| 单词 | adder |
| 例句 | Before I could respond, Grigori’s whip leaped forward like a meadow adder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But the dark waves slither back and forth like adders, and I am sufficiently afraid that I will do exactly what Clotho says. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Ranofer’s hand grew slowly icy, while he knelt staring at the goblet as if it had turned to an adder in his grasp. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He felt the adder breathing, its cold exhalations carrying the sweet musty odor of death stirring his whiskers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The corpses made no answer, but only grew adder and heavier. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The blade followed, hissing like an adder Taran felt it sting across his back. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The adder bunched his sinewy coils and shot through the skin-hung opening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then, in the cold voice of an adder, “The bell invites me. Hear it not, Merlin, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At the foot of the sycamore the adder stretched itself alongside the still form of Redtooth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The adder’s voice was a cold, dark, green velvet fog that threatened to envelop him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Anyway, after seeing Galapagos tortoises, reticulated pythons, and puff adders, the Pigman dragged us over to the Primate Building, more popularly known as the monkey house. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Hands in the air,” Whitby said, his voice as soft as the hiss of an adder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Are there any adders around the Mossflower region, Basil? I mean, if there were, then you’d be the very creature to know about them, being an expert and all that.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “The same bantam rooster. The same adder eyes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them in the cavern the giant adder settled down to a leisurely slither, his tongue flickered wickedly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The giant adder was slithering closer with each passing second. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The adder, poisonous and silent as the Devil himself, slithered in through the space between the thin wooden door and the mud floor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “But to cut a long story short, the adder stole the sword from him. That’s why I want to know about Asmodeus, you see.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If he struck at Asmodeus, he would be crushed to death against the walls by the powerful lashing coils of the adder in its death throes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "The only truths I know are here. The south is a nest of adders I would do better to avoid." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The adder was close by: where he could not tell. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And the head of Asmodeus Poisonteeth, the giant adder, lay severed upon the ground, its eyes dulled in death, never again to hypnotize another living creature! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She danced around the one-room house, shaking and shaking that snake, until the hay of the beds was scattered and the stone circle of the fire was ruined and the adder’s back was broken. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was an adder, with beady eyes and black triangles down its back. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They spoke of the adder as if it were a reptile that was half legend, half nightmare. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ranofer was reminded of an adder slithering back into its hole. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Softly rustling, deceptive as the speckled shadows, the huge adder roamed his domain. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He had never seen an adder, nor any other type of snake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z How could a mere mouse take the sword from this adder that Dunwing had described? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Gwenforte shimmied out of the way just in time and snapped her jaws shut on the back of the adder’s neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They inspected underneath stunted bushes, turned over chunks of rock, crawled beneath huge slabs, always watching keenly for the telltale single winding track of the adder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z An adder bit my cousin in the forest deep, its venom rotting her from the inside out. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The hole he had come through was obviously too small for the adder to have used for the same purpose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The last words Ragear ever heard on this earth were uttered in the adder’s sibilant hiss. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Swaying hypnotically a foot from his face was the biggest, strongest, most evil-looking adder that had ever been born. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The adder’s jaws opened in something resembling the nightmare of a smile. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Do you know of Asmodeus the giant adder, and where might I find him, sir?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Because the adder has something that belongs to our Abbey, an ancient sword, sir,” Matthias replied. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A bite from a puff adder in 1968 cost him a finger. Alan Root, Oft-Bitten Wildlife Filmmaker, Dies at 80 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Knausgaard plunges you into the material world, not just with his choice of subjects — apples, adders, tin cans, faces — but in the telling. In ‘Autumn,’ Karl Ove Knausgaard Shows His Sweet Side 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The writer advised readers to avoid a chessboard “as they would an adder’s nest” because “chess misdirects and exhausts their intellectual energies.” How video games suck you in: “Our sense of time becomes yoked, not to the ticking of the clock, but to the pattern of our interactions” 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z According to the historic picture and photograph archive Look and Learn, "in old English, the words orange, adder, and apron all began with the letter n, and so were spelt narenge, nadder, and napron." What the heck is a "napron"? The linguistic history of the kitchen's most stylish accessory 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Bees think only of the hive, adders aren’t aware of sound, flies care only for flies, badgers stay close to the forest floor, and we can’t relate to jellyfish at all. Knausgaard breaks away from ‘My Struggle’ to describe Earth to his unborn child 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Even her shape is serpentine: her leanness is clothed in clinging gowns and her hair puffed out at both sides to give her head that triangular look that fashionable adders favour. Women Beware Women; Bingo 2010-05-01T23:11:00Z State law restricts possession of the speckled rattlesnake, as well as the Uganda puff adders, the Western diamondback and other snakes Sneddon sold, according to federal prosecutors. Rattlesnake vendor ensnared in wildlife trafficking sting at exotic reptile show 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z They can strike with the venom of an adder when the moment arrives. 'Rangers must rewrite recent history to halt marauding Celtic' 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z But Katie says her favourite animal to film was the adders, which involved 14 long days on shoot. David Attenborough's Wild Isles: hot flasks and finding toads 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Her team then checked this in a variety of snakes - dissecting a total of nine species including the carpet python, puff adder and Mexican moccasin. Australia: Scientists find clitorises on female snakes 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z To investigate, Ms. Folwell set about dissecting the tail of a female death adder. Scientists Overlooked the Snake Clitoris, Until Now 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Puff adders are one of Africa’s deadliest snakes. Rattlesnake vendor ensnared in wildlife trafficking sting at exotic reptile show 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z A woman whose dog was bitten by an adder has said she would not take her dogs near long grass. Snakes: Don't be alarmed by more Bridgend sightings, council says 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The UK has three native snake species - the adder, the grass snake and the smooth snake. Snakebites becoming more common in the UK 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Among these were wild strawberry, wild garlic and rarities including adders'-tongue fern. Gardeners urged to let lawns go wild to boost nature 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The area is also home to a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, bats, adders and dormice, according to local residents. Campaign to halt development of Carmarthenshire quarry 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z A debut novel as slender and deadly as an adder, “Assembly” follows a young Black British woman preparing to attend a party at her boyfriend’s family estate. The 30 books we're most anticipating this fall 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The council reported sightings of adders and grass snakes, both native to the area. Snakes: Don't be alarmed by more Bridgend sightings, council says 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z He added that native adder bites in the UK were extremely rare. Snakebites becoming more common in the UK 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z In the past, European herbalists and natural healers mixed adders and calamus roots with vodka. The false promise of snake wine in Southeast Asia 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z He had just been bitten by a death adder, one of Australia's most venomous snakes. When scientists become allergic to their research 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Students and staff used the terms “ghost courses” and “credit adder” when discussing the arrangement in emails. ‘Culture of fear’ at Western Washington University after auditors fired, prompting lawsuits and resignations 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Molly Simmons, 75, from Porthcawl said she is reluctant to take her three Welsh springer spaniels anywhere near long grass after one of her dogs was bitten by an adder. Snakes: Don't be alarmed by more Bridgend sightings, council says 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Or they might pick one up not realising it's an adder. Snakebites becoming more common in the UK 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The “adder” ends next year and Shaffer worries developers will simply focus on attracting big institutions and commercial clients. Minnesota’s community solar maintains growth amid challenges 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Fry survived his encounter with the death adder thanks to a snakebite kit containing injectable adrenaline and antihistamines, as well as a quick-thinking friend who raced him to the hospital. When scientists become allergic to their research 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The 22-year-old, who owned a venomous puff adder, was treated with anti-venom in Connolly Hospital, the Irish Post reported last month. Ireland records first-ever venomous snakebite 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z "A venomous animal does not equate to a vicious animal. The adder is something we should be celebrating, not fearing." Snakes: Don't be alarmed by more Bridgend sightings, council says 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z About 40% of the UK's polecats are in Wales while volunteer groups are rebuilding habitats to save reptiles and amphibians such as adders, lizards and great crested newts. Wales a haven for wildlife - but for how long? 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Although SunShare’s community solar arrays represent 70% of all active residential subscribers in Minnesota, he worries the low adder reimbursement will significantly diminish community solar options for homeowners and apartment tenants. Minnesota’s community solar maintains growth amid challenges 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z The researchers captured puff adder shy sharks in a harbor in Cape Town, South Africa, and transported them to a government research aquarium, where the fish acclimated for four months. Ocean Acidification Could Eat Away at Sharks’ Teeth and Scales 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “Puff adder venom is pretty nasty,” James Hennessy, director of the National Reptile Zoo, told Newstalk after doctors treated the victim. Ireland records first-ever venomous snakebite 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z “We didn’t find crocodiles. We didn’t find lizards. We didn’t find adders,” Gemmell said. Loch Ness monster could be a giant eel, say scientists 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “You never get it right, do you? You’re either crawling all over the them, licking their boots, or spitting poison at them like some Benzedrined puff adder.” Donald Trump is the one person who's more of a political basket case than Britain 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Displayed in a characteristic S-shaped ambush posture, a Peringuey’s adder wriggles into the sand. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Puff adder shy sharks are sedentary predators that ambush their prey, so corroded scales might not impact their ability to hunt. Ocean Acidification Could Eat Away at Sharks’ Teeth and Scales 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Most commonly found in Morocco and Western Arabia, the puff adder is known to cause the most snakebite fatalities in Africa. Ireland records first-ever venomous snakebite 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The puff adder and Mozambique spitting cobra cause very bad tissue destruction. Wellcome Trust investing £80m in snakebite treatment 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The St Davids peninsula - part of the Pembrokeshire National Park - is a particular haven for adders with plenty of heath land, hedge banks and cliff areas which are not intensively grazed or threatened by development. Adder extinction fear over 'image problem' 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z A guy came in with a puff adder on a stick, that kind of thing. How Google Earth led a team of scientists to discover an untouched mountaintop rainforest 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The majority of incidents involve venomous species such as puff adders, black or green mambas, and spitting cobras. Mambas, medicine and one girl's race to survive Kenya's biting problem | Rebecca Ratcliffe 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “Fetching the adder by the neck, he dispatched it, diced it into a frying pan, and offered it to Camp Four passersby. When challenged to sample a morsel himself, the Bird replied, ‘No thanks. Jim Bridwell, free-spirited climber who conquered Yosemite, dies at 73 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z The others native to the UK are the smooth snake and the adder, which is venomous. New grass snake discovered in the UK - BBC News 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z "Ignorance is a massive issue - we should look on the adder as an important part of our ecology," he said. Adder extinction fear over 'image problem' 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “I like the bears, the lynx, the adder,” he says. 'It's very scary in the forest': should Finland's wolves be culled? 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Recently, two brothers were bitten by a puff adder while sleeping. Mambas, medicine and one girl's race to survive Kenya's biting problem | Rebecca Ratcliffe 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z An arithmetic logic unit might contain several adders. Testing the methods of neuroscience on computer chips suggests they are wanting 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Completion took three years, and, since Heller was incapable of editing himself—he was a compulsive adder and fixer—Gottlieb was heavily involved in shaping the text. How the publishing industry took on the taboo. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The signs advise that if you spot an adder you should: "Stop, step back - and smile!" Adder extinction fear over 'image problem' 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “I put my face close to the thick glass-plate in front of a puff adder . . . with the firm determination of not starting back if the snake struck at me,” he later wrote. Eek, a snake! Humans may be hard-wired to spot serpents — and fast. 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Some reptile species in South Africa—such as dwarf adders—are highly prized among collectors. Big Illegal Market For Little Critters 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z “You’re either crawling all over them, licking their boots, or spitting poison at them like some Benzedrine puff adder.” Watching the Fifa cockocracy fall to pieces is a beautiful game in itself | Marina Hyde 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Using various death adder DNA from museums and some gathered specifically for his work, Maddock and colleagues sequenced certain genes into figure out how and when the reptiles evolved. New Venomous Snake Found: Death Adder Hiding in Plain Sight 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z These include carpet vipers, spitting cobras and puff adders in Africa and spectacled cobras, common kraits, Russell’s vipers and saw-scaled vipers in India and south-east Asia. As cobras and vipers spread their deadly venom, it’s getting harder to save lives 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Snakes with fangs at the front of their mouths are most dangerous - such as the cobra, puff adder, viper, rattlesnake and mamba, for example. The amazing science behind fatal snake bites - BBC News 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z In 2012, we caught poachers with a huge haul of tiger snakes, geckos, berg adders, house snakes, and horned adders. Big Illegal Market For Little Critters 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The government should impose a carbon fee, or “adder,” for burning coal produced on public lands, he said. Gap Widens Between U.S. Climate Policy and Coal Leasing 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Now, scientists have finally identified the new species of death adder, Acanthophis cryptamydros, which lives in the northwestern corner of the continent. New Venomous Snake Found: Death Adder Hiding in Plain Sight 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z There many more little adders like this in his budget that are clearly the work of agents of some of these donors. Scott Walker’s Strength in Donors 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z If someone is bitten by a death adder, for example, the zoo provides all six of its vials of anti-venom for treatment. When snakes bite, Dallas Zoo comes to the rescue 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z “The performance is better. It's not a large cost adder and it also provides a lot of advantages flexibility to the operators,” said Qualcomm Chief Technology Officer Matt Grob. Qualcomm preps technology to reduce burden on mobile networks 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z “Such a carbon adder would increase the price of coal and thus reduce its extraction,” Stock said. Gap Widens Between U.S. Climate Policy and Coal Leasing 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z In total, he analyzed 112 specimens, including 32 of the new death adder species. New Venomous Snake Found: Death Adder Hiding in Plain Sight 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z These two will fight over anything: whether one of them has had too much brandy; whether the neighbors will be bothered by the loud gramophone music; whether adders snap. A Review of Noël Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ in Hartford 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Somebody forgot a $1 Billion adder to put street signs on every corner so that Boston visitors can finally find their way around town. U.S.O.C. Chooses Boston as Candidate for 2024 Summer Olympics 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", for instance, offers the reader no serious means of guessing the outcome; which depends, incidentally, on the hitherto undiscovered poison of a non-existent snake called the "swamp adder". Sherlock Holmes: dispelling the myths 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z However, a number of dog deaths have been attributed to adder bites, including a possible case in Nottinghamshire earlier this year. Perils of the English countryside 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The western half of Australia, especially the Kimberley region and the Northern Territory, hosts a tremendous range of species, including several death adders. New Venomous Snake Found: Death Adder Hiding in Plain Sight 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z RM: Globally, efficiency is supported by system benefit utility charges, widely used in the US, as an adder to utility rates to support efficiency installation. SuperGrid 2013-06-15T19:00:00Z There was also a mutilated adder that I found earlier in the week. Clearance of wildlife habitat probed 2013-06-15T11:17:23Z When I started to dip a hand into it, he recoiled as if my arm were a puff adder. IHT Rendezvous: America’s Profligate Ways With Water 2013-05-24T14:25:34Z Jim Foster, from the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust, said there were usually three reasons why an adder might bite a human. Perils of the English countryside 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Unlike some snakes, which hunt by chasing down their prey, a death adder waits for a victim to cross its path, wiggling its small, worm-like tail as a lure. New Venomous Snake Found: Death Adder Hiding in Plain Sight 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The Puff adder, jokes the German geologist, always bites the third geologist. Old-Timers Can Be Worth Their Weight in Gold 2013-03-04T03:48:28Z "In particular the nesting bids and also, for me, the main concern is the presence of important reptile populations, especially adder," he said. Clearance of wildlife habitat probed 2013-06-15T11:17:23Z Scottish Natural Heritage describes adders as timid and said most bites happened when the snakes were defending themselves. Scotland has warmest places in UK 2012-05-23T13:22:50Z The NHS said about 100 cases of adder bites were reported in the UK every year. Perils of the English countryside 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Despite their ominous name, death adders don't seek out people, and will only bite if they feel a threat is very close. New Venomous Snake Found: Death Adder Hiding in Plain Sight 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z And especially significant did the imagery appear to the Jews, with whom this poisonous adder was indigenous, but to whom the horse was the symbol of foreign armament and invasion. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z In two or three minutes one of them returned with the bodies of two puff adders they had killed. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z A growl as of a dozen bulldogs answered him, and he drew back, as a child might who has trodden on an adder. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Since records began in 1876 only 14 people have been reported as having died from adder bites and the last was way back in 1975. Perils of the English countryside 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Some believe that the term "death adder" is likely a confusion of "deaf adder," since these snakes cannot hear sounds. New Venomous Snake Found: Death Adder Hiding in Plain Sight 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z He destroys the slug-snail and adder, and thus not only rids the forests of these injurious and unpleasant inhabitants, but also makes them subservient to his own nourishment, and therefore to the benefit of mankind. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z He is a patriarchal old gentleman, with a long white beard, the manner of an ambassador, the deafness of an adder, and the obstinacy of a mule. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z It does not, like the adder in the fable, bite us to death, but only gives us kind cautions. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z In 2013, one vet said she had treated 15 animals that had been bitten by adders, including an English springer spaniel whose face "swelled to twice its size". Perils of the English countryside 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye? The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The dogwood blossoms seen at intervals, and more frequently the wake-robins and adder's tongues, contributed their touch of beauty to enhance such gentle thoughts and feeling. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Beware the bowl! though rich and bright Its rubies flash upon the sight, An adder coils its depths beneath, Whose lure is woe, whose sting is death. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Passalacqua found at Thebes numbers of birds, rats, mice, toads, adders, beetles and flies, all embalmed together. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "In all cases, the adder is attempting to defend itself, rather than 'attacking', which is a common misconception. " Perils of the English countryside 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z From the word “Gnadr” is derived “adder,” the name of a species of snake. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z It is represented as a kind of flying serpent, the upper part resembling a dragon with two fore legs, and the lower part a snake or adder. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z I don't look on the wine when it is red now, for it biteth like an adder and it stingeth like a serpent, and I don't want any more snakes in mine. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z His frail fingers writhed like adders under the table. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z My lady started and stood still, as if she had seen an adder in her path, and said in an altered voice: 'Have I not commanded you never to mention that woman's name before me? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Then, as if stung by an adder, he sprang upon his feet, with beads of perspiration on his forehead. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z These frightful passages, like coiled adders, were in the hearts of Jehovah's chosen people when they crucified "the Sinless Man." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z If these adders, these vipers, were coiled in his bosom, was he the son of God? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z In the low marshy meadows were willows, 51 a kind of reed mace, cotton grass, rushes, and, in the water, adder's tongue. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Amongst other abbeys of his foundation, he established that of Reichenau in the island of Constance, vanishing from the island the vipers or adders which had enormously multiplied in it. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z Then starting, as if bitten by an adder, uprose the concubine, and, taking up the pole, leisurely pushed off from the bank. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Superstition "has ears more deaf than adders to the voice of any true decision." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z We came up to him as he sat waiting for death, the body of the adder beside him with its head crushed. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z There are many kinds of adder in the Wabash that are not venomous. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z I remember my young mother killing a red adder in our chine with a well-aimed stone, as we came up from our morning dip in the waves. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The Colberts stamped the sides of their books with their crest, in which the climbing adder is always conspicuous. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z The serpent stings, The adder biteth, and the drunkard sings In mad carousal, while the British name Grows a by-word for drunkenness and shame. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z On the cover is an ivory diptych; in the centre, a figure of our Blessed Lord treading on 'the lion and adder, the young lion and dragon;' around, twelve scenes from His life and miracles. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z "Nor I of adders, but I do not disturb their nests—nor lie in their ways." The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z This ranged from wildcats to rattlesnakes and adders and scorpions. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z There were no less than seven members of this family who loved books, and all embellished them with the adder in a shield surmounted by a crown. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z Hereupon boxes are opened, and horrid vipers, water-snakes, and adders are drawn forth to the terror of the bystanders. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z But the lithe green snake, and the deadly adder, and the toad have heard the invitation too, and lie closer under cover or creep into their holes, for enemies are abroad. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z On a day the reason came for Percival to cross the adder's way. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z The elderly gentleman looked up as Charles went by, gave him a 'very good morning,' and said he believed he had seen an adder enter the herbage. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He knew the weakness of the will, the sophistry of desire—and "That pleasure and revenge have ears more deaf than adders to the voice of any true decision." Shakespeare A Lecture 2011-11-24T03:00:42.050Z The snakes include pythons, cobras, horned and puff adders and the venomous water snake. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z She shall be encompassed by the adder of Lincoln, who with a horrible hiss shall give notice of his presence to a multitude of dragons. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Is there any difference between vipers and adders? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Charles left the Elderly Gentleman still investigating the decayed herbage reputed to contain an adder, and found himself envying a mind that could invest a day with such easy fame. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Alexander the Third, about the year 1160, deposed Frederic First, king of Denmark; and placing his foot upon his neck, he impiously exclaimed, "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder." Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z Hear Alexander I., as he placed his foot on Frederic, King of Denmark, exclaim: "Thus shalt thou tread upon the lion and the adder." Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Sometimes I am all wound about with adders, who, with their cloven tongues, hiss me to madness.—Ha! yonder stands one of his spirits, sent to torment me. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z She drew back as if a poisoned adder had stung her. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The topics on which Mr. Deeley had conversed so fluently passed in an orderly array before his mind: Apes, acoustics, angels, Apollo, adders, albumen, auks, Alexander the Great, anarchy, adenoids——He had it! The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z She had already grasped the door-handle, when she withdrew her hand as though it had been stung by an adder. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Till the night oriole lights his lamp among The blooms of marigold and spotted adder's tongue. Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z "Boy," she murmured, "gossips say Rahab's poisoned lips will slay Whom she kisses; that her breasts Are two hidden adders' nests!" The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z An Irish curate in Oswestry quoted in his sermon "the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears," and, being suddenly struck with the physical difficulties of the process, he paused a moment, and then proceeded. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z Confound it all, even if we don’t bleed to death right away, what will our wives say to us when we return to them with no more ears than an adder? Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z He struck a light, and returned to see if there was any ground for his fright, and found a long, deadly puff adder lying on his bed which he had so lately vacated. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z Indeed, my daughter, I was afraid to speak; I did not know but a strange woman had been sent to punish me, to 'sting me like an adder.' Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z He can sneak under broom bushes like the hairy adder, or lurk in the green moss like the yellow-wamed ask. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z "I was going to tell you that there's a drop of adder's poison inside the bloodstone that runs down a little hollow pin if you press the stone just so—" He moved to illustrate. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z Be not like “the deaf adder, who refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.” Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z The Indians were earnest in cautioning them against sleeping in the grass, on account of adders. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Make me to love my feller-man— Yea, though his bitterness Doth bite as only adders can— Let me the fault confess, And go to him and clasp his hand And love him none the less. Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches 2011-08-15T02:00:25.930Z They shaped him in fair Janet's arms, An esk, but and an adder; She held him fast in every shape— To be her bairn's father. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z Within six months Van Scheltema was bitten by an adder placed in his bedroom and Cupido was assassinated by a hill Dyak, who threw him out of a dugout into a river swarming with crocodiles. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z Now this must have been pure imagination: he fancied he saw an adder, and fled, and in his terror thought himself pursued. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The hostess gazed at the flowing hair with disgust, as if a nestful of adders had crawled to meet her. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z I recognize the striped camouflage of the death adder — a name that would not inspire comfort among other onlookers. Remarkable Creatures: The Call of the Thylacine: Protect the Wild 2011-08-01T22:03:46Z Proceeding along the gallery, we are met by the portrait of that angel-devil, Lady Shrewsbury, 72 whose exquisite beauty fascinates at once and shocks the eye like the gorgeous colours of an adder. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z They had driven the little girl from the door, and called her an adder. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z They constantly state that they have seen adders; but I am confident that no viper exists in this district, nor for some miles round. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Joseph invariably grew very angry if he did not hear anybody, for he was ashamed of his deafness; but he often fell into a brown study and was as deaf as an adder. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z A slight stirring of the grass caught his eye, and, as he bent over it, an adder contracted itself into a letter S, with its heart-shaped head somewhat lifted, alert, defensive. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z A spacious basin, on the margin of which water plants grew with wild luxuriance, was overspread with slime; and afforded a shelter for toads and adders. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Dan, "the serpent by the way, the adder in the path," represents the Scorpion. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z And as it chanced, a knight of the king's side was bitten by an adder in the foot, and hastily drew forth his sword to slay it. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z Years ago Piet had been bitten by a puff adder and narrowly escaped with his life. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z When I came to, the crushed adder lay dead upon the rock, from a crevice of which he had crept forth upon me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z His hand dropped from his bosom as if an adder had bitten him; her meaning was unmistakable. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The moment Hunt touched it, he shrank back, saying, ‘It’s muddy!’ as if he meaned that it was full of adders.... Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z I am very glad that you have got Dolly away from that adder's nest.' Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Out of it glided, hissing, a snake—a horned adder. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z There, coiled up ready for a spring, its head flattened, its eyes glittering venomously, was a checkered adder preparing to lance out upon me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z At the same time, as with singular agility he moved aside to save himself, the hand the Governor had been holding to his breast, shot out like an adder. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z The leaves of willow and of adder’s tongue; Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Leah went to try her luck at helping the experts count adders. Leah heads out counting adders 2011-05-11T14:57:38Z The roofs of many a city of desert mice sank beneath our footsteps and the horned adder hissed defiance at our caravan from his home at the tussock’s base. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Adders I felt so lucky to see adders wild it was an awesome experience. Leah on the hunt for rare adders 2011-05-12T05:43:01Z Thoughts, perhaps, which however, like field-mice of the soul, leap under the feet, and stick like adders. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The wounded adder will recoil, and sting the foot that tramples upon it. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Snake experts are worried that though the adder is the most widespread snake in the UK, its population is getting much smaller. Leah heads out counting adders 2011-05-11T14:57:38Z At the first shot the militia will be called out to take a hand, and then the poor devils running around like blind adders will be slaughtered. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z As part of her Wild Five series that's looking at UK animals in danger, Leah's been on the hunt for adders. Leah on the hunt for rare adders 2011-05-12T05:43:01Z The adder is the only venomous snake found naturally in the wild in the UK. Girl, 9, treated for adder bite 2011-04-23T14:32:59Z Stewart started round as though stung by an adder. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z And the druid froze the grey-ridged sea into hard rocky knobs, the sharpness of sword being on the one edge and the poison power of adders on the other. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z At last he opened one by whose contents he was strangely moved, for, on reading them, he started and turned pale, as if stung by an adder. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z But it was the adder's tongue that poisoned my life. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z The NHS said about 100 cases of adder bites are reported in the UK every year. Girl, 9, treated for adder bite 2011-04-23T14:32:59Z Inez could more boldly have made her way through a thicket, where the wolf might lurk or the adder coil, than down those bright, busy streets. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z If you have anything to gainsay, I shall be even as the deaf adder which stoppeth her ears. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z I spent many hours in this singular place, forcing my way through the wild fennel and brushwood into the caverns, now the haunts of adders and other reptiles, whose hissings I heard. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z It's thought lots of adders are killed because they're poisonous, but the ARC Trust says their decline may also be caused by disturbance of their habitat. Adders slithering away from UK 2011-03-10T10:31:22Z Related BBC sites Adders, toads and lizards are disappearing from UK The native adder is effectively disappearing from our landscape, a study has revealed. Adders are 'disappearing from UK' 2011-03-09T08:57:50Z Now there was a nobleman33 in London, who had loved her long and deeply; to him she disclosed her purpose by letter, perchance to bid him farewell; but she roused a sleeping adder. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z Speaking of reptiles, one very early incident in my Oxford life was joining in a hunt of Frank's adder. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Once more the snow encircled their feet like hissing adders, the smarting sensation began again, and they drew their breath with difficulty. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Finally, standing up on the edge of the cliff, I sent forth a shout so terribly loud that it must have waked even a sleeping adder. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z These include the great crested, smooth and palmate newts, common toad and frog, common lizard, slow-worm, grass snake and adder, as well as the wall and green lizards and agile frog in Jersey. Adders are 'disappearing from UK' 2011-03-09T08:57:50Z Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites, Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Eventually, the adder was caught, I believe, without great damage. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z And it was that, which the weak woman now raising herself, seemed to whisper into her brother's ear, who started back as if stung by an adder. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The adder and the basilisk glided harmless under foot, and rivers stayed their roaring torrent, that the sandal of the holy man should remain unstained by the flood. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Historically, it was believed that adders were most at risk from persecution - people killing the snakes because they are venomous. Adders are 'disappearing from UK' 2011-03-09T08:57:50Z Dr. Répin believed them to belong to the species of non-poisonous reptiles classified as pythons and adders. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z "I admit my gift," said the minister; "but I fear that I very often preach to a deaf adder which stops its ears." A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Front-fanged snakes belong to the Elapidae family that includes the rock stars of the venom world like King cobras, mambas and death adders. Biting the Hand That Feeds: Evolution of snake venom 2011-01-26T16:45:02.727Z In my bosom a secret adder of self-reproach and self-infamy would never leave off its sting. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The first nationwide survey of UK amphibian and reptiles has found that Britain's most widespread snake, the adder, is in decline. Adders are 'disappearing from UK' 2011-03-09T08:57:50Z And the princes led the king to the serpent hole, and there lay the children, playing with the serpents and adders, and finer children than these could not be seen. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z He took to the rocks and disappeared like a horned adder. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He must first salivate on us like an adder on a sparrow. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders' poison is under their lips. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Out of approximately 250 square kilometres surveyed, adders were found in about 20. Adders are 'disappearing from UK' 2011-03-09T08:57:50Z Marian started, as if stung by an adder, and gazed into the eyes which fairly scintillated their electric light into her own. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z It differs from the adder in having the head entirely covered with scales, shields being absent, and in having the snout somewhat turned up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" But you have cherished an adder that has stung you; and, with all your knowledge, you are ignorant of the world, and of the people that live, breathe, and act in it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 By this we tread upon the lion and adder, and trample under foot the young lion and the dragon. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Though my eyes, like Jeremiah's, are auld, and do fail with tears, I hae neither the blindness o' the mole nor the deafness o' the adder. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Here an adder is seen writhing and twisting in the agonies of death. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 This name is twice translated “adder,” but as nothing is told of it beyond its poisonous character and the intractability of its disposition, it is impossible accurately to determine the species. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Is it not possible that, along with other illusions, he had parted with the illusions of vice, and that in the “noctes Neronis” he had seen the adder among the roses? Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The "deaf adder that stoppeth her ear" of Psalm lviii, 4, 5 is translated asp in the margin, and seems to have been this species. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Adder-stone, the name given in different parts of Britain to certain rounded perforated stones or glass beads found occasionally, and supposed to have a kind of supernatural efficacy in curing the bites of adders. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide We cherish a friend; and it is an adder we nurse in our bosoms. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 "At ten o'clock," echoed Robin, and then was aware of a quick rustling behind him—much the noise that a big adder makes as it leaves its way through a dry tuft of grass. Beggars on Horseback He combines the deafness of the adder with the desperation of a maniac. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Again the adder struck at the bow tip, more 217 viciously than before. Into the Primitive So beautifully did he play that all the snakes were lulled to sleep except one horrible big adder which crept up to him and stung him to the heart. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments “The cobra and the puff adder, I should say,” returned the surgeon. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Evil is too near us all for us to tread long upon the flowers without starting up the adders that hide beneath them. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Case in hand, Blake returned to the wounded adder, and picked up his club. Into the Primitive "Guise has long been tickling the adder's tail; he will find what the head holds some fine day, when he least expects it!" The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion "I should rather think," said Flora, "it must have been—'Like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears, and refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, let him charm never so wisely.'" Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. Huge pythons, puff adders, cobras, ondaras, black snakes, were twisted round every projecting bough, darting their heads to and fro, and protruding their tongues in the extremity of alarm. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa I only met an adder in the forest, but the one animal is quite as dangerous as the other. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Blake looked around, far more alarmed than when facing the adder. Into the Primitive Nature is dumb on this important point; Or hope precarious in low whisper breathes; Faith speaks aloud, distinct; even adders hear; But turn, and dart into the dark again. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Miss Ella's description of me cut into my heart, and stung me like an adder. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. It was a ring adder which the Magister had concealed in the basket, and which now gliding over the floor disappeared behind the altar. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The girl had drawn from him as from an adder unfanged. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Winthrope, who had been staring fixedly at the beautiful coloring and loathsome form of the writhing adder, started at Blake’s harsh command as though struck. Into the Primitive On the ground are other serpents, On the path are snakes and adders, And above, their tongues are hissing, And below, their tails are waving. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two Burke started, as if the tones of his companion's voice had stung him like an adder. Jack Hinton The Guardsman He took them out at the back, past the plashy town-place, past a commotion of chickens, and up a rocky lane, whose high, mossy banks were blue with dog-violets and twinkling white with adders' eyes. Carnival He's as deaf as a post, or as a dumb adder; and can not hear the sounds of your Italian charmers, charm they never so loudly. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Then he paused to study the skin of the decapitated adder. Into the Primitive Only yesterday it happened That I ploughed a field of adders; On the ground the snakes were twisting, And my hands were all uncovered. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two And that only goes to show what a dreadful din it must have been, for adders are deaf, so they tell me. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse Case 13.—Child of Mr. F. Daniels, of Mount Kent, Queensland, only two years old, bitten by a death adder on fourth finger of left hand, the snake found clinging to finger. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote You are aware that this species of snake has at least three names in England—the viper, adder, and hagworm. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. It’s just as well for me, Miss Jenny, that wasn’t an adder bite. Into the Primitive Once Edala’s quick vision had detected a puff adder lying in the path, but a few stones hurled from a little distance, soon drove the bloated, hissing reptile to seek safety somewhere else. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Ken ye not that the humble adder which ye tread upon can destroy ye—that the very wasp can sting ye, and there is poison in its sting? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Boy, 6 years old, was admitted to hospital at 9 p.m. on 27th October, 1890, bitten on foot by a death adder, which was killed and identified. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote Thus the obduracy of the wicked is compared to "the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." The Romance of Natural History, Second Series He darted aside to catch up a branch, and then ran in and struck boldly at the adder, which reared hissing to meet him. Into the Primitive The enchantress set to work again, with an adder's tail and spine and a toad dried in the open air, which she pounded up into a powder and mingled with wheat flour and incense. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Had an adder stung her, she could not have sprung with greater celerity than she recoiled from the object against which she was leaning, and which she had for the first time noticed. The Spy Condensed for use in schools Still there can be no doubt that even this small quantity of the justly dreaded death adder poison would have proved fatal, if it had not been counteracted by the antidote. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote Fatal terminations to these exhibitions of the psyllic art now and then occur, for there are still to be found "deaf adders, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." The Romance of Natural History, Second Series The blow fell across the thickest part of the adder’s outstretched body. Into the Primitive This adder, then, was the thing that I had felt pressing against me for some time, and this poisonous reptile had been my companion for hours. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa “With whom?” exclaimed the colonel, turning pale, and shrinking as from the sting of an adder. The Spy Condensed for use in schools After the bite of our death adder only we find persons sometimes collapse and expire suddenly, when still conscious and able to answer questions rationally. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote At that time I had never heard of the controversy respecting the fact, otherwise I should have been more anxious to have killed the adder, to prove the case. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series She stood rigid, her face ashy-gray, her dilated eyes fixed upon the writhing, hissing adder. Into the Primitive At last the joyful sound of voices came upon my ear, and there was shouting; I dared not answer, lest the movement in doing so might enrage the adder. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa I killed the adder, and it was afterwards stuffed by a naturalist at Cape Town, and a small wax-work flower-bed was made to represent the scene as it occurred. The White Chief of the Caffres A Chinese miner, aged 30 years, was bitten on the back of the foot by a death adder. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote I hope you will be a pretty green adder, and live among the flowers like one I once knew. Lulu's Library, Volume II Had the accents been the sting of an adder they could not have called up an expression of more painful meaning than flashed over Kate's features. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago "The Bible teaches us it stingeth like an adder," said Priscilla solemnly, with suggestive glance at Billy, Junior, whom she but yesterday had rebuked for sipping claret at the colonel's dinner. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade If Miss Rossmar had been bitten by the adder, it would have been considered an accident, and probably an unavoidable one; but this case was an instance of how observation may avoid an accident. The White Chief of the Caffres Then all the animals disappeared, and an old man came into the court, around whose neck two adders wreathed their folds. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A winged dragon carved from wood had been covered with the skins of the ring adder and the copper adder, which rustled in the wind. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Hence has originated the following rhyme: “The beauteous adder hath a sting, Yet bears a balsam too.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare But his black obeyed the rein at the moment of danger, and his sword twisted round that of his adversary as an adder winds itself about a stick. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway So I'm 'a mischief-making old cat,' am I? and I 'foist myself on' you, you villain! do I? and I'm 'deaf as a post and an adder,' am I? Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 But by a fatal chance, as the king and his opponent were in consultation, an adder came from a heath bush and stung a knight on the foot. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "Kill him," cried Lockman, threatening as he reached him the knife, "or I will throw you a hundred fathoms deep into the abyss, among serpents and adders!" Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors At length, having got its head into the barrel, he held his piece up, and shook it until the adder was completely in. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 He's so like the adder, who ate my little sister last year, when she fell to the ground as she was learning to fly. The Pond The fellow started up as suddenly as though the rope had changed to an adder in his hands. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published The fern was pressed beneath her hair, The dark green adder’s tongue was there; And still as past the flagging sea-gale weak, The long, lank leaf bowed fluttering o’er her cheek. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part His conscience, which had been for some time dumb, now recovered its speech, and the adder of remorse, which had slept, now awoke amid the general storm of his bosom. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors I started from my chair as if an adder had bitten me, and begged the master of the house to let me sit elsewhere than beside that man. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 I am only a fish and not the slightest relation to the adder, who took that little liberty with your sister, madam. The Pond Whose deed was this? that villain Garcias'?—if so, he hath but gained the sin; for I would sooner hug an adder, than listen to his wooing. Olla Podrida Mark you, my ‘adder ears’ have not been sealed all the evening.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part So then I see the old proverb is true--Save a drowning man, and beware of an adders sting. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Mr. Pettigrew rose up ashen and as mad as an adder. John March, Southerner My innocent little sister was eaten by an adder and my mother was caught by a hawk, just after she had taught us to fly. The Pond They who admire, are none the less afraid of this all-powerful Medea, with her fair deep eyes, and the thrilling adders of her dark overflowing hair. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages It could easily have been an adder, or a karait—even a cobra—though I had not a minute in which to observe a hood or any distinctive marks. Banked Fires The adder, however, which is yellowish brown in color with brown markings and a "V" on his head, is dangerous and should be avoided. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes All day on the moor will the cotton-grass Weave its white, long bands together; And softly the snake and the adder pass Through the stems of the tufted heather. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories It could only idle stare, But a sadder adder eyed ’er when the rider dyed ’er hair. The So-called Human Race In revenge he puts on a hundred hideous forms; twining as an adder about her bosom, dancing as a frog upon her stomach, anon like a bat, sharp-snouted, covering her scared mouth with dreadful kisses. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The name Sioux comes down from a longer Chippewa word meaning "adder" or "enemy." Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women They may sting like a serpent, and bite like an adder. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education It is advisable to get out of an adder's way. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Miss Tudor was a rider in a famous circus show; For a pet she had an adder—and the adder loved her so! The So-called Human Race Another legend regarding him tells how one day when the youths attached to the monastery where he dwelt were out winnowing corn one of the monks was bitten by an adder and fainted with fright. Legends & Romances of Brittany Every word I heard was like the sting of an adder. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Cease your rubbish; old Gurta’s jealous; I know her spite; Christian is the most blackguard word in her vocabulary, its Barbar for toad or adder. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century The most ready distinction between a common snake and an adder, to unfamiliar eyes, is founded on the difference of marking. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. It’s a color rather rare, And it made the adder shudder when Miss Tudor dyed her hair. The So-called Human Race Now and then her horse reared from an adder squirming underfoot, or she would see a torpid boa twined sluggishly around a limb, as about a victim. The Missourian If this, indeed, were an adder, and not a harmless snake, his escape from the fangs was more remarkable than he himself was aware of. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches Here hearts are as black as brows, and smiles as treacherous as the adders of the wood. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century While the snake has separate alternate spots, the adder has, down its back, a chain of dark spots, irregularly square, and joined to one another. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. And crimsons adders on the hulls, Search for toadstools smeared with blood. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell Gray quotes Dryden, Indian Queen: "The crested adder's pride." Select Poems of Thomas Gray There in those half explored and altogether unsettled hinterlands, lurk desires that sting like adders and hatreds cruel as hell.... The Passionate Friends Beneath the forest leaves coils the brown adder, whose sting proves fatal within three days. Carmen Ariza After a few bites, the bag becomes exhausted, and the adder must wait for a fresh secretion. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Speaking of snakes reminds me of an incident I have several times witnessed in our woods in connection with a snake commonly called the sissing or blowing adder. Ways of Nature “It must be from the adder’s bite,” thought Tom, as a feeling of compassion was extended now to the dog, who, in spite of his menaces, looked giddy and half stupefied. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam He was addicted to drinking, and now and then, when bitten by the adder, would talk strangely. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Afterwards he seized hold of an adder, and was not bitten by it. Bunyan And there the poisonous adder breeds, Concealed in ruins, moss, and weeds; While ever and anon there fall Huge heaps of hoary, mouldered wall. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The freezing rain was biting like an adder. The Loom of Life But look here, the adder’s bite was poison; wouldn’t it do good to let some of the poison out?” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam The addition is done in the Index Adder which is a 15 bit 1's complement adder. Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 The little snake with flattened and expanded head, known as the blowing viper, or puff adder, is one of the most amusing representatives of the tendency to "play dead" that could well be found. The Meaning of Evolution The deadly adder lurks in his covert till the unwary footstep approach him. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage But does not I. E. A. remember the parallel case of "adder"? A Tangled Tale He filled her breast with the poison of asps, her eyes with the venom of the adder that lures to destruction. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI And sometimes it was only his tireless immobility that saved him from the stroke of a startled adder or a questioning and indignant crotalus. In the Morning of Time He started up, as if stung by an adder; while the whole company, manifesting an equal degree of horror, simultaneously screamed out “Taboo!” Typee Being well assured after this that neither an adder nor a slow-worm had taken up his domicile within the barrel, he began to load. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches That creature was originally "a nadder": then the two words took to bandying the poor "n" backwards and forwards like a shuttlecock, the final state of the game being "an adder." A Tangled Tale Unclean reptiles crawled around her cave—the asp, the loathsome toad, and the hissing adder. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI The lad replied by showing the bread, and when closely questioned he artlessly confessed that he had been obliged to knead into the loaf a great adder which was hidden in the meal. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Fifth, love is not "puffed up," as are false teachers, who swell themselves up like adders. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost He replied, that he heard the hissing of an adder, or a goose, and went through with certain stereotyped phrases you have all heard from his lips. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors "As deaf as an adder," is a proverb; well, I believe it was the parrot that first deafened the adder, if deaf it be.' Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The owls clapped their wings and screamed; the ravens croaked, and the adders hissed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI They were the inexorable Furies, who were wont to fawn about my feet, with the adders quivering in their tresses, tormenting me for the spoils of victory. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy They put men into prisons where adders and snakes and toads were crawling; and so they tormented them. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII The students lay near unto the hall wherein Dr. Faustus lay, and they heard a mighty noise and hissing, as if the hall had been full of snakes and adders. Mediaeval Tales "Ah, my poor maid! you will have worse troubles soon than that which bids you mourn over an adder's death." The Buccaneer A Tale Saxham started as though an adder had flashed its fangs through his boot. The Dop Doctor And who was like to think, till he did see, what an adder the King nursed in his bosom? In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers It caused me to start as if stung by an adder. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Chief I will show you the pit of your own heart, Padahoon, and the adder that bites at the root of it. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts Broad golden circles beat upon their necks, and through their long gauze shifts, embroidered at the top with pearls, showed their golden bronze bodies which moved with the ease of an adder. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Thenceforward he proceeded warily, feeling his way, formulating his plan, a human tarantula, evil-eyed and hairy-clawed, calculating the sudden leap upon its prey; an adder coiled, waiting the moment to strike.... The Dop Doctor The name is that given to them by the French and is said to be formed of two ceremonial words constantly used by the tribesmen meaning "real adders." The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. A painstaking adder of figures, I have audited the gentleman's accounts and found them correct to the farthing. Anthony Lyveden Do you deign to have them impaled, crucified, or cast into the adders’ cage?” A Victor of Salamis I am a fool of passion, and a frown Of thine to me is as an adder's eye. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry There must have been thousands of serpents in the mass which covered a space twenty by thirty feet, from which came the sibilant hiss of puff adders, and a strong, nauseating odor. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Once, when Sir Shawn had taken him to England for a big race, he had seen a dog destroy an adder, with the same mixture of half-terrified rage and loathing he was feeling now. Love of Brothers And swift as an adder Muldoon kicked him just below the knee cap. Lease to Doomsday Earth and gods! am I to be commanded by an adder like you? A Victor of Salamis He stooped down and plucked it, and woke with a start, As it turned to an adder and struck at his heart. Three Women Come out of that grass, Walt," he cried, "I have been bitten by a puff adder. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades "It is the bright day that brings forth the adder." William Shakespeare “Dan shall be a serpent by the way; an adder in the path that biteth the horses’ heels so that his rider shall fall backward.” The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 He was in time to see the adder and to kill it. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter In the New Forest the same superstition exists with regard to the brown adder. Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Puff adders and moccasins are deadly enough, but they are mild beside the rattler. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades "My three schoolfellows, Whom I will trust—as I will adders fanged; They bear the mandate." Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers Where the poor people are being ruined by that cup which not only curses now, but at the last 'biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder'—go there. Standards of Life and Service He was in my eyes at that moment a crawling adder, whose fangs were liable to penetrate the flesh of some one if he was not put out of the way. A Black Adonis At the same moment I saw a beautiful green adder come from a cleft of the mountain and crawl along the sand toward the bird. Laboulaye's Fairy Book Happuck, a subtle magician, followed him, seated on the shoulders of a tiger, whose mane was shagged with snakes, and whose tail was covered with twining adders. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Surely an adder crawled from that tiny golden cylinder and upon the smooth white paper distilled its subtle venom. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Old Stoneman drew his bristling brows down, watching him like an adder ready to strike, his lower lip protruding, his jaws clinched as a vise, his hands fumbling the arms of his chair. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan The young man looked at it as if he had encountered an unexpected visitor of the adder tribe. Vixen, Volume I. Greatly astonished at what I had seen, I returned the next morning at the same hour, and at the same hour the kingfisher also alighted on the sands and the adder came from its retreat. Laboulaye's Fairy Book March comes wi' adders' heads and gangs wi' peacocks' tails. The Proverbs of Scotland Lessons similar to that on the trillium may be based on adder's tongue, Indian turnip, Dutchman's breeches, violet, and clover. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study My men looked at the flour in their helmets as though it had been a nest of adders. Puck of Pook’s Hill We walked so noiselessly that we surprised two or three adders which were coiled up in the sun. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Scarcely had the kingfisher and the adder embraced each other when, behold! the cat gathered itself up and sprang upon these innocents. Laboulaye's Fairy Book Put your hand in the creel, tak out an adder or an eel. The Proverbs of Scotland Tar and the adder—is it not a bright day that brings them forth? Chimney-Pot Papers In the black blood of the serpent, In the blood of hissing adders. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes Nobody wants to send the lad amongst snakes—I don’t know that there’s so much as an adder there. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot In the same car was an ox with his feet resting on a figure of St. Mark and the adder. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Principally snakes," replied the old man, shifting his cigar in his mouth; "he has a regular Zoological Gardens full of them—all kinds, from boa-constrictors to adders. A Queen's Error A warning has been issued to pic-nic parties as to the danger from adders, which are exceptionally numerous this year. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 They’ll turn me in your arms, lady, Into an esk and adder; But hold me fast, and fear me not, I am your bairn’s father. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series “But you must never lie anywhere near a flat stone,” exclaimed Sylvia, “or an adder may come out, and that isn’t a bit jolly!” Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School Why, she might think I was an adder. The Day of Judgment He comes from the tribe of Dan, of which it is written: 'Dan shall be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path.' The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country Then between his jaws distended, When his frantic struggles ended, Through King Olaf's horn an adder, Touched by fire, they forced to glide. Tales of a Wayside Inn He again lent his ears to listen to the chaunting of the psalm— “Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.” The Tiger Hunter It is only these dull trading Bristol folk who are blind as bats and deaf as adders. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century Ringworms, warts, gout, adder's stings, whooping cough, measles, she could charm every one of them, and what was more, no one who was a friend of Deborah's went away uncured, if a cure were possible. Roger Trewinion And the hornet flew off and collected all the evil charms he could find—the hissing of serpents, the venom of adders, the poison ofp. Finnish Legends for English Children His invectives ate in like corrosives, his metaphors bit like adders. The Thunders of Silence “No, it wouldn’t,” said Harry; “it’s only adders that bite and poison; snakes are quite harmless; Papa says so, and he knows everything.” Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home But who’d ever have thought of my coming out here to shoot adders a hundred foot long?” The Golden Magnet Haughton looked, and a deadly horror chilled his blood: lying in the bottom of the tin was a thick, brownish-red death adder. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 And the wicked there drink the blood of adders, but have nothing to eat at all. Finnish Legends for English Children We were like deaf adders; we were obstinate, and went into winter quarters under Griffith's Island, believing that nothing more could be done, because a barrier of fixed ice extended across Wellington Channel! Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 He went there one day, found nine eggs, and saw five death adders and a large and placid carpet snake. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 This country is infested with great adders, and serpents, "hideous to look upon." Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World One room was inhabited by an old man named Strong, who was considered a wonder because he ate adders cut up like eels and stewed with a bit of bacon. Old Times at Otterbourne Then he hardened the arrows and steeped them in the blood of snakes and the poison of the adder to give them magic power. Finnish Legends for English Children The man did so, whereupon the adder shot forth before him with fiery body and terrible rattling, so startling him that he turned and fled. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology The young horse rears the first time it hears the adder’s hiss, and the dove’s eye trembles instinctively when the hawk is near. St. Winifred's, or The World of School The Bishop of Worcester's "admirable curing powder" was composed largely of "ten skins of snakes or adders or Slow worms" mixed with "Magistery of Pearls." Customs and Fashions in Old New England Every now and then a message would come in that old Strong had got a couple of nice adders and wanted a bit of bacon to cook with them. Old Times at Otterbourne The death adder, so the keeper told us, is the most dangerous of all the Australian snakes, as it never tries to escape. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent A man who was in the habit of meeting in a certain wood an adder, which always sneezed thrice as he passed, consulted his parish priest on the subject. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology She started as if an adder had stung her, but she never looked around. Cruel As The Grave The Union, grand and free, Has warmed an adder in its heart That saps its great roof-tree. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive You shall tread on the lion and adder, You shall trample on the young lion and dragon. The Children's Bible The most common of the deadly serpents are the death adder, black snake, brown snake, tiger snake, and diamond snake. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent As I brought it into the light, I saw that it was a black variety of the puff adder, which is among the most poisonous serpents of Africa. In the Wilds of Africa Wretch! 'tis no virtue, but the policy Of those who fain must deal perforce with vice: As such I recommend it, as I would350 To one whose foot was on an adder's path. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry “No, Mr Meadows,” replied the captain; “but we know it as a fact that there are plenty of sea serpents of that size, just as we know that there are adders and rattlesnakes on land.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy At last it bites like a snake, And stings like an adder. The Children's Bible “The sucking child will play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.” My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Chiefly is it his eyes that seem to produce this effect; their glance inspiring fear, such as one feels while being gazed at by an adder. The Death Shot A Story Retold As he who treads on flowers is from the adder Twined round their roots. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry But, as I was going to say, we know of adders and rattlesnakes, and we know too that there are boas and pythons and anacondas running up to eight-and-twenty and thirty feet long on land. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy He had looked upon the wine when it was red, and found in its dregs the sting of the adder. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel We “tread upon the lion and the adder, the young lion and the dragon we trample under foot.” My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year And scarcely had the halcyon and adder embraced than the cat sprang on the innocent pair. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The flowers start from thy temples, tear themselves loose from thy hair, and when thou touchest them, they crawl like lizards, and writhe and hiss like adders! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy They are popularly known as "adders" and "vipers." Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot It is a wonder he did not turn deaf as an adder. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel So does the bright day “bring forth the adder.” My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year When they were near each other the adder twined itself around the neck of the halcyon as if it were embracing it tenderly. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World Usually so anxious as to decorum he now lapses into invectives: The British adder, Satan, even the old taunt ascribing a tail to Englishmen has to serve once more. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation His judges were forced to liken their incorrigible prisoner to the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 The words fell bluntly from the rough countryman, but hardly had they been uttered, when Viola sprang from her chair, as though an adder had stung her. A Ghetto Violet From "Christian and Leah" But the Department was now as deaf as the adder of Scripture; and the counsel, let us hope, pleaded not very earnestly. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death And at the same time from a cleft in the mountain I saw a beautiful green adder appear and come gliding along the sands toward the bird. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World Their tongues are forked, and the poison of adders lies beneath their lips. Frank Merriwell's Bravery In one hand she brandishes a poniard and a hissing adder, whilst in the other she carries a burning torch. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Alas for the venom of adders spit into the tankards! The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony He resented any imputation of the fact angrily, but he had been deaf as an adder for years. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea I very clearly remember an adder, with a bunch of its young, disporting in the sunlight; but there was nothing to alarm a child, and everything to charm and enlist the fancy. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Each prepared for its last stand in different fashion. berus the adder made a flattened spiral of his coils. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character They have stopped their ears like the deaf adder, and so they go on wilfully sinning—deaf to the Voice of God. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles We crept close to them, and hid in the thick bushes which grew upon the edge of their camp, for the Shawanos are the cunning adder and not the foolish rattlesnake. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian Suddenly Myra leaned over and whispered something in the other girl's ear, and Tessibel started as if she had been stung by an adder. Tess of the Storm Country Right so came an adder out of a little heath bush, and it stung a knight on the foot. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" Berus the adder made a flattened spiral of his coils, and raised his head a trifle off the ground, ready to fling his whole weight forward from the tail. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character It would seem that the hedgehog is also externally insensible to poison, for it fights with adders, and is bitten about the lips and nose without receiving any injury. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals Let destruction come upon them unawares; let them go down a dark and slippery way to death; make them to be as blind and deaf adders that see not the foot of the destroyer! Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia The little ones peeped in slily, and saw on her teeth the remains of the nice white bulbous roots of the mo-na-wing, or adder's tongue violet. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians When the knight felt himself stung, he looked down and saw the adder; then he drew his sword to slay the adder, and thought of none other harm. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" I can swing back my head, and flatten the nape of my neck, as well as any deadly adder. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character They have the eye of the fanged adder. Rattlin the Reefer The mountain adder is small, and, from its not being so easily seen and so easily avoided, is very dangerous, and its bite as fatal as the others.” The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Do you not recollect the words of the Psalmist, who compareth the wicked to the deaf adder, who ‘will not harken to the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely’?” The King's Own In the morning I discovered that the snake was a very venomous adder, but that the cat was not a bit the worse for eating it. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas “Take care, my boy, not to catch hold of the tail of a puff adder,” he exclaimed, as Percy again dismounted. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand The English viper, or adder, has but a small quantity of poison in its bag, and its bite rarely produces death. On the Banks of the Amazon Now it was an adder coiled up in the warm sunshine on a little dry bare clump among some dead furze. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias Well, you talk as if it was a little adder, foot and half long, or a snake at home that you might pick up in your hand. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah I suppose there were plenty of adders on the common at school?” First in the Field A Story of New South Wales You can see an adder along here sometimes. Burr Junior They were all small and only two, a puff adder and a little viper, were known to be venomous. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country That was what you were after all night, you and your aunt, the adder that I have warmed at my bosom! The Carbonels Now look ye here, Master George, I shouldn’t wonder if this gentleman’s got two sharp teeth at the top here like an adder has at home. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah Will you believe me, Doctor, when I tell you that as I drew this penknife out of my waistcoat pocket it actually seemed to change into an adder in my hand? The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa Never mind him; I can show you plenty of snakes in the woods, and adders too.” Burr Junior "Yes, and another was hanging the poor by their heels over a smoky fire, and yet another was shutting them up in a close cell into which had been inserted a few toads and adders." Brother Copas In the same manner did these young adders attempt to bite before p. 80their fangs were in being. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 One day she came upon something that made her start back as if stung by an adder. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania But probably the ‘adder’ experiment was convincing enough, eh?” The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa Next morning, Rodrigo cried aloud to the hermit, “They eat me now; I feel the adder’s bite.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 "But you know, my husband," said she, "that they are a secret, as well as a terrible enemy—they are, you know, eagles for daring, panthers for fierceness, adders for secrecy, and foxes for cunning." Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 We crept close to them, and hid in the thick hazles which grew upon the edge of their camp; for the Shawanos are the cunning adder, and not the foolish rattlesnake. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 The Family Pet One of the first records concerning the horse is found in Genesis xlix, 17, where Jacob speaks of "an adder that biteth the horse heels." Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition I asked for a penknife, not for an adder! The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa But I would rather trust a fanged adder than your friend, unless I saw him fettered by the strongest ties of interest. St. Ronan's Well On the grass bank of the bostel descending through the hanger to Newtimber, I counted on one spring afternoon as many as a dozen adders basking in the sun. Highways and Byways in Sussex From here we passed to a vast dungeon, by far the filthiest that I had seen yet, and the most replete with toads, adders, and stench. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell |
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