| 单词 | briar |
| 例句 | Icicles hung from the brown briar of his beard, and his mustache was a lump of frozen snot, glittering redly in the light of sunset. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their clothes were torn and snagged by briars, burrs were clinging to them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There were, I remembered now, some wicked briar patches, but I was feeling no pain. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I could try to cut through the woods, but around here, they were thick with briar bushes. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The Tillermans stood on the sidewalk, separated by a briar hedge from this scene. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Gendry looked fierce when he scowled^ His beard had grown in thick and black as briar. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Low branches and bushes were spread out on either side, and he had to climb over and under them, lifting briars and brambles out of his way. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I scurried into the jungle growth, hiding a few feet back and out of view behind a briar. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The two of them tore through the undergrowth, kicking past thick briars, dodging trees and low-hanging limbs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But Charlie laughed, and so she began to laugh, though it was the kind of laughter that caught like briars in her chest and felt very much like pain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I did not bother to reply; I only pressed on, burrowing through the tangle of arms and legs like a hare through briars. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Slowly and painfully they clambered down, groping, stumbling, scrambling among rock and briar and dead wood in the blind shadows, down and down until they could go no further. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Vines tangled their legs and briars jabbed their arms. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z His hands were cut up from landing in the briar bush. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Their twisted boughs, stooping to the ground, were overridden by a clambering maze of old briars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They found Florida flailing in a patch of briars on the far side of the stream. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He was squatting under the long briars of a dog rose and did not turn his head as Hazel came up beside him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The gaslight shone upon the heavy, leonine lines of his features—a mane of sandy-brown hair, eyes the piercing blue of gas flames, a firm mouth shaped around the stem of a briar pipe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Cat’s legs was so long and his pants so short his knees showed—an’ his head looked like a briar patch!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was terribly aware of the man’s suit, the burrs clinging to it, the material old and worn and snagged by briars, the man’s shoes on her feet, the battered old hat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as they ducked, and then struggled under a great tangle of briars, getting their clothing caught, and having to stop and free it, that Kingshaw first heard the noise. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then with little further hindrance, save from sprawling briars and many fallen stones, they moved forward all together. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her skirt would be snagged and tom by briars, she might trip and fall. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was nothing built atop it, just the hole cut into the earth like a dead mouth agape, tangles of briars and waist-high grass growing up all around. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She could feel both the path Pet’s words were taking and the way her fear was trying to cover it up with thick briars of denial. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “But he could perfectly well live for years, as far as that goes. Born and bred in a briar patch, Brer Fox.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the corner of my eye, I could only see a hint of him—eyes as incandescently blue as the heart of fire, a briar of dark hair dewed with lagoon water. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The earth is scorched bare; not even briars will grow. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She wriggled under the briar first and waited for him on the far side, crouched low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once he got hung up in some briars and yelled till I came back to get him out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing prepared him for the wall of bones that burst skyward - hundreds of femurs, ribs and fibulas entangling the wolves, forming a spiky briar patch of human remains. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the young men sucked lazily on briar pipes, and the sweet smell of Prince Albert tobacco smoke drifted among them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The swift growth of the wild with briar and eglantine and trailing clematis was already drawing a veil over this place of dreadful feast and slaughter; but it was not ancient. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Honeysuckle and bull briar were slowly taking over the big fields. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Specters had found their target, too, and they pressed in through the snagging tangle of bush and briar and root and branch, meeting no more resistance than smoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘Then if we are going to toil through bog and briar, let’s go now!’ said Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He bounded at full speed, heedless of the briars that tore at his cheeks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The thorns and briars were as tough as wire and as clinging as claws. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Arya's arms and legs were stiff when she finally wrig-gled out from under the briar into the dark of the wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dark skin, big lips, and hair the texture of a briar bush—they were just plain unpleasant to deal with. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The web on my face holds my eyes open, forcing me to watch as Cassie steps out of the shadows, briars twining up her legs and around her body, reaching up through her hair. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The handmaid might be a servant, unobtrusively attending to her lord or lady in the great hall, flitting about like the bird on the briar. Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z Lee’s voice catches like a briar—it doesn’t tear its subjects, but sticks to them. What Two Forgotten Pieces Tell Us About Harper Lee 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z TranslationBird on a briar, bird, bird on a briar,We come from love, and love we crave,Blissful bird, have pity on me,Or dig, love, dig for me my grave. Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z Part of the reason that she created an ornamental garden or maze – one filled with metaphorical briar patches — is to hide some of her feelings. | Marian Bantjes, Illuminated 2010-12-01T18:45:00Z More time among the briars and thorns and oozing swamps. Not the Booker prize 2012: the shortlist 2012-08-13T09:28:03Z “Song of the South,” mired in its own briar patch of history, racism and conveniently adopted “ethics and integrity” has no such easy way out. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z Live-action 3-D has been, at least since “Avatar,” a briar patch for filmmakers and a headache for audiences. | ?Transformers: Dark of the Moon': They?re at It Again, and Chicago Takes the Hit 2011-06-28T15:11:24Z He was sharp as a briar and very funny with his acknowledgment of all the speeches. Postscript: James Salter, 1925-2015 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The ball field that a Vista volunteer built in the late 1960s is overgrown with weeds and briars. The Child of a Ragged Town Keeps Returning for Inspiration 2011-07-11T15:10:40Z Now he's caught in a briar patch of predatory lending endangering his life and his and Dennis' livelihood. Stripped of its cheekiness, Hulu's "The Full Monty" transforms from a movie comedy into a TV slog 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z So the central metaphor that I played with, as an Alabama boy, is the rabbit in the briar patch. Albert Murray and the Limits of Critics with Theories 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z During a preview of the show last week, Ms. Morales discovered that they spell out information from the manufacturer: “imported briar ajustomatic.” Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z She might conceivably be the Virgin Mary, the briar itself representing the Crown of Thorns. Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z As a child she gazes with "rapture" at a "great amphora of artificial tea roses in yellow and red, far more beautiful than the dog roses on the briars". Country Girl by Edna O'Brien – review 2012-10-12T21:55:03Z It is incredibly beautiful … there is something about this image with the two lovers entwined in a ruin with briar roses growing towards them that is incredibly haunting. Edward Burne-Jones's Love among the Ruins up for auction 2013-04-03T15:13:56Z Necks emerged like the stalks of flowers, one side of the faces and also the hair were a tangle of briars, made up of feathers and tulle. Fashion Review: A Woodland Fable 2013-01-22T18:18:43Z The issue of how to contend with Song of the South is as thorny as the briar patch the film’s mischievous animated hero, Br’er Rabbit, calls home. Song of the South: the difficult legacy of Disney's most shocking movie 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z From the start, the creative team was well aware of the briar patch they were about to enter. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z On the six-mile Lighthouse Trail the next morning, wildflowers were in bloom, and we saw the golden-tipped petals of the Indian blanket and the fuzzy pink globes of the sensitive briar. Texas’ best-kept secret? A 120-mile-long canyon that’s grand in its own right. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z After their burial, a rose and briar sprout from the true lovers’ graves and conjoin in a heart-shaped knot. Dawn Landes, Barefoot at Lincoln Center 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30, giving Disneyland attendees one last busy Memorial Day weekend to experience the attraction in its current form. Disneyland sets Splash Mountain closing date, releases new concept art for Tiana's Bayou Adventure 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z During the reprise, a complaint by Cinderella’s Prince about the “thicket of briar, 100 feet deep” protecting Sleeping Beauty leads to a tongue-twisting musical exchange: They sing ‘Agony’ in ‘Into the Woods’ nightly, and feel the joy daily 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z And the witness box is his briar patch. Southern Gothic: Alex Murdaugh is an admitted liar and thief, but did he kill his wife and son? 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z They travelled through "woods and thickets, working through thorns and briars," Mr Showalter said. Abducted Haiti missionaries describe daring escape 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z When Br’er Fox emerges to gloat, Br’er Rabbit begs not to be thrown into the briar patch; the fox, set only on revenge, does just that. How Black Horror Became America’s Most Powerful Cinematic Genre 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z They would never, ever allow themselves to be thrown into that particular briar patch. Are you sure Trump's plan to steal the election has failed? You shouldn't be 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z "The second thing, is if he's actually talking about this issue, the issue of violence in cities, it's an issue -- that's Donald Trump's briar patch," Hurt said. Charlie Hurt says Biden 'has no choice at this point but to repeat the attacks on him' over rioting 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z A briar patch of four highways, diesel truck traffic and manufacturing operations combine to form what’s known locally as the South Bronx’s “Asthma Alley.” The Bronx, long a symbol of American poverty, is now New York City’s coronavirus capital 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z He said the group, including all of the children, remained silent during the ordeal and that the infant was wrapped in clothing to protect her from the prickly briars. Abducted Haiti missionaries describe daring escape 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z But thanks to Andy Greenwald — and the fact that many Americans may now distrust the briar patch of contemporary politics as much as Thomas’ savviest antiheroes — the unfair neglect may be coming to an end. Ross Thomas, the criminally neglected spy-caper author behind "Briarpatch" 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z "If she thinks her case is so weak she doesn't want to send it over, throw me into that briar patch." Schumer supports House Dems delay in sending impeachment articles to Senate 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z For him, the debate creates a political briar patch of potential problems — but a strong performance could solidify his position. Biden, Sanders to share debate stage after a lopsided drawing divides presidential candidates for two events this month 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z When the mosquitoes got bad, DePalma took out a briar pipe and packed it with Royal Cherry Cavendish tobacco. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Successive generations maintained the cemeteries’ chicken-wire fences, trimmed encroaching briars and protected monuments to descendants who served in World War I, World War II and Korea. Border fence threatens family burial ground — and a slice of African American history 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z A carved briar pipe with custom Playboy Bunny logo is expected to net up to $3,000. Hugh Hefner’s iconic silk pajamas are up for auction 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Every time he passed briar plants, he collected handfuls of leaves and stuffed them in his pockets for later. Man stranded in forest rescued after mysterious light 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z It is no surprise that Plath’s clear account of Hughes’s alleged assault gets caught in the briar thicket of conflicting interests. Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Like Brer Rabbit pleading not to be thrown into the briar patch, McCaskill “warned” opposition voters not to pick hard-line conservative Todd Akin to run against her. Opinion | Does Claire McCaskill have one more trick up her sleeve? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “For me that will always be the summer day of summer days – a cloudless sky, ditches and roadside deep in grass, poppies, cuckoo pint, trees heavy with leaf, orchards bulging over hedge briars.” Boiling point: why literature loves a long, hot summer 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Barbed wire could stand in for the briars, and gassing for the hundred-year slumber. How Should Children’s Books Deal with the Holocaust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Most Americans, upon being told they were worth “only” $700 million, would say: Please don’t throw me into that briar patch! Opinion | Turns out Wilbur Ross isn’t a billionaire. Uh-oh. 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Back in the United States, the N.F.L. continues to be tangled in a political briar patch over President Trump’s criticism of players’ kneeling protests. California, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump: Your Weekend Briefing 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Enter Mr Trump’s defenders, who busied themselves erecting fresh briars and thorn-hedges of confusion. James Comey accuses the Trump administration of “lies, plain and simple” 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Notes for the red said aromas include cassis, briar and cocoa, with hints of sandalwood, pipe tobacco and wet sandstone. Chateau Murdoch: Fox media mogul finds solace at his Bel-Air winery 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z “They’re stuck on the briar patch with this, and they can’t pull their hands off it. They must enjoy the experience.” Devin Nunes: Susan Rice ‘unmasking’ revelation worth losing investigation leadership 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z GLENDALE, Ariz. — When the gnarled yearlong trail of North Carolina finally curled to its prettiest peak, it figured the last steps would brim with bricks, briars and clutter. North Carolina finds redemption, beats Gonzaga to win NCAA championship 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Democrats have greeted that threatened punishment with all the false horror of Br’er Rabbit at the briar patch. A Peek at House Members Before Recess, in Three Snippets 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z CULLAVILLE, Northern Ireland — Back during the Troubles, the border here was a treacherous place, a briar patch of watchtowers and customs posts, and rough smuggling clans and lethal Irish Republican Army cells. The Brexit wild card? Ireland. 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Prince Charming hacked his way through the briars to wake Sleeping Beauty. Generation Anthropocene: How humans have altered the planet for ever 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Is that the way through this prickly briar patch? The Family Footsteps We Follow 1462-09-18T05:00:00Z Guzman returning to his hometown was like "the rabbit going back to the briar patch," he said. Prosecutors in San Diego, Chicago and New York fight over 'El Chapo' 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z She struggled through briars recently trying to clean brush from graves with her hands, she said. Residents fighting nature to reclaim overgrown cemetery 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Now the administration is wending its way through that briar patch of interwoven economic sanctions. US finds peeling back the Iran sanctions onion no easy task 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z In it, Brooklyn is the “briar patch,” the place that inspires thoughts of home in insiders like Br’er Rabbit, and thoughts of slum clearance in others. The Truth About Animal Stories 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Washington emerged unscathed from a briar patch of penalties during the second period — two minors on forward Tom Wilson and a delay of game against defenseman Mike Green — and the pace turned breakneck from there. Nicklas Backstrom’s overtime winner lifts Capitals past Islanders in Game 4 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Note the briar root veneer over the top rail of the frame. Crafting Exclusive Bicycles: Pininfarina Fuoriserie 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z And probably a whole lot of confusing briar patches along the way. Netflix and Net Neutrality: Whose Briar Patch Is This Anyway? 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z But nearly every morning, he laces up his hiking shoes and ventures through the course’s briar patches or along its walkways and ponds, taking photographs of foxes, hawks or other animals that frequent the land. Reston residents fight renewed efforts by public golf owners 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Putin is playing a masterful Brer Rabbit for European naifs: “Whatever you do, don’t throw me in that briar patch,” e.g., As Russia Intimidates Europe, Obama Fiddles On Energy Policy 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Taking over one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious higher education networks will also throw the admiral into the briar patch of Texas politics. The Eyes of Texas Are Upon a Man Who Kept to the Shadows 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Much of the work would involve clearing briars, small trees and more. Volunteers aim to restore neglected cemetery 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Remember how Brer Rabbit begged Brer Fox Fox not to be thrown into the briar patch, a ruse because the rabbit “grew up in the briar patch?” Netflix and Net Neutrality: Whose Briar Patch Is This Anyway? 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z But Mr. Putin must achieve that goal without getting Russia enmeshed in the politically fractured and economically backward briar patch of the breakaway regions. Putin Attempts to Straddle a Divide He Helped to Pry Open in Ukraine 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z But it seems to me that Obama is threatening to throw the Republicans into the briar patch. Dither No More, Please 2013-04-11T16:04:30Z It was known to a few shepherds as Glyn Iago, and the stream came down it over jagged stairs of purple slate and under dwarf-oak and birch, thorn and briar and mountain-ash. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z It is finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword, and is, besides, guarded with thorns and briars along all its length. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Presidential campaign or old Brer Rabbit if he had forgotten which briar patch he wanted to be thrown into. Netflix and Net Neutrality: Whose Briar Patch Is This Anyway? 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Crouch had a good look round, and then, producing his blackened briar pipe, seated himself in the most comfortable armchair in the dining-room, and proceeded to smoke at his leisure. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He hurried from briar to briar under the pale evening sky, tearing the rain-washed sprays from their stems, hardly recognising himself in the man who was so defiantly exultant in his self-abandonment. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z You may think it foolish, yet such is the truth,—that little pool, gathered in the shelter of the rock and briar, reminds me of early days—of my childhood, and the forest. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z If from those briars I have since plucked roses, what labour has it not cost me? Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Progress along the edge of the wood, however, was hardly easier than it had been in the wood itself, for long grass, bushes, and briars obstructed them at every few steps. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z She hurried, panting, and with burning cheeks, down the steep path; the briars clutching unheeded at her skirts, and stones rolling under her feet. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "After him, man!" and Carlat, stumbling down the steep slope and through the rough briars, did his best to obey. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Once more the priest hired a man and sent him to cut briars and stakes. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Storm winds will blow through those enchanted closes, Fairies be crushed where weed and briar grow strong.... Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z A hundred and fifty yards brought us to a dense growth of brush and briars, so thick as to seem impenetrable. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z He raised his hat and stepped aside, as if the meeting took him by surprise, as if he had not been watching her face through a screen of briars for the last thirty seconds. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z But the hare hard-pushed takes no account of the briars, nor does the fox heed the mud through which it draws itself into covert. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z He fixed the stakes into the ground, and placed the briars between them, and there was the fence, ready made. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Grass has been sown, acorn and beechmast have been inserted, seeds of bramble, briar, holly, blackthorn and whitethorn have been introduced, and some saplings have been planted. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Why, I am right from the guerrillas," said I, getting out of patience; "they have just chased me through a briar patch. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z And plucking a scrap of green stuff from a briar he chewed it thoughtfully, with his eyes on the spot where he had lost the last wave of her skirt. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Unfortunately we had camped where there were some rail fences which we burned to cook our suppers, and the fence rows were full of blackberry briars. Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville 2012-02-15T03:00:31.957Z He laughed with pleasure when he thought how pretty it would be when the maize grew up all round and shut out the briars on the fence which had begun to offend his eyes. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Yet was his duty carved plainly out; and with the gaze of one who belongs to another world, he saw it--through foliage and matted briars--with clear vision. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Our pursuers could not get their horses through the briars, and before they could get round them, we were across the creek. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z He scanned the path by which she had descended, the briars, the thorns, the under-growth. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Just like a woman, Madame de Br�ze ambled off into the labyrinth of conjecture. growing each moment more involved in prickly briars, plunging about and tumbling down in pursuit of Will-o'-the-wisp. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Wire, briar, limber lock, Three geese in a flock. Black-Eyed Susan 2012-02-13T03:00:16.587Z Go, burn these poisonous weeds in yon blue fire, These screech owls' feathers and this prickling briar, This cypress gathered at a dead man's grave, That all my fears and cares an end may have. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z Stretton seated himself again in his chair and took out a briar pipe from his pocket. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z But we have some very saucy briars and brush. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z A narrow pathway led to the eminence, where André had suffered—the grave was there, covered with a few loose stones and briars. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Often and often 'good words' fall Where thorns and briars rankly crawl; Their spines lay hold, and choke, and pierce— Like to wild beast in hunger fierce. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z No thistle here, nor thorn, nor briar shall spring,450 Earth's curse before: the lion and the lamb In mutual friendship linked, shall browse the shrub. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z The path runs straight between the flowering rows, A moonlit path hemmed in by beds of bloom, Where phlox and marigolds dispute for room With tall, red dahlias and the briar rose. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z "Steep enough, this," said De Barre to me, as, holding on by briars and brambles, we slowly descended the gorge; "but few of us will ever climb it again." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Philip, sitting on one chair with his feet on another and smoking a briar pipe, grunted again. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z He was once more fitting the different parts together, when Banff came bounding out of the bushes with a glad bark and the little gray rabbit scuttled off through the briars. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z The instant he spies you, Chut-Chut, he scolds from the briars. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z After a stiff climb to one Kite's nest, built in a tall branchless aspen, whose base was barricaded by clinging thorny briars, I was disappointed to find no eggs. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "She's old enough to take care of herself, anyway," he said, beginning abruptly to refill a foul briar from a small tin box that he unexpectedly evolved from the pocket of his trousers. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z One of their first moves was sending their much-maligned gangster rabbit mascot, Hip-Hop, to the briar patch. 76ers president Thorn, coach Collins excited to return as voluntary workouts set for players 2011-11-30T22:57:25Z And as for that wood, it's hardly we can go through it with the threes that's down since the night of the Big Wind, and briars, and all sorts. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z The hill-sides were set thick with tree stumps, like the crowded headstones of a cemetery, with coarse grass and briars filling the spaces between them. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z By creeping out to a rush-clad point we lay concealed between sedges and a thicket of briar, and here soon shot several of these ducks, as well as Mallard, Garganey, and another Gadwall or two. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He had not gone more than a few yards before he exclaimed jubilantly and pointed to a wisp of Scrub’s hair that had been caught on a briar. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z While nobles were fighting for gold, and harrying heretics, briars and weeds were spreading over the fields that the patient Moors had tilled and made marvellously fertile. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Coercing a diffident horse across a noisy stream, masked by briars, out of bog, on to rock. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z I passed a sick man's night: the nurses seemed, Spreading my couch, to have heaped up briars there. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The country is, however, very rough, much intercepted with cane-brakes and dense jungles of matted brushwood and briar. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Mara was breaking up a twig of briar while she said this, with her chin in her bosom, and, with her elbow, she gently nudged Jeli's elbow without appearing to mean it. Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga 2011-11-12T03:00:38.073Z It sung upon a sycamore, it sung upon a briar; To follow the song and hearken the Abbot would never tire. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z The bill-hook was doing nothing, and picking it up I fell to snicking and chopping, with soothing destructiveness, among the briars and ash-saplings. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Mrs. Vernon forced a way through the tangle of briars and bushes that had grown up since that long-ago, and the scouts followed directly after her. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z All along, there were thickets of sweet briar, and sweet peas; and cactuses, just beginning to bloom, made the way one of continual splendor. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z And as she was walking down the burnside she saw a little Robin Redbreast hopping up and down on the branches of a briar bush. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z Yea, but it was thy drift to bring him into the briars. Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z I think I crawled through briar patches and wire fences and fell into cow ponds.” Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z The tangle of briars and brush, and the decayed outer layer of the beams, made it look as if it all must be removed.” Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z But the years went by and none had reached so high, though one sweet little briar rose had not given up hope, and crept steadily onward and spread as it went. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z So, "Good morning, Robin Redbreast," quoth she, sitting down on her tail at the foot of the briar bush and looking up at him. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z She examined whether there were any opening by which she might enter the Forest; and discerned a small gate, over which, though it was covered with briars, she believed that she could scramble. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z PORTLAND, Ore. — Residents and businesses in Portland, Ore., are using an effective, chemical-free solution to battle blackberry briars, English ivy and weeds in overgrown city lots. In and around Portland, urban dwellers looking to goats as cheap alternative for clearing land 2011-09-15T07:08:34Z But round the castle a hedge of briar roses began to grow up. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z A circular cutting tool is set in motion and the briar block, which turns with the metal pattern, is mechanically cut to the exact shape of the pattern. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z And as for the narrow road, all hampered and hindered by the thorns and the briars, there be few that be troubled to ask where that leadeth to. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z But here is an arbour composed entirely of a gigantic briar, laden with rosy fruit. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The old rail-fence whose angles hold Bright briar and sassafras, Sweet priceless wild flowers blue and gold Starred through the moss and grass. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z He knew also, from his grandfather, that many princes had already come and sought to pierce through the briar hedge, and had remained caught in it and died a sad death. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z The word briar is not named from wild briar. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z To pass the patient three times under and over a briar growing from a hedge, saying, "Over the briar and under the briar, and leave the chin-cough behind." Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z On the briar grew a great staff, and beside it a circlet of woven thorn. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z He gave a gurgling sort of chuckle, and puffed contentedly at the big-bowled briar. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z "How full of briars is this working day world." Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z The cultivation of the briar root is a simple matter. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z The roses were scented, and of the single briar kind. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z My feet were entangled among briars and thorns, and beside me was a quagmire. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z A high bank, set with briars, screened it from the wind, and it had a slimy, shiny green covering, in which the breeze tore a hole once in twelve months. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Only a stone wall, bordered with blackberry briars, intervened. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z The very best qualities of briar root come from Corsica and the neighborhood of Leghorn. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z He galloped through thickets and crashed through briars, and as he ran he heard the pack give tongue on his line. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z It must have been moonlight, for on the other side of the briar I saw, in the moonshine, a maze of wild roses. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z We want to pull up the weeds by the roots, to cut down the briars, to burn the tares, and to sow the pure grain of human ideas, human feelings, and knowledge. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z “At my window bade good morrow Through the sweet briar.” A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z This steaming gives the wood the familiar brown-yellow tint of the natural briar root uncolored. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z The man, standing knee-deep in briars, saw the grass stir. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z “Fair play in the army!” shouted a hoarse voice, and a long stick of briar suddenly projected from the fern at Valentine’s side fell with a crash upon his barrel. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z They tried to go through between the stoles, but the thistles were too thick and the brambles and briars too many; they could flourish here till the ash-poles grew tall and kept away the sun. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Rosemary and briar sweet, This maiden now doth cry, Through every square and street, Come buy it sweet, come buy it dry. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z French briar pipes are justly celebrated, but the American pipes are better made. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z Some heavy animal was forcing its way through the briars, but that did not frighten the rabbits so much as did a more distant sound: 'yow, yow, yowl.' Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z I should have knocked the gun out of your hands; but this briar plied, don’t you see? Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Thistles in the grass and trailing briars stayed him. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Or underneath the oak so grey, That grows beside the briar; May pass the summer’s eve away, And view each City Crier. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z He draws his trail of briars round life's ring, And wonders he is caught by everything. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z The air was so damp and heavy among the briars that there was little or no scent, so that when a rabbity waft came to his nostrils he knew that the trail must be fresh. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z In falling she instinctively grasped at the nearest bough, and thereby did the mischief; for a briar was twisted round it, and a great hooked thorn ran deep into her thumb. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The bow was a thick briar, and the bolt flew thirty or forty yards, but it did not answer, and they could hit nothing with it. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Fortunately, almost every other one has a gap worn at the side just large enough to squeeze through after coaxing the briars to yield a trifle. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A few small firs cling half-way up, and a tangled, matted mass of briar and bramble climbs nearly to them, with many a stout thistle flourishing vigorously. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z He squatted under a briar brake, tucked his paws away cosily before him, and watched. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z He saw the thorn, which had broken away from the briar and was fixed in the wound. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The soft roundness of the swelling plum as it ripens filled her common print, torn by briars, with graceful contours. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Some of these briars stretch forth into the meadow, and then, bent down by their own weight, form an arch crowned with flowers. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Not that serious consequences would ensue from a roll down forty feet of slope; but the bed of briar and bramble at the bottom is not so soft as it might be. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z “She looked like she had been dragged through a briar bush for several miles,” said Dr. Owen M. Lander, an emergency room doctor at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States 2011-07-17T01:26:28Z The wild-roses on the briars that stretched out from the hedge towards the meadow opened their petals full to the warmth. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The curved hooks of brambles and briars inflict lacerated hurts worse than the spikes of thorns. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The great meadow hedge—the highway of the birds—where it approaches the ha-ha wall of the orchard, is lovely in June with the wild roses blooming on the briars which there grow in profusion. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Nature says, here is a sweet briar; man answers, let it become a rose double and of many hues. Right Living as a Fine Art A Study of Channing's Symphony as an Outline of the Ideal Life and Character 2011-07-12T02:00:36.983Z There shall be no flints, no thorns, no briars; and if we choose, we can lie down in the meadows morning, noon and night! The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z We formed the gallery, with David Cameron trailing along unobtrusively in the rear, sucking reflectively on a briar pipe. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Thousands of acres of these pine lands have been chopped over, and the old slashings, having grown up to brush, brambles, and briars of various kinds, furnish excellent cover and feeding grounds for Cervus Virginianus. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Beyond the fir trees the copse runs up into a corner, where hawthorn bushes, briar, and bramble succeed to the ash-stoles, and are in turn bordered by some width of furze and brake fern. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z They continued at a flying gallop over stump and stone, through brake and briar, with hounds yelling and horns winding. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z His gun and his fishing-tackle supply his food; the bushes and briars yield him firing, and thus he finds every thing requisite for his wants within the limits of his retreat. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z They crowded the sweet briar bush that grew beside the window, and praised and thanked her in the sweetest songs mortal ever heard. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z The young host smoked a briar and sipped coffee, but his guest, very wisely, devoted himself to superlative port and a fragrant cigar. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Here is the wild Burnet Rose, with its yellow-white single flowers and large black hips, and its garden varieties, the Scotch Briars, double white, flesh-coloured, pink, rose, and yellow, and the hybrid briar, Stanwell Perpetual. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z When the two pear-bearers once more appeared at the Doggett home, Dunaway wore his own clothes, and a bundle in a clump of briars awaited a favorable opportunity to be conveyed to the house. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z “They could not have got through these briars.” The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z The Rabbit, with a gun under his arm, and his stubby briar glowing red in the paling light. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Like weak briars and brambles swept away by a swift stream, ye perished at once on the path of passion. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z The rest of the valley, half a mile wide, was grown up in sage, broomstraw, little pines and briars. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z The briars tore her clothing and hands, but she forced her way in. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Green Briar was a rocky and barren locality, which produced nothing but briars, interspersed here and there with patches of sassafras bushes, and where the people, it was said, lived on blackberries and rabbits. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The little briar pipe, which she endeavors to conceal from strangers, is the only outward evidence that she has anything in common with others of her generation. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Still like myself with these collectors, Elenor Was bothered, drawn aside, and scratched no doubt From walking through the briars. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z Dignified conduct in a man of twenty-eight, in his best evening clothes, carrying a jack o' lantern over stone walls, under clumps of briar, and through woods whose boughs clawed the night wildly! The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z I touched a raw place, where a briar scratched me. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z They consisted of a scrub wood, with here and there a large tree overshadowing the undergrowth of hazel, holly, white birch, gone, dogwood, and briar. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Dey lost my trail dere and when I got home, 'bout daylight, de thorns and de briars and all done tore my clothes plum off me. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Clusters of pink briar roses hung on every hedge; down by the weir some children were wading among the shallow pools; farther on the beck widened, and flowed smoothly between its wooded banks. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z My hands had suffered by contact with the briars, and I had been ministering to them with my handkerchief; but I fell back upon the slope in my astonishment at this colloquy. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Savagely the fugitives fought their way upward, over rocks, through briars—scratched, torn, bleeding, panting for breath. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Rose, most fair amidst the briars; Harmless dove, so pure and white; Honey-bee that never tires; Sun of everlasting light; Full fair moon in cloudless skies— Joy and gladness to Mine eyes. Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg 2011-04-11T02:00:10.567Z Throughout Roosevelt's never-to-be-equaled 12-year presidency and for over 60 years since, New Deal social welfare policies have rooted themselves in the American political briar patch. The fight that just won't die 2011-04-10T15:01:00Z Likewise, at this point, Angus always filled and lighted his pipe, a rank-smelling briar, well burnt down on one side. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Her mouth—full lipped, and subtly sweet As briar drowned in summer heat. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z Thus, by the introduction of the rose and vines, bestowing a fragrance and freshness, and covering, as it were, with verdure, the thorns and briars of abstract discussion. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Their market for tobacco, the product which had sustained the aristocrat in lavish prodigality and supported the colony, was lost and the plantations were mazes of briars and underbrush. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The shrubs are, the gooseberry, the currant, and several kinds of briars. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z "The eager pack from couples freed, Dash through the bush, the briar, the brake, While answering hound, and horn, and steed, The mountain echoes startling wake." The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z The surveyors fought their way though forests, shrubs and briars “impassible without the aid of an ax.” No Hero in 1811, Street Grid?s Father Was Showered With Produce, Not Praise 2011-03-21T04:41:35Z Caught by the briars, he fell headlong, cut and bleeding. Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India 2011-03-14T03:01:03.290Z More than half of this, after being cleared of briars and bush growth, they expected to cultivate in corn. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The briar, the moss, and the bramble, Along the green paths will run wild: The paths where I once used to ramble, An innocent, light-hearted child. The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens 2011-03-11T03:00:15.587Z We found the island a tangle of weeds and briars, but we broke our way through, and after some searching, found the tiny church, almost hidden by the bushes about it. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z They annually change their abode in order to make new fields, being compelled to do so because of the grass and briars which spring up. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Den we has de song 'bout dis: 'Rabbit in de briar patch, Squirrel in de tree, Wish I could go huntin', But I ain't free. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Colonel Campbell, who had resigned his commission, supervised and helped with the work of clearing the briars and undergrowth and putting in the spring crops. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z "Sorry," replied Entwistle, taking the pouch and deliberately filling his briar. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Pair German duelling pistols, percussion locks, sweet briar handles; locks and barrels finely etched, with gold inlaying, barrels rifle grooved. American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 2011-02-23T03:00:33.300Z He noticed with an extreme particularity the detailed dewy delicacy of grass and twig, the silver edges to the leaves of briar and nettle, the soft clearness of the moss on bank and wall. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z My hands were a perfect mat of thorns and briars. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Nettles and briars blistered my feet as I sped across the plain. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Its avenues are overgrown with the rank, luxuriant grass, peculiar to grave-yards, varied only here and there by clusters of thorns and briars. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Then he sat hidden near by, on a wild briar bush, until he discovered the store of beams Tom was collecting. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z However, you can’t see a small briar patch, a dead deer, or a fisher scat from the air. Scientist at Work: Following in the Footsteps of a Suburban Fisher 2011-02-01T17:00:50Z Moss-grown walls adjoined this town, ivy clung here and there, a tangle of briars filled the embrasures and the shattered arches. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Yet tears its dewy leaves disclose, And in the midst of briars it blows, Just like Love. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The jagged opening of the grotto was overhung by an abutting ledge of lime rock, covered with a few inches of earth overgrown with briars and furze. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Already, the darkness was stealing over the county, the evening wind was whistling through the wild briar and playing with the leaves. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z What need for cigars to be pining When smoking a briar or a clay; In front of the fire I’m reclining, And peacefully puffing away. Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z His screams evidently frightened the old horse, which ran faster and ever faster, dragging the poor boy through the bushes and briars, dashing him against the stones of the roadside. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He watched his friend light a cigarette, and himself filled his well-worn briar. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Hurrying onwards over the meadows and woodlands—avoiding the high-road—across the country towards Warwick—"over park, over pale—through brake, through briar." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z By this time, they had reached the end of the stubble field and had come to a wild briar bush, behind which was a freshly ploughed field full of glistening furrows. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z The withered trees moaned it, and stretched their branches threateningly toward me; and the briars trailing along the ground caught at my feet and cried: "Stop, stop! let me bind you, murderer!" Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z The poor animal reared at first, and then began to gallop over the stony plain; no obstacles could stop her, she jumped over bushes and briars, stumbling almost at every step. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He fancied, however, that he perceived amongst the brambles and briars some gigantic flowers, but was mistaken; for these were only the dangling palampores* and variegated tatters of his gay retinue. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Picking bonds "is like walking through a briar patch," she said. Municipal bonds pressured by default fears 2010-12-29T06:00:00Z The presents—beads, knives, briar pipes, condemned small arms, etc.—were soon collected and packed, and the four men rode away in search of natives and horses. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z Late the next morning he made his appearance, looking like one who had been drawn through thorns and briars, with his hair in disorder, and his whole aspect terribly demoralised. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z He was in his dinner-jacket, but had thrust his feet into a comfortable pair of bedroom slippers and was smoking his everlasting bulldog briar pipe. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z But the wound had weakened him so that he was no longer able to make his way through the thick briars and brush. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. "Now to business," resumed the speaker, producing a black briar pipe and filling it slowly from a "hand" of natural leaf which lay on the top of his desk. The Man from Jericho The goats will be a distinct benefit to the Florida ranges, as they do not eat much grass when they can get underbrush, briars and weeds. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State Away we went over the dark ploughed lands, and the naked thorn hedges, the wide straggling briar fences, and the fields covered with stones and belted with black-looking plantations. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories "How grotesque," said the Angel, smiling and smelling the sweet briar. The Wonderful Visit It was Mr. Freeman, sketching paraphernalia in hand, who stepped round the corner of the dovecot—a guardian angel in tweed knickers, smoking a most unangelic briar pipe. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life She moaned slightly as she sank back, for the swaying briars hurt her. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The crumbling walls were webbed with briars; their foundations were buried in thickets of docks and nettles, and the fruit trees that grew against them had long ago broken loose from any restraint. Sinister Street, vol. 1 And who is it that is lost out there among the briars? A Yankee from the West A Novel The Angel stuck the sunshade into the turf and went to smell the sweet briar. The Wonderful Visit Across a gray-green hummock of sandstone, so villainously matted with blackberry briars that a pointer-dog would have balked at its edge, he hitched himself forward on his belly. The Tempering His father, wearing soiled clothing, sat on the porch steps, an old briar pipe in his mouth. The Guarded Heights From The wear of wildest passage thro' the wild, Rent red by briars, torn and bruised by rocks. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Once he strode into a patch of briars. A Yankee from the West A Novel "And in your garden, the beautiful, sweet-smelling plant——" "The sweet briar," said the Vicar. The Wonderful Visit An unchecked growth of briars, brambles, and every species of prolific weed made this particular track an ideal hiding-place. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Stout buckskin leggings, hunting shirt, and cap, protect the ranger's body from the sharp spines of aloes, or the briars and branches of the matted forest. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 Two men were sitting in the anteroom, both smoking briar pipes. A Bed of Roses His hands were deep in his pockets and he held a briar pipe between his lips. With Edge Tools A limpid rivulet tumbled over a rocky channel, girt with a profusion of brush and briar, amongst which were scattered a thousand wild-flowers, that, renovated by the dew, threw forth a delicious perfume. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He was passing a dense clump of brambles and briars when a man sprang at him. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Godfried Keller, a cross with Austrian Copper, apricot with the outside of the petals dark yellow, semi-double and perpetual, and Parkfeuer, a shining scarlet hybrid briar, are both of the same type. Roses and Rose Growing A thorny briar, with twenty prickles to the rose. Love's Usuries The riotous growth of eccentricities and idiosyncrasies are picturesque p. 112enough, though you must expect to find thorns and briars. The Vagabond in Literature Ballard rapped the ashes from his briar, and refilled and lighted it. The King of Arcadia In imagination, she saw the glad looks of parents, of comrades, of friends, and heard the priest's benediction; while she walked on through the dewy grass and briars. On the Heights A Novel For a high rose hedge or screen these hybrid sweet briars are invaluable, while they may be also used for pillars and arches. Roses and Rose Growing "I'm afraid there'll be trouble with the people at the Tower," remarked Malcolm Sage, who, with the aid of his briar pipe, was doing his best to reduce the visibility. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall "Isn't it a beauty?" he said, holding up a new briar pipe. Hempfield A Novel I tugged through a dense thicket of briar and underbrush, scratched my face, tearing my clothes, and in water to the tops of my boots most of the time. An Artilleryman's Diary This way toward home is nearest; Of weeds and briars clearest.... One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue The collar, or point at which the dwarf rose is budded on to the briar, should be from one to three inches below the surface of the soil when the planting is completed. Roses and Rose Growing Seating himself in his customary place, Sage proceeded to pull at the inevitable briar, without which he was seldom seen. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall And so the fragrant briar was wove between, The sycamore and flowers were mix'd with green, That nature seem'd to vary the delight, And satisfied at once the smell and sight. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 In a few minutes she emerged, scores of irate briars catching at her clothes and hair. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road It had been scratched, he noticed, as by a briar, and under the nails were stains such as might come from plucking berries that are red. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel But if it can be induced to grow it is a very beautiful object in the summer garden, especially as a standard on the briar. Roses and Rose Growing The stockings should be heavy, so as to resist being torn by thorns and briars, and the sleeves of the shirt ought to be of a good length for the same reason. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 Constance climbed over leafless briars and through brush and came upon a clearing perhaps fifty yards across, roughly crescent shaped, as it followed the configuration of the hills. The Indian Drum Then going to a precipice at some distance, he looked down, and there, upon the rocks and briars, he saw the mangled form of his loved child. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations Between these trunks, all is underwood, bramble and briar. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century All these Austrian briars have been utilized of late by the hybridists with most interesting results. Roses and Rose Growing The synagogues on that occasion p. 46are decorated with flowers, and in their houses the tables and floors are also dressed with flowers, sweet briar, and other fragrant herbs. The Religious Life of London A side pocket produced an old briar: there was nothing else. The Indian Drum Things that no other animal will touch, to it are welcome; briars and thorns, dry wood itself, supply it with efficient food. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] They have a sort of briar, growing something like the sarsaparilla. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts The Stanwell Perpetual is a Scotch briar, hybridized most probably with the Damask Perpetual or some such rose, flesh-coloured and flowering from May till the autumn. Roses and Rose Growing Not for them was the robin’s song they scarcely heard; not for them the summer fields or the cool forest shade, the sweet smell of briar and fern. The Children of the Poor Gloucester was at this time the most populous county; Essex or Rappahannock "overrun with briars, thorns, and wild beasts." History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia For March, there come violets, specially the single blue, which are the earliest; the yellow daffodil; the daisy; the almond-tree in blossom; the peach-tree in blossom; the cornelian-tree in blossom; sweet briar. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time And a berry, which grows upon a wild briar, dyes a handsome blue. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts As the nuns could not afford to keep a servant, they themselves had to cultivate the garden which, when they arrived, was a wilderness of weeds and briars. Venerable Philippine Duchesne Surrounded by sweet briar, trailing arbutus, and other flowers, it is the Mecca of Americans as well as the revered visiting-place of thousands of Europeans. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The transport officer was a naval captain; with a beard, a brisk decisive manner, and a very foul briar pipe. Command And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged, but there shall come up briars and thorns. The Vision of Elijah Berl At present Lesbia felt the road to knowledge was much beset with thorns and briars. Loyal to the School They were now arrived at a small open meadow in the wood, which terminated in a thick hedge of thorns and briars. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. But the road to success is often stony and beset with thorns and briars. A Life Sentence A Novel "Of course," agreed her husband, seating himself and reaching for a large briar pipe. Command I watched him striding along through bog and briar, tapping with his stick, until he turned the end of a hill and disappeared in the next hollow. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) Each one of us must hold fast to the branches on both sides, and draw up his legs so as not to get entangled in the wayside shrubs and briars. Pretty Michal I looked for nothing every moment but 'the thorns and briars of reproof.' Coelebs In Search of a Wife "Our fields can grow up to briars first." Marcy The Refugee He found the chief engineer standing before his desk in some deshabille, filling a black briar. Command The Ross of Mull, which I had now got upon, was rugged and trackless, like the isle I had just left; being all bog, and briar, and big stone. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) He was talkative, skipped about from duty to duty, wore most of the time a green shade pulled low over his forehead, and smoked a brown briar pipe. The "Genius" They plunged into the blackberry briars along the fence, climbed it, and gained the road some distance ahead of their pursuers, who were not impelled by the fear of immediate death to spur them on. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures About this time the boys dismounted in front of Mrs. Brown's humble abode—a small log-cabin which Beardsley had built for her in the edge of a briar patch on his own plantation. Marcy The Refugee Don't hurt as much as a scratch from a briar. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro The hips were reddening on the rose, The haws hung slips of fire; We went the woodland way that goes Up hills of branch and briar. Days and Dreams Poems The nest is built in briars or bushes within a foot or two of the ground. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season Their bare feet were torn by the briars as they ran, but they thought not of these. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures I simply said that I would let the fields grow up to briars before I would have him on the place, and I say so yet. Marcy The Refugee Some of them Kentucky fellers," said another, "found a sheep in the briars and killed it. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro The brown, the bronze, the gray, the red Of weed and briar ran riot Flush to dark woodland walls that led To nooks of whispering quiet. Days and Dreams Poems "It is all here waiting for you," I shouted back, striking a match on my much maligned breeches and lighting my briar pipe leisurely. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia He's smart as a briar, always nosing around where you don't want him, and anxious to do something to commend him to Headquarters, Jew like. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The high, thick hedges encroach upon the land; the ditches are quite arched over by the brambles and briars which trail out far into the grass. The Hills and the Vale They found one squad toasting on their rammers the pieces of a luckless rabbit they had cornered in a patch of briars. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro Through iron-weeds and roses And bronzing beech and oak, Old porches it discloses, Above the briars and roses Fall's feeble sunbeams soak. Days and Dreams Poems In a moment after Bertram thought he heard a dull sound as of a sullen plunge through briars and brambles into the rubbish below. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Red watched them walk away and when he turned he saw Slim peering cautiously out from among the briars of a hedge. Youth They brought briar pipes with them, which was rather more than we could reasonably have expected. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The trees had neither leaves nor fruit, and the ground was cumbered with briars, nettles, and rank weeds. Old-Time Stories I think, now, it must have been a gravel-hill, for it was full of deep gashes, of pits and quarries, run over by briar, alight with furze-bushes. An Isle in the Water She asked him the question point blank, as they were drinking their coffee, and Mackenzie was smoking a big briar pipe filled with strong tobacco. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons "That was the cellar of it;" she nodded toward the yawning gulf, full of briars and blackened brick and timbers. The Wooing of Calvin Parks Wouldn't it be great, he thought dreamily, if this old briar turned out to be an Aladdin's lamp, and the smoke condensed into a blonde she-Canadian—? Industrial Revolution There was only the ground, cumbered with briars and thorns, for bed, and for food he had only wild fruit more bitter than gall. Old-Time Stories There was no other entry to it except by gaps we made in the close hedge, and, wriggling through these, we climbed among briars and all kinds of vegetation that made a miniature jungle overhead. An Isle in the Water It frequents the borders of thickets, briar patches, or wherever there is a low, dense growth of bushes—the thornier and more impenetrable the better. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 An island of bracken, with briars in its confidence, not negotiable by skirts—especially in those days—must needs split a path of turf-velvet wide enough for acquaintances, into two paths narrow enough for lovers. When Ghost Meets Ghost A man sat before the stove, smoking a short briar pipe. The Missing Tin Box or, The Stolen Railroad Bonds Ashton-Kirk sat upon a deep sofa with his legs wrapped in a steamer-rug, smoking a briar pipe, and going over some closely typed pages. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Over it grew a clump of briar and thorn-trees, where one found the largest, juiciest blackberries; that too is gone, but, practically, the fields remain the same. An Isle in the Water Nest—In briar thickets from two to five feet up, of withered leaves, dry grasses, strips of bark, lined with finer grasses. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 When they reached the briar hedge, Babette was indoors making tea. Fairy Tales from the German Forests The path, bearing it close company, threaded a wilderness of briar and wild-rose. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Among these, the seamless robe of Christ has fallen at the foot of the cross; the rambling briars and wild grasses thrown here and there over its folds of rich, but pale, crimson. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Was it not he that brought me first into these briars? and will he now leave me in the same? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In trying to follow the heifer, Neddy left the narrow path along which he had been going, and now he was among the thick undergrowth of the forest, his hands and face scratched with briars. Happy Days for Boys and Girls They had not gone far when they came to a cottage in the forest, surrounded, like her granny's garden, by a briar hedge. Fairy Tales from the German Forests And, on the following day, acting on the advice of my room-mate, Mr. Smith, I bought a shilling briar pipe and a sixpenny plug of black tobacco as a week's allowance. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography And the leaves break out on the wild briar, And bells must still be rung; But sorrow comes to the old friar, For he remembers a May, a May, When his old heart was young. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems The nests of this bird are very difficult to discover, as they are made on the ground, midst tall, thick weeds or tangled briars. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 5 November 1897 “How in the world did you come in there among the briars?” asked mamma, after they were in the house again and Rose became comforted a little. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Now I must tell you that Babette had fallen into the power of a reputed wizard, and he had the power of making everything within this briar hedge invisible and intangible to those outside. Fairy Tales from the German Forests To the same end I gave up cigarettes, confining myself to the one foul old briar pipe. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography “All England hath paid his taxes with my patrimony: I was a sheep that left my wool on every briar.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI You see, we are cunning and build them among tall, thick weeds and tangled briars. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 5 November 1897 Put red pepper in you shoes and keep de chills off, or string briars round de neck. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 This house was surrounded on all sides by a thick briar hedge. Fairy Tales from the German Forests Instead He gave liberty to thorns and briars and poisonous, creeping things. Why I Preach the Second Coming What though the throstle pour his heart away, A happy spendthrift of uncounted gold, Swinging upon a blossomed briar With soft throat lifted in a wild desire To make the world his may. Collected Poems Volume One Sir Lewis softly exhaled a cloud of smoke as he removed the briar from his mouth. Occasion for Disaster Upon the land of My people come up thorns and briars, for they shoot up in all the houses of joy, in the joyous city. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 This irked his soul, unbearably, until he had recourse to his old briar pipe. The Peace of Roaring River Possibly his status group was currently smoking British briars in public, but, let's face it, he hated the confounded things. Status Quo Cover the cast-back golden head, Cover the lovely limbs with may, And with fairest boughs of green, And many a rose-wreathed briar spray; But let no hateful yew be seen Where Love lies dead. Collected Poems Volume One The older agent was puffing comfortably on an old style briar pipe. Ultima Thule In the narrow graveyard round it, the grass grew long and rank; the gateway was choked by briars. The Thread of Gold On either side of the narrow lane were high, sandy banks, riddled with rabbit-holes and crowned with a tangle of brambles and briars. East of the Shadows My Castle was a glad retreat, Adorn’d with bloom and scented briars,— A Cupid’s model country-seat, With all that such a seat requires. London Lyrics Because the man was a perfectly commonplace sort of individual, dressed in a perfectly commonplace fashion, and he carried a perfectly commonplace briar pipe in his hand. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 There were neither briars nor thorns in her way and a soft, thick moss covered the earth. Old French Fairy Tales A nice old briar, with a good long stem of what the tobacconists call amber. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Perhaps he deserved the epithet for going even as straight as he did to his house-master, who was discovered correcting proses with a blue pencil and a briar pipe. The Camera Fiend This afternoon it seemed particularly agreeable, the open windows letting in the slanting sunshine and a strong scent of jonquils and sweet briar. Robinetta He was looking hungrily at his briar pipe. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 As soon as they were gone, the Prefect and the gendarmes rode up to help Angelot, who had already pulled the General out of the briars, unhurt, except by scratches. Angelot A Story of the First Empire She has trod the thorny way, has walked through briars with bleeding feet, but it is through a sweet and lovely way now and the hearts of the whole country are with her. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V So eager was he, indeed, that his teeth lost their hold of the big briar, which cannoned from branch to branch, and dropped, somewhat forcibly, into the girl's hand. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 Young Mrs. Loring had plenty of briars, but she had good roots and in favorable soil would be certain to bear roses. Robinetta This he poured into the bowl of a well-worn briar, the mouthpiece of which he carefully and with accuracy adjusted into the corner of his mouth. The Hound From The North It fell into a mass of blackberry briars which made a red and green thicket under the bank just here. Angelot A Story of the First Empire He has no briar patches in that rugged country, though the jumper thickets might serve as such, so he lives beneath the rocks, usually planning a front and back door to his burrow. A Mountain Boyhood Now found is the fairest of roses, Midst briars it sweetly reposes. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark The sweet briar was brought in some years ago, and now in many parts the hedges are of nothing else. Six Letters From the Colonies A great briar pipe hung from the corner of his strong, decided mouth, and he was smoking thoughtfully. The Hound From The North The darkness was intense and in a few moments we had plunged into a dense thicket, full of undergrowth, interlaced with vines and briars, so thick that it was difficult to make headway at all. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Meg had just stopped to pull a briar from her thumb when she heard a bellow behind her. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm The old doctor rose and knocked the ashes out of his briar pipe. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure Blackbirds, thrushes, yellow-hammers, and larks had wandered by in the grass, a wood-pigeon and a squirrel had loitered among the acorns under the oak, and a hedgehog had led her young through the briars. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Geoffrey, assenting, followed the officer across a dew-damped meadow and up a winding lane hung with gossamer-decked briars, until the party halted, ankle-deep among withered leaves, in a dry ditch just outside the wood. Thurston of Orchard Valley You soldiers are so accustomed to marching and countermarching, that you drag me over hedge and briar, like an empty baggage-wagon. She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa By and by dry underbrush rustled and there was a noise like a briar dragging across somebody's clothes. Partners of the Out-Trail MacFarland was so disgusted with the objects of his tirade that he tried three times before he could fill his old briar pipe. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure She could barely distinguish a moving form in a tangle of briars, but its position discouraged attack; so she flew away and continued to hunt for mice. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain There were glistening pools in the narrow road and drops of moisture hung on the briars and withered fern along the hedgerows. Blake's Burden Low the ground, Well-nigh by waters clipt, a savage haunt With briar and bramble thick, and 'Thorny Isle' For that cause named. Legends of the Saxon Saints The bottom of hawthorn hedges may be conveniently thickened, by putting in some plants of common sweet briar, or barberry. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families A whiplash like a long clean briar tear lay across his shoulders, and as he looked, he almost felt again the searing cut. Mr. Wicker's Window The dog turned, crashed back through the briars, and gained rapidly on the otter. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain But there, one must have one's trials; and Heaven knows I have had a plentiful share of thorns and briars in my time!' Lover or Friend It had a cream-coloured ground, on which was a bold pattern, in appliqué, of pink briar roses with green leaves, meant as a delicate compliment to Briarcroft. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life My fingers, raw and bleeding with the briars and smarting with the rust on the grain, were a torture but I persisted to the end of harvest. A Son of the Middle Border They came to the wood of the briar and rose, There Sidselil craved for a while to repose. Child Maidelvold and other ballads They swerved, and lost the line for a moment, then, “throwing their tongues,” crashed through the briars into the fern; and at once Brock was surrounded. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain On the contrary, if, to entice him to enter the paths of knowledge, we strew them with flowers, how will he feel when he must force his way through thorns and briars! Practical Education, Volume I Every girl wore her briar rose badge, and the officers their sashes and wreaths. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life About it lay "laurel-hells" thick-matted and gnarled, briars that were like entanglements of barbed wire, and woods so black of recess that bats flew through their corridors of pine at midday. The Roof Tree But still the light was before him, till suddenly he came to a great rock, overgrown in many places with briars and brambles. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Many years ago, it was a wilderness of furze and briar, one of the thickest coverts on the countryside, affording safe sanctuary for fox and badger. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The little sharp vexations And the briars that cut the feet, Why not take all to the Helper Who has never failed us yet? Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul The flowers dwindled, the briars and rank grass increased. Say and Seal, Volume I He tilted his suit-case on end and sat down on it; then he filled his briar pipe, crossed his legs, and looked about to take stock of the situation. Hepsey Burke One of them was a rough and narrow road, with thick hedges of thorn on either side, and branches of tangled briar hanging down from them, and lying across the path. Tales From Scottish Ballads A rabbit, that had lain out all night in her “seat” beneath the briars, rushed quickly from the undergrowth, and fled for safety to a burrow in the middle of the field. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Acorns, hawthorn, brambles, briar, bur, chestnut, cork, nuts, holly, medlar, moss, mustard, oak, olive, palm, peascod, rose, rush, rye, sugar, grape, osier. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Golden rod and asters and 'moonshine,' filled the little not-too-clean hands, and briars and wild roses combed the 'unkempt' hair somewhat roughly. Say and Seal, Volume I For a time Mrs. Burke relapsed into silence, while Maxwell smoked his briar pipe as he lay on the grass near by. Hepsey Burke Seest thou that narrow path," she asked, "all set about with thorns and briars? Tales From Scottish Ballads In the meanwhile, the girl who had until now remained seated on the bank of the pond, rose from among the forget-me-nots and white briar and advanced slowly toward the group of young people. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Balsam, ivy, briar, moss, rush, nut, cherrystone, elm, vine, grass, saffron. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare The truth, which once was plainly taught, With thorns and briars now is fraught. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II "Honest, it floored me completely to see what that poor old woman has been up against down here," he told Warren, stuffing tobacco into a silver-rimmed, briar pipe while Ward saddled Blue. The Ranch at the Wolverine Upon the table lay a couple of well-seasoned briars, and on the wall an escutcheon bearing its owner’s college arms. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London The groaning ceased and there was a labored movement among the briars. The Arkansaw Bear A Tale of Fanciful Adventure Balm, balsam, oaks, briars, grass, medlar, moss, olive, palm, rose, grape. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare At one end was a tangle of briar, and here were some old graves, each with a tinsel wreath or two on the iron cross. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders Christina stepped over the warm yellow stubble singing, and climbed the hill to the old berry patch, where the briars grew more riotously every year. In Orchard Glen When Rev. Silkirk reached a secluded spot in the woods he was wet, sore and exhausted from wading through marshes and being scratched by briars. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. You merely picked out that briar patch as a good place to have a fit in. The Arkansaw Bear A Tale of Fanciful Adventure Crab, ash, briars, cedar, cockle, corn, cypress, garlick, mulberry, nettle, oak, orange, palm, rush, grape. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare A few medinical and odoriferous herbs were scattered here and there, and a few solitary flowers overtopped the tangling briars below; but there was plenty of fruit on the shrubbery and trees. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Unmindful of many scratches, she tore through a clump of briars, and almost tumbled over a small figure crouched in the pathway. In Orchard Glen But what man is so foolish, that desires To get good fruit from thistles, thorns and briars? The Pennyles Pilgrimage Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor "That is what I wanted to know," said Malcolm Sage, as he drew his briar from his pocket and proceeded to fill it. Malcolm Sage, Detective Aspen, briars, cedar, honeystalks, corn, elder, grass, laurel, lily, moss, mistletoe, nettles, yew. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare "All dthose burrs on your dress make bleed," he says, looking a bit ruefully at his finger-tips, sore and red, and one stained a little where some obstinate briar or needle has drawn the blood. Under the Southern Cross She had been following a path led by the ripest and largest fruit, and rounding a clump of briars, she came upon some one's dinner basket, tucked away in a cool corner. In Orchard Glen And now, my son, thou seest yonder rock, over which the wild briars have clambered. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Malcolm Sage looked across at the eminent philanthropist, whose whole attention seemed absorbed in the filling of his well-worn briar. Malcolm Sage, Detective She must clear her own path of the briars she has sown. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore One of the English provincial uses of this word is for a thorny stem of a briar or bramble. 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 He drew his right hand from behind him, and in the glare of the firelight showed them, lying across its palm, a briar tobacco-pipe, silver-mounted. The Chestermarke Instinct I noticed that a mass of woody contorted rhizomes, somewhat thicker than those of the sarsaparilla briar, adhered to the stem. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Placing his meerschaum on the mantelpiece, Malcolm Sage produced a well-worn briar from his pocket, which, having got into commission, he proceeded once more with the game. Malcolm Sage, Detective It will be rough travelling; but we shall not have to cut our way through briars. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills One of our fellows, after being well fed, was sent back to us loaded with boxes of briar pipes to distribute, another with socks and vests; others were given Kruger pennies, as souvenirs. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition He told White that there was but one unprotected approach—a long unused trail that led down from the cliff-top and ended in a briar tangle fifty feet above the ledge. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Her eyes were scratched by boughs and brambles, the tree roots tripped her up, her dress caught in a briar and was torn. Nine Little Goslings "It's looking pretty ugly for Blade," remarked Freynes, recognising by the substitution of the briar for the meerschaum that Malcolm Sage was ready for conversation. Malcolm Sage, Detective ‘I believe it was a briar tangle, Aunt Rutha, of the worst kind; but I shall see daylight soon, thank you.’ A Princess in Calico A large limb upon which he had trusted his weight broke noisily under him, and he was precipitated forward into a huge clump of briars. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades They listened a moment, then stepped out in view of the posse in the briars. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 I was sitting outside our shanty one morning smoking a pet English briar, whose stem was bitten half-way, and reveling in the warmth and brightness, when the unexpected happened. Lorimer of the Northwest And Malcolm Sage found relief from the admiring eyes of his guests in gazing down at the well-bitten mouthpiece of his briar. Malcolm Sage, Detective "I am one of those depraved beings who promenade the streets smoking huge briars, to the delight of Continental comic artists." The Orchard of Tears Go, burn these poisonous weeds in yon blue fire, These screech-owl’s feathers and this prickling briar, This cypress gathered at a dead man’s grave, That all my fears and cares an end may have. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age When the deputies came up to the briars, therefore, they could see no one. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Man was expelled from Paradise, and precluded from re-entering it by the flaming sword of cherubim, until the locality of Eden, by thorns and briars, and the deluge, was obliterated forever. Ancient States and Empires Other male butterflies produce a scent like that of sweet briar, others like honeysuckle, others like jasmine, and so attract the females. More Science From an Easy Chair Paul began to charge his briar from a tattered pouch. The Orchard of Tears Surging, foaming, sweeping over beach and bramble and briar growth that guarded the low shore, rising higher and higher each moment before the furious goad of the gale, came the white-capped breakers! Killykinick You have often told me, that God makes nothing in vain; but these briars seem only made for mischief; people should therefore join to destroy them root and branch. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror Up, up, over rocks and streams, and patches of black bog—up, up, through woods and briars and furze, they leaped and climbed and scrambled—laughing and panting and scolding and screaming! Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children She rose, huddling her wrapper about her bosom, as they drove into the clearing and picked their way through stumps and briars. Free Air From the envelope he took a water-colour drawing representing a pair of long-legged ungainly colts standing snuggled up to their mother under a wild briar hedge. The Orchard of Tears And below, in the depths of thy heart, are many cherished windings of the past wherein he lit thee through the briars.' Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus But that shall not be the case, for I will rise with the sun to-morrow morning, and with my little bill-hook and snip-snap, I will level all these briars with the ground. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror Up hill and down, through bushes and briars, the horses galloped away. The Later Cave-Men Your old briar pipe never tasted so sweet before. If You Don't Write Fiction I often find it hard to realise that you, the old Paul with the foul briar pipe and the threadbare Norfolk, really wrote The Gates, not to mention Francesca. The Orchard of Tears |
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