单词 | wood nymph |
例句 | We sat in the meadow watching the satyrs chase the wood nymphs through the snow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A young dragon had appeared in Harlem, and a dozen wood nymphs died before the monster was finally defeated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Zeus appointed him director of Camp Half-Blood to dry out for a hundred years—a punishment for chasing some off-limits wood nymph. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “A wood nymph,” I repeated, still staring at the Diet Coke can like it was from outer space. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A few kids from the Ares cabin were having a snowball fight with the wood nymphs at the edge of the forest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I passed some giggling wood nymphs who threw olives at me from their garden. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He was only our camp director because Zeus had sent him here as a punishment for chasing some off-limits wood nymph. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In all, there were maybe a hundred campers, a few dozen satyrs, and a dozen assorted wood nymphs and naiads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A wood nymph brought me a plate of Olympian olive-and-pepperoni pizza, but I wasn’t hungry. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And another creature that looked as if it had been sprung from the limbs of an oak tree: wood nymph. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She stared at it, confused, until the Huntsman told her it was a gift from the wood nymphs, who had visited during the night. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A Greek poet would never have thought of an elegant dress and coiffure for the wood nymph. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. D offended his father a while back, took a fancy to a wood nymph who had been declared off-limits.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And, it turns out, from his first publicly performed play, goblins and wood nymphs. A Doll's House; Hedda Gabler; St John's Night – review 2012-07-14T23:04:21Z When characters such as the witch Ježibaba and the three wood nymphs are surrounded by multiple copies of themselves, the forest lake where two of the three acts take place begins to look distinctly overpopulated. Rusalka – review 2012-10-09T16:47:46Z Imagining oneself as a wood nymph wearing a bold lip and loud peasant dress doesn’t totally ward off unwanted attention. How Black Foragers Find Freedom in the Natural World 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z A place in which classical statuary was half concealed by the billowing branches of trees, wood nymphs lolled in a state of undress, and no dentists or anaesthetists roamed. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z Walking out on stage, Amos might have looked like a flame-haired wood nymph, but she played her piano as if it was a body in ecstasy. Tori Amos hears “Little Earthquakes” differently now: “Having a teenage daughter forces me to be honest” 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z She reminds him of a wood nymph, he says, as if their indiscretion would not count if she were some magical creature not bound by earthly rules of decorum, or under-age laws. Late-in-life Errol Flynn leers in 'The Last of Robin Hood' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z In the myths, wood nymphs are supposed to stay eternally youthful and unchanged. Tori Amos hears “Little Earthquakes” differently now: “Having a teenage daughter forces me to be honest” 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Outdoor learning, though, is not a wood nymph fantasy; the body of evidence suggesting the ways it benefits students, younger ones in particular, is ever growing. Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes. We Should, Too. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z When the forewing vein was damaged, the wood nymphs’ ears were less sensitive overall, particularly to low frequencies between 750 and 5000 hertz, the team reports today in Biology Letters. These butterflies boost their hearing with an unusual strategy 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z They include blues, whites, sulphurs, coppers, fritillaries, wood nymphs, skippers, crescents and checkerspots. Butterfly walks popular with all ages 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z The fact that Flynn doesn’t really think of her as a person is bad enough — he calls her Woodsy, short for “wood nymph,” after deeming her an “exquisite creature.” ‘The Last of Robin Hood’ movie review: Errol Flynn gets the very young girl A foamy brown brook that flashes and dallies, is captured and breaks free again, down along the mountain has been coaxed by some wood nymph to furnish sparkling water for her round rock bath. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z My portrait is at the Salon; I represent an Italian peasant—a Swiss peasant—and a wood nymph. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Over these they laid the bark, and covered the whole with green boughs, till a bower was formed worthy of a wood nymph. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Dry�ads, wood nymphs, in the Greek mythology; supposed to be the tutelar deities of trees. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z After a short scene with Mistress Page, Anne Page is heard as Fairy Queen summoning her wood nymphs, dryads, and goblins. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z Some pretty shepherdess of the Chilterns—some sweet wood nymph, no doubt? The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He came to the house, slept and dreamed; not of angel choirs, but of graceful wood nymphs; and their queen’s name was Jeannette. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Emerging from the deep shadow of the trees was what looked to their astonished and unprepared eyes a vision of some wood nymph. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Upon my honor, Mademoiselle, you make quite a pretty picture—a wood nymph's reverie; sweet subject, now, for the pencil of our friend, the steward. The Romance of a Poor Young Man A Drama Adapted from the French of Octave Feuillet 2011-02-23T03:00:30.700Z But she is not everywhere regarded as a solitary wood nymph. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z And more serious if possible than Monsieur Beauchamp was Doris herself, facing him from the opposite side of the passage; grave, indeed, as any wood nymph performing some sacred rite in a sylvan temple. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "Or like the paradise of the houries," cried Captain Cummings, "where the wood nymphs bathe in the lake and bask in the golden sunlight." In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z I made my way through a wood nymph dress, an Edwardian suit, the silver shag cape and, finally, the tick. City Critic: A Night for Pagans Brings Out the Sexy 2010-10-16T23:27:00Z I still fear that you will vanish from my sight, like some charming wood nymph. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors In the pageant on this occasion, there was a forest, with animals, wood nymphs, &c., and in front two negroes riding on panthers. Old and New London Volume I At the right-hand side of the picture one of the wood nymphs has seized the hand of a timid companion, urging her to come and join in the frolic. Stories Pictures Tell Book Four But all these things, good, indifferent and bad, remained in their places; and here they are, unsuspecting, real, natural, charming like Diana and her wood nymphs. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome In the valley the silvery birches gleamed like wood nymphs against the ebony firs. The Innocent Adventuress The instinct of the old days had claimed them when the wild beasts of the forest and the wood nymphs trod measures to the pipes of Pan. The Arkansaw Bear A Tale of Fanciful Adventure The bushes rustled and parted; a delicate girl's face looked out, and a wood nymph in floating garments, slid to the side of the stream, and dabbled her white feet in the water. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children "Remarkably so; and they are the work of our wood nymph." The Orchard of Tears Quietly Mollie told of her wood nymph first leading her astray on the mountain; of Eunice’s visit to her, next day, and of Bab’s accidental shooting of the child afterwards. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail Naturally it affords me especial joy to behold another girl who can do all these other things and dance like a wood nymph besides!” The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest But the three girl scouts under Jennie Marlow's protection, slept and dreamed of their next day's quest in search of Mary, the phantom wood nymph, or Mary the fleet-footed maid of Second Mountain. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening The wood nymph smiled as she sat in the flickering shadows—and the River-God bending down, gathered the Grass of Parnassus, and placed it timidly in her shining tresses. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Shy and supple, elastic-heeled, in that diaphanous half light her slim long body might have been taken for that of a wood nymph had there been eyes to follow her through the umbrageous glade. The Highgrader Perhaps we shall awaken a wood nymph and teach her to become a mortal maid. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail They may be divided into three distinct classes, viz., water, mountain, and tree or wood nymphs. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Two English tunes served for the drinking songs of the robber band, and an Irish melody for the lament of the wood nymphs. My Reminiscences As soon as the young man had passed beyond the next hut appeared in the grove a girl, modelled like a bronze wood nymph. Witch-Doctors The wood nymphs, with some slight additions of costume, acted the crowd through which Gorgo and Praxinoë had to push their way and pilot their slaves. The Princess of the School “Hush, hush!” cried the wood nymph, rising to her feet and looking around in terror, her slender body poised for flight. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail In one youthful figure, we see the lineaments of a wood nymph, a form slight and elastic in all its parts. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Once she danced with the wild grace of a wood nymph, whirling in and out the shadows, and falling at last in a little heap beside the pool. The Girl in the Golden Atom This withe was to be kept turning, spit-fashion, until its weight of provender was deliciously browned and sending forth an aroma that would make the mouth of a wood nymph water. Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan When it was well started there was a flashing of white among the bushes on the farther side of the lawn, and out came tripping a bevy of charming wood nymphs. The Princess of the School "Come, Valmai, darling, you tantalise me, and I begin to think you are after all a fairy or a wood nymph, or something intangible of that kind." By Berwen Banks If Hazel had been a wood nymph a week ago she was surely the loveliest of brown fairies to-day. Wych Hazel A sculptor would have said that Phyllis might have been a goddess, and Gretchen a wood nymph, had not Nature suddenly changed her plans. Arms and the Woman That was the romance of the wood nymph. Mike Fletcher A Novel "No, the wood nymphs have all trotted over to England, and are going to give a performance in aid of the 'Waifs and Strays!'" said Dulcie. The Princess of the School There was no way for the banshees and the wood nymphs and the sprites to get into the house and take her while she slept, for there always was a fire in the fireplace. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas She still had the slimness of immature girlhood, the adorable shy daring of some uncaptured wood nymph. Mavericks Here a maid, garbed as a wood nymph, appeared leading a swan which wore the collar of the Golden Fleece and a porcupine. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Slim, graceful, sinuous, utterly unconscious of her loveliness, but palpitating with the sensuous joy of living, she might have been a wood nymph, issuing vivid, vital, from the fancy of a mediaeval poet. In Old Kentucky You may mock as much as you please!" retorted Phillida, "but it's sheer envy because you know you won't be chosen as a wood nymph. The Princess of the School The water sprites and the wood nymphs will lend wings to thee in thy efforts to please them. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas For her it was full of wood nymphs and elves. Halcyone The sailors reluctantly drew near, gazing fearfully upon the three maidens, who, clad in furs and moss, resembled mermaids or wood nymphs. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art A flowering dogwood bathed in its ethereal light shimmers like a bridal veil adorning a wood nymph. Byways Around San Francisco Bay "There are still goatherds on the mountains, though we don't see wood nymphs now!" The Princess of the School Now the fairies and the banshees, the wood nymphs and the sprites coveted this beautiful child Muriel because they knew she would make a good fairy. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Arabella knew now that he loved Halcyone—that wood nymph they had seen during their Easter Sunday walk—and that he had been going to meet her when the accident had happened. Halcyone This is where fairies and wood nymphs live when that drift melts. Ethel Morton's Enterprise Superstitious—and this from a man who believed in banshees and ghostly harpers and Irish wood nymphs and no doubt in leprechauns and all their tribe! The Moon Pool Exceptionally tall, with clear-cut aquiline features, with the movements and the grace of a wood nymph, the girl carried her beautiful brows and her full throat with a provocative and self-conscious arrogance. The Case of Richard Meynell In classical mythology, Diana is the moon goddess, Hamadryad, a wood nymph, Naiad, a water nymph. Selections from Poe The wood nymph had been submerged in matrimony. Together So vows the wood nymph's son, That fair-faced stripling, scarcely yet a man, For on his cheek still blooms the down of youth. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles The weeping birch trails its tresses in the waters like a wood nymph admiring her own loveliness. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 At the last stroke of twelve, a troop of fairies and wood nymphs appeared. Story Hour Readers — Book Three She dressed like a wood nymph, and talked as if her soul were made of love and sorrow. Thaddeus of Warsaw There were flowers and singing birds, and in the panels most beautiful paintings, representing wood nymphs dancing. Samuel the Seeker Perhaps there were wood nymphs in those days, as we are assured there were giants, and some dainty Dryad might have driven the first pair of human brothers to desperation by her charms! Vendetta: a story of one forgotten Part of the echo may be "the voice of the wood; the same trivial words and notes sung by the wood nymph." Essays Before a Sonata Diana, followed by her maids the wood nymphs, often wandered through the forest. Story Hour Readers — Book Three Through the hush, the gleeman began to sing the "Romance of King Offa," the king who married a wood nymph for dear love's sake. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest He was horrified at the expenses which mythology involved; not a wood nymph, nor a dryad, that cost less than a hundred francs a day! Ten Years Later Lance-straight and slender, his wood nymph waded knee deep through the ferns. The Vision Splendid She is costumed to represent a wood nymph, and there is a great song-and-dance scene with a gorilla—played by Mr. Delmars, the comedian. Whirligigs The lane was a place of enchantment—a long, moonlit colonnade adown which beguiling wood nymphs might have footed it featly. Chronicles of Avonlea Miss Carroll had gone to supper well cloaked, but in the costume of the tropic wood nymph. Whirligigs Out of her bewitchment, whatever it was, the wood nymph flared suddenly, and pointed a desperate finger at Delmars. Whirligigs The coat she wore came to her ankles, but it could not conceal her light, strong tread nor the long lines of the figure that gave her the grace of a captured wood nymph. The Vision Splendid No, no," cried the wood nymph, "his way was the best. Whirligigs During one verse of the song the wood nymph performed the grotesque evolutions designed for the scene. Whirligigs |
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