| 单词 | worm-eaten |
| 例句 | As a dining hall, it left much to be desired—it was dark, dirty, drafty, and hard to heat in winter, its cellars infested with rats, its massive wooden rafters worm-eaten and festooned with cobwebs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The brilliant snake's eyes that were set so deep in that dreadful rotting worm-eaten face glared unblinkingly at the witches who sat facing her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Tucked down in the bottom, wrapped in a leftover piece of paper, is a single worm-eaten faerie fruit I picked up on the way home. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He pushed on the main door with his shoulder and the worm-eaten wooden frame fell down noiselessly amid a dull cataclysm of dust and termite nests. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On the outskirts of town, when we pass an orchard, I scamper up a tree to pick guavas, eating the sweetest, prettiest ones myself and tossing down the worm-eaten, half-rotted ones to the Doctorita. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The fourth room was oval rather than square and walled in worm-eaten wood in place of stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The old clock stared at me from the dresser like a worm-eaten stump, all useless and dead. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z At her forecastle stood a grotesque figurehead, some worm-eaten wooden eminence with a constipated look and a scroll tucked up under one arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Faerie exists beside and below mortal towns, in the shadows of mortal cities, and at their rotten, derelict, worm-eaten centers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Other pages are laser-cut with patterns that alternately evoke images of the night sky, coral or worm-eaten driftwood. | The Island of Rota 2010-10-19T20:39:00Z Lowell could not hear “the closing of the heavy wooden door” of his church without thinking of “the shutting of the worm-eaten door of Hamlet’s cell, four hundred miles to the south.” Review | Meet America’s most extraordinary family: The Lowells 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z And yet the unsentimental rendering of worm-eaten pages, and the absence of text on them, reminds us that books are just paper; or as Mr. Ruscha might say, it all ends up in the trash. Art Review: Ed Ruscha at Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea 2012-12-27T23:01:26Z Sailors on a secret wartime mission had already dealt with typhus, lice, blinding squalls, frostbite, worm-eaten biscuits, scurvy and the death of comrades since they set sail months earlier. ‘The Wager’ recounts harrowing tale of shipwreck, mutiny on a British warship 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z A woman peeling off her beautiful white mask to reveal the grotesque, worm-eaten visage within. Appreciation: Nicolas Roeg, director of 'Don't Look Now,' was a darkly sensual poet of the screen 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z "The apricots have all failed, and fully one-half of the peaches are worm-eaten," said she, dryly. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Much of it was more than a hundred years old, little of it less than fifty years old, and most of it was worm-eaten. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z But he never did; and the mouldering traceries, the lattices long empty of glass, and the worm-eaten corbels of oak grey with age went on decaying all that fine July. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The wood being worm-eaten and crumbling, it was thought proper to remove and clean it, and put it in some better place. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Among her maddest admirers was a wizened, monkey-faced youth who even then was writing anarchistic doctrines that one day were to help shake France's worm-eaten old monarchy to its fall. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The pews with their rush-matted seats were worm-eaten, the crimson velvet of the pulpit was a dingy rag. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z With this terrible conclusion Tom runs off to the mill, while the heart broken Maggie creeps up to her attic, lays her head against the worm-eaten shelf and abandons herself to misery. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z A worm-eaten stair led to the town hall. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The new Pope," he exclaimed, "has hardly donned his own clothes; he is not yet accustomed to his own craft, and he talks of the Austrian wardrobe being worm-eaten! The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z To her the dirty paper, the carpetless floor, the miserable bed, the worm-eaten and scanty furniture, the aspect of extreme poverty which pervaded every thing, were so shocking, that she could hardly restrain her tears. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z As to the bureaucracy, it is so decayed, so worm-eaten, that all it knows at present is how to bend double for an increase of salary or promotion in rank. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Hlihli was like an old worm-eaten acorn outside; inside he was like meal or snuff, and when he moved this inside sifted out of him. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z "Sit down," said Van, moving around to the door of the dismantled summerhouse, and dropping to its worm-eaten seat. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z The air of the room was not so much musty as ancient, savoring of worm-eaten wood and long decayed lavender, and linen laid by in presses. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z He went to the entrance of the hut, where he had drawn some of the worm-eaten branches, strung together with a few creepers, across as a door. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z She sat down on an old chair, and looked back upon her life since last she touched its worm-eaten woodwork. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z They ransacked every drawer, taking them out of the worm-eaten, shaky pieces of furniture, and rummaging behind them for secret panels and the like. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z He then gave Roberts an old worm-eaten musket, a damp cartridge, and two half pounds of tobacco "as a parting present." The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Through the chapel of the Crucifix we reach the choir of St. Clare, left as when she used it, with the old worm-eaten stalls against the wall. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z At one spot he discovered, almost buried in the sand, the worm-eaten stern-post of a vessel. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Those seeking fingers touched something else, a worm-eaten shingle blown from the old roof. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z Brush all worm-eaten wood in the repositories of books with oil or lac varnish. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z The orchards where chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, and kinglets have dined all winter, will contain few worm-eaten apples next season. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z And his task will be hindered if the men he sees near him be a weakly and worm-eaten growth. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z It was an arquebus, apparently of sixteenth-century workmanship, its barrel nearly rusted through, and its stock so worm-eaten that it crumbled in his grasp. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z It opened into a mouldy room, partly stacked with ancient and worm-eaten furniture. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It was a story and a half high, and had no outlook save this loathsome courtyard, with the dirty, worm-eaten doors of the cow-stable for a horizon. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Fortunately many other birds besides this oriole prefer to live in orchards; otherwise think how many worm-eaten apples there would be! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He also said Iranians are "not a kind of nation that just sit idly by and look at threats of the fake materialistic powers, which are worm-eaten." Iran?s Supreme Leader: Attackers Risk ?Iron Fist? 2011-11-10T16:51:04Z After all, he was his own master, and he valued mind, beauty, and amiable disposition more than all the genealogical trees and worm-eaten patents of nobility that ever existed. 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 The foreign menaces had thus far caused the ferocities of the revolution, for France knew it was worm-eaten with enemies of republicanism. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z Their rich bindings were falling apart, musty, worm-eaten, many held together only by a string. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z In the room in the tower there was some furniture; an empty wardrobe stood against the wall, and on one of its shelves was an old Bible, worm-eaten and covered with dust. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z Her eyes were fixed on the candle flame, burning bright, fluttering and throbbing in the draughts which came into the old room, around the decrepit window-casing, under the door, through the worm-eaten base-board. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The walls are cracked, the foundations are crumbling, the doors are worm-eaten, the furniture is worn out, and, in short, everything is gone to wrack and ruin. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z As they came to the place, they found Mrs. Alexander and Jimmy seated on a worm-eaten bench, chatting pleasantly about the ancient room they were in. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z I thought we had made a mistake, and we were about to turn back when M. V. knocked at the worm-eaten door of the house. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Yes, that door, with the rusty padlock, and the creaking hinge, and the worm-eaten panels, was open. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z The frame is worm-eaten, and only rust keeps it fastened to the wall. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z The steps were worm-eaten, and the wall on both sides hung with moth-devoured and ragged tapestry. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z There's no place so sweet to me in the evening as this worm-eaten, old armchair;—I should find myself lost in a crowd. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Shadowy forms hid behind the pillars; faces looked down from the worm-eaten rafters; bright and yet quick-fading groups of other days appeared through the greenish-yellow panes of the windows. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z She also frequently visited an old-fashioned bookcase, on the top of which—it was very low—I often left some old worm-eaten folios and quartos, and may have occasionally picked up something there. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z It had a chair, a stool, a bench under the window, a table piled with leather-bound books, a large chest and a small one, an old worm-eaten oaken dresser with some flasks and dishes. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z In the distance, among the worm-eaten pillars, some soldiers, under the arch of the guard-house, with their old capes hanging down their thighs, were also looking on;—it seemed like a dream. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z I perch myself on the arm of this wretched, worm-eaten, old chair, and stay here with you, or I go into society with you. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z He looked up at the worm-eaten, oaken rafters which had stood the wear of centuries. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z So saying he closed the little window with its panes, obscured by dust and its worm-eaten frame. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z A smoking kerosene lamp hung from, the dark worm-eaten wooden ceiling, diffusing more smoke than light. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The clavecin was one mass of twisted iron rods, tangled wires, and decayed, worm-eaten woodwork; the little old man had disappeared. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z With its warping roof; worm-eaten, Dusty rafters worn and weak. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z The little chapel shook; the ancient worm-eaten image of the Virgin tottered, and fell down at his feet. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z The Prior showed her a large worm-eaten chest full of costly linen; as he opened the heavy lid the dust flew off in a cloud and little spiders scampered away. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z The dilapidated thatch hung in cobwebbed festoons, throwing out ghostly, waving shadows in the flickering light; and a cockroach or two, alarmed by this sudden intrusion, scurried along the worm-eaten beams. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I twisted the lock from the worm-eaten wood with one turn of the wrist, the door opened, and I almost fell down the steep steps. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Two worm-eaten four-post bedsteads, a large deal-press, two rickety tables, three or four old wooden chairs, and a few rusty kitchen utensils, formed the whole of its domestic inventory. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The walls were decorated with curious old prints, maps and plans, set in old black worm-eaten frames, and representing divers personages, places, and structures connected with London and its history. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Opposite the window was the door of worm-eaten oak. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Ah, his life in his worm-eaten body was itself, indeed, a true total eclipse; his exit out of life was the exit from the earth's shadow and his tarry in the shadow was but short. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z The panelling was intact, not even worm-eaten; it fitted apparently as closely as the covering of a drum; not a crevice large enough for even a cricket to penetrate. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z There is a young man stumping up and down the narrow passage, a young woman leaning against a worm-eaten desk. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The money was kept buried away in a teak-wood box in a corner of their damp, worm-eaten house. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z I could not stop myself from casting a surreptitious glance at my old worm-eaten furniture, my damp tapestries and my dusty floor. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z The wooden door, clamped and barred and worm-eaten and cut by knives, was ajar, and from where he stood Dan could see into the church. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The roaring blaze bit the wood almost at once, clean contrary to my expectation; but I suppose it was weather-worn and perhaps worm-eaten. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z We found our Madagascar ship much worm-eaten in her sheathing, which we helped as well as we could by new nailing and by taking out some pieces of her sheathing, and putting new ones in. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z There is food for the imagination hidden under those worm-eaten covers and brazen clasps. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z I found it hidden behind a worm-eaten chest of drawers; it was constructed, I discovered, when my uncle was a boy; everybody in the house had forgotten all about it. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Every known adjunct was provided to carry out deception—genuinely old canvases or panels, old stretchers really worm-eaten, aged frames of the period, half-obliterated seals bearing sometimes even the cross-keys of the Vatican. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Ay, your god of poets there, whom all of you admire and reverence so much, Homer, he whose worm-eaten statue must not be spewed against but with hallowed lips and grovelling adoration, what was he? Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The roof consists of a worm-eaten framework, which admits the rain. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Yet there were many old planters, partisans of an effete party,—once Democratic in principle,—who clung to slavery with a tenacity like that of barnacles to a worm-eaten hulk. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z He had passed suddenly, from mouldy and worm-eaten bread, and the toughest and leanest of “old horse,” to the enjoyment of all these luxuries. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Nobody was so blind as not to detect, on coming closer how worm-eaten was her existence. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z When thou art tired of examining those worm-eaten volumes," he said to Shakespeare, "I dare be sworn thou wilt find Mistress Charlotte in her favourite arbour in the garden. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Then he gave the worm-eaten piece of furniture a mighty kick, and with a grinding sound it fell to pieces. The Undying Past The slips, once crowded with steam and sailing vessels, were now vacant, except that an old sloop with a worm-eaten gunwale, tattered sails, and rigging hanging in shreds, alone remained. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The altars are all standing, though faded and worm-eaten, and see! there is a lamp still burning before the altar of the Holy Eucharist. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The fire had by now obtained a firm hold, and the old worm-eaten woodwork was blazing vividly. The Princess Galva A Romance The room was of unusual size, with two worm-eaten beams across the ceiling; the windows were casemented, with broad seats in each recess. The Hillman A large specimen in good order is by no means common, the spire, or upper end of the shell, as shown in the plate, being usually worm-eaten. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them All sorts of mock treasures were presented to her: rusty nails, old tins, scraps of leather dug up from the garden, or pieces of worm-eaten wood. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Baumgart's arm had clasped the back of his chair with such vehemence that the long-suffering worm-eaten wood had collapsed. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers But above the bed hung the portrait of a beautiful woman, and a couple of old copper engravings, representing Napoleon at Fontainebleau, and on his death-bed, in worm-eaten brown frames. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History At this moment the worm-eaten door shook and rattled beneath the blows dealt against it by some powerful fist. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Besides being usually covered with vegetable growth, part of which is seen in the illustration, the point of the spire is frequently worm-eaten and defective. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Two large escutcheons of gilt copper, emblems of the notarial residence, flanked the worm-eaten porte coch�re, of which the primitive colour was no longer to be distinguished under the mud which covered it. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 Here Plato and Aristotle, Herodotus and Thucydides always had room to breathe, without ever being called upon to endure the contamination of worm-eaten bibliophily. Sinister Street, vol. 2 A shudder creeps over the beautiful woman as she sees this image before her in all its lean, worm-eaten ugliness. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II An immense old kettle-drum stood on a rickety stand in front of a worm-eaten arm-chair, and served as a table on which to pile all sorts of odds and ends. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Exposed to the hot blast of war it peeled and shrivelled, leaving bare a diseased, worm-eaten structure, in which the honest fibre of humanity had been rotted by vile influences, both social and political. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 A worm-eaten old trunk, two or three stools, a few household utensils, and a long box filled with straw—such are the furnishings of the place. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter Guy had digs in an old house whose gabled front leaned outward, whose oriel windows were supported by oaken beams worm-eaten and grotesquely carved. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He had no idol except a worm-eaten old wooden one which some one had given him, and which he kept in a hovel. The Book of Gud My father before me had suffered under the absurd despotism of this court-etiquette, this endlessly-branching, complicated, spun-out primeval jungle of dry genealogical trees--under these ridiculous traditions of a worm-eaten bureaucracy. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Arriving at the top, after a few seconds' delay, Tom opened a small door, and they stood in a large and well-proportioned room, where some worm-eaten bed-furniture yet remained. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Mouldy walls, worm-eaten hangings, two very ancient and quaint fireplaces, met my eyes, and nothing more. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth But the woman without heeding her, hurried her on over the worm-eaten carpet and between the time-worn chairs and heavy-browed cabinets, to the hall beyond. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The power of your wonderful old country—so old that it has become worm-eaten—is already at an end. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England The books had a time-worn aspect, with parchment covers, tattered and worm-eaten. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. But when he landed upon the quay, he found the planks worm-eaten, and he went through them. Round the World in Eighty Days The fragments of worm-eaten timber which they brought up seemed to have been rudely hewn, and riveted with wooden pegs for bolts. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 Here there was a small room with a worm-eaten table and chairs and a heavy oak chest. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War An antiquary loves everything for being moldy and worm-eaten,—as Dutchmen do cheese. The Handbook of Conundrums The top of the outer part was worm-eaten and decayed, probably from the trickling of water, which, following some channel in the ornaments, touched only this part; all the rest was sound and solid. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. The houses were of white stone, and of some pretensions, but ragged and uninviting—paint nowhere, and the woodwork of the windows and verandahs mouldy and worm-eaten. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses I could not tell you, Monsieur Sariette, but there are some in Hebrew, all worm-eaten, with a whole heap of old papers. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels She walked slowly down the nave and up the dusty, worm-eaten flight of stairs into the cobwebby regions above. The Head Girl at the Gables Oh, fie!" he cried suddenly; "that rose is worm-eaten, and this one is quite crooked. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series They showed us many similar pieces of bones, but they were all worm-eaten and decayed; we, however, did not doubt for an instant, that this country was once inhabited by giants. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. And along either side of her worm-eaten freeboard ran a row of apertures like oblong portholes. Isle of the Undead Here he saw on the left side a chair, which was worm-eaten and feeble. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But his hide was so ancient and worm-eaten, that many fine touches were almost illegible. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Both reeds and lilies were placed in a wooden tray partially lacquered, the unlacquered portion representing old worm-eaten wood; pebbles were placed in the bottom of the tray, and the whole was flooded with water. Japan A Record in Colour "I will shake them out," cried Fran�ois "so that they shall fall rattling at my feet and each one shall shew himself so hollow and worm-eaten, that I would not seek for his kernel!" The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. But those who would draw historical facts from their hiding-places must be content to plod through many a ponderous worm-eaten folio, and many a half-legible and still less intelligible manuscript. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries It is his boast that the cow-pen was built in the three sevens; on one ancient beam, worm-eaten and cracked, there may perhaps be seen the inscription '1777' cut deep into the wood. The Hills and the Vale Are people saying that because a worm-eaten wheel went to pieces against a stone?” The Silent Barrier When the water was pumped out of her, it was found that she was in a badly strained condition, and that several planks in her hull were completely worm-eaten. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Pay no attention to the worm-eaten plank, but take out the sound one and dry it in the sun. Contemporary Russian Novelists "Probably there is only wheat in the other sacks, and very likely even more worm-eaten." Timar's Two Worlds A few worm-eaten palisades served us for intrenchments, and, on all the roads before us, the enemy were advancing. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 He saw many faces turned toward him in the dim light, and they gave him the impression of worm-eaten and decaying apples. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Centuries have not worm-eaten their solidity! and the utility and delightfulness which they still afford make them look as fresh and as ingenious as any of our patent inventions. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Remember this: two boards have fallen into the mud, one of them is worm-eaten, the other is sound. Contemporary Russian Novelists The house was a large, very old building of yellowish stone, worm-eaten by age, with two little square towers at the sides. The Grandee The whole rear of the Tamaseses was enfiladed by this flank fire; and I have seen a house there, by the river brink, that was riddled with bullets like a piece of worm-eaten wreck-wood. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) “The rotten mould of that worm-eaten relique, he means, 125 when he dies, to hang over his tomb for a monument.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors He ran from room to room, upstairs and downstairs; and in that old dingy and worm-eaten house, he found himself alone. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) Before the small boat could touch the worm-eaten quay, Jacqueline had poised herself on its edge, caught her skirts, and hopped lightly over the 12 stretch of water yet remaining. The Missourian The flooring, worm-eaten, creaked under their feet, the carpets had large damp spots on them, the paper hung loose on the walls, while the furniture was covered with a thick coat of dust. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales The paint was peeling from the clapboards, leaders were hanging in rusty shreds, and the fence post to which Betty tied her horse was rotten and worm-eaten. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Behind a battered, worm-eaten desk in a dingy room sat a very surprised-looking Mike Sand. Occasion for Disaster In the worm-eaten wardrobe within hung a few vestments, adorned with cheap finery, and heavily laden with dust, over which scampered vermin of many varieties. Carmen Ariza The dust was thick on my hands and arms, and as I turned them over eagerly by the red light of the sunset, the worm-eaten bindings left queer greenish stains on my fingers. The Romance of a Plain Man He went up softly beside her, stooped on one knee and kissed the fingers that rested on the old worm-eaten bench. Angelot A Story of the First Empire Ah, there are quantities of worm-eaten fields my friends the trenches—and that town with the canal going through it must be M——. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Of late he has shown a marvellous predilection for the realization, even to actually relieved texture, of old worm-eaten wood; we trust he will not allow such fancies to carry him too far. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) It is time that fathers began to recognize these natural laws, instead of clinging so tenaciously to the historic and artificial prestige of a worm-eaten and unnatural patriarchal authority. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study But to ask me to worship a stuffed purple robe on a worm-eaten throne! Dreamers of the Ghetto A large chest of cedar-wood stood in the innermost nook of the cellar, with raised lid, disclosing a quantity of cigars, worm-eaten and musty from extreme age. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 She chooses an old tree-trunk, a pole, or the post of a fence, exposed to the sun and already worm-eaten, so that her labour may be lightened. The Industries of Animals Rich furniture, damp-stained and worm-eaten, stood stiffly arranged as if for some great function. The Island Mystery The miniature citadel contained within the trenchant stockade, the old pelt stores, roofless and worm-eaten, the armory which still suggested the clank of half-armored men, who lived only for the joy of defying death. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills When Captain Swendon came up they shook hands gravely with him, and made room for him on the bottom of an up-turned, worm-eaten scow. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 He is so set on his worm-eaten old tapestries and carved chairs, and he wanted momma to refurnish the palace to match, but not she! Olive in Italy They lay piled one upon another, covered with dust, mildewed, and worm-eaten. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 At the same time, he felt ashamed to refuse his brother’s request, so he gave him some worm-eaten musty rice and some dead eggs, which he felt sure would never hatch. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales I am a lawyer, and I tell you it breaks my heart every time I go back to worm-eaten precedent. The Prisoner She runs from tree to tree where lie and sweeten The windfalls spiked with stubble and worm-eaten. Mountain Interval And again those lines of Browning echoed through him, and his whole being seemed invaded as by a "faint sweetness from some old Egyptian's fine, worm-eaten shroud." Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real A wooden verandah, with tumble-down roof and worm-eaten supporting beams, runs along two sides of the house, and from the roof hang a number of gaily-coloured and decorated earthenware pots and jars. A Bride of the Plains Fill a stewpan with large flap mushrooms, that are not worm-eaten, and the skins and fringe of such as have been pickled. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Lifting his enormous hairy fist, Hogshead Geoffrey brought it down on the table with disastrous results: the ancient worm-eaten board was split from end to end! A Nest of Spies The worm-eaten old floors had rotted into holes, and Raymonde had to walk warily to avoid putting her foot through in tender places. The Madcap of the School He reached an old worm-eaten door, which fell before his blows, whilst the bats described oblique circles around his head. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories Northwood, overwhelmingly nauseated, withdrew his eyes from the bones, only to see, in another corner, a pile of worm-eaten clothing that lay on the floor in the outline of a man. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Scrape out the black part clean, and do not use any that are worm-eaten. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families If he follows that general direction, it will be a flashy success, a pretty worm-eaten crown of laurels.” The Readjustment The sequestrum is slowly thrown off, and when separated is circular like a coin and presents worm-eaten edges. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. This figure, worm-eaten and ruined as it is, is in our possession, treasured in memory of him. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo For his verity in love I do think him as concave as a covered goblet or a worm-eaten Nut. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare The northeast was the chamber for the wood, and there the priests with blemishes gathered out the worm-eaten wood. Hebrew Literature When the Goussots reached the door, they saw scrawled with a brick, on the worm-eaten panel, the two words: "ARS�NE LUPIN." The Confessions of Arsène Lupin My tastes bring a smile to his lips; he wonders by what whimsy I prefer wood that is worm-eaten, chirouna, as he calls it, to sound wood, which burns so much better. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles These, indeed, made up the full list of books belonging to the keep, and Constans had been permitted to appropriate them, nobody else caring to waste time over their stained and worm-eaten pages. The Doomsman In selecting copies for imitation it is best to choose those of old date, made of oak, for the cork resembles old worm-eaten oak when its first freshness has gone and its complexion becomes darker. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young The pigeon-holes are stuffed full of old papers, recipes for cattle medicines, and, perhaps, a book of divinity or sermons printed in the days of Charles II., leather-covered and worm-eaten. The Toilers of the Field She strayed dreamily about, touching with an almost reverent finger first one worm-eaten object and then another, as if by so doing she could make the imagined scene more real. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk The furniture consisted of a worm-eaten chair, a table with a leg broken, an empty jug, a mattress, and two flagstones on which in cold weather a fire could be built. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France She took from a worm-eaten coffer some family heirlooms, which had been lying since the days of the Golden Age, enveloped in rose-leaves and gold paper. Fairy Book He glances with a smile at the worm-eaten crowns, and if he happens to be a pious, thoughtful man, something of melancholy mingles with the smile. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen A cat slunk through the zagu�n, making its exit through a hole in a worm-eaten door of the old stables, disappearing into the deserted cellars which had held the harvests of former days. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Did anything matter, when a few years would see the flesh he had thought divine corrupt and worm-eaten? The Hero The nut looked as if it were filled with tobacco or black rich earth; it was what we call hollow, or worm-eaten. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Others had become worm-eaten and leaky by lying in port. Richard I Makers of History Oh, see!" he cried suddenly, "that rose is worm-eaten, and this one is quite crooked. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen As the light filtering through the transom of a broad window seemed too dim, she flung open the worm-eaten blinds. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan With trembling hands he picked up a worm-eaten stick beside the stove. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good This advice applies to all kinds of mushrooms, and to worm-eaten and otherwise injured, as well as decayed ones. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Every morning Ropey came grinning into the prison, with a bucket full of the old worm-eaten biscuit from the Julia. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 But there was not much kernel to be seen; it was what we should call hollow or worm-eaten, and looked as if it had been filled with tobacco or rich black earth. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Over the entire fa�ade extended cleats of worm-eaten wood with nails and bands of rusted iron. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan This picture has much suffered by transference from the worm-eaten original panel to canvas, in 1750, and by a later restoration in 1799. The Story of Paris Leaves should be gathered when fully developed, rejecting the old, dried and worm-eaten ones. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines It was large and commodious, and there were so many cracks and crannies in the worm-eaten, dilapidated lid that there was ample breathing space within. The Hero of Garside School The old beams had become worm-eaten and spongy—they lay in dust and ashes. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Both the rails were completely worm-eaten, but how should girls have known that? Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks "It was your fault," she answered, tapping the worm-eaten arms of the old chair with both her white hands, for she herself was still annoyed and irritated. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 On this especial night, however, any one familiar with the locality would have been astonished to see a light gleam through the worm-eaten shutters. The Son of Monte-Cristo The nails are soft, thin and brittle, splitting easily, and are often opaque and lustreless, and may have a worm-eaten appearance. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine And yet they looked queer when told that the famous stick had snapped in his grasp like a worm-eaten larch-twig. The House with the Green Shutters This was on the market-place of a large village, at an old tavern with a worm-eaten wooden balcony, and a sign hanging to a rusty iron bracket. Tartarin On The Alps All are very old, dirty and worm-eaten, and I feel sure must therefore be very valuable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 "I was sure I heard—" "This old, worm-eaten wood makes strange noises when the dampness gets into it," said Pierre. The Son of Monte-Cristo This door was made two or three hundred years ago, I should say, and the old oak is shrunken and worm-eaten. Witness to the Deed But the tables they ate at are like themselves—worm-eaten. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Usually the phraseology of the libel has been "because the shipment consisted in part of filthy animal substances, to wit, worms, worm excreta, worm-eaten chestnuts and decayed chestnuts." Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 The wheels are off one or two of the gun-carriages, and there’s no rammers or sponges; and I shouldn’t wonder if the carriages as I painted over and pitched are only so many worm-eaten shells.” The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War Dust and dirt covered the benches and casks; spiders spun their webs between the worm-eaten joists, whence hung scanty bunches of onions. The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 It is old and worm-eaten, and after I have several times flung it on the floor, the joints give way, and it falls to pieces. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Having this phase of ethics under discussion, he also paid his respects to those people who look upon every worm-eaten pastor as an archangel. The Goose Man Both rooms were furnished, but cold and gloomy; the floor of what the girl called her dressing-room was chippy and worm-eaten. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 In the worm-eaten wood this might be easily effected; and, working with all the sang-froid of a wood-carver, in a few seconds Costal succeeded in making an aperture large enough to admit the hand. The Tiger Hunter He dived into some dusty receptacle in a corner of the room, and showed Darnell a small, worm-eaten Bible, wanting the first five chapters of Genesis and the last leaf of the Apocalypse. The House of Souls I passed by the reading desk, then came to the pulpit, but I did not pause either to examine the curious carvings on its front or the ancient worm-eaten wood of which it was made. Roger Trewinion Then we came to the most barren country I ever saw,—nothing but broken, rusty, worm-eaten looking rocks, where the rattlesnakes live. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California These were all the verses that could be read: the rest, the characters being worm-eaten, were consigned to one of the Academicians, to find out their meaning by conjectures. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote "I will take it since you offer it in kindness, old dame, this worm-eaten staff." The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths In a word, without any Smell, and not worm-eaten. The Natural History of Chocolate Being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-Tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Vertues of its Fruit In the very center of it, however, there was one post, a small worm-eaten thing, of the color of the dead grass around it. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France A messy bed of rotten straw filled with vermin, together with a broken chair and an old worm-eaten table, formed the whole furniture of his establishment. The Spirit of Lafayette Such leaves sometimes are worm-eaten and of various colors on the same leaf—one part dark and another light. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Many of the manuscripts were imperfect, having become worm-eaten or illegible. Fathers of Biology The plaster, peeling off from the ceilings and the worm-eaten laths of the walls, falls constantly to the filthy floors. The New World of Islam It seemed a joke that any sane American mother could conceive the idea of selling her daughter to these wretches in exchange for the empty sham of a worm-eaten dishonoured title. The Root of Evil To all of which she answered with a nod or word, till suddenly, without look or warning, she slipped from her chair and lay perfectly insensible upon the dark boards of the worm-eaten floor. The Forsaken Inn A Novel Young Széphalmi was able indeed to go about, but he was like a worm-eaten plant, there seemed to be but little life within him. The Day of Wrath The evil having been discovered in time, the crew set to work to rip off the worm-eaten planks, and put on new, and to sheathe and tallow the ship’s bottom. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold We have not a worm-eaten emotion between us. "Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame" The roof collapsed and with the incantations of the cowboys, the stout walls, worm-eaten and bullet-splintered, falling gradually, blazed on. Laramie Holds the Range Well—I will tell you the story of the worm-eaten traveler. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel It was to this Anthony Walsh, and a banker of Dunkirk, that Prince Charles addressed himself to fit out an old worm-eaten seventy-gun man-of-war, the 'Elizabeth,' they had just obtained from Government for his expedition. Brittany & Its Byways In the home of a friend in Charleston, South Carolina, an old, worm-eaten loom was found in a garret where it had lain since the embargo in 1812. Home Life in Colonial Days The three brigs were in keeping with the village, being old and worm-eaten, and the craziest craft imaginable. At the Point of the Sword The procession was to be supplemented by artillery, and now here was a time-eaten old gun, mounted on a worm-eaten old carriage, and trailed in harness of rope by two stalwart Flemish horses. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray I’m not one bit sleepy—I never shall go to sleep—I’m afraid of the worm-eaten man.” Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel He even stained it and cut holes in it to give the impression of aged worm-eaten paper. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut The pretty chintz couch laughed at the oaken, high-backed chair, stiff with a century of worm-eaten state. Olive A Novel Instruments well made, chiefly yellow in colour; wood often worm-eaten. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators One worm-eaten book is worth them all.—'God restore thy reason!' said he, 'and give thee wisdom before thou diest; and that, by thy wrinkles and hairless pate must be soon.' Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century ‘Worm-eaten, worm-eaten,’ answered the mouldering ankles, and the wheel went merrily round.” Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Men and women were there who cursed and fought for the scanty, worm-eaten food that was thrown them. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia He was shown an old worm-eaten coffer, which had long held papers untouched by the incurious generations of Montaigne. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Some of the wood that he used was cut at the wrong season, and is consequently worm-eaten. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators It is entertaining to hear that this same lord, during his stay in America, detained other packets for other letters, until their bottoms got so foul and worm-eaten that they were unseaworthy. Benjamin Franklin At night she became delirious, and raved incoherently about the worm-eaten traveler, the spinning-woman, and the grave-house to which they were bound. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel It’s all worm-eaten; take it away, and give it to somebody who will not mind.” A Life's Eclipse I had gone about a dozen yards, when, thump! a worm-eaten baking pear, half-grown, hit me on the back, and I did not need telling that it was thrown by Shock. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden The sun shone on the geraniums; and on the sill, the doves pecked at the worm-eaten casement, clinging to the ivy with their tiny claws, gazing about with their bright, roving eyes and cooing. The Black Cross Low and curtainless, its crazy, worm-eaten frame groaned and creaked ominously under the tossings to and fro of the poor sufferer, who occupied the mass of ragged coverings spread upon it. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found She expected that Miss Thusa would call her a foolish child, and tell her parents all her terrors of the worm-eaten traveler, and she raised her timid eyes to her face, wondering at her silence. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel The furniture was of a past century; the floors worm-eaten but of scrupulous cleanliness, their centres covered with modern or perchance Turkish carpets. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 We are all familiar with what we call "worm-eaten" wood, with canals that have been eaten by these borers running through it in all directions. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation About the mill the doves flew in circles, alighting on the sill, clinging to the ivy with their pink claws, cooing gently, and pecking at the worm-eaten casement. The Black Cross Colwyn, scrutinising the second door closely, noticed that the wood was worm-eaten and shrunken. The Shrieking Pit He was harking back to the old shed beside his father's cabin and the gay prints tacked to the worm-eaten boards. A Son of the Hills Our social life is worm-eaten and crumbling into rottenness with secret and scandalous hidden relationships; these dark and musty by-ways and corners of sexual conduct want to be spring-cleaned and made decent. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards This, however, probably includes firewood, one of the largest uses of wood, but taken very largely from worm-eaten wood that could not be cut into lumber. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation But for a worm-eaten trunk and a line of old suits dangling from pegs around the wall, it was bare. The Adventures of Harry Revel How triumphantly was the first copy, now worm-eaten and forgotten, contemplated by the author! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 It satisfies me well enough; but I expect visitors this summer who are quite fastidious, and this old worm-eaten wood-work wouldn't do for them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 The Wouvermans alluded to, was pure paint, however, and I was shown the pieces of wood, much worm-eaten, that had been removed. Recollections of Europe "Italy is already as good as conquered," Rudi proclaimed, "and England simply needs to be tilted off her worm-eaten perch by a sudden shock." Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life What a heap of rubbish they take away with them—old birdcages, worm-eaten furniture, and every kind of lumber! Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag More than this, he had become the possessor of a little clavier—a poor, worm-eaten instrument, it is true, but one which brought much solace to him in his loneliness. Story-Lives of Great Musicians A tall worm-eaten post stood in front of the building, but the frame in which the sign had swung was empty. Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White His father had been a scholar, and his mother so much of a grande dame as to have old worm-eaten silks and laces with histories. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain As yet its destructive efforts have but torn from the ancient structure the worm-eaten fret-work of superstition, and shaken down some incoherent additions—owl-inhabited turrets of ignorance, and massive props that supported nothing. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The end of so shameful a reign was but the beginning of a new era which, however auspiciously hailed at first, was destined to witness the collapse of the Ottoman ramshackle and worm-eaten state. The Promised Day Is Come What say you, Biorn—may not one call Norway's land an empty nut- shell, even like the helmet here; bright without, worm-eaten within? Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat While the collection was at Athens he did much damage to the scrolls by his attempt to restore their worm-eaten paragraphs. The Great Book-Collectors It was pale in colour; there was a mark, too, close to the bridge, where a morsel of worm-eaten wood had been replaced. The Four Feathers Has not the passion for worm-eaten speculations yet made victims enough? Life of St. Francis of Assisi Here was Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"; and here a worm-eaten, brown stained book of sermons; here were Williams of "Pantycelyn's" Hymns and his "Theomemphis," with Bibles old and new, but not the one which she sought. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead The worm-eaten door of the church stood wide open. By Berwen Banks They were beginning to mean something to him, and he saw that the bank was a worm-eaten shell. A Certain Rich Man These were both scanty, and unwholesome; the allowance to each man, for a day, being only a pint of worm-eaten wheat and barley. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States I departed, in the name of the Holy Trinity, on Easter night,405-2 with the ships rotten, worm-eaten and full of holes. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Ten houses and a wretched wharf on worm-eaten piling at the end of a funnel of mountains with terrible rocks is all there is of Medua. Fighting France There was a ricketty, worm-eaten bench in the vestry, and here they sat down together. By Berwen Banks In the centre of the room is a massive but worm-eaten table, capable of seating twenty persons at least. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 That shabby calf-bound worm-eaten volume seemed such a poor exchange for the precious slip of paper that had just left his fingers. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 If it is good that the blackbird should flute and rejoice in the burgeoning of the spring, then it is no bad thing that acorns should be worm-eaten. Social Life in the Insect World The two men came to a ruined cabin after awhile; it was buried in deep shade; the logs were worm-eaten, and the clay chimney had fallen down. Tales of the Chesapeake It was in this worm-eaten dwelling, and in a dirty dark room, parted off into two by a cloth, that the fate of the army and of Europe was about to be decided. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 On April 4, 1581, she suggested to Drake that she would be his guest at a banquet on board the little, worm-eaten ship. Days of the Discoverers The edges and deep surface of the sequestrum present a serrated or worm-eaten appearance due to the process of erosion by which the dead bone has been separated from the living. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. By the road of commercial exchange, sooner or later some worm-eaten sack of haricots must bring it to Europe. Social Life in the Insect World She said folks could talk about associations all they wanted to, she hadn't no associations with a lot of old worm-eaten furniture; she'd rather have some that was clean an' new. Jane Field A Novel The curtains were brown with age and dust, and riddled with holes; the body was bare and worm-eaten, and the springs perfectly green with mould. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales All curiosity and wonder, the little maid settled herself on the ancient worm-eaten bench, and Lescarbot began. Days of the Discoverers A large, fine copy; in the original binding of wood: but four leaves at the end, with a strong foxy tint at top, are worm-eaten in the middle. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three The old, dark hall, with armour hanging on the walls and worm-eaten furniture covered with priceless tapestry, would have made a splendid picture. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia A compassionate barber, however, took him in, and Haydn dressed and powdered wigs down-stairs, while he worked away at a little worm-eaten harpsichord at night in his room. The Great German Composers She gave me an enigmatical glance, then cut a rose for me which was withered and worm-eaten. Arms and the Woman He held out a curious worm-eaten bit of reddish brown wood, rudely ornamented with carved figures in relief. Days of the Discoverers We found also, large pieces of hewn, worm-eaten timber, and some three or four cannon balls. The Makers of Canada: Champlain Soyer thrust his hand into a small, worm-eaten hole in the beam, and drawing out a piece of iron, fitted it on a nail that seemed to be driven into one of the brackets. The House of the Combrays A shabby wooden café was opposite to us; a mosque of the same material rose with its worm-eaten carpentry to our right. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. The moon threw a broad line of silver light into the dusty worm-eaten apartment, and danced and gleamed in horrid mockery upon a stream of dark liquid which was slowly spreading itself over the floor. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers In the rock was an opening closed by a sagging, worm-eaten door, and in front of the door hung a rusty black curtain. The Garden of the Plynck Nevertheless, what they say and do is comparatively like fruit that appears beautiful on the surface but is wholly rotten within; or like almonds which from the shell appear sound but are wholly worm-eaten within. Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom When a door was opened, frightened bats flapped their wings with a great noise in the darkness of this forest of enormous, worm-eaten beams. The House of the Combrays Would the forces of equilibrium establish themselves through the successive slight resistances of these rotted, worm-eaten old timbers before the constricted space in which we crouched should be entirely eaten away? The Killer On the worm-eaten rails of the fence, on the other side, a gray lizard glided swiftly like a stealthy shadow of the leaves of the poisonous oak. The Voice of the People The worm-eaten ship must have gone down in the waves, for Biarni and his comrades were never heard of again. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A gray uniformity had thus come to overspread everything; and with the exceptions of a cracked celestial globe, and the end of a worm-eaten old ladder, there was nothing to catch the attention. Idolatry A Romance He has an eye to the number of arms in an old worm-eaten chair, and takes care to inform himself and the reader whether a joint-stool stands upon three legs or upon four. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution She even preferred that studio with its worn-out divans and its worm-eaten tapestries that were slowly shredding away. His Excellency the Minister Thus this writer, so fiercely modern, lived amid the worm-eaten middle ages which he had dreamt of when he was a lad of fifteen. His Masterpiece The bare pine walls were worm-eaten, and the beams were blackened by smoke. Jerusalem These old yellow, rusty, worm-eaten leaves are all that is left to us of the past, from the days of Charlemagne until this day. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Yet, it is important to realise, although the husband's domestic throne has been in appearance elegantly re-covered and in substance has become worm-eaten, it still stands and still retains its ancient shape and structure. Little Essays of Love and Virtue It was much worm-eaten and had in it some live worms above an inch long, and about the bigness of a goose-quill, and having their heads crusted over with a thin shell. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland Upon their close inspection of house and farm, it soon became too apparent that the whole of the woodwork was thoroughly worm-eaten, and, in the ground-floor, destructive fungus hard at work. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 They piled up carpets for their comfort in their bedroom,—bits of old carpet,—and Jonas and Sam discovered a pile of old worm-eaten books. The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin The moldering battlements, the worm-eaten tapestries, the turret staircases, secret chambers, underground passages, long, dark corridors where the wind howls dismally, and distant doors which slam at midnight all derive from "Otranto." A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century He had scarcely turned back, intending to found a settlement on the river Veragua, before he encountered a storm which tried his worm-eaten caravels very severely. The Life of Columbus Why had he converted those worm-eaten manuscripts, whereon were traced many valuable things in a variety of ancient tongues, into coin of the realm? Doctor Claudius, A True Story There are four sorts of cacao in every crop; the ripe and in good condition, the green but sound, the worm-eaten, and the rotten. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. How worm-eaten, how arid were the poor recesses of his soul! The Cathedral The Zephyr and Butterfly, though somewhat battered and worm-eaten, are occasionally seen, near the close of the day, with a lady and gentleman in the stern sheets of each. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" The rough weather had severely tried the crazy and worm-eaten vessels; and anxiety and want of rest were having their effect on Columbus. The Life of Columbus I remember every tiny, bright brown knot on it, and how one worm-eaten leaf curled at its edges. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories There would be no fighting, no killing; we—our whole social system—would break as a beam snaps, because we were worm-eaten with altruism and ethics. The Inheritors And then from all over the dresser came a chorus of little tappings, all sounding together, and answering one another, like watch-beetles in an old worm-eaten window-shutter— Tip tap, tip tap, tip tap tip! The Tailor of Gloucester There was a worm-eaten russet apple tree in the yard; an untidy tangle of wild-cucumber vine over the front porch; and an uncut brush of sunburnt grass and weeds all about. Half Portions Our people, in rummaging some of the huts, found the carved head of a rudder, which--had manifestly belonged to a Dutch long-boat, and was very old and worm-eaten. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Never before was there such a congregation to greet him; and as the people rose to join in singing the old tune, Devizes, the worm-eaten galleries trembled and creaked beneath the mass of worshippers. Lancashire Idylls (1898) Inside were a blackboard, a rusty stove, a teacher's desk and a dozen forms, grown mouldy and worm-eaten now. His Family The beds, four walnut boards carelessly put together, had big, round, worm-eaten knobs, and the wood was split by the dryness. Over Strand and Field There was no carpet, nor any substitute for it; the walls were whitewashed, ceiling there was none, the worm-eaten rafters were visible, and the roof tree. After London Or, Wild England Peel your apples, cut away the cores and all the worm-eaten parts—for nearly the whole of the windfalls are more or less worm-eaten. Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes The first grade would include the whole reasonably sound fruit; the second grade the worm-eaten, partially decayed and injured fruit. Every Step in Canning The doctor moved a barrel-hoop which fastened the gate, and it tottered over, and clung by one hinge to the worm-eaten post, from which the decaying fence had fallen away. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 The winding staircase with its worm-eaten steps groaned beneath our weight, like a sensitive woman under a new disillusion. Over Strand and Field The staircase always waited till you had forgotten all about it before the loose worm-eaten planks sprang back to their place. The Amateur Poacher Turning in despair, Babbalanja spied a heap of worm-eaten parchment covers, and many clippings and parings. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II He picked up a stock of those dirty old pictures painted on worm-eaten panels that used to abound in the sale-rooms of Antwerp. In Bohemia with Du Maurier The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences At last we sat down by the roadside at one small table, hearing the test of age, rickety and worm-eaten. Across China on Foot She was only of half-inch plank, which we had never had leisure to sheath, and was so worm-eaten, that the pump had to be in constant use. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 For he had acquired a little worm-eaten spinet, and he had added to his treasures the first six sonatas of Emmanuel Bach. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians The room was large, wainscoted in dark paneling; a capacious fireplace jutted far out, and was made further conspicuous by two settees of worm-eaten oak. Out of the Ashes They selected a crazy worm-eaten boat, and sent the criminal to sea, without sail, oar, or rudder, with a loaf of bread and cruse of water, the wind blowing freshly from off the land. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune It was but a wooden shanty at first, but after having served till it was worm-eaten and rotting with age, it was torn down and a fine stone convent was built. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 It was not a very secure footing, for the planks of, which the shed was composed were worm-eaten and rotten. The Firm of Girdlestone We hove down the Duke and Duchess and Bachelor, the sheathing of which ships were very much worm-eaten in several places. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. I will keep your Lordship's commands to the letter, and will try to advise you soon, although the ship "San Juan" is of no use, as it is worm-eaten and old. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Its worm-eaten doors seemed merely balanced on their hinges. The Teeth of the Tiger At Jacatra the Hector sunk in three fathoms water while careening, her keel being exceedingly worm-eaten. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Floors and ceilings were equally worm-eaten and rotten. The Firm of Girdlestone One of these was very old and worm-eaten, which he immediately sunk. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Behind the chimney there is surely a worm-eaten, wooden chest which excites curiosity. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Old houses were his hobby, especially this which they approached,—a narrow, long building of unhewn stone, facing on the street, the lintels and doors worm-eaten, and green with moss. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 And then the woodpecker—don't you see, it was just pecking out the worms from the timber—there must be no worm-eaten timber in his home! The Song of the Blood-Red Flower The lighter or hoy called the Lump, for want of tar to pay her bottom, was worm-eaten; but, being a serviceable boat, it was intended to repair and double her. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 There was nothing in the harsh and worm-eaten aspect of this prison to soften its appropriate air of rigour. The Man Who Laughs The houses likewise are all of one storey, as the country has no wood fit for joists or flooring-deals, every kind which it produces becoming worm-eaten in three years. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Silvestro's clammy hand is on the lock—a worm-eaten door creaks on its hinges—he enters. The Italians Benoni seated himself on the arm of one of the old chairs, and looked down across the worm-eaten table at the young singer. A Roman Singer To Can Raspberries, Blackberries, and Other Small Fruits.—Select none but good, sound berries; those freshly picked are best; reject any green, over-ripe, mashed, or worm-eaten fruit. Science in the Kitchen. The gibbet was old, worm-eaten, although strong, and had been in use many years. The Man Who Laughs The brigantine being small, crazy and worm-eaten, they shaped their course for the island of Mayotta, where they took out the masts of the brigantine, fitted up the grab, and made a ship of her. The Pirates Own Book I could only see a rough knob in the wood-work, a little worm-eaten, and in the centre one hole a little larger than the rest. Red Axe But evidently they were of set purpose, for the next moment all three put their shoulder to the worm-eaten woodwork, and after the third vigorous effort the door yielded to their assault. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Stewed Split Peas.—Carefully examine and wash the peas, rejecting any imperfect or worm-eaten ones. Science in the Kitchen. But as blighted and worm-eaten apples likewise fall of themselves, so in this ease of execution the falsest work may agree with the best. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 An old, tottering, worm-eaten table, that had more nails bestowed in mending it to make it stand, than the table cost fifty years ago, when new. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 The wood of the lime is said never to be worm-eaten; it is very soft and smooth and of a pale-yellow color. Among the Trees at Elmridge It was scarcely any wonder if rats had congregated behind the worm-eaten wainscot, to scare nervous listeners with their weird scratchings and scramblings. Fenton's Quest Some, of course; the dead trees, and the worm-eaten, powder-posted ones, will fall in the high winds, naturally. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 A great reputation may feel itself worm-eaten, and may suddenly go down with a crash, but it will look around in vain for the social vermin that have brought about its fall. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays The figure stood upon the margin of the pool; and near by were two stones overgrown with moss, and supporting a cross of old worm-eaten wood, which commemorated what had been done there. Figures of Earth For years furious had been his protestations to his family, to his acquaintances, and to himself against "society," and especially against the incursions of that "worm-eaten titled crowd from the other side." The Second Generation The furniture was old and worm-eaten,—furniture that had once been handsome,—and was of a ponderous fashion that defied time. Fenton's Quest The rowboat came abreast of a worm-eaten jetty. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 A quantity of worm-eaten timber had been taken out from her sides. The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young Books! no more like our periodicals, than dry, rotten, worm-eaten, fungous logs are like green living leafy trees, laden with dews, bees, and birds, in the musical sunshine. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 She asked him to pull out what she had chosen from the débris, and a curious collection they made in the passage—dim and worm-eaten pictures, small book-cases, broken vases which she proposed mending. Vain Fortune One massive beam, crumbling and worm-eaten, as may be supposed after the centuries that it has been there, may still be seen serving as the lintel of a window. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine He made a sudden exchange of the two instruments, and turning on the worm-eaten stool and table, beat them to pieces in a few blows. A Tale of Two Cities Dry and worm-eaten, a spark upon them became a smoulder, and a smoulder a blaze. The White Company In 1834 it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of them; and the question then arose, what was to be done with such worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood? Speeches: Literary and Social He removed his boots, trod as lightly as possible on the old worm-eaten boards, wore a large black velvet cloak, and was careful to use the Rising Sun Lubricator for oiling his chains. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories But when she came to the foot of the old staircase there was the moon shining down from some window high up, and making the worm-eaten oak look very strange and delicate and lovely. The Princess and the Goblin They repaired to the other tenement; tried the rusty keys as before; at length found the right one; and opened the worm-eaten door. The Old Curiosity Shop All broken, and worm-eaten, and crumbling to dust at the edges. The Woman in White This occurred through the fall of the worm-eaten oaken beam which supported the ceiling. Tales of Terror and Mystery The whole rear of the Tamaseses was enfiladed by this flank fire; and I have seen a house there, by the river brink, that was riddled with bullets like a piece of worm-eaten wreck-wood. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa There was a worm-eaten, russet-apple tree in the yard, an untidy tangle of wild-cucumber vine over the front porch, and an uncut brush of sunburned grass and weeds all about. One Basket It will make him cross, and all we shall get will be the specked and worm-eaten ones. The Errand Boy Round two sides of it, the sides nearest to the interior of the church, ran heavy wooden presses, worm-eaten and gaping with age. The Woman in White In a month's time I had got together a large number of these old tomes, many of them folios, and nearly all badly worm-eaten, and sadly shaken. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac It was so soft and worm-eaten that it gave in to me right away and let me put a good-sized hole in its side so I could relieve my own suffering. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself But the window-panes were gone, the pillars were worm-eaten, and the moss-grown roof was falling in. The Souls of Black Folk And if she wanted a big fortune, I would have found her twenty that she would have had hard work to spend: money down—not tied up in fever-stricken lands and worm-eaten villas! Roderick Hudson It seemed as though it might be possible to pierce this worm-eaten barrier. Les Misérables Passepartout, in his joy on reaching at last the American continent, thought he would manifest it by executing a perilous vault in fine style; but, tumbling upon some worm-eaten planks, he fell through them. Around the World in 80 Days Lutchester took his arm, and they passed down the dusty aisle between the worm-eaten and decaying benches and through the outside door, which Lutchester closed and locked behind them. The Pawns Count As the lower beams were still strong, a new floor had been made, and above it an iron railing was firmly attached in place of the old worm-eaten wooden balustrade. The Dream I thought of the black-beetles, the old boxes, the worm-eaten bureau. Villette The door was nothing but a collection of worm-eaten planks roughly bound together by cross-beams which resembled roughly hewn logs. Les Misérables A bed with a straw palliasse, one or two broken chairs, and bits of worm-eaten furniture filled what had formerly been one of a row of cells running along an upper corridor. Eleanor It had once been the apartment of some servitor; now it contained furniture of the gorgeous days of Louis XIV, with all the colour gone from its tapestry, all the woodwork grey and worm-eaten. The Last Hope It was large and low, panelled throughout in oak, black with age, and worm-eaten in many parts—otherwise entire. The Portent & Other Stories Taking a key whereof I knew the repository, I mounted three staircases in succession, reached a dark, narrow, silent landing, opened a worm-eaten door, and dived into the deep, black, cold garret. Villette A worm-eaten gun or two, far more dangerous to those in rear than to those in front, rises en barbette. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I This tremendous hurricane, starting from the high Asiatic tablelands, felled the decaying oaks and worm-eaten buildings of the whole ancient world. Amiel's Journal The seamen thought that some hostile spell was operating, and the commanders remonstrated against attempting to force their way in spite of the elements, with ships crazed and worm-eaten, and continually in need of repair. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) I want to taste the fruit of the tropics even if it is worm-eaten! Lucky Pehr You have lived overmuch in that little church, with its worm-eaten benches, and its mildewed odour of dead people, and dead ideas. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons It had once been the apartment of some servitor; now it contained furniture of the gorgeous days of Louis XIV., with all the colour gone from its tapestry, all the woodwork grey and worm-eaten. The Last Hope A few faded rugs were scattered about the worm-eaten floor, and in every direction the wood-work was rough and unpainted, though massive enough for a fortress. The Ghost of Guir House At last he said: "There has been something worm-eaten in you from your birth." Ghosts He kicked him out and slammed the door after him, Jean-Christophe found himself on the stairs, the dark and dirty stairs, worm-eaten. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The ancient stamped leather on the walls is perhaps a trifle more ragged, the old oak panels not blacker—that were impossible—but a trifle more worm-eaten; it is the same room. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons But really in Christ, I mean—not like the dead and dying grains, mildewed and worm-eaten, which you find here and there on the finest wheat-plant. Twenty-Five Village Sermons Beside the bed was a worm-eaten door, and in idle curiosity Paul tried the handle. The Ghost of Guir House The Seine, which was very low at this time of day, was lapping against a little jetty near which lay a worm-eaten, mouldering boat, full of puddles of water. The Eight Strokes of the Clock They were frequently fed with bread made from old, worm-eaten ship biscuits, reground into meal and offensive to the smell. American Prisoners of the Revolution Then he was rated as third lieutenant on the books of some worm-eaten old man-of-war at Portsmouth, and gave up his time to looking after the stowage of anchors, and counting fathoms of rope. The Three Clerks The front door, one-time built of oaken planks studded with hand-worked nails and banded with huge wrought-iron hinges, now hung there a mere shell of itself, worm-eaten, crumbling, disintegrated. Darkness and Dawn Scurvy had played havoc among them, much of the ship's meat was worm-eaten and stinking, and a large number of the crew were incapacitated. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders We had to get around the obstacle by passing from the railing to the banisters, and walk down the outside of the worm-eaten balusters. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools These biscuits were so worm-eaten that a slight pressure of the hand reduced them to dust, which rose up in little clouds of insubstantial aliment, as if in mockery of the half famished expectants. American Prisoners of the Revolution All the old graves were sunken in, there was not a tombstone on the place; round-topped, worm-eaten boards staggered over the graves, leaning for support and finding none. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3. Down in a mass of pulverized, worm-eaten splinters it disintegrated. Darkness and Dawn In self-defense it is right to say that for the gold, on my own account, I cared as much as I might have done for a fig worm-eaten. Erema — My Father's Sin These things are all spread out on little dirty worm-eaten tables, in front of the squatting merchants, in the little dens in the old walls. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools On the vessel alongside the wharf was the old wooden tenement, very worm-eaten and rotten now, in which Ursus lived when the boy first came to him at Weymouth. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction I kept them, with a few other very precious things, in a curious little inlaid box, which came from Venice, and was so old that in many places its sides were worm-eaten. Saxe Holm's Stories This door now hung, a few worm-eaten planks and splintered bits of wood, barely supported by the rusty hinges. Darkness and Dawn It had served as a nursery for many generations of Caresfoots; indeed, during the last three centuries, hundreds of little feet had pattered over the old worm-eaten boards. Dawn The great worm-eaten bowl whose curved expanse some ant is always crossing, travelling with no less pride than famed explorers,—around her ball in 80 seconds!—Nothing, Chantecler Play in Four Acts He is an old frippery-philosopher, that has so strange a natural affection to worm-eaten speculation that it is apparent he has a worm in his skull. Character Writings of the 17th Century Mr. Leeds disappeared through a doorway and in a few moments returned with a black box of worm-eaten wood, covered with inscriptions in the form of birds, beasts, and human heads. The Reign of Greed He hammered at the worm-eaten wood and knocked off a strip which he split in half. International Short Stories: French Plutus send there be jewels in it, that I may finely geld it of the stones—the best, sure, lies in the bottom; pox on't, here's nothing but a company of worm-eaten papers: what's this? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 What worms do another day, I care not, but I'll be sworn upon a whole kilderkin of single beer, I will not have a worm-eaten nose, like a pursuivant, while I live. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Its shattered casements and worm-eaten doors, with tufts of weed growing at each corner, showed that for many years the front of the mansion had not been inhabited or its doors opened. Tales for Young and Old M. de Kératry, bent with his eighty years, was seated near the stove on an old worm-eaten chair; the chair tottered; the old man shivered. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness I had never wished to see any worm-eaten backs whatever, but I sought to betray regret that I had not encountered this surpassing lot of them. The Boss of Little Arcady The friar was sitting on a worm-eaten bench there, leaning back against the wall, his hand over his eyes. The Velvet Glove Hunt had evinced no surprise on the subject of the piece of wood first found, but his attitude changed when he knelt down in front of a worm-eaten plank lying on the sand. An Antarctic Mystery The old floors were creaky, worm-eaten, and dusty; the stair-rail was in a most dilapidated condition, and the ceilings were low and smoky; so Marian scored her points. Patty at Home Yet, on ancient worm-eaten pages, between covers of begrimed parchment, the daily life of this ruined community, its firesides, its festivals, its funeral rites, are painted with a minute and vivid fidelity. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Is all reverence extinct for old, and ivy-mantled, and worm-eaten things? Note Book of an English Opium-Eater The men became sulky and clamored to go back; and furthermore, the ships were too worm-eaten and too covered with barnacles to proceed. Christopher Columbus We found, also, large pieces of hewn, worm-eaten timber, and some three or four cannon-balls. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 At this moment the worm-eaten door shook again, under repeated blows with the fist. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 It seemed unbearable that a foppish noble whose only claims to respect were a moldy castle and a worm-eaten patent of nobility should everywhere take precedence over men of means and brains. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. After breakfast she would go into the library and hunt among the old, musty, worm-eaten books for something readable, but without success. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths The partition was strong, of good sound pine, neither rotton nor worm-eaten—inch-boards matched with groove and tongue, not quite easy to break through. Warlock o' Glenwarlock With a rending and tearing of the worm-eaten wood the lock ripped loose and the lid, operated by some concealed spring, flew open. The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest Two large brass plates, the sign of the notary's office, flanked the worm-eaten gate, the primitive appearance of which was no longer to be distinguished under the mud which covered it. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 It was made of pine logs, the bark of which had become worm-eaten and was falling away. The Desired Woman This is our seed-time, our winter; afflictions are to try us of what mettle we are made; yea, and to shake off worm-eaten fruit, and such as are rotten at core. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Virtuous men have said, both in poetry and in classic works, that houses of debauch, for women of pleasure and for street-walkers, are the worm-eaten spots of cities and towns. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation In half an hour Corrus came across a dead, worm-eaten tree, from which he nonchalantly broke off a limb as big as his leg. The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix The chairs were of different forms and shapes, some had been carved, some gilded, some covered with damasked leather, some with embroidered work, but all were damaged and worm-eaten. The Fortunes of Nigel Not a single unsound, worm-eaten or empty nut had she allowed to go into her stores. Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories It had a broken and worm-eaten coffin on its shoulder and a bundle of something in its hand. Sketches New and Old, Part 4. This is our seed-time, our winter: afflictions are to try us of what mettle we are made; yea, and to shake off worm-eaten fruit, and such as are rotten a core. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works He was very tall, and had deep blue eyes, and a merry voice that went echoing along the worm-eaten old rafters. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel The "Torch" was not provided with "despatch- boilers:" she was profoundly worm-eaten, and a yard of copper, occasionally clapped on, did not prevent her making some four feet of water a day. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 The apartment given me consisted of a bedroom and parlour, communicating, and furnished in an antique manner, everything in the rooms appearing to be worm-eaten, dusty and out of date. Dreams and Dream Stories Mabel set her waiter upon a worm-eaten, iron-bound chest, and went further down the passage to get the key of the north room. At Last The doors were high, and surmounted by quaint and worm-eaten carved work. Without a Home The floor was of planks roughly put together; now they were worm-eaten, bare, save for a thick carpet of greasy dust, which deadened the sound of booted feet. I Will Repay The house was empty, the boats were gone—all but one old hulk, too rotten to warrant moving, which lay high up on the sand, its planks worm-eaten, its seams wide spread by the sun. Rainbow's End A confusion of anger and mingled emotion suffocated him, revealing to him the fact that his heart was worm-eaten with love! Strong as Death He went to a wheelwright's and begged the loan of a small valueless worm-eaten board he saw kicking about, telling him what it was for. It Is Never Too Late to Mend The kind-hearted man put his shoulder to the worm-eaten door, and in a moment the lock gave way. The Clique of Gold Those who saw the flames of Genius devour the old worm-eaten crumbling skeletons, attached themselves to the musical school of which the most gifted, the most brilliant, the most daring representative, was Berlioz. Life of Chopin By ten o'clock the sea was tumbling and the worm-eaten hulk was laboring. Rainbow's End It was that crescent of plain deal at the end of a stick which is still to be seen in the midst of the worm-eaten crosses, in the shadow of the belfry of L——. The New Book of Martyrs So he and Speke set out on a cruise northward in a crazy old Arab "beden" with ragged sails and worm-eaten timbers. The Life of Sir Richard Burton Montesinos, how often does the worm-eaten volume outlast the reputation of the worm-eaten author! Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society At last he paused, and she heard him struggling to turn a key in a great worm-eaten door on their right. Jeanne of the Marshes In his endeavors to divert his mind, he began to collect old books, and heaped up mountains of tattered, worm-eaten volumes in immense oak bookcases. Monsieur Lecoq It suggests the idea of worm-eaten idols packed away in some old lumber-room at hand. Omoo The head of the caribou, dried and worm-eaten, was where we had left it. The Lure of the Labrador Wild He had his old, worm-eaten spinet, and his health and his good spirits; and although he was still poor and unknown, he was "making himself all the time," like Sir Walter Scott in Liddesdale. Haydn My tastes bring a smile to his lips; he wonders by what whimsy I prefer wood that is worm-eaten—chirouna, as he calls it—to sound wood which burns so much better. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects That door is old and worm-eaten; you could have crumpled it up like paper. The Firefly of France "The door is old and worm-eaten, it will give way," sighed Elza, and she hastened resolutely toward Anthony Wallner, who was just calling again on the soldiers with cool intrepidity to surrender to him. Andreas Hofer So there they stand, showing their haggard facades, which are broken by protruding, worm-eaten, wooden lattices not unlike the shaggy, protuberant eyebrows which sometimes sprout above bleared eyes that have seen too much. The Spell of Egypt I obeyed, and he went on thinking till at last what between the chest and the worm-eaten Jacobean bed and old Potts on the prayer-stool, I began to feel as if I were being mesmerized. The Virgin of the Sun Some additional pressure, however, caused him to search further in his worm-eaten magazine of ideas, and he found that he did know in a dim irresponsible way. The Trumpet-Major The doors that lined it were rickety and worm-eaten; I stared weakly at them. The Firefly of France In the centre of this room there was an upright beam, which had been placed at some period as a support for the old worm-eaten baulk of timber which spanned the roof. The Hound of the Baskervilles He sat at a worm-eaten desk, covered with files of waiters' checks so old that I was sure the bottomest one was for clams that Hendrik Hudson had eaten and paid for. The Four Million He was intentionally careless in other people's gardens: he spoke loud, noisily broke the branches of apple trees, and, tearing off a worm-eaten apple, threw it in the direction of the proprietor's house. The Man Who Was Afraid It was much worm-eaten, and had in it some live worms above an inch long, and about the bigness of a goose-quill, and having their heads crusted over with a thin shell. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier There was a tolerably large crack in the worm-eaten door of his den; he put his face to it. Notre-Dame De Paris Here the worm-eaten barriers have cracked all at once, their easy-going, timid, incapable guardians having allowed things to take their course. The French Revolution - Volume 2 "Ugh!" grunted Johnny, walking over to Red and informing that person that he, Red, was a worm-eaten prune and that for half a wink he, Johnny, would prove it. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up The way in which my Father worked, in his most desperate escapades, was to wade breast-high into one of the huge pools, and examine the worm-eaten surface of the rock above and below the brim. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments |
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