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It seemed to him that he would never hear again a running water so beautiful, for ever blending its innumerable notes in an endless changeful music. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
To Fatima, it’s “like an animal, changeful and anxious, ready to flee or bite.” For ‘The Late Americans,’ Grad School Life Equals Envy, Sex and Ennui 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z
It’s this changeful quality that makes her so dramatic. Dance Review: Jennifer Monson and Friends Perform at La MaMa Moves! 2013-06-24T21:23:03Z
Marcus is a typical Sutcliff hero, a dutiful Roman who is increasingly drawn to the British world of "other scents and sights and sounds; pale and changeful northern skies and the green plover calling". In praise of? Rosemary Sutcliff 2011-03-28T23:05:06Z
Perhaps our fictional aunts vary so much because of their changeful allegiances in the family. My Father Died Young. His Sisters Kept Me From Losing Him Entirely. 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z
The Magician rubber advertises its destructive power; the G555 is highly elastic and ideal for backhand; others boast "changeful spin" or increased stickiness. London 2012: A recipe for the perfect ping pong bat – and happiness 2012-07-27T00:17:18Z
Loud acclamations in favour of Alcyone rang forth from the changeful thousands on either side, as they swayed to and fro preparatory to breaking up altogether. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
They are up quite as early as the lark, and the green hedges are alive with their gurgling and 429 changeful music till twilight. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z
No changeful fashions came from France, The vrouwleins to bewilder; No broad-brimmed burgher spent for pants His every other guilder. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z
He may indeed be able to ——"'hold the mirror up to Nature;' but to attempt to reflect the changeful hues of mere fashion"—— Not too fast, my young friends! The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z
There was that in them which cannot be conveyed, although conserved,—the tones, the manner, so changeful, yet all cast in grace unutterable; passing from vagrant, never wanton mirth, into pungent, but never supercilious gravity. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z
Upon the pane through which he had looked upon these changeful phases his hand inscribed, "Nathaniel Hawthorne, February 9, 1851." Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z
Lewis sought to arrest all these changeful feelings, and to retain a consciousness of self amid the magic of enjoyment,—but in vain. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z
Possessed of genius and piety, at once pure and tender, her brief life was the fair but changeful spring-time which preceded the long summer of eternity. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z
The master of these gay and changeful stores, is as diversiformed as his goods are various. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z
The shape and the changeful gleams struck over all his senses with an instantaneous power. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z
For where there are Irish their hearts are unchanging,   And when they are changeful, it is Ireland no more! Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z
Yet, for all the changed fortune that changeful Time has brought this hoary and grimy place, it has not been deprived of interesting mementoes. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z
Away she went, much excited by the chase, and following the changeful song it led her to the china-closet door. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z
On life's billow tost, The sport of changeful tide, we're well-nigh lost, And, like a frail boat on a stormy sea, We waver up and down uncertainly. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z
Let us see how it is written in the Calendar: 'A damsel born in this month is comely of countenance, slender of shape, but of changeful humour, has a liking to men. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z
Then there was the unknown country of his years of changeful travel, many tales that he could tell her,158 many more which he found he could not. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z
So are thy holy eyes, And bright with shadows ever new Of changeful sympathies, Which in thy soul's unruffled deep Rest evermore, but never sleep. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z
Does He work all the changes of this changeful world? Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
Her mood was gay, changeful, lively, and she invented a thousand tricks to make us laugh, while from her lips witticisms flowed continuously. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z
A fitful, changeful light was on their faces, such as I had never seen before. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z
They sat in the clean little office, the sway171ing cottonwood boughs making a changeful pattern on the floor. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z
As in a kaleidoscope, the constituent fragments of the changeful whole assumed shapes and forms of infinite variety by clever shifting of each particle. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z
He has a body weak and frail like other men; he has affections and passions like every one born of woman: he lives in a changeful world. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
Still, I knew there was a strain of something akin to insanity in that family, and that, in addition, she was of the changeful nature which accompanies pure Celtic blood. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z
Yet is she like to Fortune, changeful the course she flies, And both, oh earthly pilgrim, are but vain fraud and lies. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z
It assumes the aspect not so much of a permanent entity as of a changeful process, in which naught endures save the flow of energy and the rational order which pervades it. Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley 2011-11-24T03:00:46.350Z
To have known Him in the circling of the suns, And in the changeful fates and lives of men. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z
Like most Irishmen, I am changeful in my moods; to-day I find myself in the height of good spirits, to-morrow in the lowest depths of depression.' Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z
A fine day, though changeful as to clouds and wind. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z
He was so good a barometer of that changeful weather called Public Opinion that he might have had a hand in the Times newspaper. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z
As might be expected, therefore, the work of this talented but changeful young man was found unsatisfactory, and explanations were demanded. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z
Have we not chid the changeful moon, Now rising late, and now Because she set too soon, And shall I let thee go? The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z
Or if there be sincerity in the outset, it may prove as impotent as childhood, as changeful as autumn winds, or as fleeting as the morning cloud. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z
No sunset was ever more changeful and glorious than a patch of staghorn sumach that covers the ugliness of a railroad siding in October. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
The laws, rites, and observances, in which it found a temporary and changeful expression, may lose their vitality; it will always continue to exert its high influence. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z
To this class also, in the first stage of his remarkably changeful and eventful career, belongs Ign. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
Nothing vital, nothing in any manner changeful of the hard conditions, had happened since he had signed his name to the cipher at the end of the former struggle. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z
While the sky is changeful, and there are storms at sea when our fellows are absent, and mischance and death are veiled but here, we shall have gods and ghosts. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z
Wherever these gum trees grow, the autumn landscape is painted with the changeful splendor of the most gorgeous sunset. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
There was a new sparkle in her changeful blue eyes, and the colour drifted in and out of her face with every passing emotion. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z
Belgium has since then been the scene of unceasing and changeful conflicts between the liberal and ultramontane parties, whose previous combination was now completely shattered. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
His deep grey-blue changeful eyes were always laughing—he was witty, and he said witty and laughable things by the score. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z
This spirit of antagonism nevertheless played a leading part in his changeful life. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z
Said the Abbot in gray to the King in green, “Winchester Castle is fair to be seen, And London Tower by the changeful tide Is sure as strong as the seas are wide.” In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z
I have always advocated this, for my own changeful life forced the conviction upon me; and for the same reason, I would advocate free, confidential discussion of inward and spiritual experience. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z
A tree near by shut out the glare of the sunshine, and sifted it through in soft, changeful shadows. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z
The landscape, however, has left monotony behind, growing more changeful at every turn. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z
Mary’s changeful face registered many emotions as she took the locket in her hands and stared at it in silence. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z
I have known it under every changeful aspect which the seasons, and the hours, and the changeful moods of my own mind, could lend it. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z
You and I have lived together through many eventful and changeful years. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z
The lights of ritualistic dogma and of pantheistic and mystic and poetic emotion fall in turn, like the changeful hues of sunset, on figures as melting and shifting as the clouds of evening. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z
The latter could not turn his eyes away from the wonderfully changeful face, but murmured, as if in assent, "Prison Fairy!" A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z
Her changeful face paled a trifle as she sadly accepted this dire disaster 108 to her hopes. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z
Ye will then be nothing but the rainbow which shimmers in changeful hues above His head! On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z
Mariana called for the old dame, who, as usual, was occupied in furbishing the changeful materials of the playhouse wardrobe for the service of the play next to be acted. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z
A woman would have noticed first his eyes and the changeful expressions that darted swift as racing planes across their blueness. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z
She had such a peculiar, changeful temperament that she had pleasantly affected every chord of his being. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z
But first to bend an examining eye upon that strange community of men and women,—those adventurers from the Old World to a world immeasurably older and less changeful. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z
Nor on a changeful planet like our earth. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z
Marjorie leaned forward in her chair, her changeful features alive with curious interest. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z
Parents, physician, and nurses no doubt witnessed from day to day such anomalous and changeful manifestations, sequent upon the administration of “physic,” as confounded their judgments, and made them at last suspect “an evil hand.” Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z
"You are caught, wild, changeful soul; yet not to cause you pain, only to do me good, I impose upon you this chain, whose weight you shall never feel," said Heinrich. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z
The changeful hues of his impassioned sleep, My office it shall be to watch the while; With thee, my love, when fancy prompts, to weep, And when thou smil'st, to smile. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z
They are so bewitching with their changeful moods and graces that I sit and watch them as one listens to the twitter of swallows. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z
The face which was always so eager and expressive had taken on womanly softness and mature richness, without losing a bit of its changeful fire. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z
Mr. George Terry, changeful as an April day, now convulsed the audience with laughter, and again, a moment afterwards, caused all eyes to overflow. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z
And oft has my thought called up again These words of the changeful song: "Wist thou thy pain and thy travàil To come, well might'st thou weep and wail!" Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z
The existence of the dilettante is changeful and playful, resembling the bee-like, sweet-seeking pilgrimage of the critic, but quite distinct from it. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z
So changeful and wonderful were the effects of storm and sunshine over this valley, that it never looked for one half-hour the same. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z
It is one of the most complex and changeful conditions, ranging from the disturbed doze of the overweary, to the most sensitive clairvoyance. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z
It had been summer in the little cottage, not all sunshine nor all storms, for the days were as ever changeful and the years scattered over her life their shadows and their peaceful calms. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z
The examination and cross-examination of these witnesses presented all the varying and changeful fortunes ever observable in such scenes. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z
In the changeful fortunes of life the "price current" was the only test of anything. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z
The agreement made between my daughters and myself to play the game together, and not apart, was faithfully kept through many changeful years. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z
The mind seemingly is dependent on the body, and is changeful to corporeal conditions. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z
"Through all the changeful years of his after life," says Mrs. Sadlier, "her gentle memory shone like a star through the clouds and mists that never fail to gather round the path of advancing life." The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z
The tears welled up and misted the changeful eyes. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z
Through the open windows of the kitchen and parlour, Anna could hear the voices of the two men in conversation, Mynors' vivacious and changeful, her father's monotonous, curt, and heavy. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z
Then the carriages are announced, and every one finishes his and her tea, and many shawls are caught up and presently all are driving rapidly beneath the changeful moon to Chetwoode. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z
There stood Norma, the vervain's jagged leaves and red shimmering flowers in her hair, the sickle in her hand, the symbol of the changeful moon. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z
And she can't know how ardently I long to stand before her and look into those changeful, blue-green eyes of hers. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z
They were changeful as the sea, responsive to varying skies; and just now, in the waning light, they seemed dark grey. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z
It was no longer a placid sky, with scarce a cloud floating in its quiet depths, but changeful as April, with its tears and smiles blending in strange beauty. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z
I sit there with my book, reading sometimes, but oftener watching untired the changeful colours as they flit over the bosom of the lake. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z
All with changeful pain My body rocketh, and would fain Move to the tune of tears that flow: For tears are music too, and keep A song unheard in hearts that weep. The Trojan Women of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:03.557Z
Again she is crying Where death-laden Simoïs falls, Of the face of dead Itys that stunned her, Of grief grown to music and wonder: Most changeful and old and undying The nightingale calls. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z
O changeful Fortune, thou my throne Hast reft away, and given me exile in its stead. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z
Lucy remained motionless, with her face buried in her hands, which rested on her knees; she was neither awake nor asleep, but in a dreamy state of the imagination, painful, vague, and changeful. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z
If men would have been slow to engage his services in any grave or important suit, he was invaluable in all the ordinary and constantly occurring events of this changeful world. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z
Now for the first time I could see her face fairly—the most changeful that I had ever beheld. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z
What changeful scenes has many a dwelling witnessed!—families have come and gone, people have been born and have died, obedient to the great law—"the fashion of this world passeth away." London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z
Its position “on the dangerous verge of two contending empires,” Parthia and 931 Rome, determined its changeful fortunes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z
And the floors seemed sometimes to droop at the corners still more steeply than the old floors did; and changefully drooped too, so that I would even seem to feel them drooping under me. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
Sunshine mingling with the shadows of the spreading trees plays its part by giving life and color in changeful tones to the old stone seat and fountain. Beautiful Gardens in America 2011-01-11T03:00:36.140Z
"By my fay, Sir Philip," said the Queen, "we must then have imaginations as fertile as him who writeth these changeful varieties." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z
Clothing.—In reference to clothing, we are far more apt, in our changeful climate, to use too little than too much. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers
The monk listened intently, only interposing a question at times when the changeful moods of Nur Mahal seemed to puzzle him. The Great Mogul
Nay, thou too moist and changeful April! know'st thou not, that the moist and changeful April is followed by the glad, assured, and showerless joy of June? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
A day of unrest, a changeful life, notwithstanding all its monotony. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
After an active and changeful life as chaplain, lawyer, editor, land-agent, lecturer, and consul, he went to Paris and acquired a fortune. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis
Long was the contest; changeful hopes and fears Now sunk the Mother's soul, now dried her tears. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845
Rivalries and feuds, street broils and conspiracies, high-handed insolence from the great men, rough vengeance from the populace, still continued to vex jealous and changeful Florence. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia.
All these changeful moods only served to make him drink more deeply. Tony Butler
Opals made from changeful flame, of irised fancies that lived but for the space of a thought, then passed away. The Master's Violin
It was a brighter day than the changeful climate of Dresden and the valley of the Elbe usually offered. The Guns of Europe
I believed, and so do you, that the favor this Butler had found with her was the capricious and changeful fancy of a girl. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency
Outwardly composed, indefatigable, stern in discipline and judicial of report, he was inwardly filled with a mighty longing to see again that slim young girl with the big, black, changeful eyes. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop
How can I in those changeful features read What I so plainly hear--the truth your words So audibly declare, and yet would hide? The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise
The charm is working now; it will increase when sight is changed for memory, and the changeful irritation of time for changeless recollection and regret. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance
Small wonder that some who hastened to escape should enter more p. 13thoroughly than more cautious souls into the unconventional and the changeful. The Vagabond in Literature
She sailed from Calais in the late summer of another changeful year. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands
I. Gone art thou, in youthful sweetness, Time's short changeful voyage o'er; Now thy beauty in completeness Blooms on Heaven's unfading shore: What to us is life behind thee? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847
Before the court-house a detachment of soldiers was drawn up under arms, their unmoved features and fixed attitudes presenting a strange contrast to the excited expressions and changeful gestures of those about them. Jack Hinton The Guardsman
A number of the incidents of my changeful life—how learned I know not—were related with every exaggeration and every perversion that malice could invest them with. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
One arm was about the mother's waist, and with the other she caught back the hair a playful breeze blew forward to caress the changeful roses of her cheek. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington
She looked at the changeful sea, but the very beauty of it brought a heavier weight, for she was one of the tender souls who are dependent on companionship for her joys. What a Man Wills
To put into a letter what one has experienced in New York in three days, nay, in one, would be like holding fast in our hands the changeful images in the clouds. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine
Brilliantly lighted with lamps of various colours, the very equipages were made a part of the spectacle, as they shone in bright and changeful hues, reflected from gorgeous housings, gilded trappings, and costly liveries. Jack Hinton The Guardsman
For years and years the conflict lasted, with various and changeful successes. One Of Them
With every changeful expression of lovely sympathy did she follow me through all. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance
There are men who can accept defeat itself better than meet the vacillating events of a changeful destiny; who have no persistence in their courage, nor any resources to meet the coming incidents of life. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly
Here, while the sun his polar journeys takes, His visit doubled, double season makes; Stern winter twice deforms the changeful year, And twice the spring's gay flowers their honours rear. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem
But the mind of man is changeful; and when the teacher had reached his home he lapsed into cruel self-accusation. Black Forest Village Stories
The man who consents to gamble existence, has all the violent ecstasies of joy and grief that wait on changeful fortunes. One Of Them
I have done all of these; that is, I have gone through every changeful mood of hope and fear that accompanies these actions, sipping my glass of Beaune between whiles. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance
Of course these sons of the desert, variable, impetuous, changeful, like the sands of their home, are a poor substitute for German strength. The Scarlet Banner
Here, changeful Nature shows her various face, And frolics o'er the slopes with wildest grace: Here, our bold fleet their pond'rous anchors threw, The sickly cherish, and our stores renew. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem
Nevertheless, it does seem as if she were endowed with some real ability, or she could not have maintained herself in comparative security during seventeen years of such troublous and changeful times. Women of Early Christianity
"There is no flattery in the portrait; nay, it wants the great charm she excelled in,—that ever changeful look as thoughts of joy or sadness would flash across her." One Of Them
In this emergency, I set about to write some notices of my life—some brief memoirs of those changeful fortunes which had accompanied me from boyhood. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune
Like a devotee, she watched Mrs. North's quick, graceful movements, her vivid, changeful face; like a devotee she listened to her sparkling, inconsequent chatter. The Torch Bearer
For the first time his slumber was uneasy, disturbed by changeful dreams, which, like the fancies of a delirious man, chased each other through his brain. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3
They are solemn words," said he, evading her question; "for they pledge that for which it is so hard to promise,—the changeful moods which time and years bring over us. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day
The mantle was the most changeful article of dress at this period. Women of England
In vain, through every changeful year Did Nature lead him as before; A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
No tangled paths for her to tread    Throughout the coming changeful years; No desperate weird to dree and dread;    No bitter lonely tears! Songs of the Army of the Night
Her position was greatly fallen from the possession of a fortune almost without bounds to the changeful vicissitudes of an Irish property. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
I read in the changeful expression of his features the struggle between doubt and conviction as to whether he had seen me before. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas
It is not because I am far from those I have learned to look on as my brothers; not so, my changeful fortune has often placed me thus. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I
Between David and the misty Hebrides there was now many a league of the separating, changeful, dangerous, tragic sea, but the journey over this great waterway had been a singularly fortunate one. Prisoners of Conscience
It is so swift, so treacherous, so changeful. Bring Me His Ears
A sea of stormy passions was warring within her, and in her changeful expression might be seen the conflict of her resolves. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
Peel was an eminently wary man, alive to the necessity of watching the signs of the times, of studying and 409 interpreting the changeful phases of public opinion. Studies in Contemporary Biography
Every changeful mood was there reflected; so I have called them "Eyes like the Sea." Eyes Like the Sea
From the noonday blue of the sky overhead to the deep verdure of the land below, there ranged every dainty tint of changeful coloring. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas
Far in the bosom of the deep O’er these wild shelves my watch I keep, A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound in the dusky brow of night. Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel
How had she loved the changeful effects of light and shade on a landscape where every tree or rock or cliff was familiar to her! The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
But being light and changeful, she is all the less liable to be carked and hardened by pain! La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
But in these changeful days it would be rash indeed to forecast where lies the sphere of duty for any individual life. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass
The populace is always thus—the giddiest-pated fool that ever screamed, as loud and as ignorant as a parrot, as changeful as the wind in March, as base as the cuckoo. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880.
Rocks lie crouching in the thicket, guttered with rain, tufted with lichen, white with years and the rigours of the changeful seasons. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers
It would conduce but little to the business of our story were we to follow the changeful fortunes of the war, and trace the current of events which marked that important campaign. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
It was May itself, come a few days ahead of the calendar, so changeful is April in Pilgrim land. Old Plymouth Trails
“And can a fountain yield both bitter and sweet?” demanded Claude: “or are you as changeful as is yon waning moon?” he asked half chidingly. The Advocate
Most efficient in the most changeful societies are forces which, if they were acting by themselves alone, would produce a changeless state. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy
His eyes were clear, open, and well set, with a changeful expression; his teeth were dazzling white, and his smile delightful. Home Life of Great Authors
But it is not in such company we would play the "eavesdropper," nor watch for the changeful blushes of that soft cheek where tears of joy and grief are mingled. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
At this her tears gushed forth, and she begged him not to go, reminding him how changeful was the wind and how perfidious the sea. Legends & Romances of Brittany
Otto sat by the fire in his large armoury, weapons faintly glittering all about him in the changeful light. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)
Land, in the economic sense, does not increase in quantity, however changeful and progressive a society may be. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy
It is probable that, in the type of Thetis, of Proteus, and also of the Achelous, the singular combinations and transformations are intended to express the changeful nature of the element water. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
The gratitude of Stubbe lasted through all the changeful fortunes of the chief of a faction—a long date in the records of human affection! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
Jock stood at the window with a book, reading and watching the changeful movements outside. Sir Tom
Browning and his sister occupied one of the most primitive of cottages, but the location was beautiful, perched on the cliff of St. Aubin, and commanded a changeful panorama of sea and sky. The Brownings Their Life and Art
A bright fire burned in the chimney, and shed abroad a changeful flicker; close up to the blaze there was drawn a table, laid for supper; and in the far end a bed stood ready. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI
But all agree in their character of changeful curvature, the mountain and glacier lines only excelling the rest in delicacy and richness of transition. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
But the motions of friendship are quiet and slow, and much the same from day to day; whereas the motions of hatred are quick and stirring, and changeful as the colors on a serpent. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales
The changeful state of the body is further shown by the losses to which it is subjected; by the necessity of aliment; by the emaciation which follows abstinence from food. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition)
We are in early geological epochs, changeful and insecure; and we feel, as with a sculptor’s model, that the author may yet grow weary of and shatter the rough sketch. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25)
I delighted from the first in the vigorous scenery and 139 changeful weather; nor less in the antique and dilapidated mansion where I dwelt. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI
Few people buy many dresses at once now, on account of the changeful whims of fashion; but the great point is to have the few gowns of good material and excellent cut. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements
The reader may perhaps think—if he cares enough to think—that I did not enjoy life; but I did in my evanescent, changeful way. Confessions of a Neurasthenic
Give other instances illustrative of the changeful state of the body. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition)
Fortune is proverbially called changeful, yet her caprice often takes the form of repeating again and again a similar stroke of luck in the same quarter. Shirley
Jack had watched his charge, strangely exercised by her curious, changeful moods. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
All history is the building of a dream-city, fantastic as that ancient one of the birds, changeful as the sunset clouds. A Modern Symposium
When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure “moulded,” I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful. Confessions of a Neurasthenic
The only certain fact about dark sides is, that their color will be changeful, and that a picture which gives them merely darker shades of the color of the light sides must assuredly be bad. The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners
The ancient Hebrew patriarchs saw it as a variable God, changeful, fickle, now violently angry, now humbly repentant, now making contracts with mankind, now petulantly destroying His own handiwork. Carmen Ariza
How would she, with her versatile, changeful soul, with its cycle of moods, ever live in the strong, steady prison of his heart! Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
She is worshipped with insults, counted as fickle and often as blind, wandering, inconsistent, elusive, changeful, and friend of the unworthy. . . . Five Stages of Greek Religion
The moon silvered the tops of the trees, and touched with its splendor the waters of the brooks that gleamed, luminous and transparent, with colors as changeful and iridescent as the opal. Pepita Ximenez
Gods partial, changeful, passionate, unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revenge, or lust. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers."
Recklessness, before unfelt, is manifested in the mad, perpetual, changeful, undirected motion, not of wave after wave, as it appears from the shore, but of the very same water rising and falling. Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
He liked to watch her in these changeful moods. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
No spirit power was in the vision; it was a being of clay strength and human passion, foul, fierce, and changeful; of penetrable arms and vulnerable flesh. Modern Painters Volume II (of V)
He stopped where he was in the doorway, rigid, staring at our girl, though with a changeful light in his eye that seemed to me to shift between an unreasonable admiration and an unreasonable fear. The Million-Dollar Suitcase
And Earth might wear a changeful sign, And fickleness the Sky— Yet, even then, that love of thine Might never change nor die. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected.
And I wish particularly to insist upon this sharpness of edge, because it is not a casual or changeful habit of nature; it is the unfailing characteristic of all very great distances. Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
She was brune and broad, her eyes of changeful color, and her temper wifely. Melomaniacs
Japan has much to teach us with regard to flowers: nowhere else on earth are they so sedulously cultivated, or so faithfully studied in all their changeful beauty. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer
Full soon he tunes each quivering chord, And, with preamble wildly sweet He doth the wondering listeners greet;— Then strikes into a changeful chaunt That fits his fanciful romaunt. The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme
It becomes more sensitive to the inner play of emotions, strong and persistent, or changeful and serene. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook
The dignified and simple forms of cloud in repose are often by these painters sublimely expressed, but of changeful cloud form they show no examples. Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
Nature's reasons were, however, all-sufficient; the little creatures, feeble and blind, needed a secure hiding place, screened from the changeful wind of night and from every roving enemy. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain
Much as the study of flowers heightens our interest in them, their first, their chief enduring charm consists in their simple beauty—their infinitely varied grace of form, their exhaustless wealth of changeful tints. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer
He looked a quivering, shimmering, changeful creature, the color of golden-rod. Tales of Fishes
The uncloistered life is holy too, and oft Through changeful years in soft succession links Those three fair types of woman; holds, diffused, That excellence severe which life detached Sustains in concentration.' Legends of the Saxon Saints
The afflicted began to recover, and my fears were greatly lessened; but as these people are of a very unstable and changeful character, I could not entirely divest myself of apprehensions. A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824 And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants
The chief attraction in Perseus is the changeful and wonderful β, or Algol, the great typical star among the short-period variables. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers
In that shimmering, changeful light they were in amazing contrast with the slimy, misshapen Alberich, who came from that underworld where only half-blind, ugly, and treacherous creatures live. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces
Darting white and black streaks crossed the blue of sky like a changeful web. Tales of Fishes
Our restless spirits yearn for thee Where'er our changeful lot is cast; Glad, when thy gracious smile we see, Blest, when our faith can hold thee fast. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul
The troubled look had not entirely left her face, nor the changeful colour; but she was not thinking of herself. Say and Seal, Volume I
By day he walked the streets, seeing her name on every bill-board, catching the glow of her subtle and changeful beauty in every window. The Light of the Star A Novel
They have mobile faces, changeful eyes, soft lips, which express joy or desolation naturally, and with the charm of perfect simplicity and truth. A Vanished Hand
What a changeful thing it is! haunting one's premises unseen, and stealing one's books unsuspected; dreaming one half the day and masquerading the other half. Moods
O Christ, through changeful years my Guide, My Comforter in sorrow's night, My Friend, when friendless—still abide, My Lord, my Counsellor, my Light. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul
Again the kaleidoscope of changeful life is turned. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series
With happy disregard of the man at my back, I take in the changeful, fantastic vision. Under the Southern Cross
She had a dark, delicate face, as changeful as an April sky. A Vanished Hand
Insensibly the changeful scenes before them recalled others, and in the friendly atmosphere that surrounded them these reminiscences found free expression. Moods
Beyond, the restless ocean, mysterious, vast, and dim, Whose changeful waves forever chant their grand triumphal hymn. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul
But just as a tranquil gloaming seemed to be closing over their changeful day of life, a new and heavy sorrow fell upon them. David Fleming's Forgiveness
From the terrace they spread in spaces of changeful beauty over many acres of fruitful earth. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel
The shepherds love the little flower That tells them of the changeful hour, And many a one asks, "Tell me, pray, What weather there will be to-day." Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young
They regarded the changeful character and diversity of local temperature in Greece as highly stimulating to the energies of the populations. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
It is changeful enough, and calls for skill enough, to make it enjoyable to him. Change in the Village
And so they had still a peaceful gloaming, these two old people, when their changeful day of life was drawing to a close. David Fleming's Forgiveness
I'm dreaming alone of its changeful sky— What rainbows of rapture floated by! Poems
Of all the changeful things in this world of change, the courses of rivers in deep valleys change least. Tales of Space and Time
But none will fail to recognize a mysterious presence and invisible power beneath all the fleeting and changeful phenomena of the universe. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
"So the sun sank, and all the host had rest From onset and the changeful chance of war." Moon Lore
It is the romantic, agitated, and changeful existence of the second with which we are concerned: passed in tumult and ended in silence. Political Women, Vol. 1
Nor blasts of winter's angry storm, Nor April's changeful showers, Its leaves have shed or bowed the stem; But gracefully it stands— A gem in beauty's diadem, Unplucked by ruthless hands. Poems
The changeful and susceptible king became completely entranced. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series
It is the effort of reason to solve the great problem of "Being and Becoming," of appearance and reality, of the changeful and the permanent. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
The little wizard, as Uncle Morris facetiously called her changeful impulses, was her tyrant. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him
Even the sturdy fishermen of Galilee, who were familiar with all the changeful moods of that inland sea, were filled with terror. The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition
All the children present passed and repassed before it in their dazzling costumes, making vivid splashes of colour, as changeful and as fascinating as a kaleidoscope. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy
From embryon births her changeful forms improve, Grow, as they live, and strengthen as they move. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes
"Perhaps not; and yet stranger things than that have happened in this changeful life." The Chautauqua Girls At Home
The only certain fact about dark sides is, that their colour will be changeful, and that a picture which gives them merely darker shades of the colour of the light sides must assuredly be bad. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing
Study in that vast and changeful realm the sky offers a greater opportunity for selection than any other part of nature. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures
Throughout March’s changeful emotional season, 48 night after night in those restless vehement impassioned airs, the cedar tree talked ardently to Judith. Judith of the Cumberlands
And yet this changeful tide of activity is no mere lyric. Humanity in the City
Here lived for generations the family of Murray, who played many a part in the changeful events of Scottish history. Chronicles of Strathearn
The Egyptian part of this Fourth Book, therefore, will show a transformation of style as well as of thought, and changeful Proteus will become a true image of the Poet. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
She felt almost as wildly glad as the Ancient Mariner, at the idea of that blessed relief; and then, by-and-by, with the changeful light shining on her face, she fell into a deep sleep. Vixen, Volume III.
In this wintry dusk the hall looked its best, dim gleams of colour from the old painted glass mixing with the changeful glow of the fire. Vixen, Volume II.
That is what brings me here, said Owen, turning round, as the changeful silks, already asked for, were laid on the counter before them. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
Her face had something indescribably childlike about it; her blue eyes were almost wistful, though the whole expression was bright and happy and very changeful. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls
Her shining eyes were more steadfast than of old, her manner was less changeful, less enthusiastic, but more reliant. Tongues of Conscience
Here Aunt Marcia sat, wrapped to the eyes, enjoying the late October sunshine, the invigorating salt air, and the indescribable beauty of the changeful ocean. The Dragon's Secret
Her changeful face saddened at the idea, and she rode along the shrubberied drive in silence. Vixen, Volume II.
This was a thing of vital force, for ever changeful. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg
Thus, when, from out a changeful heaven O'er waves in eddying tumult driven A stormy smile is cast, Alike the gladsome anger takes The sunshine and the blast! With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds
It must be conceded that he House of Life touches many passions and depicts life in most of its changeful aspects. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
A common accident, no doubt, On Fortune's changeful route. A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine
When to these are added the necessary discrimination of touch and the clear definition of the contrasting voices, together with a sensitive and changeful use of the pedal, the new worlds open. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations
And when bed-time came again, how clearly was it shown, that there is nothing certain in this changeful world. Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family
You will behold them among the shadows that flit across the embers with delicate grace and changeful hues. The Shadow Witch
This changeful mirror of swift waters spreads a dazzling foreground to valley, hill and lustrous heaven. New Italian sketches
To 'walk in the light' then, is, speaking generally, to have purity, righteousness, goodness, as the very element and atmosphere in which our progressive and changeful life is carried on. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
Usually the girls appreciated its changeful glories, but to-day—this first day of a new term—they were too much taken up with their own grievances to think about scenery. A harum-scarum schoolgirl
Had the old man been represented with his cap on his head, the resemblance to one particular phasis of the most changeful of countenances would have been perfect. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)
She seems a part of the morning picture, and akin to the fresh, odorous air, the soft yet glowing sun, the rippling river, the changeful melody of flitting birds. Floyd Grandon's Honor
Adam Bede," "Without this fellow-feeling, how are we to get enough patience and charity toward our stumbling, falling companions in the long, changeful journey? Practical Ethics
The will of God is the permanent element in all changeful material things. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
The apartment was instantly pervaded by a dull, changeful, red light, derived from the sky, which glowed above the trees of the Jesuits’ Walk with the reflection of extensive fires. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
But this changeful period was superficial and brief. The New World of Islam
She was like a child attracted by some new and changeful thing, and her beauty had an animation it often lacked. Moor Fires
Her 15th opus is made up of three "Morceaux de Genre," of which the "Pantomime" is a most volatile harlequinade, with moods as changeful as the key; a remarkably interesting composition. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
What poets and philosophers had said of the changeful, capricious, shallow, and selfish nature of women was then true? A True Friend A Novel
She wore no jewels, nor were they needed, for the loveliness of her person, discovered rather than concealed by those changeful sea-blue draperies, was already dangerously potent. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
Soon the old traditions reasserted themselves—somewhat modified, to be sure, yet basically the same Saracenic civilization became stereotyped, ossified, and with this ossification changeful unrest died away. The New World of Islam
She loved to peer beyond the skies as she thought, and to drift midway between them and the grand woods, the changeful sea. A Little Girl in Old Quebec
The physician comes, puts his finger on thy pulse, counts its changeful beats, and says thy nerves are out of order. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Yet the monotony of these tremendous spaces was redeemed by such changeful splendour of colour as I had never seen. The Car of Destiny
He had his mother's changeful eyes, though the blue of them was brighter than hers had now come to be. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
Unlike many of his class, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the greatest of the old Spanish writers, was born to a changeful and busy life. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
Why miladi was captious and changeful, never of the same mind twice, she could not understand. A Little Girl in Old Quebec
It has already been said that Grace Darling, in her lonely life upon the Longstone rocks, surrounded only by the changeful elements, must often have found in them her unconscious tutors. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands
And yet, here was Janet, not of a light or changeful nature; how she had loved, and lost, and suffered! Janet's Love and Service
His eyes were large, dark, and expressive, and were surmounted by delicate eyebrows which moved about continually with every changeful feeling that filled his breast. Chasing the Sun
Maurice wondered how close he might draw this changeful girl to him without again losing her. The Indian On The Trail From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
This crowning principle of conduct, never ceasing to inspire his energetic mind, introduced a consistency into his actions, a firm coherence into his character, which the changeful condition of his history rendered of peculiar importance. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works
The only thing to guard against is the changeful current. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective
I would not have it otherwise—and they are safe from the chances of a changeful world. Janet's Love and Service
But here a peace deeper than peace is furled, Enshrined and chaliced from the changeful hour; The snow is still, yet lives in its own light. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems
With changeful sound life beats upon the ear; Yet striving for release The most delighting string's Sweet jargonings, The happiest throat's Most easeful, lovely notes Fall back into a veiling silentness. The Listeners and Other Poems
Ever unexpected and changeful, it floats in front of our woman's souls like a gracious veil that draws, unites and yet separates.... The Choice of Life
Outside lay the park, the copse, and surrounding landscape, all aglow with the changeful tints which follow a fair sun-setting. The Heiress of Wyvern Court
Chief among them is Morpheus, that changeful god, who may assume any shape or form he pleases. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
Never had her warm coloring been so delicate and changeful, her expressive eyes so deep, or the fleeting sweetness of her translucent smile so wonderful. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands
I do love the stately dame And the sportive girl the same; Every changeful phase between Blooming cheek and brow serene. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
There it still lies; like a thing stationary, imperishable, over which changeful Time were now accumulating itself in vain, and could not, any longer, harm it, or hide it. The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
"O woman!—changeful—fickle—vain!" laughed the young man, as he performed the duty of supporting the not very fragile form of the fair Christal. Olive A Novel
She is false in sentiment and in art, but she is tender after all; poor, feverish, wistful, changeful morsel of humanity. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida
The man addressed as "your Highness" dropped back into his seat, and for a long time nothing was heard but the changeful clatter of the shod feet of horses. Patsy
I wish I could read her pretty, changeful face more readily. The Old Stone House and Other Stories
Now, they look out for that:—     “Ruddy gem of changeful light Bound on the dusky brow of night,—” And make for it with perfect safety. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories
For in the changeful aspects of thy visage there are talismans which touch the varied chords that vibrate in the hearts of men. Ungava
There was a mysterious stillness, too, about everything around him; and the fogs, which floated in heavy masses above and below, gave a character of changeful wildness to the scenery. Rivers of Ice
Louis listened intently and at last could make out, from very far to the west, the rhythmic and yet changeful beating of the feet of horses. Patsy
On the most trifling matter his eyes kindled, his fist visited the table, and his voice rolled abroad in changeful thunder. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)
In these changeful times, the history of the Inquisition is not the least mutable. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
They were waiting for the sounds of the beginning of the search far below, and presently these sounds came, or rather one sound, a hollow noise, changeful, uneven, yet of a cruel monotony. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches
The sea presents changeful scenes and extraordinary beauties, of which those who live always on shore have little conception. My First Voyage to Southern Seas
Amidst all the mutations of those changeful times, and whether Charles I., Cromwell, or Charles II. were in the ascendant, Dr. George Bate always contrived to be the chief state physician. Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
All now seemed tranquil: but a discerning eye might already have beheld fresh tempests gathering in the changeful atmosphere of the English court. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
Winter or summer, chilling blasts or warm sunshine, the changeful seasons brought no change to her. Mountain Moggy The Stoning of the Witch
You must be prepared, when navigating the changeful ocean, to meet with foul winds as well as fair ones,” said the Captain. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin
There was a powerful appeal in the vivid and changeful woman he had just met, for her like had never touched his life before. The Eagle's Heart
He could watch her now at leisure, for the changeful interest of the scene made conversation unnecessary and even inept. Clayhanger
Perhaps he read her thought in her tearful eyes and changeful face, and grew a little remorseful as he remembered how often he had vexed her during the first months of their acquaintance. Christie Redfern's Troubles
How, then, can I get this peace into my turbulent, changeful life? Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.
Of such changeful stuff are the plans of youth! Short Stories of Various Types
My very flesh has restless fits; My changeful limbs conspire With all these phantoms of the mind My inner self to tire. Letters to His Friends
They represent things that can be done, at prices that can be paid—minimum initial steps toward ultimate achievements that would be inferior to none that our changeful age might produce. The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior
He practically admits that he does not see how to bridge over the partition between Existence in itself and the changeful, temporary, existing things which the senses give us notions of. A Short History of Greek Philosophy
In the mean while, the elements were beginning to exhibit another of their changeful humours. The Two Admirals
I have been for many a changeful year, Studious or sensual, gay or wild, or sad, An earnest votary of Evening. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3
But in the organs of the life of relation, in the nervous system, the functions of the parts were difficult to discover, and their form very changeful. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
Her changeful face bore no sign of sentiment. Grace Harlowe's Problem
Interpreting this figuratively, Hamakua, no doubt, is the woman in the case; the grove an emblem of her personality and physical charms; the rain-squall, of her changeful moods and passions. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
But the woman looked away at the violet-shadowed sails, afar on the changeful purple of the sea, and her throat choked with pain. Wayside Courtships
And then, with wizard fingers, doth Memory open fast A thrilling panorama of all the changeful past! Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems
General Blair's political career had been somewhat checkered and changeful. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
Resting her elbows on the table she cradled her chin in her hands, her vivid, changeful face overcast with moody thought. Grace Harlowe's Problem
But humanity as a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. The Napoleon of Notting Hill
These bold words were listened to by the prince with a changeful face. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French.
Far away, a sea of mountains, with all their billowing summits distinct in the sky, and now uncertain and changeful as the clouds. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
I almost shrink from recording the hardest, bitterest loss that those changeful years of my school-life brought me—the death of Mr. Andrewes. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son
These may suffice to show me all the grace Of changeful Love, and of that noble face. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem
Her father's enjoyment of the sweet solitude and changeful beauty of their pathway was too perfect for her to mar it by any mournful forebodings. Cobwebs and Cables
"Well, if I were to say it may—should you think me too miserably changeful?" The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
Every hour has brought its change to make this day memorable; hour by hour the lights have transformed the waters and hung over them a sky full of varied and changeful radiance. Under the Trees and Elsewhere
But these first days of new life are followed by a chill, gusty and changeful interval, arising from the atmospheric disturbances caused by the thawing of the vast snowy wastes. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
He was searching the changeful eyes for the warrant to say more, but he could not find it. The Price
Felicita was more silent than ever, more withdrawn into herself, gazing for hours upon the changeful surface of the sea with absent eyes, through which the brain was not looking out. Cobwebs and Cables
Deity of Nature reflects the changeful character of the seasons, 689-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
The sea speaks to the imagination as no other aspect of the natural world does, because of its vastness, its immeasurable and overwhelming power, its exclusion from human history, its free, buoyant, changeful being. Under the Trees and Elsewhere
When that sacred morning beam Wakes his spirit, life shall seem But a dreary changeful dream— Soon o’er, and not too soon! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1
The golden sunlight in the sky, The red leaf on the plain; Beneath the opal's changeful light Hope and Misfortune reign; And mid gay leaves of wondrous dyes, My darling first unclosed her eyes. Indian Legends and Other Poems
The weather here is exceedingly changeful, and often damp and misty, so that it is necessary to guard against taking cold.  Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle
The God of nature reflects the changeful character of the seasons, varying from dark to bright. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
No cloud has dimmed the splendour of a day which has filled the round heavens with soft music and touched the sea with strange and changeful beauty. Under the Trees and Elsewhere
A form so changeful I had never seen;— The red, the blue, the yellow, and the green, In quick succession, o'er her figure past, A moment loiter'd, but refus'd to last. The First of April Or, The Triumphs of Folly: A Poem Dedicated to a Celebrated Duchess. By the author of The Diaboliad.
He stepped forward, removed the weapon from the table under Trevors's now suddenly changeful eyes, and went back to his place with his back to the wall. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
Each man there finds his soul revealed to him, and enabled to assume a cast of feeling in obedience to the changeful sound. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
No—warm and glowing, ambient, changeful, feathery, bright, Rather seem the floating vapors melting into roseate light. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
I know the forest's changeful tongue That talketh all the day with me: I trill in every bobolink's song, And every brooklet bears along My greeting to the chainless sea! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864
On his left rose irregular and changeful mounds of dry sand, upon which grew coarse grass and a few unpleasant-looking plants. Alec Forbes of Howglen
Far beyond them the palpitating waters showed changeful surfaces on Fundy Bay. The Lady of Fort St. John
Through vales of grass and meads of flowers, Our ploughs their furrows made, While on the hills the sun and showers Of changeful April played. The Ontario Readers Third Book
For through infinite gradations pass the changeful hues of light, That the infinite through color may send greetings to the sight. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Can the cause have any other source than divine providence in outermost things where it works along with human prudence in a wonderful way, constant or changeful, concealing itself at the same time? Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence
And might not this be only one of her many changeful moods? Alec Forbes of Howglen
Stunned and bewildered by the changeful scene Stood Turnus, gazing speechless and oppressed. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor
Not that your scorn was all reserved for me, It flies about the world by fits and starts; Your changeful fancy fits impartially From knave of diamonds to knave of hearts. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
In truth, Katherine longed to see and talk with Rachel, to discuss the curious turn in her changeful fortunes, and build up pleasant palaces in the airy realms of the future. A Crooked Path A Novel
We are living in stirring and changeful times. Catholic Problems in Western Canada
It is on a full tide and with a steady wind that vessels find the sea, while changeful blasts will shipwreck them, and then cast their wrecks upon the shore. The Harvest of Years
Firm, yet calm, sagacious, and moderate, he met with rare efficiency the varied and varying demands of those changeful times. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy
Is it because they are volatile, changeful, baffling? American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
This earliest French queen of song is described as a brunette, with mediocre figure and plain face, who had wonderful magnetism and sparkling black eyes that mirrored the changeful sentiments of an impassioned soul. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music
He kept its readers informed of the changeful moods of non-Catholic thought, and furnished them with short studies of instructive eras and personages in history. Life of Father Hecker
You are, however, as impulsive as a changeful sea, and you made little preparation for this conversation. The Harvest of Years
The seasons have made their wonted round, and decked this eternal city in a changeful robe of surpassing beauty. The Last Man
His greatness and title to fame largely rest upon his typical childhood: his sculpture bears eloquent witness to the closest observation of all its varying and changeful moods. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres
But in the changeful and tumultuous atmosphere of England, to be tranquil is a labour, and employment is necessary to ward off the attacks of ennui.  Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher
Her changeful face had settled into a depth of soberness. Wych Hazel
My heart told me that I did love Louis, and then there came so many changeful thoughts, that I felt myself held back, and could not express myself to Louis. The Harvest of Years
His manner, timid at first, became firm—his changeful face was lit up to superhuman brilliancy; his voice, various as music, was like that enchanting. The Last Man
Before him wide the dark-brow'd forests frown'd, And morn's still hour hush'd all the space around, Save where the whispers of the changeful breeze Half waved the summits of the towering trees. Gustavus Vasa and other poems
But after some time, worldly happiness, which is ever changeful in its nature, could no longer abide in this too happy household. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.)
But she was ever changeful as a child, and in the midst of some light jesting mood would sober instantly and give my age its due. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
With envious glance the changeful power beheld The glorious phalanx which his power repell'd, And faster now the fiery chariot flew, While Fame appear'd the rapid flight to rue, And labour'd some to save. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch
It subsided at length; and, throwing himself on the couch, he remained silent and motionless, except that his changeful features shewed a strong internal conflict. The Last Man
His thoughts had been wandering back over the events of his changeful life; events which would culminate, as far as his immediate history was concerned, in his early banishment from this city of his adoption. The Days of Mohammed
Just as we entered Dumbarton, whose castle loomed high on a rocky island opposite the town, the rain ceased and the sky cleared with that changeful rapidity we noticed so often in Britain. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland
Now I have said that she was changeful as any child or April sky, but never had I seen her pass from mood to mood as she did then. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
In light and gloom The spell is on thine hand; The wind shall be thy changeful loom, Thy web the shifting sand. The Haunted Hour An Anthology
As he leaned, bareheaded, on the rail of the forward deck the river breath stirred his iron-gray hair and his changeful eyes were kindly and atwinkle. Destiny
Time, haggard and changeful and hoary, Is master and God of the land: But the air is fulfilled of the glory That is shed from our lord's right hand. Studies in Song
Yet more, than wood or woodland rill Can give of keen delight, We glean from ocean-margins, till The spirit—at the sight Of all its range of changeful change— Becometh, like it, bright! Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852
But when the letter was a crisp of blackened paper-ash she turned upon me, and once again the changeful eyes were cold and her words were stranger-formal. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
But France, complex, mobile, changeful as the sea, in riotous enjoyment of her new-found liberties, casts off a form of government as she would an ill-fitting garment. A Short History of France
Though thou art changeful, Unchanging is my doom; Release, which on the land I seek for, Never shall I meet with.’ Stories of the Wagner Opera
Yon white spire, a pencil on the sky, Tracing silently life's changeful story, So familiar to my dim eye, Points me to seven that are now in glory There on high! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation
Her bloom, which of late had been changeful and delicate, had now left her cheek, and languid and depressed she abandoned herself to thought. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is
Observe, this effect is traceable even in that produced by our different and changeful moods. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series
Our changeful climate affords so few opportunities of learning to skate, that it is really extraordinary to find so much skill, and to see feats so difficult and graceful.  Lost Leaders
All her changeful beauty was startled into life. The Voice of the People
On the doctor's asking why she inquired about her age, she replied that during her sleep she had been in what seemed a long, sad, and changeful dream! Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
She was conscious of a strange feeling of communion with the shifting, changeful waters. The Moon out of Reach
Had he brought to the enterprise a less eager appetite for the changeful adventure of it, the unremitting demand must soon have dulled his spirit. The Clarion
What is more changeful than the blue of the sky? What Necessity Knows
She regarded him gravely, though a smile played over her changeful lips. The Voice of the People
Since that time I have led a changeful, stirring existence, often in danger of getting a bullet in my head, or a rope around my neck. A Conspiracy of the Carbonari
Occasional pronunciations have altered, new words have been added, and old ones forgotten; but some basal sounds of names, some root-thoughts of the heart, have proved as immutable as the superficial elegancies are changeful. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
The varying depths of these lakes give to their surface a great variety of coloring, and beneath this wild sky and changeful light, the waters presented a kaleidoscopic variety of hues, rich, but mournful. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe
It was a study to watch his face and mark the passage of changeful moods; surprise, delight, and broad, warm-hearted humor, as they came to and played across the responsive features. How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories
The sunny changeful glow of one bright face was no longer there, and the shadows of approaching separation cast a gloom over the scene. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick
While thus lax and changeful in their own religious practice, the Parthians were, naturally, tolerant of a variety of creeds among their subjects. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
Since that time March has ever been a treacherous and a changeful month. The Curious Book of Birds
Many handsome women, otherwise dressed in white, wore the red liberty cap, and the noble though somewhat coarse Roman outline beneath this brilliant red, by the changeful glow of million lights, made a fine effect. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe
O Love Divine! could I resign This changeful spirit To walk thy ways, what wealth of grace Might I inherit! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864
His face was smooth-shaven, and his skin like old parchment stretched over high cheek-bones and lantern jaws; but in their hollow sockets his eyes gleamed with the changeful lustre of two precious gems. The Brownies and Other Tales
Smiling at herself, she stole to bed, and lay wrapped in waking dreams as changeful as the shadows dancing on her chamber-wall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
Sweeter than when beside the river's marge We lay and watched, like Innocence at large, The changeful waters flow, Speaks this brave music now. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863
But where was she, the bride and wife of a changeful day—of a day, in which the extremities of happiness and misery met? Lha Dhu; Or, The Dark Day The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
She had no nervous likes or dislikes, no changeful humors, few unequal moods. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864
We have said that Fenton's mind was changeful and unstable; sometimes evincing extraordinary quietness and civility, and sometimes full of rant and swagger, to which we may add, a good deal of adroitness and tact. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
He was no longer the boisterous and convivial old squire, changeful and unsettled in all his opinions, but silent, quiet, and abstracted almost from life. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
Strand-on-the-Green, ever changeful of mood, was this evening as fresh and sweet-smelling as a bit of the upper Thames—as picturesque as any waterside village a hundred miles from London. In Friendship's Guise
The changeful scenes of the Théâtre de Bourgogne deeply busied the boy's imagination, to the great detriment of the tapisserie of all the Pocquelins. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions
For here are peace and freedom; room for speech Or silence, as may suit a changeful mood;— Society's hard by-laws do not reach This lofty altitude. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863
Let us consider, first, the unchangeable God, and second, the unchanging God as the foundation of our changeful lives. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
Walk a trifle over a thousand yards from the edge of the changeful Atlantic through Swakopmund's deep sandy streets and you get the key to the town. With Botha in the Field
Her dress, that was the colour of a dove's wing, shimmered changefully as she moved, and her aquamarine pendant gleamed like drops of sea water on its silver chain. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India
A yellow flood, in changeful yet consistent action, rolled and whirled down the wide incline between the stony banks, and lost itself a mile below in a smoky veil of mist. The Day of the Beast
Through the passing of two years Osmonde's foot did not press English soil again, and his existence during that period was more vivid and changeful than it had ever been before. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality
No man is in a favourable position for intellectual or moral growth who has not some certainty in his life, and a reasonable prospect of such perpetuity as is compatible with this changeful state. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
There is a demand for a personal volition, for an exercise of intelligence, for the following of a divine plan that embraces a final perfection through various and changeful processes. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work
Nevertheless its very mystery and vastness give to the Pacific a peculiar charm, which changeful Orient seas, and even the turbulent Atlantic, never can impart. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park
Cars, O monarch, looking like the changeful forms of vapour in the sky, deprived of riders and steeds, were seen in thousands. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
As yet there was no sign visible from his far-horizoned home, except a filmy and changeful wreath of palest cloud with which Mount Carstairs was bedecked. Success A Novel
The unchanging God as the foundation of our changeful lives. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
Obstinacy, Sir, is certainly a great vice; and in the changeful state of political affairs it is frequently the cause of great mischief. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)
Divinest autumn! who may paint thee best, Forever changeful o'er the changeful globe? Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations
She was indeed a changeful Lady, as the story will tell. The Story of a Picture
They exhibit the human self as living, plastic, changeful; perpetually modified by the suggestions pouring in on it, the experiences and intuitions to which it reacts. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day
Through vales of grass and meads of flowers      Our plows their furrows made,    While on the hills the sun and showers      Of changeful April played. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
Sullenly outstretched asleep it lay beneath us, coloured with the tints of fluor-spar, or with the changeful green and azure of a peacock's breast. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations
Secondly, with freedom of action there must be a law-abiding spirit, a habit of obedience to those laws of action which control the arbitrary changeful will of the moment. Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War
Stowmarket is a metropolis, a wilderness of changeful beings, to a country policeman. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate
Ah! good luck; how uncertain is good luck; how changeful is fortune; how soon is the best prospect blighted by the frosts of adversity. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood
You are changeful and coy and capricious, A weathercock easily blown; But when shall I hear the delicious One word that proclaims you my own? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891
Yet what is certain in this most changeful of possible worlds? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
This changeful mirror of swift waters spreads a dazzling foreground to valley, hill, and lustrous heaven. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
Another month passed, and then began the last and most important phase of my too changeful story. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
Are we the sport of every changeful atmosphere? Faust
Rocky islets, never trodden by human foot, over which the foam poured ceaselessly, were dotted all about the changeful surface of the water. The Doctor's Dilemma
The fairest flower that ever bloomed With those of bright array In Seasons' changeful course is doomed To fade and die away; While yonder's something to be seen— It is the lovely evergreen! From John O'Groats to Land's End
Another advantage possessed by him has not been so much remarked upon—the rapid, changeful expression of his features. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines
Thou hast found out how changeful is the face of the blind goddess. The Consolation of Philosophy
Satisfied, because he found her enigmatic, changeful, charming. Là-bas
It is of a different class; a changeful dream of images and thoughts which came to Browning as he was playing a piece of eighteenth-century Venetian music. The Poetry Of Robert Browning
Mrs. Lamb took charge of Grace, and Mrs. Penhallow saw that he was well supplied and gave no further thought to the incorrigible and changeful political views of Westways. Westways
Yet endure unscathed Of changeful cycles the great Pyramids Broad-based amid the fleeting sands, and sloped Into the slumberous summer noon; but where, Mysterious Egypt, are thine obelisks Graven with gorgeous emblems undiscerned? The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
So divides and recombines, And in changeful wise Now to low descends, and now To the height doth rise; Last in inward swift review Strictly sifts the false and true? The Consolation of Philosophy
Her face was clouded, the changeful eyes now deep covered by their lids. The Mississippi Bubble
This time we have been especially interested by the first books, written in a large, unformed hand, dashing, variable, following the successive impressions of a changeful, sensitive nature. Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood)
They sang from the leafy branches in changeful wise, answering each other in song and refrain. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
At times, brilliantly changeful as opal; in anger, glowing like steel at white heat. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
He carried in his hand a letter, and when suddenly he stopped upon the sidewalk and looked at her, the changeful aspects of his face were marvelous to behold. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
Do not think that it cannot be genuine, because it is changeful. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
But her changeful disorder now appeared to take a new turn. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
O, to what changeful moods is the heart of the lover prone! The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
And on its positive side I said that this book should be diverse and changeful in its happiness. The Bed-Book of Happiness
All this picture I did not take in at once; for at first I could see nothing but those quivering, glittering, changeful eyes turned up into my face. Aylwin
If we took that point of view in regard to all the changes of this changeful life, we should not so often be bewildered and upset by the darkest of our sorrows. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
The forest is like a thing so changeful of its nature that change clings to it as a quality, apparent even during the glance of a moment. Hills and the Sea
As he says in Winter: Nature, great parent! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year! The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
Beyond that garden, beyond the roofs of this town, stretched the yellow sand-dunes; and in the distance towered the mountains, painted with changeful lights. In the Footprints of the Padres
In this wild glen at last, methought,   The magic's secret I surprise; Here Celia's guardian fairy caught   The changeful splendors of her eyes. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
This office he likewise discharged to Mary and then to Elizabeth—a testimony to his tact and caution in these changeful times. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
Long changeful sunbeams undulate   Amid the stems where sparklike creatures are That hover and hum for gladness, then the last Tree rears her graceful head, the shade is passed. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.
Naturally taciturn, unjoyful, and ever oppressed by that brooding consciousness of guilt hanging like a cloud over her memory, formless, vague, but never lifting, Fina's changeful temper and tumultuous vivacity were intensely wearisome to her. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876
She certainly had not beauty; yet the high arched dome of the head, the changeful expressiveness of every feature, and her whole air of mingled dignity and impulse, gave her a commanding charm. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
He quivered as he listened to the soft whirring of the wings of a bird,--rare visitant!--or watched the blending of the fleeting clouds,--those changeful and many-tinted voyagers. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3
Not knowing that through the changeful face, and fierce, pitiful eyes of the boy, the man Paul Blecker looked coolly out, testing, labelling them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863
This light of intelligence is the same that finds its manifestation in consciousness as the "I," the changeless entity amidst all the fluctuations of the changeful procession of knowledge. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1
Her changeful chestnut hair, like bronze and gold, forms moist and disordered scrolls on her forehead and her innocent cheeks. Light
Because in taking, there's an end of trouble—no light and changeful thoughts then worry us—for pleasure is the first and foremost thought of all, the gods themselves cannot dispense with it. Sacred Books of the East
Think rather of a peaceful land, The changeless land where ye may be Roofed over by the changeful sea. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2
His voice was stronger, his manner more confident and downright, and, although not less emphatic, yet decidedly less impulsively changeful. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863
The scene mostly lies in the moors, and at the touch of the authoress a Scotch moor becomes a living thing, strong, tender, beautiful, and changeful. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
The large long eyes of a changeful blue-gray, although limpid of surface, were heavy with the sadness of a sad spirit. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California
Thus the possession of this changeful body is the foundation of all sorrow. Sacred Books of the East
Grace Marley, who held this situation now, was a sweet wild-flower from the Emerald Isle, with spirits bright and changeful as the dewy skies of her own loved Erin. Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony
Thus, out of every adage hit, And, finding that ancestral wit As changeful as the clime is: From Proverbs, turning on my heel, I now cull Wisdom from my seal, Who's motto's "Ne quid nimis." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831
The twinkling eye, so full of changeful light, Is dimmed and darkened in a dread eclipse; The withering scowl, the smile so sunny bright, Alike have faded from his voiceless lips. Poems
Mr. Alloyd had black hair, intensely black, changeful eyes, and the expressive mouth of an actor. The Regent
The President recognizes governments, foreign governments, as they appear from time to time in the occurrences of this changeful world. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style
He was fresh-coloured, and his blue eyes had not yet lost their brightness, but they were so changeful in expression that it was difficult to fix their distinctive quality. Cavour
Where dawns the day upon a stream, Can in such changeful beauty shine, Outstripping Fancy's wildest dream, Like yon green, glancing, glorious Rhine. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 477, February 19, 1831
For the human heart’s a changeful thing, And sometime we would borrow The light, that other days have given, To cheer us on the morrow. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland
Coats thrown aside on the warm march here— We looked not then for changeful cheer; Tents, coats, and blankets too much care. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
But the passengers, towards the termination of their voyage, become less observant of the changeful aspect of the sea. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden
It was a strange little room into which the Lady Ysolinde brought me, full of quaint, changeful scents, and all ablaze with colors the like of which I had never seen. Red Axe
I shall tire him out, cries he—yet beg of him to step to me—yet don't—yet do; were once the doubting and changeful orders he gave: and they called me accordingly. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8
From her window she could see the snow-capped peaks of the Williston range, rising with immortal and changeful beauty into the purple heavens. The Precipice
It is as if an aurora had fallen from Arctic skies, living, changeful, evanescent, athwart sea, plain, and mountain. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862
With changeful sound life beats upon the ear;   Yet, striving for release,   The most seductive string's     Sweet jargonings,     The happiest throat's   Most easeful, lovely notes Fall back into a veiling silentness. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I.
The village mean that in the valley lies, The wealthy cities' towering majesty, The empty snow-fields' endless boundary,— The changeful moods that all unbridled throng; Spirit of Russia and of Russian song! Russian Lyrics
An extra blanket over the footboard, in our changeful climate, is a wise measure. Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.
Nature! great parent! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year, How mighty, how majestic are thy works! The Illustrated London Reading Book
Are they in the habit of hindering you in your changeful moods? Barks and Purrs
It was a changeful, terrible beauty that beamed on her face. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859
Without this fellow-feeling, how are we to get enough patience and charity toward our stumbling, falling companions in the long and changeful journey? George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy
The final e of a primitive word is generally retained before an additional termination beginning with a consonant: as, pale, paleness; edge, edgeless; judge, judgeship; lodge, lodgement; change, changeful; infringe, infringement. The Grammar of English Grammars
As if 'twere friendship's final knell— Such fears may prove but vain: So changeful is life's fleeting day, Whene'er we sever, Hope may say, We part to meet again! The Illustrated London Reading Book
The sound of her step enchants me, her changeful eyes dispense happiness—and trouble. Barks and Purrs
Thus ever varying all things seem "Fickle as a changeful dream;" And naught is left of that gay train, My gentle bird, but thy sweet strain. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland
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