| 单词 | dingle |
| 例句 | The sun had now risen high enough to look over the high hedge: it gleamed on the tops of the birches and lit the northward side of the dingle with a cool yellow light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Two other paths led down into the dingle: from the west and from the east. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Altogether there were about two dozen standing on the wide grassy floor of the dingle, and as many more were marching in. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Long tree-clad slopes rose from the lip of the dingle, and away beyond them, above the fir-trees of the furthest ridge there rose, sharp and white, the peak of a high mountain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Winfrey remembered her as the most challenging of novelists, one for whom a dingle reading was never enough. Winfrey, Coates among speakers at tribute to Toni Morrison 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The game is light fun, yes, but I just cannot commit to a sport that takes seriously terms like “dingles” and “flapjack” and where falafel does not refer to a food I love. Review | ‘Pickleball is life’? I’m not so sure. 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z About mid-afternoon, she made her way to the office and the phone rang - not a regular ring - kind of a short two dingle. New Argo owners bring hotel back to glory days 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Open at Shinnecock Hills, when Miller called the long brown fescue grass off the fairways “dingle dangles.” Media: Johnny Miller's 'dingle dangles' and Rickie Fowler, 'big hat no cattle': The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z The howling of the winds in the cwms and dingles which run down the p. 13mountain on every side was really appalling. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The wood, as we have said, was extensive, covering several miles of undulating ground, broken by rocks and dingles, and interspersed by more than one piece of water. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z Presently they dropped into a fern-clad dingle and saw below them, beside the rivulet that made music in its bottom, a house or two. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In fact, it looked dull and dreary; its mountains appeared barren and sunburnt; and the distance prevented me from seeing the valleys and dingles which in some degree redeem it from insipidity. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z At Pinehurst, it’s actually called wire grass, but dingle dangles will work, too. Media: Johnny Miller's 'dingle dangles' and Rickie Fowler, 'big hat no cattle': The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z From every valley and dingle and from every height came trooping joyous groups. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The trees were sparse at the border, and I knew that he would not stop there, but would rather advance until he arrived at some little dingle closely wooded about from view of the house. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The dingle has disappeared—it is now occupied by the Monmer Lane Ironworks—but you may still find Dingle Bridge and Dingle Lane. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Charley, boy, I saw some fresh sweet violets down in the dingle this morning. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z These years of devotion amongst the bleak hill-sides and flowery dingles of his remote parish did for him what a life of ease and sunshine did for Frederick. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z They were ablaze with flowers, the grass in the dingle below was very green, the waters sparkled in the sunlight, and beyond the river the braeland was a rolling cloudland of green trees. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z As I proceeded the country became more and more wild; there were dingles and hollows in abundance, and fantastic-looking hills some of which were bare and others clad with trees of various kinds. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z And here, on the top of the dingle or glen, and overlooking the sea, were Napoleon’s house and garden. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z I was ready for the dingle, which was only across the field, and to pick violets at any time, and I ran out. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Beautiful walks can be had in every direction, along the hard sandy sea-beach, over the mountains and on to extensive table-lands, or away up into dark rocky dingles and heath-clad glens. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z Our heroes knew every nook and corner of it, every hill and dell, every dingle, rock, and glen, and all the creatures that dwelt therein, whether clad in fur or feather. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The night, however, was not very dark, and we found our way tolerably well, though once in descending p. 92I had nearly tumbled into the nant or dingle, now on our left hand. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z The perfume and tint of the blossom; Are as fresh in vale, dingle, and glen; But say, is the pulse of our bosom As warm and as bounding as then? A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z I'm going to the dingle, to get some fresh violets for mamma. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Then a clearer voice replies To his echo ere it dies, And the blackbirds' voices mingle With th' Eistedfodd in the dingle. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z In summer the dingle is a golden-green vision of tender light that filters through the beeches. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z At last I saw a small house close by a nant, or dingle, and turned towards it for the purpose of inquiring my way. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z A little further on, a mother and her children were just coming to the road from the deep, sweet shade of a dingle. A Canterbury Pilgrimage 2011-06-13T02:00:24.520Z "I shouldn't wonder but it's those people over yonder," pointing her long darning-needle in the direction of the dingle. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z They doubled at the corner of Beddington Lane with intent to meet us in the dingle. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Nancy rushed after her friend’s retreating figure, and after walking a few moments, the two girls found themselves on the edge of a dingle. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z In every dingle shine Flowers white and blue and red, Roses and lilies shed perfume around. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Hermits are not fond of living in dingles, amongst wolves and foxes; for how in that case could they dispose of their poultry? The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The sun had set behind the trees of the dingle in a red ball of fire as I climbed into my favourite seat—the fork of the pear-tree. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Although 'tis true that young Robin Redfern passing through the dingle early this morning, did come upon an old and worthless wallet, which might indeed have belonged to the man you speak of. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z The greater part consists of heaths broken by knolls, and gloomy dingles, and forests of stunted pine; these places are infested with banditti. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z There is the spook of an old vagabond who sleeps in dingles in phantom greenwoods. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z I looked around for my guide, but could not find him; methought, however, that I heard his voice down a deep dingle. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The violets were there in the dingle, sure enough; both blue and white. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z "A scratch he got in a tussle we have had with some vagabond gypsies down in the dingle," explained Timothy Trollope, well-nigh breathless after his long run by the horse's side. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z My companion, who seemed to be acquainted with every inch of ground over which we passed, had a legend to tell of every dingle and every pine-clump. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Come with me to the dingle where my cousin the gipsy camps o' night. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z From this gorge branch off, on either side, small dingles or glens, some of them so overgrown with p. 64trees and copsewood, that the eye is unable to penetrate the obscurity beyond a few yards. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Lifting my eyes in surprise—for I had thought the movement in the dingle was only Leah, coming to see after me—there stood the sweetest fairy of a child before me. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z There is no large or lofty timber upon it, but a perpetual succession of low, rich groves, "alleys green, dingles, and bosky dells." Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z We began to dislike our native dells and dingles, and to haunt, more than ever, the habitations of man. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z It is when they go together, first to the dingle, then to the street, that I like them best. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z “Fine places would some of these dingles prove for hermitages,” said I to Martin of Rivadeo. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The words were spoken by a tall, handsome boy, quite old compared with me, who had come dashing through the dingle. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z He dressed himself while stumbling across the dingle to the men’s camp, his eyes still shut. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z "Some other day," said I, "I may visit you in your camp in the dingle and read you the master's book about the Romanys." The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Home to the dingle, the glen, the sheltering greenwood, the chattering little river; the camp of the gipsy. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z The hollows, or little dingles, are still the places where the peasant, belated on his homeward way from fair or market, looks for the ellyllon, but fails to find them. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z At the head or northern end of this dingle, the ground rises into a mound of considerable height and regularity of form; and from this mound the prospect in all directions is unobstructed and extensive. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 The dingle was full of crowding faces, for the altercation had called every man out. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Looking beyond her, I could see the smoke of a fire from a small dingle, which showed where her tribe were camping. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z That he does love the road, the dingle, and the gipsy's camp is easy to see. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z Then, following this arm of the sea until it ended, he crossed a half mile of billowing ledges of rock between which were grass-grown and bush-choked dingles, and came to the ocean. Rockhaven This untiring restlessness keeps a Richard Burton rambling over Eastern lands, turns a Borrow into the high-road and dingle. The Vagabond in Literature His flaming eyes swept the faces in the dingle. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z "What did he hit you for?" asked the man from the dingle. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Yon bosky dingle still the rustics name; 'Twas there the blushing maid confessed her flame. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Down in the dingle was heard the harsh clang of a saw-mill; and Ivo wished that the boards being sawed there might be nailed into his coffin. Black Forest Village Stories The blowing dingles soak with light, The purple coppice hang with blaze; But where we stand a meeker white Bloom on us thro' the hill's soft haze, For Oriana stars the night! Blooms of the Berry But the first of those who tumbled out into the dingle after him were not quick enough. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z "He took me unawares," said I. "What else would the bloke do when you bashed his hat?" said the maiden from the dingle. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z And we leap—as wildness tingles From the air into our blood— With a cry thro' golden dingles Hid in the heart of the wood. Song-Surf The owlet dingle of vine and brier, That the butterfly-weed flecked fierce with fire. The Garden of Dreams But high in the storm was the swallow, And the rain-strong voice of the fall In the bough-grottoed dingle sang hollow To the sky-blue flags on its wall. Blooms of the Berry He saw Christopher disappearing into the gloom of the dingle, and heard the careful lisp of the wooden latch in its socket and the cautious creak of the closing door. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z I assured the man from the dingle that I had meant no disrespect to his wife. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z The dingle was so sheltered by the brooding pines that there was little snow, except on the track itself, and no wind. Nuala O'Malley It lies, all the way, by glade and dingle, and the dingles are both deep and thorny.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Five rotten gables look upon Wan rotting roses and rank weeds, Old iron gates on posts of stone, Dim dingles where the vermin breeds. Blooms of the Berry It is a p. 520deep dingle in the midst of a large field, on an estate about which there has been a lawsuit for some years past. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest Above, as I have said, this was a wild, red, stony gully in the mountains; but below it was a wooded dingle. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Silence fell upon the dingle, as Brian gazed down at the woman his grandfather had loved, and whose love had been no less. Nuala O'Malley The localities are traceable on the map and in Murray, instead of being the enchanted dingles and the half-mythical woods of Lavengro. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 And we marked the purple dingles Where the lazy vapors lolled, Like thin, fleecy ribs of moonlight Touched with amethyst and gold; And we marked the wild deer glimmer Like dim specters where they strolled.... Blooms of the Berry And then I flung myself on the ground, gnawed the earth, and swallowed it; and then I looked round; it was almost total darkness in the dingle, and the darkness p. 528added to my horror. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest The stream thenceforward stole along the bottom of the dingle, and made, for that dry land, a pleasant warbling in the leaves. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) I visited the place one moonlight night, and I am sure that the whole dingle was full of a bright alert life which mocked my clumsy eyes and ears. The Thread of Gold Richard's Castle is at the southern end of this wood, but there is not much of the old ruin left in the deep dingle. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel In the very deepest part of the dingle was a stream of water falling from a rock. The Fairchild Family ‘And would anyone but a philologist think of giving a lesson in Armenian to a handmaid in a dingle?’ Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest The nearest farmsteads are built high among the sunny dingles overlooking the glen, and the corn and the root-crops are grown on the slope beyond the broad belts of gorse and bramble. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain At Cerne I had the tranquil loneliness of the countryside, the silent valley, the long faintly-tinted lines of pasture, space and stillness; the hamlets nestled among trees in the dingles of the down. The Thread of Gold Moreover, before getting into the wood they had to skirt a curious little dingle, in the hollow of which are both a church and churchyard. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 When they had walked a little farther, they came in sight of Mary Bush's house, down in a kind of little valley or dingle, deeply shaded by trees. The Fairchild Family ‘And on fairer form of queen ash fire never shone,’ said I, ‘than on thine, O beauteous queen of the dingle.’ p. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest The dawn, with easy movement, comes across the eastern hills; the mists roll up from steaming hollows to a cloudless sky; the windows of a farm-house in the dingle gleam and sparkle with the light. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Now and then he passed through currents of cool air that streamed out of the low wooded valleys, rich with the fragrance of copse and dingle. Beside Still Waters The meadows were profusely decorated with orange lilies; and the banks and dingles with the crimson cones of the sumac, and a variety of flowering shrubs. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe "A shepherd on yonder hill, lady, waving his arm to a dog down in the dingle, and the beast is driving up the fold as if he were a man." The Buccaneer A Tale ‘Stay where you are,’ said I; ‘If I need you, I will call’; and, without waiting for any answer, I hurried to the mouth of the dingle. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest So, leaving his accustomed haunts, he crossed the furze-clad dingle, and watched near a large warren in the open. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain We strolled through the four home-meadows, crossed a high-banked lane and a dingle with a brook running down it, and then from an open common flooded with sunlight passed into a wood of tallest beeches. Apologia Diffidentis Come away, Puck, while the dew is sweet; Come to the dingle where fairies meet. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. A vague something of the sort had been flitting before his mind ever since the stranger's sudden appearance at the dismal scene in the dingle. Burl His vocabulary, rich in picturesque words of the high road and dingle, his quaint countrified phrases, might also have added to the p. 33effect of this kind of eccentric humour. Old Familiar Faces The dingle was occupied; men and horses were everywhere in the lane; and the hounds were closing in above the gorse. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The day before Christmas came bleakly to its end over dingle and fen, and the last gray light died away. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale If it is not in a little golden circlet upon her hand, then perchance she wears it at her throat, in one of the little dingle dangles that are so fashionable. Cupology How to Be Entertaining The savages—erst so active and lively—taken aback at his sudden appearance, now stood sullenly huddled together, somewhat apart in the gloom of the dingle. Burl It was built in the narrow dingle below the hall, for the supply of the hamlet. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Afterwards, till the sky lightened almost imperceptibly, and a steel-blue bar, low down beneath the clouds, first signalled the coming of day, he lay motionless among the undergrowth near a warren in the dingle. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain She refrained from opening it, but, taking it down to the dingle, she flung it into the deepest pool in the brook. A Patriotic Schoolgirl Passing through Salisbury, he travels northward and encamps in a dingle, where he is poisoned by his old enemy Mrs. Herne. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' The violet in her greenwood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen or copse or forest dingle. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) A warm sequestered dingle here conducts the Spodden through a scene of wild, woodland, and picturesque beauty. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 "They are from lone, wild places—forests, dingles, Fresh banks of many a low-voiced hidden stream; Where the sweet star of eve looks down and mingles Faint lustre with the water-lily's gleam." The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling She now made an opportunity to walk with Chrissie down the dingle, and confided to her the whole story of her doubts. A Patriotic Schoolgirl ‘Some of us poor Protestant tinkers,’ said I, ‘though we live in dingles, are also acquainted with a thing or two.’ p. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Thereupon, I led the horses past the mouth of the dingle, to a place where a gap in the hedge afforded admission p. 519to the copse or plantation, on the southern side. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest A few evenings after this foolhardy challenge Ralph had been scrambling away, far up the dingle, for a supply of firewood. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Eric loved this stream, and was always happy as he roamed by its side, or over the low green hills and scattered dingles which lent unusual loveliness to every winding of its waters. Eric, or Little by Little He then made Belle a low bow, slightly motioned to me with his hand as if bidding p. 368farewell, and then left the dingle with rather uneven steps. Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) Ten miles further still is a town, and five miles from the town the famous dingle. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' After my meal I went to the pit and filled a can with water, which I brought to the dingle, and then again sat down on my stone. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest I fancy Only necromancy Could the web unroll, Only somehow linking Beauties that meet and mingle In this quiet dingle With the beauty of the whole. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems Joshua Ward sat silent by the fire, his head in his hands, or stood in the "dingle," gazing mournfully out into the smother of snowflakes. The Rainy Day Railroad War Well, if I had the power, I would make you queen p. 372of something better than the dingle—Queen of China. Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) ‘But,’ said I, ‘suppose some one were to tell the world some of the disorderly things which her priests say in the dingle?’ The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Oh, how the hoofs hissed; and, oh, the pleasant, pungent odour which diffused itself through the dingle, an odour good for an ailing spirit. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest Looking beyond her, I could see the smoke of a fire from a small dingle, which showed where her tribe were camping. Danger! and Other Stories This shelter was called the "dingle," and contained the camp grindstone and spare sled equipment. The Rainy Day Railroad War At length, looking around the dingle, he exclaimed, “Buona sera, I hope I don’t intrude.” Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) He then arose, and without further salutation departed from the dingle, in which I never saw him again. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' At length, looking around the dingle, he exclaimed: “Buona Sera, I hope I don’t intrude”. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest “He took me unawares,” said I. “What else would the bloke do when you bashed his hat?” said the maiden from the dingle. Danger! and Other Stories So, past many a briered rock, and dingle buff with littered fern, green holly copse where lurked the woodcock, and arcades of zigzag oak, Frida kept her bridal robe from spot, or rent, or blemish. Frida, or, The Lover's Leap, A Legend Of The West Country From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore “There is something awful in it,” said Belle; “and then the lightning—the whole dingle is now in a blaze.” Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) It is rather over three miles’ distance from the dingle, has a peal of bells, a chancel entrance, and is surrounded by lofty beech-trees. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' It made her tongue to tingle When she bit it through, And straightway all the dingle Seemed full of words she knew. Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks Who are you to call her Henrietta?” p. 143I assured the man from the dingle that I had meant no disrespect to his wife. Danger! and Other Stories After that there came from brake and copse and dingle and earth and burrow all manner of wild creatures; and a fox, a badger, a wolf, and a doe were among Kieran's first brotherhood. A Child's Book of Saints I was following a little brook, which led me by its singing to a deep dingle in the very heart of the big woods. Wood Folk at School ‘Hold your mumping gibberish,’ said Belle, ‘and leave the dingle this moment, for though ’t is free to every one, you have no right to insult me in it.’ The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Gentle mavis! hover about the window Where the sun shines on happy things of home life, Bid the clansmen troop to the gory dingle. Ionica “Some other day,” said I, “I may visit you in your camp in the dingle and read you the master’s book about the Romanys.” Danger! and Other Stories Across the middle I have traced a line, denoted by those feathers, from one dingle to the other; the two terminations of my intended garden. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The moose schools are kept in far-away, shady dingles beyond reach of inquisitive eyes. Wood Folk at School Incensed at the unworthy return which my well-meant words received, I forthwith left the house, and having purchased a few articles of provision, I set out for the dingle alone. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' There is no dingle dell, where the harebell and the anemone grow, where the pine and the spruce stand darkling and sweet peace seems to fold her wings and sit brooding, but danger is there. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear “What did he hit you for?” asked the man p. 142from the dingle. Danger! and Other Stories But what an embarrassing personage Miss Berners would have been transferred from the dingle to the drawing-room; nay, how impossible it is to think of that athletic young goddess as Miss Berners! The Bibliotaph and Other People Whenever he was told, as he sometimes was, that what brought on the “horrors” when he lived alone in the dingle, was the want of tobacco, this story was certain to come up. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" He knew of a deep dingle at some distance from the house, where many kinds of wild-flowers were to be found; so he made up his mind to go there instead of to the wood. Carry's Rose, or, the Magic of Kindness. A Tale for the Young In a moment—in a breath—ere the eye could have winked, or the spirit thought—multitudes of bright beings start up from each nook, and dell, and dingle—from field and flood. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 Here I heard a loud sound of voices in the dingle; I stopped, and laying hold of a tree, p. 333leaned over the bank and listened. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Upon inspecting the ground, it became evident that the deceased had had a desperate struggle with an unknown antagonist, and the battle commenced some distance above the ceunant, or dingle, where the body was discovered. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales When ryes and rawnies lives together in dingles, without being certificated, I calls such behaviour being tolerably deep in the roving line, everything savouring of which I am determined not to sanctify. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" Dimple is a diminutive of dip, and cognate with dingle and dapple. Milton's Comus The dingle has disappeared—it is now occupied by the Monmer Lane Ironworks—but you may still find Dingle Bridge and Dingle Lane. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Oh, how the hoofs hissed; and, oh, the pleasant pungent odour which diffused itself through the dingle, an odour good for an ailing spirit. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Greater excitement I cannot imagine, than that wild, independent chase!--sometimes on foot, cheering the hounds through swamp and dingle, over rough cliffs and ledges where foot of horse could avail nothing. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago “Some of us poor Protestant tinkers,” said I, “though we live in dingles, are also acquainted with a thing or two.” The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" ‘Dell’ = dale, literally a cleft; hence a valley, not so deep as a dingle. Milton's Comus Where the rose in all her pride, Paints the hollow dingle side, Where the midnight fairies glide, bonnie lassie, O! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century At length, looking around the dingle, he exclaimed, “Buona Sera, I hope I don’t intrude.” Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Must eternal changes be rung on uplands and lowlands, and nodding forests, and brooding clouds, and cells, and dells, and dingles? Early Reviews of English Poets Belle then p. 40departed and I returned to the dingle, where, seating myself on my stone, I remained for upwards of an hour in thought. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" We 've ranged the dingle an' the dell, The hamlet an' the baron's ha', Now let us take a kind farewell,— Good night, an' joy be wi' you a'! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century If I had the power I would make you queen of something better than the dingle—Queen of China. George Borrow The Man and His Books Among the very bravest of all human beings in the British Islands are, or were, the nomadic girls of the high road and the dingle. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Fewer words will suffice to describe Isopel’s first impressions of her future partner in the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 He beats off a ruffian who attacks him in a dingle; has a kind of friendly tussle with Mr. Petulengro, and behold the extent of his fistic exploits. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" The violet in her greenwood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen, or copse, or forest dingle. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) After some days he was visited down in a Shropshire dingle by a Gypsy girl, who poisoned him at the instigation of his enemy, old Mrs. Herne. George Borrow The Man and His Books Surely no one but Lavengro could have lived in a dingle with a girl like Belle Berners, and passed the time in trying to teach her Armenian. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest After a little time I arose, and staggered down yet p. 75farther into the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 On the following morning, after breakfasting with Belle, who was silent and melancholy, I left her in the dingle, and took a stroll among the neighbouring lanes. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" A series of interesting dingles now occur, where the nightingale is heard in May and June, through which whimpering streams come down, and where Tom Moody hunted with the famous “Willey Squire.” Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury With them, as with others, his vocabulary was “rich in picturesque words of the high road and dingle.” George Borrow The Man and His Books Beverley, as its name imports, had been a haunt of beavers before the monks began to till its fruitful dingles. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Most are in some sort of agreement as to the supremacy of the dingle episode, which has this advantage: Borrow is always at his best when dealing with strange beings and abnormal experiences. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 With a smile at the absurdity of such a supposition, I left him and his companion, and betook myself p. 111to the dingle. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" Once upon a time," said the old man, "there was a young thrush, who was born in that beautiful dingle where we last planted the —— fern. The Brownies and Other Tales The author of “The Bible in Spain” is not only taken for a Gypsy, but once upon a time made horse-shoes in a dingle beside the great north road and trafficked in horses. George Borrow The Man and His Books There were deer here browsing about the dingles, which let me come close to them and touch them, raising their heads from the grass, and regarding me with gentle and fearless eyes. The Child of the Dawn Pre-eminent amongst the dialogues are those between the male occupant of the dingle and the popish propagandist, known as the man in black. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 They were strolling along a deserted, wooded lane, one of those delightful dingle paths of the region, when, at a turning, they came upon three middle-class people out for a walk—father, mother, and daughter. His Masterpiece And the rugged limestone quarry, Where 'twas digg'd may no more tarry; While the goblin haunted dingle, With another dell must mingle. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest That reminder about the dingle and the wonderful trotting cob, and the Christmas wine, was stirring his brain. George Borrow The Man and His Books The gipsy camping in a dingle I reckon as a lucky dog; He doesn't hear the voice of PRINGLE, He doesn't hear the snorts of HOGGE. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 This is the book the MS. of which Lavengro sold for £20, and upon the proceeds of which he started upon the ramble which led him to the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 I visited with my father every delightful spot, either on the islands, or by the side of the tree-sheltered waterfalls; every shady path, or dingle entangled with underwood and fern. Mathilda Variety and beauty were lent to it by an occasional knoll crowned with timber, or by numerous ferny dells and dingles. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Adown Llewelyn’s Cairn there creep Cloud shadows in the failing light, From far off dingles flock the sheep To seek their shelter for the night. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century We had found them in a corner of the dingle, where I had been reading the Sonnets to her, till in our book that day we read no more. Prose Fancies I am in the dingle making a horseshoe. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Under aisles of woodland shadows he sat, where the river murmured down mossy stairs of granite in a deep dingle. Children of the Mist The big trees sent their branches out over us very far above, while a winding path led us to the banks of the river where was a dingle like an inner room. African Camp Fires There’s tumult in the dingle, As sinks the sun o’erhead; And many a stalwart hero Lies for his country dead. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century ‘And on fairer form of queen, ash fire never shone,’ said I, ‘than on thine, O beauteous queen of the dingle.’ The Pocket George Borrow I listened no farther, but hastened as fast as I could to the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 But it mourns for the far-off dingles, For their fresh and joyous air, For the dewy sighs and sunny beams That lingered o'er it there. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 His doings since the day of his injuries in the dingle are soon recorded. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne She sang low airs, she thought she had heard in Oroolia; but started affrighted, as from dingles and dells, came back to her strains more wild than hers. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I A distance vague, the bloom of sleep The constant sun had lent the scene, A veiling charm on dingles deep Lay soft those pastoral hills between. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. From the banter of the man of learning the queen of the dingle sought refuge in a precipitate flight. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Antonym: invalidity. valise, n. portmanteau, satchel, gripsack. valley, n. vale, hollow, bottom, dale, ravine, dingle, glen, clough, dell. valor, n. Putnam's Word Book He paused a moment to gaze down the dingle. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne They had a hiding place in a cave down in a deep dingle, so overgrown with brushwood that only those who knew the path thither could hope to penetrate within it. In the Days of Chivalry "And then the expense and waste of entertaining them—the dreariness, the boredom—oh, I wish I only possessed a tub—one single tub—or had the pluck to live like Lavengro in a dingle." The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight He is quite another being when we wander by his side within the bounds of his enchanted dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Then as Allan approached nearer, off again it sped, leading him deep into a quiet dingle to the east of Loch Quien. The Thirsty Sword The students repaired to a retired dingle, where they could shake out their cloaks, wash themselves in the brook, and shave one another. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English Hark, the deep dingles ring, Free hearts, with the bird And the deer are on wing; Joy claims in the greenwood The Gipsy's glad vow, The blithe, oh the blithe! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 542, April 14, 1832 He will come home, but unmet by his dear Or in the hall, or the dingle, Or on the shingle. Targum The latter ascended to the plain and thence looked down towards the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 By hill and hollow, by mead and lawn, Thro’ shine and shade of dingle and glade, Fast and far as I hurry on My eager seeking you still evade. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland In a dingle in the adjoining field is a stone-faced, pointed archway, tunnelling the road. Somerset Down the dingle near them a dead leaf was drumming on a bough—a clock of the wood telling the flight of seconds. Darrel of the Blessed Isles Another town is presented with a hundred islands, knolls, wooded coves, stretches of beach, and dingles, laid down as expressly for camp-life, picnics, and boating parties, beneath skies never too hot and rarely too cold. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Darkness was now coming again over the earth; the dingle was again in deep shade. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Eric loved this stream, and was always happy as he roamed by its side, or over the low green hills and scattered dingles, which lent unusual loveliness to every winding of its waters. Eric It has a small modern church; but an old church, now disused, lies in a dingle in some fields a mile away from the village. Somerset In places it passes for a space through patches of old woodland, showing by the deep dingles, the pleasant lack of ordered planting, that it is a tract of ancient forest-land never disparked. The Silent Isle Rampisham is in a lovely situation at the bottom of a wooded and watered dingle. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter The allurement of his genius is such that the etymologist shall leave his roots and the philologer his Maeso-Gothic to take to the highway and dwell in the dingle with “Don Jorge.” Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Here lovers rest, what time the red And yellow colours mingle, And daylight droops with dying head Beyond the western dingle. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens But there, down in the dingle, is the church of Cardillac, and you may see the inn where three poplars grow beyond the village. The White Company It is a pretty place, the quarry; it is all grass-grown now, and is full of small dingles covered with hawthorns. The Silent Isle The latter will find many of the rarer British orchids in the central "dingles" and on the more remote western borders. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter In the dingle, best of all, he can “forget his own troublesome personality as completely as if he were in the depths of the ancient forest along with Gurth and Wamba.” Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 The night, however, was not very dark, and we found our way tolerably well, though once in descending I had nearly tumbled into the nant or dingle, now on our left hand. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery The stream thenceforward stole along the bottom of the dingle, and made, for that dry land, a pleasant warbling in the leaves. The Silverado Squatters It is a great place for tramps to camp in, and half the dingles have little grey circles in them where the camping fires have been lit. The Silent Isle It stands two miles to the southeast in a secluded dingle lined with closely-growing trees and the beautiful colour of the early sixteenth-century stone building is a delightful contrast to the greenery around. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Chapters lviii. to lxxxii. are taken up with the foregoing incidents, which lead up to the central episode of the autobiography, the settlement in the dingle, with which the reader is here presented. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 I passed through a deep dingle, and shortly afterwards came to the termination of the road; remembering, however, the directions of the old man, I bore away to the right, making for the distant mountain. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery Above, as I have said, this was a wild, red, stony gully in the mountains; but below it was a wooded dingle. The Silverado Squatters And now I stood in the very dingle where they had so often and so wildly met; and it was all gone, quite gone away for ever. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Perhaps after all he did meet the tall girl in the dingle, in which case he was a fool for all his pains, losing a gift the gods could not restore. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest The quality of continuity is, it is true, best preserved in the dingle episode. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 At last I saw a small house close by a nant or dingle, and turned towards it for the purpose of inquiring my way. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery When ryes and rawnies live together in dingles, without being certificated, I call such behaviour being tolerably deep in the roving line, everything savouring of which I am determined not to sanctify. The Romany Rye I confess that my imagination was more occupied with that picture of the two lovers making merry together in the moonlit dingle. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance And would any one but a philologist think of giving a lesson in Armenian to a handmaid in a dingle? Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest “Stay where you are,” said I; “if I need you I will call;” and, without waiting for an answer, I hurried to the mouth of the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 As I proceeded, the country became more and more wild; there were dingles and hollows in abundance, and fantastic-looking hills, some of which were bare, and others clad with trees of various kinds. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery Suddenly, on turning round the southern corner of the copse, which surrounded the dingle, I perceived Ursula seated under a thornbush. The Romany Rye We gloomed together through dark dingles, and came out on sunny reaches with the same gilded magnificence. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance ‘And on fairer form of queen ash fire never shone,’ said I, ‘than on thine, O beauteous queen of the dingle.’ Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest He then made Belle a low bow, slightly motioned to me with his hand, as if bidding farewell, and then left the dingle with rather uneven steps. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Wales signifies a land of mountains, of vales, of dingles, chasms, and springs. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery Going to the companion wheel, I took out the linch-pin, which I carried down with me to the dingle, to serve as a model. The Romany Rye It will keep, and I feel hungry, and yonder seems a dingle where I can lie and open my knapsack, eat, drink, and doze among the sun-flecked shadows. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance The dingle—Give them ale—Not over complimentary—America—Many people—Washington—Promiscuous company—Language of the roads—The old women—Numerals—The man in black. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest Belle drove the little cart containing her merchandise about the neighbourhood, p. 170returning to the dingle towards the evening. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 It lies, all the way, by glade and dingle, and the dingles are both deep and thorny.’ Prince Otto, a Romance “But,” said I, “suppose some one were to tell the world some of the disorderly things which her priests say in the dingle?” The Romany Rye When we finished our lunch the barrens were already wrapping themselves in a dim, blue dusk and falling upon rest in dell and dingle. The Golden Road ‘Stay where you are,’ said I; ‘if I need you, I will call’; and, without waiting for any answer, I hurried to the mouth of the dingle. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest A rather numerous body of my ancient friends and allies occupied p. 242the ground in the vicinity of the mouth of the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Westward, in both of the districts of Perche, going either towards Mortagne or towards Nogent-le-Rotrou, the country is more hilly and more wooded; and hedges, ditches, and dingle paths abound there. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 “Some of us poor Protestants tinkers,” said I, “though we live in dingles, are also acquainted with a thing or two.” The Romany Rye Up rose the sun higher and higher, chasing the morning mists from dell and dingle, filling the earth with his glory and making glad the heart of man, and beast, and bird. The Amateur Gentleman After spending some pleasant hours in Lord C———'s beautiful grounds, where the children explored to their satisfaction every dingle and bushy dell, they returned home in the cool of the evening. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 In the evening I left the dingle, and sat down with Mr. Petulengro and his family by the door of his tent. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 While like bees from dell and dingle, Swift the swarming warriors mingle, And their cry "Hurra!" will be, "Hurra, to victory!" The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes No sooner was breakfast over than I informed Ursula and her husband that they would find the property, which I had promised them, in the dingle, commending the little pony Ambrol to their best care. The Romany Rye At this dingle dangle wagging of my tub, what would you have me to do? Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 The road to it had led us among rocky ravines overhung with thickets, and now wound through birchen dingles and among beautiful groves and clumps of elms and beeches. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey I was about to tell Belle that she must have been mistaken, when I heard a shout, indistinct, it is true, owing to the noises aforesaid, from some part of the field above the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 In redbud brakes and flowery Acclivities of berry; In dogwood dingles, showery With white, where wrens make merry? Poems It was a dark night when I reached it, and descending I saw the glimmer of a fire from the depths of the dingle; my heart beat with fond anticipation of a welcome. The Romany Rye Yon bosky dingle, still the rustics name; 'T was there the blushing maid confessed her flame. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas "You seem very happily situated here," said his lordship, sweeping the shady dingle with his keen gaze. Peregrine's Progress Belle then departed and I returned to the dingle, where, seating myself on my stone, I remained for upwards of an hour in thought. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 By her side, therefore, we sallied forth to the destined cover, which was a dingle or copse on the side of an extensive common. Rob Roy — Volume 01 Far below the horizon nature is elaborate, full of fancies,—mazy watercourses, delicate dingles, fantastically gloomy ravines, misshapen woods, gibbering with diablerie; but here how simple, how great, how good she is! The Worshipper of the Image "It is hard that people may not live in dingles together without being suspected of doing wrong," said I. "So it is," said Mrs. Petulengro, interposing. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Panting, I reached the dingle at last to behold Diana struggling in the arms of a man, and he that same fine gentleman who had accosted her at "The Chequers." Peregrine's Progress The rain had long since entirely ceased, and the moon and stars shone bright in the firmament, up to which, putting aside the canvas, I occasionally p. 189looked from the depths of the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 It was in these spots that the natural bounty of the soil and climate was displayed by the innumerable wild fruits and flowers which made every dingle and bushy dell seem a garden. Domestic Manners of the Americans The hazel is found wild, not only in forests and hedges, in dingles and ravines, but occurs in extensive tracts in the more northern and mountainous parts of the country. The Book of Household Management When ryes and rawnies lives together in dingles, without being certificated, I call such behaviour being tolerably deep in the roving line, everything savouring of which I am determined not to sanctify. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction So rode they through bosky dell and dingle, until the sun, having climbed the meridian, sank slowly westwards; and Sir Fidelis spake soft-voiced: "Think you we are safe at last, my lord?" Beltane the Smith And now I have given a fair account of the manner in which Isopel Berners and myself passed our time in the dingle. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Then she was free as the air, gay as the lark; each object was bright and lovely in her eyes hope seemed to woo her from every green slope, every remote dingle. Thaddeus of Warsaw And presently, coming to a little dingle, about half a mile down the hillside, well hid with dead bracken and blackberry bushes, I consulted with the girl. The Splendid Spur On arriving at the extremity of the plain, I looked towards the dingle. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction "How far away it all seems!" she said— "How many a dingle on the loved hill-side Hath since our day put by The coronals of that forgotten time!" Love's Pilgrimage “Some of us poor Protestant tinkers,” said I, “though we live in dingles, as also acquainted with a thing or two.” Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Thus they walked on for more than two leagues, along dingle paths by the side of interminable ledges and walls. The Fortune of the Rougons It seem'd best, therefore, to lay the old gentleman snugly in the bottom of this dingle and wait for day. The Splendid Spur Isopel and I lived still in the dingle, occupying our separate tents. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction In all prose composition, avoid such poetic forms as swain, wight, mead, brake, dingle, dell, zephyr. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking To this decision his tortuous conferences with Jasper, and his frank soliloquy in the dingle, had bent him fully forty-eight hours before Belle’s ultimate departure, unwilling though he was to incur the yoke of matrimony. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 There was not even a single, rude hut in the dingle; blacks' and whites' gunyahs being all alike. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Only at the entrance to the dingle the words failed from off my tongue. The Splendid Spur But imagine this: a great, rich, wooded, watered plain; on the far horizon the shadowy forms of hills; behind you, gently rising heights, with dingles and folds full of copsewood, rising to soft green downs. The Upton Letters "Surely," he says to himself, "the way lies here; this ridge, that dingle mark the track; it lies there by the rushy pool, and shows greener among the heather." The Altar Fire On Snowdon there is a lonely tarn called Dulyn, or the Black Lake, lying “in a dismal dingle surrounded by high and dangerous rocks.” The Golden Bough It was by ale that he had been cured when the "Horrors" were upon him in the dingle. The Life of George Borrow There was abundance of dry bracken in the dingle, and with this and some handfuls of pine needles, I cover'd them over, and left them to find what sleep they might. The Splendid Spur Out upon either flank moved small bodies of cavalry, and a dozen scouts, spread fanwise, probed every gorge and dingle in front of the column. Sir Nigel They lay 'round in the deep dingles every day.' Eben Holden, a tale of the north country This long dingle ran for miles through the foot-growth of folding hills. The Patrician Borrow's lovable qualities were never permitted to show themselves in public, they were kept for the dingle, the fireside, or the inn- parlour. The Life of George Borrow But Cadet was born in Charlebourg; he knew every path, glade, and dingle in the forest of Beaumanoir, and rode on without drawing bridle. The Golden Dog O sweet wild April, On pastoral quill Came piping in moonlight By hollow and hill, In starlight at midnight, By dingle and rill. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 At length, our course was crossed by a deep dell or dingle, such as they call in some parts of Scotland a den, and in others a cleuch or narrow glen. Redgauntlet This is the deepest part of the wild dingle. Our Village How much she had become part of his life in the dingle he did not seem to realise until after she had left him. The Life of George Borrow The dingles and banks often remind me of Cambridgeshire and walks with you to Cherry Hinton, and other places, though the general aspect of the country is very different. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 She climbed the mountains, and descended the dingles, with a foot which daily habit made by degrees almost as steady as a native's. Crotchet Castle Steering toward the lonelier regions of that farming country, presently he halted in a dingle of birches beside a small pond. Where the Blue Begins In a dingle away from a rutted highroad, Around him the earliest throstle and merle, Our human smile between milk and sleep, Effervescent of Nature he crowed. Poems — Volume 3 In the dingle Borrow experienced one of his worst attacks of the "Horrors"—the "Screaming Horrors." The Life of George Borrow Over bourn and bosk and dingle, Over rivers, over rills, Runs the sad subservient Echo Toward the dim blue distant hills! Poems — Volume 1 Sometimes she descended into the bottom of the dingles, to the black rocky beds of the torrents, and dreamed away hours at the feet of the cataracts. Crotchet Castle The Alemtejo was an unprepossessing country, consisting for the most part of "heaths, broken by knolls and gloomy dingles, swamps and forests of stunted pine," with but few hills and mountains. The Life of George Borrow Right loud the bugle's hallali elate Rang forth of merry dingles round the tors; And deftest hand was he from foreign wars, But soon he hailed the home-bred yeoman mate. Poems — Volume 3 Whatever else Borrow may have been doing immediately after leaving the dingle, he appears to have been much occupied in speculating as to the future. The Life of George Borrow They talked of the scenes of the mountains, of the dingle, the ruined castle, the solitary lake. Crotchet Castle |
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