| 单词 | west wind |
| 例句 | The west wind had shifted northward and it was turning colder, but the rain was gone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They belonged to the woman who stayed under the bridge, with low tin walls to block the west wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In the autumn the leaves flamed and rat- fled before the west winds, tempering their sad atheu with glory. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The light west wind carried a fresh smell of rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood on a hill among green fields of barley, sheltered from the west wind by a grove of pendick-trees that now were red with flowers. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s a life-size sculpture of Zephyr, the Greek god of the west wind brought to life by Francavilla, a crown on his head and one foot on a cloud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Only, as the west wind tore the golden rags away, they looked fascinating and difficult to catch. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A west wind off the sea kept the temperature in the thirties, even here at three or four thousand feet of altitude. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Nor had I yet seen the worst of it: for now the west wind dropped, and a southeast gale came on—one more twist of the knife—taking me north again, straight for Kharybdis. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the pond the west wind blew, and into the teeth of the west wind sailed the sloops and schooners, their rails well down, their wet decks gleaming. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z On the high-road there had been a gay west wind blowing in my face, making the grass on the hedges dance in unison, but here there was no wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “The sweetness of your offer is a good smell on the west wind.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He specialized in the role of Zephyr, the west wind, for which he flew across the stage suspended on wires. The Dancer Who Made Beethoven’s Ninth Happen 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z I call my bully Zephyrus, Greek god of the west wind. Clenching and counting: how I get through the holidays with OCD 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Wednesday, with west winds from 20 mph to 35 mph and gusts up to 50 mph. Widespread rain, heavy winds hit Southern California 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Of concern is the forecast Thursday that calls for west winds of 7 to 14 mph with gusts up to 22 mph and temperatures in the high 80s, InciWeb reported. Fast-spreading fire near Ellensburg prompts evacuations 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Unlike most heat waves — which feature dry, hot wind from the east — this one will be accompanied by cooling west winds from the Pacific Ocean. Where WA weather will be hottest — and coolest 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Although those who went face to face with the fierce west wind may remember Monday for that alone, the day’s overall average temperature as of 4 p.m. was two degrees above average. Washington withstands high winds on the day after the month’s third snow 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “The geography of the area is difficult, with steep slopes, and the strong west wind is making the work harder,” the statement said. Wildfire in Southern Spain forces 500 to flee 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z On Wednesday and Thursday, the west winds will be stronger, bringing more stratus clouds and pushing temperatures down from the mid-80s into the 70s, he said. The Seattle area is safe from wildfire smoke (for now) thanks to wind from the west 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z “A west wind fueled the fire but likely spared neighboring buildings,” Bergen said in a news release. Amusement park fire sends smoke billowing, damages building 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z “A west wind fueled the fire but likely spared neighboring buildings,” Bergen said in a release. Fire damages building at NJ shore amusement park 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z A red flag warning is in place for the area as west winds gusting up to 50 mph and low humidity will create "very high fire danger." Colorado wildfires force closures of national forests due to 'unprecedented and historic' conditions 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Snow, wind could add more drama to 111th Apple Cup as Huskies, Cougars play for Pac-12 North title 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z “Southwest to west winds will be strengthening across southwest Colorado this weekend.” Colorado wildfire spreads as winds strengthen 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z “If there were a blowout with a west wind, what’s the response?” North Dakota park surrounded by oil development 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z “From a different angle it grows slightly over to one side, because of the west wind constantly blowing,” he says. The old oak: a year in the life of a tree – in pictures 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Strong west winds are expected to produce low wind-chill readings in the single digits and middle teens. Schools closed due to road conditions from winter weather 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The storm moving across the Southland brought gusty west winds, snow and showers. Northbound Interstate 5 reopens after mudslide; winter storm slams California 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z "Weather will remain warm and dry over the fire with gusty west winds over the next few days," according to InciWeb, although temperatures were expected to cool in that area in the next several days. California wildfires force residents from homes in two towns 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Gusts of winds were about 30 mph, and west winds were up to 20 mph in Boulder when the accident happened, according to the National Weather Service. Plane Crashes on Landing 2014-01-05T22:05:23Z A high of only 31, with a shortage of sunshine and a west wind making it feel like the low 20s. City Room: New York Today: Coat Shortage 2013-12-11T10:58:10Z The beauties of that country are often, indeed, hidden in the mist and rain that the west wind brings up from the boundless ocean. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z In summer the reverse is partially true, for very often the rain does not begin until the actual center of depression has passed and the west winds have begun to exercise their cooling influence. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The two ladies closed their umbrellas, which the west wind had made it hard for them to hold. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z And the Lord sent a strong west wind, that blew the flies in-to the Red Sea. Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood 2012-04-13T02:00:19.530Z These are the "brave west winds" of Maury, whose refreshing action on the soil he never tires of recapitulating. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Before this patriotic burst of eloquence the harsh and irritating charges and selfish objections of the opposition disappeared, like the unhealthy vapors of a morass before the fresh breath of the cool west wind. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Snowstorms that come on the wings of the west wind may be severe, but they will be short. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Outside, bare trees shook their branches in a fresh west wind, and a white belt of surf crept across the shining sands in the broad estuary. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z By that time the fisherman who owned the wupan had hoisted his sail, which, filling immediately with the strong west wind, carried the boat down-stream at a considerable velocity. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The west winds of course increase the moisture, and moderate both the winter cold and the summer heat, while the east winds blowing over the continent have an opposite influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The west wind now began to subside, and before long the air became still and the mists thicker, with dense, low clouds massing close overhead. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z The west wind is so popular because it has a slight downward flowing tendency. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z A strong west wind was accompanied by an icy rain, which fell all day in torrents. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z A mild west wind enlivened the surface of the lake with the sparkle of innumerable wavelets, and all that had for days been lead seemed turned to silver. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z When the west wind blows and the sun shines, there is nothing like it for color, he told J——. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z It was the west wind,—'of all the winds, the best wind.' Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z For a very short while from a thunder cloud rising on a west wind. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Now he faced the open country and the wet west wind, and he settled himself down in his seat and shook up his horses. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z They had encountered numerous snowstorms, and a cutting west wind had for three days made traveling impossible. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z I rejoiced to be outside, for our business in the harbour was over, and I had feared that west winds would detain us. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The freshening morning was lovely and sweet; the west winds poured into me like wine. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z A fall of the barometer on a west wind is not common. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z "High on the crest of the blossoming grasses, Bending and swaying, with face toward the sky, Stirred by the lightest west wind as it passes, Hosts of the silver-white daisy-stars lie." The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The Dartmoor people themselves say:— The south wind blows and brings wet weather, The north gives wet and cold together, The west wind comes brimful of rain, The east wind drives it back again. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z The almost perennial west winds prevent vegetation from growing on the heights exposed to their action. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z And it were vainer to argue with a hound on a runway, or with the west wind in October, than with me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The southwest winds of winter precede a thaw and are much damper than west winds. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z And now a puff of west wind brought Wolf's sense of smell into action. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z It was a wonderfully calm evening, with only a gentle west wind blowing, and the moon already shining faintly in the dark sky. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z A strong west wind on the ship's quarter added to the difficulty of the undertaking which was entirely overcome, the ship taking the water beautifully. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The island was loosely veiled by low gray clouds — a collaboration of the west wind and moist lake air. Scientist at Work Blog: In Winter Weather, Flying to Find Wolves 2012-01-24T23:11:52Z In summer over our country the west wind comes from the southwest, to be Irish, and in winter from the northwest. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Fast above the indigo crests stir the light clouds, harried by the west wind whereon the hawk floats across the valley. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z She battled with the west wind, getting the matter over as quickly as might be. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z When the storms beat on the coast, driven by the wild west winds, the boom and clangour is heard as far inland as Lamorna Cove. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z In the morning we once 557more neared the island, under the influence of a gentle west wind, having run 15 miles out during the night. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The first and most reliable symptom of the approach of an anticyclone is the west wind. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Only on the west side does the island, with the steep margin of the crater some 700 or 800 feet high, afford any protection against the west winds, which, however, seldom blow here. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The prairie was bright with sunshine, and the boisterous west wind was cut off by a bluff where Harding sat amid a litter of dismantled machinery. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z She was turned round, ran along the lone Southern Ocean, before the 'brave west winds' so admirably described by Maury, and eventually reached her destination by the route leading south of Australia. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The order was accordingly given to luff up, so as to make tacks against the freshening west wind, out of this bay, studded as it is with numerous coral reefs. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Look for a change toward storms when: The west wind suddenly drops. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The west winds swept through that gateway, reaping as they went, and here and there tremendous trees lay strewn athwart each other with their branches spread abroad in horrible tangles. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Winter riding on the wings of a fierce west wind that roared harshly through the woods and bent the trees before it. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z And the west wind obeys her, and goes sighing through the trees, and all the flowerets nod and sleep. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The west wind is most prevalent in August, least so in May. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The west wind shifts to south or northeast. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z On the other hand a period of continued northwest and west wind is a dry period. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z And near the top, closely shut in and sheltered from the cold west winds by wooded hills, was our mountain home. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The cushat in the thicket of spruce hears the west wind’s lullaby, and ceases to croodle. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z "Perhaps if the window were open——" Before I could help her she had opened it, and the west wind rushed in, with big drops in it. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z They had swept along on the steady west wind for weeks. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Boreas—The North Wind Zephyros, the west wind, is represented as a graceful youth, scantily clad, with his arms filled with flowers. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z The few particles driven by the rare east and west winds toward the line of the canal, would easily be arrested by plantations or other simple methods, or removed by dredging. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z “I will sing with the trees and the west wind till the sun returns.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Because the same west wind, which blows almost the whole of the year, and retards the vessels passing by Cape Horn, carries them with rapidity by the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z Liberty I clasped in my arms for the first time, and the influence of her smile and embrace revived my life like the sun and the west wind.' The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:25.173Z It is quite unlike our west wind which blows across a continent, and is continuously robbed of its water vapor on the long passage. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z To add to the general discomfort a raw, moist, west wind was blowing down London River, without having sufficient force to disperse the baffling fog. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z It is spring-time, and the soft west wind goes sighing through the trees. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three foot a-breast. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z To our great joy the east wind died away this morning, and immediately a west wind sprang up, which very quickly freshened to a smart gale. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Joining forces with the west wind, these directions prevail one third of the time. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z They shall be taught the songs the syrens know, The wave's lament, the west wind's psalmistry, The secrets of the south and of the snow, The wherewithal of day, and death, and night. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Listen to me, brave Chee-tow-wa, Lie not there upon the meadow; Stoop not down among the lilies, Lest the west wind come and harm you. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Not yet within those chambers lieth He, A dead one in his living world; his south And west winds blowing over earth and sea, And not a breath on that creating mouth. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Come to this box,' he cried, and the west wind came, and blew and blew, till it blew him to the shore, not far from his own town. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z The climate of the United States is essentially determined by the prevalence of the north, northwest and west winds. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z Let thy west wind sleep on The lake; speak silence with thy glimmering eyes, And wash the dusk with silver. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z But she complained that the dip-lights danced and that the floor behaved in strange fashion, running like ripples on Vlaie Water in a west wind. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Outside they paused and sniffed the west wind appreciatively—the scent was good. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The veld was yellow and scorched by the sun, and when we halted for a while on the farm I have just mentioned, the west wind sang a mournful ditty over the parched country. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z “I have persuaded Tessa to stay and hear Philip to-night; she says that he is like a west wind to her.” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z It was the west wind, I suppose, that devoured my green cabbage? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z You saw it sail over the mountain up there, and we've been having constant west winds for several days now. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol 2011-07-26T02:00:18.713Z We were warped out of dock about eight o’clock, and steamed down the Humber with a west wind and a smooth sea. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z A west wind followed it, and dispersed the dark threatening clouds that had so long obscured the sky. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Morning,—and the cool west wind, laden with refreshment, hastened over the desert’s rim to where I lay, still on the border-land of sleep. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The west wind whipped the palm trees now, growing ever fresher. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "Suppose he waits for a west wind and squirts his gas in this direction?" whispered Cleves. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z How sweet it was, with red lights burning, people slowly straggling like themselves, and enjoying the gentle ease of the twilight and of the soft west wind. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Here the west wind, there the north wind, in true token of their love, At the feet of yonder rose lay treasure poured down from above. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z Its wounds were not skin-deep, thanks to the west wind which had driven the flames the other way. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The west wind is freshening now and it will carry the flames to the other fields, those in the direction of the rising moon. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The west wind blew fresh in his startled eyes. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Light clouds were moving gently across the sky; the budding trees were waving in a soft west wind; there was that seeming exuberance of life in the appearance of nature, which is always so exhilarating. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z The light west winds and watery south are his fresh young deacons, his ecclesiastical aides-de-camp. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z All in the bright September weather, When west winds blow, Five little clovers were glad together Under the snow. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z Let thy west wind sleep on The lake: speak silence with thy glimmering eyes, And wash the dusk with silver.” William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z The young man felt the west wind at the back of his left ear. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z But you'll be a new man, one day, Where the west wind thrills. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z To which we may add,— The south wind brings wet weather, The north wind wet and cold together; The west wind always brings us rain, The east wind blows it back again. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z As the latrines were never cleared out, the atmosphere in these near huts was something too appalling for words, especially if a west wind was blowing. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z The west wind of this new interest in another's life, this new importance for himself, blew away visibly before her eyes the black clouds of disheartenment. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z A west wind kept us a long time about the Sorlingues. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The climate is severe, great cold being experienced in winter, though moist west winds exercise a moderating influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The west wind still drew in down the valley with summer warmth and ruffled the water at their feet. The Master of the Inn 2011-02-26T03:00:51.930Z There," he said, "is one of the simplest phases of beauty, the world has ever given us—flowers and trees, an open space and a west wind. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The west wind, which the Indians say brings all that a man may wish for. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The west wind is a vera reliable one in the Firth o' Edinburgh, and it is weel able, and extremely likely, to defend its ain city. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z The day before Christmas the west wind suddenly veered round northward. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z The four cardinal points are spirits, the west being the oldest and the father of the others, by a beautiful girl, who, one day while bathing, suffered the west wind to blow upon her. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Tame blood which would not run a little faster as the south and west winds, the sunshine and the showers, came creeping to wake the spring earth maidens. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z The globes of dew gleamed in opal tints upon the grass, the big robins passed wreathed in filmy gossamers, the earth smoked with mist and thrilled with the voice of the glad west wind. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z He was to direct the west wind, hence generally called Kabeyun, there to remain for ever. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-04T03:00:18.247Z A west wind, rising at dawn, generally presages a rainy day. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Now the west wind brought the faint scent of the cultivated land to his sensitive nostrils, and his camel lifted its head to snuff at the breeze. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z The south wind wooes the barbarous north; on many a distant shore the gentler west wind persuades the arid east. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Fortunately the rain was heavy and thick, and a rising west wind gave every promise of its continuance. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z The sun was shining, and a soft west wind blowing. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z It was but a tiny white flake, a soft, silvery spray, torn from some shrub blossoming in an unknown Eden, and blown by the west wind in the sky. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Her further remarks, however, were checked by her efforts to pull in her camel; for the west wind had brought to its nostrils the scent of vegetation, and its pace had suddenly increased. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Along the entire length of the American coast, the clear winds are the west winds, the rain-winds being the east winds. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Now in the later forenoon the sun was peeping at times through the heavy clouds, which rolled slowly toward the east, driven by a damp west wind. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Looking down from the bridge which the west wind had made for us to cross upon, we saw that the pool was alive with trout. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z To-day, after the strong west wind had kept the tide back to such an extent, there could hardly be ten feet, and the steamer drew light. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z You see how the sea looked from Homer's point of view, and know how he felt the west wind, cold and raw. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Every west wind that blows, crosses the stream on its way to Europe, and carries with it a portion of this heat to temper there the northern winds of winter. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The terra cotta balustrade outside his office had been removed during a renovation, allowing an already strong west wind to become even stronger. Like an Eccentric Dowager, the Flatiron Gets By on Charm 2010-05-25T21:41:00Z The weather was fine on February 26, 1918, but a very strong west wind greatly favored the German machines in air fighting. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Since then there has been a great deal of silting up, and also, in consequence of the west wind which has prevailed for some weeks, the water has been constantly falling. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z It is remarkable how bird-life has increased since the west wind set in the day before yesterday. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Here the rule is reversed; the west winds bringing us rains, and the east winds clear weather. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z On these delightful breezy uplands, where the pleasant west wind blew fresh and warm from the Gulf Stream, Miss Birks's pupils might wander at will during play hours, only observing a few sensible restrictions. The School by the Sea He's the sure morning after this dark dream; Clear daylight and west wind of a lad's love; With all his golden pride, for my dull hours, Still climbing sunward! One-Act Plays By Modern Authors The west wind rushed upon them from the American north coasts, as if to forbid their approach. William Bradford of Plymouth That may be poetry, but we don’t have much of any wind out here except the west wind. Unexplored! These “brave west winds,” though thus fraught with danger, are a great boon to commerce. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Your rooms look to the forest, and the west winds come blowing against the windows. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Tall ferns covered the slopes, protected from the west winds, and here and there little copses of stunted oak showed the traces of what once had been forest. The Fortunes Of Glencore A soft west wind blew in their faces as they emerged into the country lane. The Missioner The west wind dried her tears on her face as she looked out; and Prudence Varley came in. The Furnace We still held on to our west winds, though they had now become light. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z From the garden the nightingale was heard complaining, while fitful gusts of west wind came rattling at the windowpanes. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales The north east winds prevailed until the tenth, when west and south west winds set in, and continued until the end of the month. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France From the open door he heard the soft whispering of the west wind—for the first time in his life he found the simple but dignified ritual unconvincing. The Missioner War times were come again, and the chanting cries of the old women came pulsing by on the soft west wind. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop I had a striking confirmation of this theory in the “brave west winds.” Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The heavy west winds drive a blinding dust in our faces, and in a few hours a person becomes as black as a negro. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 And at the prayer of Moses, the Lord caused the breeze to veer and rise into a hurricane: “The Lord turned an exceeding strong west wind.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus It was April, in the year 1750, and a soft west wind was blowing up the street, across the oak woods of the near forest. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance But at length one morning the Sea-gulls came in screaming from the sea to say that the west wind and the rain were coming; and that very night the frost vanished. The Story of a Red Deer It is thus seen that the theory, that these “brave west winds” are a series of circular winds, harmonizes entirely with the facts observed by us. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The west wind cannot find its way in here. Mary A great west wind had suddenly sprung up. Shadows of Flames A Novel There's something so exhilarating about this great west wind. Plashers Mead A Novel And now it is waste land upon which my delighted eyes rest, and the west wind brings to my nostrils the scent of the moors. Windyridge In the region of the “brave west winds,” it would seem that the northern segment always passes over that belt of the ocean. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z She smiled as she listened, and, leaning from the window, the west wind blew to her the scent of flowers. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium A strong west wind heaped the waters of the Gulf up into the narrow funnel of the Neva, and poured them, slowly at first, along the streets. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The weather was good, with a pleasant nor'-west wind; so the sails were hoisted to aid the screw. Round the World in Eighty Days But I have not seen you, stranger, who speakest with the voice of the west wind. The White Shield It is but some accidental grass or leaf that has been shed and sown by some west wind upon the edges of the tiles of a little old poor roof in town. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure But the west wind had sprung up, and just as the stones were taken from the entrance, a low, deep, sorrowful sigh issued from the mouth of the cave. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Before the strong west wind the ship made a good run out of sight of land from coast to coast except when the southern shores of Cyprus were passed. The Bible Story The strong west wind was in their favour. Round the World in Eighty Days The fifth day was as sunny as ever, but a stiff west wind sprang up, and the temperature was bearable. Feet Of Clay Little distant things on the verge, the lashes of the eyes of earth and sky, are more perceptible than they are in London, even with a west wind. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure Day after day canoes crowded about the mouth of the cave, and still the west wind blew, and still the sighs and moans continued to strike the souls of the trembling warriors. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. The English expedition found these drifts to lie directly across their course, having been formed by a west wind. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Maui caught and held all the winds save the west wind. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina Clouds none, cool west wind, slight hoarfrost on the meadows. My First Summer in the Sierra No doubt the west wind, which symbolized health and happiness, fair weather and sunshine, blew softly through its open casements and across its spacious galleries. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days These had come over the seas before the west winds and floated on their island shores. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Here was the same steady west wind that had driven the gas upon their ship. Brood of the Dark Moon He sought in vain for the west wind, but could not find from whence it came. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina As long as the west wind blows, however slight the breeze, the Douvres are twice a day subjected to that rude assault. Toilers of the Sea Next morning they sailed, and had a fair west wind, so that they soon landed among the Greeks and carried Philoctetes on shore. Tales of Troy and Greece The young Bretonne stood under the doorway of the house, sheltered from the rain which came with the soft west wind. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. Over the county of Lancashire the prevailing west wind carries comparatively continuous currents of humidified air. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" Were they to disappear to-morrow, to be blown dancing away like the leaves before Shelley's west wind, where in reading or playgoing would posterity encounter them? A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The heat of the sun told him the directions; and when the sun went down, the crooning west wind, bringing thaw and snow-crust, was his compass. The Story of the Trapper The west wind was blowing furiously, like the very breath of Odin. A Captive of the Roman Eagles There a violent west wind blows night and day. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. A west wind comes away, freshens, and stirs the vapour till it whips close overhead in wraiths and streamers, raises here and there a fold on the distant horizon, then dies again. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war A strong steady west wind and the fire would be blown towards the bay, where it could be extinguished from the marine boats. Ancestors A Novel Between latitudes 40� and 60� S. the “brave west winds” blow with a constancy and velocity found in the northern hemisphere only on the oceans, and then in a modified form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Quay punts passed to and fro from ship to shore, lurching, deep-laden with stores, or sailing light to reap the harvest that the west wind had blown them. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The snow lies over everything for months, until in the early spring the warm west winds begin to blow, melting the snow from one side of the mountains. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear In the dole That haunts the west wind, in the joyous roll Of Arethusan fountains, or among The wastes where Ozymandias the strong Lies in colossal ruin, thy control Speaks in the wedded rhyme. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. In the south-west, however, towards the Auchtermaunshohe, a brisk west wind carried before it their transparent vapours, which were not yet condensed into thick heavy clouds. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed It is the same thrill which the wilting west wind steeps from the salt marsh as it comes across, some baffling and alluring ether distilled from under-sea caverns where cool green mermen tend emerald fires. Old Plymouth Trails Rounding Cape Horn from the eastward, setting to the teeth of the great west wind, to the shock and onset of towering seas; furious combination of the elements that sweep unchecked around the globe! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The homing bird must fly in the teeth of a strong west wind. Cavalry of the Clouds As the stars paled, the sweet breath of the cool west wind sprang up, shaking the raindrops in showers from the trees. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Traveling would be hard until a warm west wind melted the surface, and gave a crust chance to form over-night. The Wilderness Trail His spirit will bid you jibe your sail to that freshening west wind off Allerton and bowl down the coast parallel with the long stretch of Nantasket sands. Old Plymouth Trails Monday, October 6.—It is a magnificent glimmering moonlight night, with a wild, great west wind abroad, flapping above one like an immense banner, and every now and again swooping furiously against my windows. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The west wind had blown her hair into disorder, but it had blown also the color back into her cheeks. The Moving Finger “Ho, ho!” laughed the maple and the birch behind their fluttering green fans, pretending to be greatly amused at what the west wind was saying to them. Happy Days for Boys and Girls For only as far as the west wind blows The sweets of a swinging full-blown rose, Eight years old and queen of the lilies Little Etain slept—ah, how close! Collected Poems Volume One Both, crowned by God's blessing, sent in the pure west wind blowing soft as fresh through the ever-open chamber lattice, rekindled her long-languishing energies. Shirley He got up, the sun striking him on the face, from which the west wind pressed back his hat brim as if to let the daylight see it. The Rustler of Wind River The scent of the flowers in the window-boxes and a little wave of the soft west wind came stealing in. The Moving Finger A light west wind was blowing; and deliberate, exactly spaced swells, their tops laced with iridescent spray, were sweeping in from a sea like a glassy blue pavement. Wild Oranges Fair was the day, the honied beanfield's scent The west wind bore unto him, o'er the way The glittering noisy poplar leaves did play. The Earthly Paradise A Poem A strong west wind has blown almost all day; the barometer is low, but has begun to rise unsteadily. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I With a west wind, it proceeded towards the Col de Balme, being followed by a prolonged wreath of vapor, always forming exactly at the same spot over the glacier. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) The west wind blew softly, bending the columns of smoke from the tall chimneys on shore, and the black funnels of the steamers that went snorting and puffing down the river. The Rambles of a Rat Diana met and received it all as blandly as she would give her face to the west wind; at the same time, no rough wind could move her from the way of her duty. Diana At 4 p.m. the fires were lighted in order to enable us to get within the influence of the true west wind, for we had reached the edge of the trades. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The ice-pack stirred: we felt the schooner shiver, heard the tumult of warning noises, as that gigantic, lethargic mass was aroused to unwilling motion by the lash of the west wind. The Cruise of the Shining Light Mountaineers know that as long as the west wind blows no severe storm is to be feared. A Mountain Boyhood At first, poor girl, merely to breathe the fresh air and inhale the delicious west wind, and look at trees and grass, and cows and deer once more, and listen to the birds singing. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The transport of all these objects being attributed to the west winds and not to the gulf stream, the existence of which was then totally unsuspected. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Indeed, she almost doubted whether it were a real child after all, or only a light wreath of the new-fallen snow, blown hither and thither about the garden by the intensely cold west wind. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Cool, foggy morning; calm sea up until one o’clock, then a west wind that roughened the water white. Tales of Fishes The morning broke through flying clouds, with a bitter, wet, west wind rasping the bleak highlands. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit The rainy season lasts till September, and thunder-storms occur daily in the afternoon between two and three o'clock, accompanied by a west wind, while at other times it blows from the east. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 For some weeks a strong west wind drove dark clouds across the sea, the hills were wrapped in mist, the creeks swelled and the tides rose high. Partners of the Out-Trail Just then there came a breeze of the pure west wind sweeping through the garden, and rattling the parlor windows. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The weather favoured them, for there was a slight west wind which, while catching the foliage of the trees, caused it to rustle and so conceal any slight noise they might make. The White Lie The two men stood silent, considering each other, despite the violence of the west wind sweeping across the end of the stockade, bringing with it enormous foam-tipped waves, rising from a rough, grey sea. A Nest of Spies As they gathered the harvest, the west wind brought a faint, sulphurous smell of pit-refuse burning. The Rainbow The west wind comes to me laden with ecstatic voices. A Son of the Middle Border Jeremy looked away up the bay where he could still see the speck of white sail that showed his father hurrying landward on a long tack with the west wind abeam. The Black Buccaneer For when the west wind courts her gently, How modestly she blows, and paints the Sun With her chaste blushes? The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare The French were to windward, and, having a strong south west wind with them, they came down rapidly towards us, as if anxious to fight. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Yours is to sing of blue skies and west winds, of hay-scented meadows and Watteau-like revellers in a paradise as artificial as a Dutch garden. The Master Mummer So the west wind rose in his might, and the dark rain-clouds veiled the whole heaven, for the winds of the north which drive away the mists and vapors were shut up in their prison-house. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The Revenge was close-hauled and running southwest on a fresh west wind. The Black Buccaneer Miss Leicester suggested that they should sail a little farther before going in, and so they went as far as the next reach, a mile above the camp, on the accommodating west wind. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls And the wild west wind that swept across the plain spared the little corner where he lay asleep, curled up in his sacking with the inside-out school cap, doubled twice, for pillow. The Magic World And then a voice came floating back to me down the west wind. The Master Mummer Here I am almost suffocating with the heat, which would be respectable in Soudan, and you sit there bolt upright, looking as cool as a west wind in March. Macaria An extremely violent west wind carried all the grasshoppers into the Sea of Weeds; but the Pharaoh's obstinate heart, harder than brass, porphyry, or basalt, would not relent. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt He's like a fresh west wind that 'airs' a house so wonderfully. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life It was now summer; the window was open to the west wind, blowing in from the sea. The Mother Clouds floated past, gently swept on by the west wind. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man The climate of the department is mild and it has an abundant rainfall, partly due to the west wind which drives the clouds from the gulf of Gascony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" I approached the mausoleum very warily; a soft west wind was blowing, the night was quiet with alternate swathes of darkness and light as billowy clouds took the moon by storm and passed beyond her. Border Ghost Stories I sat near the steps, where I could watch the sweep of the great shadows thrown by the clouds that were sailing before the west wind. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk And to-day it was a lovely day; and the warm west wind blew in the breath of the pink and blue hyacinths in the window-boxes. Bird of Paradise Pine-trees of strange species were driven by west winds upon the coast of Fayal, and two corpses of men of an unknown race had been washed ashore upon the neighbouring island of Flores. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest If this calm ends in a west wind, we may be driven back anywhere by that and the tide. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" Mrs. Chesters rode on down towards the farmhouse, where it stood eminent upon a knoll beyond the burn, covered with ivy, and sheltered by ash trees from the blasts of the west wind. Border Ghost Stories He loved the murky waters of the English Channel because they bathed its shores, and he loved the strong west wind. The Explorer The west wind blew past, making little quick eddies on the surface of the water. A Little Country Girl Sometimes, however, the mug would disappear rather suddenly in the morning, and an odor as of sulphureted hydrogen would linger about, till the kitchen windows were raised and the fresh west wind admitted. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Pipe all hands to breakfast—slack out the mainsheet, here’s the west wind;” and up rose the sun, well washed by the torrents of rain. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The coast of Tierra del Fuego was reached without anything worthy of special notice having occurred during a very prosperous voyage, with a prevailing west wind. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The west wind seemed to him the English wind; it was the trusty wind of seafaring men, and he lifted his face to taste its salt buoyancy. The Explorer The air was sweet with the perfume of flowers, and the melody of murmuring insects, the blue sky was cloudless, the heat of the sun was tempered by the heather-scented west wind. Anna the Adventuress They next sailed for Cadiz, but a strong west wind having set in, the ship was forced back to the road of Gibraltar. The Huguenots in France The possibility of taking a boat across the Atlantic, with west wind prevailing and with no rocks or shoals to fear, is altogether beyond doubt. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" Every night a west wind blows from the Pacific, and they meant to start the fire at the west end. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror A few fluffy clouds began to appear, but old Boreas blew them away as soon as the west wind brought them up. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee The gates were parallel bars of cloud, with the west wind for warden. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad It was a fresh sunny morning, a soft west wind blowing up all the sweetness of the woods and leas. Vixen, Volume II. Presently the west wind begins to blow with greater strength, and they note the mass of clouds, gray and frowning, that is banked against the sky. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier He uncovered his head, and the light west wind played in his hair and cooled his temples. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time "The west wind always brings wet weather, The east wind wet and cold together; The south wind surely brings us rain, The north wind blows it back again." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A warm west wind was blowing and trees and grass were drying. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" They walked along idly, following a cart-track that led into the woody deeps where the earliest autumn leaves were dropping gently in the soft west wind. Vixen, Volume II. The most favorable opportunity for prosecuting the fishery in the Greenland seas, commonly occurs with north, north-west or west winds. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Then the winds arose in fury, Blew the east wind, blew the west wind, And the south wind yet more strongly, And the north wind howled and blustered. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The west wind, but generally considered to apply to any light pleasant breeze. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Upon approaching forty degrees north latitude, they met in full force the rude west winds, as the Spanish navigators styled them, and before them bore away to the English Channel. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The endless slopes of grass presented no distinguishing features; he was alone with the west wind’s noble clouds. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Fortunately, we had all the time a strong west wind; by its help we passed the southern coasts of the Aleutian Islands, and on the 7th of August already approached the American coast. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Exposed to the continual ravages of the stormy west winds which prevailed the entire year in these latitudes, it appeared uninhabitable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The west wind blows fortunes into Devon ports nowadays. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Audrey Dunbar seemed like a breath of the refreshing west wind herself, and it was not to be wondered at that her guests should appreciate her generous hospitality and personal attention. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening She blushed but looked up at him seriously: "Keed, if I flew a little toy balloon in the air, where would the west wind carry it?" Barbarians North wind or south wind, east wind or west wind all said something to him. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods It sloped eastward enough so that it did not get the full force of west winds. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The west wind pours among the dunes, a warm and heavy torrent. Old Junk At their left hand, the lake spread bleakly to the horizon, torn and white under the west wind, and with great billows tumbling on the beach. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Once more she followed the deep-trodden and ancient trail through copse and pasture and over the stream down into the meadow, where the west wind furrowed the wild-flowers and the early afternoon sun fell hot. Barbarians The prairies were in their tenderest green, and the young grass bent lightly before a gentle west wind. The Candidate A Political Romance The early Spanish navigators characterized them as "vientos bravos," an epithet too literally and flatteringly rendered into English by our seamen as "the brave west winds;" the Spanish "bravo" meaning rude. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Each chose a ridge with a southeast exposure while higher ridges behind cut off the sweep of the north and west winds; and every den was located in a heavy clump of sage. The Yellow Horde Outside the sun was shining and the west wind blowing, making everything bright and glad; but within all was cold and forbidding. Roger Trewinion But west winds are predicted after sunrise tomorrow. Barbarians A soft west wind blew through leaf and grass— 'Driving sweet buds, like flocks, to feed in air.' Robert Elsmere But after we had made our southing from Bombay our course lay nearly due east, with a fresh, fair, west wind, within five degrees of the equator, a zone wherein cyclonic disturbance seldom intrudes. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life We commenced our recent trip at Victoria, and crossed the Straits of Fuca,—through which the west wind draws as through a tunnel,—to Port Angeles. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California He had been in his retreat a week when he felt a light and soft touch on his face, the breath of the west wind. The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees—a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again. Barbarians The anchorage of the Downs is sheltered from west winds by the mainland and from east winds by the dreaded Goodwins. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands The last afternoon of Shirley's visit came, clear and crisp, a strong west wind lifting the haze from the tinted hills. The House of Toys And so the shadows fall apart, And so the west winds play; And all the windows of my heart I open to the day. A Young Mutineer The sun was warm, and, sheltered by a rock to screen us from the west wind, we found a single shawl all-sufficient covering. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In December and January the west wind blows freshly over the place, and as there is incessant movement, soon all present are so covered with dust that they look like millers. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 A strong north west wind, at such times, is of incalculable value to the farmer. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses But as she hurried along to the station with the moist west wind in her face, she saw—behind those engrossing thoughts—the other girl waiting angrily to be released from the pay-box. The Privet Hedge If I didn't know which direction is north, I couldn't tell an east wind from a west wind. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn A strong west wind swept it in sheets across the bog. Lady Bountiful When the west wind is blowing freshly, it is brought with most pleasant coolness into the house through platted screens of scented grass, on which water is continually thrown outside. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Zephyr is Greek for the light west wind. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Who, in the west wind’s aromatic breath, Could hear the call of Death?” Special Messenger There was a strong west wind blowing dead against me, which, together with the current, increased by the height of the water, made the first part of the passage pretty toilsome. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Does the west wind hereabouts blow across the big fire hill? The Heart of Unaga For to begin with, they are as wayward as a west wind.' The Gold of Chickaree The Sopwith Aviation Company designed their machine for such a flight, but sent it out to Newfoundland to catch and take advantage of the prevailing west winds across the North Atlantic. Opportunities in Aviation Wellington is the capital of New Zealand; it is likewise the windy port of the Pacific, for it is in the eye of the "roaring forties," the strong west wind of the South Temperate Zone. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania While he was looking through his glass he saw above the horizon a smoke driven by the west wind towards the island. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery About three o'clock in the afternoon it was cloudy, and a gentle, melancholy, sighing west wind wafted to my assistance in the lower meadows, where the stream is small and typical of perpetual motion. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The west wind is, in winter, the great foe of the fishermen of the fiords: it brings in the fog from the sea, and the fogs of the Arctic Circle are no trifling enemy. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" About nightfall the west wind rose and blew it back, revealing a land mantled with condensed drops. The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 On her right white-caps were running before the west wind and diving like ducks on the strait. Marianson From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 A west wind had fortunately risen and was driving her toward the land, but with strange caprices which tossed her to right and to left. The Fête At Coqueville 1907 The sun had set, and a strong west wind blew steadily up stream. The Phantom of the River If Nipen really had the charge of the winds, he could not more emphatically show his displeasure towards any unhappy boatman than by overtaking him with the west wind and fog. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" It was a glorious summer night; full moon, full tide, and a steady west wind heavy with the odor of the Hills. Janet of the Dunes Tears of disappointment rose to Patricia's eyes and she shivered as the gusts of west wind flung the drops from the saturated trees in a silver shower across the darkened panes. Miss Pat at School The roses with the west wind rapping Are torn away, and a splash Of red goes down the billowing air. New Poems More serious, however, than all was the west wind. The Phantom of the River He laughed at the west wind and fog sent by Nipen’s wrath, as Erica had reached home in spite of it. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Across the moat the fresh west wind In very little ripples went; The way the heavy aspens bent Towards it, was a thing to mind. The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems The thermometer showed the outside temperature to have dropped to 40 degrees Centigrade in the west wind, and it was still going down. Wind The rain, driven by a west wind, poured heavily, and the air rapidly grew colder. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War This said, they steer for harbour, while the following west wind stretches their sails; the fleet runs fast down the flood, and at last they land joyfully on the familiar beach. The Aeneid of Virgil The schooner had peeped out from behind the promontory, and was stealing up with a soft west wind— “A west wind!” exclaimed Erica. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The west wind from the wheat Blows cold across my feet; Is it not time to meet Gold wings across the sea? The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems Does not their island lie more exposed to the great Atlantic; and does not the west wind blow three-fourths of a year? A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Unless I miss my guess we'll have a thunderstorm, and a west wind which will make short work of this humidity. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands And your words and thoughts just soften and warm like west wind. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston Here is the west wind; but only to waft the enemy into our hands. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Beyond this—to the north and south of the tropical zones—come the prevailing belts of strong west winds, which stretch almost to the Poles. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Now and then came soft west winds, sighing sweetness over the earth. Olive A Novel It died and was eliminated, and when it was all as nothing then might the kingdom come ... no arbitrary blowing of Gabriel's trumpet, but that foremost sweetness that comes from the west wind.... The Wind Bloweth When time and the showers brought by the west wind have mellowed it a little, the tiny beginnings of mosses will be there. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston Were they to disappear to-morrow, to be blown dancing away like the leaves before Shelley’s west wind, where in reading or playgoing would posterity encounter them? Obiter Dicta Second Series There, the west winds are so strong that certain latitudes are known as the 'roaring forties.' The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men The few that had been planted had been cut down by the nor’-west wind as with a scythe. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands She was exalted out of herself by her feelings—the west wind breathed lovingly on her—and yet she saw that the rainbow was very far off. The Dictator Heavily, measured, and mournfully, came the tones of the great bell, as the storm-vapors shut down closer, and the west wind blew fiercer across the icebound sea. Adrift in the Ice-Fields You talk as brave as a west wind. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors The boat swung up into the wind and coursed away to the south west, close hauled to a stiff west wind. Priscilla's Spies Oh, yes, if you don’t plant it just where the west wind cuts. Menhardoc He heard no sound of his pursuers, but, nevertheless, rode on rapidly, keeping the west wind in his face and watching sharply for fences. The Eagle's Heart The west winds, blowing toward the European coast, carry from this warm ocean belt air with higher temperature than that which exists over the land. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 The plane headed against the stiff west wind again, bumped into it 5 head first, and then keeled halfway over. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year I did not bargain, however, for the deep snow which fell on the very day after my arrival, nor for the howling west winds, which continued to blow during the whole of my stay. Seen and Unseen In the younger orchard which is exposed to the full sweep of the west wind not a catkin survived on any of the 66 varieties in that orchard. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 The rain was over and the clouds running across the sky in tatters before a fresh west wind. The Blood of the Conquerors He gave all the winds but one to his children to rule; the one he reserved was the west wind, which he himself ruled over. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The south and north winds, the east and west winds He brought to the net, which was the gift of his father Anu. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria In these parts, the west wind corresponds with our eastern variety, and is quite as cold and disagreeable. Seen and Unseen Miss Bowes' wisdom was thoroughly justified on this particular morning, for there was a strong west wind, and the rain was pouring in torrents. For the Sake of the School A light west wind breathed through the trees, making the massive black shadows of the juniper bushes faintly alive. The Blood of the Conquerors The yellow-blossomed trees, slightly stirred by the west wind, formed a golden arch across the winding avenue. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo I can see the clouds scudding before a west wind. The Triflers It was an afternoon late in March when she was struggling along the Boulevard du Midi, in the teeth of a warm west wind. The Letter of the Contract Deep in soft, cool shadows,— Moving all together when the west wind blows Fragrance upon fragrance over road and meadows— I'm smelling heat and oil and sweat, and thick, black clothes. The Dreamers And Other Poems In March there were days of strong west wind which were really chilly. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Our wildest phase of the west wind here at Coniston is 'swallow-like' with a vengeance, coming down on the lake in swirls which spurn the spray under them as a fiery horse does the dust. The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 The west wind had brought a gentle rain with it now. Mary Gray There are silver wavelets flowing, With a lulling sound of rest, Where the west wind softly blowing Fans the far lands of the blest. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems A soft west wind has set the prairie grass rippling like a green sea between the fort and the sun hanging low at the western sky line. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The sail was at once hoisted and, as the west wind was still blowing strongly, Blaye was soon left behind. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS There's a west wind blowing, and it feels like rain,' said Horatia; 'there's a reason for that.' Sarah's School Friend The tide was high, and the west wind blew the waves in froth at his feet. Pirate Gold Cool she felt the west wind blow, In her ear the pines sang low, And, like links from out a chain, Dropped the years of care and pain. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 "O where are you going with your love-locks flowing, On the west wind blowing along this valley track?" The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 A northern bard says: "The south wind, heat and plenty, The west wind, fish and milk, The north wind, cold and stormy, The east wind, fruit on trees." The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The lilies-of-the-valley were white in the sidebeds; their odor, blown to her on quick puffs of west wind, filled her with a sort of pleasant sadness, the mingled sorrow and delight of each new spring. While Caroline Was Growing There eternal summer dwells, And west winds, with musky wing, About the cedarn alleys fling Nard and cassia’s balmy smells. Milton's Comus But a soft west wind had risen, and the hazy heat was gone. Cobwebs and Cables But there was nothing to be seen on that waste of waters but the single boats that flew up channel or laboured down it against the squally west wind, far out at sea. By What Authority? The north wind and the east wind and the gentle west wind swept over the earth until it was again dry and green. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs The west winds blow, and, singing low, I hear the glad streams run; The windows of my soul I throw Wide open to the sun. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 The unbroken forest, touched with the tender tints of young spring and bathed in the pure light of the first dawn, bent gently to a west wind that breathed only of peace. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky Nor elsewhere were ever the summer clouds so high, so near the blue, so impetuous in the constant west wind to follow each other into the unknown, mysterious east. Confessions of Boyhood As through the leaves Of some old grove, the west wind, wandering, A long, mysterious murmur leaves behind. The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi Just then there came a breeze of the pure west wind blowing through the garden. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs There was a constant succession of west winds, and the result was that we were about three weeks reaching Salem. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer When they reached Gibraltar a heavy west wind was blowing in through the strait. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World It was somewhat besprent with blacks; but there the child could take an airing, unterrified, in a solitude � trois, and in a very fresh air, when a south or west wind blew. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Evidently the ice was all abroad in every direction, and the high temperature and snow accompanying the west wind proved that there was a large amount of open water in that direction. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club "This is our little snow girl, and she needs the cold west wind to breathe." Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs The listening passions stood aloof and mute, As oft the west wind touched her trembling lute. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan All through the afternoon it had been raining, and the sea was running high beneath a petulant west wind. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The memory of Burns—I am afraid heaven and earth have taken too good care of it to leave us anything to say, The west winds are murmuring it. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O It was high tide, as it had been when they came inside of the rocks, and the boat went along quite briskly in the fresh west wind that was still blowing. Fighting for the Right A puff of the west wind blew against the snow child; she sparkled again like a star. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs With converse mild he oft would seek 22 To sooth her sense of care; As the west wind, with breathings weak, Wakes, on the hectic's faded cheek A smile of faint despair. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan "Yes, yes, I know what you are singing too down there in the rushes, sweet west wind," she said. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Then the Wanderers were sent back to their prison till a west wind arose, when they were blindfolded and put on board a boat, and after three days reached the mainland of Africa. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. The strong west wind was blowing clouds of dust in the faces of the French, the backs of the Germans. Dr. Dumany's Wife Shakespeare's "ditty," as Ferdinand calls it, is like a breath of the west wind over an æolian harp. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters He experienced a chill that was not due to the raw west wind. From the Housetops “Always so quick and generous, and sorry for people, and ready to do, and you can depend on her just about as much as you could on a brisk west wind!” Gypsy Breynton Afterwards there was a west wind, which was fair to go to the island of Carib on an E.N.E. course. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Then again, Bully was on the point of being dismissed his ship for not taking full advantage of a puff of nor'-west wind that came and went on Thursday night. Great Sea Stories Meanwhile the "St. George" under full sail and well over on her side was running before a strong west wind. The Shipwreck A Story for the Young The weather was thick and gloomy, with a strong west wind fast rising to a gale. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy The ocean every moment assumed a more terrific aspect, while the twilight was dimmed by the rack which the west wind spread over the sky. The Last Man Towards midday, when the west wind blows very hot, it flags somewhat, but even when the temperature is nearer 100° than 90° some avian brawlers are present. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The Hilda was doing well before a steady nor'-west wind, but the weather—though nothing misty—was dark as a pall. Great Sea Stories The rest of the Indians hoisted blankets on fishing-poles, and, with a west wind, scudded across Lake Huron to Lake Nipissing. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Afterwards I set these on the east side of the orchard, where they got protection from the west wind. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 I sought the hills; a west wind swept them, and the stars glittered above. The Last Man Fierce scorching west winds sweep over the earth, covering everything with dust. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Then again, Bully was on the point of being dismissed his ship for not taking full advantage of a puff of nor'-west wind that came and went on Thursday night. .~.~. Great Sea Stories And always in each man's mind ran the uneasy thought of the west wind rising. The Hidden Places Ellen had retaliated, not nobly, but as naturally under the conditions of her life at that time as the branch of a tree blows east before the west wind. The Portion of Labor Ransom was busy with the door, which the strong west wind blowing through the hall made difficult to close. The Chief Legatee Shaking like aspens when the west wind blows, she took it. Infelice The Hilda was doing well before a steady nor'-west wind, but the weather—though nothing misty—was dark as a pall. Great Sea Stories It was that rising of the west wind that the loggers feared. The Hidden Places No one ever made a coloured picture of the “wild west wind”; but there are plenty of coloured pictures in which there is no mistaking its presence. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine There was a high west wind blowing, and a choppy sea rolling the white horses along at a great pace, so that it required some amount of attention to handle a light built twenty-foot yacht. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles It was a beautiful early summer day, the white daisies waving in the west wind. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang However, the cigar in his mouth was not half smoked, when from a distance, on the steady west wind, was borne to his ears the faint, wailing shriek of a locomotive whistle. The Trail Horde But throughout the day the west wind held its breath. The Hidden Places The stranger was tall, well-made, handsome, with yellow hair, and eyes as blue as the sky is when the west wind blows. The Princess Elopes At length, on the twelfth morning after my arrival the sea became calm enough for me to proceed, and with a west wind I was in Guernsey Harbour four hours after leaving Braye. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles They were walking in the shade, and a soft west wind was rustling in the trees above their heads. A People's Man "I guess the part of it you're thinking of is: 'And west winds with musky wing Down the cedarn alleys fling 'Nard and Cassia's balmy smells.'" A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy Then the west wind, which had held its breath so long, broke loose with unrestrained exhalation. The Hidden Places Hasten eastward over this sandy, arid plain, covered with a forest of stunted sea-pines, through whose tops the west wind glides with monotonous and melancholy moans, fit music for the wilderness around you. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters And though no gaily painted bells, Nor odor-bearing urns, are there, When the west wind sighs through its boughs, Let me inhale the balmy air! Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse On them fruit never fails; it is not gone in winter or in summer, but lasts throughout the year; for constantly the west wind's breath brings some to bud and mellows others. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists A west wind brought him wafts of perfume from the gardens below. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Backed by the lusty pressure of the west wind, it drove them off the hill and went its wanton way unhindered. The Hidden Places The west wind was rustling in the elms, bending the shrubs upon the lawn almost to the ground. A Lost Leader It was the only breath of fresh air which I had allowed myself all the morning, though the dazzling sunlight and the soft west wind had tempted me all the time. The Betrayal An early spring came with a rush of warm west wind, sunshine, and the perfume of blossoming flowers. A Prince of Sinners Soft and sweet blew the west wind again; that spoke not of the bygone day, with its burden and heat; but of rest, and repose, and the change that cometh even to sorrowful things. Hills of the Shatemuc Beyond the purple smoke-haze driven inland by the west wind rose the white crests of the Capilanos, an Alpine background to the seaboard town. The Hidden Places I would sooner sit here, with a volume of Pater or Meredith, and this west wind blowing in my face, than I would hear myself acclaimed Prime Minister of England. A Lost Leader Nelson did not mean to be back-strapped again within the Mediterranean, with a west wind, and a current setting to leeward, if the enemy turned up in the Atlantic. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Meanwhile, after many delays, Edward embarked a gallant army on a fleet of 200 ships, and on June 22 a favourable west wind bore them from the Orwell towards Flanders. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) And in Sercq the rocks were golden in the sunshine, the headlands were great soft cushions of velvet turf, the heather purpled all the hillsides, and the tall bracken billowed under the west wind. Carette of Sark For another day, a day of brilliant sunshine and roaring west wind, the fire marched up over the southern slope. The Hidden Places The sand and dust and dry filth, gathered up by the hot west wind from the plain of the old camp, swept in a continuous yellow cloud along the road and down into the ravine. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege It seemed odd to think that this level-eyed girl's mother might have been his mother,—if she had been made of stiffer metal, or if the west wind had blown that afternoon. Poor Man's Rock Endure a little while, brave friends, the worst is surely past; for I can see the pure west wind ruffle the water, and hear the roar of ocean on the sands. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People The west wind was still blowing strong, but it had slackened somewhat with the turn of the tide. Carette of Sark Fanned by the west wind, the flames spread to the arsenal and the storehouse, licking up the sheds and smaller buildings until they reached the outskirts of the city. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India As it was explained to me, I was told that “Utar means west and wet too, because the west wind is wet.” The English Gipsies and Their Language Anything short of that seemed treason to the gray old man who had died in the next room, babbling of his son and the west wind and some one he called Bessie. Poor Man's Rock Then came on the west wind, clear and strong, by the counsel of Zeus, blowing hard out of heaven, that the running ship might swiftest accomplish her course over the salt water of the sea. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological We ran swiftly up Great Russel under the strong west wind, until, by the longer swing of the seas, we knew we were free of the rocks and islands north of Herm. Carette of Sark He was up to the neck in debts and scrapes; And when the west wind refreshingly blew, He thought it the pleasantest of escapes To sail for new worlds with nothing to do. Harry The west wind often wafted the shouts of the victorious braves far in advance of them as they returned from the mainland, and highest above all she always heard the voice of Ge-win-e-gnon. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 They sat on the edge of the wood, and a west wind made music for them overhead among the fir trees. The Lighted Way Thither the strength of the west wind moistly blowing carried her amid soft foam over the wave of the resounding sea. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Consequently, in the smart west winds eventually following the calm, the already rent sails, having to be simply dropped, not furled, at need, had been gradually reduced to the beggars' rags they were now. The Piazza Tales Wind Wheel Blade. aside from that, east and west winds could not very well reach us on account of the hills on both sides of the river. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Hurra!—Hurra!—the west wind Comes freshening down the bay, The rising sails are filling— Give way, my lads, give way! New National Fourth Reader The mesa was in shadow, but the nearer plain lay in full sunshine, hot and yellow, and the west wind was full of mountain fragrance. Clover For of these glades Gwendolyn had received proof: Following a sprinkle on a cool day, a light west wind brought a butterfly against a pane of the front window. The Poor Little Rich Girl Her dancing, in the splendor of its spontaneity, had something of the surge of the west wind sweeping over a field of grain. Judith of the Plains A fresh west wind filled the sails and went singing over the waves. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories The Revenge careered along over the water as if mad to get to Lundy, under a strong west wind. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World Awake, ye west winds, through the lonely dale, And, Fancy, to thy faerie bower betake! A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century South the land rose again to the sea cliffs, for the spirits of ocean and the west wind have left their mark upon Bride Vale. The Spinners The west wind was cool on their faces. The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man Swift as the wild west wind were Bayard and Piebald, the two horses of Achilles, and in the side harness was Pedasus, a horse only less swift than they. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Its tributaries from the east flow through dense forests, those from the west wind through the vast sandy wastes of the Dakota Prairie, where trees are almost unknown. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America The truth is, the west wind, that entices the flowers from the ground in spring, and leads the bird to its mate, had never breathed upon the heart of Leelinau. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times He lies cradled in rose leaves, no doubt, and the singing of the west wind is not sweet enough for his lullaby. The Baronet's Bride Little progress was made during the night, owing to the heavy west wind. Looking Seaward Again Thermometer at day break 49°, the west winds continue strong: they arise about 11 A.M. and continue till sunset, sometimes even a little later; they are not hot. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Gold and brown, and brown and gold, Of such fun the west wind told That they listened, And they glistened, As they wrestled in the cold; Gold and brown, and brown and gold. The Child's World Third Reader There was no moon, but the stars shone brilliantly; a fitful west wind scarcely ruffled the water. A Hoosier Chronicle Tennyson explains: "The west wind rolling to the Eastern seas till it meets the evening star." Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson A very pretty lace cap is worn at Noordwyk by villagers and visitors alike, to hold the hair against the west wind. A Wanderer in Holland I will call upon the friend of my people, the west wind, to blow hard. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas The leaves rippled a little in the gentle west wind, and the crisping grass bowed before it; but Paul saw no living being, save himself, in the vast, empty world. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky Then the sun completed the rout, and the mist-ghosts swept away towards France, harried by the west wind like a flock of sheep before the shepherd's dog. A Maid of the Silver Sea It seems that some news had drifted in on the west wind. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay But here, as is quickly explained, the reversed signs prevail, and it is the west wind that dampens feathers and the spirits of rheumatics. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The west wind will blow thrice, then will die away. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas It was of streets like Keppel Street that they would have dreamed, with the Stag Light winking to port, and the west wind blowing strong astern. The Altar Steps A warm west wind swept the snow away and for a week or two the softened prairie was almost impassable to vehicles. Ranching for Sylvia A soft west wind was blowing over the Park, and a fairly clear sunlight shining on the May green of the trees. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 The glorious west wind was pouring over us like wine. The Road The west wind with an awful wail and roar rushed into the shack, carrying with it the fairies and the gnomes and the sprites and the banshees. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas |
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