| 单词 | blue-black |
| 例句 | Captain Holly Short gazed into her captor’s blue-black eyes, and she saw the truth in there. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Glimmering tracks of blue-black amethysts crisscrossed the vast open space, connecting one side of the underground city with the other. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It opened its blue-black mouth, and in the low light, venom glistened wet on its fangs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Silence hung over the table like the blue-black clouds in the middle of rainy season. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no power, and so the campus looked as though a giant blue-black blanket had covered it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Even his hair was bigger—a massive globe of blue-black frizz so thick that his lobster-claw horns appeared to be drowning as they tried to swim their way to the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His dark hair is kind of wild and messy like he’s been at the beach, even though there’s no beach in Bartlett, and shines blue-black in the light. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His hair was blue-black, his hair-line extremely low, his nose was large and fleshy, and his torso was just about as long as his legs were. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The nurse with the blue-black skin is also back. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue days, as they walked among the sharp-edged mussels, prying open their blue-black shells to tickle their orange tendons. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Regardless, the panoramic scenes are the same from any neighborhood: red-orange sunrises, blue-black moonlit nights. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His hair—blue-black, thick and straight—did not have the hard sheen of the hair of a Chinese or Japanese but had the soft look of fabric. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Maleeka, your skin is pretty. Like a blue-black sky after it’s rained and rained,” she says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I return to the beach, and this time Lis races ahead of me, her hair a blue-black banner glowing in the night. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She turned up her hood to hide her swollen face and left him there in the dark beneath the oak, amidst the quiet of the godswood, under a blue-black sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Under the nails is the dirt of the trenches, it shows through blue-black like poison. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Below him, the boys, standing on the blue-black rocks waved at him to jump. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z While the other boys draped their shirts over the blueberry bushes, Turner stepped to the edge and looked down at the blue-black rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Augustus took me by one arm and grabbed the oxygen cart with the other, and we walked up the three steps to the lacquered blue-black front door. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Once we left the industrial precincts of Durban, we moved through hills that offered majestic views of the surrounding valleys and the blue-black waters of the Indian Ocean. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, her eyes are a murky blue-black color, and she doesn’t have any eyebrows at all. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Like I don’t know that from looking in the mirror, or from having kids tease me about my blue-black skin all the way through school. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I came into this world looking every bit like my father, with his blue-black skin, black hair, and even blacker eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He started up his car and swung it back out onto the highway, leaving behind a blue-black cloud of smoke that drifted over the protesters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The night sky was an inky blue-black blanket strewn with thousands of crystal-bright stars. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Ma is smiling, but I see something in her blue-black eyes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Her skin had been blanched by the night’s cold, and her cheeks looked blue-black. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Even though I’m still trapped in this blue-black skin and this big, tall body of mine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We watched the Big Sky do twilight proud: deep pinks and bright purples giving way to the inky blue-black of night. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z His jaws were blue-black and he looked like a gangster in the movies. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The clouds rolled over Delhi in blue-black boils, their bottoms illuminated by white flashes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Now the blue-black cold feels crisp and clean, soothing after the smoke. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There were long, lateral raking bruises down the sides of his ribs, blue-black lines that didn’t hurt but looked as if they should. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The blue-black night all around, the black, black water, San Francisco like a bright box of lights. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall, blue-black dark, and dressed in cargo pants, paint-stained boots, and a tattered brown sweater. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One man, a pure blue-black Yoruban, stands mute in the center of the room, a starched cotton fez on his head. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon was nearly full and the blue-black air was cool on my skin. The emperor's cut: A C-section saved my life and my baby’s life 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Especially in the large blue-black canvases that contrast matte and glossy, atmospheric and geometric, she effectively complicates the perceptual mysteries of Ad Reinhardt’s Black Paintings with her own sense of scale, atmosphere and material punch. The Lower East Side as Petri Dish 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z During a day and part of a night, I watched this astonishing adobe building change before my eyes, turning from rose pink at dawn, to earth umber at noon, to blue-black under stars in moonlight. A Memory Museum, Courtesy of a Critic-Curator 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z By the end, the wooded ridge enfolding the organization’s rural grounds was just visible as a slightly blacker mass against the blue-black night. Dance Review: ‘Self Made Man Man Made Land,’ by Ursula Eagly 2012-08-13T19:16:12Z I don’t mind pulling beards and scraping barnacles – a curved knife is ace for this – especially when it means you reveal an inky blue-black shell, with a tortoiseshell tip. Rachel Roddy’s leeks and mussels tagliatelle recipe | A Kitchen in Rome 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Older women with "puffs of blue-black and purple-gray hair," who wore "calf-length skirts and smooth blouses, armored bras aiming their hefty bosoms at ninety degrees, challenging anybody to dare block their path," she writes. 'There Was and There Was Not' crosses Turkish-Armenian divide 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z When you get back to your pallet, your neighbor — perhaps the owl-shaped Texan who’d squirmed on his cot earlier that night, moaning: “the sun still hasn’t set?” — snores gently into the blue-black night. Budget cruise from Bellingham to Alaska: one man’s account of his ferry deck adventure 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z In the case of “Moonlight,” that meant bright turquoises and greens, blue-black skin tones and tropical Florida light that captured the “beautiful nightmare” playwright Tarell McCraney had in mind when he wrote the original story. Perspective | With ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ Barry Jenkins is redefining cinematic beauty 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Deptford High Street was red – "middle class, well-to-do" – with a few pink islands round it, in the middle of a blue-black sea. TV review: The Secret History Of Our Streets: Deptford; EastEnders 2012-06-06T21:00:01Z He was bathed in a cold light that made his blue-black mane even bluer. Nick Cave’s ‘The Sick Bag Song,’ an Epic Poem Composed on Tour 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Brought to the net, the fish was gorgeous — 18 inches long, with a brownie’s polka-dots and a brush of blue-black on its cheeks like an oil stain. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Catherine Roylance, a co-publisher, said Mr. Page immersed himself in the book’s design, down to the blue-black hue of the cover. Few Words and a Whole Lotta Pictures 2010-09-07T22:46:00Z In dim blue-black light, the audience was packed into banquettes and cafe tables, chatting throughout and applauding each solo. The best jazz clubs in Paris 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The intimate realism of “Clam and Mussel,” two nestling shells, contrasts with the spacious abstractness of “Pool in the Woods, Lake George,” an imagined bird’s-eye view of woods and hills with a blue-black center. Georgia O’Keeffe, Stylist and Curator of Her Own Myth 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z My attention though, is not focused on this enchanting landscape, but on the shimmering ocean beyond: turquoise near the shore, a deeper blue-black towards the horizon. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z One eerily beautiful spread shows Ms. Nyad swimming in a blue-black ocean that has merged with the night sky. For Author Lauren Redniss, No Such Thing as Bad Weather 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Then one morning while I drank coffee, a shimmering blue-black sunbird came to drink nectar in my garden. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z It all started with a friendly message next to an unobscured picture of a man with blue-black hair going grey, dark facial hair and brown-black eyes. Intimacy after the “call girl” years: How sex work changed the way I have sex 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Poetry distills the focus and forces you to look at blue-black, boy, burning. Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z I peep into several of the pubs we staggered into on our dumping crawl when walking home in the blue-black early evening. My grimly inappropriate boyfriend dumped me in the pub | Emma Beddington 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z So looking at a gilt cuff against a hand-blocked blue-black dress is not just about the aesthetics, but also the print’s origin in India and the Colombian jewelry. Fash File: Fash File: Revillon?s Furry Luxury 2012-03-07T18:20:59Z To one side of us, the Bosphorus Bridge was turning red and blue and yellow again; to the other, the minarets and mosques of Sultanahmet looked more unearthly than ever, illuminated against a blue-black sky. Istanbul: minarets and martinis 2011-02-27T00:05:21Z She has pasty skin, blue-black hair, lots of piercings and the look of a vampire. Neil Strauss: 'My thinking was: If this woman’s going to be naked with me – I must be OK. It doesn’t last’ 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z These acres of jagged blue-black rocks mark a path of destruction along the Tseax River Valley. Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “There were sort of nails too, or rather claws, blue-black in colour.” ‘The Merman’ review: A magical fish story that’s this big 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z They began adding Chinese-made black coloring to already dark hair to achieve a blue-black “Beijing” dye job, an effect that lends the wearer a curious resemblance to an action figurine. The Gimlet Eye: Haircuts From the 1980s Are Back 2010-06-17T01:39:00Z At sunset, the moon appeared like a slender comma above the trees, glowing in the blue-black sky. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The most striking of these have a strong central focus, such as the shimmering red bars that punctuate black or blue-black fields in the two entries from Stovall’s “Color Regit” series. Review | In the galleries: Artist explores how castoff materials can be a venue to enlightenment 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z In Toni Morrison’s most recent novel, “God Help the Child,” Booker, the leading male character, tells his color-conscious “blue-black” girlfriend that race is “just a color … Scientifically, there’s no such thing as race.” “Southerners were white,” and “Negroes were Negroes”: How a people’s past shapes the present 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Beyond the fire true night had set in, blue-black as a bruise, stretching over the steppe and sage brush country of the southern British Columbia interior. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Occasionally you will spot a pond with water as blue-black as the North Atlantic; but mostly there’s wheat. In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z His trousers, too, at first seem to be a blue-black camouflage pattern, but on later inspection feature skies peppered with black storm clouds. Frank Ocean – review 2013-07-13T23:05:30Z The bright glow of youth will fade with time, as the edges of a cabernet sauvignon, perhaps blue-black in its youth, turn the color of bricks. A Rosé by Any Other Color 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z His signature work, painted right on the wall, was a circle of deeply saturated blue-black whose edges faded to gray. Albert Contreras lived an artist's life — twice 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Bride, now a successful cosmetics czarina, was shunned by her cruel light-skinned mother, who was embarrassed by the blue-black color of her daughter’s skin. Review: In Toni Morrison’s ‘God Help the Child,’ Adults Are Hobbled by the Pain of the Past 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z There’s even a small abstract expressionist composition of fused clay pieces, featuring a yellow circle, a red wedge and a notched blue-black field. In the galleries: A celebration of language from antiquity In the distance are the two volcanoes that emerge, blue-black, from Ometepe; condensation clings to their cones, the clouds like powdery white hairpieces knocked comically askew. | Nicaragua 2012-11-16T14:00:37Z I stuffed my front pockets and purse with pale green lumps and blue-black iridescent chips. Collectors Find Historical Value in Broken Glass 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z At this moment, the sky will turn from light blue to dark blue-black, and you will be able to suddenly see a few stars in the sky along with the planet Mercury. A total solar eclipse will grace North America next year. Here’s why you should start planning now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z He bathes a nib in a bottle of blue-black ink and hands a fountain pen to a customer, who dashes off his signature. An old pen shop proves mightier than the pandemic and the death of cursive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z I love the NHS but I truly lost faith in the healthcare system when three doctors, including a dermatologist, failed to recognise that a growing blue-black mole indicated I could have skin cancer. World Cancer Day: 'GPs should take young people seriously' 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Clusters of small pinkish-white flowers in spring, a favorite of hummingbirds, butterflies and other native pollinators, ripen into delicious blue-black berries in late summer, providing forage for songbirds, animals and humans alike. Enrich your garden connection with a deeper look at native PNW plants 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z The etching is done with a mixture of ultramarine blue and soft black ink, which creates the blue-black color of the trunk and leaf outlines. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Yes, I adore the bivalves themselves — those sweet, saline nuggets plucked out of their blue-black shells. For More Delicious Beans, Just Add Mussels 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z So back to the GP I went - who was adamant the growing blue-black lesion on my head was a fungus that would go away on its own. Melanoma: 'Doctors said my cancerous mole was fungus' 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Michael McEachern, who survived the crash, testified that he had seen “a big blue-black truck just plowing through motorcycles like a bowling ball.” Jury Acquits Truck Driver of All Charges in Crash That Left 7 Bikers Dead 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z This new color is gorgeous out of the box, with a deep blue-black finish that can change depending on the light. Apple’s new MacBook Air M2 is the start of a whole new Air-a 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “Out of Words” arranges blue-black panels of different sizes around a large central one, with the orbiting squares progressively smaller and more distant from each other. Review | In the galleries: Connections in text, image, writing and drawing 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The longer you look, the more you marvel at how the blue-black clouds’ bruised, backlit forms, arcing down from top right to bottom left, rhyme with the undulating ridges and recessions of the green landscape. Perspective | Heaven on a hilltop A wide horizontal window reveals palm fronds against a blue-black night. Perspective | Behind this picture’s intimacy, a complex portrait of the artist Also on exhibit are five pastels in which orange shapes float on blue-black fields. Review | In the galleries: Fresh perspectives on the powerful presence of trees 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z They also painted the exterior of the ADU a dramatic blue-black tone to distinguish it from the main house. How an unremarkable alley-facing garage in West L.A. became a stylish ADU 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z They were teensy, oval-shaped, oily and a gorgeous blue-black color. This Cake Is a Taste of a Vanishing New York 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The kitchen features dramatic blue-black cabinets and a blue-black center island with a stainless-steel range hood overhead. A tree falls, a rebuild begins 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z A professor at Cambridge, she has built her career around the remarkable behavior of the scrub jay, a small blue-black bird that stores food for later. Did a Cuttlefish Write This? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z In another, the pyramid is fully illuminated from within and set against a blue-black night. Wayne Thom photographed the power of 1970s architecture. He's finally getting his due 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z While the Oppo Watch I’m using is made of aluminum, it’s polished to a glossy blue-black finish to the point where it looks more like a steel Apple Watch at first glance. The Oppo Watch isn’t bad, but it does look like an Apple Watch 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z In the last days of the Civil War, the capricious 23-year-old Simon, leader of a ragtag crew of retired regimental musicians, sets his sights on the young, blue-black maned Miss Dillon. Review: A western romance novel about a brawling Texas fiddler pulls its punches 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Pictures show the reptile’s iridescent blue-black scales with stripes of red and pink along its sides and yellow streaks closer to its belly. Elusive rainbow snake spotted in Florida national park for first time in 50 years, experts say 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Another is a ghostly blue-black within, its bowl littered with an assortment of melded clay chips, its outer surface a fierce gold. Review: After a 10-year absence, Tony Marsh is back with a show of riveting, volcanic beauty 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Color-wise, those who want an updated, more feminine take might forgo the classic blue-black shade and choose a less expected hue like lavender. A Complete Guide to Buying the Essential Women’s Pea Coat 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Still, she gazed out at the afternoon sun spangling the blue-black river as he kept talking flamenco rhythms and stanza breaks. The Imagined Story Behind Leonard Cohen’s ‘Suzanne’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z But then she would dye her hair blue-black and wear Kabuki makeup and full-length capes. This Melissa McCarthy Story Just Might (Maybe? Possibly?) Cheer You Up 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The blue-black ink danced between the bullet scars and stretch marks that graced my cousin’s upper body. Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez too “far left” for America? Absolutely not 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Spitzes, heavy-coated dogs with tails that flop over their backs, are the only dogs in the world with blue-black tongues. These Cuddly Lapdogs Were Once Used as Stealth Weapons 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The iridescent blue-black insects with orange or blue-black wings are the largest members of the spider wasp family. Thumb-length ‘tarantula hawks’ at New Orleans insectarium 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z If you order the big, blue-black local mussels — and you should — ask for extra grilled bread, or just spoon up the buttery broth. No such thing as a soft opening for FlintCreek: ‘We went from zero to 90 right off the bat’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The day, a Monday, had been sunny and warm, but when the sun set the temperature had dropped precipitously and a blue-black darkness had fallen over the city. The years of calm are over. In Donald Trump we’ll have a child at the White House | Dave Eggers 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z All of the new putters feature a gray finish and a blue-black color scheme as well as the company’s hallmark F.I.T. Bettinardi Unveils 2017 Putters - Golf Digest 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z There are shots of crowds moving, always moving, and of newfangled conveyances like moving sidewalks and moving chairs, which look like blue-black caterpillars inching toward the camera. A Lost Snippet of Film History, Found in a Home Movie Shot in 1964 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z We flew through the chilly blue-black darkness, the universe expanding once more. How I Found Ways to Work Out as a New Mom of Twins 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Dressed in long flowing trousers and a blue-black headscarf, Dayib sips a latte in a Helsinki cafe. Somali presidential candidate takes aim at corruption 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z But he blinked when he spoke, in nervous flurries, and his interlocutors found themselves staring at a tattoo of a second set of eyes, blue-black and smudgy, that had been inked onto his eyelids. The Teen Killers of the Drug War 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z With their elongated oval blue-black shells and sweet, tender meat, mussels are a snap to cook and a delight to eat. Foraging mussels is easy, and chef Tom Douglas offers tips on how to cook them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Each just meanders to the dairy, all rolling hindquarters, swishing tails and loping heads, the blue-black and tan Rorschach ink-blot patching of their hides vivid against the washed-out Australian summer light. Transforming the bush: robots, drones and cows that milk themselves | Paul Daley 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z An aficionado of 1980s punk music, she wore black clothing, a nose ring, and teased out her blue-black hair in the style of Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure. Conservative Catholics in U.S. Greet Pope Francis With Unease 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The Hoover Dam project of the Great Recession might just be a blue-black field of 5.2 million solar panels tilted toward the Arizona sun. Obama Has Done More for Clean Energy Than You Think 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The air was cooler, the shadows blue-black under the coconut palms. Surfing into Adolescence 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z El Capitan came into view as a huge jet-black void in the blue-black sky. The Heart-Stopping Climbs of Alex Honnold 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Not many people report being able to switch between the blue-black/olive and the white-gold colours. What would Wittgenstein say about that dress? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The plastic figurine’s dark blue-black skin and light pink lips flashed in my mind. My baby will be mixed race. So why did I automatically think of him as 'black'? 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Editors went for Jin Soon’s Nocturne, a blue-black, and Farrago, a gilded aubergine. Recession Fashion 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z He was about her age, good-looking, with blue-black hair. Addict. Informant. Mother. 2014-05-09T14:45:22Z Roughly three meters long, one meter wide and just 10 centimeters deep, the blue-black panels absorb sunlight to heat water piped through their innards. What ever happened to the White House solar panels Reagan dismantled? 2014-04-01T12:45:00Z In sun-scorched Arizona a regulatory skirmish has broken out over arrays of blue-black silicon panels on rooftops, threatening the local utilities that have ruled electricity generation for a century or more. Fight over Rooftop Solar Forecasts a Bright Future for Cleaner Energy 2014-03-25T15:59:00Z Big, puffy, pink-white ones that showed up sharply against the deep blue-black sky. Why a Near-Death Experience Isn t Proof of Heaven 2013-04-13T11:45:05.623Z There are four main summits, a central dome, vast, symmetrical, majestic, pure-white against the blue-black sky of its unsullied height. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z And finally there he was, in a baseball jacket, with that blue-black hair, driving a white van. Addict. Informant. Mother. 2014-05-09T14:45:22Z She was dressed in a blue-black velvet shirt waist, with gold buttons, a mixed white and tan and gray walking skirt, with a pink silk petticoat beneath. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Swallows in cool, metallic, blue-black coats, dipped and swept in their swift, graceful way. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z His glossy hair gleamed blue-black as he raised his hat with a sweeping gesture that made Nancy smile. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z On every side except the one down which the creek descends, stupendous, glacier-crowned, and pinnacled peaks penetrate the blue-black sky at an elevation of ten or eleven thousand feet. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z If you're a sailor you know what kind of a lull I mean—blue-black clouds down the southwest horizon, the water crinkly, the booms wabbling. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z He was a well-knit man of about thirty, with the blue-black hair of the South. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z In that deserted lane one morning as I was passing alone, suddenly the gypsy king stepped out, a startling image of brutal, manly beauty, with his blue-black hair topped by a peaked hat. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z His glossy blue-black plumage, white under-wings and tail, and red eye make such a pleasing contrast. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z For within a few hours, or days at most, while the cattle are threatened with destruction and while ranchers are gazing anxiously about, they will discern a blue-black line upon the southern horizon. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Description.—Glossy blue-black; crown of head and middle of throat dark chestnut; bill and legs black: whole length 7·5 inches, wing 3·7, tail 2·9. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z The common blue-black butterfly is often seen hovering over this vine, and it is said that its caterpillar is so fond of the fruit that it rarely permits one to ripen. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The boiling wake Merges in the blue-black mirror of the sea. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z Flaming sunset: Mad conflagrations Licking at the earth, The blue-black walls of space, Iron mountains vast on the horizon. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z Most Persian ladies turn it blue-black with indigo, or auburn with henna, and with the latter the finger-nails and palms of the hands are always stained. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Muriel was standing before the mirror, brushing the blue-black hair that fell nearly to her knees. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z The moon had now swung clear of the trees on the edge of the river basin, and gleamed through a great cleft in the blue-black clouds, investing the landscape with a luminous glow. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z The scattered gray hairs at his temples seemed even more numerous in contrast with the blue-black of the rest. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z We are racing swiftly, you and I, The sun darts one firm track Through the blue-black Of the crinkled water. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z On its removal the locks are dark green, but in twenty-four hours more they become a rich blue-black. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z She had wonderful hair, which waved without artifice, as blue-black as a thunder-cloud in May; she had level brows and eyes large and dark and tender. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Cartaret dared, in his thoughts, to lift the heavy plaits of her blue-black hair and, with trembling fingers, again to touch that hand at the recollection of touching which his own hand tingled. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The sky was beautifully blue-black and clear, and I calculated that we should reach Shanghai in about six days, supposing no bad weather intervened. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z These glossy, blue-black iridescent swallows, grayish white underneath, the largest of their graceful tribe, have always been great favourites. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The sky was light, except in the west beyond the pine trees, where blue-black clouds were piled. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Her blue-black hair waved about her white temples and the narrow lines of her brows; her lips, the lower slightly indrawn, were like young red roses after the last shower of Spring. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Trees of the first distance are heightened with sulphur yellow or french green; and shaded with blue-black. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z The mate hacked off a bunch of huge blue-black mussels from the post they were grinding against at the moment, opened several of them and put them under his nose. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Throat blue; belly grayish; back green; tail blue-black, outer feathers broadly white tipped. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z When he did unclose his eyes, to blink for a moment, he saw that the stars were still vivid in the blue-black sky overhead. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z Far above the lights of the city arched the great, blue-black bowl of the sky, filled with the sparkling patterns of stars that the children had learned to know as steadfast, unchanging friends. The Star People 2011-11-06T02:00:16.133Z Swish-swish, and a thick, blue-black helmet-headed creature — named, in the fanciful way of the dragonfly world, a slaty skimmer — danced in the fabric. It?s Complicated: When Dragonfly Love Comes Calling 2011-10-17T22:26:43Z Male and Female—Steel-blue above, shading to blue-black on crown of head and on wings and tail. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Above dull blue-black; breast grayish edged with white; belly whitish. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z "Sour gum" refers to the acid, blue-black berries, one to three in a cluster, ripe in October. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Then he leaned out by a post and looked straight up into the blue-black vault of a moonless July night sky. The Star People 2011-11-06T02:00:16.133Z The mountains--oh, so heavy and stunted in outline as in colour, rugged and leaden-looking, the more distant ones blue-black, with dirty snow on their peaks, monsters all of them. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z The flowers are small, followed by blue-black fruit borne in loose red-stemmed clusters. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Throat chestnut, forehead and rump cinnamon-buff; nape gray; crown and back glossy blue-black, the back streaked with white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Its blue-black winter buds, the sombre green of its foliage, and the dark hues of its bark and wood have justified the popular name of this handsome, slender tree. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z And then I look ahead, out toward the blue-black ocean, and up again to the passing gulls, and the old, yet ever new thrill of travel, of exploration, possesses me. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The moth is blue-black, with a bright orange neck. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Her blue-black hair was fine and caught golden gleams. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Above glossy blue-black, forehead chestnut; throat and upper breast chestnut, belly paler. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z In some species these are red, but they are mostly blue or blue-black. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Half of the jungle across the Berbice was dark, dark green, almost black, with a fragment of rainbow hung obliquely above it, tangled in blue-black clouds. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The sun is rolling slowly Beneath the sluggish folds of the sky-serpents, Coiling, uncoiling, blue-black, sparked with fires. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z A heavy cloud was hanging low in the west, and beneath it a flock of crows flew slowly in blue-black curves over the white fields. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Resemble No. 488, in color, but back feathers are uniform blue-black without dull margins; underparts are nearly as bright as upperparts. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z More than once Croly had yearned burningly to plant his fist squarely on that blue-black prong of chin, and he had even practiced up on a secondhand punching bag with this end in view. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Above the blue-black sky had lost its last hint of orange and yellow. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z Clutching, staggering, upstriking, Darting in blue-black fury, To where pinnacles, green and orange, Await. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z Streaks of gray showed plentifully in his hair and pointed beard, throwing into greater contrast his black brows and blue-black eyes, while his face was marked with strong lines indicative of character. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z For thousands of years the Indian—a light-brown man, with brown or black eyes, and straight, blue-black hair—was the owner of what is now the United States of America. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z The lady whom we saw has not uncomely hair, betwixt blue-black and brown. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z In the right was the gleaming blue-black of an automatic pistol, pointed at my heart. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z The sea ran in broad heavy 85 mounds, blue-black and vitreous, which hardly moved our bulk. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z But the fingers tightened their grip, and when the man’s face began to turn blue-black, Carrington released him and looked down at his victim, laughing vibrantly. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z With ferric salts its solution gives a deep blue colour, and with ferrous salts, after exposure to the air, an insoluble, blue-black, ferroso-ferric gallate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z "Sho' now!" he exclaimed, looking back with his thick, blue-black lips framed to a whistle. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Her father's eyes were unpolished jet, but hers were of a deep blue-black, large, lustrous, and of unfathomable depth. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z He hangs out in Monmouth Court, And wears a pair of blue-black breeches, Where all the ‘Polly Cox’s crew’ do resort To chop their swag for badly printed Dying Speeches.” A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Inland, the blue-black hills lift their heads; they are unknown to the folk—hills of fear, remote and cruel. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z Suddenly she threw back her head and laughed aloud, showing white even teeth, their very soundness matching the rest of her strong-featured face and blue-black hair. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Up the North River, the skyline of the huge cities changed and grew more impressive, as one building after another came out of the mass and stood alone against the blue-black 120 Eastern night sky. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z In her blue-black hair—oh, my dear, how true you were then to the fashions of the south, and how true you are to-day—there was a glowing, crimson rose. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Now the silver back, Muninya, puts in an appearance: a pack of muscle with a well-groomed blue-black pelt. Rwanda's Post-Civil War Hope? Gorilla Tourism 2011-07-21T09:55:00Z The stars were swarming points of silver fire in the blue-black sky. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Up velvet lawns of lilac skies The tawny moon begins to rise Behind low, blue-black hills of trees,— As rises up, in Siren seas, To rock in purple deeps, hip-hid, A virgin-bosomed Oceanid.— Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z During the absence of the moon the blue-black vault appears like a robe of imperial purple, besprent with innumerable diamonds of a lustre unknown to earth's feeble gems. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z She was a true daughter of the West, tanned almost as brown as an Indian maid, and easily might have passed for a half-breed, with her blue-black eyes and hair of the darkest brown. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Perhaps if those rather unusual blue-black eyes he and his father had in common had confronted Mr. Goodwin in the brightness of daylight, he might before this have been identified. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z It got quickly cold and the sky to the South-East banked up, tier upon tier, with blue-black clouds. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z He saw the blue-black martins, swirling around and chattering over their box. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Then when she finally undressed at night and plaited her thick, blue-black rope, she would be much abashed as we claimed our share of hair-pins. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z Her blue-black hair was parted on one side and coiled, though a few smooth wisps tended to fall on her forehead. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z The goat still bleated in the distance; a large blue-black terrier swept in hot pursuit of his master. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Burton knew the country well enough to read the menace at a glance; the heavy blue-black cloud riding ahead of the storm never hunts except for big game. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z At the same instant, Bill felt a heavy hand on his shoulder, and the blue-black muzzle of an automatic was pushed into his face. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Samuel Allen’s assurance gurgled in his throat and the apple-red faded from his cheeks as he slid from his seat on the cart-tail to face the unfriendly, blue-black eye of a Colt. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z He was clean shaven, with red cheeks and a prominent nose, his little eyes were of a metallic blue-black, like those of little children and animals, and had an absent and peevish look. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Swarms of people came and went along the hard, blue-black paths, and round it the teams moved before the stores of the square. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z She never raised her eyes from the ground as she walked; but Pinckney made sure they were dark eyes, for the well-formed eyebrows were blue-black, like a raven's feather. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Osceola promptly kicked the side of the cot and the sleeper awoke to find himself looking into a blue-black muzzle. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z The moon is not yet visible,--it rises late,--but countless stars twinkle in the blue-black heavens, shedding a pale silvery lustre upon the dark earth. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Her long, shiny blue-black hair was twined in classic braids around her superb head. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z They formed a blue-black mass, lighted on one side by the orange light of the bonfire. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Get a female as nearly as possible so marked, and being a dense blue-black, both with orange eyes, when satisfactorily marked, and sable and white kittens may be expected. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z A wreath of splendid blue-black plaits surrounded the little face, which, with its dark brown complexion and burning black eyes, certainly sprang from the South of Italy. Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:40.700Z Their hair, which is usually of a blue-black color, is allowed to float freely over the shoulders. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The males all have dark bills, their soft parts were noted on the labels as—"Bill blue-black; feet dull brownish, with a slight reddish tinge." Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo?logy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4. 2011-02-13T03:00:17.690Z The luxuriant braids, blue-black in hue, seemed to yield reluctantly to the constraint of being fastened on the head; they looked as though they must fall by their own weight and float unconfined. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z A black cat for show purposes should be of a uniform, intense black; a brown-black is richer than a blue-black. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z It was of that olive tint which allows a pale face to still look fresh, and the blue-black hair which fell in thick waves over the high brow made the apparent paleness more noticeable. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z The mock-jewel-wrapped ropes of her blue-black hair, however, were real, and she felt their beauty as they lay against her slowly rising and falling breast. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Red-headed Woodpecker.Wings, tail, and upper parts glossy blue-black; rump, exposed secondaries, and under parts from breast downward pure white; head, neck, and breast crimson. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z It was corn with small, round, blue-black kernels, that can pop out larger and whiter, for its size, than any other kind that grows. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z There are three principal varieties of Plymouth Rocks—the Barred Rocks, with grayish-white plumage regularly crossed with bars of blue-black, the White Rocks, and the Buff Rocks. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z His tail and back and nearly the whole of his wings were blue-black. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z She took a backward step, a little drunkenly, and the face she lifted bravely for whatever blow he was going to deal her was pinched and white, the eyes blue-black with pain. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z His impression was of a very miserable black man in the greasy, blue-black garments of a stoker, a lascar probably from a steamship in the harbour, and going with a sort of lame hobble. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z He stood looking out over the blue-black sea; she backward, across decks, at the huge funnels where smoke piled upward into darkness. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z From under the broad straw hat two thick coils of blue-black hair curved down on either side of her graceful queenly neck. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z The male gets his beautiful blue-black coat after he is seven years old. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z Silver ornaments were entwined in her coarse, blue-black hair; her dress, though garish in color, was neat and of rich material. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z They do not ripen until the following year, when they are blue-black, covered with a fine glaucous bloom. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z “Ay; come on,” sounded from a mounted figure that was beginning to stand out indistinctly against the blue-black of the sky. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z For a moment, its blue-black body was suspended parallel above the gray Pacific. Mako Sharks Are Saltwater Fly-Fishing?s Prize Catch 2010-07-13T02:58:00Z Gets fully adult blue-black after 7 years of age. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z I’ve never seen San Francisco from so high up: it’s a soft blue-black, with colored lights and fog like gray smoke. Jennifer Egan: “Ask Me If I Care.” 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z One unusual side effect of misusing hydroquinone is a blue-black darkening of the skin. 2010-01-16T05:17:00Z The ripening berries, blue-black and rose-red, glistened through the leaves, and big drops hung on the thorns. The Undying Past The two long windows, reaching to the floor, looked like panels of blue-black velvet in which the lights of the yachts anchored in the bay gleamed like diamonds. The Princess Galva A Romance It was Courtlandt on his favorite mount, Blue Devil, a horse all spirit, shining blue-black satin. The Trail of Conflict This will give the traps a blue-black color and they will not rust for a considerable length of time. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The blue-black luster of the girl’s hair was a perfect contrast to the officer’s blond pompadour which was slightly disarranged. 280The light from above haloed with the soft fire of frosted glass and cut prisms. Whispering Wires A last red glow of light touched the corners of the temple, and gilded the blue-black autumn clouds that gathered in threatening masses on the horizon. The Undying Past Several had taken nitrate of silver or other minerals, till their skins were of a blue-black color. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician He ran a hand over the smooth bark, blue-black, mottled with fragile green lichens, with no thought of its beauty. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests Right in front of him, and behind the tor, a great blue-black cloud was rising rapidly. The Man Who Rose Again It raised to her broad forehead beneath her blue-black hair, with a passing motion that dispelled some of the doubt within her. Whispering Wires It was another perfect day, though far on the mountainous horizon a blue-black density promised otherwise for the morrow. The Valiants of Virginia Not far from his mother's picture hung another still more remarkable--the portrait of an exquisitely beautiful woman with blue-black hair. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers While the carriage crawled along the sun-baked sand, he watched the Arab children with their blue-black hair, who ran beside it, screaming for bakshish. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Amongst the blue-black or dusky blue also some are strong and highly commended. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Above the low roofs high against the blue-black sky the giant city came peeping down upon them from the regimented globes of fire on the Astor roof. Making Money His gaze searched her face, feature by feature, noting her pallor, the blue-black shadows beneath her eyes, the caught breath, uneven like a child’s from crying. The Valiants of Virginia The effect of the costumes against the blue-black of the sky proved very successful. Cinderella Jane The sky was dark, not black, but almost so—a deep, blue-black. The Secret of the Ninth Planet The sun was gone; and all over the north and west and overhead the sky was blue-black, trimmed with dirty gray. The Land of Strong Men Through the rifts in the trees we could see further—the stretching sands, gray in the moonlight, the blue-black mysterious seas beyond. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Inky clouds were gathering over the sunlight when Shirley came from Damory Court, along the narrow wood-path under the hemlocks, and the way was striped with blue-black shadows and filled with sighing noises. The Valiants of Virginia He was never sure of his ability to read her subtle blue-black eyes; even her soft, olive cheeks never changed their delicate shading, and her thin, languid lips were often determined and cold. With Edge Tools The dense gloom within was slowly giving way to a heavy, blue-black light as the boys’ eyes became accustomed to the dark interior. The Auto Boys' Vacation The day had been fine, but in the west a blue-black sky, tinged with copper, bore promise of storm. The Land of Strong Men Sometimes for a moment he lit on a bare limb and I had a chance to admire his high black crest and glossy blue-black coat, which with one more touch of color would become iridescent. A-Birding on a Bronco Chlorophyll a is a blue-black solid, which gives dark green solutions in all of its solvents. The Chemistry of Plant Life "Do you always forget your friends so easily?" said Helen Osgood with an ironical sparkle in her blue-black eyes. With Edge Tools Finally it narrowed almost to a point, that terminated in an immense field of snow sloping down, smooth and spotless, for a thousand feet below them, to a tiny blue-black lake. Campmates A Story of the Plains She was of a powerful frame, tawny complexion, and her blue-black hair was braided in thick plaits. On the Heights A Novel Over the mountain just behind the house a huge cloud of thunderous blue-black was swelling slowly. Shadows of Flames A Novel It is extensively used for the manufacture of blue-black ink, and in many technical processes. The Chemistry of Plant Life Beneath them, in the grey of the mist, as they turned a corner of the blue-black Sierra, there suddenly loomed up the snow-sprinkled roofs of a vast building—palace, monastery, tomb—what not. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Then the thought of the blue-black lake, with its walls of purple and red-stained granite, that he had seen lying at the foot of this very slope, flashed into his mind. Campmates A Story of the Plains Then suddenly a rippling veil of pale silver appeared ahead; then a blue-black sky and twinkling stars. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Through the stiff blue-black hair showed the outline of the left ear. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Other and more cogent reasons were the eyes, the blue-black hair, and the trim little figure of Miss Clara Levy. The Competitive Nephew Look at the little blue-black dots all over his chin. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One All traces of the storm had disappeared, and overhead the stars shone forth in the blue-black vault in a myriad blaze unknown to cold northern skies. In the Whirl of the Rising The crest of long red and blue-black hairs on the bull's neck and shoulders created an illusion of purple, but the rest of the animal matched the black of a duelmaster's tam. Thy Rocks and Rills This morning, after the sorrows of the rolling night, my cabin porthole showed me two great grey rocks studded and streaked with green and crowned by two stunted blue-black pines. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel From out the coils of her blue-black hair an indelible lead pencil projected at a jaunty angle. The Competitive Nephew The blue-black hair of the high priestess fell around her olive face and shoulders like a cloud of darkness. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar They were like the others she had seen, the same knotted muscles bulging on otherwise gaunt limbs, the same lank blue-black hair, the same mad glare in their wide eyes. Red Nails And now the lightning was vivid and beautiful, cutting the blue-black clouds with fierce golden darts, while the thunder followed, peal after peal, until the hill itself seemed to tremble. Anne There was none of the pink of the trout, but a clear silvery tone on sides and belly, with a shining blue-black along the back. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The pale light made the squadron look like a school of fishes swimming through a blue-black sea. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. Her movements, in spite of their gratingly basic monotony, were particularly something to watch, for Zelda had blue-black hair down to her shapely shoulders, wide-apart blue eyes, sulky mouth, and an astonishing body. At the Post Unlike the others, he was bearded, with a thick, blue-black beard which fell almost to his broad girdle. Red Nails Asa's hair was blue-black, but her skin was almost white, for her father had been a pale face, one of the Company's men at Fort Edmonton. Seeds of Pine He proved to be a Dutchman from Rotterdam, who had in charge a couple of Malay youths sent to Holland to be educated—bright-faced boys, with straight, blue-black hair, olive complexions, and eyes like velvet. An American Girl Abroad The very air seemed to grow blue-black like indigo. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The sky is blue-black velvet, all studded with stars that seem suspended—they are so very close. Happy House The band which confined his blue-black locks was set with glittering jewels. Red Nails Purple when growing, the leaves of this vegetable were blue-black when cured, making his frequent expectorations look like ink. The Reluctant Weapon Her hair and eyes were of a peculiar blue-black color, her complexion ordinarily very light olive with carmine cheek tints but now exhibiting a pallor that only intensified the gleam in her big eyes. The Song of the Wolf Up velvet lawns of lilac skies The tawny moon begins to rise Behind low blue-black hills of trees, As rises from faint Siren seas, To rock in purple deeps, hip-hid, A virgin-bosom'd Oceanid. Blooms of the Berry His colour is of a dirty blue-black, and altogether he is a very ugly customer, as the unfortunate tiger usually finds. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 His deep black eyes burned with a more elemental light, and there was the suggestion of a twitching in the fingers that tugged at his thick blue-black beard. Red Nails I knew this, but a strange confusion fell upon me when I found myself out of doors, under the blue-black starlit sky. Francezka And then one darkling day, Jaq Merril and I stood on the thin methane snow that carpeted our Base's landing ramp, waiting under our own blue-black sky for the return of the Argonaut. The Peacemaker Like a page— From out the rail-fence angles— With crimson plume the sumach, hosed In Lincoln green, attended My lady of the elder, posed In blue-black jewels splendid. Days and Dreams Poems On the summit of the hill, as the goal towards which all were wending, gleamed the château, with its enormous mass of towers and gables, and its chapel steeple rising into the blue-black sky. Devil Stories An Anthology All shades of blue, from sky-blue to blue-black, can be dyed in the indigo tub; and it has the merit of being a cheap as well as an almost perfectly fast dye. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home Close-cut curls, blue-black and wispy, cast the faintest of shadows over a squarish sunburnt face, and her eyes were so thickly rimmed with heavy dark lashes that I could not guess their color. The Planet Savers Eyes blue-black, full by turns of soft love and sparkling mischief; Creole complexion, with blood rich as marriage-wine coursing in the dimpled cheeks; teeth white as the fox's; lips of clove-pink. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The big red sun was slipping down a flame-wreathed sky, touching with fire the ragged pennons of a blue-black storm cloud hanging sullenly to the northward, and making an indescribable splendor in the far southwest. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Orr's Island, with its blue-black spruces, its silver firs, its golden larches, its scarlet sumachs, lay on the bosom of the deep like a great many-colored gem on an enchanted mirror. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine His hair was long, plentifully oiled; his beard was bushy, blue-black, and specked with silver. Mary Magdalen I heard my father say so.” 3She was a tall, lanky girl, was Frances Cameron, with a great mass of blue-black hair and flashing black eyes. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Like him, she had straight glossy blue-black hair, thick bracket-shaped eyebrows, brown eyes, a straight nose and a prominent chin. Rastignac the Devil Under the blue-black of her heavy hair, her cheeks are tinted like wall-ripened peaches; her strong, curved figure is just the Flora and Juno of the ancient city's statuary. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon She turned her pale face to the window, her eyes to the stars in the blue-black sky. Anxious Audrey Luther Ward himself, in his shirt sleeves, was looking over a tray of soiled, pale-coloured spats, assisted by a tall, full-bodied girl with a sweet, sulky mouth, and a towering mass of blue-black hair. The Wishing Moon A thick-set, powerfully built fellow, with blue-black hair, curly like a bull’s and shining in pomade, with fierce mustache of the same dye, waxed to two formidable points like skewers. The Real Latin Quarter The forehead down to the eyebrows looked as if it needed a shave, but Rastignac knew that more light would show the blue-black shade came from many small feathers, not stubbled hair. Rastignac the Devil The hair, which veiled her as a cloud, was blue-black and reached below her knees. The People of the Crater Behind them the woods formed a blue-black frame about the picture, yellow in the sunshine--that dense pine forest that extended unbroken to the Russian border. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The stars, glinting diamonds in the blue-black vault over-head, twinkled and coruscated with brittle fires. The Wilderness Trail Farther on are four older men, accompanied by a pale, sweet-faced woman of thirty, her blue-black hair brought in a bandeau over her- 39 - dainty ears. The Real Latin Quarter Suddenly a low, heavy muttering called their attention to the western sky, and they saw a blue-black cloud rising swiftly. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts It is a slate blue bird shading into blue-black on the neck and back. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Women of the better classes affect lace and flowers, those of the lower wear their own hair flowing down their backs, in a long, blue-black wave. The Boys of '98 “Look at these hands,” he said, solemnly spreading out 107his wide, muscular hands on his knees; showing one bruised blue-black finger nail. In the Heart of a Fool The sexton stared at him; Then stretched his hand out, with its blue-black nails, Full in the light, a grim earth-coloured hand, But bare as it was born. Collected Poems Volume Two Now great blue-black clouds began to roll slowly up the western sky. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Leo stood in front of the Crab, and the half darkness allowed him a glimpse of that vast blue-black back, and the motionless eyes. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II Across the way, the steamers at the wharves were smaller, and here and there loomed the spars of a sailing vessel, a delicate tracery upon the blue-black starlit sky. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The cloudy blue-black hair, and steel-blue eyes, the slight elongation of the space between the upper lip and nose, the dazzling satin whiteness of the skin were all Irish in their suggestion. Outside Inn The chestnut hair was no longer faded, but still cropped close; and the eyes were so deep that they seemed to have a blue-black tint, large, slow-moving, with that unutterable wistfulness which makes one sad. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Their long abundant blue-black hair was either plaited or flowed uncut over splendidly muscled shoulders. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 A great full moon shone in the sky, chased over and constantly obscured by thin racing clouds, silver and copper-coloured on the blue-black depths of air. Angelot A Story of the First Empire It was of a blue-black, spotted with yellow, and some eight or nine feet in length. A Romance of the West Indies The night had come down warm and wet, like manifold blue-black gauze. Love and Lucy The older part is yellowish-red in colour; the newly-built portions, forming the surface of the garden, are of a blue-black colour. The Industries of Animals Over the blue-black fjord hung clouds red as blood—as tongues of flame. Melomaniacs Fruit in sessile clusters of 3 to 5 rays, oval, large, � in. long, blue-black, edible, sweet; ripe in autumn. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The cliff made a dim, dark line against the blue-black sky; the forest on the other side a ragged tracery. The Heart of Thunder Mountain In his right hand was a large blue-black automatic pistol. The Moon is Green Berries large, three-fourths to one and one-fourth inches in diameter, round, blue-black, marked with specks; skin thick, tough. Manual of American Grape-Growing His eyes were staring straight before him at a sullen row of blue-black “thunder heads” that showed above the gray skyline. Rim o' the World A half-moon hung in the sky, whitening a few small clouds that seemed to be painted on the blue-black dome. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties But finally she saw, with unspeakable relief, that the stars were paling in their blue-black vault. The Heart of Thunder Mountain It was moonlight—both Deimos and Phobos were racing across the blue-black sky. The Martian Cabal Dawn was paling the blue-black sky as the radio engineer returned. The End of Time The jet-black is to be preferred, as it wears much better than the kind termed blue-black. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet He flattened closer to the rock on which he lay, and sought to pierce with his gaze the blue-black shadows of the 5 stupendous rift. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation They were beautiful birds, their blue-black plumage glinted in the sunshine, and now and 41 then a quick turn displayed their brown throats and white breasts. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps She was marvelously lovely to look at, with her blue-black hair brushed straight back from a low, broad forehead and her smooth skin as dark as that of an Egyptian. The Heads of Apex His heavy face was smooth-shaven, and his blue-black jowls and chin looked painfully smooth. In the Orbit of Saturn The blue-black rifle barrel lifted toward the man going to his aid. Shaman But downstream the upper part of the chasm flared to a width that permitted the noonday sun to penetrate part way down through the blue-black shadows. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation All the western part of the Valley lay in that blue-black shadow. Tharon of Lost Valley Her blue-black hair was parted in a white line that might have been centered by the tip of her tiny nose and an unseen point on the nape of her pretty neck. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China But slowly a tide of dull red welled up over the bull neck, turning the blue-black jowls to purple, and the walls echoed to Gore's roar of anger. In the Orbit of Saturn White Bear heard the drip-drip of water from the Turtle's heart into the blue-black, fish-crowded pool that fed the Great River. Shaman And below were the blue-black depths of the cañon bottom. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The house stood squarely blocked with cobalt shadows about it, and the hills were brooding in blue-black immensities—but over the valley was a flooding wash of platinum and silver. The Roof Tree His blue-black queue, freshly oiled, gleamed like the coils of an active hill snake. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China It was a dark night, the hillsides stood blurry against a blue-black sky in which the stars glittered like metal points but failed to shed much light. Rimrock Trail His eyes were shadowed and sad-looking, and there were heavy blue-black pouches under them. Shaman From an out-jutting point of rock on the lofty rim he saw a tiny white dot waving to and fro against the blue-black sky. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation In the raven folds of her blue-black hair, she wore again the red berries as on the day when first he beheld her. When Dreams Come True Taking off the blue-black tea-gown, she clasped it in her arms and kissed it. The Dust Flower Like some palpable, suffocating substance it filled the plain and mounted far up into the air, even to the blue-black sky, whence a million gemming stars pierced it with their diamond lances. With Hoops of Steel When Daoud saw beginning to appear on the crystal the face of a dark-skinned woman with accents of blue-black paint around her eyes, he looked away. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel He glanced up the stupendous precipices at the blue-black ribbon of sky, but only for a moment. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation We both looked up, and saw the edge of a blue-black cloud peeping over the shoulder of a northwestern hill. The Love Story of Abner Stone Brambles were heavy with blue-black berries, and the bracken was battered and brown on the steep hill-side. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius In some positions the stones, as the name implies, appear blue-black or blackish gray. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public And she had painted blue-black shadows around her eyes, as Egyptian women did. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel It is the size of a small wood-swallow; black head, back, wings, and tail more or less blue-black; white throat; neck and breast light to rich brown. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia On the white skin just below the hip there showed startlingly a blue-black bruise, the size of a franc piece—the visible mark of repeated injections. Juggernaut A great blue-black cloud, looking like an immense cartridge, came up from the west. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines The whole world slept in silver, its radiance intensified by patches of blue-black shadow; and with sudden distinctness her night journey of a year ago came back to her mind. Captain Desmond, V.C. High over the houses beyond, the steeple of the Church of the Lifted Cross pierced the blue-black sky. The Mother Hinau, a small tree about fifty feet high and eighteen inches thick in stem, with brown bark which yields a permanent blue-black dye, used for tanning . . . used by Maoris for colouring mats and baskets. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia In the southwest the horizon line was broken by a triple fold of deepest blue-black tones, the mark of headlands somewhere. Winning the Wilderness Everywhere there were lamas, of course,—lamas in red dress and red hats, or lamas with blue-black shaven heads set off by yellow or flame-coloured garments. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia They were opposite Carrington’s, and down the walk toward the gate was coming the maid of the blue-black hair, and slender ankles. In Her Own Right The dark was intense, blue-black, about his dwelling. Mountain Blood A Novel Sitting there before the looking-glass, she played absently with the thick braid of heavy, blue-black hair which hung across her shoulder to the waist. Brand Blotters Her face was bloated and blue-black with suffocation. Doctor Jones' Picnic There was one in particular that I remember—a slender, willowy thing with an apricot-colored skin and an oval, piquant face framed by masses of blue-black hair. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Croyden turned.—It was she! the girl of the blue-black hair and slender silken ankles. In Her Own Right Already the row of cottonwoods that lined the creek was faintly visible ahead, a low, vague mass, darker a little than the background of blue-black sky. Shoe-Bar Stratton When these canvases are analyzed we find in the range of color nothing stronger than yellow ochre in yellows, than light red in reds, and, with hardly an exception, blue-black for blues. Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 Her eyes were so dark in her face that they looked like blue-black ink. The La Chance Mine Mystery Now we began to encounter the women whose beauty is famous throughout Malaysia: glorious, up-standing creatures with great masses of blue-black hair, a faint couleur de rose diffusing itself through their skins of brown satin. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China There were Northmen, from Norway, who steered westward through mist and storm to an unknown land, where, behind ice and snow, they found plants and green meadows, and bushes with blue-black grapes—sloe bushes. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Only beyond the still grey shoji For the breadth of innumerable countries, Is the sea with ships asleep In the blue-black starless night. Japanese Prints I grew to be very fond of standing alone by the bank of this Pond, and of looking at my pale face in its cool blue-black depth. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... For after all, the remembrance of her as she stood there, with her slim white neck and the mass of blue-black hair towering above the upturned face, told me she must ever fill my thoughts. A Virginia Scout The blue-black hair, the dark eyes, and a deep red rose she wore in her bonnet, seemed to me an exquisite arrangement of harmonious colour. The Crack of Doom Like enormous blue-black blocks of rock, the clouds lay piled over one another. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Rosemary wore no trinkets, her only ornament being her blue-black hair curled in ringlets all around her pretty head. Her Mother's Secret A blue-black moistness lay heavy on the cowering earth. The House with the Green Shutters She courtesied low, and the amazing mass of blue-black hair seemed an over-heavy burden for the slim white neck to carry. A Virginia Scout The individual who approached was a little larger than the average of the Kakisas; well-favoured, and with a great shock of blue-black hair hanging to his neck. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] It was very desolate—the blank surface of the world with its flying scud, the blank yellow-gray sky, the range, all iron and white, the blue-black scars of leafless trees, the green-black etchings of firs. The Branding Iron Deftly the blue-black liquid—so elastic and so oily—was coated over the leather, and the glistening finish put out in the sun to dry. The Story of Leather A heavy bank of cloud, blue-black in the waning light, was slowly climbing into the northwestern sky, partially obscuring the last tints of the sunset. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The night had been windless, and now, in the first of the coming light, the water was smooth like blue-black oil under innumerable writhing wisps and streamers of mist. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life If I were a stationer and kept a circulating library, I think I should try to turn an honest penny by selling sand to my customers along with their packets of linen-wove and blue-black writing-fluid. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 Heaps and heaps of blue-black coils and braids, a royal crown of swarthy bands, a veritable sable tiara, heavy, abundant and odorous. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays When she had thrown off her blue-black dress to wash her arms and shoulders and neck were bare. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 This is particularly true when the now almost universal blue-black ink is used. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents The blue-black face was darker now and more leathery, as if the blood behind were running more sluggishly. The Return of Blue Pete A tiny light flashed and then lay stretching its rays in a yellow ripple out into a blue-black immensity. Stubble Heaps and heaps of blue-black coils and braids, a royal crown of swarthy bands, a veritable sable tiara, heavy, abundant and odorous. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Yes," he said, passing a lean hand over his blue-black upper lip, "it was necessary to disguise myself. A Son of the Immortals The Princess was middle-aged and wanted to appear youthful; so she dyed her hair blue-black which was harsh for her pointed face, and wore costly, too elaborate clothes from Paris. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 It was, in fact, an unnatural blue-black, something the color of shoe blacking. Molly Brown's Senior Days She had wonderful ropes of blue-black hair wound around her head. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 When Margaret Ann showed him reverentially in, Frances was sitting in a halo of sunset light, and the pale, golden chrysanthemums in her hair shone like stars in the blue-black coils. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 These start from the neck, being edged with blue-black. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Partah Singh paused, and his eyes wandered over the dark gardens, with their gleaming white colonnades and kiosks and graceful towers rising into the blue-black sky. The Path to Honour A not-to-be-suppressed shout broke forth as she displayed a china pig and a small bottle of blue-black fluid labeled "Hair-dye,—black." Molly Brown's Senior Days She was a rather small girl with large, beautiful gray eyes and thick blue-black hair. The Winds of Time Corona was dark, with a different darkness from that of Frances, who had ivory outlines and blue-black hair, while Corona was dusky and piquant. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 The middle feathers of the tail are blue-black, and the three exterior ones are white. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The immensity of nature never comes quite so near as then, and strong must be the nerves not to quiver as this blue-black shadow rushes upon the spectator with incredible speed. The Story of Eclipses Along the Southern wall the dark vines shed Their splendid clusters, blue-black and pale green, With liquid sunshine through their thin films seen. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 The moon was rising behind the hills in the south, and already the surface of the lake was beginning to declare itself—a dull blue-black. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols He watched in silence until he saw the sun's red rim suddenly leap above the blue-black peaks of the east and drive the last shadow of the night from the valleys below. The Root of Evil It is generally from five to six feet in length; of a blue-black above, and an ashy grey below. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America And behind him, near the horizon, the tiny sun glowed orange out of a blue-black sky. Gold in the Sky “It is a very pleasant evening for the season,” said Lyon, cheerfully looking up at the clear, blue-black, star-spangled sky. Cruel As The Grave A long, narrow, many-jointed, blue-black, evil-looking beetle crawled from among the rusty, fibrous, cypress roots across her path. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance As Stuart held the glittering eyes levelled at him across the blue-black barrel he could see the man's nervous and uncertain finger twitching at the trigger. The Root of Evil Marie had an abundance of blue-black hair, a clear skin, and a soft color in her cheeks. A Little Girl in Old Quebec The hen has the metallic blue-black crested head, but she lacks the elongated tail feathers. Birds of the Indian Hills He withdrew it and looked at the wicked, blue-black outlines of an automatic pistol. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest The stars were innumerable—fierce, cold points of pulsing light.—Orion's jeweled belt and sword flung wide against the blue-black vault. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance This was blue-black in color, waxed to two fine, bristling, upturned points—a fashion that this dandy had undoubtedly caught from some former Spanish military officer. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros She was a very neat, very trim, even a very attractive little person, with dark brown, roguish eyes, blue-black hair, a fairy-like figure, and the prettiest hands and feet imaginable. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 A coarser ink will act in a similar manner, but make the water somewhat opaque, with a blue-black, or dull, ashy color. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Her blue-black hair she wore long and gathered in the back. Each Man Kills She was totally unclad, her glorious body shining in the light of the room, her blue-black hair unbound and falling halfway down her gently curved back. Pagan Passions Where will one see such huge glossy blue-black grapes; such enormous Indian River grapefruit; such noble display of fish—scallops, herrings, smelts, and the larger kind with their dead and desolate eyes? Pipefuls Is the blackest black on the whitest white better, for instance, than blue-black on buff-white, and how much? The Booklover and His Books The excitement of the girl he loved showed itself in the dusky eyes sparkling beneath the soft mass of blue-black hair, in the glow of underlying blood that swept into her cheeks. The Highgrader The stockade wall was a blue-black rectangle behind them and the blue star burned with the brilliance of a dozen moons, lighting the woods in blue shadow and azure light. Space Prison But wan year there come a flood iv rain, an' th nex' year another flood, an' th' third year there wasn't a lumper turned up that wasn't blue-black to th' hear-rt. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War A good blue-black ink is the best for all writing. The Etiquette of To-day From under the broad straw hat two thick coils of blue-black hair curved down on either side of her graceful, queenly neck. Danger! and Other Stories In the more open spots grow the salal bushes with their purple berries, the yellow salmon berries, and the blue-black huckleberries. The Western United States A Geographical Reader The deep blue-black sky had, of a sudden, become the background for a softly glowing mind picture, and there seemed to appear before him the glorious misty eyes, and bewitchingly curved lips of ... 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Up out of mysterious velvety blue-black valleys loomed the massive purple-walled fortresses and cities of the mountain giants, guarded by titanic skyward towering pyramids and turrets of exquisite rose pink. Bloom of Cactus Mid-way he paused and stroked his beard again, and looked grimly up at where the maid and the manservant were blue-black against the evening sky. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure It was the afterglow of the sunset, a red-and-orange glory fading into the blue-black velvet of a Caribbean twilight. Sonnie-Boy's People More than once in utter despair and misery of soul, he drew the six-gun from its holster and gazed long and hungrily at its blue-black barrel. Prairie Flowers To-day, the effect of strength was further enhanced by a week's growth of blue-black beard. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands And high above, through the opening of the branches, was seen the blue-black frosty sky, with its innumerable stars. Olive A Novel He hadn't a Roman nose—but that's a mere detail; he had a Numidian mane of blue-black hair which swung over his collar so that he looked like the leader of a Wild West show. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel Spero entered, his clothes dripping wet, and blue-black hair hanging over his forehead. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II The girl blushed furiously at the words, and the blue-black eyes shone like twin stars. Prairie Flowers We were cleaving through blue-black night, and on our right I could dimly discern the coast festooned by twinkling lights. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Her delicate head bore a weight, almost too great, of fine, blue-black hair, just now hanging in a heavy plait to her knees. The Genius And northerly again were the pillars of the Giant's Causeway, blue-black against the sun. The Wind Bloweth "Now," he said, "tell me if I set about it in the right way," and applied his lips to the swollen, blue-black spot. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia "Yes—a whole heap more than the earth," he answered, as his steady grey eyes stared straight into her own stormy, blue-black ones. Prairie Flowers The vast blue-black sky was like an inverted gold-pan and the stars were flake colours adhering to it. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Above the steep roofs, a blue-black sky was alive with brilliant stars. The Daughters of Danaus Like superfine cloth, they were of various shades; some were brown-black, some almost blue-black, and many coal-black. Six Months at the Cape They are deep blue-black, somewhat triangular, and similar in size and form in all the varieties. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Their hands met, and as Alice looked into the girl's eyes, she wondered at the peculiar glance that flashed from their blue-black depths. Prairie Flowers It gains its name of the blue or black snake from the colour of its back, which is, as you see, blue-black; while the underside is of an ashen slate hue. With Axe and Rifle The crows stopped too, and settled on the low trees, turning their evil blue-black heads on one side to get a better view of their prey. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas Diaminogene B and Diaminogene extra are mostly used for this purpose, the former for jet blacks, the latter for blue-black shades. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student The heavens were destitute of cloud—save a low bank down on the western horizon—and the soft velvety blue-black of the sky was literally powdered with countless millions of glittering gems. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron The girl stood, pitchfork in hand, upon a ledge of the half-depleted haystack and surveyed him calmly, as a startled expression swiftly faded from her large, blue-black eyes. Prairie Flowers Bronze is a species of Prussian green, of a dull blue-black hue. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists The creature wore some sort of thin skirt whose color had vanished in the blue-black of its wetness. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He saw both figures for an instant painted in blue-black against the light, khaki-coloured canvas. A Soldier of the Legion They glided through the streets on to the broad, hard road, and crept upwards with scarcely a sound, through the blue-black twilight. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo I had often noticed this greenish color in the sky, made doubtless by the flare of gas and electricity against the blue-black zenith, yet never before had I felt its depressing character. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Then I saw her back—the graceful white dress, the knot of blue-black hair, the big white hat, and she directing her workmen with her closed white parasol. The Plum Tree Now it was curtained completely with blue-black cloud, which sent out mutterings, and then long brooding silences more ominous still in their very concealment of the night's intentions. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The dye, however, which I always use, is a compound of raw umber and a small portion of blue-black diluted to the shade required with strong size in solution: this must be used hot. Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Large, blue-black luminous eyes, that looked you squarely in the face, were hardly as expressive as a clear mouth that now in repose seemed too quiet even for breathing. My New Curate How beautiful it was, with its curving shores, its waves tinged to a deep blue-black by every passing breeze, and, over all, a mellow tint which melted seawards into a misty, luminous haze! Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands Presently a dense mass of blue-black clouds loomed suddenly over the brow of the cliffs. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Two minutes later, rocks, stems, branches, and the minutest fir-needles that flickered against the grey, showed like ink-strokes on tarnished silver as a forked flash, leaped, quivering, from the heart of a blue-black cloud. The Great Amulet It had hit its mark, I knew, for the King began to hum and haw, and Diane gave me a look from those blue-black eyes of hers. Orrain A Romance His companion was a somewhat slenderly-built man, of medium height, whose clear, olive skin, straight, black hair, and deep blue-black eyes betrayed a not very remote Eastern origin. The Romance of Golden Star ... He was of the extreme brunette type, his hair blue-black, his black eyes keen and piercing and always on the move. The Winning Clue A sense of growing shadow in the air had made me look up, and there, back of the steep-rising woods, hung a blue-black cloud, with ragged edges crawling out into the brightness of the sky. More Jonathan Papers On all sides the hills dropped away through the gloom of the evening, brown near by, but falling off through a faint blue haze and growing blue-black with the distance. Riders of the Silences As the curtains fell behind the King all the soft lights left La Valentinois' eyes, and they shone like blue-black steel. Orrain A Romance In the west a prodigious dome of blue-black cloud was rising, ragged at the edge, but dense and compact at the horizon. The Moccasin Ranch A Story of Dakota There was a splendid sky, all blue-black and silver—a sparkling wintry vault, where the stars were like a myriad points of ice. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) The wind and the rain had whipped the color into her soft cheeks, had disarranged a little the crinkly, blue-black hair, wet tendrils of which nestled against her temples. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North Book villainesses' hair is either red or blue-black. Set in Silver Her eyes—they are blue-black, not black—met mine, with a laugh in them, as she said: "'Well, Le Brusquet, have you lost your ape, or has some jest failed you?—you look so sad." Orrain A Romance In the Autumn every branch becomes clustered with the oval blue-black fruit presently covered with a fine purple bloom; and until mellowed by the early frosts, this fruit is very harsh and sour. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Throwing a swift glance to where a thick bank of clouds was painting the night sky the color of blue-black ink, he hurried below to consult with the skipper about the weather. Curlie Carson Listens In It was enough for him to be near her, to hear the laughter bubbling in her throat, to touch her crisp, blue-black hair as he adjusted the scarf about her head. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North A blue-black cloud overhanging the green head of the cut-off had suddenly widened across all that quarter and turned leaden gray. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi After a little she drew back; there was a lovely smile on her lips, and the blue-black eyes were sparkling. Orrain A Romance The blue-black sequins on her dress glittered and shone in the dull light. A Maker of History The blazing lights of the yacht club were reflected in the blue-black mirror of the boat basin. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung He opened a piece of folded paper, and drew from it two objects; one a lock of blue-black hair like his own, and the other a pressed and faded rose. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times From the gravel, from under rocks, gathered an army of blue-black, hard-shelled things, their clawed forelimbs extended, blue sense organs raised on fleshy stalks well above their heads, all turned towards the dead feline. Star Hunter The dark eyes under her tumbled, blue-black hair stared in astonishment. Steve Yeager I had found him in the blacksmith shop at Latonia, lazily observing the smith's efforts to unite Fan Tan and a set of new-made, blue-black racing-plates. Blister Jones Far above, in the deep blue-black of the wonderful canopy, blazed the brilliant Southern constellations—the Cross gleaming in white splendor midway between horizon and zenith. All Aboard A Story for Girls Washington threw back the buffalo-robes, and a bright gleam of the cottonwood fire disclosed the upturned face of the dead Nez Perc� and lightened up the long, thick locks of glossy blue-black hair. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Her hair—what a wealth of it there was—was blue-black, finer than such hair usually is, and with a sheen on it like unto a raven's wing. The Mark of the Beast A girl with soft, thick, blue-black hair was bending over a rosebush. Steve Yeager Handsome in feature, with glossy blue-black hair, their dark gipsy faces also wear that look of sturdy independence which so becomes the men. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt |
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