| 单词 | cuckoo clock |
| 例句 | When my friends come over to play, they all like our cuckoo clock. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Heidi has to wind the cuckoo clock continually to keep it running continuously. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Herr Thiessen has a constant stream of custom work and tells Mr. Barris as much, indicating a shelf of variants on the traditional cuckoo clock that range from simple to ornate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A cuckoo clock was stopped on the wrong time, the bird out of his little brown house. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The modern cuckoo clock is a simplified version of these ‘automatic’ mechanisms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Barris admits that he has been attempting to track him down for some time after admiring several Thiessen-crafted cuckoo clocks, and was pointed in the right direction by a local shopkeeper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The interior was dark wood, with German coats of arms, hand-painted beer steins, a beautiful Bavarian cuckoo clock and servers in dirndls. ‘Grandma’s food’: How changing tastes are killing German restaurants 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The soaring genius of the Italian Renaissance or the bland precision of the cuckoo clock? Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z I raise my hands to my forehead in a prayer-like position, then open them out, like the doors of a cuckoo clock. How to be more positive this year: 'Trump makes this much harder' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Another classic: Orson Welles in “The Third Man” reflects on how “500 years of democracy and peace” in Switzerland produced only “the cuckoo clock.” 24 Hours Inside the Christian Marclay Installation ‘The Clock’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Until Mama Rosin was founded just over five years ago, Cajun music was as alien to Switzerland as cuckoo clocks would be in the swamps. Mama Rosin: Some like it hot 2011-01-06T22:29:00Z After all, it’s not every day you find Jessica Chastain rotating on a turntable like an angry bird in a giant cuckoo clock. Review: Jessica Chastain Plots an Escape From ‘A Doll’s House’ 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Stepping off the Ferris wheel, Lime compares turbulent Italy, with its Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Renaissance, to peaceful Switzerland and its only creation – the cuckoo clock. Clip joint: Timepieces 2012-07-18T12:31:00Z Moldea and De Niro sat at a table near the restaurant’s cuckoo clock to talk. ‘The Irishman’ tells us who killed Jimmy Hoffa. A lawyer with a secret trove of documents says the movie got it wrong. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “The Chemistry of Tears” sends Henry to Germany, to the wheel-shaped city of Karlsruhe, which is near the Black Forest and a place where cuckoo clocks are made. Books of The Times: ?The Chemistry of Tears,? a Novel by Peter Carey 2012-05-21T03:47:19Z Her latest, “Time Is a Flower,” opens with a two-page spread that shows an inquisitive child gazing up at a cuckoo clock. Mac Barnett Reviews Picture Books About Time and Space 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The tasty charms of the Black Forest are best experienced by delving into the countryside in this land of cuckoo clocks and healthy hikes. Discover the romance of Germany’s Black Forest 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Switzerland – 400 years of peace and you get the cuckoo clock. Gang of Four: Old punks, new Content 2011-01-20T23:00:01Z They work together like gears in a cuckoo clock. Comfort Viewing: Why I Still Love ‘The Goldbergs’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z View a selection of the reinvented cuckoo clocks. Swiss Designers Reinvent the Cuckoo Clock 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z And there in, all their glory, along with a wall full of antique cuckoo clocks, were Jawas dating to the 1920s. Exploring Europe by foot and winning a bouquet toss in Prague 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z “Upon realizing that, a bell rang in my head . . . a cuckoo clock!” Mark Ulriksen’s “Crazy Time” 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace — and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” Sonnets That Reckon With Donald Trump’s America 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The new show includes a mask made from weathered wooden shingles studded with beads, and an ornate antique cuckoo clock case that sprouts a gray wooden animal snout. Antiques: Meret Oppenheim’s Works at Martin-Gropius-Bau 2013-08-08T20:49:46Z She stood, aproned, behind a kitchen block, wielding a bowl and a knife, on her way to becoming an anxious cuckoo clock. The Best Performances of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z “In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The cuckoo clocks flanking the bar seem out of place, but the guitar and bass necks that serve as beer taps add just the right amount of awesome. 2010-02-06T03:34:00Z However, the writing and acting are deft: the whole thing runs like a cuckoo clock, its big surprises coming at regular intervals. 2016's new TV comedy: Cooper Barret’s Guide to Surviving Life and Bordertown 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z In this animated film set in Victorian-era Scotland, a boy who had his defective heart replaced with a cuckoo clock tries to resist falling in love, which could kill him. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z At midnight, Big Ben — of which we’ve already seen plenty — explodes, and Orson Welles is skewered on the sword of a life-size knight on a giant cuckoo clock in “The Stranger.” Art Review: As in Life, Timing Is Everything in the Movies 2011-02-03T21:43:44Z In thinking about cuckoo clocks, one might conjure images of elaborate wood timepieces inside bucolic cabins in forests or sleepy chalets on mountainsides. Swiss Designers Reinvent the Cuckoo Clock 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z "Christmas Vacation" is a cuckoo clock of a movie, just as loopy, wonderful and fresh as it was 25 years ago this month when we first unwrapped it. 'Christmas Vacation' is a loopy holiday classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Today, Germans and tourists alike are attracted to this most romantic of German regions — famous for its mineral spas, clean air, hiking trails, cheery villages … and cuckoo clocks. Discover the romance of Germany’s Black Forest 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Despite his popularity, Daniel is something of a misfit, as tigers go: a docile, people-loving creature who lives inside a cuckoo clock. Fred Rogers’s Life in 5 Artifacts 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z In one essay, composed in Switzerland, he asks what that country has given us except cuckoo clocks and fondue. A Pulpy New Novel and Juiceless Old Essays From Mario Vargas Llosa 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Most of us recall the harsh verdict of Harry Lime, the character played by Orson Welles in “The Third Man,” who declared that the country’s most creative achievement was the cuckoo clock. Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It 2011-05-27T19:00:27Z Long-frozen bodies moved oddly, mechanically, like wobbly figures in a cuckoo clock, impelled by forces other than their own will. Dance Review: Donna Uchizono Interprets Ideas of Oliver Sacks 2013-04-23T22:10:51Z Gone are the cute kitties, goldfish and cuckoo clocks that enlivened Disney’s 1940 version. A New Pinocchio Film Returns to the Tale’s Dark Origins 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Despite that initial confession, I spent the next years mostly in the HIV closet, like a bird in a cuckoo clock that only comes out every third hour. “No one will ever have sex with me again”: Why I stayed in the closet about my HIV 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Hiking, cuckoo clocks, charming villages and delicious cherry cake are trademarks. Discover the romance of Germany’s Black Forest 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The pitched roofs of houses on the steep slopes of Sarajevo's valley look like stacks of snow-covered cuckoo clocks. Bosnia shivers as ghost of nationalism returns 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “I keep telling myself if all else fails, I can make cuckoo clocks for a living.” Amanda Knox was exonerated. That doesn’t mean she’s free. 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Amazon launched the Build It program earlier this year with three Alexa-powered devices — a nutrition scale, a cuckoo clock, and a sticky note printer — and only the last of those reached its goal in time. Amazon is crowdfunding these Diane von Furstenberg Echo Dots 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Ruthanne Deutsch, who gave her first Supreme Court argument from her home in Virginia, said that in preparation, her husband silenced everything in the house that could make noise, including a cuckoo clock. Traditions on hold, justices near a year of phone arguments 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z A husband takes a cuckoo clock apart while home alone. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 22, 2020 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z She came to America just before World War I. Her grandfather was a cuckoo clock carver from the Black Forest area. In a workshop, a bygone trade, a woodcarver and his Santas 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z When Krista Box was growing up, there was a cuckoo clock on the dining room wall. Perspective | The treasures that got away: Readers share missing family heirlooms they long for 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z There was a clock stopped inside the home at 5:20, but it was a small cuckoo clock in the Branagan kitchen. Can brutal Bethlehem slaying ever be solved after 40 years? 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z A cuckoo clock sound effect is used in this song about time and distracts more than enhances the track. Review: David Gray reflects on time in folk-electronic album 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Jean felt the urge to ask if the cuckoo clock had to do with the dead husband. A young journalist, an old lady, and a vintage e-pet reunion 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Still, from a seat at one of the weathered communal tables, you’ll be able gaze on vintage photographs, a collection of old cuckoo clocks or the free-to-play table-tennis table. Ping-pong, bowling and pinball are stars at D.C.’s newest restaurants and bars 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Sitting alongside the museum's cuckoo clock collection is a smaller one reflecting an earlier passion of theirs - vintage motorcycles. Breadboards and dog collars: England's unusual museums 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Authorities say the cuckoo clock wasn’t damaged, nor do they know if there is any relevance to the stopped time, which could have stopped at 5:20 a.m. or 5:20 p.m. Can brutal Bethlehem slaying ever be solved after 40 years? 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The only thing left are the handcrafted cuckoo clocks. In Germany’s Car Capital, the Unthinkable: The Right to Ban Cars 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Among them is the fancy Avenue nightclub furnished with wood, marble, leather and a $50,000 cuckoo clock. With retractable pool and Tao restaurant, flashy Dream Hotel anchors new Hollywood revival 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z When an exposure finishes, an alert dings like a cuckoo clock, and Sheppard hovers over the shoulder of the telescope operator to tell him where to point the camera next. On the hunt for a mystery planet 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z It will be on display in a section of the museum called the Collector’s Corner, where Roll has showcased everything from Depression glass to antique cuckoo clocks and Band-Aid tins collected by area residents. Nostalgia, passion, money drive ‘Star Wars’ toy collectors 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z But as Calhoun demonstrates, brotherly love, democracy and peace all have their advantages too, even if they produce nothing more impressive than a cuckoo clock, to paraphrase Orson Welles in The Third Man. St Marks Place: the many lives of America's coolest street 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z In 1949’s film noir classic “The Third Man,” Orson Welles quips: “In Switzerland, they had brotherly love 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” H.R. Giger documentary ‘Dark Star’ shows Oscar-winning Swiss artist’s dream world 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Ah, Switzerland, famed for cuckoo clocks and sound money. Francs, fear and folly 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z Despite what Harry Lime, the third man, said, it was Germany not Switzerland that almost certainly invented the cuckoo clock. Ten objects that made modern Germany 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Switzerland is famous for its secretive banks, lederhosen, and noisy cuckoo clocks. This Swiss Cryptocurrency Trader Will Store Your Bitcoin In A Nuclear Bunker 2013-11-05T14:54:00Z They remind us of time, hence the venerable history of the cuckoo clock. Opinion: What Do the Bird-Watchers Know? 2013-04-19T20:07:44Z Russia is not quite oppressed, but not quite free either—stuck between the Renaissance and the cuckoo clock, in the gray matter of Putinism. Tsar of the Intelligentsia 2012-10-15T05:00:00Z The daughter of a cuckoo clock maker and a Nestle chocolate factory worker, she recently moved to Searchlight, Nevada, joining a Swiss expat community of retired yodelers and milkmaids. Switzerland Is Not Amused by Miss Swiss Bank Account 2012-08-30T23:05:32Z Little Fox Music Box, $2.99, is akin to stepping inside a well-made cuckoo clock. Gadgetwise Blog: Children's Apps That Inject a Little Learning Into Vacation 2012-08-10T15:00:05Z Without such creative conflict, we really could end up with nothing but cuckoo clocks. Are tyrants good for art? 2012-08-10T16:42:53Z Not a war zone and not home, the airport features expensive telephones and Internet use and shops peddling chair massages, beer, energy drinks, schnitzel, cuckoo clocks and chocolates. At War Blog: In Troop Travel Limbo, Mesmerized by the Writing on the Walls 2012-07-20T18:00:44Z The opening of a door is synchronized with the sound of the cuckoo clock, which seems to comment repeatedly on the play’s absurdism. | New Jersey: A Review of ?Travesties,? at the McCarter Theater Center 2012-03-24T00:38:28Z Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z At a quarter past seven, by the cuckoo clock on the chimneypiece, there came a knock at the outer door of the room which opened on the street. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I heard the creeping and scurrying of rats in the walls, I counted every tick, and cursed every quarter told off by a pragmatical cuckoo clock in the hall. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Taking little and big together, Dutch clocks, cuckoo clocks, châlet clocks, skeleton clocks, and pendules in ormolu, bronze, marble, ebony, and alabaster cases, there were exactly thirty-two. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z On the neatly papered wall hung several choice pictures about an inch square, and a veritable cuckoo clock, with the bird all ready to pop out when you pulled a silk tag. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z In the last year, Ms. Dunaway donated to Brooklyn College some of Mr. Alfred’s books, play posters and collection of eight cuckoo clocks, Mr. Mora said. Actress Says She Can?t Be Evicted Because She Moved Out 2011-08-04T01:10:36Z His wife, who did not wish to waken him, looked anxiously at the old cuckoo clock, that pointed to half past six. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z We struggled through it, bound into a sheaf by Playboy's rope, and in our midst the cuckoo clock, stifled but indomitable, continued its protest from under Maggie Kane's shawl. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z He credited his “Black Forest cuckoo clock” from 1987 with placing him on the path to origami celebrity. City Room: At This Gathering, Everyone Knows How to Fold Them 2011-06-27T02:11:06Z Mr. Southwode however was in one of the chairs, and a cuckoo clock, as I said, on his knees, with which he was busy. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z In Los Angeles on Saturday, the brand hopes to break the Guinness world record for the largest cuckoo clock, with a timepiece that is 66 feet tall and 28 feet wide. Advertising: Did We Mention That It Tastes Good? 2011-01-27T01:20:11Z Their conversation was so prolonged that the Black Forest cuckoo clock hanging over the door struck midnight. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z In the kitchen we drew breath for the first time, and Maggie Kane put the cuckoo clock into a flour bin; the house remained still as the grave. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z From one of the rooms upstairs came the shrill, unmistakable summons of a telephone bell, and mingling with it the chiming of a cuckoo clock. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z He was trying to see what was the matter with a cuckoo clock which would not strike. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Circadian clocks in plants and animals work similarly, though the gears that drive them are different as the works in a cuckoo clock and a pocket watch. Splices of Time 2010-10-20T18:11:00Z Even in the land of the cuckoo clocks, that was a hard result to swallow. World Cup 2010: England are discordant, clueless ? but not hopeless 2010-06-20T11:06:00Z Switzerland, land of chocolate and cuckoo clocks, upset Spain, the European champion. Barring Swiss upset, World Cup a letdown so far 2010-06-16T17:03:00Z The cuckoo clock struck twelve, and the company rose, shook hands, wished each other a happy new year, and, in a bumper, drank, "May the year that's awa be the warst o' our lives." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 A cuckoo clock and a few hooks of chamois horn carry out the effect. Household Organization Then, in strange contrast, a holy branch of boxwood, bought at church by the ogress, was suspended at the back of an old cuckoo clock. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 There was a big fireplace with great immense crackling logs, and over it, on the mantelpiece, were two beautiful carved candlesticks made from deers' horns, and a cuckoo clock. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse Much obliged to you—and here is gear enough for a cuckoo clock, but I can’t make it tick. Stepsons of Light The cuckoo clock is a pretty piece of mechanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Their notes are not like those of the cuckoo clock, which exactly imitates the voice of the European Cuckoo, but a series of cuck-cuck-cucks and cow-cows repeated a varying number of times. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season OF course women should marry; no home is complete without a husband any more than it is without a cuckoo clock or a cat. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl After a few minutes Mr. Granville sauntered across the room, looked at the cuckoo clock, and finally went over to the window, where he leaned against the facing and watched Salome’s slender white fingers. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part A huge portrait of the Kaiser, with two crossed sabres and a pair of pistols under it, and a cuckoo clock were exhibited on the wall close by. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day The bad girl did not mind this, for she was always thinking of the cuckoo clock. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children He looked up as the battered cuckoo clock on the mantel clicked warningly. The Cuckoo Clock Our own solar system was as charming and as simple as an ancient cuckoo clock filled with familiar ticking and with reassuring noises. The Game of Rat and Dragon She had been told that from old Baldy the Martin chalet resembled a cuckoo clock. . . . The Innocent Adventuress "Bee" clock, cuckoo clocks, and even one large "grandfather." Round the Wonderful World But as these wooden machines were constructed for sale only, and not for use, the cuckoo clocks became all mute long before the second arrival of this gentleman with another cargo. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton You've taken Jean's reaction to this last death, plus a random association with a cuckoo clock, and here you are with a perfectly wild hypothesis. The Cuckoo Clock In the weeks that followed after Doris left, Larry and the cuckoo clock got along even worse than before. Beyond the Door No cuckoo clocks in those vague sweeps below. The Innocent Adventuress "Are all cuckoo clocks like this when you get up inside them?" The Cuckoo Clock "An ice-cavern full of cuckoo clocks is a poor fate for one of the Royal Family!" Soap-Bubble Stories For Children He heard the voice of nature; we listen for the cuckoo clock of commerce. The Vanishing Race Did you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead—that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Beyond the Door They were so silent in the content of their mutual reverie that the call of the cuckoo clock startled them both slightly. A Woman's Will It was that kind of clock called a cuckoo clock. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller The cuckoo clock was thrown aside, and she ran to the edge of the crack and peered down frantically. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children In consequence, all the doors in Tilling flew open like those of cuckoo clocks at ten minutes before that hour, and this pleasant promenade was full of those who so keenly admired autumn tints. Miss Mapp Larry Thomas bought a cuckoo clock for his wife—without knowing the price he would have to pay. Beyond the Door And the cuckoo clock in Farmer Green’s kitchen had sung the hour six times before Rusty Wren returned. The Tale of Rusty Wren A cuckoo clock called the hour, and the girls reluctantly agreed that it was time to go. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story Well, at all events, it's better than a cuckoo clock," said the Goat-mother resignedly, "but let me warn you seriously never to sit down upon it! Soap-Bubble Stories For Children His fur-lined coat was gone; and the cuckoo clock, what had become of it? The Music Master Novelized from the Play "A real old cuckoo clock like my mother had." Beyond the Door Watch the clock, the absolutely cuckoo clock, which ticked as things happened that made almost no sense and yet had sense hidden in their works. Unwise Child Seated on cushions, they spent their time listening to cuckoo clocks and music boxes, smelling perfumes, putting their jewelry away in caskets, then bedizening themselves all over again. Sacrifice At the last moment one of the Princesses came running after the Goat-mother, to press a cuckoo clock upon her, as a parting present from the Queen. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Lighting his lamp, he looked at the cuckoo clock upon the wall. The Music Master Novelized from the Play Larry and the cuckoo clock really never got along well from the start. Beyond the Door At stated periods it makes a noise exactly like a cuckoo clock. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 "It's merely a cuckoo clock, isn't it?" asked Miss May Pechis. The New Pun Book She sat silent, staring into space, then asked a sudden irrelevant question: “Did he send you the cuckoo clock?” The Independence of Claire "Father worked till twelve o'clock last night; he's working now," and the little chap looked at the cuckoo clock, which was just striking ten. The Music Master Novelized from the Play It was a cuckoo clock and had been broken for more than a year, but remained one of those things that are never attended to. Rosemary Senator Morgan of Alabama made a very bright comparison of the relation to the White House of some very worthy Senators to that of the bird in a cuckoo clock. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Hanging outside was a large cuckoo clock and it was the wooden cuckoo which Tom had heard. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There There was a moment’s pause, then she added tentatively, “You have a cuckoo clock?” The Independence of Claire A little later when he let himself quietly into the street, he had under his arm, carefully wrapped up, his cuckoo clock and a couple of pictures. The Music Master Novelized from the Play Well, the next day Buster Bumblebee arrived at Farmer Green's place just as the cuckoo clock in the kitchen was striking nine. The Tale of Buster Bumblebee It made me think of when I was a kiddie and used to watch the cuckoo clock to see the bird come out. Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College But it appeals to my sense of humour—like that ridiculous cuckoo clock. Bella Donna A Novel The presence of the cuckoo clock preserved Claire from personal suffering, but during that silent week there was borne in upon her a realisation of the loneliness of the great city which was never obliterated. The Independence of Claire The cuckoo clock struck the hour of nine. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang Now it was like a duet of little cuckoo clocks, both in unison, both in time, both with that fascinating touch of the nasal Parisienne voice. Sally Bishop A Romance And, not like brooks, and strangely unlike birds, like, in fact, nothing in the world except a cuckoo clock, a cuckoo shouted foolishly in the lowest boughs of the great elm across the silver lawn. Dangerous Ages And the absurd cuckoo clock uttered its foolish sound to greet them. Bella Donna A Novel As he read the closing lines of the last manuscript the cuckoo clock struck twelve, midnight. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life The Swiss cuckoo clock struck ten—eleven—twelve. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang "Your grace has missed the last train," said Lady Belgrade, at length, as the little cuckoo clock on the mantel shelf struck ten. The Lost Lady of Lone There was also a châlet in the garden, where we saw at once that we could buy cuckoo clocks and edelweiss and German lace if we wanted to. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') The cuckoo clock struck nine, and Claude made a gesture of annoyance. His Masterpiece Then, more to herself than to Mademoiselle, who was still deep in her letter, "I shouldn't wonder if it wasn't the little bird that's in the cuckoo clock, though—" "Ma foil!" exclaimed Mademoiselle. The Poor Little Rich Girl Why is it that foreign singers and singerettes always have a name which listens like a cuckoo clock with a sore throat. The Silly Syclopedia "Are all cuckoo clocks like this when you get up inside them?" she inquired. The Cuckoo Clock In construction they are very much like the old cuckoo clock which has come to us from Switzerland, and the tile clock which comes from Holland. The House in Good Taste There was only the cuckoo clock, a huge one, with a dial illuminated with crimson flowers, that looked clean and bright, ticking sonorously all the while. His Masterpiece Perhaps it was only the striking of the cuckoo clock in my room. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill The cuckoo clock in the hall struck midnight; every one pressed to depart, for seldom was such a late hour trespassed on by these quiet burghers. Tales of a Traveller There our cuckoo clock used to hang, and there our father's discharge from the army. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Nellie Whitehead breezed in on Saturday afternoon just as Mrs. Finnegan's cuckoo clock cooed the stroke of three; immediately the air began to move out of adversity's tragic current. The Blood Red Dawn As he grew older the toys became more complicated, being in the form of gramophones, graphophones, telephones, phonographs, electric lights, electric cars, cuckoo clocks, Swiss watches and indeed all the great inventions of modern times. The Chinese Boy and Girl It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer's plate. Blix As Smith, for the ninth or tenth time, knocked out his pipe on a bar of the grate, the cuckoo clock in the kitchen proclaimed the hour. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu "They hardly ever stand still," he said, but for one moment Wendy saw the romantic figure come to rest on the cuckoo clock. Peter Pan At that moment Mrs. Finnegan's cuckoo clock, sounding distinctly through the thin flooring, warbled twice with a voice of friendly betrayal. The Blood Red Dawn Upon this bookcase stands a stuffed owl and next to it hangs a cuckoo clock. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Often she would cross the street to greet him in his tiny cupboard of a shop, taking pleasure in the gaiety of the little cuckoo clocks with their pendulums ticking away the hours in chorus. L'Assommoir A cuckoo clock outside the door struck one. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories As he was finishing a dreamy fragment the cuckoo clock began to call. Jean-Christophe, Volume I There is something also in a cuckoo clock, or even in A household tub, one such as those Which women use to wash their clothes. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Only one hint of the prosaic troubled my emotional delight: I could not help thinking how capitally the little rogue imitated the cuckoo clock, with the sound of which I was pretty well acquainted. Our Hundred Days in Europe His cuckoo clocks could be heard in chorus against the background noise of the street and the blacksmith's rhythmic clanging. L'Assommoir "I saved the cuckoo clock and that set of Swiss bears," said Wally. Back to Billabong Some comment of mine upon a specimen of that dismal songster, the cuckoo clock, which stood on his mantel, had started him into one of his learned expositions. From a Bench in Our Square There was a cuckoo clock hanging in Tom Turner's cottage. De La Salle Fifth Reader It was a cuckoo clock, and it had just chimed twelve when we heard a quick step coming upstairs to the flat. The Hampstead Mystery He seemed to have lost his head among his merry little cuckoo clocks. L'Assommoir A Switzer occupied the farm, who owned, in addition to the more immediate members of his family, a cuckoo clock whose weights hung on long cords which by Saturday night reached almost to the floor. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come Two o'clock had just struck by an old cuckoo clock, placed between the two windows of the office; agitation seemed to reign among the clerks, which some fragments of their conversation will explain. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 It is amusing for a few minutes to hear a clever bird giving imitations of the cuckoo clock, but the joke palls. Without Prejudice The ticking of the cuckoo clock seemed suddenly very loud and noticeable. A Prisoner in Fairyland The white face of the cuckoo clock peered down upon them dimly from the opposite wall, and the chairs, it seemed, moved up a little closer. The Extra Day Some sounds are hatefuler than others, but no sound is quite so inane, and silly, and aggravating as the "HOO'hoo" of a cuckoo clock, I think. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 The cuckoo clock in Mrs. Roots's kitchen had just struck three. Born in Exile You see this cuckoo clock above the secretary; it is one of those which run fourteen or fifteen hours at most, for I have examined it. The Widow Lerouge Actions reveal it—sometimes—but it mostly lies concealed, and especially in deep silences like this, when the ticking of a cuckoo clock upon the wall may be the sole hint of its presence. A Prisoner in Fairyland She turned from the window with a little shudder, finished very clumsily her stocking, and as the cuckoo clock struck halfpast three went down to the drawing-room. The Captives So I bought the cuckoo clock; and if I ever get home with it, he is "my meat," as they say in the mines. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 The last mile was covered in record-breaking time, and before the cuckoo clock struck seven the children and goats and dog all came galloping into the yard together. The Swiss Twins The cuckoo clock had just struck five, and he was aware that he was, at this very moment, for the first time in his life, eight years old. Jeremy But at this moment Norbert's eyes caught a glimpse of the old-fashioned cuckoo clock that hung on the wall in one corner of the room. The Champdoce Mystery Except the table, the sideboard and the cuckoo clock, there was no other furniture. John Halifax, Gentleman The cuckoo clock in the hall told midnight; everyone pressed to depart, for seldom was such a late hour of the night trespassed on by these quiet burghers. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American There was no one there, and there was no sound but the loud tick-tock of the cuckoo clock. The Swiss Twins He's worse than a cuckoo clock, that boy. A Plea for Old Cap Collier I sat down opposite her and glanced at a cuckoo clock on the wall. The Man in Lower Ten |
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