| 单词 | wallflower |
| 例句 | Dolley was no wallflower, content to spend the rest of her days living in the past. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I’ve always felt like I was meant to be more than an invisible wallflower. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In every garden wallflowers blossomed in bright color and filled the air with perfume. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Being a human belonging to the wallflower genus, I’m kinda used to swallowing my words instead of speaking them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The entire time I thought I was an invisible wallflower, I was intimidating to Hannah Macintosh? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My father was trying to rescue me from being a long-legged wallflower and all I had done was make him mad. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I wasn’t a wallflower anymore; I wasn’t that girl they could just ignore and push aside and laugh at. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They worried that I wouldn’t attract boys, that I would be a wallflower, like Aunt Zo. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After seeing JT’s parents, his father so angry and vicious and his mother as passive as a wallflower, my family’s little spats seemed like a child’s game. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The dancing spread like a forest fire, and soon the floor was filled with couples who swayed and dipped around the Gibraltar of a wallflower, Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack Black, the high-energy star of "School of Rock," suddenly turns into a wallflower? Jerry Weintraub: Jack Black's 'The Brink' is no 'The Interview' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Dance, on the other hand, has become the wallflower at the Broadway prom in recent decades, which makes Mr. Wheeldon’s triumph all the sweeter. Review: ‘An American in Paris,’ a Romance of Song and Step 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s also 40 years since I first visited New York from Britain, where I’d discovered dance and other performing arts, not as a practitioner but as a wallflower: a fan who wrote letters. Hail, Dance, and Farewell to the Critic’s Life 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Leino’s physical carriage — from her convincing athleticism to the way the actress plays her fretful wallflower with her eyebrows knitted together like a pair of mittens — captures her character’s determination. ‘Girl Picture’ Review: Teens on Thin Ice 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Interestingly, that sense of quietude is a recurring theme in this year’s awards contenders, which tend to follow wallflowers rather than firebrands. ‘Tell the judge I love my wife’: The brilliant simplicity of ‘Loving’ 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z As it turns out, there’s a foolproof way to make sure that you’re not a tango wallflower. On paying for it: Ten cents a dance (adjusted for inflation) 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The show is interactive, though it’s very easy to simply be a wallflower, and perhaps you will be better than I was at figuring out what to do. Theater to Stream: ‘Hamlet’ and a Tracy Letts Triptych 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But the teacher is a traumatized wallflower and Corryn is high-handed — their exchanges are tense, but the tension is false. ‘Gidion’s Knot’ is sharp as a knife, but undone by threadbare plot details Yet, for most of the play, Violet is a drab wallflower. Skin Deep: No-Makeup Look As a New Beauty Standard 2014-05-07T21:45:08Z For seven years, fans of the hit TV show The Good Wife have watched its main character, the indomitable Alicia Florrick, evolve from a pearl-clutching wallflower to a fierce politician and lawyer. Julianna Margulies on Alicia Florrick: 'She doesn’t give a damn any more' 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Then he spotted his colleague Henry J. Stern, no wallflower, way off to one side. The Most Awkward Dinner Party of the Year 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z And she’s physically mutable, able to go from sparkling sweetheart to awkward wallflower with a mere brunette dye job or wig. The Age of Laura Linney 2010-07-28T20:52:00Z Mr. Lerman, 19, a Beverly Hills High student and natural showbiz type who religiously watches “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” prepared for his wallflower part by going Method. Arts & Leisure: Emma Watson?s Personal Journey to the Suburbs From Hogwarts 2011-10-05T12:00:00Z Any advice for this wallflower mother as she tries to navigate her social-butterfly daughter’s activities? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Wallflower mom, social butterfly daughter 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z But once the lights dimmed toward the end of the evening, the wallflowers joined in, dancing and singing along with Mr. Marshall, who bopped and shook and even dabbed to the beat. Billy Reid’s Fashion Hootenanny Morphs Into a Dance Party 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Soupy and brown, with little more than salt, pepper and maybe a dash of chili powder or cayenne, they were the wallflower at the dance. Smoke Signals: This July 4, go traditional with great regional side dishes Best is Murphy, who may be a wallflower or a cougar or the love of a loser's life. Postcards from Venice: 10 for the Show 2011-09-09T02:50:00Z Glastonbury is such a special occasion that it even prompted noted wallflower Cara Delevingne to come out of her shell and draw attention to herself in a slightly obnoxious way for once. Glastonbury 2013: celebrity photo tour 2013-06-30T11:51:08Z And when Nazareth Panadero is left standing alone onstage, like the ultimate wallflower, a man appears, seemingly to comfort her. ‘Kontakthof,’ by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, at BAM 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Many sitcom wives are styled and positioned as "wallflowers," meant to fade into the background of male storytelling. How the drab wardrobe on "Kevin Can F**k Himself" reflects the gender inequity in the marriage 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z It is a film about finding that one special person who can turn the caterpillar into the butterfly, the wallflower into the vixen. Joe Queenan's guide to romance cliches 2010-10-16T11:00:00Z No wallflower, Dickey reveled in the attention “Deliverance” brought him. Books: ?Deliverance?: A Dark Heart Still Beating 2010-08-24T22:27:00Z But there is that through line where the characters are strong, and have agency, and aren't exactly wallflowers. How being funny became Krysten Ritter "eureka moment" that led to her acting career 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Allison starts the show as a wallflower herself, Cutshall says, before her story takes a turn, and she begins her fight for independence. How the drab wardrobe on "Kevin Can F**k Himself" reflects the gender inequity in the marriage 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z But by the mid-1900s, after centuries of privileged status, the instrument seemed in danger of fading into irrelevance as a wallflower of the orchestra pit and the gilded prop of angels and nuptials. Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Even when they're the lead of a romantic comedy, they're portrayed as unconventionally quirky wallflowers, interesting for reasons having nothing to with their GPA. Mindy Kaling's smart teen sex romp "Never Have I Ever" may be her best series yet 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z But Warner's Schlesinger countered that bigger is better and was doubtful about companies that are wallflowers at the consolidation dance. Reality TV production deal prices escalate amid consolidation wave 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z A heroine who is a witty but wounded wallflower or a beat cop with daddy issues? Love Notes 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Eduardo may seem like a wallflower, but he is not only a very interesting musician, full of ideas; he’s also a stabilizing force. Days of Independence for Calle 13 2010-04-10T04:20:00Z They would have so much fun together and I’d give anything to be a wallflower listening in on all their unstinting, impromptu jokes. André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Don’t wallflower: Wear your headwraps, chunky jewelry and loudest kicks — or shop for them at the festival’s indie designer bazaar — and expect to be snapped by photographers for Elle or Essence. Afropunk Festival Brings Music, Dancing and Haute Street Fashion to Brooklyn 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Q. You describe yourself as a conservative Republican and a wallflower. A Word With: Danny Aiello: Emotional Guy, Speaking for Others 2011-07-22T23:02:53Z Zach Morris’s show is interactive, but wallflowers will be relieved to hear that participation is optional. Theater to Stream: Offerings on the Fringe of Edinburgh Fringe 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Her Marie is a myriad of possibilities: a wallflower or a thrilling predator or the love of a loser’s life. Todd Solondz's Dark Horse: Misery Loves Comedy 2012-06-08T10:45:56Z The ordinary bread basket does not live up to the otherwise high standards of a meal here, and monkfish with braised endive and black garlic proves the wallflower at an otherwise delicious party. Oval Room review: Under a new chef, it tastes as vibrant as ever 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z She's obviously too beautiful to be the mousy, dowdy wallflower the character demands, but by hunching her shoulders and darting her eyes, by playing up the clumsiness and never acknowledging her own beauty, she convinces. My favourite Hitchcock: Rebecca 2012-08-07T10:54:25Z The collection, with plaids, florals and bold prints, “is about a woman who is not a wallflower, who’s looking for beautiful happy colors when she opens her wardrobe in the morning,” he said. Herrera's Spring line features Wes Gordon designs at N.Y. show 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z That they are sad, wilting wallflowers unworthy of vibrant social lives or interests. The idiotic crimes of “Insatiable”: Netflix’s fat-shaming series lives up to the negative hype 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z But all of these shows speak to a common theme: television wives, whether on sitcoms or dramas, are refusing to continue on as wallflowers. From "Sex/Life" to "Kevin," TV offers new answers to whether women can “have it all” 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Potato-leek soup, sometimes a wallflower, turns into a talker at the table. Review | Glover Park Grill woos its neighborhood with all-American cooking 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Willowy and seductive, with a deep voice and a contagious smile, Ms. Dvorovenko is no wallflower. I Don’t Miss ‘Swan Lake’: A Ballerina’s Role on ‘The Americans’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z I always like to have one wallflower in the ballet. A Witty Mastermind of Les Ballets Trockadero Comes Home 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Some of them were just wallflowers, and some of them took a much more active role. Why bringing Bill Cosby to justice took so long: "I reported all of this in 2005 and nobody cared" 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z And even if Susan Lynch is too attractive to be entirely plausible as a wallflower, she captures superbly the hints of Maureen's mental fragility. Review 2010-07-21T23:59:00Z “It’s been so long since I felt really known,” Mering admits with plaintive candor, playing wallflower at a party where everyone else seems immune to the loneliness she feels. Lou Reed’s Folky Velvet Underground Demo, and 9 More New Songs 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Pity the poor semicolon, punctuation’s wallflower, wrongfully maligned and too seldom asked to dance. A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z In the midst of a wedding reception, we are introduced to two non-dancing wallflowers. Dark Horse – review 2012-06-28T20:30:01Z Audiences rallied behind her relatable Toula Portokalos, a wallflower Chicago waitress who straightened both her hair and her spine despite the protests of her domineering family. ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ Review: N’opa! 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Spirit of New York’s lunch cruise offers a child-friendly buffet; a D.J. playing pop and rock; singing and dancing for everyone; and coloring books for young wallflowers. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 30-Jan. 5 2011-12-29T22:23:48Z In a way, Charlie is a combination of Daphna, the relentless scold of “Bad Jews,” and Jordan, the whiny wallflower of “Significant Other.” Review: Skewering White Pieties About Diversity in ‘Admissions’ 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z A writer by trade and a wallflower by temperament, he observes Elle and her colleagues, filming their meetings and performances, interviewing them together and taking notes on their squabbles. ‘Flux Gourmet’ Review: Mastering the Art of Fringe Cooking 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z One depicts a wallflower at a school dance. Best Bathroom Books of 2012 2012-11-22T20:23:44Z He added, trying to make a wallflower joke, “And, anyway, nobody has called.” | Fashion Review: In Paris, Ovations Where Merited 2011-03-05T00:36:15Z In the company of so much interesting food, the timid curry is a wallflower. Soi 38 brings the tastes of Thailand to vivid life They were “a wallflower and a party girl; a poor boy and a girl whose family knew wealth for a time but lost it.” The truth behind the legend of Lou Gehrig 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The man who was so good at making women look and feel beautiful never left off feeling like a wallflower himself—overlooked at the dance, ever alert to the snickers of passersby. Dr. Brandt, the Lonely Showman 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Hernandez grew up outside Caracas, Venezuela, where, he said, he was a wallflower until his teenage years, when he began hosting parties. Up Close: A Host for Others Gets His Own Party 2013-01-08T19:20:49Z He was a wallflower at a party, asking another actor on the outskirts of the gathering if she would show him pictures of her dog in costume. Keanu Reeves Is Too Good for This World 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Because, even here, in this “wallflower of European history,” known only for its clock museum and pink pelicans, deeply held hatreds lie in wait. Not Lost in Translation: Provocative Foreign Fiction 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z A dutiful man, Mr. Martien instead married her older sister, Gabrielle, a wallflower who was apparently less wonderful in every regard. Review: ‘War and Turpentine,’ a Grandfather’s Painful Life 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Created for neither pragmatists nor wallflowers, his designs were all about making a big entrance — sometimes very literally. French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dead at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Arthur, a nervous accountant, is a quivering wallflower who never escaped the shadow of significant childhood trauma inflicted upon him by The Terror. “The Tick” struggles as it pits lunacy against modern ideas of comic book gravitas 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z “I feel really like sort of a wallflower,” she said. Jennifer Coolidge Loads Up on Vegan Chocolate Bars and Whipped Cream 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z So they become either the loudmouth with a strained voice, or the wallflower who misses out on snacks and socializing. Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But she is by no means a wallflower. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Couples Fuel India's Vibrant Art Scene 2011-10-13T11:00:13Z Some packets of seeds contain two thousand potential lettuce leaves, golden wallflowers, or azure cornflowers. Seeds, the Gateway Drug to Gardening 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z She was not playing a retiring, apologetic wallflower. ArtsBeat: Phyllis Diller and Her Comic Craft 2012-08-22T16:23:43Z And that would require us to stop being wallflowers and dive into the broader community of fathers, perhaps with a product we're selling: something that would require real outreach and effort. Learning How to Sell Out at South By Southwest 2011-03-24T10:10:00Z One highlight is seeing her in a gossamer dress and pink high heels, crawling at the edges of a social event like a bizarro wallflower. Movie Review: In ‘Towheads,’ a Woman Tiptoes Toward a Nervous Breakdown 2014-01-22T22:55:09Z They’re wallflowers at the school dance, or class clowns, or quiet bookworms. The rise of the only child: How America is coming around to the idea of ‘just one’ 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Parsnips are always, always overlooked, but this recipe will change hearts and minds about the wallflower of root vegetables. 33 best vegetarian soup recipes because baby, it’s cold outside 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party – or a wallflower. Naomie Harris: 'I want to play Elizabeth Bennet' 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z The rest are downstairs on bookshelves or stacked on tables and benches everywhere in my home, wallflowers hoping to be invited to dance. Sandra Cisneros Loves to Read About Women Waging Battle 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z From the tops of their frizzy heads to the tips of their Perspex platforms, the Unique women were as far away from wallflowers as you can get. Special Report: Spreading That '70s Vibe 2010-09-19T11:56:00Z Acosta was similarly unmoved: “As my mother told me recently, ‘Let other people be the wallflower,’ ” he said in a brief interview. Clashes in the White House press room are riveting. But how far is too far? 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The poetic plant list ranges from asters to zinnias, from wallflowers and cosmos to gillyflowers, tree mallows, trailing lobelias, globe amaranths, toadflax and perennial sage. At New York Botanical Garden, Time to Smell the Impressionists’ Roses 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Kip Fagan will direct Ms. Feiffer’s “How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them,” about two troubled sisters and the “limping wallflower” they draw into their world. ArtsBeat: Rattlestick Season Includes World Premieres and Five-Play Cycle 2013-06-21T22:41:33Z Mr. Jacobs is hardly a wallflower in the face of the Sadie-Vickers school of criticism. Ren? Jacobs?s Harmonia Mundi CDs and DVDs 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z Matthew Oaks, walking past a row of wallflowers, settles in front of a dancer and lifts her limp form as if she were an inflatable doll. Dance Review | Stefanie Nelson Dance Group: ?Proximity Spiral? Seeks Fun With Numbers 2010-03-19T21:59:00Z Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years and as a result socially awkward - he is a wallflower. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - review 2013-07-22T14:00:00Z He wouldn’t take no for an answer, dragging would-be wallflowers onto the dance floor as songs from the film’s soundtrack rattled the bar glasses. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z She’s a brainy brunette wallflower, a fraying nerve barely held together by tightly plaited milkmaid braids. Review: At ‘Camp Siegfried,’ a Nazi Summer of Love on Long Island 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z No one wanted to finance a quirky comedy about a 60-something wallflower. As Sally Field aged, her parts got less interesting — until ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Should we feel bad for the wallflowers, Oregon State and Washington State, who now become the tragic twosome? Commentary: Amid the Pac-12 ruins, one big question emerges: Why does the NCAA still exist? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z “She is not a wallflower. They would call her the Velvet Hammer,” Pereira said. New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is Musk’s bet to win back sales 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z "Unlike most other staffers of top leaders, Li was no wallflower," Kuhn told Reuters. Li Qiang, Xi confidant, takes reins as China's premier 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z For the ski wallflowers out there, don’t worry the next time you get talked into a vacation on the slopes. Advice | How to do a ski trip if you don’t ski: Hot tubs, spas and sleigh rides I was always kind of in high school very much a wallflower, where I just was slightly outside of it and just watching, and probably through life I’m still that way. Darren Aronofsky on 'The Whale,' fatphobia and empathy 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z “This was definitely not a wallflower dress,” said Emanuel, who also designed Diana’s wedding gown. Exploring a memory: Designer recreates a dress for Diana 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z You don’t want a guy that’s just sitting in the corner like a wallflower. Notebook: Four years after snow bowl, weather is not a factor in the Apple Cup 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z “I can understand how it is to feel like a wallflower when it comes to your crushes,” Fontana says. How Netflix sells the dream of royalty to 'Bridgerton' fans 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z But I can tell you, Jon, if I did, it's likely I would have been labeled as a wallflower, he didn't know what he was talking about. Anthony Fauci, loved and hated, plots his next move: ‘I'm not going to sit in my house’ 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z No spoilers here, but this story about the bubbly Barb, her wallflower husband, Ethan, and the 8-year-old twins they decide to foster is a funny, poignant meditation on a timely topic: loneliness. Review | Beach bag refill: 12 books to get you to the end of summer 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The dance felt a bit like a prom attended only by the wallflowers and parent chaperones, but then the 40th birthday celebrants arrived and blew life into the party. In Virginia, a weekend full of ‘Dirty Dancing’ 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Sandy's transformation - from wallflower to vamp, to win her man - may not appeal to audiences the way it once did. Grease: Can 'gritty' musical attract new theatre audiences? 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z And then there are leeks: the wallflowers that people sometimes overlook, but who will be your best friends, down for anything once you get to know them. How to clean leeks and do more with the versatile allium 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z If you invited this ranch to a party, it would probably be the wallflower of the crowd — but at least it isn’t likely to offend anyone either, according to our panel. Review | What’s the best ranch dressing you can buy? We tried 11 popular brands to find out. 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z I loved the idea that someone who was treated like a wallflower wielded such power behind the scenes. Which season of 'Bridgerton' is better? We fight it out 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Rylance’s character starts off as a wallflower, but slowly, and with the inexorable persistence of English ivy, takes over the film, pulling our focus toward him, as the bloody stakes rise. Review | Mark Rylance mesmerizes, as a slyly meticulous tailor, in the twisty, Chicago-set crime thriller ‘The Outfit’ 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z “And they know that I am not a wallflower.” At 101, and after 36 years as mayor, ‘Hurricane Hazel’ is still a force in Canada 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z She stooped down and to her delight, uncovered a tiny yellow wallflower. A river of secrets: How the battle over Reservation Ranch summoned a violent past 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Bath & Body Works, the mall mainstay known for its “buy 2, get 1 free” deals, is limiting clearance sales and storewide discounts while raising prices on popular items such as candles and “wallflower” heaters. ‘The deals are just horrible’: Shoppers say a lack of holiday discounts has dampened spending 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Psaki said members of Congress “are not wallflowers” but have a range of views. Biden can’t budge fellow Dems with big overhaul at stake 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z If someone had asked on the day of my college graduation whether I imagined I would still be, in five years’ time, a reliable wallflower at any given party, I would have guessed so. Opinion | I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z But French Gates has hardly been a wallflower. When philanthropy’s power couple splits, Melinda French Gates’s influence could grow 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z It helped me kick my wallflower instincts to the curb and masquerade as the social butterfly I wish I’d been in high school and college. What we really lost when Hollywood parties and celebrity chats faded away this year 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z “You were not some wallflower in an otherwise large event,” Faruqui told Griffin. Judge denies release of jailed Cowboys for Trump leader 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z “We’re open for business and open to hear from members of Congress on that,” she said, noting that lawmakers are not “wallflowers.” Democrats to ‘act big’ on $1.9T aid; GOP wants plan split 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Destined neither for pragmatists nor for wallflowers, his designs were all about making a big entrance - sometimes very literally. Famed French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Destined neither for pragmatists nor for wallflowers, his designs were all about making a big entrance - sometimes very literally. Pierre Cardin, famed French designer, dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Destined neither for pragmatists nor for wallflowers, his designs were all about making a big entrance — sometimes very literally. Famed French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Newton, not surprisingly, was hardly the wallflower in the room, completing 17 of 28 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown while also scampering from the pocket for a key 21-yard gain. Patriots Turn to Burkhead and the Run After Newton Falters Early 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z “Often when we see teenage girl characters who feel like outcasts, they’re quiet and mousy and wallflowers,” she says. How these four engaging series take teen angst to all new levels 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “I understand that she’s portrayed as this unhappy wallflower, and that couldn’t be farther from the truth.” ‘Not interested in the truth’: Phyllis Schlafly’s daughter blasts ‘Mrs. America’ as feminist hit job 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He planted irises and roses directly into the shingle, encouraging a riot of wallflowers and valerian, “all the dark humours blown away by the wind”. Feeling overwhelmed? How art can help in an emergency by Olivia Laing 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z The wallflower is attracting some attention, and so far appears to be absorbing it well. Be Humble, and Proudly, Psychologists Say 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the stalk is something of an immunological wallflower, overshadowed by the influence of the head. Towards a universal flu vaccine 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Despite other undesirable qualities, the ugly sisters are no wallflowers. Frills, feathers and puffed sleeves: why Cinderella's 'ugly sisters' are on trend 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z She is voluble—“I’m South African, I’m not a wallflower”—but, she says, still deeply affected by her experience with Epstein. Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z So often, female nerdiness is defined through men: the traditional cinematic girl nerd was a wallflower who becomes desirable to a protagonist when she removes her glasses and lets down her hair. Booksmart redefines nerds for a much more nerd-friendly era 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Taste buds can samba while stomachs are docile wallflowers. Ariel Bangs: Doughnut magnate, food educator and healthy-eating evangelist to the Seattle area’s communities of color 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Erysimum incanum is a demure variety of wallflower that grows in the scrublands of Spain and northwest Africa. Watch this shy plant engage in some ‘self-love’ when it can’t find any pollinators 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Her "Umbrella Academy" character, Vanya, a wallflower, is also a proxy for the audience. On set with Ellen Page and the 'Umbrella Academy' cast, Netflix's next play in TV's superhero wars 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Never one to be a wallflower, he still understood the importance of taking cues from the upperclassmen. Wilkins leaves legacy of laughter and leadership at Clemson 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z In his time in Washington, Rivers has been an offensive wallflower. Austin Rivers was supposed to be the Wizards' bench scorer. Instead, he’s their top defender. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Chavez Wilcox, who proclaims herself “not really a wallflower,” declined to serve the coffee. Seattle-area women of color share how they navigate the workplace 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The shy wallflower joins the ranks of many other plants that self-fertilize. Watch this shy plant engage in some ‘self-love’ when it can’t find any pollinators 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z “I think this collection was really about colorful, happy clothes for a woman who’s not a wallflower and who just wants to zip up her dress and dance and smile,” Gordon said. Wes Gordon takes the reins at Carolina Herrera with volume 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z “You don’t want her to be a wallflower,” he said. A’ja Wilson, W.N.B.A.’s Top Rookie, Finds Her Voice and Her Way 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The Daily Mail had earlier wondered “what did they find to talk about”, referring to the “solid but dull ... sartorial wallflower” May and the former model Trump. Bowls and Chelsea pensioners: Melania Trump's day in London 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z These brief spectacles belie the dogwoods’ reputation as the ultimate woodland wallflower, obvious only briefly, and rarely attracting attention thereafter. Blaze of Glory 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Maybe the shrinking violets and wallflowers of the world are actually the foundation of this beautiful bouquet of humanity. Why Everyone Is Insecure (and Why That's Okay) 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The styles are not for wallflowers or wannabes but for risk takers and those looking to blaze their own trail on the red carpet. Red carpet's new class: Our list of the 10 fresh, standout fashion players 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z To Mr. Byford the message was clear: “This is no place for wallflowers.’ New York’s Next Subway Chief Will Mull Closing Lines for Repairs 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He pledged in 2011, at the height of conference realignment, that Oklahoma would not be a “wallflower,” leaving open the possibility that it might depart the Big 12 Conference. The President Who Politicked Oklahoma Back to the Top 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “I wrote 70 pages just to get to ‘I guess that's one of the perks of being a wallflower,’” he said. 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' author-director Stephen Chbosky takes on another young adult 'Wonder' 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z “Steph could recognize the quiet person, the wallflower like my wife, or Lowell … Steph could bring people out of their shell,” he says. Not even deep losses keep Lowell Skoog from sanctuary in the Cascades 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Like Olgana Paris, Sophia Webster shoes are not for wallflowers, but they remain chic, sophisticated and hard to miss — all in a good way. Red carpet's new class: Our list of the 10 fresh, standout fashion players 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Far from calling for a feeble wallflower or “flower power” existence, the voice of Christ is both “wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove.” Millennials find unity, strength in Christ 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z “As my mother told me recently, ‘Let other people be the wallflower,’ ” Mr. Acosta told The Washington Post on Thursday. Jim Acosta defends poetry-policy clash with Stephen Miller: ‘I’m going to keep pushing’ 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Everton are a club growing into their new skin and, having had his successes elsewhere, Rooney cannot afford to be seen as a wallflower in their effort to reach the next level. Wayne Rooney and Everton are well placed for a fruitful and warm reunion | Nick Ames 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z You may become very adept at playing the role of wallflower. Roxane Gay: ‘My body is a cage of my own making’ 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z I’m not quiet; I’m not a wallflower,” she said. Philly region welcomes female school superintendents 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z I do my best to be nothing more than an eaves wallflower while munching on house bread served with butter infused with salt that is absolutely rocking. TRAVEL: Oklahoma City offers restaurants, cowboy history, craft beer and bombing memorial 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z With his scraggly long hair and beard — not to mention his scuffed-up singing voice — Russell wasn’t exactly a wallflower in these collaborations. Leon Russell: A half-century of musical genius that spanned from Jerry Lee Lewis to Amy Winehouse 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z It does not hurt, she added, that the abuelas are seldom wallflowers. How Do You Say ‘Vote for Clinton’ in Spanish? Ask the Abuelas 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z String arrangements add a depth of emotion, with the artist’s understated mellowness suggesting a wallflower hoping to get noticed at the edge of the dance floor. Andy Shauf talks about parties, 'The Party' and that dude dancing at his Greek show a few months ago 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Any wallflower will intuitively recognize her pain, suffered in distressed solitude. ‘Girl Asleep’ is a strange coming-of-age story: Surreal, amusing and poignant 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The singer's metamorphosis from wallflower to self-professed "bad mother" is documented on her new album, The Altar. Banks gets bold: How the sultry pop star learned to stand up for herself - BBC News 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Wind and solar power are wallflowers in oil- and gas-rich Russia. Solar on the steppe: Ukraine embraces renewables revolution 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z As with the wallflower 911, the car was loaded on a trailer and sent home. What Cars Ruled Pebble Beach Auctions? The Ones You Can’t Afford 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z An Australian teen who relishes her wallflower status is thrust into a different environment when her parents throw her an epic 15th birthday party. Every movie being released this fall, including 'Sully,' 'Girl on the Train,' 'Magnificent Seven,' 'Loving,' and many more 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z “History is not formed by wallflowers,” Stewart said. Trump’s Virginia Mini-Me: Corey Stewart ties his ambitions to the GOP candidate 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z "You don't have to be like a timid wallflower to go to a place like Wellesley and get an enormous benefit from it." Weigh the Pros, Cons of Attending a Women’s College in the 21st Century 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Sessions, also speaking to Fox News Sunday, praised Trump for his “frankness and directness,” calling the real estate mogul a “strong man” who is “not a timid wallflower.” Here's What the Potential Vice President Picks Said on the Sunday Shows 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Though he loomed large in fashion, he was a wallflower at the party, a determinedly quiet presence in his remarkable-because-they-were-so-unremarkable blue workingman’s jackets. 'Bill Cunningham Didn’t Sell Fashion; He Celebrated It.' 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z “My persona will never be that of a wallflower — I’d rather build walls than cling to them,” read one early tweet. Inside the origins of Trump's high-octane Twitter account 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z No wallflower: After achieving National Honor Society status in her school work, Fine attended one of Canada's most prestigious schools, McGill University. She has grand designs on how interiors should be 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z And I was pretty, and I wasn’t a wallflower.” At the Ready as New Yorkers Got Unbundled 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z With a name like his, Tyson Fury was not destined to be a shy and retiring wallflower. Shortlisted for BBC award, Tyson provokes fury with words 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Brickell: I was touched because I’m used to being a wallflower. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell: 'The 70s were scary. This is joyous' 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Hardly a wallflower, Ryan, wearing a red vest, almost was lost on the sideline among his players in their garish scarlet uniforms. Rex Ryan's return to Meadowlands a success, Bills beat Jets 22-17 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Both Webb and O'Malley are articulate, aggressive and opinionated candidates – not shrinking wallflowers. No Trump? No Problem. 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z As Trump himself noted in his statement on Saturday, Erickson is no wallflower when it comes to outlandish and personal comments about the left. 'Political correctness' versus 'courteous speech' 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z When dipped in green chutney, a jalapeno-laced vinegar sauce, this friendly wallflower of a flatbread becomes the motormouthed life of the party. Mazadar offers a homespun homage to Afghanistan’s food culture 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Mr. LaPage joked that he made Mr. Christie look like a wallflower by comparison. Christie Picks Up an Endorsement, but Its Value Is Unclear 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z She had dark red hair and a figure that would make Marilyn Monroe look like a wallflower. Blaze Starr, striptease artist without apology, dies at 83 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z At international level Wood looked like a wallflower, especially when compared to the confident outings by Stanford product Jordan Morris. Germany v USA – five things we learned 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The archetypal high school hierarchy is well-known: from the jocks, cheerleaders, and preps at the summit to the druggies and wallflowers at the bottom. Can Ya Dig It?—How Rebels, Hipsters and Mr. (and Ms.) Cool Reshaped Consumer Culture [Excerpt] 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z But the real reason for the difference is that comparing Buffett with Vanguard is like comparing a matinee idol who glories in his performance with a wallflower who devoutly wishes to be nothing but average. Buffett and Vanguard: Different paths to the same financial destination 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z But not because his wife is a wallflower. Claire Underwood hits sexy, smart note in 'House of Cards' power dresses 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Addressing the beefy, heavily armed members of the Navy SEALs who are about to fly into Pakistan, the petite Maya is no wallflower. C.I.A. Officers and F.B.I. Agents, Meet Your New Partner: The Analyst 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The two main parties seem to be making the drab offer of the last two wallflowers at the dance: "At least I'm better than that." Where is the inspiration in this election? 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z There’s no room for wallflowers in the business ballroom. What It Really Means To Lead 'Like A Woman' 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Her science-fair project — which provides the play’s title — has helped her, a little wallflower, begin to bloom. Keep Mom Away From the Pet Rabbit: A Review of ‘The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,’ in Croton Falls 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z "I like the wallflowers of desserts -- a slow burn. Pumpkin spice this is not." Good Girl Dinette's Diep Tran brings us all some figgy pudding 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z U.S. officials said he was the same way in private and gained a reputation as a wallflower during Cabinet meetings. Ashton Carter, passed over before, gets picked by Obama to be defense secretary But big Internet content companies which are in favor of net neutrality regulations, like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Ebay, are hardly wallflowers in this debate. Conservatives Overwhelmingly Back Net Neutrality, Poll Finds 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The city’s residents are not known as wallflowers. Jerusalem train line destined to connect Jews and Arabs has widened bitter divide Some will become wallflowers, lonely, keeping to themselves. Washington School Shooting Raises Specter of Youth Bullying 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z So, for those of you who may be wallflowers but still want to take over the world, there’s no better way to make a statement than through clothing. 6 Items You Should Wear to Achieve World Domination 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “He likes to be in the limelight, and I like to be the wallflower,” said Lorraine Huchrowski, 72, a retired office clerk with Chrysler Financial. At 87, man still entertains fans of polka music 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z These are not jackets for the wallflower; they are meant to be worn as statement pieces to wow and dazzle. Rainbow hues, jean jackets at Burberry's show 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z But I’m not talking about becoming a wallflower. 4 Qualities For Retirement Planning In The Stressful Market 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Being a Tuscan wallflower is a good thing—it means the wines area typically a better value and the winemaking rules are a bit looser. Good Grapes: Three Cool Wines To Try Now 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The Quiet Spaces’ namesake, Susan Cain, is a former corporate attorney and author of the best-selling Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, a manifesto for wallflowers. Saving Introverts From the Soul-Destroying Open-Plan Office 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The curry chicken, with neatly diced carrots and potatoes, also played down the spice, a wallflower of a dish that proved surprisingly engaging. Unforgettable Flavors: A Jamaican cafe for the less trendy apartment dweller They know each other well, having practiced several times, with Dimitrov, no social wallflower, calling Murray “a cool dude.” At Wimbledon, Andy Murray Will Find Grigor Dimitrov a Worthy Challenger 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z “You have to be to be the chief of staff to the prime minister. You wouldn't expect to be a wallflower and she’s not.” Barnaby Joyce backtracks after cracking joke about Peta Credlin 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Below you’ll find a Tuscan wallflower, a quiet appellation in Provence, and a wine with deep Catholic roots. Good Grapes: Three Cool Wines To Try Now 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Succeeding in Silicon Valley is not for wallflowers. Dear HBO, Please Keep 'Silicon Valley' Real 2014-05-06T17:49:00Z Still, I am a wallflower and wearing something that puts the focus on me is more or less my personal idea of hell. A week behind Google Glass reveals the world may not be ready for the high-tech device 2014-05-03T22:39:00Z In the frenzy over energy storage technologies, ultracapacitors sometimes ends up looking like wallflowers because they traditionally haven’t been able to storage as much power as certain battery formats. Ultracapacitor Maker Ioxus Raises Another $21 Million 2014-04-07T17:03:00Z Under confident savers, meanwhile, remain the same wallflowers on Wall Street that they are at work and on the dating scene. How Lack of Confidence Could Make You Rich 2014-01-23T14:06:17Z The colourfully named bowles mauve everlasting wallflower was also very attractive to pollinators, while the least attractive flowering plant for insects was the very popular geranium. Bee-friendly plants put to the test 2013-10-17T04:12:46Z She is shy and gravitates toward other Japanese players, and she smiles while watching others talking together — a bit of a wallflower, but a friendly one. For Some Asians, a Lonesome Life on the L.P.G.A. Tour 2013-08-09T15:25:26Z I am but a wallflower at this social media party, for my devices are out of juice and the closest wall outlets are already dangerous tangles of smartphones. Humor is a science 2013-06-08T14:00:00Z Before I get to the how-to part of this post let me first dispel a common myth about the so-called office wallflower: It is common to want to connect introverts and depression. The Truth About the Office Wallflower 2013-03-08T18:14:00Z The Mariners, who had developed a knack for embarrassing themselves in recent years when playing in front of their precious few large home crowds, weren't wallflowers this time. With Felix Hernandez as the life of the party, the Mariners are fun again 2012-08-22T12:46:30Z Summer is not a time to be a wallflower! Fight the BBQ Bulge: Your Guide to Summer Sauces 2012-08-15T18:11:00Z Then again, Pure Romance does not attract wallflowers. Pure Romance Formula: ‘Grey,’ Pink and Green 2012-08-04T01:50:03Z Overconfident lotharios who ask out every woman they see, and who aren’t fazed when they get turned down, are over time likely to do better than wallflowers who never ask anyone out. Overconfidence Can (Sometimes) Be Good for You 2012-07-13T13:35:33Z With its down-home packaging, complete with a shiny copper-colored plastic bottle cap, it's clearly the wallflower in a lineup of spirits. You’re the Boss Blog: Building a Brand When You Can't Afford an Ad Agency 2012-06-28T11:00:41Z You automatically command more respect than those who remained wallflowers. How To Attend A TED Conference Like A Pro 2012-06-26T16:40:26Z Either way, Hodgson's wallflowers will greet Europe on Monday night not with a song in their heart, but with an urgent sense of tuneless realism. Euro 2012: England need a song – a suffocating drum 'n' bass opus 2012-06-08T21:00:02Z And almost overnight, they went from being a wallflower at the high-school dance to the most popular date. U.S. Olympics field hockey star Katie O’Donnell gears up for London 2012 2012-05-21T22:49:33Z The flower has a scent exactly resembling that of a violet, but less powerful: the seed is contained in a long, narrow pod, like that of a wallflower. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The wallflower in the cleft of the red sandstone wall gave out with odorous sighs the store of warm sunlight which it had imbibed all day. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z And now he had reached the wallflowers high up, and was plucking them and throwing them down so that they fell in a wavering bright shower round her feet. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z But the early June flowers, the big narcissus, snow upon the mountains, and a fine show of yellow wallflowers shone gay. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z It is invaluable to the landscape gardener and to the architect; and might be named the wallflower, since it looks so well growing by every wall. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wallflower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the long crag and ruined wall. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z If the thought of mingling brings back bad memories of being a wallflower at the senior prom, get over it. 7 Networking Tips for Women Owners 2012-02-16T15:44:12Z The sky was deep, clear, strong blue above, and against the blue, the wallflowers shone bravely from the cracks and crevices of ruined arch and wall and buttress. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z DAME’S VIOLET, the English name for Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous plant belonging to the natural order Cruciferae, and closely allied to the wallflower and stock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In Spring the parterres of tulips and hyacinths and wallflowers and other blossoms suggest the dreams of all the great pottery decorators of every age come to life in flowers. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z When the fruit is several times longer than broad it is known as a siliqua, as in stock or wallflower; when about as long as broad, a silicula, as in shepherd’s purse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The box outside the open window was filled with wallflowers, and their penetrating fragrance made the room sweet. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z The Lover who came to his love over strewn wallflowers desired always, as has been seen, to act up to his moral ideas. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z As a separate designation it is nowadays usually applied to the wallflower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z They’re as likely to be wallflowers as to be the wild man of Borneo.” What's an Entrepreneur? Best Answer Ever 2012-01-09T17:00:00Z It is an order of herbaceous plants, many of which, such as wallflower, stock, mustard, cabbage, radish and others, are well-known garden or field-plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Some of those wallflowers may yet be very good, but they're not getting rewarded by the computer. By any measure, not a memorable start in Pac-12 basketball 2011-12-27T05:57:07Z I aye hae my wallflowers, and once I had heather, but it didna thrive, and I thought a pity to have it dying before my eyes, so I got no more.” Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z The hosts, on the other side, “should supply refreshments for people, rather than asking people to bring their own food or drinks, introduce people and round up the wallflowers.” Shortcuts: When Loved Ones Miss a Milestone Celebration - Shortcuts 2011-12-02T18:08:11Z From where she stood she could survey the wallflowers growing in the borders near the path. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z But Sveum didn't get the nickname "Nuts" for being a wallflower. Cubs interview Sveum; Maddux on deck. 2011-11-08T03:01:00Z Conspicuous and characteristic flowers of the lower altitudes are the mariposa lily, iris, wallflower, gaillardia, and numerous species of cinquefoil, pentstemon, and evening primrose. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z “Too many IG’s are picked to be wallflowers and not do anything,” said Harry Markopolos, the whistleblower who tried without success to interest the agency in Madoff’s activities before the scandal broke in December 2008. SEC Enforcers Frozen as Watchdog Unleashes ‘Chilling’ Probes 2011-11-01T17:07:14Z The wind that sweetly sings in ocean caves, Then dallies with the wallflowers on the tower May fan assassins and sweep over graves. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z The flowers in the fruit garden and by the paths were old-fashioned favourites, wallflowers and mignonette, stocks and roses. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z If his image is only a scary, angry guy, that’s as hobbling as the wallflower performance he’s put on for the last eight weeks. Breaking Reagan's 11th Commandment: Why 'Scary Perry' Is a Doomed Strategy 2011-10-19T20:05:54Z Mr. Bergrin, who used to sport a pencil-thin mustache, has never been a wallflower, so his dramatic foray was familiar territory. Newark Lawyer, Paul Bergrin, Defends Himself in Murder Trial 2011-10-18T02:10:17Z Stocks and wallflowers are also very favourite flowers. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z “I don’t think there’s any chance O.U.’s going to end up being a wallflower,” Boren said, inadvertently turning Oklahoma into a dartboard. Analysis: N.C.A.A. Strife Could Be Eased by Real Revenue Sharing 2011-09-10T21:38:10Z Along this hedge, at present, wallflowers, and scarlet and white and pink-belled foxgloves are blooming. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It had a rich cream tint that blended perfectly with my wallflower eyes and hair. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z He was busy with Evelyn's guests or immolating himself for the benefit of the country wallflowers. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z He planted great yellow wallflowers and cedars and tobacco and Affane cherry trees: potatoes he introduced, and they were cultivated all through Munster. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z It occurs in cruciferous plants, as wallflower, cabbage and cress. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z There are climbing roses too, a Japanese quince, and wallflowers and columbines in the garden plot that subtends the dwelling. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z My hair is not mahogany-coloured at all, but exactly like a mass of crushed wallflowers, and I am extremely fond of my nose, which is small and pale and distinguished. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Everywhere is yellow in spring, ranunculus, buttercups, celandine, and the yellow wallflowers sprouting among all the old walls of Gobelet. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z The wallflower, that ‘scents the dewy air,’ is in Palestine called ‘the blood-drops of Christ’; and its deep hue has led to its being called by a similar name in the West of England. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In this district also such flowers as herbaceous paeonies, Spanish irises, German irises, Christmas roses, lilies of the valley, chrysanthemums, foxgloves, hollyhocks, wallflowers, carnations, &c., are extensively grown in many market gardens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The dew lay heavy and cold upon the tawny, sweet-scented wallflowers, and the freshness of feeling in the shade whispered that the silvery whiteness of their hues was not far removed from frost. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “I’m afraid I’m going to be an awful wallflower,” thought Molly, feeling suddenly overgrown and awkward in the midst of this swirling mass of grace and beauty. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z There they sit, poor old wallflowers! with all the advantage that “false hair and turbans” can give them. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Under his hood he had placed a burdock-leaf to cool his head, but yet his forehead dropped like a still that was full of plantain and wallflower. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z We are to have a few flowers on the borders of the straight walk which intersects it,—daffodils, pansies, roses, and sweet violets and gilliflowers, and wallflowers. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z On that April afternoon all the wallflowers of the world seemed to her released body to have been piled up at the top of Regent Street so that she should walk in fragrance. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z She had gone over and stood exactly where he was standing now, and then she had turned and gazed into the walled garden, at that time brilliant with tulips and wallflowers. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z Between, like guardian walls, are ranked the lines of grave-stones, and around them flower-beds carpeted in this season with the foliage of wallflowers. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z But these details faded into secondary consideration, for the Lavender Lady was entering, in the soft heliotrope gown, with a sprig of wallflower pinned into the lace fichu. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z The garden furnished an ample supply of stocks, roses, carnations, holly-hocks, china asters, sweetwilliams, wallflowers, and the like old-fashioned blossoms with homely names. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z “Dennis is so laid-back that sometimes people tend to think that he is a bit of a wallflower,” she said. In New York?s Schools Chief, a Knack for Quiet Conciliation 2011-04-24T00:34:38Z It is only a matter of mutual consent between two individuals; and he must be a very insignificant personage, indeed, who cannot then find some neglected wallflower willing to accommodate him. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z It smelt of wallflowers and the other things which flower at the end of April; and, underneath all these, of pines. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z She looked such a picture as she sat there, all unconscious of spectators, against a background of golden wallflowers and violet aubrietias, that Avelyn was obliged just to stand still and gaze. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z The other wallflowers also watched them, and commented in whispers. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Regina herself, I am bound to confess, thought with no small misgiving of the time when she should have to be a wallflower for her daughter’s sake. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Only the wallflowers, yet comparatively fresh, were stirring upon the floor. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The donkey trotted past cottage gardens, and they were sweet with wallflowers. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z They had talked it over and planned it out in the little garden at Lyngates, where roses were now blooming instead of the wallflowers and aubrietia. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z A bunch of wallflowers came first, then a large pat of butter, a home-made cake, a roasted chicken, a piece of ham, and a large box of little gooseberry pies. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z I can look at whole beds of wallflowers every spring, and pass on with nothing but a vague admiration for their massed beauty of scent and color. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z The scent of wallflowers was blown to us from a great brown ribbon of them round the walls of the lodgekeeper's house as we swung through the gates. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Where Snow White and Cinderella were largely passive figures waiting for their handsome princes to sweep them off their feet, Rapunzel is no shrinking wallflower. Tangled tale 2011-01-28T00:51:30Z "You shouldn't like who you are going up against right now," said Jets coach Rex Ryan, hardly a wallflower. It won't be cold in Foxborough, Pittsburgh 2011-01-13T21:12:16Z The only bright spot in the room was a bunch of beautiful pansies lying on the table; the wallflowers had been taken upstairs. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z Instead of the carved white wood and gilded cane of the room next door, the furniture was mahogany, of the Queen Anne period; and the carpet, instead of pale Aubusson, was the colour of wallflowers. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z By that expansive definition, courage becomes democratized and demilitarized, the property of any wallflower who manages to give the convention speech, or the math phobe who decides to take calculus. Basics: Searching for the Source of a Fountain of Courage 2011-01-03T23:23:53Z "My flowers—Oh, Bob, do be careful!" cries Betty, rushing to the rescue of her daffodils and wallflowers. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z Close beneath her lay stretched a large and well-kept garden, old-fashioned paths bordered with box, and flower-beds of various geometrical shapes, in which crocus and snowdrop, wallflower, and polyanthus spread themselves in picturesque confusion. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z The man's last remark could have but one meaning, and the image of the girl among the wallflowers and with the jealous lover, emerged in singular distinctness from last night's feverish phantasies. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Not bad for a man often maligned in England as a wallflower. Sir Dave Richards considered quitting as Premier League chairman 2010-10-07T23:05:00Z That is true as far as it goes, but he is not to be mistaken for a wallflower and during matches he will snap at team-mates who perform below the standard he expects. England's Steven Gerrard set to extend perfect record against Germany 2010-06-26T23:06:00Z Grannie's daffodils and wallflowers, carefully placed in a large glass on the little toilet-table, have lifted their drooping heads, and look almost as bright as they did yesterday morning in their far-away country home. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z Squeezed into the backbenches at the House of Commons, Northern Irelands 18 MPs are among the wallflowers of Westminster. Old Divisions and New Deals in Northern Ireland's Elections 2010-05-03T08:30:00Z It appeared to be a case of same old Inter, the Italian big hitters who turn into wallflowers on the continental stage. Jos? Mourinho triumphed with act of defiance and force of personality 2010-04-28T23:16:00Z Tetradynamia: six stamens, of which two are shorter; as in cabbage and wallflower. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History I have sown blood-red wallflowers and Canterbury bells to flower next year. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Breathless and panting she reached the first of two pretty houses standing together, with a strip of garden in front, bright now with wallflowers and hardy hepaticas and celandines. Little Miss Joy Look at the lilac and the columbines, and this bowl of wallflowers! A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Fill the beds with polyanthus, wallflower, forget-me-not and other early flowers. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them V. Cruciformes, with a regular corolla, composed of four petals, placed crosswise; as the wallflower. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History At last he said: "How do you manage to get those fine dark wallflowers in full bloom at the end of June?" The New Gulliver and Other Stories Old maids are the wallflowers of that great dancing-party which is called Life. Her Royal Highness Woman I'm satisfied to play wallflower and talk to the second officer. By Right of Conquest A Novel The face of it was grey and sombre, but all along the top of it, in the crannies of the coping stones, orange wallflowers and sulphur-coloured snapdragons shone among the haze of feathery-flowered grasses. Man and Maid The little station was gay with spring flowers, and the scent of wallflowers floated refreshingly on the cool clean breeze. What a Man Wills You were not sitting by your lone, a dejected wallflower, while your partners gorged in the supper-room. A Question of Marriage A mass of daffodils, wallflowers, and primroses lay banked in baskets along the aisles. Lady Cassandra Two beautiful roses led the way, wearing golden crowns; then followed wallflowers and pinks, who bowed to all present. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series "Did I appear to be a wallflower?" demanded Judith insolently. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Juliet smiled with the laboured brightness of a wallflower in a ballroom, and said, but did not for a moment mean: “I’m growing old, Aunt Eliza.” What a Man Wills Thus it came about that neither the big nor the little Flying-Fish ever used the larger hole, which had become all overgrown with delicate mosses and stonecrop, and even by a fine yellow wallflower. The City Curious The wallflowers would do well enough at the sideboard. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Every old wall had its tufts of wallflowers. Toilers of the Sea I always thought I was a wallflower until I met him. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days He had studied the old Ballads; their simplicities were sweet to him as wallflowers on ruins. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) These should be filled with good soil, and in them wallflowers, pinks, bulbs of different kinds, Wandering Jew, and some varieties of wild-flowers, etc., can be planted. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Mrs. Pope offered me young sunflower seedlings only a week or two ago, and Miss Babbs is always offering me phloxes, and wallflowers, and things. Anxious Audrey And look at the wallflowers growing out in front the same as ever! When Ghost Meets Ghost Now, there was no chance of being a wallflower at Exmoor, where a girl's card was made out beforehand, and she had that warm glow of predestined success from the very beginning of the festivity. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days I began accordingly to compute intervals of time: so much to the ledge, so much again to the wallflower, so much more below. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Snapdragon, wallflower, pansies, and hollyhocks are very easily grown from seed. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes In flowers his taste was old-fashioned and catholic; affecting sunflowers and dahlias, wallflowers and roses, and holding in supreme aversion whatsoever was fantastic, new-fashioned, or wild. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 The stray wallflowers murmured to all who had ears to hear:—"This is how we smelt in days gone by—but oh!—so much stronger!" When Ghost Meets Ghost But before Lucy did any 'stoking' she went out with a rake and smoothed over the rough earth of the empty wallflower bed. The Making of Mona Soon after I must have passed within a little distance of a bush of wallflower, for the scent of it came over me with that impression of reality which characterises scents in darkness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) "I wish I had some of these in my garden," said Anna, laying her cheek against the posy of wallflowers Letty had just given her. The Benefactress A flush rose to the clear brown surface of the little lady's cheek, and more than ever, I thought, she resembled one of the wallflowers in the border outside. The Romance of a Plain Man "Welcome, you wallflowers," he said with a big smile. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin The little window, as well as the door, stood wide open, letting in the scent of the sun-warmed wallflowers, and box, and boy's love. The Making of Mona He paused to examine his bed of spring wallflowers, stooped to uproot an impertinent dandelion which had taken root in his otherwise irreproachable turf, gathered a fine auricula and placed it in his button-hole. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 When no answer came by return to his poem hidden in the wallflowers, he had refused to believe that the bouquet had reached its destination. The Benefactress Sow French honeysuckles, wallflowers, and other hardy plants, upon the natural ground, and the more tender sorts on hotbeds. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Here, in the late April weather, spring bulbs were blooming, wallflowers made a sheet of gold, and the pear trees were opening pure white blossoms. The Madcap of the School She hurried through the garden, where the patch of newly-turned earth was already drying under the kiss of the sun, and the wallflowers were beginning to droop, but she saw nothing of it all. The Making of Mona Change from a wallflower to the center of attraction. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 When she got out of the train at the quiet station there was the familiar breath of wallflowers in the air. A Vanished Hand A bowling green is in its proper place; thorns and old rose-trees have a right to grow round ruined castles; wallflowers belong to stones and mortar. Highways and Byways in Surrey She unlatched the casements and threw them wide, and clean, salt, sweet air came streaming in, bringing the fragrance of mignonette and wallflower and sweetbriar, and the aromatic smells of the larch and pine. The Dop Doctor Through the open doorway the sunshine and the scent of wallflowers poured in. The Making of Mona And ever since, upon old walls, and in the nooks and crannies of ruined buildings, the golden wallflowers have bloomed, filling the air with fragrance as they tell their story of faithful love. The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland She stood still by her chest of drawers with the open book in her hand, gazing at the wallflower in its persistent beauty. A Red Wallflower Perhaps there were wallflowers when Bishop Mew planted his orchard in the keep; but the pasque flower and other rarer blossoms which crowd round the base belong to the gardening of a later day. Highways and Byways in Surrey Opening the rusty gate, the two girls tripped with carefully held flounces up the stone steps and between the cowslips and wallflowers that bordered the walk. Virginia "I dreamed about wallflowers," said Mona, "and I seemed to smell them quite strong," and she told them her dream—at least a part of it. The Making of Mona "This is all very well for the wallflowers," said Captain Winstanley to Violet, "but you and I are losing our dances." Vixen, Volume I. Would it not be wiser to give it up, and let the wallflower go the way of its former companions? A Red Wallflower So there are never any wallflowers the first night. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation "Give me the old wallflower, the rose, violet, and carnation, and let others be stocking their beds with dahlias and chrysanthemums, which have no smell to remind you of the old country." Grey Town An Australian Story "Why it's the smell of the wallflowers!" she cried, after lying for some minutes wondering what it could be. The Making of Mona A strong smell of wallflowers oozed through the hot air. The House with the Green Shutters There was nothing else left, but here was the wallflower. A Red Wallflower Dolly had never known the sensation of being a wallflower, and for the first time her natural wit deserted her. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World He had his experiments to watch, his potatoes and tobacco, his yellow wallflowers, in the pleasant garden by the Blackwater. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography The old-fashioned garden below sent up from its bushes of lavender and rosemary, and sweet-scented thyme and wallflower, a dewy fragrance. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century The country was just in the blush of spring, the woods were bursting into tender leaf, plum blossom made fairy lace-work in wayside orchards, and wallflowers and cowslips bloomed in cottage gardens. A harum-scarum schoolgirl She had obeyed her father, and destroyed all the rest of the bouquet; and this wallflower had been preserved without her knowledge. A Red Wallflower No child of mine was ever a wallflower, nor ever will be. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) And perhaps a lark would be singing high up; and there might be a scent of wallflower; and the children coming home with daisy wreaths. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols “Yes, a ruin to be an object of interest, should be of grey stone, with wallflowers and ivy growing over it,” said Graeme. Janet's Love and Service "I may be a wallflower, waiting for you to take pity on me." Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden She kept the wallflower, took it away from its exposed situation in the Encyclopaedia, and put it in great safety among her own private possessions. A Red Wallflower The man in Washington who can not dance is a "wallflower"—that is, he never leaves the wall. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home There are some things that have a wonderful way of bringing back old memories—the first smell of wallflower in the spring is one, and the first fall of snow in the winter. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols There were a few clusters of large yellow pansies, a calceolaria or two, plenty of wallflower, some clove-pinks, and an abundance of sweet-william in all manner of colors. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 They went into a parlour with its window open, upon the window-sill a pigeon mourning among pots of wallflowers and southernwood that filled the entering air with sweetness. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Except only the one fact, that on the day of Esther's marriage Pitt brought her a bunch of red wallflowers, which he made fast himself to her dress. A Red Wallflower A beautiful girl in church on Sunday mornings, but a wallflower at a dance. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles In front of them, again, rose the great tower with its arched and gloomy entrance, and its one or two small windows, in the clefts of which bunches of wallflower were growing. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Gwen helped to deck the church with daffodils, and great boughs of pink almond blossom, and bunches of sweet-smelling wallflowers. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Many a time she sat there with our sister, the smell of the wallflower on the sill about her, and many a time she sang 'The Rover' in this room. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Here had been heath; there coronilla; here—oh, here was still the wallflower! A Red Wallflower The room was large and lofty and the big mullioned windows looked out upon a beautiful terrace, bordered with wallflowers, jonquils, and masses of dancing daffodils. The Making of a Soul This Sunday afternoon now! they’ll all be buzzing round you like so many flies, while I do wallflower in a corner. A College Girl Two wallflowers answered as with one voice: "With pleasure." Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers The wallflower had grown in a common pot; but Paulette, who is a bandbox maker, had put it into a case of varnished paper ornamented with arabesques. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year There were no wallflowers, for Carrie was a good hostess and, after all, had picked her company with some judgment. The Corner House Girls at School Very early in January the garden at The Woodlands could boast brave clumps of snowdrops and polyanthus, a venturous wallflower or two, and quite a show of yellow jessamine over the south porch. For the Sake of the School At the ball there was an appalling plethora of girls; wallflowers sat waiting round the walls, and waited in vain. A College Girl Romance and poetry, ivy, lichens, and wallflowers need ruins to make them grow.' Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) I placed the wallflower in the open window, where a ray of sunshine bade it welcome; the birds were singing around, the sky had cleared, and the day which began so gloomily had become bright. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year When is ivy in the right place?—when wallflower? Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers And wasn't I always getting bad big boys to smoke less and drink less and pass ex'es and dance with wallflowers and write to their mothers? Jane Journeys On I noticed particularly that he was dancing with the wallflowers to-night. Mary Gray Lovely irises were blooming, white narcissus, wallflowers, and beds of Parma violets, and the beautiful delicate blossom of the arbutula drooped from an archway that spanned the path. The Jolliest School of All As they went towards her through hives and wallflowers, "How the bees do bumble!" said Amaryllis. Ambrotox and Limping Dick However, we went to call at an ancient stone cottage of the colour of petrified wallflowers, to see a servant who took care of Sir Lionel when he was a child. Set in Silver She began to rush him—there's no other word for it—and none of the other girls minded a bit, because, without Flora, Tracey would have been the perfect male wallflower. Murder at Bridge It was his first fine evening at home, and he was drinking in great draughts of the fresh pure air, fragrant with the perfume of roses and huge clusters of wallflowers. A Maker of History She did not answer him; she was stunned, and sat gazing abstractedly on the wallflowers rendering golden the mossy court wall, or far away on the misty Otter sea. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes This, together with the odour of stocks and wallflowers, was deliciously perceived as soon as your hand lifted the latch of the little green door, and regretfully missed when you closed it behind you. The Late Miss Hollingford Imagine a spray of pale purple wallflower, and that will give some idea of the form and colour of its flowers, which are produced on round wiry stems, nearly a foot high, in terminal racemes. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. The scent of the sunset came in reality from a cheval de frise of wallflower on the coping of the low stone wall behind where she was sitting with her Milton. Alec Forbes of Howglen But the afternoon was warm: the bees hummed drowsily among the wallflowers and tulips. News from the Duchy At a young people's party Quenrede would have cheerily danced with some other girl in like plight, but at this stiff grown-up gathering she dared not suggest such an informality, and remained a wallflower. A Popular Schoolgirl A fringe of wallflower and grass grew upon the top of the highest arch and down the broken fragments of the wall. A Dozen Ways Of Love It was very simply furnished, but looked most artistic with its rush-bottomed chairs, its few good pictures, and its stained green table with the big bowl of wallflowers. The Luckiest Girl in the School "Tell me, Charley, who is that fascinating creature in blue that waltzes so divinely?" asked young Frank Belmont of his friend Charles Hastings, as they stood "playing wallflower" for the moment, at a military ball. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales True, a blind man could know the lovely wallflowers and hyacinths and violets and all these sweet-scented things by their smell. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life In one of the wallflower gaps of her program she took a stroll into the conservatory. A Popular Schoolgirl On the table stood a jar full of autumn flowers, and on the window-sill a box full of brown earth and little roots, double daisies, primulas, wallflowers. Dick and Brownie How fair carnation and wallflower the borders of the garden line! Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers Rivers yesterday was throwing flowers at me and Lucy, in play, as we were walking in the garden; I catched a wallflower, and, by an involuntary impulse, kissed it, and placed it in my bosom. The History of Emily Montague She could doubt this combined testimony no longer, and hurried home to put on her best bonnet with the wallflowers in it, and go forth on a visiting tour. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town But now a vegetable-garden grows where the spectacle once was seen, and along the walls where the audience sat and gazed deep-hued wallflowers bloom and delicate jasmine-vines hang out their white stars. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 In the cottage garden the wallflowers and daffodils had sprung up and burst into bloom before anyone had quite realised that their time had come. Dick and Brownie "We have had some warm nights lately and the wallflowers are out; come and look at them, dear." Sister Teresa "What shall we do?—no one wants to sit and look on—it is very stupid, and the rest of us wouldn't enjoy it, either, to have any wallflowers about," Kitty McKenzie regretfully remarked. Mona She took off her neat little chip bonnet, adorned with the sprigs of wallflower, folded up her lavender gloves, and put back her heavily-fringed old-fashioned parasol in its case. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town Thereto La Teuse would add a few wallflowers whose stems were thrust into old decanters. Abbe Mouret's Transgression It has a very branching habit quite from the base like a well-grown bush of the common wallflower. Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 The musk lifted up its head, and mingled with the late velvety wallflower and frilled carnation in releasing a wonder of expressed sweetness upon the night air. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 A boy is plastic, and even a modest wallflower can woo him; but a man, for her, inspires awe—with him she takes no liberties. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors There was a wild garden in front of it, full of cabbage roses, lavender, myrtle, stocks and wallflowers. The Waters of Edera Old landscapes, old happinesses old gardens, old people, come to life again—at times, almost unbearably so—with the smell of wallflower or hay or the sea. The Pleasures of Ignorance Across walls and floors the brambles trailed, and the yellow wallflower crowned the ruins of the stonework everywhere. A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford There are wallflowers of two different colours in her beds. Wildflowers of the Farm And the wallflower woos the youth unwittingly, thinking the while she is only using her influence the better to instruct him. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Then he looked lower and saw the lavender And sea-thrift blooming in long crevices, And the brown wallflower—April's messenger, The wallflower marshalled in her companies. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. There are flower-beds—of the rose, the crocus, the wallflower, the narcissus, the violet, but not, for example, the tulip—laid out in geometrical patterns. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Or take asparagus roots, parsley roots, each an ounce; pennyroyal, calamint, each a handful; wallflowers, gilly-flowers, each two handfuls; boil, strain and add syrup of mugwort, an ounce and a half. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy Most of the blossoms of the wallflowers upon this wall are of a golden yellow colour and are very sweet. Wildflowers of the Farm Hannah danced little, a voluntary wallflower, for she looked radiant in tussore silk, and there was an air of refinement about the slight, pretty girl that attracted the beaux of the Club. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Hyacinths, narcissus, wallflowers, polyanthus, they continued to be held up for her inspection. Fated to Be Free Then, again, the wallflower, which is the emblem of fidelity in misfortune, if presented with the stalk upward, would intimate that the person to whom it was turned was unfaithful in the time of trouble. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden But the lupin, the moss-pink, and the yellow wallflower, with all the varieties of the helianthus, the aster, and the solidago, spread their gay charms around. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest Its clusters of crimson flowers are as great an ornament to the old wall as were the wallflowers in May. Wildflowers of the Farm Dusk thickened as I came, but I could smell First red wallflower and an early hyacinth bell, And see dim primroses. Poems New and Old Primroses, daisies and wallflowers are in full bloom in many parts of the country and young lambs may now be seen frisking in the meadows. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Beyond was a high, red brick-wall rich with ivy and wallflower and pennywort, and set along the top with broken glass. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth He found the little old lady of the wallflowers with a candle in her window, and drank a bottle of ginger beer with a sacramental air. Love and Mr. Lewisham If it can be worn five times during the winter, the girl is either a careful dancer or else a wallflower. From a Girl's Point of View And windflowers and yellow gillyflowers Pierce the astonished earth with light: And most-loved wallflower's bloody petal Shakes over that long frosty battle. Poems New and Old Some ruined Gothic archways may still be seen from the valley, the upper stones yellow with rampant wallflowers in the early spring. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine It was a gloomy little chamber, but clean, and with a mug of wallflower in the window. The Uncommercial Traveller There were wallflowers, heavy scented, in a jug upon the table, and Ethel admired them, and when they set out again the little old lady insisted on her taking a bunch with her. Love and Mr. Lewisham And I noticed another, by the aid of my nostrils; a fragrance of stocks and wallflowers wafted on the air from amongst the homely fruit-trees. Wuthering Heights And yet, oh still Pour like night dew thy richer speech Some late-lost youth perchance to reach, Or unloved girl; and stir and fill Their passionless cold bosoms Under red wallflower blossoms! Poems New and Old Suddenly something jumped in the wallflowers by Daphne, and she started against her husband with a little scream. The Brother of Daphne She was not used to being a wallflower. Main Street In flowers his taste was old-fashioned and catholic; affecting sunflowers and dahlias, wallflowers and roses and holding in supreme aversion whatsoever was fantastic, new-fashioned or wild. Memories and Portraits "Since my misfortune compels me to act the part of a wallflower, I am selfish enough, I own, to rejoice in your decision to be one also," he said gleefully. Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" Her youth and prime and autumn time bloomed in her thought all light and sweet: No wallflower more of sweet could hold, of sunny light no marigold. Poems New and Old Roses, nasturtiums and convolvulus, wallflowers, sweet-pease and carnations, marigolds and sunflowers, dahlias and pansies and hollyhocks and poppies, and Heaven knows what besides! Peter Ibbetson The eyes were bright and brown—at least not exactly brown; rather they were the colour of a brilliant red-brown wallflower, and large and full of expression. The Four Faces A Mystery All this gave to the balcony an appearance of being in a perfect vegetation of timber, as if in the midst of a forest of old wood, which was green with wallflowers and moss. The Dream Abutting on the outer wall is the chapel, and before it a small enclosed flower-garden full of wallflowers and flowering shrubs, a bit of prettiness welcome to the eye. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" And the wallflowers, they're green all the time.—And the monthly roses, they flower at Christmas. The Incomplete Amorist The wallflowers had grown up under the south side of the garden wall; a hedge of butterfly-brown and saffron. Mary Olivier: a Life In village churches these screens were made up of recessed stone panels, surrounded by sculptured wallflowers and other devices; but in large churches they were very ornate, enriched with niches, statues, tabernacle-work, and other adornments. English Villages At Hastings, which may also be called the metropolis of vagrancy, it is impossible to keep a poor little wallflower or a primrose in one's garden. The Roof of France Then she paid a visit to the little garden, and came back with a long branch of laurestinus, which she trained across the mantelpiece, and a bunch of wallflowers for their one little vase. What Katy Did Next I do not suppose that he noticed the scent of the wallflowers growing out of every fissure wafted in on the summer air. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Mamma stood looking at the wallflowers, smiling at them, happy, as if Mark had never gone. Mary Olivier: a Life Don't think I was a wallflower, either; I wasn't. With the Procession At some of the windows were plants—a wallflower blooming in a pot—a caged canary, who uttered an occasional warble, and several shaving mirrors caught the light and shone like stars. L'Assommoir This garden contained two shabby apple trees, as yet hardly touched by the spring; some currant and gooseberry bushes, already fairly green; and a clump or two of scattered daffodils and wallflowers. The History of David Grieve This explains the vegetable precocity of the spot, where wallflowers, cactus, roses, luxuriate. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Mavis acted wallflower for several dances, feeling considerably out of it, till Bevis's voice sounded suddenly in her ear. Monitress Merle Here were immemorial wallflowers, stocks and marigolds, tall hollyhock, gay poppy, brilliant bachelor's button; also, half hid amongst the grass, pansy and forget-me-not. The Purple Land There were rolls of golden butter, nut-brown eggs, snowy bouquets of broccoli, daffodils with the sun striking through their aery petals, masses of dark wallflower where a stray bee revelled. Gone to Earth In the crevices at the foot of another cross wallflowers blossomed, and plants of evening primrose, not yet in flower, were growing. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies One paramount duty of the hostess is so to arrange her invitations that there will be very many more men than women; this eliminates the chance of there being any unhappy wallflowers. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Whereupon Bevis, muttering very uncomplimentary remarks about his hostess under his breath, deliberately passed by several eligible wallflowers, chose out the youngest child in the room, and led her off in a valse. Monitress Merle Gray moss, wallflowers, ivy, and grass were growing here and there out of crevices in the castle walls, as I looked down, sometimes trailing their rippling tendrils in the river. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 They were pretty cottages, strongly and snugly built, with trim narrow gardens in front, full of old-fashioned plants, flowering currants, coloured primroses, wallflower, and stonecrop. Dracula's Guest Sweet is the rain the wind brings to the wallflower browned in the heat, a-dry on the crumbling stone. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Some legends are of a more romantic kind, as that which explains the origin of the wallflower, known in Palestine as the "blood-drops of Christ." The Folk-lore of Plants On some old roofs, which have decayed, and upon which detritus has accumulated, wallflowers may be found; and the house-leek takes capricious root where it fancies. The Open Air What an array of hopeless wallflowers there would be! Marguerite Verne The air is full of mignonette, roses, and wallflowers. Memories of Hawthorne Yellow wallflowers grew along the high wall, and flowered against the sky; swallows flew to and fro the warm space sheltered from the wind, beneath them. The Life of the Fields She preferred to lean upon the low grey wall in whose crannies grew lichens, tiny ferns, and, in their season, harebells and wallflowers. Stella Fregelius Five months ago to-day you sat among the wallflowers and scoffed at the idea of my being able to enjoy myself alone a whole summer through. The Solitary Summer And these two couples now sat side by side upon the tree, gazing contentedly at the colony of wallflowers that flamed in the sunshine just above their heads. The Extra Day The budding shrubbery was on every side, and daisies and wallflowers and auriculas blooming even while a thin veil of snow lay in some places. Memories of Hawthorne Tell Joyce the wallflowers have grown quite high in her garden. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 The wallflowers, interspersed with Spanish and English iris, are massed thruout this court, with rhododendrons in the corners. Palaces and Courts of the Exposition The sky was full of stars, and the garden of scents, and the borders of wallflowers and sweet, sly pansies. The Solitary Summer It was the proud colony of wallflowers that first made Uncle Felix like the place. The Extra Day The ivy on the wall, the yellow wallflower, tell it. Afoot in England Nor did he, wallflower fashion, mope in the meanwhile and look unutterable things. Taken Alive All along the banks of the creek splendid green acacia and grass was growing, and a most inviting-looking plant standing some six feet high, with greenish-grey stems and leaves, and a flower not unlike wallflower. Spinifex and Sand It is to-day a garden of wallflowers, and I think I have every colour and sort in cultivation. The Solitary Summer The wallflowers were as motionless now as painted outlines on a nursery saucer. The Extra Day The wallflower excused herself and went back to her mama from Yonkers. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man "There wasn't much to tell," he reminded her, as they went back to the house through the ranks of wet wallflowers and roses. Sisters Poor Satan, my faithful companion in good times and bad, whose soft velvet nose had so often rubbed my cheek in friendship, was laid low by the deadly wallflower. Spinifex and Sand Red-haired girl, who was remarkably ugly and self-complacent, had been a wallflower all the evening, but thought none the less of herself on that account. Madame Midas The wallflowers shook their tawny heads as a sudden breath of wind swept past them across the End of the World. The Extra Day Hark! there is a child passing our window calling "wallflowers!" Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing There was not a breath of air in the garden; roses and wallflowers stood erect in a sort of luminous enchantment. Sisters Marigolds, alyssum, pansies, and border pinks flourished close to the ground, with sweet William, stock, mignonette, and velvet-brown wallflowers. Martie, the Unconquered For instance, I think I see an unseasonable yellow wallflower from my windows, but you may dispute that and show that it is only a broken end of iris leaf accidentally lit to yellow. First and Last Things The colony of wallflowers were fluttering in the windless air. The Extra Day The wallflowers are from Kent, and only last night were looking up to the stars from their native stems; they are full of buds yet, with their promise of fresh beauty. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing The wallflower had grown in a common pot; but Paulette, who is a bandbox-maker, had put it into a case of varnished paper, ornamented with arabesques. An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Complete She loved the rich mingled scents of wallflower and alyssum and lemon verbena; and, as they walked about, she tucked a velvet plume of dark heliotrope into the belt of her thin white gown. Martie, the Unconquered The wallflower had grown in a common pot; but Paulette, who is a bandbox- maker, had put it into a case of varnished paper, ornamented with arabesques. An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Volume 1 There were not more than a dozen whitewashed houses, all set in little gardens of wallflower and daffodil and early fruit blossom. Huntingtower A few sickly wallflowers were trying to enjoy the air and sunshine. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Crane, in trying to pass him, ran one wheel over a bed of wallflowers. Howards End She walked quickly down the old garden, through the still rich green, and smelled, as she had smelled a thousand times before, the velvety sweetness of wallflowers. Martie, the Unconquered Crane, in trying to pass him, ran one wheel over a bed of wallflowers.� Howards End Bianca did not follow, but stole back into the garden, where the sun was still falling on a bed of wallflowers at the far end. Fraternity One could hear the drone of conversation along the carriages, and, scarcely less loud, the drone of the bumblebees in the wallflowers up the bank. The Day's Work - Volume 1 It was a comical sight and Hopalong, the only wallflower besides Baum and the sheriff, laughed until he became weak. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up And only awhile ago my housekeeper surprised me at the kitchen window, in the act of examining some wallflowers through a magnifying- glass…. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard The old gentleman looked out, too, and at first he too saw nothing more unusual than the gravelled platform and the sunshine and the wallflowers and forget-me-nots in the station borders. The Railway Children |
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