| 单词 | woodman |
| 例句 | Still no woodman’s hut appeared and there was nought but forest trees and brush on every hand. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z ‘And I would do as the master of the house bade me, were this only a woodman’s cot, if I bore now any sword but Andúril.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He, like the woodman, was the colour of mahogany, and the curled hairs on his chest made a golden haze where the sun caught them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They went up to the small munching woodman, who did not seem to have seen them, and asked him where the glades were trading to. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowers himself to the floor with difficulty, like an unoiled tin woodman. ‘Creative Domain’: Film takes us into mystery of Paul Taylor’s dances 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Henry traveled by horseback on obscure bridle-paths, unbridged water courses, hearing the ringing of the woodman’s axe, and lived in a humble log cabin wore homespun dress, a true pioneer, a settler of the frontier. The Louisiana Swamp Doctor Gained Distinction as a Chronicler of the American Frontier 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Hark! how the consecrated oaks, Unconscious of the woodman’s strokes, With thundering crash proclaim he’s gone; Fall in each others’ arms and groan! The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z This woodman was in possession of a house which had been a thousand years in process of building. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z You must be astonished, Captain Weston, that a woodman's daughter had so little fortitude as to be unable to withstand the ordinary perils of her condition. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z Sir Anthony recognized in the leading horseman Sir Philip Clopton, and in the prisoners Father Carey and one of the woodmen; and in a moment he comprehended what had happened. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z He had noticed that Carthew was carrying what looked like a woodman's axe. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z We all complain and murmur like the woodman in the fable, yet are loath to accept the relief we loudly call for. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It is good to get into a forest where there is not a mark of the woodman's axe. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Then the silver sheen Of harvest moon shines down on rustling corn Until the hazy air of Autumn thrills With sound of woodman's ax and hunter's horn, And darker shadows climb the russet hills. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z After this it fared with us as it fares at last with the driftwood that chance or the woodman's axe has given to a forest stream in Heritzburg. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Yet it was clearly these trees upon which the unseen woodmen were at work. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Any one familiar with Swiss slopes of hills must remember how often he has descended, sometimes faster than was altogether intentional, by these same slippery woodman's track roads. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z According to an interesting account in "Garden and Forest," it once had a narrow escape from the ax of a woodman. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z You swing your sentences as the woodman swings his axe. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z And valley and hill, the ancient mould Was robed in sward, an evergreen cloak; And a woodman sang as he felled an oak. The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z Sullenly the woodman resumed his task, and his persecutor, with another laugh, turned and rejoined his companions, applauded by their grins. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The axe of the woodman had not yet awakened the echoes of the grove. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z A gentleman who was a lover of trees, happening to pass, paid the woodman two dollars to spare its life. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Death, as a woodman, cuts down the tree with a hatchet. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z But the woodman laughed: Said he, “I trow, If oaks and pines do flourish and fall, It is not amid seas;— The earth is one forest all.” The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z Thus the hapless woodmen were fettered not merely by the logs of wood, as on the previous day, but by chains that bound them to the very trees they were to cut down. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Now and then a woodman's hut was visible on the shore, and a little boat fastened to the bank. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z He is by choice and by force of circumstances ploughman, woodman, shepherd, market-gardener, or carter, and is become heavy as his soil, and curiously old-world in habit. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z All over the young forest could be seen the yellow stripes that marked the trees that were to be spared, while those unmarked were doomed for the woodman’s ax. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z Though yours the rents, his incomes wax By right of eminent domain; From factory tall to woodman's axe, All things on earth must pay their tax, To feed his hungry heart and brain. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z The man knew full well that, even if the woodmen succeeded in breaking loose, he would have time to shoot them down one by one, hobbled as they were. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Elate, the thunderbolt he braved, Long centuries his branches waved A welcome to the blast; An oak of broadest girth he grew, And woodman never dared to do What Time has done at last. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z I was hunting for the trail which led down the mountain, when I came to the sloping ground where the woodmen had rolled these logs off. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z The woodman would be busy too, and we would hear the sound of his axe in the pine-trees, or brush past a mule loaded with long, scratching bundles of firewood. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z "Why soon The woodman will be here; how we have lived this night of June." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Thrice in each day he comes to smite the Daevas, with the axe of a woodman in his hand. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z These woodmen are either paid so much per quintal, or obtain the use of the land in return for clearing and reducing it into order for corn-growing. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Piece by piece it fell under their bills, as chips from the axe of a woodman. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Keeping Snib's Farm on his right, he ran dead straight for Gallow's Wood, where some woodmen with their teams disturbed him. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Bang went the first stroke of the pick, accompanied with the significant grunt diggers, woodmen, and such folk give over their work. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Formerly it was exceedingly abundant, but like many other of our most valuable forest trees, it is disappearing before the axe of the woodman, who has always found a ready sale for beech timber. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Not unfrequently has the axe of the woodman been stayed by the voice of the nymph breaking from the groaning oak. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z Cast a glance at your genealogy, and see how well a woodman's daughter would look among such a noble assemblage. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z Swinging to his left, he went up the hill, through Bloody Lane, as though towards Dinsmore, but was again deflected by woodmen. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z THE mists of the early twilight were falling, and79 Elsa, the little girl who lived at the woodman's cottage, was still far from home. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Chance so happened that she found herself before that part of the story which described the goddess forgetting her own sorrow in her devotion to the sick child of the woodman in his hut. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z What a noble tree an elm is, if its branches are spared by the billhook of pruner or axe of woodman! The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z But now one great leading motive for such an undertaking is irrecoverably past; the White Pines have been mowed by the woodmen's ax; they have disappeared forever, at least in any considerable quantity. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z "A truly delightful companion for the rambler and woodman." The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z For a while she was bewildered, wondering how she came to be there, instead of in her little room at the woodman's cottage. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z The silence was universal and profound; and it was rare that the noise of the woodman's axe, resounding in the distance, obliged them to withdraw rapidly from the direction whence the sound came. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z It was Abe Longley himself, and in some surprise he hurried down the rugged steep, a woodman's axe on his shoulder. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z But the woodman's ax, together with the destructive fires which have swept over large districts from time to time, have, so to speak, driven this tree far back into the interior wilderness. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z After a while we came to an open space where the woodmen had been felling timber. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z He sat dreaming, remembering his timber-cruising trip, remembering the choppers and woodmen he had known around Grandfather's. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z In a few moments the woodman’s cart hove into sight, drawn by a bony old horse from whose collar jangled the little bell. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z One day, while thus employed, she met an old woodman gathering sticks. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z It is, however, difficult to spare any forest trees in clearing a farm by fire; but groves in which they abound might be spared from the unrelenting ax of the woodman. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Babinich's Tartars, guided by local woodmen, pursued night and day, finishing every moment the incautious or those who dropped into the rear. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z There was no road between the two places; and governor Winthrop was asked to provide an expert woodman, who would guide the courier by the easiest road. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z He was a simple woodman who laboured six days of the week and on the seventh traded half his wages for 'moonshine' from some illicit mountain still. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z “Some of them, my lord, will ne’er again rob an honest farmer of his stores or burn a woodman’s cottage,” said Cedric with a smile. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Cutting the coppice, assisting the charcoal burners, or helping the old woodman—all gave facilities for observing the habits of game, and none of these opportunities were missed. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The woodmen jocularly say that the branch grew in the night, and so could not see its way. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z You see how tall and fine the forest grows Through which a sacred river ceaseless flows; While on dry soils the stately beech and oak Die without waiting for the woodman's stroke. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z "Tea?" says the woodman, who is sitting at his supper. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z He was woodman enough, though, from his long residence in the colony, to be able, in a short time, to determine whether his companions had returned. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z Every day the woodman brought her news of what was going on in the village. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z You hear no bird nor squirrel nor sound of woodman's axe, nor do you catch the pungent fragrance of his fire nor the subtler one of fresh-cut wood. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z This summary method of trimming the primitive forest gives it much the resemblance of a noble park, cleared of its shrubs, undergrowth, and limbs, by the careful hands of the woodman. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z The dim forest within Hacked from my roots, Haled on by rude woodmen Bracing sinewy shoulders Up the steep mountain side, Till aloft on the summit Firmly they fastened me. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z To her further astonishment at a short distance from the highway stood a woodman’s hut, and the mare paused before the door. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z If he be not a better squire than woodman, he will never in his life be a knight. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z At last, one day I heard the ringing strokes of that fatal instrument, and, on inquiry, was told that the woodman had received orders no longer to spare that tree. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Having done, and coming through the wood, they met the woodman; and Tom asked him for a stick to make his mother a fire with. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z The old woodman was leaning over its paling, and he nodded to them as they passed. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z There was now no other method, but to follow out this avenue as far as it would go, and thus perhaps to arrive at some woodman's hut or village. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z The towering pines have decayed or been leveled by the woodman's axe. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z With that he set all the carpenters and woodmen who were to be found round about to chop and hew all his beams up into small logs. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z He inhabited an abandoned woodman's hut in the forest, and was rarely seen by man. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z Soon an old woodman passed by, and, with rough courtesy, showed him the path that would lead him quickest to the town. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z It was the rarest thing that she met a woodman, or children picking whortleberries. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z There are vast regions, densely wooded, in which the sound of the woodman's axe has never been heard, lying about the headwaters of the Chippewa, St. Croix and other streams. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The song of the nightingale and the ring of the woodman's axe gain a rich musical quality from the great fir wood. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z That Mr. Gladstone should often have gone out, axe in hand, to assist his woodmen was really the most natural thing imaginable. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z In the cottage that had been the woodman's they had a wonderful honeymoon. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z About half an hour passed away thus, when lo! on the stillness broke the voice of the woodman calling to his wife that he was coming, saying that he had been delayed. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z The road had been cut through a primeval forest, and the strips of woodland on either side of it, still untouched by the woodman's ax, made of it a grand avenue. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z The woodman has still to rend the two halves of the trunk, but the work is not so heavy and goes more quickly. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z It descends upon them unexpectedly from above, dealt out by a man with a sledge, who cracks them between the horns with a sound like that of a woodman's ax upon a tree. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z "I often used to envy the woodman," said Jenny, "living in that dear little cottage." The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z "Oh, wife, do you not know me, do you not know me?" moaned the woodman in a grief-stricken voice. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z For instance, Washington tells of a night in a woodman's cabin when he had nothing but a mat of straw for his bed, with but a single blanket for cover, and that alive with vermin. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z It is good to watch a clever woodman and see how much he can do with his simple tools, and how easily one man alone can deal with heavy pieces of timber. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z Altogether the costume of the woodman was not inelegant; and the wearer affected a certain air of rustic dandyism, which showed him conceited of his personal appearance. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z In the silence that ensued after the child had been quieted there came the regular stroke of a woodman's axe, and presently the refrain of a Padhani song sung by a man. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z The woman, the Nāt, and the woodman, leaving their shoes at the gates, entered, and, seating themselves at a respectful distance on separate pieces of matting, told their tale. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z But the features were the same—that tout ensemble the same as that presented by Yellow Jake, the ci-devant woodman of our plantation. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z After we had buried him, we talked with an old woodman who told us that there's a demon of the woods who had probably slain the knight. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z In the same direction, only half a mile farther on, there is another hut inhabited by another woodman. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The sound of the woodman's axe ceased, and presently we heard some one approaching through the jungle. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z In the season of the sun, and in that of the rain, for a greater time than I can count, I have lived in a tree in the forest, where this woodman comes every day. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z She had favoured the suit of his rival with the quadroon, and had forbidden the woodman to approach Viola in her presence. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The woodman showed us the cave where he has seen the demon go in and out and where he lives. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z Her father was a forester—a woodman by calling—at times, a stealer of deer. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He would go to Warden Forest and see that beautiful face again, though he had to brave the anger of twenty mysterious woodmen. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Manoo then said that the woodman had certainly been wrong in the way he had acted. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z He had succeeded his former rival in the post of woodman, which brought him daily in contact with the denizens of the forest, and constant observation of their habits had increased his skill. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z There the gray-headed woodman was hewing away wearily at a branch of a tree. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z Walford, uncorking the “grey beard,” placed it upon the table; and, tin cups having been procured, the two woodmen continued the carouse, which their homeward scramble had interrupted. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z There in Warden Forest, living as the daughter of a woodman, who was himself ignorant of her legitimacy, was the girl. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z No experienced woodman in the ordinary course of events would have used so much force, and Frank Corte had chopped much wood. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z The dress was that worn by our woodman. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Lord!" cried the woodman, "you could kill the devil of this woods if any one can. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z As Garth uttered the words, he seized his fresh-cut cudgel; and was about to come down with it upon the carcase of the slumbering woodman, when some thought suddenly stayed his hand. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z With fleet feet Una fled from the lake, the voices of the woodman and Jack Newcombe ringing in her ears, a thousand tumultuous emotions surging wildly in her heart. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z At once the Commandant and the woodman went to his help, but the jar of attempting to raise him brought a cry of pain. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z I had now a full view of the individual, and saw to a certainty that he was our woodman, Yellow Jake. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z But Balin said the woodman was foolish, and rode off through the glades with a drooping head. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z It was the woodman Walford—who, from the way he was tracking it, appeared to be in a state of intoxication. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z On the contrary, perhaps, a great deal of harm; for ten to one the woodman would cut up rough, and there would be a row. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The woodman's ax rang out, and here and there the sun shone down where groves of noble trees had once stood. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z This possibility seemed to occur to the woodman; for, after a short pause, he dropped to his hands and knees, and commenced crawling forward among the indigo. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z A detachment was sent instantly to find a way over the cliff, while woodmen with axes went out and laid furiously upon the pines. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z He had made a correct guess as to Walford’s condition: for at that moment the woodman was perhaps as drunk as he had ever been in is life. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z For the first time in her life she stood face to face with a man other than a woodman or a charcoal-burner. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z They knew how long each tree would dwell in the forest and when the woodman's ax would fell it. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z The ranger had assembled all his troop--five or six foresters under his orders, and some woodmen. Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:37.767Z A Hunters’ bivouac under the shadows of a Mississippian forest, in a spot where the trees stand unthinned by the axe of the woodman. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Garth comprehending the cause, came easily to this conclusion: and making no further pause—except to ascertain that the woodman was continuing his serpentine promenade—passed on towards the cottage. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z If you were a woodman like himself, your being hard up wouldn’t matter. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z And now, my Little Tree," the Night Wind said, when he had dropped the branches of the tall trees once again, "pray do not wish for some woodman to cut you down. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z So much do the northern and southern forests differ, that a fleet rider will traverse the latter with more ease than the woodman can the former. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Once he heard some quick footsteps and the cheery whistle of a woodman tramping along some hidden path on his way home to dinner. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z He did not communicate to the latter aught of what had transpired between him and the woodman. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z After the lapse of ten minutes the woodman and the woodman’s guest re-entered. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z But though for him the oak-trees fell To build the oaken ships, The woodman worshipped what he smote And honoured even the chips. Wine, Water, and Song 2011-01-31T03:00:17.240Z He managed his mind as a woodman manages an ax. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Here one primeval pine-tree had been luckily left standing by the otherwise unsparing woodmen, who long ago had cleared that meadow. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Misinterpreting these words, the woodman glanced towards his axe with a significant and savage leer, that did not escape the keen eye of Scarthe. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z “Yes, my father is very clever,” she said; “he is not like the other woodmen and burners.” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z A woodman’s lope is not impressive, viewed with a sprinter’s eye. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Beneath the splintered and blackened trunks that were still standing, the undergrowth, freed from the attentions of the woodman in the two years of the war, was dense and tangled. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z Inatulla speaks proverbially of “woodmen in the meridian hour, scarce able to raise the arms of languor.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The woodman, as he asked the question, gazed scrutinisingly upon the countenance of his daughter. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The young man hesitated, and the woodman, with a gesture that was one of resigned despair, shut the door. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The spring rambler in the woods may come upon a party of woodmen stripping young Oaks of their bark, or felling them, whilst cylinders of separated bark rest across poles in the process of drying. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Peterson sprang away, and in an instant returned with a jug of water which had been brought by the woodmen in the morning for their use. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z The wind blew through the tree-tops with the sound of some giant organ, but above its tones Richard heard what was the sweetest of music to his ears,—the sound of a woodman's axe. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z There was no fear that Holtspur would receive warning from the woodman; and from whom else could he have it? The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He felt, indeed, remarkably tired, or be sure he would have demanded the reason of the woodman’s refusal to allow his daughter to shake hands. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z He must pay in the scholar's kind, not the woodman's or the weaver's. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z The woodman had no time to follow her, for immediately there was heard a rushing, and, as the bushes parted, near a score of Indians, led by McGable, bounded into the opening. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z Elsewhere, a vulture, a kite, a lizard, and a woodman carrying wood are called bad omens. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy As the woodman uttered this characteristic threat, he attempted to raise himself into an upright attitude—apparently with the intention of carrying it into execution. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Going into the adjoining room, he got out of the woodman’s and into his own clothes, and carefully restored the skins and the cloak to the cupboard. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Fires and the woodman's axe have swept away the grand old forest and the "bush" which once covered every rod of land in this vicinity. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Like some tall forester when lopp'd By stroke of woodman's axe. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The wicked stepmother did all she could to make mischief, saying she was sure she was only a woodman's daughter; but nothing could disturb the young king's opinion of his wife. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The woodman, after grinning gleefully at the gold that lay glistening in his palm, thrust the piece into his pocket; and, gliding down from the steps, commenced making a stealthy departure through the shrubbery. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The young man was following as a matter of course; but the woodman, with his hand still on the latch, pointed to a wooden seat under the window. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z "Oho," quoth the eldest woodman, "Praise God; for now do I believe that I shall live to see peace again, because the wandering scholars are on their travels anew!" The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim The woodmen's blows responsive ring, As on the trees they fall; And when the birds their sweet notes sing, They to each other call. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches Then the Lady Elaine the Fair asked that woodman if one of those horses was white and the other piebald and he said: "Yea, as white as milk and piebald with white and black." The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions The apprehensions, thus quickly conceived were as speedily dissipated by the woodman declaring himself to have come in the capacity of a messenger. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The girl was not only beautiful—but a lady, in appearance, in tone, in bearing—and that, notwithstanding she wore a plain cotton gown in a woodman’s hut, and called the woodman “father.” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z "An axe was just the thing I wanted, mamma," said he, shouldering his new possession proudly and striking the attitude of a woodman striding off. A Captured Santa Claus Hoo-hoo the woodmen all unite To shout, as trees they fell. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches This woodman brought news of Sir Launcelot and of Sir Lavaine; for he declared that he had seen them when they had entered the forest after the tournament. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions The ex-footpad, lingering a little to look after her, as soon as she was out of sight, turned into the other path; which would conduct him to the hut of the woodman. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It was small and plainly furnished, after the manner of a woodman’s hut, and yet, after a moment’s glance, a stranger would have noticed a subtle air of refinement in common with better habitations. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Although for the past two years the woodman's axe had told effectively upon these noble forest trees, still there was a good supply left standing. My First Campaign The quarry forms the landward face, as one may say, and among the trees is a woodman’s hut. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 The castellan commenced a series of crouching cat-like obeisances, while the forester contrived to hit on the happiest transition from the most insolent aggressiveness to the respectful bluntness of the honest woodman. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Then we may visit both at once; and, as the older woodman is expected to return home to-night, I shall not go until to-morrow. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The woodman, not a whit moved by this taunt, entered the cottage, and the young man heard a bolt shot into its place. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Captain McAlpine halted with his men at the woodman's cabin, until after sunrise. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency I remembered the ring of the woodman’s axe in the forest at home, and wished for a few long-sided Green Mountain boys. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 If the woodman's attention was called to his loss, they were off like a swarm of cockroaches. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Even cottage would be too dignified a name for the wooden hovel, in which the woodman and his family habitually found shelter from rain and wind. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z As the woodman entered, a woman, who was kneeling at a fire in an adjoining room, looked round through the doorway. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z During this interval, Butler was enabled to prepare himself for the journey he was about to commence, and to take an affectionate leave of Musgrove and his daughter, David Ramsay, and the woodman's family. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Not even the most experienced woodman or botanist can tell you the names of plants of which he only sees the stems. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 While Oscar Parton was not an experienced woodman, like his friend, the mysteries of the trail were not great ones to him. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind “Now, Bet,” added the woodman, having laid bare the roasted rib, and emptied the beer-mug, “bring me my old hat, an’ the long hazel staff. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Rousing himself with a muttered apology, he found that the woodman alone remained, and that he was sitting apparently forgetful of his guest’s presence. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z A wakeful night was passed under the woodman's roof; and when morning came the circumstances of the recapture of Butler were more fully disclosed. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Their experience in camping had made them the keenest kind of woodmen and they could read the forest like an open book. Bert Wilson at Panama With the woodman’s practiced care they gave forth no sound for listening savages, and with eager hopes continued to press on. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind In obedience to the resolve, thus suddenly entered upon, the woodman rose to his feet; seized hold of his hat; and made direct for the door. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z “Suppose what you please,” retorted the woodman, if words so calmly spoken could be called a retort. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z A few words were exchanged in private between Lynch and the woodman, and after much idle talk and contrived delay, two lazy and loitering negro boys were sent off in quest of the travellers' horses. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency You and I are woodmen enough to follow a trail made by twenty horses. Bert Wilson at Panama It skimmed over the water like a thing endowed with life, and the beholder, eager to inspect its occupant, stepped to the brow of the bank, but with the woodman’s usual caution. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind “Well, Withers?” inquired the officer, as soon as the two had got fairly within the room, “have you seen the two woodmen?” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Presently it widened, and the woodman stopped short and pointed down the leafy lane. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z I have seen you safe as far as I promised," said the woodman, "and you must now shift for yourselves. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency They were proud of the big dining room built like a woodman's cabin and the open sleeping tents circled with military precision round the campfires. The Underpup Can you make a steeple fall this way or that way, as woodmen make trees fall? Careers of Danger and Daring No doubt she is the daughter of some woodman slave. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century The woodman looked at the coin, then shook his head slowly; and with another “good-night” turned and tramped off. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Here Butler communicated to them the necessity of making immediate arrangements for their return to the woodman's cottage, and for the burial of the deceased trooper. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency It is as I thought, my lord; y’are marked, like an old oak, by the woodman; to-morrow or next day, by will come the axe. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses The men had seventy axes in all, and the most skillful and able woodmen in the company were immediately set at work to fell the trees. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 On my return, I sat on this very log, and talked to some woodmen, and asked the name of a modest flower. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington The woodman raised his eyes, and looked at him for a moment. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The whole party formed a procession in couples—the woodman's wife and Mary being first in the train, the children succeeding them, and the rest following in regular order. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Why should the poet have expected the woodman to "spare that tree?" The Handbook of Conundrums The hedgers, the copsers, the woodmen of all descriptions, have fuel for little or nothing. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend He was a plain farmer or woodman, clothed in ample homespun, and riding a short heavy chunk of an animal, that had just been taken from the plough. International Short Stories American “It is a poor bed,” remarked the woodman, but the Savage interrupted him with a cheerful though sleepy assurance that it needed no apologies. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The conversation was interrupted by a knocking at the door, and, in a moment afterwards, Arthur Butler and the woodman entered the apartment. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency There were warriors, hundreds of them in the settlement and before their arrows the pale-faces fall like trees before the woodman’s axe.” The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Cattiwow strode ahead in his sackcloth woodman’s petticoat, belted at the waist with a leather strap; and when he turned and grinned, his red lips showed under his sackcloth-coloured beard. Rewards and Fairies After a quarter of an hour the woodman's trail they were following turned and went up the mountain-side. Anne Each, in his way, was a fine specimen of his class; the man, with his weather-beaten face and his thick-set limbs, clad in woodman’s garb; the youth, with his frankly handsome countenance and patrician air. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z This exercise of devotion being finished, the greater part of the company began their retreat to the woodman's cabin. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency They are dead letters—dead timber which a wise woodman would soon hew away. The Irish Constitution Explained by Darrell Figgis We reached the spot where my woodmen were at work. Waldfried A Novel The king was very angry when he heard of the ill success of his woodmen, had them all executed, and sent others, but they had no better success than the first. Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country The woodman, half leaning on his long-handled axe, regarded him grimly. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z By eleven o'clock at night, Butler and the party from Ramsay's arrived at the woodman's cabin. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency That oaten pipe of hers is mute Or thrown away: but with a flute Her loneliness she cheers; This flute, made of a hemlock stalk, At evening in his homeward walk The Quantock woodman hears. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes They quickly rose and drew their swords, and hewed at each other like two woodmen, so that soon each was sorely wounded and bleeding profusely. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Contrary to the woodman's traditions of chopping only on a windy day, the Indian whips out his axe and chops with all his might till he has wood enough for a roaring fire. The Story of the Trapper Giant strokes, rapid, unerring, concentrated, made effective by the skill of a woodman, the strength of despair and the agony of love. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 An elderly female, the wife of the woodman, and two or three children, sat quietly in the room. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The little pathway along the river side suggests the lovers' walk at sunset as surely as the dark grove speaks of a woodman's hut or a gypsy camp. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas While the fugitives lived in this den, they were regularly supplied with daily bread and other necessaries of life, by a woodman, who lived at the foot of the rock. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 A hunter's knife and short-handled woodman's axe hang through the beaded scarf, belting in his loose, caribou capote. The Story of the Trapper We soon reached the spot above which the labourer was employed; but the profusion of foliage and underwood entirely screened the person of the woodman, whose axe continued to descend with unabated energy. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 It has been thought of," replied the woodman; "I sent two of my people off to dig it before I went with Major Butler to see David. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency You would take it to be the woodman, with his axe, trying by a sturdy blow, often repeated, whether the tree were sound or not. Wanderings in South America It seems that on stormy days, and sometimes for mere change of air, the poor Troglodytes would come down the mountain, and stay a while with the woodman at his house. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Then he returns with a woodman's axe and his dog. The Story of the Trapper We had proceeded about a league along this still and dusky hollow, when we distinguished the sound of a woodman’s axe, and the sharp report of its echo from the opposite cliffs. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 The woodman stepped into the cabin and returned with his fire lock. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "There's a gang of rebels in camp over there," said he to himself, with a woodman's quick reading of every sign. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Here they became acquainted with one Sperry, the woodman who finally fitted up the cave, and introduced them to their life in the rock. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 He even felt something like gratitude towards the black woodman, who, he considered, had done him a kindness. Devil Stories An Anthology After a short and unrefreshing slumber, I arose with the sun, and hastened, with the sword and woodman’s axe, to the saloon of Colonna. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 Well, like a Trojan, or a woodman, or a dragoon, or like Stephen Foster, and that is as far as sleeping can go. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency She thanked us without ostentation, as she would have thanked a piano-mover or the woodman in the city. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia They had lived about a month in their cave, when such an excursion to the woodman’s had nearly cost them their liberty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 For certain, Either some one, like us, night-foundered here, Or else some neighbor woodman, or, at worst, Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Minor Poems by Milton Here she had been seen hurrying along by a woodman, who observed her from a distance, and described her dress accurately. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. In the phrase of the woodman, they had been girdled some years before, and were destined to await the slow decay of time in their upright attitude. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency It is as I thought, my lord; y’ are marked like an old oak, by the woodman; to-morrow or next day, by will come the axe. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) Cynthia listened, and, if she marveled, betrayed no hint of surprise that a chauffeur should have such a store of the woodman’s craft. Cynthia's Chauffeur His one prevailing idea just then was that they ought to get up, and skip out as lively as they could, leaving their nice fire for the two rough woodmen to enjoy. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol He has an old woodman, an old shepherd, an old justice’s clerk, and almost all his farmers are old. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The woodman now turned into the thickets, and opening his way through the bushes, in a few moments conducted the two soldiers to the foot of a large gum tree. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Oft I saw the clear and gummy Tears which from your bark were oozing, When a woodman's wanton axe-stroke Rudely felled some loved companion. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Long ago an American chemist confirmed what the practical experience of the woodman had already decided. Old Plymouth Trails This child is carved out of a tree-root by a woodman, who brings him home to his wife. Indian Fairy Tales The ringing blows of the woodman’s axe doubtless awakened many of the sleeping soldiery. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Look amongst these hills—there is not a cabin, not a woodman's hut, no, nor stately dwelling, whose roof defends one friend to the royal cause, but my own. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "When first197 I marched into the forest and met her, she was weeping over the loss of her former sweetheart, a woodman whose name was Nick Chopper." The Tin Woodman of Oz A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter When the woodmen had felled the larches they had stripped off the branches and cut away the plumy tops with their axes, and heaps of branches and tops lay about among the remaining trees. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts All that while, the woodman continued to observe her furtively, many low thoughts of fear and greed contending in his eyes. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) So they set out; the woodman and his wife first, then the boys, and last Hop o' my Thumb, who sprinkled pebbles all the way they went. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 It was after midnight, and the inmates of the woodman's cabin had been some hours at rest, when Mary Musgrove's sleep was disturbed by strange and unwonted alarms. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency When they were organized, he ordered them to assemble on a certain day, at a place that he named, each one provided with a woodman's ax. Cyrus the Great Makers of History "You were a man of meat at one time and a woodman by trade?" queried Professor Wogglebug, poising his pen in the air. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island The woodman was still staring at his guest; at the wreck of the rich dress, the bare arms, the bedraggled laces and the gems. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) He wished to eat her up, but as he heard the woodman Hugh's axe at work close by, he was afraid to touch her, for fear she should cry out and he should get killed. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 "You knowed him, Horse Shoe, a superfluous imp of Satan!" continued the woodman, laying a particular accent on the penultimate of this favorite adjective, which he was accustomed to use as expressive of strong reprobation. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He listened, and when the blows began to fall in regular order, as if the woodman was warming at his work, he left the bluffs behind him and turned and went into the woods. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget A peaceful life;—to hear the low Of pastured herds, Or woodman's axe that, blow on blow, Fell sweet as rhythmic words. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President Here and there, indeed, in the bottom of green glens, the Prince could spy a few congregated roofs, or perhaps above him, on a shoulder, the solitary cabin of a woodman. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) It imitates to perfection the notes of all other birds, the united voices of a flock of parrakeets, the barking of dogs, the sawing of timber and the clink of the woodman's axe. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 I am ready to go part of the way with you," replied the woodman, "I will see you to the Fork, and after that you must make out for yourselves. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency I can go first to the house of a woodman in the forest, whose wife was a servant of my mother's. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire The man who sped the woodman's team, And deepest sunk the plowman's share, And pushed the laden raft astream, Of fate before him unaware. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President The grass was long and untrodden; no woodman's axe had been busy with the trees; save foxes and birds, no living creature had left traces of its presence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The woodman and his wife were set free, and embraced their children. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 "You are not used to these hellish thieves, sir," said the woodman. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency O leave this barren spot to me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree! Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Hark! whang! whang! there rings the woodman's axe—crack! crash! b-o-o-m!—Hurrah! what thunder that little keen instrument has waked up there, and what power it has! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Travelling in the forest is then wellnigh impossible, though it is this time that the native woodman and the large number of young Englishmen engaged in forest-work find the busiest of the year. Burma Peeps at Many Lands Hop O' My Thumb Once upon a time there was a woodman and his wife who had so many children that they did not know how to find food for them. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Having thus severed the skin to suit his purpose, the woodman now, with an affectation of the most dainty precision, flourished his knife over the animal's back, and then burst into a loud laugh. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He loved to think of himself as a woodman swinging an axe against rotten institutions and dying beliefs; but he weighted no guillotines. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle The glassy river still glides on in its natural bed, and even the willows on its banks, from which the village takes its name, are suffered to stand, unscathed by the woodman's axe. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 The woodman’s axe had left untouched the oaks, elms, maples, and birches; they were leafless in midwinter, but the pines and hemlocks were green and beautiful upon its rocky sides. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Bye-and-bye the woodman and his wife told the children that they might go with them into the wood to have a good game of play. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Robinson followed at equal speed, the woodman standing still until the travellers disappeared from his view behind the thick foliage that overhung their path. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency On one side of the fallen tree was a place where the wood had been cut away, and the woodmen had made themselves a little hut, which they had now left empty. The Fairchild Family Well done, well done!" bold Thorold cried, When the woodman ceased to sing; "By'r Lady! it warms the Saxon tide In our veins to hear thee bring These English thoughts so freely out! The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme Here On thy green bank, the woodman of the swamp Has laid his axe, the reaper of the hill His sickle, as they stooped to taste thy stream. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition The cottage before us was of this description, and had probably been a woodman's hut when the surrounding country was all one huge forest. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. "Is Major Butler up yet?" asked the woodman thoughtfully. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Now it happened that, not a mile from the woodman's hut, there was a magnificent wooden palace, with twenty balconies and six beautiful windows. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine Instead of the woodman’s hut on a hill which he had expected to see, he found himself in front of a magnificent castle, built of white marble. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales When the family was at London the whole of the establishment travelled thither with the exception of the porter, who was, moreover, brewer, gardener, and woodman, and his wife and children. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges To me, the discovery of a woodman in the wadi were as pleasing as the discovery of a woodchuck or a woodswallow or a woodbine. The Book of Khalid The first was a tall, gaunt woodman, of a sallow complexion, jet black eyes, and round head of smooth black hair. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency She followed the trails with a woodman's craft, and the master had met her before, miles away, shoeless, stockingless, and bareheaded, on the mountain road. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index Sometimes the road ascending, Around a mountain bending, Will lead us to the forests dark, and there among the pines Live woodmen, to whose dwelling Come wicked witches, telling Of wondrous gifts of golden wealth. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Thitherwards thenceforth Swiftlier he passed, while daily from the woods The woodmen flocked, and shepherds from the hills, Concourse still widening. Legends of the Saxon Saints For in the soul of the woodman is a song, I muse, as sweet as the rhythmic strains of the goldfinch, if it could be evoked. The Book of Khalid Axe-work was our principal daily toil, and it is a somewhat different thing as practised here, to what the English woodman has to do. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand There were several woodman’s huts, which, with some scattered fir-trees, and others in irregular knots, that made a delicious murmuring in the wind, added greatly to the romantic effect of the scene. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 “Why,” said the woodman, “the last morning I passed here a leathern doublet came out of that window, and I’ll be bound you are the owner of it.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales “Well, why don’t you get a regular woodman to chop it up, then?” Dorothy's House Party From that same rock a woodman fell last week, and, falling, looked like a potted bird. The Book of Khalid Robin alone was sad; the fact that the robber chief's arrow had flown more near a woodman's mark than his own rankled within his breast. Robin Hood The woodman's axe had opened only here and there a patch of the woods to the light of the sun. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services “As I walked on,” the woodman said, “a dwarf called Spy, bundled it up and ran off into the forest.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The great Bear is also to be remembered as the hour-hand of the woodman's clock. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts She went into this lodge, and asked the woodman and his wife to take her into their service. The Lilac Fairy Book Their design, in effect, was to “blaze” the passages, so that they would know them again, just as a woodman marks his way through the pathless forest. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains As evening fell they came to a woodman's cottage at the foot of a high hill, and there they decided to rest for the night. Once on a Time Either some one lost in this wood, like ourselves, or else some roving woodman, or perhaps some robber calling to his fellows! Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades And as the woodman sees a little smoke Hang in the air, afield, and disappear, So Balder faded in the night away. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold That the tree should have heard the step of the woodman on his way to the felling, haunted his memory. Anthony Lyveden They seized this galley, collected their carpenters to examine it, and set woodmen at work to fell trees and collect materials for imitating it. Hannibal Makers of History The woodman stopped, for he could not but notice the pained expression that came over Isidore's face, and betrayed the conflict of emotions going on within him. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France One morn a woodman, who occasionally provided him with food, found him a corpse at the entrance of the crevice in the wall whence the maiden had seemed to come, and where she had disappeared. Folk-lore and Legends: German But soon came a woodman in leathern guise, His brow, like a pent house, hung over his eyes. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets But more numerous are to be seen those that are not survivors, though still standing, drained of their sap of life by the woodman's ax, which hacked those jagged girdles around their huge trunks. Burl I did not give much heed to the bookman’s explanation, for all the woodmen laughed at it. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 They had embrowned faces, and sinewy limbs, and the personnel of the woodman—of the men who hovered only upon the confines of civilization, rarely, if ever, venturing within the crowded city or village. The Riflemen of the Miami Drainage and the destruction of trees by the woodman’s axe, or by accidental fires, have so dried the ground as to reduce greatly the numbers of certain birds of aquatic or semi-aquatic habits. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The boughs from the trunk the woodman did sever; And they floated it down on the course of the river. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets These paths were very circuitous, and we had occasion often to ask our way from some friendly woodman or inhabitant of a wayside chalêt. The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys Then the axe of the woodman had not been heard in the wilderness, nor the plough of the husbandmen marred the beauty of the green prairies. Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. A half-hour later, by signs known only to experienced woodmen, they became convinced that some one else was also upon the trail of the Indians. The Riflemen of the Miami Time is the woodman of the Congo forests. The Pools of Silence Now are the clouds like fiery shrouds; the sun, superbly large, Slow as an oak to woodman's stroke sinks flaming at their marge. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets He was one of the woodmen to the Grange, and lived in the cottage at the corner of the wood in which his work lay. Tom Brown at Oxford Both sprung like lightning to the woodman’s forts, large trees, and there they stood for an hour, each afraid of the other. Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. The four hunters mentioned were well known to each other, and had the reputation of being the best riflemen and woodmen of any then known. The Riflemen of the Miami She is begotten, as it were, of the woodman's axe; her purpose is never in a word only, but in a word and a blow. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Meanwhile the meadow mouse shoves them aside in his gallery, the schoolboy casts them in his ball, or the woodman’s sled glides smoothly over them, these glorious spangles, the sweepings of heaven’s floor. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Rough common land, broken only by pine woods of a few acres each in extent, an occasional woodman's or squatter's cottage and little patch of attempted garden. Tom Brown at Oxford Weep, weep, ye woodmen, wail, Your hands with sorrow wring, Your master Robin Hood lies dead, Therefore sigh as you sing. The Dukeries I, meanwhile, busied myself with supper; and as soon as this was prepared, the two of us enjoyed it as only woodmen can. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories The following night the woodmen dug a hole, and laid the mangled corpse to rest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Mr. Gilroy was with them, and as each boy carried an ax and a woodman's knife, the girls knew they came to work. Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks "Some day I suppose this whole forest will fall before the woodman's ax," remarked Songbird. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch "As I walked on," said the woodman, "a dwarf, called Spy, bundled it up and ran off to his mother in the forest." Granny's Wonderful Chair L'Encuerado and Sumichrast smoothed the planks with the help of two woodman's hatchets, while I cut pegs, all laboring without intermission until the next evening. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The Shawanoe was too subtle a woodman to forget any point of the compass. Footprints in the Forest The faded color of the gashes in the trunk showed that a long time had passed since the bridge was made by the woodman's axe. Camp-fire and Wigwam Bar thy door not to the stranger, be he friend or be he foe, For the tree will shade the woodman while his axe doth lay it low. Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. "Why," said the woodman, "the last morning I passed here, a leathern doublet came out of that very window, and I feel sure you are the owner of it." Granny's Wonderful Chair The woodman barks some tree which seems to him to be occupying space capable of being put to better use. John the Baptist But, oh the other hand, the garments worn by woodmen were far different from the fashion of to-day. Footprints in the Forest She is begotten, as it were, of the woodman's ax; her purpose is never in a word only, but in a word and a blow. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 P.S.—In regard to the strangers who visited the king, the man they carried away on a closed litter was very sick indeed, according to the accounts of woodmen who met the party. The Keepers of the King's Peace No domestic drama—no history—no noble natural scenes, far less any religious subject:—only market carts; girls with pigs; woodmen going home to supper; watering-places; gray cart-horses in fields, and such like. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The valleys of the St. Croix, the Rum, and the Upper Mississippi rivers, with their tributaries, soon resounded with the music of the woodman's axe. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier The woodman looked up, and a black giant stood before him. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk It looks as if the woodman had been about, picking out trees ready for the axe, and had come to the conclusion that they might be cut down en bloc. Faces and Places The boys, while on a tramp, had discovered a grove of pines and hemlocks, huge old trees, which had unaccountably escaped the woodman's axe. The Merryweathers As when the boughs with hideous fall Some hapless woodman crush: With such a force the enormous foe Did on the champion rush. The Book of Brave Old Ballads "Well, then, we'll make woodmen and cooks out of all the princes we have over." Marguerite The woodman looked down, clasped his hands, and struck them on his knees—chink, chink, chink. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk Just then the door opened, and in came the grandmother and some woodmen who were passing. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk A pine was by a woodman fell'd, Which ancient, huge, and hollow tree An owl had for his palace held— A bird the Fates had kept in fee, Interpreter to such as we. A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine Bring your axes, woodmen true; Smite the forest till the blue Of Heaven's sunny eye looks through Every wild and tangled glade; Jungled swamp and thicket shade Give to day! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 I pointed out to Marguerite that the only actors she had were princes and princesses, and that we wanted woodmen, cooks and a certain number of folks of all sorts. Marguerite There lived in a great German forest a poor woodman. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk Some portions of these fast falling monuments of other days ought to be rescued by public forecast from the pioneer's, the woodman's merciless axe, and preserved for the admiration and enjoyment of future ages. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. But, Roderick, have you ever watched a woodman in the forest chopping down a tree? The Last Woman Raising his arms in anguish, he, As when the woodman hews a tree With its fair flowery branches crowned, Fainted and fell upon the ground. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The wolf and the dog were still fighting when Hugh, the woodman, came in and killed the wicked wolf with his axe. The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations The woodman struck his palms on his knees and wished, then felt in his pockets. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk I was passing the very spot, so I just flew in for a moment, and there I saw the woodman, her father, lying upon his bed very sick. Seven Little People and their Friends The few woodmen we met had seen nothing of him. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting See, near us on the ground are left Dry logs, by labouring woodmen cleft, And the tall trees, that blossom near Saint Bharadvája's home, appear.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Once upon a time there lived on the borders of a great forest a woodman and his wife who had one little daughter, a sweet, kind child, whom every one loved. The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations And he sprang to swallow her up alive; But it chanced a woodman from the wood, Hearing her shriek, rushed, with his knife, And drenched the wolf in his own blood. On the Tree Top In the hut upon his pallet lay stretched the lonely woodman, who was dying. Seven Little People and their Friends I wished that we had had Indians with us, or more experienced woodmen, who might have perceived traces which we failed to observe. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting As when the woodman's axe has lopped A Śal branch in the grove, she dropped: So from the skies a Goddess falls Ejected from her radiant halls. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Mr. Brown considered, moreover, that fewer woodmen and keepers might suffice. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The woods of Maine had their aristocracy; but the axe of the woodman has laid them low, and these lords of the wilderness are seen no more. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America Now the river ran for hundreds of miles through the forest without passing any house, but then it came to a woodman's hut where dwelt, entirely alone, the woodman and his little daughter Isal. Seven Little People and their Friends On one side was a deserted hut, near a pool of fresh-water, while a number of tall trees, which had been cut down by the woodmen’s axes, lay prostrate on the ground. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism The addition to the Buckholt of about fifteen acres was planted with 3 years old oaks from the woodmen’s nurseries, and looks very thriving. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The woodmen cut the trees down, mark them, and let them float where they will, and the owners claim the logs when they reach the Baltic. Chatterbox, 1906 Away flew the Tufters—they fly very swiftly—and long before morning, though it was hundreds of miles away, they had come to the woodman's hut. Seven Little People and their Friends There will be no escape when the woodman gets his orders. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet The ceilings usually exposed to view the great summer-tree and cross rafters, sometimes rough-hewn and still showing the marks of the woodman's axe. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The Buckholt was planted with three years old oaks, from the woodmen’s nurseries. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The rough woodman said a kind word, and the boy, without lifting his burning face, told his love. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana So the messengers were sent out in search of the woodman. Seven Little People and their Friends The woodman can pick it up any moment, and it will be useless to pray then. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet You would take it to be the woodman, with his axe, striking a sturdy blow, oft repeated. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Changes were also now made, with a view to economy, in the staff of woodmen and labourers on the Forest, whereby an annual saving, both immediate and prospective, would be obtained. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account His homely woodman's dress soon became old and ragged. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky Iles has taken the man on as carter at the home-farm, and given the eldest boy a job with the woodmen. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Out of the ranks came millers, and ground the grain the foragers brought in; came woodmen, and cut the trees; came sawyers, and sawed the lumber. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic And now, after what seemed an interminable time, the door resounded with the blows of a woodman’s axe. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp A woodman had three daughters whom he cannot support. Italian Popular Tales Waller was silent for a few moments, and his eyes wandered in all directions save that where the rough-looking woodman stood. The New Forest Spy The woodman who came so near causing a catastrophe was, I believe, infinitely more frightened than his might-have-been victims. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Hamilton, saw in hand, observed his esquire anxiously watching their enemies as they passed, and at once recalled his attention to his woodman’s duties by the word, “Through!” The Handbook to English Heraldry They were evidently men of the vicinity—farmers and woodmen. The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" The woodman said: "Do you want wood? give me a mattock." Italian Popular Tales The woodman will never assail them with his axe. The Death Shot A Story Retold The father immediately seized a gun and ran after the careless woodman, swearing that he would shoot him. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 You ascend another ladder of one hundred feet, and you arrive at a path pointed out to you by the broad chips of the woodman’s axe. Diary in America, Series One Here and there, as they sailed along, small openings could be perceived, where settlements had lately been formed, and the giants of the forest had fallen beneath the woodman’s axe. Janet McLaren The Faithful Nurse I know of nothing in the woodman's education of so much importance, or so difficult to acquire, as the art of trailing or tracking men and animals. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Spare the trees, Oh thoughtless woodman, Hew but what you need, They give balm to vagrant breezes, For their lives we plead. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State His gardener, his groom, and his woodman all knew his foibles. Orley Farm Through how many leagues of forest, over how many cedar swamps and rocky hills, across how many icy torrents did my bronzed woodmen not toil! The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette A little way off, the tall trees were falling with loud crashes before the woodmen’s axes, engaged in enlarging the borders of the settlement. Janet McLaren The Faithful Nurse Only under heavy and repeated blows does the monarch of the forest yield to the axe of the woodman. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 They had no axe, but Prince Redmond volunteered to go back to a woodman's hut which they had passed on their way, and borrow one. The Enchanted Island We have not seen the woodman with the axe. Last Poems And with a sigh like the sigh that passes through the leaves of a tree as the woodman fells it and it crashes to the earth, so did Acrisius fall and lie prone. A Book of Myths There was an autumn drizzle outside and Ward had stalked along unprotected, with a woodman’s stoicism in regard to wetness. Joan of Arc of the North Woods In front of the house Christopher met other woodmen whom he knew, and— "You are stirring betimes!" Christian Gellert's Last Christmas From "German Tales" Published by the American Publishers' Corporation Two woodmen passed on their way home from work, and raised their caps politely, while Walter acknowledged their salutation in French. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime Beyond this was a half-mile square clearing with characteristic woodpiles and station and woodmen's houses, occupied by a heavy force of six hundred Red Guards, themselves preparing for attack on the Americans. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 But the woodman's cot By the ivied trees Awakens not To light or breeze. Poems The cook tells me they were baked in the ground, woodman style.” Joan of Arc of the North Woods She makes her husband invisible, while she assumes the form of a woodman. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Thirty-five hardy sailors and woodmen hastily armed themselves with muskets, pitchforks, and axes; and, after taking aboard a small supply of provisions, the sloop dropped down the harbor toward the "Margaretta." The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Tells how to forecast the weather, and in fact; treats on every phase of nature with which a Boy Scout or any woodman or lover of nature should be familiar. Practical Mechanics for Boys Its owner watched him with inward amusement, yet fully understanding the woodman's love for a perfect weapon. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands A boy has no perception whatsoever of the poetry of farm-life: he considers a woodman's work crabbed prose. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 They stood in the midst of an ancient wilderness, rank and compacted with the growth of a thousand years, unthinned and unreclaimed by a single stroke of the woodman's axe. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time The vast forests resounded with the strokes of the woodman's axe, getting out the timber; and the seaport towns were given over to ship-wrights, who worked day and night at their craft. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The ole blind's flapping And the little dog's snapping At the butcher and the baker and the woodman when they call. The Bay and Padie Book Kiddie Songs They were up before daylight, when Alphonse, slipping out, hurried off to the woodman’s hut. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy Three large trees were cut through by the car, as clean as if by a woodman’s hatchet. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages The folk that lived there were mostly woodmen. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset I had, as may be seen, thus become a capital woodman. My First Voyage to Southern Seas The axe of the woodman had been at work, but so little that it was hardly noticeable, and, look which way we would, all was lovely, glorious, more beautiful than words can paint. To The West The woodman and his new mate were on foot, and Reuben, having ascertained that the young strangers were at the auberge, was very doubtful how to proceed. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy From early dawn till sunset the woodman’s axe was at work felling the tall trees. A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn In his head ran an old tale, which he had heard from the woodmen, of a great treasure of price, which was hidden somewhere in the tower. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset “Friend woodman,” said the traveller, as he got up to him, and the old man stood for a moment leaning on his axe, with an inquiring glance in his eye. The Woodcutter of Gutech ‘Some woodman’s hut, perhaps, has caught fire,’ I said to myself, as I pushed onward. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Reuben looked after them with as indifferent an air as he could assume, as he drove his cart up to the woodman’s cottage. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy I had a flint and steel, and we speedily had the bacon spitted and roasting on some forked sticks before it in proper woodman’s style. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins The hip of a chase is no term of woodman's craft: the haunch is. Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. “Friend woodman, I have lost my way; can you help me to find it?” The Woodcutter of Gutech A woodman had broken or misplaced The wooden handle of his axe, This loss could not be well replaced. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress It was I who watched him land from the frigate, and afterwards discovered his lurking-place in the woodman’s hut. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War The man was of the common order, and though clothed in a rough woodman’s suit it was plain to see he was a soldier. Boycotted And Other Stories The woodman had gone out to cut some fresh cresses, for his guest's breakfast. Wonder-Box Tales The gloom of evening was settling down over the wild scene of mountain, forest, rock, and stream, when the traveller reached the woodman’s hut. The Woodcutter of Gutech He calls on death; who comes without delay, The woodman, in terror, knows not what to say. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress A mile through the forest road was a woodman’s hut whose master looked out curiously to see us pass. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess In parts large clearings had been made, and felled timber here and there betokened the busy hand of the woodman. Boycotted And Other Stories The next blow sends a chip spinning aside; and by-the-bye never stand at the side of a woodman, for a chip may score your cheek like a slash with a knife. Round About a Great Estate At length the sound of a woodman’s axe caught his ear. The Woodcutter of Gutech The forest tree Fell'd by the woodman may have hope to live And sprout again, and thro' the blessed touch Of waters at the root put forth new buds And tender branches like a plant. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Had I seen the woodman's axe touch its bark, I should have felt as if blood would stream from its venerable trunk. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Yet the woodman’s warning was not lost upon him, for he walked with his drawn sword in his hand, keeping both his eyes and ears open as he went. Boycotted And Other Stories Ruth was supposed to be lost in a dense thicket, and Paul was soon on his way to find her, in the guise of a woodman. The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film The prisoner was to be "dragged"—the most humiliating punishment on the woodmen's code. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories He is an active young woodman, evidently a determined fellow and, as he was the first to lead the peasants against the Blues, he is sure to have a following. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee Like a woodman making a lane through a thicket, the burly champion cleared an avenue through the ranks of the foe, and enabled his follower to hurl the flag into the ditch. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Sigurd guessed them at once to be two of the robbers of whom the woodman had warned him. Boycotted And Other Stories The glades are more frequent—more frequent open spaces cleared by the woodman's axe—and the antique Oak-Tree all alone by itself, itself a grove. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 When he had got well out of sight the woodmen returned to their camp. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Their chance of safety will be greater if they either return to their villages, or take up their abode with the family of some woodman--or rather, Marthe's safety would be greater. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee After a preliminary bout with spears, the combatants seized their battle-axes, and hewed at each other with the vigor of two woodmen felling a mighty oak. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. They had expected rather to find some defenceless merchant, or even woodman, whom they might easily overcome and as easily rob. Boycotted And Other Stories There were great tracts of wilderness in Virginia still inhabited by Indians and infested by wild animals, which had never heard the sound of the woodman's axe. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers The woodmen stared in astonishment at so much wealth, fingering the big silver coins with childlike wonder and delight. Jack Haydon's Quest And this was a young woodman, who lived a long way off in the wood. Bubbles of the Foam A week quickly sped with short trips here and there—a restful week for them all, yet a week in which the boys learned more fully the woodman's ways. Bob Hunt in Canada Not even a fisherman’s hut on the shores of the fiord, or a woodman’s shed among the trees. Boycotted And Other Stories For certain, Either some one, like us, night-foundered here, Or else some neighbour woodman, or, at worst, Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton's Comus Within ten minutes he saw one of the woodmen swarming up a tree some distance ahead, a tree growing beside the well-trodden path which wild beasts had made along the foot of the ravine. Jack Haydon's Quest And Chamu laughed, and he said: O woodman, not so loud: for thou art hasty, and thou art uncivil, and thou art altogether wrong: though so far thou art right, that we are old friends. Bubbles of the Foam The coloured inhabitants are unsurpassed as woodmen, and averse from agriculture; so that there are only about 90 sq. m. of tilled land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" For thus far the woodman’s axe had often fallen amidst the thick underwood, clearing a path among the trees and driving before it the sullen wolves into the deeper recesses of the forest. Boycotted And Other Stories In fact some of the stories fall in the transition stage, where men followed the plow and wielded the woodman's axe, or turned to the war-path as occasion required. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart I was the ganger of the woodmen,' he continued, taking Stephen's arm in his and compelling the little Quaker to walk beside him as he talked. A Book of Quaker Saints Conflagrations are very frequent in the Siberian forests, caused either by lightning, the woodmen, or hunters, and sometimes spreading over vast spaces till arrested by rivers, lakes or morasses. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Another adventure was with a poor woodman and his wife. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III A heavy woodman's ax, and a bow and spear, would be the most suitable.' By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico It was narrow and indistinct, but it was none the less a trail, leading in the right direction, and the boy was woodman enough to follow it without hesitation to the river-bank. Raftmates A Story of the Great River He had no idea in which direction the woodmen had departed. A Book of Quaker Saints He ate occasionally, and gained courage and strength, but it was nearly nine o'clock—though Billy was not aware of it—before the landmarks proved his hope true—the woodman's hut was near at hand. Joyce of the North Woods That oaten pipe of hers is mute Or thrown away; but with a flute Her loneliness she cheers; This flute, made of a hemlock stalk, At evening in his homeward walk The Quantock woodman hears. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language One day the woodman comes with his axe, and the tree quivers in all its branches, under his sturdy blows. Making the Most of Life The woodman one night was aroused by a clatter, Each one in the house crying, 'Ho! what's the matter?' The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy When at length he drew near the clearing in the forest, he both trembled and rejoiced, at the thought of soon being able to deliver his message to the woodmen. A Book of Quaker Saints Now when Billy had left Joyce at the end of their flight, it was near the door of the woodman's hut. Joyce of the North Woods We occasionally paid the woodmen a visit, or took a walk for a mile or two on the river. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 And, woodman, leave the spot; While I've a hand to save, Thy ax shall harm it not! Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" And now there arose o'er the turmoil and noise The woodman's loud summons addressed to 'the boys.' The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy With the constant inclination to dispraise cities and civilization, he yet can find no way to know woods and woodmen except by paralleling them with towns and townsmen. The Last Harvest The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal: when, however, he next repeated his request, the woodman set upon him with his club. Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources The Sabbath was always a day of rest with us; the woodmen were required to provide for the exigencies of that day on Saturday, and the party were dressed in their best attire. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 A woodman, homing from his work, came heavily up the path, and like a guilty detected rogue I turned to run and took my incorruptible with me. Lore of Proserpine Now the woodman, though making this nocturnal sortie All armed and equipped, at the rate of 'two-forty,' Called a halt, and proposed, before firing a gun, To question with care what had better be done. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He began to peel this, observing that to ask a good woodman to shoot at a target so broad as had hitherto been used, was to put shame upon his skill. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Huge rewards were offered, bands of woodmen scoured the mountains high and low, but, alas, no sign of the girl could be found! A Chinese Wonder Book On the 18th Vaillant, the woodman, had the misfortune to break his axe. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 His brow was full and grave, his face dignified, his eye thoughtful, and he knew men in the dark by feel of bark, as woodmen know a tree. The President A novel The woodman, returning, followed the trooper to the Kashalla, and falling down, and throwing dust over his head, begged for his axe as for his life. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government The knight's sorrow gave way to hope as he saw the eagerness, of the generous woodmen. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality |
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