| 单词 | descry |
| 例句 | We stood side by side there in the near-dark; I could descry the fear in his eyes, the discomfort in the mouth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There it seemed to Frodo that he descried far off, floating as it were on a shadowy sea, the high dim tops and broken pinnacles of old towers forlorn and dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Dimly through the mists they could descry the long arm of the mountains rising on their left. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z To the east the outflung arm of the mountains marched to a sudden end, and far lands could be descried beyond them, wide and vague. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I cannot descry all of your marks,” I explained. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The six and twentieth day of April, about four o’clock in the morning, we descried the land of Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The reader is similarly invited to descry herself in Chung’s story—to conceive of herself as a kindred spirit. Nicole Chung’s Adoption Memoir, “All You Can Ever Know,” Is an Ode to Sisterly Love 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Still, there are trends and changes to descry: To the usual surprising degree, great minds are thinking alike, small ones running in the same gutter. Fall TV: A day-by-day list of new shows 2011-09-13T22:09:08Z The superior power of machine learning, Cohen explains, is that it can descry patterns in what traditional sensory methods dismissed as noise. Food for thought: will an era of hyper-personalized meals leave a sour taste? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z His first stop is Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific that Weir descries as “Hawaii before hotels -- Bali before Burger King.” Bill Weir checks off his 'Wonder List' for CNN 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z You will descry shades of H. Potter and of "Grimm," which this series predates. 20 notable TV shows set to debut for the midseason: from sitcoms and serial mysteries to Betty White as prankster 2012-01-12T19:24:42Z Once the employer of 500 people, the mill is a keyhole through which most of Dundee’s history can be descried. In Scotland, a city’s world-class industrial past informs its present 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Another witness descried their relationship as being "more like mother and daughter". Carer guilty of defrauding 100-year-old woman of £226,300 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But he was comfortable with the show, which he descried as “about 85% true to life.” Tommy DeVito, Original Member of the Four Seasons, Dies at 92 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton descried the judge's order as a "political stunt". Texas amends lockdown and orders salon owner freed 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Valentine descried the black paint over Dolly as “Gothic lips.” The Dolly Parton mural was defaced. So what happens now? 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z In ancient Egypt, seekers after spiritual guidance could spend a night in incubation, which was a special institutionalised sleep undertaken in the temples of the gods precisely in order to descry meaning in the dark. Can a sleepless night awaken creativity? 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Q: I’m seeing Intel processors descried as “4th generation” or “6th generation.” Some help deciphering processor names and performance 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Caddie Jimmy Johnston descried it as a “calmness.” Justin Thomas' record-setting victory in Sony Open a sign of growing comfort and confidence - Golf Digest 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The Hampshire city was praised by the Sunday Times for its "food, festivals and feel-good factor" and descried as "a tasty slice of authentic history". Is Winchester really the 'best place to live' in Britain? - BBC News 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Conservative opponents of immigration reform, for instance, have descried in the T.P.P. a Trojan horse, inside which, they fear, the dreaded immigration reform will be smuggled into law. Why Does Obama Want This Trade Deal So Badly? 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z What yonder twinkling azure orb do I descry? Improving manners at the movies 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Behind, nothing of course was to be seen but tree-tops, except from the window of one of the attics, whence the housemaid could descry Biddenden Windmill and the top of Biddenden Church. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Vainly, beyond it far descried, Adieu, and peace with you abide, Grey donkey, and your beauteous guide. Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z Between the patches of haze, rent by the lurid flashes of the guns, could be descried the greenish-grey outlines of the hostile vessels fast being reduced to scrap-iron. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z As the sun rose we descried the enemy lying a mile from us. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z It was some time before we could see sufficiently to avail ourselves of the invitation to be seated, but presently descried two seats or couches, built up of stone and covered with skins. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z On the third day from Singapore, we came among the Thousand Islands, and in the afternoon descried on the horizon the mountains of Java, and just at sunset were in the roads of Batavia. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z But, on the horizon's verge descried, Hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail! Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z Presently the sub descried the head and shoulders of the missing man as he rose on the crest of the broken waves. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z He here descried the twinkle of lights from a small settlement. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z As the boat rounded the point from which the cottage was visible through the trees and some of the outhouses could be descried, they reverted to the ruinous state everything was falling into. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The anxiety with which he gazed evening after evening towards the setting sun, to descry the returning caravan, was at last relieved. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z We descended rapidly into the meadows below, and soon descried the familiar inn, and its windows glittering in the evening sun; a fresh breeze from the glaciers began to blow; this soon cooled us. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Reassured, the Indians proceeded onward and in a short time they could descry the boats, making their way slowly up the impetuous stream toward a bold promontory where the Indians were stationed. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The village was congested with excitement, as they approached they could dimly descry a dark crowd and tossing lanterns, and could hear the terrific thunder of the billows as they burst upon the beach. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The salient features we descry Of all the starry pattern; To see with telescopic eye The citizens of Mars we try, Or speculate on Saturn. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z And we go on holding similar discourse with ourselves as often as we descry the objects, at once familiar and unknown, which in every age the poets of Great Britain have loved to sing. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Early in the voyage they descried a great Indian ship, whose burden they estimated at 2,000 tons. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The doctor descried poor Nicolay on the top of a wave, like a mountain over them, as it were riding on, and buffeting in vain with his gigantic enemy. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover’s anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Mary fancied that the dog descried Toft returning, and she ran across the court. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Its blue tinge was doubtless in some degree heightened by the distance whence it was first descried, as well as by the deep azure of the skies after the late storm. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z But it was the Cacafuego that Drake wanted, and after crossing the line he promised to give his own chain of gold to the first man who should descry her. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z At three o’clock p.m., on Sunday the 22nd of April, the Sirius first descried the land, and early on Monday morning, the 23rd, anchored in the North River immediately off the battery. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z By the first dim ray of light she descried Eothwald kneeling before his finished sculpture. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z A number of Indians were descried, part on foot and part mounted. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The two speakers seemed to have departed; he could descry nobody in sight. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z Delayed a moment, he hurried on towards the junction with the main road, just in time to descry two twinkling Davy lamps disappearing round the distant corner. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Presently a second was descried, which quite destroyed the conjecture that it was the ship herself. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Was it his fancy, or did he descry in the far distance the island like a black spot on a silver plate? Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Vast lakes washed its boundaries, where the Indian115 voyager, in his birch canoe, could descry no land beyond the world of waters. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z They waited but a few moments, to see whether any of the figures which could be descried moving near the house were coming in their direction. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z "And thou, O mortal, who dost vainly ply These curious questions, thou dost not descry, That now thy time is lost—for I am passing by." Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Negroes seldom attain an advanced period of life; and the progress of years is more rapidly descried in their features and their form than in Europeans who have migrated to their clime. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z However, one morning when they had gone out with the Wanderobbo and Coja to track the smaller game for food, they descried two lions stalking slowly across a glade some miles up the river. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z They moved with all the precaution of Indian warfare, when, at length, as night was closing in, they descried a band of the Iroquois in their large canoes of elm bark approaching through the gloom. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z He darted at the audacious bird, pursued it into the thicket, then came to a sudden surprised stop when he descried a black form among the leaves. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z They had gone perhaps a mile, when they descried a car coming at a rapid rate from the opposite direction. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z From the young, full of eager aspirations after virtue and glory; with the glance of the falcon to descry the high-placed aim,—but ah! the wing of the wren to reach it! Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z They had reached the bank and were wheeling to burst upon the Swahilis, when they were suddenly descried by those who had crossed. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z From Rocky Point we descried a strange sail, which, by her movements, we thought must be the Beagle: I returned, therefore, and sent Lieutenant Mitchell out to her. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z My attention was next turned toward the direction whence our advance might be expected; but although I could see nearly four miles of the road, not a man was to be descried along it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z But somewhere there must be an open spot that his keen eyes had descried, and it was there that he intended to make a landing. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Looking off seaward, I could descry no sails. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In the far distance they descried a herd of antelope feeding, but for some time saw no other living creature, beast or man. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Once or twice he descried a sail on the horizon; once, indeed, he felt some excitement and anxiety as he saw a bark under full sail bearing straight, as he thought, for the shore. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z In coasting along the shores of Italy, Napoleon, from the deck of the Orient descried, far away in the distant horizon, the snow-capped summits of the Alps. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Presently Mr. Curran, established as vidette, descried a well-known horseman, who pulled up sharply in the road, and dismounting, vaulted lightly over the wall. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z When it was light enough to descry the Giovanni, six objects could be seen clinging in the ringing. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Each one every now and then strained his eyes “ahead,” down stream, to see if he could descry “broken water.” The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z She had been descried by the men of the last watch, but the meaning of the move was not clear to them as it was instantly to him. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z On descrying the glint of his white sails these ships tacked and made off, confessing by the movement, though they showed no colours, that they represented an enemy. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Towards the close of the day we descried in the distance a range of snowy summits, and were told that this was the chain that we were to cross on the morrow. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z One day they descried three boats in the offing, but no signals they were able to make could attract notice. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z From the top of the central tower, crowned with its copper roof and golden fish, could be descried a host so numerous and well-equipped that Sampei stood marvelling how they could be here so quickly. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Far to the south he descried a long dark bar upon the horizon; this must be land, many miles away, probably the mainland. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z On a nearer approach, its dark outline assumed a more decided form, and he now distinctly descried the figure of a monk, bending low over the stream. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z The Forth, with "isles of emerald," and white sails skimming its glassy surface, expands into the German Ocean; and Edinburgh Castle, just descried amid the haze, crowns the distant landscape. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z I hastened on, to get away the faster from the level country; and one evening, in the distance, I descried the dim outline of the Mountains, lying on the sky before me. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z We had many indications of the vicinity of land, and from this time we proceeded more satisfactorily, till the 3rd of July, at noon, when, to the joy of all, we descried land. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z In a short time, they descried a herd of ten antelopes. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Looking in, he descried three or four Things, like black rabbits, one of which ran after him. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Well doth she know this glorious morn, And by her subject waves is borne, As in triumphal pride: And now the gazing crowd descry, Distinctly floating on the sky, Her pendants long and wide. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z In short, Count Ernst did feel considerable palpitations of the heart, so soon as he descried the Princess from afar; but of their Whence or Why, he could give his own mind no account. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z From her nonchalant manner none could descry her real interest in the affair. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z Far off he descried the irregular line of reeds that marked the course of the Euphrates. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Neither pride Nor hope rekindling at the end descried So much in gladness that some end should be. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z The eager sailors leap on shore, And look, and gaze around, If 'mid the crowd they may descry A wife's, a child's, a kinsman's eye, Or hear one family sound. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z On the 27th they descried seven sail at sea, and put out five canoes to reconnoitre, suspecting it was the vanguard of the Peruvian fleet. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z "Marking the tracks of air, the clamorous cranes Wheel their due flight, in varied lines descried; And each with outstretched neck his rank maintains, In marshal'd order, through th' ethereal void." The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z He was just able to descry the heads of the pursuers, at least a mile away. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z The Creator has established, in the sense of smelling, a sentinel, to descry distant danger of life. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Fitz-Owen thinks:—but in her eye So calmly bright, he can descry That she is not afraid Of savage men, or monsters wild, But is sublimely reconciled To meet and bear her destiny. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Whenever it descries danger from afar, the submarine can disappear under the water in anywhere from twenty seconds to a minute. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z O Thou, the all-lovely One, He hath had no vision Who can see and hate; for why, Speck nor stain may none descry In Thy lowly, lofty Face, Full of sweetness, love, and grace. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z The canals which traverse the land in all directions are like so many huge rivers, and the streams sometimes widen into regular lakes, the borders of which cannot be descried by the naked eye. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z On earth's green carpet many sleepers lie, And hid beneath it others I descry, And others, not yet come, or passed away, People the desert of Nonentity! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Then will my joy-enlighten'd soul descry All that is beautiful on land or sky; For, when the heart is calm with pure delight, Revels the soul 'mid many a glorious sight. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z They had not sat long, when fortunately they descried a vessel in the offing. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z And vainly are we fenced about From peril, day and night, The awful rapids must be shot, Our shallop is but slight; So pray, when parting, we descry A cheering beacon-light. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z From the main-mast-head we could also descry further to the eastward the island of Tillangschong, to which we were now proceeding. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z On the 23rd July the weather cleared up; we approached the coast and came in sight of Cape St. Augustin, the first land descried since leaving Madeira. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Just before night I was fortunate enough to descry a man on the further shore, who appeared to be on the look-out for some one, and hailed him. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z He descried the younger thief trudging on slowly with his cow. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z Neptune, the God who do's the Seas command, Ne'er stands on Tip-toe to descry their Land; But seated on a Billow of the Sea, With Ease their humble Marshes do's survey. Selected Poems (1685-1700) 2011-12-27T03:00:09.253Z Sometimes in the distance we could descry small villages and solitary farm-houses. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z We could just descry a few sculptures on the walls. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z While our opposing impulses kept us stationary for a moment, I descried my men approaching on horseback, behind the Indians. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z An hour or two before sundown they descried a village, to which they made up, and became guests in the house of one of its most respectable inhabitants. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z He was soon descried, and every one else was immediately eclipsed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Then, too, from amid the mysterious gloom started forth the strangest voices and cries, without our being able to descry the animals themselves. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Alfred’s eye, quickly scanning the horizon, descried the roof of the boundary-rider’s hut still gleaming in the sunlight. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z The day after we halted, in full view of the south Atlantic, on looking out upon the water, two masts were plainly descried, evidently those of some vessel running down to this inlet. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The patrolmen were out, and toward sundown one of them descried the masts of a vessel far away in the distance. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z And Forbes could descry the muffled outlines of fingers clutching the heavy fabric. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Soon I descried the horses; they drew near. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z But immediately the lady left him: she had descried her quarry. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z The rugged coast and strange, fantastic rocks of the outlying islands of Iceland were in sight, and, half-buried in misty clouds, the distant mountains could be dimly descried. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Mrs. Perkins and Susie could be descried down on the beach waiting to see them off; Mr. Tallis too, chatting with the ladies. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z He had stood then trying to peer them out in the gloom, knowing they were there and unable to descry them. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z ‘I can just dimly descry ye, you looks about as frisky as a pair o’ bull buffaloes. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Far away on the plain we could descry two black moving spots. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Men flitted hither and thither like uneasy ghosts, making things snug, and battening down the principal hatches; on the bridge, dimly descried, was McBain, speaking-trumpet under arm, and beside him Stevenson. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The terminus of the other movement can only be somewhat dimly descried. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z When he came into the city and got down from his cart, he descried upon the threshold of an inn a pretty goodwife who smiled, seeing him look at her. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Shetland once again; and when it opened out more, and began to fall off to the bow, the primitive cottages could be descried, and the diminutive cattle and the sheep that browsed on its braes. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The storm which Blackmore’s seer-like vision had descried in the blue-green auroral flutters of a couple of nights previously arrived quite on schedule. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Over Monte Coelio we could see the heights of the Sabine Hills, and running our eyes along the Appian Way, we could almost descry the Alban Lake, the mountains being distinctly visible. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z At this point she was aroused by voices, and along the little path through the trees, she descried Eileen and Lawrence coming toward her. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z As he was on the point of entering the hall of the feasting with them, he descried on the road to Paris twelve blind men trudging along. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z “On, on the vessel flies; the land is gone, And winds are rude in Biscay’s sleepless bay; Four days are sped, but with the fifth anon, New shores descried make every bosom gay.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z While waiting at our posts we could descry the beaters, mere dots, winding along the glen, 1,500 feet below. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Him, too, she promptly descried, standing behind the other. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It was not long before he descried his quarry. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z At the same station we descry another huntsman in white breeches, scarlet cap, and overcoat. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It now seemed to descry me, and dropping to the ground as before, reappeared a few yards off. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z After traversing leagues of corn-land—at this season as lonely as an African desert,—we descried a considerable pack, and again luck favoured us as to site. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "It must be he's at his dinner," said Jimmy at my elbow, descrying these movements with a vision that appeared to be equal to mine plus the field-glasses. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z The sun had set before the men were descried coming over the pastures. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The steep ascent of the Apennines is only partially descried through the darkness. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It has descried a shrimp, or small fish, and this is its way of taking aim. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The second band required a good deal of finding: although Blas was confident he had correctly localized them, we could descry no bustards anywhere in that neighbourhood. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Even as I spoke I descried the car. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Presently they descried, far away, the light of a lamp. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z But while we wedged ourselves in among the crowd, one of our party descried a boy with the pustules of small pox still fresh upon his face. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z He was descried about eight o'clock near Greenwich, towards the top of the harbour, as usual floating near the surface, and moving slowly about. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z When likely corn-lands are reached, one man advances to reconnoitre: having descried a band of bustards and taken a comprehensive view of the surrounding country, he must at once decide on his line of action. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They will show you a cave where in the semi-darkness you descry awful forms in stone, seeming like a ghostly and gigantic choir of monks. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z While he was thus engaged he descried a party of riders on the road and went to meet them. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Just as he was going to speak again, however, we descried a boat pulling across towards us from the wharves on the other side. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Gradually, as her eyes grew accustomed to the dusk, she descried a stocky figure leaning over a shovel. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z On January 6th, 1888, we descried a herd of nineteen, of various sizes, all dreamily ruminating, knee-deep in the marisma, each form reflected in the still water beneath. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Your gaze may travel far before you descry any fitting resting-place for man. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Tommy rose in the boat, to see if she could then descry any dark patch upon the surface which might be a raft; but there was nothing. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z I followed as swiftly as I could, and, when I had gained the cover, descried him lying upon the ground near the edge of a deep but dry water-course. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z At length, in 1325, they descried an eagle resting on a cactus which sprang from the crevice of a rock in the lake of Tezcoco, and grasping in his talons a writhing serpent. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Meanwhile the stricken macho had descended to the depths of the glen, where he was presently descried by our scouts stretched on the shelf of a jutting crag, a mile below. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Soon after sunrise, we descried a herd of oxen, extending a mile and a half in length, and too numerous to be counted. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z No spring of water could they descry; no path; no herdsman’s cabin; over all that vast land there was silence and dead calm. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The moon being favorable, the approach of anything could be descried in every direction. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z "But these people—" She looked up and down the long room with misty eyes, like one dimly descrying a throng. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z On the height of the ridge, high above us, we descried against the sky-line the crouching figure of a man, stealthily advancing as though in touch of game. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They forthwith their journey renew, tending to the water: Whom when th' old boatman descried silently emerging Out o' the leafy shadows, advancing t'ward the river-shore, Angrily gave-he challenge, imperious in salutation. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z However, there was to be no further discussion of this matter, nor yet greensward rehearsals of dancing; for they now descried coming to them the little maid who waited on Judith's grandmother. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z He experienced a certain relief in its advent, as one who descries a familiar face in a foreign crowd. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z About noon, Catesby, who was on the look-out from the walls of the mansion, descried a large troop of horsemen issuing from the wood. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Straight for the sunken tub they held their course, and not till almost overhead did they descry the lurking gun. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z No sooner had the arrow quitted the string, than I descried a bear, feeding on ants' nests, and that in a direct line between myself and the bird shot at. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z With equal facility do Christians and Mahometans spy out each others inconsistencies and both have an admirable sagacity to descry the superstition of the heathen nations. Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z It was of little use; for the wolf gained on us, and at last I descried him about a quarter of a mile behind, coming with savage speed along the snow. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z What beauty, it might be asked, could a lover of nature descry in an old stone fence? The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Scanning the heights with a field-glass, one descries a man working on some jutting point or tiny patch of tillage so steep that a stone would hardly lie. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Doublet, dub′let, n. a pair: an inner garment: name given to words that are really the same, but vary somewhat in spelling and signification, as desk, disc, and dish, describe and descry. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z And Tom, looking in the direction indicated, descried the woolly heads of several dusky warriors who were lying in ambush behind the rocks. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Out over the starlit open to where, well across the field, he could dimly descry the forms of two horsemen. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Yet he, who from the shore the wreck descries, May lawfully enrich him with the prize. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Towards noon the party, led by our friend Claudio, descried among the bare rocks of a ridge high above them a moving object. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Bessie hadn’t to wait long, for it appeared that her friend’s parent now descried the direction in which, according to her companion’s observation, courtesy pointed. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z I was on deck at the moment, and springing up the shrouds to the main-top-mast head, I descried three whales right ahead of us and at no great distance. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Borne on the breath of the rising east wind, a single, solemn "bong" of the Twenty-third Street tower tells that the watcher has quickly descried the unusual smoke-cloud billowing up from the doomed dwelling. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Then, as he stood there vomiting like a dog, he descried the long outline of a wolf moving towards the cemetery in the bright light of the moon. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Then, crawling to the verge of some fearful abyss, the hunter commands the depths below, and, if he descry ibex, is enabled to approach without the warning of the wind. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Towards evening we passed the Lizard, to see land no more till we should descry it on the other side of the Atlantic. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Near the centre Ann descried the tall, imitation stone gate-posts, spanned at the top by a white crescent, and towards this portal she sped, breathing through her big nostrils like a laboring ox. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z In the body of this car an observing person might have descried a couple of indentations which, were he of a sensational turn of mind, would have suggested to him the marks of bullets. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z There he descried a tall young fellow carrying under his arm a net filled with all sorts of poultry, and another net also which he was rapidly filling with haddock, trout, eels, and pike. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Rarely does one descry a band of these birds on the ground. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "Two worlds are ours, 'tis only sin Forbids us to descry The mystic heaven, and earth within, Plain as the sea and sky." Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Looking long and steadily at the house, Ann suddenly descried a dim light burning up-stairs in the front room on the left-hand side of the upper hall. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z As soon as the French descried the Spaniards, they fled to their fort, without any remaining. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z Behind these again, Ulenspiegel could descry the dark figures of a couple of soldiers on horseback. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z At six we descry the infantry and the pack trains clambering up the heights to the northwest and disappearing from view over the timbered crests. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z In a few minutes, she descried a small cart, directed by a man on foot, who was jovially talking with some companion. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Rising, then, and vainly trying again to descry the horse, 'All, all is gone!' she cried, 'and I dare not even die!—All, all is gone, from the lost, unhappy Elinor, but life and misery!' The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z None of the usual crowd that visit picture shows were to be descried here. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z When Lord Baltimore descried Captain Dauntrees and the ranger approaching the mansion from the direction of the fort, he advanced beyond the threshold to meet them. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Once a boy a wild rose spied, In the hedgerow growing; Fresh in all her youthful pride, When her beauties he descried, Joy in his heart was glowing. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z With a slackened and irresolute step, she now went on, till, wistfully looking towards the church-yard, she descried a female, with arms uplifted, that seemed inviting her approach. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Anxiously she looked around, till, at some distance, she descried a horseman. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z From this height we descried the mountains of Switzerland and Savoy, amongst which Mont Blanc was seen with his snow-topped summit. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z In the stern sheets, when it came near enough, Harry could descry a single figure sitting under the broad canopy of an umbrella. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Thus, when the trembling hare descries the hounds, She from her whinny mansion swiftly bounds; O'er hills and fields she scours, outstrips the wind; The hounds and huntsmen follow far behind. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z And suddenly Georges' eyes were dry, for he descried the red and black feathers of the page who was devoted to him. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Ere long they descried a boat rapidly approaching, urged on by some unseen power. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z As it was, early one morning his outlook descried the sloop-of-war on the weather bow. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Dimly I descried about fifty people, most of them men, as usual, but I could hear women’s voices and laughter. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Now, to the ground of Golf my muse shall fly, The various men assembled to descry, Nine-tenths of whom, throughout the rolling year, At the first hole unfailingly appear; Where, "How d'ye do?" Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z Beautiful Loree was not accustomed to bloom unsought in the rôle of wall-flower, and even though she was soon descried and besieged for the remainder of the waltz her vanity was hurt by the incident. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z A breeze springing up soon after noon, the fog lifted, when away dead to leeward a ship was descried, her maintop just appearing above the horizon. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Indistinct in the gloaming, a feminine form could be descried, regally erect, upon the high-borne chaise. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z They seemed to go a long way off before they reached the stable, but at last I descried the inside of a brick building, narrow and manger-lined. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Several groups could be descried through the dense whitish smoke that settled and rose over the top of the barricade. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Diagonally across the dining-hall, the twins descried the ample Mr. Proudtree. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z This occurred when, a short time after rising for a night flight from Eufala, Alabama, to the Mississippi State line, Frank descried, through some trees, what he thought was the rising moon. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z They have extraordinary good eyes, and will descry a sail at sea, farther than we. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z It was absurd to place the interrogation point at the end of a sentence where it is not descried until it is too late for the inflection of interrogation to be given. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Disagreements over the wall’s place in history are usually descried in terms of East Germans versus West Germans. Berlin Journal: Recalling When a Wall Split a City Apart 2011-08-11T23:30:39Z But they didn’t get as far as Polly’s just then, for when they reached the corner they descried Laurie tearing along the side yard of the Coventry place. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z There was no encouragement anywhere to be descried. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z On the 23d, before sunrise, the Buccaneers came in sight of the city; and as soon as they were descried, the three armed Spanish ships got under sail, and stood towards them. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Leaning on the broad window-seat of blackened Jersey oak she tried to descry his dwelling, but the tree-tops shut it away. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Soon they reached a clearing and descried before them a cluster of bark lodges. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Sometimes a green valley is descried, which makes a verdant gulch opening quite down to the sea. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z There is no fault anywhere to be descried. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z In the evening of the 7th, the ships being then so far from land that they could not be descried, Townley with 140 men departed in twelve canoes for the harbour of Acapulco. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Therefore, from bush to bush we followed, the little creature keeping up its cherring cry till, finally, it came to a halt upon a tree, in a hollow of which we descried the comb. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Soon, soon it seems to you, you must come forth on some conspicuous hilltop and, but a little way further, against the setting sun, descry the spires of El Dorado. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z They are no myths unto me— Clearly their outlines I see; Millions of towns I descry Hanging o'er me from the sky. City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z There were also some eggs of rotifers attached to the water plants, in which motion could be descried at intervals, and a little red eye observed. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Standing beside the captain on the bridge a smallish, clean-shaven man was descried, and the crowd at once recognised him as the hero whom they had assembled to honour. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z When she was scarcely fourteen years old, a peasant had descried on a rugged precipice a golden vulture's nest with one young one, but no one in the village dared venture to seize it. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Some have thought they descried, at the end, a time, in which peace and righteousness should reign over the whole world. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z Why do I love to descry War in the fields of the sky? City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z His vision, like a telescope, descried sails at sea invisible to those on shore. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z As they emerged from under the shelter of the jutting rock where they had been resting, they descried the little Eskimo staggering towards them under the burden of a seal almost as large as himself. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Our cavalry, on reaching this village, descried the advance of the French, composed also of cavalry; and what was not a little singular, they also were Germans in the French service. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z For Holmes the ash of a cigar, A gnat impinging on his eye, Possess a meaning subtler far Than humbler mortals can descry. More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z During the afternoon I descried something on the far side of the river that looked like a boat partly sunk in the water, one end only of which was out. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Only the younger among us can hope to see what Arnold descried in the distance, Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The glimmer of the dying embers of many camp-fires shone ruddily in the distance, while an occasional sentinel could be descried keeping his monotonous vigil. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z The tendency to God he can descry even in man’s present imperfection. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I came up this blind alley, and, looking sharply, descried that glimmer of light. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Mr. Corbold, however, looked extremely rebellious, and no corner of parchment could be descried about any part of his person. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z After proceeding about four miles, our path came to the summit of an eminence, from which we descried the valley of the Ozau, or Ozark fork. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Esau landed on the marsh at the head of the lake, to try and circumvent some duck he had descried; in this he failed, but shot a greenshank, of which there were several flying about. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Long before they arrived at the landing-place the anxious watchers had descried them, and, when they touched land, there was quite an excited crowd ready to welcome them. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Then walking forward with cleared brow and a resolved air she soon reached Mrs. Polwarth's cottage, before the door of which Tottie, evidently expectant, descried her and ran in to report. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Rosalind descried him from her window before he reached the house; and her first feeling was certainly one of embarrassment, as she remembered that it was her summons which had brought him there. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z We had not gone far, and had not yet reached the point of our original issue from the forest, when we descried a man on horseback, coming toward us. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z However, he descried Margaret on the other side of the lawn, and upon her presently he bore down. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Through him I make gold changeable To dross, and paradise to hell; Clouds for its corpse-cloths I descry. The Three Hills And other Poems 2011-07-07T02:00:25.437Z "I descried no such importance in it," said the king. The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z He looked around for more substantial wreckage, but the mist and the darkness combined rendered it impossible to have descried even a boat, had such been within a few yards of him. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z As the shades of night overtook us, a hunter's cabin was descried on the left shore, where a landing was made. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Even as this thought struck him he descried something floating in the water—something long and dark, like a human form. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Following her father’s glance, Yseulte descried a male figure crossing the stile which led into the field where they were sitting, and recognised young Vallance, who between themselves was known by the above nickname. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z And I descry symptoms of such a tendency on the part of Herbert I thought I’d give you a hint, that’s all. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z They thought to descry some strange resemblance at that moment between the faces of the two men, between their dreaded oppressor and his—and their—helpless captive. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z We soon after descried a hunter's cabin, a small and newly erected hut in the midst of the forest, occupied by a man named Alexander Roberts. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z As they rode up to the little fishing colony they descried a group of three seated against a boat, and a tall young man leaning over them. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Peering through the chinks, the besieged could descry a sea of threatening faces, savagely hideous in the red torchlight. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The male bird was very savage, and no sooner did he descry the party, than he came bearing down upon them from the far end of the enclosure. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z When morning dawned, he found himself on a high table-land with a river flowing along a valley below him, and here he first descried the Britons. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z But on reaching the summit of this natural look-out, we could descry nothing that betokened human habitation. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Within the decaying trunk of the old pine the guardian spirit ere long descried a tiny shoot, and with eager haste he sped away to the courts of the spirits to proclaim his discovery. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z Through the open door three Indians could be descried approaching rapidly. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Hicks was right as to the identity of the visitors, whose conveyance they had descried. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Some of them were seen with huge spy-glasses looking out ahead in the streets, to descry any dangerous rocks that might lie in their track, which might obstruct or fatally terminate their voyage. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z The habile Major descried the party the instant he entered the room, and led the lady directly to it. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z Long before they reached the camp the people descried them on the distant hills, riding slowly, and their horses appearing to be tired out. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z Just as the prince passed out of sight the fluttering ribbons danced before her eyes, and she descried her beautiful princess bound to a tree. The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z You may descry the usual phases in its ingredients. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Amongst them one descries companies of a higher grade, which rejoice themselves in the splendid summer's day. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z When the captain, with his assisted eye, descried the far-off parabolic spout of his victim, the cry of "Fall! fall!" would resound from stem to stern, and from hold to cross-trees. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Any time of day or night, a look out into the town's main street descried a company or two of soldiers, on their way from camp for town-leave, or on their way back. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z The first dwellings we descried were some miserable Tatar cabins, surrounded with brambles and thistles. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Even their keen vision failed to descry this. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Quivering with joy, I entered, and descried, on both sides of the framework, the puppets all hanging in order as they were to advance to view. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z But the sky was open, and far away in the clear blue to the north-west Abdul had descried a speck which moment by moment was growing larger. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z She descried a new meaning in his watchfulness before long,—a sad yearning that would not let her out of his sight; mournfulness that might signify either compassion or regret. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Some minutes afterwards we descried the white tents of the Khouroul. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Another savage is suddenly descried by Hicks and Armitage, who are riding together, rushing at a man, who with his bridle over his arm stands coolly awaiting his approach. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Suddenly, when about three miles to the southwest of the camp, it seemed to pause hesitatingly; and then, as if all at once having descried the little group of tents, started swaying, tottering toward them. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Late in the afternoon he descried, on the further side of the village, a horseman approaching from the direction of the hills. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z Max would, he told himself, be able to descry any approaching customers from the top of the kopje. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z We no sooner reached a station, than horses, which had been brought out the moment we were descried, were put to, and galloped away with us without a moment's check to the next station. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The smoke clears away, and a confused mass of fallen bodies and red struggling limbs, is descried. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z An annuity of ten thousand maravedis had been promised by the sovereigns to him who should first descry land, and every eye was on the gaze, whenever opportunity permitted, to gain the prize. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Bright as the moon’s rays were he did not at first descry the approaching danger. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z We sailed up this channel and at five miles descried a crowd of Indians in the tules at the edge of the river. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z With the captain's aid I at last descried on a point of rock at a great distance from us a solitary chapel, which I was informed was dedicated to the Virgin. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Scarcely was this impromptu dirge brought to a close when a group was descried advancing towards the camp, waving something white. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Q. State all that was said by or in the presence of the prisoners when and after the vessel was descried? Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Did Hickman pretend to descry the “actions of the spirits” in the show-stone, or only to drudge on the powder of projection? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I stayed in the boat, but in a little while I was told that some heathen Indians had been descried. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z She descried a boyish, eager face on the top of a pair of wonderful shoulders. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Ere I arriv'd, My father stood already on the shore, Fixing his eyes with anxious eagerness, As straining to descry the Capitol. The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-05-31T02:00:32.980Z Q. When the sail was first descried was there any flag flying on the Savannah? Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z More seems to have descried the speck of the Reformation, while others could not view even the gathering cloud in the political horizon. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Three miles farther on we descried some rafts of Indians, who immediately concealed themselves in the bushes along the riverbank. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z When ready to embark, Laudonnière again descried some ships approaching the coast; this time they were French, commanded by Ribaut, who was bringing succour and the means of increasing the settlement. Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 2011-05-30T02:00:21.633Z The happy man who can descry him first, Points him to his next neighbour, he to his; Then what a thunder of applause goes round; What music to the ear of filial love! The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-05-31T02:00:32.980Z Q. At what time did you descry her? Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The object of his startled attention, illumined, for an instant, on the outskirts of the throng, by the glare of a torch, was no more to be descried. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Half an hour after we descried them we joined them and found the Reverend Fathers and the soldiers who were embarked with them. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z As they were looking around them to find some more substantial nourishment, Virginia descried a young palm-tree among the trees of the wood. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z In the purple darkness he descried her white gown, and down each shoulder of it a long, long rope of blackness. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z In a few hours afterward, she descried the United States brig-of-war Perry. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z On the tenth morning after her departure a sail was descried, and this time it so happened that the little brig was well to the windward. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z At eight o’clock in the morning, having gone about three miles, we descried several little rafts, which by rowing hid themselves along the northwest bank of the river. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Suddenly there was a halt, the sword of Oswald was uplifted, and I could descry a muffled human figure standing in the centre of the path. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Through the murk of the ocean of history northward and far, I descry thee, O Sailor! Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z But an exciting intuition seized his senses as he descried some object flashing methodically in the sunlight. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z High up in the little box above the big looking-glass by the entrance door could be descried the press representatives peering over each other's shoulders and busily writing in their notebooks…. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z On the third day, they descried a speck of land on the horizon, and towards the evening they could see that it was an island with misty hills and lights on it. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z Yonder, in the distance, I can descry the turrets of my castle. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z As they now approached the shore opposite, they descried a stone jetty, for one side of which the canoes headed, while the barge was brought up on the other. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z He followed the incomprehensible direct ascension of the aeronautic animal, and at last descried at the upper window the attracting artist, and animal-magnetizer, who had drawn his lot for dinner from the hen-yard below. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z And when from his box he descried Miss Spoelmann next to Countess Löwenjoul in the front of the circle, a tremor went right through him. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z The eyes of both, sweeping the blue sea, have just descried the steamer coming from beyond the distant Point Judith, and heading in a north-easterly direction. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z After about a half hour of riding, the party on horseback descried through the darkness a glimmering light almost in the center of the road. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z Yet, standing where she stood, with the black hill behind her, she could at least descry something of the sea in front. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z From the top of the Mull Hills I could faintly descry the road to Castletown, but never a cart on market-day seemed to pass over it. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Night was now falling fast, but still there was light enough to descry the ghastly looks of the poor fellows, suffering in every variety of agony. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Olimpia awakes, and, finding herself alone, hurries to the beach, and then ascends a rock, whence she descries, by light of the moon, the departing sail of her lover. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z And while they were there, two men went further on in front, to see if they could descry anybody else; and they saw many Moors, who made for them as hard as they could. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I 2011-04-02T02:00:10.597Z At about two in the afternoon we could descry through the mist the small fishing-town of Santa Marta on our left, with its beautiful bay. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z He could just descry its blue walls—it was roofless. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z As they drove slowly down the last hill they descried two strangers, in overcoats and hard hats, conversing with Colonel Bristo in the road. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z The first glimpse got of them was by the warder in the Castle’s keep, just as the brightening sky enabled him to descry objects at a distance. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Miss Ellis did not pause till, to the accompaniment of a crunch of gravel and voices outside, two young men could be descried coming up the middle of the drive. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z The town seemed buried in silence and gloom, no light, not even that of a taper, could be descried. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z It was not so dark but he could descry the dim outlines of the ruined castle. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Far over the horses' ears a long low line of trees was visible; otherwise the plain was unbroken; you might ride all day on these plains and descry no other horse nor man. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z In an instant it was dashed open, and soldiers seen filing through—the same as they had descried on the hill beyond Drybrook. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z A quarter of an hour, however, dispelled all doubts, for within this time it had nearly reached the bottom of the hill, and we could descry a figure seated on an animal of some kind. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Of all the ten thousand barks which annually plough those seas in sight of that old cape, not one was to be descried. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z As Dan passed the old church, he could just descry the clock. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The blacksmith's blood was rising; his sensibilities descried a covert taunt which as yet his slower intelligence failed to comprehend. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z But, curiosity being stronger than any other consideration, they advanced softly amongst the reeds; and when they were pretty certain they could not be seen, they were willing to descry what it was. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Dimly he descried the reason of this apparent inconsistency. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z It stands in a deep hollow, whose sides are so precipitous that it is impossible to descry the town until you stand just above it. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Joscelyn’s pulse had begun to beat normally under the spell of the ethereal beauty of the scene, when suddenly far up the mountain road her keen eyes descried a moving figure. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Then, while my arms with scrofulous blood are dyed, I note in poems clear with scrupulous art What my keen eyes in these dark deeps descried. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Just as dinner made its appearance I descried a sail about two points on our starboard bow. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z She hurried to an upper window with a spy-glass, to see if she could descry them anywhere. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z On a fine day you may descry both Toledo and Madrid from its walls. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Accustomed, now, to the half darkness of the room, both descried his form vaguely, and at the same moment. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z About a mile away you descry a dark and rather wide-spread mass of wood, lying in a gentle hollow, which, I think, deepens its sombre tint. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z Matrimony was the continent toward which more or less consciously I had been traveling for five or six years, without having actually descried a port. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z From her moist eyrie in the surf the old gum boot descried the group upon the beach each pleasant day. A Little Book of Profitable Tales 2011-03-03T03:00:47.690Z Shortly after standing away from Tarifa, we had descried it in the far distance, when it showed p. 342like a white dove brooding on its nest. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Interspersed at intervals one descried plantations of bananas and sugar-cane, yams and taro. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z A sailing fragata, which they called an enchantress, because they did not descry at a distance more than its sails passed not far from the said ranchería. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z On the verge of the deep valley we presently descried a countless pig-faced army, laying waste the rising crops. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z One morning, as he was looking out over the sea, watching the dimpling and sparkling of the laughing waves, and dreaming about his dream, he descried something dark rising and falling on the waters. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z About one o'clock p.m., we descried, at the distance of five or six miles to our right, on the side of the hill or bluff, two or three herds of buffalo grazing. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z When one afternoon, taking a look from aloft, I descried the loom of Kusaie or Strong's Island, on the farthest horizon. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z A number of cattle being descried in the bend of the Kei, Colonel Somerset, with his people, wound down a pass to reach them.” The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z An elephant had been descried at the distance of some miles, and an uproar had in consequence commenced, sufficient to alarm the most fearless and sedate quarry in existence. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z There, couching among the thick stems, he descried a little bird sitting patiently on her nest, spreading her wings over her brood. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z He had not been an hour in his prison ere his quick eye had descried a possible means of escape. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z We remember the look of the face, The language that glanc’d from the eye, The cough, or the laugh, or some grace, By which we their forms can descry. Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z He had scarcely departed in the direction of the stable before Jim descried a carriage entering the park. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z On the verge of the plain was descried a band of the Alla Galla driving off a troop of camels, and with the points of their spears goading the awkward animals to a grotesque gallop. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Beyond the circle could be dimly descried another not less interested audience of women and older children. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z While they were in despair and supplicating aid from the Goddess, one of them descried a figure on the brow of an eminence not far distant. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z I had really only half-believed that it was she whom Curtiss had descried upon the Umbria's forward deck. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z Presently he descried him coming along the platform—a tall, good-looking man, resembling a soldier more than a Harley Street physician. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z Scarcely had these arrangements been completed, when a band of fifty warriors were descried advancing in a compact body over the brow of an adjacent eminence. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z O'er Madagascar, eastward far, a faint flush is descried;— Thus nightly, o'er his broad domain, the king of beasts doth ride. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Burke, hating wrong and injustice with a bitter hatred, had descried in the government of British India by the East India Company a disgrace to the English name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z It was ten o'clock in the evening, when they descried dark objects in motion on the lake before them. Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour 2011-02-10T03:00:53.020Z On ascending some high ground, a group of buildings was dimly descried. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z One night a party of fishermen, who were spearing fish near the Spirit Grove, descried something resembling a female figure standing on the shore. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z When Wanderer slackened speed a mile on the hither side of the Corindah gate, it was with some surprise that Pollie descried a strange four-in-hand converging from another point. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z One day as Marinell rode on the rich strand dressed in gay arms, looking here and there, he descried a rider on the forbidden ground. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z Here and there swung the ray of light, evidently looking for the fugitives, but as it did not come to rest, Cyril guessed that Bella had not yet descried the flying couple. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The sky was without a cloud, a speck—except when the great fish-eagle was descried sailing over its blue depths—the water without a wave. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z When first descried by the two sons, he sat in a state of stupour, in the midst of the most violent eddies. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z Among them Pollie descried two letters in the feminine handwriting which she had before remarked. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Twenty young men were ready at the instant, and they went forward, and in due time descried the lodge of the manitoes. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-04T03:00:18.247Z Soon I descried Granf'er's stooped form plodding across the back yard. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z All eyes were cast upward, like those of so many astronomers, to descry, if possible, what could be the upshot of this noisy harbinger, breaking in upon the solemn silence that reigned around. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z As the eyes of the observers got used to the situation, they descried a bed on the further side of the room. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The clerks therein employed were never safe from a sudden and unforeseen descent of the master, whose keen eyes descried the smallest irregularity. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Already they descried in the distant horizon the numerous spires and belfries of the churches of Paris. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z A mile distant the ancient descried a creek, and they moved over to it for the day. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Upon entering the warmed and perfumed equipage, Esther descried two living forms moving about, two bundles of flesh and hair in ribbons, which sprang upon Lady Vereker. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z As I stepped into the hallway, I descried Sperver in the distance. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z As soon as they were descried, both horse and foot sallied out upon them, where many of the Indians were slain: and some Christians and horses were hurt. A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 2011-01-20T03:00:07.377Z Captain Mirant's ships, which were to revictual the city and replenish its magazines of war, still failed to be descried at sea, notwithstanding a strong wind rose from the southwest towards sunset. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z This proved to be the case, for after I had started to return to the canoe I heard a faint halloo, and descried him on the top of a distant rocky hill. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z With a glance of the eye she addressed her most trenchant words to Mowbray, whom she descried standing at the back of the Prince of Wales's chair. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z As soon as the enemy was descried from afar, Liza's horse—Mouton—and Mme. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z He came to a town of the province of Quizquiz without being descried, and took all the people in it before they came out of their houses. A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 2011-01-20T03:00:07.377Z Rushing into the crowd, regardless of the random blows and curses he encountered, he wildly sought for Isabel, and soon descried her struggling from the delirious reaching arms of a half-clad reeling whiskerando. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z I rode on for possibly two or three miles without seeing a human being, until, from the top of a hill I descried a solitary lady rider. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z One evening Orm returned home bringing news that he had recognised, at a distance, her father's people, and that they had no doubt also descried him, as they could see as clearly as himself. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z He fell silent, as though he had descried in the air the signs which he foretold. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z On the 26th, at daybreak, they descried high land to the westward, which proved to be Japan. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z No sooner did they descry the first flush of dawn on their long-deferred hopes than they began to consider ways and means for putting their fondly nurtured projects into execution. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Before they neared the Brazilian shore, they descried a sail, which proved to be a French man-of-war, of nearly equal strength with their own. The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z This time, however, the fairy had watched the count from a window of her castle, and descried him and her daughter just as they were about to conceal themselves behind the rock. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z In the midst of this plain Teigue and his companions descried three hills, and on each of them an impregnable place of strength. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z As we approached the lights, we descried two more sail in the south-east, making an offing with all diligence, to which we immediately gave chase. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z A sight none other can descry— The kerchief he his mistress gave Now from her casement high doth wave. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z As they were about to leave Cartagena harbor, a sail was descried at a distance, which proved to be a brigantine laden with soldiers who had enlisted with Ojeda. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z She soon descried the lovers, with interlaced arms, swimming easily as a couple of fish towards the opposite bank. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Even after he had crossed the Atlantic, and descried the green woods of San Salvador rising out of the western seas, he thought he saw before him one of the islands of the Asiatic coast. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z At daylight, a sail was descried in the north-east, to which we immediately gave chase. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z She scans the plain at early dawn But nought of her lover can descry. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Nearly all the men were at the block-house, debating upon his fate, but several descried the flying fugitive, and shouted the alarm. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z Then he made stop, and ascended an ant-hill, with a half-despairing hope that from its summit he might descry the wished-for beacon—perhaps see the lights of the laager fires. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The boat danced over the sparkling waves, and three hours after she was alongside the schooner, which was hove to—the wind being contrary—as soon as the boat was descried by those on board. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z A few minutes only elapsed, and a second sail was descried, “broad on the starboard bow.” Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Some of them, as the cromlechs and logans, they no doubt employed in their mystic rites, as being symbols of the dimly descried Power they worshipped. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z His head was descried still farther down-stream, when it finally disappeared altogether. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z He had hoped to descry a dark line along it; the timber skirting the stream by which they had encamped; but nothing of this was in sight. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Inside Arkansas, Judge Wendell Griffin, "an unapologetic Halter supporter," descried a racial insult. National progressives are wrong about Blanche Lincoln 2010-06-17T00:10:00Z In the afternoon, a large ship was descried running down in our direction. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z A British police officer descried his trial in Albufiera as a "farce". Fan loses riot extradition fight 2010-04-27T10:43:00Z Who searches oft in small things worth descries. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources The nimble Hottentot had climbed, monkey-like, into the highest branches of the mowana, where he commanded a far view of the surrounding country; and from this elevated position had descried a place of probable safety. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z But his curiosity proved fatal; he was descried by the Bacchanals, who rushed upon him. Heathen Mythology At ten A. M. descried a sail from the deck, startlingly close to; so thick has been the weather. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z But he could not descry a gleam of the white temple. The Undying Past The gloom which prevailed around—the monuments which intervened—and, above all, the distance at which I then was from the grave of Clara Douglas—prevented me from descrying the captain. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Its cause was declared by cries, a sort of guttural rattling, which came responsive out of the mimosa, where a nest was now descried with young in it. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Land is not to be descried, and the snow is in as wretched a condition as it can be. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The steamer, now approaching, having been descried, at a great distance, by the curling of her black smoke high into the still air, night set in before she was near enough to be made out. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z There was now a gap at the top of the doorway through which could be descried a gloomy passage, cavernous and dark. In Jail with Charles Dickens But a little way inshore we could see a continuous range of elevations, backed by those still higher; and finally in the distance we descried a series of cloud-embraced mountains. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Others had descried the girl’s figure in that perilous situation. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway We saw headland after headland standing out northward, and farthest off of all we could descry a bluish glacier. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 During the day, a sail was descried, far in shore, but we were unable to make it out; indeed sails were of the least importance to us now, as we were unable to chase. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z As he was going into the palace of the noble, he descried a number of poor people congregated in the court, to whom food was being distributed. Brother Francis Less than the least And long after, as we turned from the straight avenue leading through the pergola, I descried his figure, still looking after us, unchanged, immovable. The Haunted Pajamas For some hours no sign of the ship appeared, and then, as the afternoon drew towards its close, Joe's keen eyes descried a sail showing above the horizon to the southward. In Paths of Peril A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia He descried the land near Cape St Augustine, and sailed along the coast as far as the river Amazon, whence he proceeded to the The Portuguese in Brazil. mouth of the Orinoco. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Soon after we came to anchor, as related, we descried a steamer in the west, steering for the mouth of the river. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The King and court had vanished, but around me I descried A troop of tourists, who that morn the glaciers would bestride. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I After several hours' fatigue, we descried, at the turn of a hill, seven giraffes, which my pack instantly pursued. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom She turned, however, before she had proceeded many steps, and descrying Magnhild's look of surprise, sprang back and clasped her in a fervent embrace. Magnhild Dust At about ten A. M. a sail was descried, some twelve or fourteen miles distant. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z They sat together without a word, each waiting for the other to rise first; and thus Theodore found them, though Moya's dress was all he could descry at first. The Shadow of a Man I fancied that I could descry, in spite of the rude workmanship of the stonemason, certain lines about the mouth and eyes that indicated that droll humour displayed in his comedies. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I I was about to return, but, looking back again at the house, to see if I could descry a light, I stood a moment by the garden gate, when you approached and discovered me.” Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact By this time it was toward evening, and we could descry in the dim distance the return of Dr. Humphreys and his family, as their carriages wound along the plain back again to Brentwood. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Being not a great distance from the land, we ran in for the purpose of discharging our prisoners; and descried the Ghaut mountains the next day. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Shall his fevered eye Through towering nothingness descry The grisly phantom hurry by? Rhyme? And Reason? I wandered on and on, till the pines grew less thick, and a wide extended view opened before me, when I fancied that I descried afar off in the valley a light. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I I was about to return, but, looking back again at the house, to see if I could descry a light, I stood a moment by the garden gate, when you approached and discovered me.” Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Far across the lough he could descry the harbor of Leenane, where the boats were at anchor, and see the lazy smoke as it slowly rose in the thick atmosphere. The Fortunes Of Glencore The next day, the weather being very fine, with the wind light from the southward and eastward, a sail was descried from aloft, and soon afterward another, and another, until four were seen. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It was scarcely noon when the long column of Tarleton's cavalry was descried descending the high hills that lay in the distance, and, soon afterwards, taking the road that led into the plantation. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency A few steps further on led me to the spot the climber had reached, when soon among the lengthened shadows of the pines, I descried a shadow which was not that of a tree. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Two months after happening to pass through the end of the valley, he descried an animal which he thought much resembled his own discarded steed. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France Three cross roads are bending, And one can she descry; Hervik has gone straight forth to the barrow Wherein her father doth lie. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes Late in the afternoon of that day, we descried two large ships approaching us, in company. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Upon looking near the earth, our travellers descried the object of this triumphant burst of joy, in a large wolf that was now struggling to release herself from the thraldom of her position. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The atmosphere seemed to fill with a delicious perfume, and looking upwards, I descried a troop of angels, bearing one with them who seemed lately of this earth. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The boat which Linton descried was still above a mile from the shore, and he sat down upon a stone to await its coming. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) In a few hours we descried another collection of Indian lodges. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The famous peak before spoken of, and which the mariner at sea descries long before the body of the island becomes visible, is a queer freak of nature. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z About a quarter of a mile distant, two or three negro cabins were visible, and he could descry a few children near the doors. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 The blinds are drawn, which, adding to the gloom of the day, the vast apartment is in semi-darkness, and it is some time before you can descry the figures. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) The breeze died away; and in proceeding under oars beyond Point Manning, we descried a collection of tents planted on a low island, with many oomiaks, kaiyacks, and dogs around them. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea After clearing the harbor, we descried the enemy, with his head off shore, at the distance of about seven miles. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The road might be descried, in the most open parts of the wood, for some fifty paces ahead; but where the shrubbery was more dense, it was lost in utter darkness. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Objects at the wayside were strangely illumined by the ever-moving glimmer of the two carriage-lamps, and at last, in the distance, they descried a great light and, over it, a cloud of smoke. On the Heights A Novel The abbey was presently descried from the distance, rising in the center of a sort of peninsula, and reached from this side by a narrow road that was built between two ponds. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess The Bishop dearly loved a little love affair, and he fancied he descried one in "the air." Under the Mendips A Tale On the 22d of April, having reached the track of the homeward-bound Pacific ships of the enemy, we descried an unlucky Yankee, to whom we immediately gave chase. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Shortly afterwards the dragoon himself was descried retracing his steps at a moderate trot towards the house. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency As I gave a final look at the scene of destruction, I descried a black-bordered paper all but buried in a thick layer of d�bris. Fragments of an Autobiography On our right, far in the distance, could be descried a long range of mountains, stretching away as far as the eye could see. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 The Captain promised the first man who should descry land a dollar, and a double allowance of grog. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. Just where the Strait debouches into the China Sea, we descried, in the midst of a rain-squall, to which we were both obliged to clew up our top-gallant sails, a tall clipper ship, evidently American. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The head of a marching column could thus be descried from a great distance, especially in wide level tracts with little or no vegetation and few inequalities of surface to interrupt the view. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I We descry, as we plough the plain, the well chipped darts which pointed their arrows, and the elongated pestles, that crushed their maize. An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem The three army corps have descried one another. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century "He reports that a man-o'-war can be just descried upon the horizon, and he thinks she is a Russian!" The Red Rat's Daughter We were lying to, as usual, when a large ship was descried, in the north-west, running in our direction. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z From the first bench above the creek she descried the figures of two men in front of the ranch house. Ewing\\'s Lady The reports of cannon and musketry were heard from Long Island, and columns of smoke were descried rising above the groves and orchards at a distance. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools They who came out of Egypt by Moses could not enter into rest because they did not descry, beyond the earthly Canaan, the rest of the spirit in God. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Day was scarcely born, yet the small black spot upon the horizon could be plainly descried by every one of the party, and was momentarily growing larger. The Red Rat's Daughter Toward midnight of the 7th of November, we descried a schooner, standing to the southward, to which we gave chase. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He descried Milton in his shirt sleeves extolling the merits of one of Rothman's stickers to a doubtful customer from Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The Competitive Nephew Large encampments were gradually descried; to appearance, the enemy were twenty thousand strong. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Kineton lies about four miles directly to the North, beyond which Warwick Castle may be sometimes descried, or the yet more distant spires of Coventry. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield And in that space he descried a dim form facing him there, looking toward him: a man as tall as himself, clad like himself in diving rig—like himself in polished copper helmet. Where the Pavement Ends One afternoon in May, a fleet of thirty sail of the line was descried in the distant horizon, approaching Acre. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 He looked up and descried Miss Levy herself standing over him. The Competitive Nephew About noon the head of the British army was descried advancing spiritedly from the south along the Salisbury road, and defiling into the fields. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools And his lynx gaze was quick to descry any irregularity, and woe indeed to the prefect in whose row such should occur, and still greater woe to the delinquent or delinquents. Haviland's Chum “There is more to tell, Great Great One,” answered the warrior, upon whose countenance, and upon the countenances of his band, I could descry signs of dread. The Induna's Wife One trooper was shot dead, and more than one wounded, and meanwhile masses of the enemy could be descried working up to the south-west. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising An armed force was moving down the slope upon which I had descried Njalo-njalo, in the distance looking like a swarm of black ants. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story The situation of the besiegers was growing critical, when, on the evening of the 19th, they descried the expected fleet standing toward the harbor. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools |
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