| 单词 | disport |
| 例句 | When we reached the Shore, the Tide was low, & there were Children there disporting themselves with Chum. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He demonstrated his ability to accurately transcribe a barely-legible original manuscript of Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” by disporting his skills in paleography, the study of ancient and antiquated writing systems. Peter Davison, Orwell Scholar on a Monumental Scale, Dies at 95 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z While elsewhere in town, van loads of tourists are being carted around to view houses once inhabited by movie stars gone and long forgotten, at San Vicente Bungalows the live ones disport themselves. The San Vicente Bungalows: Hollywood’s New Clubhouse 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z An actress sits next to a small, plexiglass-encased platform, where two tortoises disport themselves beneath a heat lamp. Review: ‘Maps for a War Tourist,’ Rewritten by a Real Tragedy 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Each painting features a single frankfurter in a languorous pose — reclining, reading, daydreaming or otherwise passively disporting like a model in a fashion magazine layout. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The luxurious genre descends from the celebrated French tradition of young men and women shown disporting themselves amorously in parkland settings. Applause, and a caution, for the planned Museum and Institute of California Art 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z This Old Master didn't disport himself with mistresses or, like Leonardo and Michelangelo, with ephebic young men; most of his surviving correspondence chases unpaid bills. Best art books of 2012 – review 2012-12-01T11:00:01Z True, the images he created focus largely on buff young men disporting themselves. Looking Back on Fire Island Pines and Its Importance to Gay Culture 2013-05-22T23:28:30Z What they seem to be is a celebration of a cloistered, civilised bath-house, with their tiles and hookahs and disporting female flesh. Picasso: War, peace and a life of extremes 2010-05-19T20:29:00Z When Joni Mitchell sang of getting back to the garden, you felt she pictured a host of naked longhairs disporting themselves in love games on the cliffs of Big Sur. Books of The Times: Primordial Soup, a Musical Brew 2011-05-12T22:00:06Z And a smaller segment of those selfsame shiny fashion people disported itself, tipping Champagne flutes and hovering over a table of luscious cakes with the cold-eyed hunger of sharks around a diver’s cage. Fashion Diary: At New York Fashion Week, Constant Motion, Elusive Point 2012-09-14T21:14:15Z Even Harry Styles, tonight's clear favourite and dangerously punk in a Rolling Stones T-shirt, disports himself with tousle-haired propriety. One Direction – review 2013-02-24T17:00:01Z And of course it’s an opportunity for a lot of fine actors to disport themselves in their waistcoats and aprons and sturdy Irish brogues. ‘Da,’ Hugh Leonard’s 1978 Tony Winner, Via Irish Rep 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Even as the Puritans were striving to build an austere theocracy in New England, they were defied by a character named Thomas Morton, whose Merry Mount colonists disported themselves in free-spirited revelry. ‘American Fun’: diligent worker bees vs. party animals 2014-04-02T23:33:12Z They can enjoy the hot dry weather that followed a spring of relentless rain and fog here and disport themselves in public with an apparent ease that seems singularly Italian. On the Runway Blog: At Gucci, Assuredly 'Made in Italy' 2012-06-25T15:52:33Z "He certainly could be, and it would be a question of how far out he goes, how far he reaches, how disported he gets," Dean replied. "I can't imagine having a client like this": Expert warns Trump likely to "perjure himself" at trial 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z We don’t often wonder about the names of the places where we disport ourselves. Griffith Park is named for a guy who shot his wife — and other true stories of L.A. parks 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Blending them, we would seem to be in store for ghosts, ghouls and goblins disporting themselves beneath a full moon and amid suddenly chilly days and nights. One weekend gives Halloween, full moon, blue moon, time change 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Other than: may all would-be statesmen disport themselves with the casual larceny of a guy who knows if you don’t let the legal papers physically touch you, then they haven’t been served on you. Boy on the floor photo prompts Boris to add larceny to mendacity | Marina Hyde 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In Rasmussen’s view, it’s a disport – that in many cases – is now perpetuated by ego and the fame game on social media. Scientists warn that 'storm chasers' are hurting research and causing danger 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z He showed me works he was making: visions of exploding buildings and fantastical beasts disporting themselves in temples and gardens. Paradise painted with a porcupine quill – the wild visions of Raqib Shaw 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Neither is it a crapshoot, with random particulates disporting themselves until something works. Evolution: Parallel lives : Nature : Nature Research 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The “queer-looking structures,” as The Post described them, were intended for youngsters to “disport themselves” in. Perspective | Answer Man dives into the story of the Tidal Basin’s bathing beach 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Not only that, but he adds a whole gallery of male nudes disporting themselves up in the chapel’s heights. This ‘Sistine code’ theory is daft. Michelangelo is not a feminist hero | Jonathan Jones 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The Australian will disport to 60 mph under five seconds, provided the driver is reasonably proficient with the pedals. The Chevy SS: A Fine Sports Sedan That Faces Extinction 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In the business of turning steel, glass and concrete into places where Americans worked and disported themselves, he and his company were known for projects not only in New York but also across the country. John Tishman, developer who shaped skyline of American cities, dies at 90 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Havana’s festive atmosphere has long befuddled visiting American politicians fearful they could be accused of disporting themselves inappropriately in a repressive environment. U.S. diplomats in Havana ponder how to make the most of their new status 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z “Three long steep hills just west of the town were the mecca of the skiers, with several score disporting themselves there throughout the the afternoon,” a 1937 Somerset Daily American article said. Storied history of western Pennsylvania skiing 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The new video reveals them disporting in mid water around a precipitous cliff of volcanic rock. Pushing frontiers of deep sea exploration 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Our railways might be thought of as a giant state-owned and managed tower block, with a privatised penthouse at the top, in which the train operators disport themselves. Trouble on the line: what caused the train franchise fiasco? 2012-10-05T23:05:31Z The fastest man on the planet disports himself like a gentleman amateur. Usain Bolt's effortless cool makes us all yearn to be like him 2012-08-06T06:00:05Z The night paled; the Trwyn light went out; and off the headland a seal disported itself in the icy sea. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z For Iolanthe had chosen to dwell at the bottom of a stream, on whose banks we see the fairies disporting themselves. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Dark objects were seen to be moving on the surface of the wide pool and all supposed them to be ducks disporting themselves after the manner of harmless water fowl generally. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z The Drassidæ are ground spiders and are mostly nocturnal, hiding during the day under leaves and stones; a few forms, however, disport in the hottest sunshine. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z How playful the mad thing is, how merrily and joyously she disports herself in the heavens, and yet how kindly she turns her sympathetic face on the vale below. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z The versatile tongue that disported itself in unhallowed and frivolous utterance, may be turned into a precious instrument for God’s service. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Throughout the year they constantly amuse themselves in the water, swimming and disporting themselves about the above-mentioned harbours, like so many young porpoises in a gale of wind. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z How it disports itself in the face of the sun! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z But they continued, did these same refractory females, to overcome obstacles, leap social hurdles, make mock of antique taboos, and otherwise disport themselves as if they were free individuals, and not petticoated with absurd prejudices. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The seat for your disport shall be Over some river in a tree; Where silver sands and pebbles sing Eternal ditties with the Spring. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Now you girls all go out, and disport yourselves on the lawn, while I do my noble duty. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z Here and there, in places where the river widened out, the travellers came upon herds of hippopotami disporting themselves in the shallows. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z It is in the open air, under the blue vault of heaven, before the eyes of thousands, that they love to bask and disport themselves. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z This Grebe was swimming about and disporting itself in a deep narrow pool, and showed no alarm at my presence, though I sat on the margin within twenty-five yards of it. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z We always went to bed, and breakfasted, very early, and I usually had an hour before nine wherein to disport myself as I chose. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Hundreds of them disport themselves here in summer, though in winter they usually migrate. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z I should have been quite comfortable if I could have changed with the other one, but Bessie Talleyrand is disporting herself in it. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Outside the egg was represented a farm on which chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, pigs, lambs, and guinea-pigs disported to the life—for they were really live. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Englishmen find it necessary to life to disport on water during the summer—yachting, skiff-rowing, punting, or canoeing. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z This is a grand time for the children, who disport themselves in the avenues with whistles, swords, balls, kites, and other trophies from the toy booths. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Whales, that they had not the means of taking, disported around them. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z We also saw a swimming match, young ladies disporting themselves in the water in most wonderful costumes. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z It prefers clear streams flowing over a gravelly bottom, and deep, still water, keeping close to the bottom in winter but disporting itself near the surface in the sunshine of summer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Where at last the water starts there are bathers disporting from boats. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z The paths she chose were not such as he could disport himself in to any advantage, although she trod them naturally enough, and Joan followed her as if she liked taking them. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z You secured a key and locked yourself in, when you could disport yourself in natural hot water and wade about under the trees to your heart’s content. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z We saw one or two of our diplomatic friends disporting themselves at one of the theatres where there were "poses plastiques" very well done. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Turnbull, without the slightest authority, seeing not even in 1670 are the readings found, has thus printed lines 2 and 4, 'With loves, of tears with smiles disporting' ... The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z Its many masks disported themselves in the night air. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The canoes of the natives were reflected upside down, till the figures seated in them were so enormously lengthened that one could almost fancy they were gigantic 'genii' disporting on the surface of the sea. 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 passed the famous Charybdis, in which a multitude of dolphins were disporting themselves. 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 They had been steamed, and were disporting themselves to their heart’s content when the thing befell the tailor. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z In the anteroom, only separated from the ballroom by a few pillars, the grave fathers were chatting and casting pleased looks to where their daughters were disporting themselves. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z A half-hour later would find him disporting himself in one of his favorite disorderly houses. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Two small bronzes; one representing Narcissus contemplating his face in the stream; the other, Cupids disporting themselves on the backs of Tritons. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z Whether this be whale food or not I cannot say for certain, but several times our heroes fell in with a shoal of bottle-noses, disporting themselves among these curious ashen-hued streams. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z “But as the ice extends farther seaward, sea-monsters will come to the pool to breathe and to disport themselves in the sunshine.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z For the great ones, however, the out-of-door amusement of the day came to an end with the dinner-hour, and they were now disporting themselves within. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z His fancy disports itself in an atmosphere of epigrams like a young colt in a meadow. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Is not the past large enough to let you find some place where you may disport yourself without becoming ridiculous? Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z I cannot speak of to-day's disports: I was lying alone on my flowery bed, Love was my fellow, armed with his flowery darts. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z He had neglected to draw the curtains, and on the blind his suave shadow disported itself in preparation for the night and the next morning. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z On the half-holiday on which our story opens, the pupils of Mecklemburg House were disporting themselves in what was called the playroom. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z After a brief disporting of this air-sprite we hear again the soft eolian harmonies, which rise and fall until lulled into silence. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z They were incarnated in the bodies of the Gopis of Braja, and so disported with Krishna in the r�sa play. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z After how many days shall the bee disport with the lily? Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z They hauled the boat up on shore and soon were disporting themselves in the water. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z They were splashing around in the water like nymphs, disporting themselves after their own fashion. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z While Barius was absent Neot prostrated himself in earnest prayer, till he returned with the intelligence that the fishes were disporting in the pool. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z After a short rest, the Master disported with His followers in the tank. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Sakhī: Rare was that meeting of one with the other, The grief of disunion vanished afar: He has taken her hand and put her down on the painted seat, The jewel-Shyāma disports with the jewel-damsel! Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z The young god who comes out of the forest is Spring; for a time he disports joyously on earth, with love for his companion, but his term of life is quickly ended. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z As in any other itinerary, events in “Wild Wales” are depicted as they actually occurred, enriched by none of that glamour in which Borrow loved to disport himself. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Near by in the pools of water there disported a host of bears and seals, bellowing all round him. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z After disporting in the water for some time He returned with His followers to the Ai-tot�. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Just now he detested the country that had dragged him away from his lean shack and forbade him to disport himself as he chose in No Man’s Land. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Under its holy shade, gods, goddesses, men and animals disport themselves, and talk with each other on sacred and profane themes. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z Come, thou surely hast not forgotten 'The Globe,' where we of the Lord High Chamberlain's Company have so oft disported ourselves. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z On this tree, over the stream, he would perch himself astride, his feet nearly in the water, and play for hours upon the tin whistle, while his troop of dogs disported in the woods around. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z From the temple he goes to Gundich� and there disports day and night in the many gardens. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z On a certain cloudless September morning eight months later, five persons were merrily disporting themselves in the warm billows that rolled upon the island beach. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z He complained of the shrill voices of the girls at play; but how did he expect 170 young folk to disport themselves and have a good time without shouting and laughter? The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z Referring to Peary's "North Pole" on page 249, while in latitude 85° 48ʹ he records: "While we were engaged in this business we saw a seal disporting himself in the open water of the lead." My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Some are shot by the farmers, who have the right to use a gun, earlier than this, while they still disport in the mowing grass. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z He moves of his own will, to disport himself. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z In its shadow the muskrat is thatching his winter home, and on his new-shorn watery lawn the full-fledged wild duck broods disport in fullness of feather and strength of pinion. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z To think that we are to have you with us this vacation 2 after all, after thinking that you were going to disport yourself in California! The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z It represented a silvery glade in the lone forest, with a mysterious lake, on the surface of which the spirits of the springtime came forth to disport themselves. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Renan picks and chooses according to our arbitrary criterion, which capriciously disports itself over a field covered with promiscuous treasures. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Asolare—“to disport in the open air, amuse oneself at random.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z My two youngest girls are away disporting themselves in the gay metropolis, so I can promise you a little less noise than usual. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z In its waters wild fowl disported themselves, scattering showers of luminous spray as they flapped their wings in delight. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z In the garden a few butterflies disported, vying with the flowers in their bright colours; and big bumble-bees boomed in the burning glow of the noonday sun. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Hundreds of soldiers, in the assorted postures of men scrubbing backs and knees and elbows, disported with soap and wash-cloth along the banks. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z The argument is the old one from eclipses, but the figures they give in illustration are very amusing, with three or four men of the size of the moon disporting themselves on the earth's surface. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Poor deluded aunt Adeline, if you could see the real Jet Glen disporting himself with his holiday friends, what would you say? Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z Our wives and our children will disport themselves in our sight. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z There he loitered, To talk of mirth, and to disport and play. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The children come, like the leaves themselves, and disport year after year in the sunshine, and the ducks in the round pond feed upon the crumbs which succeeding generations bring from their tables. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Thus allured, the youthful Ulysses hearkened to the voice of the little Circe in a round hat, and entered the enchanted grove, to forget the passage of time as he disported himself among the nymphs. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Many of the youths leap into the water and disport themselves like wild creatures of the sea. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Why is fancy winged, I should like to know, if it is never to disport itself in fields out of which the clumsy, heavy-footed understanding is debarred? A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Even the chimney-sweepers are allowed to disport themselves then; so that when that arrives, there’s no knowing what may happen. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z As long as they leave me alone, and hold their tongues, I am content to have them disport themselves as they please, in the public eye or out of it. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z The most interesting and tantalizing inhabitant of the Broad is the grey mullet, large shoals of which may be seen disporting themselves on the surface. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z Colonel Jocyln, the lord of the boundless meadows and miles of woodland, where the red deer disported in the green arcades, was absent in India, and had been for the past nine years. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Plunging in pellucid water not waist-deep—their lower extremities only concealed by the saturated skirts that clung like cerements around them—their feet showing clear as coral—the two young creatures continued to disport themselves. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z As the Swallow tribe do nothing, for the first fortnight after their arrival, but disport themselves, we will leave them and the rest of the feathered tribe for the present. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z As the night went I heard the scullions who had been disporting themselves in the town return one by one, and the bolting and barring of doors. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z For himself, being yet very young, his thoughts turned to pleasure rather than to love, and morning, noon and night he was wont to disport himself with the gay youth of the city. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Just then a flight of sea-gulls disporting on a rock in the bay sent up a wild, jabbering noise. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z "You may make it as light as a feather, M'sieu; cheerful as that of any of those gay gentry you saw disporting themselves on the lawn at Llangorren—even that of its young mistress." Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z We do our pleasures, as we do our duties, with grave faces and solemn airs, and disport ourselves in a manner becoming our notions of the dignity of human nature. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z My attention is soon arrested by a pair of humming-birds, the ruby-throated, disporting themselves in a low bush a few yards from me. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z In this column I could disport as I pleased, provided I stayed within the bounds of propriety and common sense, and all my favorite subjects got a thorough airing. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Sometimes above it, among the brown tassels, there hovered in the air a cluster of quivering points of light against the blue mountain opposite, as some colony of gossamer-winged insects disported themselves in the sunshine. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z As he walked in an unfrequented path, he came to a lake where seven beautiful winged nymphs were disporting themselves in the water. Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India 2011-03-14T03:01:03.290Z The rest of the party remained where they were, and disported themselves as comfortably as circumstances would permit. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Besides, Rodney's eyes are turned not on them, but on the door that can be seen just over Mona's head, where no beams disport themselves, however weakly. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z So, three days after arrival, he might have been seen proceeding along the principal street, accompanied by half a dozen elderly men, lined and bearded, yet all disporting themselves like boys released from school. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z I am, rather," says Lilian, holding aloft the small hand, on which five dusty fingers disport themselves, while she regards them contemplatively; "but I love it, gardening I mean. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Innumerable flocks of wild fowl were disporting among the reedy islets, and here and there the great black loon was seen diving and dipping, or skimming over the waters. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Behind the hedge, on the drying green, Thomas and Billy and Buff disported themselves. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z “You may make it as light as a feather, M’sieu; cheerful as that of any of those gay gentry you saw disporting themselves on the lawn at Llangorren—even that of its young mistress.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z That was the car in which the victors could disport themselves as hilariously as they pleased. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z That was when under his very eyes we deliberately undressed on his beach and disported ourselves in the Ægean Sea. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z She liked him, and had found him more interesting than most of the young men in whose company she had disported herself. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z So fascinating was her charm, so dewy-fresh her youthful grace and beauty, she might have been one of the airy mischievous elves of the legend quickened into life and come hither to disport itself. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The tidal water, now near the lowest ebb, was placid as a lake, and on its surface disported flocks of many varieties of wild fowl. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The German flying machines had been disporting themselves here or there. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z A drift log with sedate water-fowl seated upon it, would now and then come along, and schools of porpoises were disporting themselves, now in the blue, now in the muddy waters. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "Here we are in England once more," I thought, as I looked at a bevy of Canadian girls disporting themselves at an afternoon dance in Montreal. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z At that season the males assemble, in numbers varying from twelve to twenty, on certain trees, and there disport themselves, so as to display their magnificent plumes in presence of the females. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z From inside came those long-drawn shrieks, half frightened, half joyous, in which young women-folk indulge when disporting themselves in the water. The Undying Past Hence, then, they disported themselves over a pleasant pastime which combined skill, the elements of chance, and mental and arithmetical calculation—the Vidlers’ pastime was cribbage. A Double Knot Simpson and a professional colleague disported themselves as the Babes, and appeared sucking oranges and dressed as children—short dresses, pinafores, frilled drawers, white socks, and children’s shoes. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine And the departing voluptuary exhorts his friends to follow his example: “My friends, while we live, let us live”; “Eat, drink, disport thyself, and then join us.” Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Fegs, I said to myself that surely the old times had come back again, and that the wee folk were disporting themselves once more in broad daylight. Deep Moat Grange Crawling, hissing, crimson serpents of heat disported over the trembling roof of the building, and myriad of sparks would rise on columns of rose-tinted smoke when a bit of timber dropped. The Man from Jericho But when you looked closer you saw they betrayed a most eccentric vein, various displays of a humour, which, however, chiefly delighted to disport itself in caricature or parody. Barbarossa and Other Tales Colonel Jocyln, the lord of these swelling meadows and miles of woodland, where the red deer disported in the green arcades, was absent in India, and had been for the past nine years. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir None of them thought it was funny for the seemly old prophets to disport themselves at a ball, not until the newspaper wits began to point it out. Cinderella Jane With the passing of centuries the lesser elves have become tiny of stature and friendly to man, warming themselves by our firesides and disporting themselves in our gardens. The Old English Herbals The heaven embosom’d sun; the rainbow’s die Where lucid forms disport to fancy’s eye; The vernal flower, mild autumn’s purpling glow, The summer’s thunder and the winter’s snow.” Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact We do not expect to find birds arising from a “flying-fish in the air, whose scales are disporting into feathers.” The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The Maying or Disport of Chaucer is the most perfect specimen remaining, and its exact date can be ascertained from its colophon, which reads as follows:— Heir endis the maying and disport of Chaucer. The Story of Books In summer the youth of the town used to come out here on the Saturday evenings and Sundays to disport themselves in the sandy shallows or to swim out to the large island and back. Mary Doges disporting themselves in most conventional attitudes, the vanquished kneeling before the victors, gave one the impression that history involves a great amount of bowing and scraping. Fragments of an Autobiography Garda explained that he was disporting himself with the roses—he was very fond of roses, he was often observed gazing with fixed interest at unclosing buds. East Angels If the prodigal returned by daylight and found us together, he would disport himself at our feet in a brief agony of penitence. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road On either side of the avenue, the walled ditches are filled with limpid water, where swans and other beautiful aquatic birds disport themselves. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Rise, O wind, aloft to heaven, And among the clouds disport thee, To thy race, where thou wast nurtured, To thy family and kindred. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two The piece is completed by a kind of rustic picnic, in which the neighbouring shepherds and shepherdesses join and disport themselves. A Short History of French Literature It had been constructed by the Germans when they were in occupation, but when we saw it a score of our own Tommies were disporting themselves in the water and having a high old time. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire One of these, screened off, and fitted with a diving board, constituted the bathing-place of those who had passed a certain swimming test, and thus were entitled to disport themselves aquatically when they listed. Haviland's Chum It was only the raw savage, disporting himself after his own form of lightheadedness. A Veldt Vendetta Innumerable shoals of fish disported themselves among the rocks, and the bottom was strewn with pearls. The West Indies and the Spanish Main In fact, it presents the appearance of an immense park, to which the Lunarians flock, and disport themselves with great gusto upon its polished face. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. A hundred rills disporting through the streets, trees, little houses built of stone, and painted white or red, communicated to the spot an aspect highly picturesque. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] But to-day he disported himself to his heart's content; his smiling face was everywhere. Anne It was in this figurative snow I was now disporting myself, pleasantly and refreshingly, and yet remorse, like a sturdy dun, stood at my gate, and refused to go away. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance I used to hear, with some envy, of Monsieur Charnaud's classes and of his "publics," where my schoolfellows disported themselves in their best clothes. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Inside, a great open fire was burning, with a throng of male and female nudists disporting themselves about it. Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses A few, too, dashed in for a swim, and their joyous voices and merry laughter were heard amid the plash of the water they disported in. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly By two o'clock the whole school was disporting itself on the ice. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story It opened a wide field, and my imagination disported in it, as might a wild mustang over some vast prairie. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance I turned hastily towards the mirror beside me, and there was the fatal fact revealed—one gallant curl disported proudly over the left cheek, while the other was left bare. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Here the women disport themselves, while the entrances are guarded by eunuchs against intrusion. Oriental Women She could hear the tramp of the two battalions and the majors' ringing commands, exercising, one on the plain to the south where Dwight's squadron disported itself before breakfast, the other out on the parade. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Paris, gay, beautiful Paris, which never sleeps, was out, disporting herself. An American Girl Abroad The back of this building looks out upon the garden, in which the harems of the pasha's sons are wont to disport themselves. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries In addition to the merry disports of the Lord of Misrule, there were various revels. Folk-lore of Shakespeare That historic implement has the largest liberty, and may disport itself in an infinity of scrolls and intricacies over the raiment of male and female. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Nothing can be more galling than the pity which is manifested for a woman whose husband disports himself abroad. Eden An Episode We saw the emperor and empress one day, after having looked for them long and in vain upon the Champs Elysées, and in the Bois de Boulogne where gay Paris disports itself. An American Girl Abroad The youth of the town used this balloon in their athletic exercises, knocking it into the air with their fists, and otherwise disporting themselves therewith. Pretty Michal Here and there clumps of trees variegated the turf; and a fair river wound itself amid all, looking like some huge and silvery serpent disporting itself in this apt solitude. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The guileless duck disported himself on the ponds, but Gwynne, for once, was insensible to its subversive charms, felt no regret that he had forgotten his gun. Ancestors A Novel As it was it gave him funds to disport himself with in her company. The "Genius" Some negroes were disporting with feminine movements, as if hypnotized by the whirling of the umbilical dance. Sónnica Deep in the water swim beautiful fish disporting themselves gaily. The Pond Because Zephyr saw a school of fishes disporting themselves in the water, this never diverted his attention from the landing of the fish he had hooked. The Blue Goose On a sunny afternoon half the population of the latter town may be seen "disporting themselves in, upon, and beneath the water." Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Angela saw, disappearing under those circumstances, the rather pleasant world of entertainment in which they were disporting themselves. The "Genius" The six girls disported in the lake like a flock of ducks. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club I turned hastily toward the mirror beside me, and there was the fatal fact revealed—one gallant curl disported proudly over the left cheek, while the other was left bare. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 One of the minority described his opponents as having disported themselves on a certain occasion like a herd of cattle. The History of Freedom Hundreds of feet below us glittered the deep crevasses of the glacier, in which the rays of the sun disported. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Two guns of “Callaway’s” and two of “Carlton’s” Batteries of our Battalion,—which had come up while we were disporting with our cavalry friends, back there,—had pulled in behind our two. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw The other girls disported themselves in the deep water to their vast enjoyment. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club It was on a Saturday, when a good many men were always sure to be found disporting themselves on the ball-field. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 In the heart of the crowd, now plunging ahead of it, now lost in it, the first gentleman of Green River disported himself. The Wishing Moon Like creatures longing to disport themselves in the light and air, the three rushed into the wood, making the silence that reigned there ring with their voices and innocent shouts of laughter. The Grandee The first edition appeared under the title 'A Pleasant disport' &c., in 1567. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge A spiked railing here divided them from a field in which cows disported themselves, and as bulls also sometimes were admitted to the cows, the field was strictly out of bounds. Jimbo A Fantasy In these stories the historical personages, which with artistic discretion are kept in the background, constitute after all only a decorative element; in the foreground happy youthfulness disports itself in its irresponsibility. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Straightway the glade in which they sat was filled with knights, ladies, maidens, and esquires, who danced and disported themselves right joyously. Legends & Romances of Brittany Where did the Bobolink disport himself before there were meadows in the North and rice-fields in the South? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 "I'm not going to use your charms as a bait to lure this culinary Phyllis into the Arcadia in which you with your Strephonlike form disport yourself." Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman His nose was laid between his paws, and within two yards of that nose a large brown rat disported itself with a crust of bread. Gold Had they not spent a merry hour, disporting themselves at love's fair game? Absolution On others sea-monsters disported themselves, and the pagan gods of the water, somewhat incongruously clothed in cloth of gold or various colors, serenely looked on. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Others, whose means do not allow them to keep mistresses, disport themselves, after marriage as before, with Phrynes, for whom their hearts beat stronger than for their own wives. Woman under socialism Aurora had shown small knowledge 271of him when she thought he would consent to see her disport herself before the public as a negress. Aurora the Magnificent Judge Maxwell allowed Hammer to disport uncurbed until it became evident that, if given his way, the barber-lawyer would drag the trial out until Joe was well along in middle life. The Bondboy After the young are hatched both old and young disport themselves about the water until moulting time. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897 For the rest the creatures of the deep are at home in these artificial grottos, and disport themselves as if they desired no other residence. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science I feared insanity and began to picture how I would disport myself in a madhouse. Confessions of a Neurasthenic The lower part of the drapery rests upon water, and is somewhat like a boat, with ducks swimming towards it, and fish disporting themselves in the rippling waves. Needlework As Art His chief aim was to consume as much time before the jury as possible, and disport himself in the public eye as long as he could drag out an excuse. The Bondboy That it is Johnny Wren who sings and disports himself generally, but it is Jenny, who, by dint of much scolding and fussing, keeps herself well to the front. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897 Now, the modest papers, printed and reprinted, lie in every hand, the fancies disport themselves at their will in the wisest brains and the most foolish. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen They build new nests on the surface of the ground and form new runways, and disport themselves apparently in a festive mood. Under the Maples The Barnriff men were rarely lightsome, and when they disported themselves it was generally with a sombre sort of joy. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country She seated herself for a few minutes among the boxes and portmanteaus in the midst of which the children were disporting themselves prior to their final withdrawal to bed. Marion Fay The most charming amoretti are disporting in all directions, flinging themselves from on high in delicious abandon, alternating with lovely groups of the cardinal virtues. The Venetian School of Painting Fouchette's system so long had taken an upward tendency and now disported itself about her neck and face. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life By this time, she had passed the portal and was disporting herself in the vestibule, with one toe resting upon the sacred threshold. The Dominant Strain The treacle jar stands open for stray fingers and flies to disport themselves therein. Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition They form the unintelligent background against which the wild and lurid nationalists of every tribe disport themselves in frenzied movements of hate and antagonism. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are, of course, visited every summer by a great host of excursionists, who go thither to fish, play golf, lounge, climb hills, and otherwise picturesquely disport themselves. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland For the truth is that these architectural backgrounds and settings remained, so long as his fancy had any free field for disporting itself, an integral part of his conception. Holbein There are always pigs and dogs visible, and brown naked children disporting themselves on the beach, where canoes are drawn up, fishing nets spread out, and a scaffolding erected to dry shark-meat upon. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Stow saw a quintain at Cornhill, where men made merry disport, and the maidens used to dance for garlands hung athwart the streets. Memorials of Old London Volume I The boys were all disporting themselves in the water—Laura could count the six. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret He lingered long by the swimming tank, in which a number of athletic young fellows were disporting themselves. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron The mermaids disported themselves quite unconscious of the imp's presence, till he laughed aloud, and then, startled, they swam in haste and affright to the rock where the gold lay stored. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Jimmie's best man, as became the dandy of the countryside, could disport himself with marvellous skill on the terpsichorean floor, and Dan Murphy was at least warranted to make plenty of noise. The Silver Maple High sculptured panels, on which serpents, ghouls, and other strange figures seemed to disport themselves confusedly, covered its walls. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories There were flocks of geese and ducks disporting themselves. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia He also used to tie paper lanterns to the tail of his kite, so as to make the country folk fancy they saw a comet, and in general to disport himself as a boy should. Pioneers of Science Mother of God! when has it become the fashion for young ladies to disport themselves in their best clothes on common, ordinary week days? When Dreams Come True Where'er thy bark is driven— The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth— Know this: God rules the host of heaven, The inhabitants of earth. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul A stage had been erected at one end of the sitting room; on this stage now the actors were disporting themselves. Good Luck A day for all the senses to disport themselves and revel in luxurious beauty. Say and Seal, Volume I The lithe young copper-colored body still disported itself in the cool waters; superstition held that should their canoe, or even their paddle blades, touch a human being their marvellous power would be lost. Legends of Vancouver Was it in this way the young dressmakers disported themselves during the evenings? Not Like Other Girls The shoal, restless as the tides among which it disported, now rose in the boilings of one eddy, now beat the water into foam amid the stiller dimplings of another. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Here, too, the teacher sows the seeds of that crude and wilful misinterpretation of the classics, which later on disports itself as art-criticism, and which is nothing but bumptious barbarity. On the Future of our Educational Institutions As a due mixture of pleasure with toil, I, with two brothers, used occasionally to disport ourselves, as the lawyers call it, at this sand-hill. Highways and Byways in Surrey Besides doth not even the Queen’s Majesty disport herself with the bow? In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls What appeared to be droves of cattle and herds of deer were browsing on the meadows, or wandering around the copses; while flocks of waterfowl disported themselves over the blue water of the lake. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The shadows of two gnats disporting on the edge of an ordinary gnomon would have seemed vastly more important, in proportion, on the figured plane of the dial, than these, our ghostly representatives, did here. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland It was a goodly sight to see half a dozen regiments disporting themselves in the tepid waters of the James. The County Regiment A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War Art is a free, most open and visible space, where we disport ourselves freely. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life The groom and the great Mr. Cullinan even went so far as to disport genuine and generous white boutonnières. It, and Other Stories For eight hours the squadron disported themselves in this manner, when the "Encounter" was declared the winner by 400 yards. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Therefore the Jewish conception of life is harmonious, while among the Greeks grew up the spirit of doubt and speculation, the product of civilization, and the soil upon which humor disports. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Sadie Ferguson, on the other hand, seated herself elegantly upright on an upholstered chair, and disported herself altogether after the manner of heroines of high degree as described by her favorite Brooklyn author. Making People Happy On the way they passed "Jack doffer," wearing his most fetching smile, and a new necktie, recklessly disported during work hours for the sole purpose of dazzling the bright eyes of the pretty "new hand." Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life On one corner a hand-organ was performing, and the group disporting itself to the flat, tinkling music broke apart to shout after the car, waving grimy hands. From the Car Behind Observing a vast quantity of fish disporting themselves near the ship, our experimental torpedo officer armed himself with a small torpedo, pulled himself into their midst, quietly dropped the missile overboard, and pulled away again. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Mr. Henry appeared for the defendant, and is said to have disported himself in this cause to the infinite enjoyment of his hearers, the unfortunate Hook always excepted. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader It was there that on Sunday I had seen the populace disport itself, and it was full of life then, gay and insouciant. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia What, though the evening breeze, disporting with her raiment, lifted it from her glowing bosom?—she cared not; no need for sense of shame was there! Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf An elder-tree hangs over the palings; and beneath its branches, at the foot of the paling, is a pool of water, in which a few ducks are disporting themselves. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Possible, but very unlikely; the Wonder did not take the risks common to boys of his age, he did not disport himself on dangerous slopes. The Wonder Soon after, a young specimen was seen several times disporting itself in the Horncastle Canal. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter "Some of your cowboys disporting themselves?" asked Mr. Ogden of the owner of Diamond X. Mr. Merkel shook his head. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders In another minute a long, unmistakable, appalling object darted forth—a monstrous snake—suspending itself by the tail to one of the lower boughs, and disporting playfully with its hideous head toward the ground. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf They were tied near a water hole, formed below the spring, so the animals had the three most desirable requisites—food, water and a place to disport themselves. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X When the wave had broken upon the sand, there was the bather wallowing on the top of the water like a Polar bear disporting in an Arctic sun. Old Familiar Faces Only a pool of an acre or two remained, and in its center, disporting himself in glee was—not the monster he was looking for—but The Grinner! Omega, the Man Birds and fishes and reptiles disport themselves in the sunshine, and giant butterflies of the most marvellous colours flutter so bravely among the ferns and flowers. An Anarchist Woman For nearly an hour did Nisida disport in Nature’s mighty bath until the heat of the sun became so intense that she was compelled to return to the shore and resume her apparel. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf It was a very serious trouble to Helen that she was not to buy and disport herself in pretty frocks and hats. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City The sea is quaintly indicated by the circular base, chased with figures of sea-monsters disporting in the waves. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture He was well below the crest of the slope crowned by the trees, and the nymph now disporting in the lake could hardly fail to discover him, no matter how deftly he crouched and twisted. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley I am treading the rabble here on the head," roared Beresynth, totally bewildered; "they are disporting themselves in twining about me like serpents, and are laughing me to scorn. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck The beetles were disporting themselves on the desolate hearth, the spiders had woven draperies for the dim dirty windows. Vixen, Volume III. It was a pretty little room, with a high wooden dado, painted olive green, and a high-art paper of amazing ugliness, whereon brown and red storks disported themselves on a dull green ground. Vixen, Volume I. This was the simple and childlike way that these two men, each a genius in his own way, disported themselves on a holiday. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man For fifteen minutes the girl disported herself like a dolphin. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Gods and goddesses disported themselves among leafy trees. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework He also runs the ship's football team, which goes ashore and disports itself in green jerseys whenever it gets the opportunity. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories And it might, indeed, be supposed, that, did one of those prodigious creations take a notion to disport its billions of tons in a somersault, it would raise no trivial commotion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Yet the very next season she turned to a typical Clyde Fitch play, "Her Sister," and disported herself in charming frocks and smart drawing-room conversation. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man The water was perfectly green, and as clear as possible, revealing innumerable yellow jelly-fish disporting themselves. A Girl's Ride in Iceland They were given to understand the situation, and joined the parties that waited for the reappearance of the youth, who seemed to have disported himself like a very demon since coming into that vicinity. Footprints in the Forest Then would his soul, that often required to emerge from its deep reflections, unbend itself, and alternately disport or repose in utter self-abandonment. My Recollections of Lord Byron A duck had escaped from the steward's stores and was triumphantly disporting himself in the green water. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Their nests are built among the branches of the fir trees, and there they disport themselves gaily, climbing nimbly, and assisting their movements, as parrots do, with their beaks. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 She spoke of the summer air, the beautiful appearance of the river, the charming punts and boats which disported themselves on the bosom of the waters. Girls of the Forest The Kentuckian was only a few seconds in advance, and both frolicked and disported themselves like a couple of urchins who know they are doing something which they should not do. Footprints in the Forest It was a remarkable and precious waistcoat, wherein certain broad stripes of blue or purple disported themselves as by a combination of extraordinary circumstances, too happy to occur again. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 I was a worker—would it do me harm to disport myself in the flowery mead with the butterflies? Fifty-Two Stories For Girls If a snake approached, or a troop of monkeys were disporting themselves in a neighbouring thicket, Rees' terror and his shrieks quickly revealed the presence of a disturbing element. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century As Bitter Creek shrank to normal, winter level, and the strong ice sank in mid-channel, the air-space along shore increased till they had a spacious, covered corridor in which to disport themselves. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life But the people of a sea-shore town need no lake in which to disport themselves. The Boy Tar In the meantime the boy, æt. twelve, the cause of all the mischief, disports himself in Munyard's Row as though nothing had happened. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis It were good," said the warder, "for it shall, see thou, make a change of disport for our lord, and that will please him the more. The Sundering Flood There were, however, signs of a tide on the shores, and a number of seals were disporting themselves in the water. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century But if any one shall think fit to cavil, because not only wild beasts, but even trees speak, let him remember that we are disporting in fables. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes They beheld the black flag hoisted to the rigging of the Revenge as a signal of tragic import, but the bandy-legged monster with the festooned whiskers was not to disport himself with this wanton butchery. Blackbeard: Buccaneer There is a capital gymnasium, and our observation of the young men who disport themselves there would lead an uninitiated observer to form the opinion that the normal condition of humanity was upside down. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis "Now thou art dear," said Osberne; "and wilt thou do something for my disport? wilt thou pipe thy sheep to thee?" The Sundering Flood One might have thought that Titans were disporting themselves as did the fabled gods on Mount Olympus. Deerfoot in The Mountains The most staid and reverend personages may now be seen disporting themselves in divers jackets, and in that Wide-awake which a few years since was confined to the sportsman or his slang imitator. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 He tried to rally into a smile, but was unable to disport himself in this wise, and it became needful that some way should be hit upon for their extrication, and that speedily. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Each new ledge of reef, as it rises to the surface, becomes crowded with them, while hundreds of others disport themselves in the pools between. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure So when she had gotten her breath again, she asked him what next she should do for his disport. The Sundering Flood It was approached by a long avenue of trees, which skirted park lands where deer disported themselves. "The Pomp of Yesterday" He looked neither to the right nor to the left; and before him was a mist, in which the phantoms of his imagination disported themselves, to the exclusion of all other visible objects. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Now Bridget was a zealous believer in saints, miracles, and the like; and Ellen would often disport herself gently on the subject. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The children, never at rest for a moment, frisked to and fro, like so many merry dolphins, disporting in the unaccustomed candle-light, to which they were commonly strangers. Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family Though he had only one leg of the flesh, and one of wood, he did not tumble down, though he brandished in the air the stick with which he was accustomed to disport himself. An Old Man's Love A thundering noise is heard, and a mist hovers in the air, in which thousands of birds disport themselves,—marking the position of the great cataracts of the Corentyn. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America True to their custom, the elves came to disport themselves on his carefully-swept hearth, and to render to the household their usual good offices. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Let your poet disport himself, jumping about on the topmost branches of his Garden of Poesy, but send for the Pundit. The Cycle of Spring This done, they went forth, still conferring of the substance of the reading, and disported themselves at ball, tennis, or the pile trigone; gallantly exercising their bodies, as before they had done their minds. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I In an old world garden dreaming, Where the flowers had human names, Methought, in fantastic seeming, They disported as squires and dames. A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden The zephyrs disport with a light-bosomed song, And the joy-laden songsters flit over the lea— Yet the hours of the spring as they hurry along Bring nothing but sadness and sighing to me! The Minstrel A Collection of Poems Not many days after the plague had ceased from the city, I, with others in my company, fell in with certain young men, of whom this K�so was one, disporting themselves in the street. Stories From Livy There are two species of brain-fever bird that disport themselves in the Himalayas. Birds of the Indian Hills No Confederate went aboard the fleet and no Federal came ashore; so there was a fine field of slaughter in which the imagination of both sides could disport itself. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War I was strictly forbidden ever to dance, flap my long arms, or otherwise disport myself near this sacred enclosure, as I sometimes did when the blood ran high or the temperature low. The Dew of Their Youth On this wise continu357ing their disport from one word to another, she privily kept the lock of hair that she had plucked from his beard and sent it that same day to her lover. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Having satisfied their thirst, they began throwing it over themselves and disporting in the cool element, gambolling and rolling about like a party of schoolboys bathing. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader Both species love to disport themselves on rocks and boulders lapped by the gentle-flowing stream in the valley, or lashed by the torrent on the hillside. Birds of the Indian Hills There Mark and Hockins were soon disporting joyously, while the Secretary looked on and laughed. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar On certain months of the year the house might become the exclusive property of one owner, when she might invite her own friends, and disport herself as she pleased. The Lady of the Basement Flat Now and then there was an open glade called a prairie or "lick," where the wild animals came to drink and disport themselves. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln The tea-gardens have run to seed, and the race-course is obliterated, where, doubtless, fair ladies and brave men disported themselves in the interminable twilights of the Alaskan summer. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska I do not profess deep knowledge of saints, and do not as a rule venture on the hallowed ground where saints disport themselves. From a Terrace in Prague Not only did this mania seize the wealthier and well-to-do classes, but the queerest costumes of the inland corners of Georgia and Tennessee disported themselves with perfect composure at hotels and on the streets. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death If Christine turned her back for a moment, they flew out into the sunshine, hatless, disporting themselves like baby ostriches. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa The players disported themselves with enthusiasm, for there was now a soft coolness in the air. From Place to Place Then he swam around and around and across and across the pool, disporting like a young white water god. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War It was probably a sunny day, and many people of Prague were disporting themselves in the Vltava, as they do to-day. From a Terrace in Prague My attention is soon arrested by a pair of Humming-Birds, the Ruby-Throated, disporting themselves in a low bush a few yards from me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 In its brightness a number of rabbits were disporting themselves, jumping about as if in some queer dance, pausing occasionally to stare into the center of that fascinating glow. Followers of the Trail The blue eyes were, for the moment, intent upon a swarm of flies disporting themselves upon the window-pane. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book I very clearly remember an adder, with a bunch of its young, disporting in the sunlight; but there was nothing to alarm a child, and everything to charm and enlist the fancy. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile He went among his people performing acts of charity; in fact, he generally disported himself right royally, if with an occasional lapse from discretion. From a Terrace in Prague In the middle, of course, was a mass of dirty straw and manure, and pools of stinking water in which ducks and pigs and chickens disported themselves. The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 No more would the "live one" disport himself in his wild and woolly glory. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance At the court a lord of074 misrule was appointed, who reigned during the whole of this period, and was called 'the master of merry disports.' Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Even the stout doctor donned his knickerbockers and grey hose, unfurled his Japanese umbrella, and, with a pretty niece on either arm, disported himself like a boy. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag It has its happy infancy in "green days in forest," leaping over rocks, playing with pebbles, and generally disporting itself until it comes out into the world and moves among men. From a Terrace in Prague At this time a festival called Marhai is held, at which much liquor is drunk and all classes disport themselves. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II And I reckon that I'm just going to be pestered to death after this with whines, because I won't stop the boat every few miles to let this elephant disport himself in the water. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie Every housetop is spangled with the bright element; soft flakes are coquetting in the atmosphere, and a pure mantle has been spread on all sides, that fairly invites one to disport upon its gleaming surface. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Quite Arcadian was Gaston in this attire; and very effective on the croquet ground, where sundry English families disported themselves on certain afternoons. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Here was a pleasance, where gallants and fair ladies disported themselves and watched the antics of wild animals. From a Terrace in Prague Where four million people disported themselves, the wild wolves roam to-day, and the savage progeny of our loins, with prehistoric weapons, defend themselves against the fanged despoilers. The Scarlet Plague Behind him the men disported themselves with Master Jones, and once, looking over his shoulder, he actually saw the skipper giving him a lesson in steering. Light Freights Or again to wander, like a happy child of Asiatic climes in gardens of sycamores, where young sultanas bathe and disport themselves in basins of porphyry. French and Oriental Love in a Harem We can no longer allow you to disport yourselves in the Fields of History as if they were a mere playground. Obiter Dicta Second Series As they advanced, the channel became still more open, and after passing the cape they saw nothing but open water, with innumerable wild sea-birds of every description flying overhead, or disporting in the pools. The Ocean and its Wonders These wonderful infants disported themselves variously in the sea. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers On the other side of the mountain a small lake glittered like a jewel among the trees; and there numerous flocks of wild-fowl disported themselves in peaceful security. Jarwin and Cuffy In these the picturesque masses were faithfully reflected, and over them vast flocks of gulls, eider-ducks, puffins, and other wild-fowl of the north, disported themselves in garrulous felicity. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole After waiting some time a walrus thrust its ungainly head up through the young ice that covered the hole, and began to disport itself in elephantine, or rather walrusian, gambols. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice The lad had waded in up to his neck, and was now slowly—almost imperceptibly—approaching a group of ducks that were disporting themselves gaily in the water. Silver Lake The way in which that pretty little nude infant disported herself on that pile was absolutely tremendous. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers A passage among the goods in each shop, just big enough to admit an ordinary man, was the scene of action in which the owner disported. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Several of the girls were already good swimmers, and after showing their prowess, were allowed to disport themselves at the deep end. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Most daring of all at the festival, these fifty girls who now disported themselves in the water at my feet. Tarrano the Conqueror He wishes it to enjoy itself, to disport itself, to dance, sing, and play to its heart's content. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography A few minutes later they passed under the banyan-tree at the side of Adams’s house, and entered the square of the village, where children, kittens, fowls, and pigs were disporting themselves in joyous revelry. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers To protect her the better, he had built a log house, and it was only on the roof of this that he could permit his daughter to take the open air, and disport herself. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Being immortal, undoubtedly they are still disporting themselves in the Indian Ocean. French Pathfinders in North America We live in a three dimensional world, and in its length, breadth, and solidity do we disport ourselves. Spirit and Music That night he went to the theatre, but his thoughts were not for the elegantly gowned daughters of respectable bourgeoises who disported themselves for his amusement. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn Magpies, grackles, cat birds, and many other of the winged tribe, appeared in considerable numbers among the trees, or disporting themselves on the lake or river. The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America Having large lungs, and thus being very buoyant, they swim high in the water, and being good swimmers they make, when a number of them are disporting themselves undisturbed, a very beautiful picture. Three Boys in the Wild North Land With a good glass you might distinguish quadrupeds of several species straying over the verdant pastures; birds of many kinds upon the wing, and others disporting themselves upon the surface of the lake. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" And with so tongue—tied a host, and the rain without, what had the poor things to do by way of disporting themselves with but a show of fools. The Armourer's Prentices There was no chance of any more fun in the schoolroom now that Miles had departed, and Betty was in the sulks; it would be wise to go and disport themselves elsewhere. Betty Trevor Two days later a happy party were disporting themselves on the lawn at Cloudsdale. Sisters Three And, having arrived at this point in his meditations, Escombe was naturally reminded that he had often wished that he possessed a small yacht wherein to disport himself on the lake. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Patty's heart was sore as she watched Priscilla and Conny, her two dearest friends, disport themselves regardless of their incarcerated mate. Just Patty Smashing the windows of the “Star and Garter,” perhaps, or fighting the bargees on the river, or capturing a four-in-hand drag, or disporting themselves in some such genial and truly English manner. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Its victims were small insects which but a moment before were disporting themselves on the grass. The Bird Study Book Actually, I shall probably256 take an amazing thirst into Bulgaroo about once a month, buy vile champagne at the Queen's Arms, and otherwise disport myself like a true sheepherder. Shorty McCabe on the Job When in the Nation's forum I did sit, Like to a minnow in a mighty pool, I did disport, and, nourishing no care, Found naught to mar the pleasures born each day. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts There was one part of the ship forbidden to passengers and all but forbidden to crew, where Archibald Archer disported and which was a spot of fascination to Tom in his numerous leisure hours. Tom Slade with the Colors I did not get to the circus this year, much to my regret; perhaps I would have found my lost genius there, among the animals disporting themselves in less charitable places. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Upon one side of the knoll lay a clear lake, in which swans, white as the lily, were disporting themselves, and the red-headed, and the green-winged duck, and many other beautiful feathered creatures. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 Then, as now, whales were disporting in the liquid element; musk-oxen filled the glades, and deer, and bears, and wolves, were browzing on the hills, or prowling about the forest. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 Among the last was a procession of nymphs, with their queen at their head, riding upon a bull, with satyrs disporting themselves about her. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Now the sea was green and so clear you could see the fish disporting themselves. A Little Girl in Old Salem Up aloft he can see the smallest fish disporting itself on the surface of the water. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Many people will spend an hour or so here daily, disporting themselves in the water or on the bank, and wedding and funeral parties are held by it, owing to the facilities for ceremonial bathing. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The only thing about the flattened orange is that the child just sees this orange disporting itself in blue air, and never bothers to associate it with the earth he treads on. Fantasia of the Unconscious And 'neath the willow boughs, and reeds, disports His monstrous bulk? Man of Uz, and Other Poems Write to him a goodly tale or two, On which he may disport him by night, And his free grace shall on thee light. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth Walruses raised their shiny wet heads above the water, in which numerous seals disported themselves. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Spring, with its cowslips and primroses, and hawthorn blossoms, found us rambling through the woods and fields, and angling for the finny tribe disporting in the purling waters of the crystal Avon. Shakspere, Personal Recollections It was full of victual, and all manner of mirth and disport. Joyous Gard Striking dresses, gay with colors She disported and commended, Not considering that the highest Of attractions in a woman Is simplicity of costume, And a self-forgetful sweetness. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Write to him a goodly tale or two, On which he may disport him at night. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth People in lands boxed off at short compass by mountain ridges forget with what violence a wind sweeping half a continent can disport itself. Lords of the North Here was young hopeful's long-sought-for opportunity to dive, swim and otherwise disport himself as did the big boys. Watch Yourself Go By Alas! that I did yesternight disport With certain fellows of the baser Sort, Unheedful of the living consequence When Drinks are long, and Pockets all too short! Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses The official guides maintain a cloistered silence regarding those addresses at which Viennese society disports itself when the ledgers are closed and the courts have adjourned. Europe After 8:15 The scene shifts back to Kauai, and one stands with the poet looking down on a piece of ocean where the people are wont to disport themselves. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Brandt's humour, which either his earnestness or his manner banished from the text, took refuge in the illustrations and there disported itself with a wild zest and vigour. The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 In the centre of the chamber he beheld a marble basin, filled with crystal water; and there, disporting and plunging, was a female form with the features of his wife. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre In like manner the phosphorescent glow on the sea comes from souls disporting themselves in the water. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The ducks dived under the water and disported themselves for a time, then came ashore and putting on the little white garments, they became beautiful maidens, and disappeared. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 The old English disport of mumming at Christmas is of great antiquity—so great that its origin is lost. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide In his sleep that first night, vast trenchers of food and tankards of drink disported in happy confusion with goddesses blond and magical. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life In this wig, we are told, he proposed to disport himself in the character of Shylock. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History He had undressed and was disporting himself in nocturnal attire before reposing, when Jonas Lie's well-aimed missile hit him in the stomach and doubled him up with pain. Essays on Scandinavian Literature In all, they visited a half-hundred tanks of fish before they were through, watching this group and that group of inmates disporting themselves about in the salty water with apparent unconcern of visitors. Around the World in Ten Days Before departing they all procured Werther costume—blue coat, yellow waistcoat and hose and round grey hat; and in this array they disported themselves throughout their travels. The Youth of Goethe A school of killer-whales with dorsal fins aloft, disported themselves in rectangles of black on the back of another. Where the Sun Swings North Thus the youth of Wallencamp, yes, and those who heeded not the swift decline of years, by reason of the immortal freshness of their spirits, disported themselves. Cape Cod Folks The barred window of No. 20 looks out on the narrow yard wherein ordinary captives are allowed to disport themselves for three half-hours daily. Border and Bastille Following this, in company with Mr. Choate, they all retired to the bathhouse, secured bathing suits and had a fine time disporting themselves in the warm surf for the next hour. Around the World in Ten Days He disports himself with the infinitely dignified string-quartet, makes it do light and acrobatic things. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers I have observed some of them disporting themselves in a way that has never yet been recorded of Cetacea, as far as I am aware. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The Harvard eleven have arrived on a tally-ho, and in a few minutes more are disporting themselves like a band of prairie dogs over the campus. The Opinions of a Philosopher The rest of the company, "every one as he liked best," disported merrily at bowls and quoits, fleeting the time carelessly as they did in the Golden Age. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. It gave upon a courtyard where the rats from a livery stable came to disport themselves on rainy days. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) The energy of adolescence, unleashed, rejoicing in pure muscular activity, disports itself in the "Shadow Dances," and in the "Wild Man's Dance," with its sheer, naked, beating rhythm. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers After tea the younger children played in the charge of nurses; the elder children, to the extreme delight of Pollyooly, who loved to run fleetly, disported themselves in more swift and violent games. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl In the distant water a large number of animals are disporting themselves. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections Paul slipped out of his clothes and was soon disporting himself in the refreshing water, while he shouted encouraging remarks to his hesitating brother to follow his example. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World To swing in the hammock, disport in the breeze, To lie in the shade of magnificent trees— Oh, this is like quaffing from luxury's bowl The life-giving essence for body and soul! Poems Vol. IV I need but little money, I should not know how to disport a large fortune, but I do desire a comfortable home with pictures and books. An Arkansas Planter After this they put on their bathing-dresses and disported themselves in the pool till it was time to set about the serious business of cooking the dinner, which they took soon after one o'clock. The Terrible Twins While we were engaged in this business we saw a seal disporting himself in the open water of the lead. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club And once a few pious persons in Rome induced a company of wanton women to go out to Benedict's monastery and disport themselves through his beautiful grounds. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers I want to disport on the rocks Like a mythical mermaiden belle, And comb out my watery locks, Then dive to my cavernous cell. Poems Vol. IV As the boat moved away these people, dancing about the heaps of coal in the torchlight, looked not unlike demons disporting in some gruesome nook of Enchanted Land. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 The boys and girls, understanding the source of their security perfectly, believed that the eyelids of the master would keep faith with them, and so disported themselves without fear in the delights of dumb show. Alec Forbes of Howglen Go into the Cantagalli or the Ginori potteries at Florence, and you will see mere boys and girls, untrained children of the people, positively disporting themselves, with childish glee, in painting plates and vases. Post-Prandial Philosophy There was no division or boundary between the wood and the lawn, so that the timid hares and pheasants would often leave their leafy haunts to disport themselves upon its soft turf. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Those Moors who live there usually disport themselves in trousers, strange to stay, and, when they can afford it, carry umbrellas. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Staunch comrades we have been in times of dearth; Of life's disport she asks but little share, And I'm a homely fellow, long aware God made me for the ledger and the hearth. Love's Comedy The lake grows lively with the gracefully gliding promenade of skaters, with here and there a group playing at hockey, while others disport themselves at "crack the whip." The Story of Cooperstown Soon after dawn the village urchins begin disporting themselves among the breakers and billows upon broken bits of boat, while their fathers throw the cast-net nearer shore. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative I beheld not one ring but two, in each of which the uncommon variety of man was disporting in an entertaining manner. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Amy obediently struggled over the heavy sand to the fine strip of pebbles on which the boys were disporting themselves. Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children A group of dirty children will be found disporting at marbles or pitch-and-toss on the paved recess in front; but neither would that scene be found in any kind of harmony with the house itself. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 Deep sea depths untouched by lightnings, where the kraken makes his home; jolly dolphins disporting in the sunlight, responding to the cry of the hovering wild duck and gull. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul These are the days of elfs and fays: Who says that with the dreams of myth, These imps and elves disport themselves? The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar But the feast sped on the fairer, and the more they waxed in disport And the glee that all men love, as they knew that the hours were short. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs He was watering his horse at the time at a pond called the Goose-Dub, where the Laird of Urrard's geese were wont to disport themselves. Claverhouse While the After-Clap was disporting himself with the articles on the Sergeant's desk, under the full glare of the electric light, a shadow passed the window. Betty at Fort Blizzard It is as though Nature had disported herself in bringing to life an infinite variety and diversity among her perfected children. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Now, one day as Hoskuld went out to disport himself with some other men, he saw a stately tent far away from the other booths. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic I see no reason, in the analogies of the natural world, for supposing that the circumstances of human life are the only circumstances in which the spirit of life can disport itself. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Grasshoppers disported gayly upon its rugged surface, occasionally leaping inadvertently into the surrounding surf and kicking their ungainly legs in the sparkling water. Pee-Wee Harris Adrift After supper they went, according to their wont, to disport themselves somewhat in the meadow, and then retired to rest, in order that their memories might be the sounder on the morrow. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) Quack, quack, quack, go the ducks as she approaches the lake on which they disport themselves, and gazes down at the sky therein reflected and at her own image. Lippa Bolli rode to Laugar to disport himself after he had been at home for a short time, and a good welcome he had there. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Then all at once there was a strange hub-bub in the forest; for it was midnight, and the spirits came from their hiding-places to prowl about and to disport themselves. Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse They appeared to be as huge monsters, with overtopping heads, disporting themselves in an element of their own--many thousand feet in the air! A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three As we disport ourselves amid the beauties and gayeties of the Court we can prolong our pleasures by anticipating Greenwich, and so make our play the anteroom of our work. The Vitalized School The evening freshened as the sun went down, a vagrant breeze stole out from some leafy covert and disported itself blithely. Princess Perhaps if near drowning no finger would have been outstretched to save; but there were plenty to pat them on the back as they disported themselves on the sound dry land. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood There were also two pretty gardens in which the boys and girls could disport themselves separately. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba And yet behold how, when He did bring the truth, ye refused to turn your faces towards Him, and persisted in disporting yourselves with your pastimes and fancies. The Summons of the Lord of Hosts Boucher's goddesses and cherubs, disporting themselves in graceful abandonment on happily disposed clouds, outlined in cumulus masses against unvarying azure, are as unrestrained and independent of prescription as Monticelli's figures. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture They were fond of good wine, good groceries, good firearms, and ammunition, fine cutlasses, and very often good clothes, in which they could disport themselves when on shore. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts "Nice sort of place for the Squire of the Manor to be disporting himself, isn't it?" returned Merriton, fighting his hardest to keep his composure and reply in the same light tone. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame So in this life parade of ours, with its ever varying pageant and brilliant display, there are comparatively few who carry banners, who disport the epaulette, and the gold lace. A String of Amber Beads “The Hour” hath come upon them, while they are disporting themselves. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh They partake not of the billows of this surging and treasure-laden Ocean, but disport themselves with their own idle words. Gems of Divine Mysteries Whether or not she continued to disport herself as a man we do not know, but it is certain that she was the last of the female pirates. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts The sun had left all the earth and betaken himself to the clouds; and there he seemed to be disporting himself with all the colours of his palette. Hills of the Shatemuc Large 7 by 9 caterpillars and zebra-striped ladybugs disport themselves on neck and ankle until I flee the scene. A String of Amber Beads He was big and broad and blonde, with freckles disporting themselves frankly on a nose that was still upturned. The Enchanted Canyon The airplane circled hawklike, climbed higher, and disported itself in an S or two and a "figure eight," all of which Johnny absorbed as a sponge absorbs water. Skyrider Sometimes they bear witness to ancient land connections, as in the case of the spotted Portuguese slug which Professor Allman found calmly disporting itself on the basking cliffs in the Killarney district. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science So behold the young seigneur disporting himself at Murray Bay in the spring of 1811. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 Even the elephantine Johnson, congenitally incapable of airy nothings and prone always to "make little fishes talk like whales," disported ponderously in the 'Idler' and the 'Rambler.' Inquiries and Opinions The village has a meadow some four miles wide on the land side, in which buffaloes disport themselves, but they are very wild, and hide in the gigantic grasses. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 It seemed to her as if these stately knights and dames themselves must surely come down from their frames at such an hour as this; and silently disport themselves in this long gallery. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot He didn't know how the mechanism worked, but he was sure that the thing Urquhart had with such labour hauled in had slipped out and was disporting itself at large in unlawful territory. The Lee Shore Jacques Cartier saw the beluga disporting itself off Malbaie nearly 400 years ago and in summer it is still to be seen there almost daily. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 And after a sweeping glance at his mates, who, already, had begun to disport themselves and jeer at the unfortunate pair, he wound up with: "Is that straight?" The Girl of the Golden West During childhood he is provided with a warm house, a clean bed, and a yard in which to disport himself, and is fed for growth and bone on skim-milk, oatmeal, and sweet alfalfa. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm As there was no immediate hurry, the situation of his sister being quite comfortable, the lad could not resist the temptation to disport himself awhile in the cool, refreshing element. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 The whimsical Till disports himself "after the old form of rondeau," and the folly of Don Quixote is told in "ten variations on a chivalrous theme, with an introduction and finale." Musicians of To-Day So the turtles, prince and all, were left disporting themselves in the tub, and the trio went down to the pond, where Ernest untied his boat. Jewel's Story Book If this whimsical personage, at his creation, was designed to regulate "misrule," his lordship, invested with plenary power, came himself, at length, to delight too much in his "merry disports." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Imagine a young man coming into this circle drunk, or half drunk, and disporting himself hilariously before the company! Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation After an introduction of charming grace, the spirits of the blessed are discovered disporting themselves after their kind. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. At the edge of the Brent estate there was an Italian marble fountain decorated with bronze dolphins and water-nymphs disporting themselves. The Master Mystery Lizards of many forms and hues disport themselves about the rocks and stones, some quite small, others two feet or more in length. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Many good welcomes, and much gratis cheer, Keeps he for every straggling cavalier; An open house, haunted with great resort; Long service mixt with musical disport. English Satires Now we'll come and disport ourselves under the trees, and you shall watch the birds from a safe distance. Austin and His Friends The three Rhine-maidens are disporting themselves in the river while they lament the loss of their beautiful treasure. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. The revellers of the "Midsummer Night's Dream" would find a wet turf eight days out of ten to disport upon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 How would you make pies and puddings, and disport your fancy through all the varieties of roast and boil? Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three He looked quite unlike the spruce young man of fashion who was wont to disport himself in the West End at this hour, for he wore tweeds, a soft hat, and a rather shabby overcoat. In Friendship's Guise St Aubyn seemed much diverted at his insistence, and asked him whether he expected to find the figures on the tapestry endowed with life and disporting themselves about the room for his entertainment. Austin and His Friends Shakspeare has broader places over which the waters lie, sweet and warm, to tempt disporting crowds, and places deep as human nature, upon whose brink the pleasure-seekers peer and shudder. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 For London does not disport itself every Sunday on the Thames without leaving ample traces of that disporting. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 |
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