I to join the waifs in the unfriendly sitting-room. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself But here was a child of an old friend of the Doctor, a little Christian waif, as it were, floating toward them from that unbelieving world of France. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 A waif young man, not so far to seek for looks and manners, with some English notes in your pocket and a price upon your head. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) At his side was a thin waif who had not unjustly been termed the mayor of Reuton's shadow. Seven Keys to Baldpate Here was the wearer, watching in the night beside a convict's relict, a worse convict's mother, a waif and stray picked up in a London Court off Tottenham Court Road! When Ghost Meets Ghost The very thought of returning to sit with those forlorn waifs, in that cheerless whitewashed sitting-room, was appalling. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself |
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