| 单词 | air castle |
| 例句 | He really knew they were air castles, for at bottom he was hard-headed, not easily taken in even by his own exuberant imagination. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Johnny might have been more cordially received by Merchant Lyte, he was satisfied enough with his welcome to build up air castles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So I would imagine it's a lot like jumping on a bouncy castle, one of those air castles, that kids play on. Could a human actually be engulfed by a whale? A marine biologist weighs in 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z Even the metaphysicians who build their unstable air castles on à priori ideas declare these ideas cannot be matters of mere intellectual perception, but must be intuitions of the higher reason. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z I think sometimes if I could see these beautiful places and run around among the flowers, how happy I should be; but that is one of my air castles. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z From the strong sweep and stroke and virile outline of a Brangwyn or the gnomesque possibilities of a Rackham, the great mountain softened to the ethereal air castle of a Parrish. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The twentieth century is prophesied to become the most glorious, and one would not know where to stop if all the beautiful air castles and promises of would-be prophets were to be named. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z Another crisis in his life came a year after the downfall of his air castle, and just as the south was preparing to enter upon her fatal struggle. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z In building her air castles she uses memory and imagination, and sometimes one wonders if these factors to which we owe so much do not get as valuable training from “dreams” as from algebra. The Girl in Her Teens 2011-04-26T02:00:26.063Z He builds the most fantastic air castles, and, charmed by his own fancies, he says to himself: "How beautiful, ah, how beautiful!" Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z If your view is confirmed, our project will have been an air castle. The Progressionists, and Angela. The balloon seemed to be stationary; the clouds above and below appeared to be quiescent; the air castles, in the distance, stood to their places; silence reigned supreme; it was solemnly sublime. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes He felt again the weight of his chains, and the air castle he had built for Ruth's occupancy suddenly took on the iridescent colors of a bubble. Doubloons—and the Girl They then said that the Negro could be educated, but education made him “a builder of air castles,” in the words of their colored spokesman, and made him useless to his own people. Alexander Crummell: An Apostle of Negro Culture The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 20 He had been building very pretty air castles on this money, and this reflection suddenly tumbled them all down—new clothes, new cap, boarding house, visit to Rockville—all in a heap. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Like all boys, he was fond of building air castles. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades And his air castles had been blown away as by the wind. The Plunderer But the walls of his air castle began to grow more solid. Doubloons—and the Girl Many air castles the poor fellow thus built, but to see them fall. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences Moreover, to teach school had long been her secret ambition, the solid foundation of many an air castle. Rim o' the World Bob had planned so much for the future, he was still planning and dreaming of his career as a trader, and building air castles--away up there in the desolate white wilderness. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob “I could not possibly like anything better,” replied Herbert, “but it seems too good to be true—more like an air castle than a fact.” The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street He could not shoot when he knew that the bullet would split a gulf between himself and the girl—a gulf that would separate him forever from that future where stood his air castles. The Ranch at the Wolverine “Just a dream, a fancy, an air castle.” The Dominant Dollar Without warning I tumble from my air castles because some horrible monster gnaws at me, and will not let me be, however much I try to ignore him. An Anarchist Woman He could not forget his tumbled air castles. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Sir Robert Volney then was much taken with a Scotch girl who was visiting in London, and of course she dreamed air castles and fell in love with him. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 She had fancied a little house in a suburb, or a cosy apartment in the city, and a lump came into her throat as her air castle dissolved into utter ruin. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern A relation of theirs—though we should never guess it—is sitting upon her tiny air castle high up in an apple tree not far away,—a ruby-throated hummingbird. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Again a gentle "thank you" from Cecil, his tired eyes still seeking air castles among the red and gray embers of the fire. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days She could not express this thought to her cousin for obvious reasons; but as she sat beside him on an old log she built air castles that grew faster than the little boathouse. The Opened Shutters No one can measure the importance to a child of taking his air castles away from him. Still Jim It was active with plans for the future, with speculation concerning Sprudell, with the rebuilding of the air castles which had fallen with his failure to find mail. The Man from the Bitter Roots I have been a dreamy girl building air castles for the future, but I would have worked hard to 187make them real. The Girls at Mount Morris His gorgeous air castles vanished like a train of fleeting clouds. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm With a crash his air castles tumbled about his ears and the ecstasy of his mood gave way to apprehension and unhappiness. Ted and the Telephone "Poor little Livy," he thought, "why should she not build her air castles if they make her happy, and perhaps, after all, who knows——" but Marcus did not finish his sentence even to himself. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient They built air castles and lived in them, seeing life through a poetic ambient as a long summer day in which they should ride and work and play together. The Highgrader Helen's screams mingled in the pandemonium, for Helen had been brought hack from her romantic air castle with a rush. Peggy Stewart at School “So then,” he thought, “all my hopes are blighted; my air castles are knocked down, my bear-hunting has been in vain; Elsie is engaged to Louis Lambert!” The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood There he sat, with his little chin in his hand, building air castles. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends For a few moments I exercised my imagination, I built air castles, and pictured his reappearance on the scene. Chatterbox, 1905. If he built a few air castles as he rode along in silence and alone, and if into them crept a fair girl's face and tender blue eyes, it was but natural. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England In boyhood parlance today, he "flocked by himself," building air castles which in part were to become reality. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers Akers sailed away in high hope from Port Colborne, they probably built the fairy air castles which were doomed to totter and fall before night. Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 Life lies before her, and with sweet seriousness she builds her air castles of the future. Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation "Are you going to sit down and fold your hands and let our air castles come tumbling about our ears, without making the least effort to prevent?" he continued gently. North of Fifty-Three He tried to put it out of his mind, but the captivating air castle would not down. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England Of course the denouement shattered many sumptuous air castles but it left the profession the richer by a faithful portrayal. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison He built air castles as he watched and listened; fabrics furnished after the manner of the Hilliard home and peopled by two kindred souls. The Henchman I sat before the door long after supper, building air castles, in all of which the fair stranger held a place. The Beautiful Eyes of Ysidria Once more she was in a realm of air castles as she leaned on the stone coping and gazed off into the moonlight. The Lighted Match I have been building foolish air castles," he replied, "for one thing, and trying to solve a harder problem than algebra contains, for another. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England She might have built a few timid air castles for herself upon the foundations of the love stories in fiction, and this brought him around to the fatal subject again almost inevitably. The Butterfly House Julia said, after she had, to please Johnny and not her practical self, built several air castles with the legacy. The Good Comrade Our air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie However, he was very careful not to address Evelyn particularly again, but that one little episode had been sufficient for the girl to build another air castle upon. By the Light of the Soul A Novel P.S.," in which Julia wrote, "Do, Fan, use your influence with the old man and make him fix up the infernal old air castle. Tempest and Sunshine "There's no use building air castles," he told himself. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches Maybe you won't care much, but I am a hopeful cuss, and I'm going to build air castles about you till I come back, which I hope to do when I have made good. Skyrider He passes to-day in building an air castle for to-morrow, or in writing yesterday's elegy; and he would flyaway this hour, but that a cage, necessity, keeps him. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader They would lie about in the sands all day, building air castles. The Real Adventure The boys could hardly repress the delight which these air castles excited, and several of them kept jumping up and down, they were so nervous and so elated. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" He could no longer dream of flying, any more than he could build air castles over riding a horse. The Thunder Bird I made an awful mess of things here, and it's up to me to make good now before I say anything to you about air castles and so on. Skyrider He was building air castles by that time. Ma Pettengill All daydreaming builds this air castle; all ambition has this as its goal. The Nervous Housewife They were essentially air castles, very beautiful structures, it is true, but as yet they rested only on the clouds. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" Johnny was like one under a spell, hypnotized by his own air castles and believing them very real. The Thunder Bird And then, some day— There came the air castle again, floating alluringly before his eager imagination, like a mirage lake in the desert. Skyrider I wouldn't be building any air castles concerning that gold mine. Buffalo Roost He began to build air castles; to construct for himself a little niche in his own selected temple of Fame. Out of the Ashes For the first few days I did very little but build air castles. Reed Anthony, Cowman But a thousand dollars a week sure did sound good, and if the proposition was on the square— He snuggled down and began to build an air castle. The Thunder Bird For a week he had dreamed of her at night and thought of her by day, had wondered and longed and built air castles. The Lilac Girl So I kept silent, though secretly wishing he had not taken the trouble to throw cold water on my hopes, for I had built several air castles with the money which seemed within my grasp. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days And amid all their dreams and air castles, in the shadowy background stood two simple men whose names were never mentioned except in terms of loving endearment. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings But he did not, because chance threw him a bit of solid material on which to rebuild his air castle for Helen May. Starr, of the Desert Sometimes, of a night when he could not sleep, he wondered why it is that one never day-dreams unpleasant obstacles and disheartening failures into one's air castles. The Long Shadow All his air castles seemed to be built about his mother and the old farm at Pine Ridge. People of the Whirlpool So went their talk, over and over, an endless garland of happy conjectures, plans, air castles. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Uncle Jesse still builds air castles and blinds himself to his affairs. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime All their air castles and beautiful chambers of imagery, blown to the ground by one sad cyclone of fate. Trial and Triumph I dwelt in a world of imagination, of dreams and air castles—the kind of atmosphere that sometimes nourishes a genius, more often men unfitted for the practical struggles of life. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man She had stolen unwittingly the air castle which Lite had been three years building, but he did not say a word about it to Jean. Jean of the Lazy A Could it be that she had heard of the prince's plan of marrying her to his cousin, and that she was building these air castles for herself? Frances Waldeaux Spencer's air castles were tumbling about his ears, but he stuck to his guns. I Spy All at once his childish air castles came tumbling down. Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon His twin brother Eustace was an active worldling, and soon he followed him to court as page to the Queen, but delighted more and more in wandering apart and building air castles. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene This was enough to cause nearly every one to look upon it as a bubble or air castle. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 So, having built this most delectable of air castles, I fell asleep. The Crayon Papers "It was one of his air castles," he said, "which he was reducing to solid stone and mortar." Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey She clung to her air castles in which her unknown heroes lived, building them more beautifully, fitting them out with more perfect content, as her own brick dwelling grew darker and more desolate. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People He fell to building air castles of opposition lecture courses and gave himself up to many dreams of ideal university conditions. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene It was not easy to take up the old routine and forget the air castle. Saxe Holm's Stories She had been the angel of his dreams, the princess of countless air castles; but he had never indulged a hope that he might see her again. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established One cutting word of ours can wilt, Or blast the young heart's fairest flow'r, And tumble down air castles built, By this unseen affection's pow'r. Canada and Other Poems As the summer wore away, Mrs. Eben tried to reconcile herself to the destruction of her air castles. Further Chronicles of Avonlea I’m only a doting mamma, dearie, and I have my air castles like everyone else. Cap'n Warren's Wards While Platon was reading the letter Petka gazed dreamily out of the window and built, not an air castle, but a large grocery store, with showy windows. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy Fernando did not hear much of the speech, for he and Morgianna had stolen away to the rocky promontory to listen to the sad sea waves, while they built air castles for the future. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established When a fellow has been building air castles and all at once they tumble down upon his head he—well, he is likely to forget other things. Mary-'Gusta If his daughter should be like himself if she should ruin his hopes, throw down the air castle he had built—should love unworthily, marry beneath her, deceive and disappoint him! Dora Thorne The air castles got awfully wobbly, and it looked like they were going to cave in on us. Her Prairie Knight But in me there is a queer vein of German superstition that disapproves of air castles. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed It is this: that when we finish building an air castle we seldom live in it after all; we sometimes even forget that we ever longed to! New Chronicles of Rebecca I'm sorry to shatter your air castle," said Tom; "but for the life of me I can't see how it will work. Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky Bud started out next day with three different samples for the assayer, and an air castle or two to keep him company. Cabin Fever |
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