| 单词 | whirligig |
| 例句 | He’d stare at one corner, then another, like he was setting up his whirligigs there, in his head, getting the feel of it. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The puppy was a combination of several colors, big feet, a whirligig of a tail, and lopsided ears. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z First thing I saw when May switched on the light were those shelves and shelves—seemed every wall was covered with them—of whirligigs. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Ob behind me all alone in that old trailer full of sleeping whirligigs, and me on this black road, and both of us needing May so much. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a gift shop there selling handmade items by West Virginians, and it was Cletus who said that Ob ought to be bringing in his whirligigs to sell. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look there, at that striped beetle. Blister beetle, that’s who! When we get to a pool I found, I’ll show you some diving beetles, too. You ever see a whirligig?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Ob was never embarrassed about being a disabled navy man who fiddled with whirligigs all day long, and I never was embarrassed about being a kid who’d been passed around for years. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z She looked like a carved whirligig toy with six flying arms and a hopping head. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And within minutes we were carrying whirligigs out the door. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z One whirligig was meant to be a thunderstorm and it was so like one, black and gray, beautiful and frightening. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The drum, which Gey called the “whirligig,” turned like a cement mixer twenty-four hours a day, rotating so slowly it made only two full turns an hour, sometimes less. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And if Ob does go, goes off to be with May, then it’ll be just me and the whirligigs left. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z None of Ob’s whirligigs were farm animals or cartoon characters. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Even one called May, which had more little spinning parts than any of the rest of the whirligigs, and these parts all white—her Spirit, he said. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew what they were right off even though they weren’t like any whirligigs I’d ever seen. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z We stood there in May’s beloved and practical garden, and Cletus searched the handout for some good words to say to bless the whirligigs that now had a place to spin and fly and live. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z M. T. Liggett, a gruff-talking, self-taught folk artist from Kansas whose roadside sculptures, signs and whirligigs often carried scabrous political messages and brought him a measure of fame, died on Aug. 17 in Wichita. M.T. Liggett, 86, Folk Artist and Provocateur, Is Dead 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Sentences spin past like whirligigs, or like Rube Goldberg devices that emit a pellet of information only after bouncing off four increasingly unlikely surfaces. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Featuring a bladelike quintet with Mr. Mahanthappa on alto saxophone and the impressive young Adam O’Farrill on trumpet, it’s a whirligig of brisk dynamism and bustling modernity. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Donald hopscotches from one dead-end gig to the next, partaking in, as the authors put it, the “frantic chase for money” that propels Duckburg’s “whirligig of misfortune.” The Book That Exposed the Cynical Politics of Donald Duck 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z But it’s all part of his coordinated whirligig language of scraping and rubbing, ringing and scrunching. Music Review: Wayne Horvitz, and Sax and Percussion, at the Stone 2010-04-08T22:12:00Z Those theatrical whirligigs gave way to less frantic works like “Arcadia,” “The Coast of Utopia” and “The Hard Problem,” in which characters unhurriedly talk, supported by Stoppard’s acquired confidence that his public will listen. It’s Tom Stoppard’s World and We Don’t Live in It 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z And there is plenty of bombastic bombast in tracks such as Crush and the whirligig Salt in the Wounds. Pendulum: Immersion 2010-05-20T22:30:00Z A movie ostensibly about human struggle often becomes a whirligig of sound and fury without any intrinsic human interest to tether it. “Dunkirk”: A good film, but a far better history lesson 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The exhibition, “Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum,” will feature more than 100 pieces, including drawings, paintings, carvings, quilts and whirligigs. ArtsBeat: A $1.6 Million Grant for the American Folk Art Museum 2013-06-20T17:05:20Z “An intense whirligig of tannins metallically attacked my mouth and, on the finish, there was an astringent sizzle, with undertones of acid reflux,” Patterson wrote. Perspective | It might be trendy again, but orange wine is nothing new — and nothing to scoff at 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z “If he goes to the junkyard and finds 25 fans, he comes home and makes 25 whirligigs,” said Leonard Simpson, a 54-year-old television producer in Greensboro, N.C., who is one of Vollis Simpson’s three children. Vollis Simpson, Junkyard Poet of Whirligigs 2010-04-05T22:08:00Z The smarmy introductions and whirligig graphics and general aura of hectic oversell could be replaced with a more confident statement of what theater, at its best, has been and can be. A Chance to Fix the Tonys, and So Many Things to Fix 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Later, she becomes radiant, and she uses her brightness like a weapon; she even pulls off a whirligig drunk scene. Cause C?l?bre; Rocket to the Moon ? review 2011-04-02T23:09:47Z An article revealing Holly's beauty secrets for faking the no makeup look, involving tinted eyelashes and some electric whirligig face-scrubbing brush. Barefaced trick: lose the lipstick, grab the spotlight 2012-07-13T22:01:21Z She led the way to American folk art whirligigs, a fake Caravaggio and the arsenic-laced green paint favored by Vincent van Gogh. Museum Tours for People Who Don’t Like Museum Tours 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Yet the whirligig of time brings in its revenges. Olivier awards: Roger Allam reigns, Sheridan Smith shines ... but is it the end of an era? 2011-03-14T13:39:21Z For another whirligig story in which a well-off family’s life is upended, see this stylized thriller from the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Parasite’ and ‘Modern Family’ 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Wine manager Nathan Barker crisscrossed the room like a whirligig, presenting bottles and pulling corks. Flying Fish brings mood and food to a sprawling new space in South Lake Union 2010-08-19T21:01:00Z And this additional pressure is not just for one extra season, but twice a year — after resort comes spring and after that prefall — in a whirligig that seems to be spinning out of control. | The New Speed of Fashion 2013-08-23T13:00:55Z It's a ballet of grandstanding effects: the dancers massed into starkly lit formations or launched across the stage in cutting, slicing lines; violent pauses filled by vertiginous leaps and crazy whirligig pirouettes. American Ballet Theatre ? review 2011-02-02T18:35:16Z Its title refers to no mere pinwheel, but a cosmic construct, as in “the whirligig of time.” Review: ‘The Whirligig’ Is a Feast for Actors, by a Knowing Chef 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z It seemed like the most carefully designed entry in the program’s purely electronic portion — her whirligig 3-D designs rarely seeming to be in motion merely because the technology permits it. Surround Sound? You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Miller’s hill of whirligigs was meant to be three minutes long, and Jim was so excited about the footage that he made this 20-minute film. Michael Stipe, Another Outsider at the Art Fair 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In the whirligig of the literary world that became her home, she played the character of "a character". Dame Beryl Bainbridge obituary 2010-07-02T12:46:00Z He credits the whirligigs with carrying him long past the 70 years or so that his father and brothers lived. Vollis Simpson, Junkyard Poet of Whirligigs 2010-04-05T22:08:00Z Yet while David Korins’s nifty revolving set is meant, I think, to summon the whirligig dizziness of farce, “Chinglish” only rarely achieves the sort of momentum that sends audiences into the ether. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z The cast that revolves around Cave is almost as much of a lopsided whirligig as those satellites orbiting Neil Young, with lifers, safe pairs of hands, specialists and vibes men coming forwards or moving retrograde. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Push the Sky Away – review 2013-02-17T00:07:20Z Last month, the North Carolina House approved a measure making whirligigs the state's official folk art. Whirligig art creator Vollis Simpson dies at 94 2013-06-01T16:51:09Z “The most extraordinary example of the whirligigs of being and appearance, of the imaginary and the real,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre, an ardent and crucial supporter. Interpreting ‘The Maids’ Through a Shifting Societal Lens 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Here you will find whirligigs, toys, tramp art and strange sculptures. Art Review: A Smorgasbord of Fine Art, the Strange and the Old 2011-01-20T23:18:38Z Perhaps he would say, quoting Malvolio, that "The whirligig of time brings in his revenges." George Orwell was no fan of the News of the World 2011-07-14T11:15:39Z Watch me while I whip around like a crazed, grinning whirligig!” Dance Review: New York City Ballet Performs Balanchine at Koch Theater 2012-02-01T22:25:02Z “Gutfeld!” spins out each weeknight like a whirligig of agreement and affirmation straight from the Fox News playbook, featuring four mostly like-minded panelists, including the network’s on-air personalities, as well as lesser-known conservative commentators. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Real people and characters from the novels collide in the whirligig of the imagination. Bront? 2010-04-21T20:30:00Z “Yet it's a far cry from the whirligig imagination of ‘The Lion King.’” Essential Arts & Culture: Our spring arts preview, more silence from MOCA, a feminist 'Shrew' 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Then, starting in the mid-1980s, one thing led to another, and tractor repair was gradually supplanted by whirligig construction. Vollis Simpson, Junkyard Poet of Whirligigs 2010-04-05T22:08:00Z The way Moss plays her, as a whirligig of ego, anger, untended talent and self-loathing, makes Courtney Love look like Taylor Swift. Streaming: Elisabeth Moss in Her Smell – not to be sniffed at 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z What's remarkable is how she maintains the focus and breath control to sing so sublimely while working the stage like a whirligig. k.d. lang a treat to hear, a hoot to behold at ZooTunes 2011-08-11T20:59:05Z Curators now call them outsider art or visionary art, and regard Mr. Simpson’s work as distinctive interpretations of the old mechanical toys known as whirligigs. Vollis Simpson, Artist, Dies at 94 2013-06-05T14:16:49Z The whirligig of time has returned a reimagining of Shakespeare’s comedy to Shakespeare in the Park. 12 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z A whirligig of worries, memories and concerns, Usher’s thoughts spin daily in his head. ‘A Strange Loop’ Review: A Dazzling Ride on a Mental Merry-Go-Round 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Ridiculous, yes, given the whirligig of power, not to mention the musical and amorous high jinks in which Justine Mitchell’s Elena, Alexei’s sister, finds herself the erotic pivot of an increasingly fractured male world. Review: Howard Davies Play Explores Ukraine's Troubles in Wake of 1917 Revolution 2010-04-13T11:49:00Z Tom Stoppard’s historical whirligig, a semi-invented tale of a Zurich rendezvous between James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin and the Dadaist poet Tristan Tzara, ends its Broadway spin. 14 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Sand was more than a great writer; she was a central figure in the Romantic whirligig that also included Liszt, Chopin and Delacroix. Where you can (and can’t) watch eight of Julian Sands' most notable movie roles 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, for example, has been instrumental in planting rows of colossal whirligigs at sea that can generate enough green energy to light up cities. Will War Make Europe’s Switch to Clean Energy Even Harder? 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Here’s the latest spin on the eternal whirligig of football. Leeds United v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live! 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The film and, it seems, Troncone’s whirligig life, follow the concept of arrangiarsi: the Neapolitan art of “arranging” or, as one observer puts it, “making do with little — and doing well.” Review: Documentaries ‘The Lavender Scare,’ ‘Ghost Fleet’ and more 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Each chose one college but switched to another after the first choice took a turn on the old coaching-change whirligig. Trace McSorley and Dwayne Haskins take DMV roots into Penn State-Ohio State showdown 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Last year, politics seeped into the parade of whirligigs and hat-festooned cyclists when a group of President Trump impersonators arrived, and booths were set up for voter education. How Burning Man Has Evolved Over Three Decades 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Yet it's a far cry from the whirligig imagination of "The Lion King." 'Frozen' on Broadway: It's no 'Tempest' (or 'Lion King'), but the musical sings with sisterly appeal 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z A few years ago those spinning whirligig things were banished from playgrounds because kids might fall off. In Britain’s Playgrounds, ‘Bringing in Risk’ to Build Resilience 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z The bill was given a confusing whirligig logo, and the rest of the visuals used to promote it seemed to lack a unifying theme. GOP Tax Reformers Are Lousy Salesmen 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z It requires high discipline on the part of the director, the actors and their offstage collaborators to set in motion the whirligig of seeming onstage chaos that is farce at its best. ‘What the Butler Saw’ and ‘A Flea in Her Ear’ Reviews: In Search of Great Farce 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Liggett, a sharecropper’s son who spent three decades erecting more than 300 provocative, vivid metal sculptures and whirligigs. M.T. Liggett, who lined a highway with politically provocative art, dies at 86 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Although rife with pratfalls, near-misses, crazy coincidences and mistaken identities, “Lost in Paris” is a whirligig contraption that never turns frenetic or throws too much at you. Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel make for winningly elastic comedy in 'Lost in Paris' 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z He seemed so sure-footed then, so certain in his vision of this country, that his lacerating words were like balm to the black students who were on a whirligig in search of their identities. . . . Capturing James Baldwin’s Legacy Onscreen 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Simpson, who died in 2013, built his first whirligig to power a washing machine while he was stationed on Saipan in the Marianas Islands in World War II. “YUMMM!”: A sculpture made from Peeps at a Baltimore museum 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Yet compared to Broadway’s “One Man, Two Guvnors” with comic/TV host James Corden, this production doesn’t milk all the shtick it might from a whirligig dinner scene and some trunk-moving tomfoolery. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ equals delightful music, slapstick fun 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The new show, “American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum,” features a collection that includes weathervanes, shop signs and spinning toys called whirligigs. American folk art show opens at Crystal Bridges Museum 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Left to their own devices, they move in a world of tactile tenderness, a sort of slow-motion whirligig of sensuous entwinement. Three choreographers, three wildly different dances at Whim W’Him 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z He dances ceaselessly, but never seems to reach the point of pleasure or release, stuck inside the same set of moves, like a whirligig. In Sarajevo, a Dancer in the Dark 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z "Many whirligigs and test machines and gizmos abound these days." Magic Leap promises 'whirligigs and test machines' soon, complete technological revolution later 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z I can’t even begin to imagine the whirligig of emotions he is experiencing right now. Ashes 2015: England v Australia: fifth Test, day four – live! 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z A patriotic-themed quilt, along with an Uncle Sam whirligig, greet visitors to “American Made.” American folk art show opens at Crystal Bridges Museum 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Wire and small moving parts work with the propeller so the whirligigs turn in the wind. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z It is a shame that America is in for the same candidate whirligig that we were forced into last election. 2016 Hopefuls Skirt Leaders of the G.O.P. 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z We are setting up supply chain operations, manufacturing — many whirligigs and test machines and gizmos abound these days. Magic Leap promises 'whirligigs and test machines' soon, complete technological revolution later 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z I can’t even begin to imagine the whirligig of emotions he is experiencing right now. Ashes 2015: England v Australia: fifth Test, day four – live! 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Shakespeare wrote of “the whirligig of time,” his countryman Andrew Marvell of “Time's winged chariot hurrying near.” Time’s Passage is Probably an Illusion 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Then, it was a combination of his earlier woodworking, seeing and enjoying others’ whirligigs and an interest from his career in academics that helped lead him to making them himself. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z One piece evokes an old-fashioned Erector set, another brings to mind a vintage whirligig. Art review: ‘Between Fact and Fiction’ at Flashpoint Gallery Mr. Ortega’s piece, in short, is a rebellious interloper, a playful whirligig combining simplicity, beauty and a surprisingly anticorporate message. The Saturday Profile: In Struggles of Artist With His Work, Hints of Mexico’s Own 2014-02-22T03:20:37Z Not every maker succumbs to this whirligig and, not surprisingly, those that don’t aren’t Japanese. Japan’s Fad-Loving Consumer Threatens to Derail Sony’s Phone Ambitions 2013-06-26T18:58:25Z Because it's a magazine for children, and today's children don't seem to want magazines any more than I wanted a 1920s whirligig when I was their age. Charlie Brooker: Reports of the Dandy's death are greatly exaggerated 2012-08-19T19:00:11Z He said he was working on his master’s degree in folklore at Western Kentucky University when he met a man who had a whirligig on a fence post. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z You "Dropped the Pilot"—with that youthful confidence that some adore— The "whirligig of time" has turned; the "Pilot" drops the "Commodore." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z Since that time many critics sneered and laughed a good deal at M. Thiers's system of fortifications; but the whirligig of time has brought the statesman his revenge. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z And now, dear Joey," said the kind old woman, "let me persuade thee to throw aside some o' thy whirligig notions. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Get along out of town, or I'll have all of you, man, woman, child, stick, rag, and fiddlestick, clapt into the whirligig. Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z Foster said his first whirligig was an Uncle Sam figure he made about 30 years ago. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Madam, why laugh you at such a barren rascal? an you smile not, he's gagg'd:—And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.—Ha, ha, ha! Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z I could no longer endure these enormities, wherefore, just as my girl was going to be made a whirligig, I ran in, seized my child and carried her home.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z I've no reason to repent what I did; for though the dear lad has a few whirligig notions, yet I'm sure there's a vast deal o' good in him. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z The Frenchmen were then thrust down with curses into the same dark hold from whence the imprisoned Spaniards were now released; so "the whirligig of time brings about its revenge." The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z “I got absolutely everything wrong,” he said, explaining that he started thinking about the physics behind the figures, realizing there had to be propeller and a rudder for the whirligig to move. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z To hold me for an empty whirligig fool to turn like a magnetised needle in any direction that any chance magnet might choose to draw me! By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z What a whirligig of a world it is. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z But the inquiry is not one of great importance, and may well be dismissed until the star of Gozzi shall reascend the heavens, if time's whirligig should ever bring about this revenge. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z At one table sits Mr. Insipid, foppling and fluttering, spinning his whirligig, or playing with his fingers, as gayly and wittily as any Frenchified coxcomb brandishes his cane or rattles his snuff-box. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z “There’s not much in the way of whirligig instruction.” EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Thus does the whirligig of Time bring its revenges. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Fate plays some queer tricks and Time’s whirligig performs some quaint gyrations! Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Time's whirligig has made him the hero of our puppet-shows, and he enjoys cosmopolitan celebrity under the name of Punch. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z I couldn't make much out of it but a whirligig of words, and when she was just beginnin' I thought I heard Lemuel's door creak. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z What happened to his tools, and several of his whirligigs as well, is one reason he hasn’t made any in several years. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z When she stood close to the waves all these little whirligigs came dancing shorewards, until they stopped only a few feet away and gazed at her curiously. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z And the situation brought about by the whirligig of politics was so droll that the merchant could not refrain from laughing heartily. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Wallace would have no chance with the whirligig of snidery that is modern football, particularly with player power rampant. Jock Wallace's battle fever management would not survive the sneers 2011-08-23T11:54:55Z The place, usually so dark and quiet at this time of night, seemed to have gone off in a whirligig of gaiety to celebrate the Noel-tide. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z Foster kept his tools and many of his whirligigs in his office at EIU’s Blair Hall. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z He hastened to the side of the living whirligig. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z The whirligig of time has brought him a full revenge. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z He did not attack Lamachos, but war’s representative; not Cleon, but flattery of the populace; not Socrates, but the pernicious seed of sophistry, whereby youth was perverted to chop logic and worship whirligig. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Truly the whirligig of Fortune was executing a strange freak when it brought these two face to face thus. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z They were there in April 2004 when the building was extensively damaged by a fire and the whirligigs and tools were some of the casualties. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z God! my head is in a whirligig with all this--with all this rapid German. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z “I would be capable of little gratitude if I refused, Princess,” said he, wondering what new outlet the whirligig of events would provide. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z First he drew up the old wife, and after that he slew all the beasts, and neither spared Father Bruin himself in the corner, nor Graylegs, nor Reynard, the whirligig thief. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z "What a little whirligig you are, Dodo," he said, laughing. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z About a half-dozen of the 16 or so whirligigs Foster made are at the home of Hummel and his wife Kathy, including the one depicting Lincoln chopping wood that he made about 15 years ago. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Then, as a last and final twist of the whirligig of emotion, it resolved itself into one great burst of enthusiasm and hope. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Hardly less bewildering than this turn of fortune’s wheel was the whirligig that promoted a poor trooper of the Company to the position of accepted suitor for the hand of a royal maiden. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Doesn’t it make your head go round and round like a whirligig, to turn over on the trapeze? The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z He searched for information on the beetle, and found there was a whole family of whirligig beetles. The Rotifers 2011-04-18T02:00:10.237Z Otherwise, many of the remaining whirligigs are of sailors or of something related to sailing, which Foster called the “most satisfying.” EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z I was sitting in the window of the blue room, resting, when there was a bang, whirligig, fireworks—and here I am, your uninvited guest.” Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z This partial oblivion is one of the "revenges" wrought by "the whirligig of time." The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Any woman would have been thrilled but me, knowing what I did—can't you see my thoughts going round in wheels and whirligigs? Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z The whirligig of time had not yet revolved so as to bring us in our revenge. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z There’s a series of “Sailor Jack” whirligigs that include a pirate with an eye patch, a gold tooth and a parrot on his shoulder. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z And mind your straw hat isn’t blown off if ye go on one o’ them whirligigs.” The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z And Paris too, where I took you to walk in the gardens, and papa let us both ride in a whirligig. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z And thus and thus it goes, with the whirligig of Sunday newspaper criticism spinning out the tastes of the reading public. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z After inventing several new swearwords, he'll be bolting a whirligig of an unanswerable ace about… now. Andy Murray: Waiting game 2011-01-30T01:41:43Z One future whirligig in Foster’s plans is another sailor, an African American with which he said he wants to “acknowledge the maritime history, the early history of the United States.” EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z And now the whirligig of events had placed in Martin’s hands the question of life or death for Mrs. Saumarez and Angèle. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Yet if virtue were conceived after their manner, as a heroic and sublimated attitude of the will, of which the world hardly afforded any example, how should the whole whirligig of life be good also? Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z And I’ve run through ragged hills where on every side, stood clumsy, timber affairs like overgrown windmills from which some victorious Don Quizote had knocked off the whirligigs. The Law of Hemlock Mountain In the outskirts of the cemeteries, swings and whirligigs are erected; and story-tellers, dancers, and jugglers, amuse the populace. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Foster said he starts by sketching his idea for a whirligig on paper, then thinks about the mechanics needed to make it move in the wind. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z "Do you think so?" replied this whirligig heart. Glories of Spain Truly, the whirligig of time had made a toy of him! Rockhaven The bigger ones ran against the Princess's bed, which, not being attached to anything, span round and round like a whirligig. Tales of Passed Times If, in a sudden exuberance, you make a "cheese,"—not culinary, but whirligig—round go his little bobtail petticoats in fatuous imitation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Each base is related to its whirligig’s subject, such a whale bone for the harpooner, a boat propeller for the sailors and a piece of wood from a Kentucky log cabin for the Lincoln figure. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z As an instance of the changes which the whirligig of time brings round, I will relate a fact which is purely personal. The Bull-Run Rout Scenes Attending the First Clash of Volunteers in the Civil War It may be added, however, that the whirligig of time brought in for Ramsay his revenges upon his enemies. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series And so, in the whirligig of time, Trade brings his pleasant revenges. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The purser, a very agreeable and well-behaved man, gave up his office to me, but I did not rest well, in that a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes was occupying it conjunctively. Seeds of Pine Painting the whirligig takes some thinking about how it might look if it sat on a fence post for years and years as old-time whirligigs did. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z He commands all the resources of Snip's imagination, and whirligigs beyond what hath entered the mind of man to conceive will shortly meander over the cerulean expanse. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Here, young man, you find your curiosities too again, which your whirligig librarian sold me for an old song. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels Then, freakish firefly, there, it was off again, the prey of the nickum gusts, before ever a hand could touch it–the black parachute rotating like a whirligig. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Upon the whole, sir, it is a pestilential, topsy-turvy, harum-scarum whirligig. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years “I try to imagine if this whirligig were outside and left to the elements,” Foster said. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z It was by no means improbable that the whirligig of time would once more bring to the front food taxes and imperial preference. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time “And what kind o’ love do ye ca’ that, that’s ready to gang round like a whirligig at folk talking? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston He is easily the foremost of living composers, and after he is dead the whirligig of fortune which has so favoured him may pronounce him dead for ever. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Well," said he, "I'll admit this is all a kind of a whirligig to me. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Foster is scheduled to do a presentation on whirligigs from 1-4 p.m. on July 5 during one of the twice-monthly open houses at the Five Mile House site southeast of Charleston. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z She is spiteful, too, that whirligig woman with the wheel. Records of Later Life This'—for in Hazlitt lies a personal application in all his moralising—'This is better than the whirligig life of a court poet'—such, for example, as Robert Southey. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) His admission to the dead Immortals must be surely the occasion for much wagging of heads, for reams of platitudinous writing on the subject of fate and its whirligig caprice. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The same old roundabouts, only now they were driven by steam, and short, quick whistles announced that the whirligig caravan was travelling round the world. Amaryllis at the Fair He said he plans to point out that there’s “no comprehensive history” for whirligigs and while the components to make them have been around since the 14th Century, “I don’t know if they did.” EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z The human domestics of the family were only half-grown—but half did their work, and seemed altogether naturalized to the whirligig spirit of their mistress. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 If she could have looked into Paul's desk at school, she would have found whirligigs, tops, pin-boxes, nails, and no end of strings and dancing dandy-jims. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine The saloon swung head over heels in a whirligig movement. The Spoilers of the Valley In a vacant lot behind one of the houses there was a whirligig, that you could ride on and get sick in about a minute; it was splendid. A Boy's Town The whirligig of time brings about, not merely its revenges, but also its compensations and coincidences. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 The drawback to this evening’s whirligig farce was that the mosquitoes determined to come in for a share. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Even now they still retained the horseshoe curve, and could never swim straight ahead, but only spin round and round like whirligigs. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature But it really wasn’t the customs jetty her foot touched; it was the outer rim of the whirligig. The Pagan Madonna "Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges," I hear him mutter, as he slips the superfluous consonant into its place. The Foot-path Way This universe of astronomical whirligigs makes me a little giddy. More Trivia In other houses, they were chasing each other along the galleries, performing various gymnastics on the apparatus provided for the purpose, or revolving in the whirligigs that some of the cages contained. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter "The whirligig of time brings in his revenges," and what Pitt had undergone Wilkins had to undergo. The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester The chimney itself should extend at least a foot or two above any nearby roof ridge and it should work without any cowl, whirligig or other device of that type on the top. Making a Fireplace The next turn of the whirligig may bring back proof of him again. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Nearly thirty-five years later the "whirligig of time" evolved an incident which clearly brought home to me a vivid idea of what must have been my father's feelings on this occasion. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 It is possible that the "whirligig of time" may still "bring in his revenges," but not very probable. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Jackanapes could hear them as he lay in bed, and could hardly sleep for speculating what booths and whirligigs he should find fairly established when he and his dog Spitfire went out after breakfast. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Heavens, life is a curious whirligig of a business. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War As I entered, the body of Travers came twisting across the room like a penny whirligig. War and the Weird She set it down and stooped forward, turning the bowl as if it were a whirligig. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales The Russian peasants are childishly fond of whirligigs, which are also much in vogue during the Carnival. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse How long it remained in that condition can not be said; but "the whirligig of time brought its revenges" in those days as in these. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV We now had another look into the canal, and saw numerous little whirligig beetles, performing their merry-go-rounds on the top of the water. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children And then he took his leave, and Janetta went to her room to bathe her hot face and to wonder at the way in which the whirligig of Time brings its revenges. A True Friend A Novel Painted mirrors, which were then greatly in fashion, fans, long leathern gloves, jewelled snuff-boxes, wooden balls, and whirligigs might be seen, to satisfy the fancy of those who came rather for amusement than business. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Who will stop that mighty whirligig to inspect whether the champagne is real, or the turtle is prime? Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Walks with Rachel—a whirligig of streets, faces, words. Erik Dorn It seems surprising that these little "whirligigs," "whirl-wigs," or "shiners," as they are called, should perform their rounds so closely together, without sometimes coming into collision. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children In the meantime the lamps in and about the Casino had been extinguished, and the marble house of the whirligig and the terraces lay in the pale light of the moon. The Lure of the Mask Sometimes they sunned themselves on the surface, snapping idly at the measurers and whirligigs. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character I like best the whirligig-beetles, they are such frisky fellows, always having a good time, frolicking about with dozens of other little whirligigs. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies The whirligig of time has brought in his revenges. Obiter Dicta Second Series Now let us all keep quite still—the whirligigs rest. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The fortunes these women have poured into this whirligig of chance will never be computed. The Lure of the Mask Those are her high festivals, when her adorers troop down, and build booths and whirligigs and circuses in her honour, and gamble, and ride donkeys, and shy sticks at cocoanuts before her. 'That Very Mab' This little bubble is held there by tiny hairs, and because whirligig has it, it can breathe while it stays under the water. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies I have often compared it to those whirligigs set up by louts in our market-places on the No Rouz, which keep one dangling between heaven and earth. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Francos, consolingly: Events march on, and as the whirligig Of time revolves, so 'tis with politics. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts Truly ‘the whirligig of Time brings round its revenges.’ Women and Politics Jackanapes could hear them as he lay in bed, and could hardly sleep for speculating what booths and whirligigs he should find fairly established, when he and his dog Spitfire went out after breakfast. Jackanapes The square was filled with whirligigs and flying-horses, and all the ingenious contrivances of the French to make and to spend a sou pleasantly. Recollections of Europe In politics, however, as in other things, "the whirligig of time brings in his revenges," and I was in turn the successful competitor of my late opponent in his candidacy for re-election. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective I shook my head and pushed the creature away, with only a glance at the array of delicately crafted manikins, tiny animals, prisms and crystal whirligigs. The Door Through Space "My gracious! twelve years old and not know your Quackenbos," laughed Bab, much amused, but rather glad to find that she could teach the "whirligig boy" something, for she considered him a remarkable creature. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 Toy whirligig, made of a disk with two holes through which strings are passed. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Lispeth and Althea were displaying what were left of its windmills and whirligigs to friends who bought with an eye to Christmas presents. A Popular Schoolgirl How strangely "the whirligig of time brings in his revenges!" Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective He replaced the dancer and pulled down something like a whirligig. The Door Through Space Truly the whirligig of time brings in some strange revenges. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie It made them so dizzy to come down in that whirligig fashion, that they staggered about when they tried to stand. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 He thought all the evening; or rather thought and fancy took a kind of whirligig dance, where it was hard to tell which was which. Hills of the Shatemuc He went to bed with his brain a whirligig in which airplanes revolved dizzily, and the marauders rode unhindered to wherever they were going. Skyrider But what a Nemesis the whirligig of time has brought around with it! Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Strange what changes the whirligig of time brings in. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Thus the outline of the philosophy is able to be studied without any complication, and we have no whirligig of priestly talk to confuse it. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Tell him that you have changed your whirligig mind, and are ready to marry him, if he will only take time by the forelock and return before you shift around again? For Woman's Love How he loathed the impulse which had catapulted him into this mad whirligig! The Voice in the Fog Ods firkins, sir!" he cried, "my head spins like a whirligig. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow But so the whirligig of time brings in its revenges, and the old-fashioned, as distinguished from the antique, begins to have a romanticness of its own. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century We confess that it was highly satisfactory to us to see how the tables are turned, now that "the whirligig of time has brought about its revenges." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 "The whirligig of time does bring in its revenges, doesn't it?" he mused aloud. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion. The Voice in the Fog How the whirligig of time sweeps us through change after change! Side Lights It kept turning over in her mind what a whimsical, capricious, whirligig was at work. A Splendid Hazard He had made one of those little whirligigs which spin around when they are held over the register or by a stove-pipe, and then had connected it by a string with a wheel. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 In fact, we are faced by this curious development—that the day once sacred to universal compliment is now mainly dedicated to low and foolish insult Oh, that whirligig! Prose Fancies "But," questions Strepsiades, "who but Zeus makes the clouds sweep along?" to which Socrates answers: "Not a bit of it; it is atmospheric whirligig." Tragic Sense Of Life "I was afraid, since we were to be such friends, and you wanted my help in the whirligig this winter, that you might not like my possibly having to live in Albany." The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him So does “the whirligig of time bring in his revenges”! Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Supposing the universe to be nothing more than a dance of fortuitous atoms, then Poppy, herself a fortuitous atom, led the dance; she was the whirligig centre towards which all things whirled. The Divine Fire Time's whirligig had brought her to this,--that she had all but offered her friendship to Jack Dalhousie's friend, and he had more than repulsed her. V. V.'s Eyes But the whirligig of time equalizes all things, and, in Seventeen Hundred Seventy-six, General Washington, Commander of the Continental Army, occupied the mansion of Colonel Morris, the Colonel and his lady being fugitive Tories. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen The danger in the curved path is an abrupt curve, a whirligig effect. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. What a whirligig—God forgive us!—she must be to write a letter like that to a stranger, and a married man, too! Love Goya declared that as an artist he was not personally concerned in the pranks of the whirligig politic. Promenades of an Impressionist The whirligig of time has indeed brought its revenge in the matter of the market value of eggs. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor The whirligig of Time has changed the relative positions of the two great parties in Ireland. About Ireland Still farther on were living chickens, also lottery prizes, spun around in a whirligig. Romance of the Rabbit Such are the revenges of the whirligig, Time. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Time had enjoyed its little whirligig with that great painter of vibrating light and water, but Monet blandly refused the long-protracted honour. Promenades of an Impressionist Don't try to poke your finger into the whirligig they call 'Woman's Sphere.' Personality Plus Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock The whirligig of time continued as ever to speed on its course, and bring round in due season its destined revenges. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney Although no law was enacted on the subject, yet, some twenty years later, the whirligig of fashion brought about the revival of the custom of lining rooms with oak panelling. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time I did not need a second invitation, for I was curious to witness the wonders which the whirligig of time had wrought with our old employé. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest "And thus the whirligig of time," assisted by the eclipse of civilization in Europe, "brings in his revenges" and turns debtors into creditors. International Finance But the maiden inevitably became the wife, and the whirligig of Time brought in his revenges. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France "I didn't think 'twas best," responded the child, sulkily, fixing her eyes on the mice, who were dancing whirligigs round the wheel. Little Folks Astray Instead of a stable government, they will have a whirligig of pronunciamientos, or stability will be purchased at a cost that will make it intolerable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 See from the sequel the fitness of things: Nearly forgotten this early adventure is; Phoebus is beaten; Time's whirligig brings Still its revenge in the course of the centuries. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919 However, watching the strange people he noted an entrance that resembled a whirligig. The Tarn of Eternity The chief engineer seemed nonplused, like a slow man invited to catch hold of a whirligig of some sort. The End of the Tether Come; explain to me quickly what is the meaning of this little whirligig, so delicately wrought that it might be a plaything for Queen Mab. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories One big boy spun the whirligig, while another held the small boy's palm till the sharp slate-edge gashed it. Tracks of a Rolling Stone And what kind o' love do ye ca' that, that's ready to gang round like a whirligig at folk talking? Weir of Hermiston My, he thought, how many years since I played with a whirligig. The Tarn of Eternity He told rather whimsically of his three months' experiences at the tail of the juvenile whirligigs, and his auditors listened to them with mild smiles. The Market-Place Mr. Gladstone's retirement, by impairing his reputation for common sense, threatened serious and lasting injury to his political career, But the whirligig of time brought its revenges even more swiftly than usual. The Grand Old Man Beyond the noise of the childish whirligigs I came into a space where the white ceiling lights were dimmed by crimson globes and picture screens were in operation. City of Endless Night The automobile had not yet bitten so deeply into the country roads, but even a light horse and buggy traveled in a whirligig of its own dust. Star-Dust These, however, are the whirligigs of politics, and no politician escapes them. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 And thus again the whirligig of time, by an odd turn, brings in his revenges. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking What set this little whirligig in motion is a mystery that lies beyond the purview of science, so called, and into the depths of this infinitessimal and most mysterious little chamber they refuse to go. Life: Its True Genesis I had two wonderful ponies that Aunt Rosine had given to me because they had very nearly broken her neck by taking fright at St. Cloud at a whirligig of wooden horses. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt As to the birds, the noisy whirligigs and astonishing scarecrows, the product of Pencroff’s genius, were enough to keep them at a distance. The Mysterious Island And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges—Louis XI. escaped. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe In the garden, which was of considerable size, were placed a number of swings and whirligigs, in full motion and occupancy. A Love Story But listen to the Darwinian exclamation: "The heavens declare the glory of my little whirligig, and the firmament showeth the immensity of my little ovules." Life: Its True Genesis I believed it, because of this whirligig here. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 At night some of the whirligig beetles, the shiny, bean-like creatures seen whirling in incessant circles in corners by the bank, make a quite audible and almost musical sound upon the water. The Naturalist on the Thames First he drew up the old woman, and after that he slew all the beasts, and neither spared Father Bruin himself in the corner, nor Grey-legs, nor Reynard the whirligig thief. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon "Twenty of 'em, and ammunition to correspond, under the whirligigs and the mud dolls." Indian Tales But he bridges it by falling back on his infinitessimal whirligig--his primum mobile--or on the motions of elements as yet inaccessible, except to the eye of imagination. Life: Its True Genesis Truly the whirligig of time brings about strange revenges. Among My Books First Series If a group of whirligig beetles is disturbed, the whole party will dive like dabchicks, rising to the surface again when they feel the need for breathing-air again. The Naturalist on the Thames Canst thou not sit still, thou whirligig thief, and not go twisting and turning? East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon It is so dark I can't tell which way she is swinging till she is coming around like a whirligig.' Life on the Mississippi, Part 3. From my window I can see the whole globe spinning round like a crazy whirligig, whipped on by haughty lords in cunning calculation and by venal servants in sneaking submissiveness. Men in War For each dead man Dravot pours a little milk on the ground and waves his arms like a whirligig and, ‘That’s all right,’ says he. The Man Who Would Be King Sooner or later the whirligig of time brings its revenges. Impressions and Comments But I stand outside and observe the whirligig. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories About the crowds, streets, buildings, lights, about the whirligig of loneliness, about the humpty-dumpty clutter of longings. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago The music hovers; lovely dance rhythms swing out madly; all the world is rocked in their triumphant whirligig…. Jean-Christophe, Volume I A priest attired in fragments of ribbons and rags stalked up to me, gravely twisting a child’s paper whirligig. The Man Who Would Be King All over the Low Countries, women made caps, in new fashions, of lace or plain linen, with horns and wings, flaps and crimps, with quilling and with whirligigs. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks Jackanapes could hear them as he lay in bed, and could hardly sleep for speculating what booths and whirligigs he should find fairly established; when he and his dog Spitfire went out after breakfast. Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories As his whirligig tale touched upon indecent episodes, his voice lowered and he sought for convenient euphemisms, helped out by sympathetic nods. The Web of Life Then a waggon jolted past, laden with the largest of the numerous whirligigs, the wooden horses and elephants peeping out from the waterproof covering which had been thrown over them. A Peep Behind the Scenes “Twenty of ’em, and ammunition to correspond, under the whirligigs and the mud dolls.” The Man Who Would Be King The whirligig of time brings about strange revenges, for a truth. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form "Do you know, my boy," he said, "it is not often that the whirligig of Time brings round his revenges in quite so dramatic a way as this?" Equality Had all those swings and whirligigs incessantly performed their rounds? Suburban Sketches The fair was nearly over, yet some of the shows lingered and there were still crowds of children round the whirligigs and shooting-galleries when the mournful procession went by. A Peep Behind the Scenes We harden ourselves in vain," continued the Antiquary, pursuing his own train of thought and feeling—"we harden ourselves in vain to treat with the indifference they deserve, the changes of this trumpery whirligig world. The Antiquary — Volume 01 What whirligigs of circumstance time and the armistice have brought us! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 15, 1919 Nothing had been altered since the time of Sir George's great grandfather; and the whirligig of time had just now made the old things precious. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Mark, please, how the whirligig of Time brings its revenges! Olivia in India "And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 For the first time, then, the notion peeped up in Grant's mind that the whirligig of existence might see Doris his wife. The Postmaster's Daughter Bounce daylight—flash starlight—down I foundered, dark as hell—whiz went my ears, and my head spun like a whirligig. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves She went into the hall, where the footman on duty was staring at the light snowflakes dancing past the window, perhaps wishing he were a snowflake himself, and enjoying himself in that white whirligig. Phantom Fortune, a Novel All Paris is a general whirligig out of doors, but indoors people seem steady, quiet, and sober as anybody. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe And so the whirligig of time sent him back to his desk at the Custom- House, on a salary so modest that it meant poverty, and progress crab- fashion. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Aden itself illustrates how the whirligig of time revolves. Round the World Now the whirligig of time had transformed him into a cardinal and her into the wife of the British Consul at Trieste. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II Lady Maulevrier divined, with the keen instinct of love, that she counted for very little in Lesbia's life, now that the whirligig of society, the fret and fever of fashion, had begun. Phantom Fortune, a Novel But these revenges are rare, and for the poor bulk of mankind the whirligig of time revolves but emptily. Without Prejudice Mademoiselle Volauvent, I mean—the little bit of whirligig thistledown from Devonshire, Oswald's sister, you know, of Oriel.' Philistia The first thing I remember, after my whirligig flight over the Paris pavement, is a crowd of faces above me and someone pawing at my collar and holding my wrist. Kent Knowles: Quahaug The whirligig room reduced itself to a library for Martha once more, not so monotonous as it once had been, no doubt, but still a library. Her Weight in Gold But with all you say of my whirligig self I entirely and heartily agree. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca He had on a wide, felt hat, with a whirligig top onto it, and a light checked suit, and gloves, and slung more style than a barber on Sunday. Cape Cod Stories But now please observe how "the whirligig of time brings its revenges." The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors I found that Carlotta knew enough of the language to give me elementary instruction, and thus the whirligig of time brought in its revenge by constituting me her pupil, to our joint edification. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Yet it had saved him; for a minute they spun around like a pair of whirligigs. The Blind Spot In short, the slightest agitation of the intellectual atmosphere sets your average parson into a tempest of pumping like the jointed ligneous youth attached to the eccentric of a boy's whirligig. The Fiend's Delight For my part, I know that your wife's temper is like a whirligig that's always turning one way then another in the wind. Spirit of Contradiction The whirligig of time has brought in its revenges of late years, and the long neglected older author has had more than the proportional share of our attention than is fairly his due. Björnstjerne Björnson, 1832-1910 Nor do I admire those whirligig characters that are full of this thing to-day, to be utterly forgetful of it in their new interest to-morrow. North and South You know a man in politics is always looking about for some place to which he can retire when the whirligig brings in another group of more popular patriots. Letters of Franklin K. Lane Even the whirligig windmill was below the horizon now. The Vultures "My gracious! twelve years old and not know your Quackenbos!" laughed Bab, much amused, but rather glad to find that she could teach the "whirligig boy" something, for she considered him a remarkable creature. Under the Lilacs Meanwhile, the shadows deepened, and his subconsciousness never ceased to listen, with an intentness which no whirligigs of thought could distract, for the sound of her step in the passage. Maurice Guest But the whirligig of time having again set Viviette free, the aspect of home altered, and conjecture as to her future found room to work anew. Two on a Tower To him, too, 'the whirligig of time brought round its revenges,' and he lost them when arraigned and condemned for poisoning Sir Thomas Overbury. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time Even their worst enemies have come over to their side, and the 'whirligig of time has brought about its revenge.' Plays and Puritans The public hasn't any memory, or, if it has, this whirligig process destroys it. That Fortune When this sober state of things had endured some time, there came a year that money was loose, and a speculative fever due in the whirligig of time. Hard Cash I saw her on one of those whirligig things, talking to her young man as I came in. Life's Little Ironies While the Miss Schlegels were together he had felt them scarcely human—a sort of admonitory whirligig. Howards End While the Miss Schlegels were together he had felt them scarcely human--a sort of admonitory whirligig.� Howards End No; they was two for three ha'pence, those whirligigs, or I am much mistaken and woeful sore.... The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories I don't want any of your old boilers and stokers and whirligigs. Jack and Jill Between handsprings and whirligigs he delivered his message that would save the world. The Cruise of the Snark He could make children's whirligigs, that was the measure of his capacity. Shavings Then the exciting and dangerous “whirligig” would be suffered to possess its moment of notice. The Pioneers She quite corrupted Marwitz, in this and a subsequent visit; turned the poor girl's head into a French whirligig, and undermined any little moral principle she had. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 So that Fergus was compelled to stomach this supposed affront, until the whirligig of time, whose motion he promised himself he would watch most sedulously, should bring about an opportunity of revenge. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since At present, his brain was a mere whirligig, and all things about him seemingly danced to the same tune. The Yellow Claw Was it possible that in the whirligig of time a future could lie before one so uncouth and rustical? The Path of the King She opened it, and stepped out of the humdrum into the whirligig. The Drums of Jeopardy To him the compass must have been a profound and awful whirligig. A Collection of Stories Rest is the loosing of the chains which bind us to the whirligig of the world, it is the passing into the centre of the Cyclone; it is the Stilling of Thought. Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. Twelfth Night It is strange," said she, "how things come round and about, Life is but a whirligig. The Cloister and the Hearth How long it remained in that condition cannot be said; but "the whirligig of time 72 brought its revenges" in those days as in these. Autobiography and Selected Essays And yet the whirligig of time brings about its revenges. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh It was a strange whirligig that had converted the clergyman’s widow into such a specimen of the class that went beyond the sixpence. In the Cage And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. Twelfth Night; or What You Will |
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