| 单词 | alpenstock |
| 例句 | Following closely behind them perhaps there would have strode a professional pilgrim, supporting himself on a stout knobbed staff shod like an alpenstock and weighed down with blessed medals, relics, shells, vernicles and so forth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Piled in a corner, his hiking gear—boots, alpenstock, leather knapsack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Brooks himself reads as the opposite of acrophobic: scaling the icy pinnacles of Hollywood without anything more than a pang of self-doubt, using humor as his alpenstock. Mel Brooks Keeps It Very Light in ‘All About Me!’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Says the caption, “They wear hats, bloomers, hiking boots and gauntlet gloves, and hold alpenstocks.” Archivists share their most-requested Pacific Northwest images; here’s how to make them yours 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z But the rest shout “Excelsior,” take a firmer grasp of alpenstock, stamp feet more vehemently into the snow, and with dogged perseverance move step by step up the final height. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z We are now preparing to go up the Rigi for the night, and the whole party are gone to purchase alpenstocks. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z He carried in his hand a long alpenstock, the sharp point of which he thrust into everything that he approached—the flower-beds, the garden benches, the trains of the ladies' dresses. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z If one takes his alpenstock in hand and climbs to the snow line in late summer, he is apt to be rewarded by the charming flowers of the Sierra primrose. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z You had no need of an alpenstock, you, to climb up there, where I watched the aerial play of your graceful limbs amongst the rocks. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Our friends in New York would hardly have recognized me in my travelling dress of Scotch gray, with a slouched straw hat on my head, and an alpenstock in my hand. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Isaline put me up a nice little light lunch in my knapsack, and insisted upon seeing that my alpenstock was firmly shod, and my pedestrian boots in due climbing order. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z A volume might be written upon the use of the alpenstock. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Fellpole is a much better word than its foreign equivalent, 'alpenstock'. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z The women of duty look like coquettes, and the others look like alpenstocks! Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z I never saw the alpenstock in the studio or elsewhere in the house; and granting the glove had belonged to M. Ch. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z He stuck his alpenstock in the snow, and forthwith scratched a match and lit up. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z In these latter times the pure and simple alpenstock has gone out of fashion, and mountaineers now almost universally carry a stick with a point at one end and an axe-head at the other. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z It needs but an alpenstock to clamber on the bookcase. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Benedict stamped with his foot, and set his alpenstock in the corner. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Beside this, leaning on an alpenstock, a big meerschaum in his mouth, stood General Wyatt. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He thrust the alpenstock into Bruin’s mouth as if it had been a horse’s bit, and, mounting the brute’s back, pinned him by seizing the staff close to the side of each jaw. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z The claw could be stuck on the end of the alpenstock and dropped into such places, or, on extreme occasions, flung up until it attached itself to something. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The guides were but two or three paces away, with alpenstocks firmly planted in the ice and their heads bent down to meet the force of the gale. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z And with these words he helped the girl to get ready, slung his gun over his shoulder, and took his alpenstock in his hand. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Impressions on my alpenstock after looking at the Alpine Peaks from below with an opera-glass. Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z Siebenk�s pointed out the eagle's perch to Lenette while they were still at some distance from it--the alpenstock or boat-pole which had so recently helped him out of his most imminent difficulties. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Respecting the size of the alpenstock, let it be remarked that it may be nearly useless if it be too long or too short. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The perspiration streamed from his face—less from the weight than from anxiety lest he should fall, and several times he only saved himself by means of his alpenstock. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z Foot by foot and yard by yard M. Filbert's little party ascended this perilous way, here walking, and trusting to their alpenstocks for support; there crawling on hands and knees. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z So I laid my alpenstock down, drew a deep breath and started up. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z "A bottle of the best red," he called out to Nannerl, while he relieved the three strangers of their alpenstocks and conducted them into the spacious best room. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z Unless shod with an iron point it can scarcely be termed an alpenstock, and the nature of the point is of some importance. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Her alpenstock was brought into play in more than one little leap over the hilly way with its ravines, now more or less slippery with its damp leaves. Betty Lee, Sophomore 2010-12-24T03:00:29.270Z The guide, equipped with alpenstock and climbing irons, led the way, Richard followed him, and the hussars came trailing behind, with old Paul as rear guard. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z After a leisurely dinner, I took my alpenstock, and imagining myself at the base of the Matterhorn to lend zest, bravely fronted the upward climb. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The gentlemen carried long alpenstocks, and were walking briskly down the valley towards the village,--the peasants were loaded with portmanteaus and plaids. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z After the alpenstock, or axe-alpenstock, it is of most importance for the mountaineer to supply himself with plenty of good rope. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z She carried, moreover, an alpenstock, for which she apologized when she saw that the other girls did not carry them. Betty Lee, Sophomore 2010-12-24T03:00:29.270Z We raised our alpenstocks; the spectres also flourished their b�tons. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Haines pushed the alpenstock he was carrying into it and scraped away the gas crystals. The Secret of the Ninth Planet The alpenstock was jerked violently out of his hand, and went glissading down the snow for a distance of a hundred yards at least. An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc In my dreams I glissade delightfully, but in practice I find that somehow the snow will not behave properly, and that my alpenstock will get between my legs. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Stalwart guides, with stout alpenstocks in their hands, and apparently heavy cloth bags upon their backs, were standing near the hotel and on the station platform. Windyridge “The ‘Peer’ is walking like a soldier on parade, stiff as can be, thumping her alpenstock up and down plumpety-plump, hard as nails. Dorothy at Oak Knowe I suppose you consider a short skirt, strong boots, a Tyrolese hat, and an alpenstock to be a sufficient rig-out, whereas my mountaineering costumes will fill five large trunks and three hat boxes. The Silent Barrier The company officers carried alpenstocks, and their orderlies had officers' cast foraging-caps on top of their glazed shakoes. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) I drove my alpenstock into the snow, and brought the weight of my body to bear on it. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z I will give him an alpenstock to climb with, and a bunch of asters for a nosegay. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Nothing, now, was too heavy for the donkeys, and even the zaptiehs themselves condescended to relieve us of our alpenstocks. Across Asia on a Bicycle He even hit on the shop in which you bought your rucksack and alpenstock. The Silent Barrier But at sight of those feminine heights Billy Magee had always been one to seize his alpenstock in a more determined grip, and climb. Seven Keys to Baldpate The snow on which we stood began to move slowly, and I felt the utter uselessness of any alpenstock. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z His patrol flag was fastened on a stout ashen staff, hard as iron, an old alpenstock cut down. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts In Bayazid we could not procure even proper wood for alpenstocks. Across Asia on a Bicycle “Oh, look!” she cried suddenly, pointing with her alpenstock to the massive mountain wall that rose above the cabane. The Silent Barrier Virginia took the alpenstock which she had laid down, and began picking her way daintily yet pluckily toward the col which she had named as her goal. The Princess Virginia They use racquets or skis on the snow, and carry either the alpenstock or the ice ax. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Pinchas was glad of his cane; an alpenstock would not have been superfluous. Ghetto Comedies Cautiously we proceed, with cat-like tread, following directly in one another’s footsteps, and holding on to our alpenstocks like grim death. Across Asia on a Bicycle So they scrambled onward and upward, slipping often on the rapidly freezing rocks, helping each other over difficult places, sighing for nailed boots and alpenstocks, but laughing and enjoying the fun of the adventure. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Iron-spiked alpenstocks, coarse cloth leggings, green spectacles fitting tightly to the eyes, furred gloves, green veils,--nothing was forgotten. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories "Test the snow-bridges carefully with your alpenstock before you venture on them!" Soap-Bubble Stories For Children At length, however, he so far recovered himself as to be able to continue his fatiguing and dangerous journey, and soon succeeded in reaching the spot where he had left his jacket, shoes, and alpenstock. Harper's Young People, November 18, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly We rose at once, but our stiffened legs quivered beneath us, and we leaned on our alpenstocks for support. Across Asia on a Bicycle Well, Watty Hirzel," said one of the guides in answer to the boy's salute, "I suppose you want to earn a couple of francs to-day, as you have come armed with alpenstock and game bag? Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly So the next morning, armed with camp-chairs and alpenstocks, drinking-cups and notebooks, we started up the mountain, where we could at least find solitude, and the fresh air of the hills. A Bird-Lover in the West They used no ropes, alpenstocks, or scientific equipment of any sort, and carried only one camera, the chance possession of McGonagall. The Book of the National Parks He had done a good deal of climbing, had worn out and lost dozens of alpenstocks, and had brought home a case of Swiss carved work for his friends. Vixen, Volume I. An alpenstock, knapsack, coil of rope worn in saltire, crampons and iron hooks hanging to the belt of an English blouse with broad pleats, completed the accoutrement of this perfect Alpinist. Tartarin On The Alps With these words the peasant took his alpenstock, as the long iron-pointed stick is named which is used for crossing the ice-fields, and set forth. Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly After a long, sagacious survey of the flood, he drew his knife again, and proceeded to cut himself a stout staff, a sort of alpenstock. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life He gave the alpenstock a rub with the table napkin before placing it and his old mountaineering companion against the bag. Witness to the Deed I ran down steep paths, and, with the aid of my alpenstock, stopped myself in an instant. A Chosen Few Short Stories And he started, wholly preoccupied with manoeuvring his alpenstock in presence of the staff of the hotel, collected about the door and shouting directions to him about the path, to which he did not listen. Tartarin On The Alps He then selected a stout alpenstock and tried it carefully, to see if the iron point was sharp and strong. Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Frank looked round apprehensively for Saul Arthur's alpenstock, and was relieved when he failed to discover one. The Man Who Knew The staff was as useful to them as the alpenstock to the mountain climber in Switzerland. A Lieutenant at Eighteen I carried a long alpenstock, and when we reached the mountain and began the ascent, I found that with the help of this and my knapsack I could go uphill at a wonderful rate. A Chosen Few Short Stories Tartarin, maddened, had a mind to begin the attack by cleaving the head of the Cossack beside him with his alpenstock; then, on reflection, he felt it was more prudent to refrain. Tartarin On The Alps We descended the stair; the handle of a pitchfork doing, in my case, the duty of an alpenstock. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Saxe looked at him inquiringly, and took off his cap and wiped his brow, while his alpenstock rested in the hollow of his arm. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps Now, he had to make it to a twenty-minute deadline, without rope or alpenstock, a Moon-man adapted to a fraction of Earth gravity. A Matter of Proportion Mr. Barr-Smith104 on the other hand, was garbed cap-a-pie for an outing, presenting an appearance with which the racket, the bat, or even the alpenstock might have been conjoined in perfect harmony. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic One drew his portrait in her album, another sought the honour of touching his alpenstock. Tartarin On The Alps Had the alpenstock been of iron it might have helped me; but, as it was, the tendency of the water to sweep it out of my hands rendered it worse than useless. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 He pressed his alpenstock into the snow behind him, holding it under his left arm with both hands; and leaning back upon it, he waited till Saxe had imitated him exactly. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps Noiselessly moving his alpenstock, he suddenly and with all his force, dashed the door open, shouted aloud, and with his utmost violence swung round the heavy iron spike. Julian Home He put the belt of his knapsack over his shoulder, and took his alpenstock in his hand. Rollo in Switzerland They furnish alpenstocks, ropes, and calks for the shoes of climbers at a reasonable charge. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' The gun has brought down many a toothsome 'possum, and the knife serves to cut anything from firewood to alpenstocks. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party If you go over, hold on to your alpenstock and try to stop yourself the best way you can. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps Further on, the Professor drew the attention of his friends to the beautiful blue colour of the holes which their alpenstocks made in the snow. Rivers of Ice The guide went first, driving the horse before him, and Rollo followed, with his alpenstock in his hand. Rollo in Switzerland Johnny pulled a lath for each of us out of one of the bundles, and we used them in our tour of the yard as alpenstocks. On the Stairs She accepted the "alpenstock" gratefully and soon found it useful for both purposes. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Stand up as I do, and hold your alpenstock behind you like this. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps Lawrence rushed deep into the snow and held out his alpenstock. Rivers of Ice Kinesasis armed himself with a stout pole about ten feet long, which he carried as an Alpine climber would his alpenstock, although it weighed as much as a dozen of them. Winter Adventures of Three Boys A Swiss traveller goes into a shop and buys a brand-new alpenstock. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Her only answer was to push on, plying her alpenstock eagerly in her haste to elude the others. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Saxe started off to where Melchior was busy fitting an iron spike to a stout ashen alpenstock. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps “A Splendid morning!” exclaimed Dr George Lawrence, as he entered the Salle à manger with an obviously new alpenstock in his hand. Rivers of Ice With the exception of iron-shod alpenstocks, none of the party were armed. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania When a fine brute had been shot the others still lay quiet, and only by hitting them with their alpenstocks could the travellers get rid of them. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Arming an adventurous sais with Maurice's lantern, an alpenstock, and two notes tied up in a scrap of oiled silk, Quita choked down her misery, and did her utmost to comply with his request. The Great Amulet I have known him bite boys who used their alpenstocks to him.” The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps “You are fond of strong language, Lewie,” said Lawrence, as he examined the spike at the end of his alpenstock. Rivers of Ice Moreover, by some oversight, the authorities had neglected to provide the troops with alpenstocks. With Our Army in Palestine Then Nansen fastened skis on his feet, took his gun, field-glass, and alpenstock, and flew swiftly as the wind over the white snow. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People He started up at once, and seized his bundle and his alpenstock. Cobwebs and Cables “We two must carry it between us, slung on the alpenstocks,” said Dale. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps “I think he is trying to break your alpenstock, Emma,” observed Lewis. Rivers of Ice One may take in hand the ice-axe of resolution and the alpenstock of enterprise and pull over one's boots the socks of Coalition, but the glacier remains practically unchanged by these preparations. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 I saw them test it with their alpenstocks; but none would put more than one foot on it. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke The garden was full of ropes, rope ladders, torches, gourds, iron clamps, crowbars, alpenstocks, and pickaxes—enough to load ten men. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Try the effect of a blow, a quick blow with this silver-mounted alpenstock. The Circular Study This wonderously beautiful maiden loved the poor goatherd Juon, who possessed nothing in the world but his sheepskin pelisse and his alpenstock; him she loved and him alone. The Poor Plutocrats Conceive the condition of mind of that man who imagines that he is an impressive presence when he is patrolling the Rue de la Paix with an alpenstock in his hand! The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' The heavy cloth around their shoes gave them a secure foothold until they reached the steeper slopes, and there, in accordance with Reed's suggestion, they used their bayonets as alpenstocks. The Tree of Appomattox I was not long about picking the others up; the filly could gallop anyhow, and we thundered on over ground where, had I been on foot, I should have liked a guide and an alpenstock. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Then the word was given for the advance, and the infantry went off in long strings of men armed with alpenstocks and ropes. My Adventures as a Spy As it was, he found one goat missing when he went to house them, and again he had to take his alpenstock and try what he could do. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays Several of the guests seized their hats and alpenstocks, and in a few minutes the little relief party was hurrying along the street after their trusty guide, with Mr. Sherman in the lead. The Little Colonel's Hero Now they traverse a level valley to emerge at the foot of a mountainous region that must be attacked with alpenstocks and helping hands. Idle Hour Stories A big square house, with many windows, and the usual ladies on mules, and guides with alpenstocks, advancing towards it, and some round bushes growing near, was all it showed. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series In addition, she carried for alpenstock the willow pole of Neepoosa. A Daughter of the Snows He had an alpenstock, Uncle James a cane. Jimmy, Lucy, and All But the ant makes his long excursion with neither alpenstock nor luncheon, and without sleeping or even resting on the way. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Hatchet, pouch, knife and knapsack, with alpenstock on occasion, about comprise his kit. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 This time he was not able to rouse her, and he threw down his alpenstock and took her in his arms, and went slipping and recovering the remaining steps. The Rim of the Desert She waved her alpenstock, and as he doffed his cap, rounded the brink and disappeared. A Daughter of the Snows But he never would have reached the door-stone alive, poor little trembling creature, if Mr. Dunlee and Uncle James had not come up just in time to finish the cruel snake with cane and alpenstock. Jimmy, Lucy, and All She used to call it her alpenstock, and make all Switzerland out of the New Jersey sands with it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 On our yesterday's ride we had cut young pine-trees in the forest, for alpenstocks; and we tied silk handkerchiefs completely over our faces, to keep off the glare of the sun. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern "Oh, but we must make the summit," exclaimed Marcia, taking up her alpenstock. The Rim of the Desert He carried various artist's gear slung about him, and an alpenstock. Missing "Oh, what a deliciously cool and lovely spot!" cried Madge, throwing down her alpenstock. A Young Girl's Wooing Aspiration too frequently got as far as the alpenstock and the brandy flask, but crossed no dangerous crevasse, and scaled no arduous summit. Ralph Waldo Emerson Lord bless you, I am 'going' to take up my alpenstock and cross all the passes. What I Remember, Volume 2 He lifted his alpenstock and in a frenzy thrust it into the ice between his knees. The Rim of the Desert She did so silently and accepted from him the alpenstock he held out to her. The Precipice She gave his hand a strong pressure, seized her alpenstock, and hastened swiftly forward. A Young Girl's Wooing It had not been without a struggle that Camden had attained this pinnacle; and the Britannia had been his alpenstock. Gossip in a Library The foot, however, was fixt and rendered tolerably safe by driving in firmly several of our alpenstocks and axes under the lowest step. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Then, with his alpenstock fixed, and his spiked heels set in the crust, he reached a hand to her. The Rim of the Desert I can see him now, continually waiting for us on the brow of some glistening ice-slope, leaning on his alpenstock and looking back, jet-black by contrast between the blinding hues of ice and sky. No Hero For every walking expedition started she was ready with her alpenstock, and the experts in the bowling alley found a strong, supple competitor, with eye and hand equally true. A Young Girl's Wooing I bought one, and a green felt hat and an alpenstock to keep it company. Greenmantle All carried toy hatchets with a spike on one end built to resemble the pictures of alpenstocks. The Mountains She gave him a quick glance and, setting her alpenstock, sprang from his detaining hand. The Rim of the Desert "Let him get them shod like alpenstocks," quoth Bob, "and nails in his boots; then they'll be ready when he does the Matterhorn!" No Hero It came from the pipe of a young man who had an alpenstock and who looked as if he had climbed to see the sun rise. The Lost Prince Besides being well shod each carried an alpenstock, and for special difficulties we had a hundred feet of rope and an axe. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon He carried in his hand a long alpenstock, the sharp point of which he thrust into everything that he approached—the flowerbeds, the garden benches, the trains of the ladies' dresses. Daisy Miller He stooped to pick up the alpenstock she had dropped, then offered his hand down the step from the spur. The Rim of the Desert And before me on the narrow path went Bob Evers in a flannel suit, followed by Mrs. Lascelles and her red parasol, though he carried her alpenstock with his own in readiness for the glacier. No Hero "I like the story of Ivan the Terrible putting his jolly old alpenstock through the fellow's foot on the stairs when he came with the letter," Jack said. His Hour Another broke through a slim bridge over a crevasse, but his momentum at the time carried him against the lower edge and only his alpenstock was lost in the abyss. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon His companion thanked him for the compliment, and the child, who had now got astride of his alpenstock, stood looking about him, while he attacked a second lump of sugar. Daisy Miller He upbraided her for leaving her alpenstock down the slope. The Rim of the Desert A brown cloak with a cape and hood is hanging up by the fireplace; nearby a travelling bag and an alpenstock. The Road to Damascus An alpenstock leaned against the bench beside him, its iron point in the gravel. The Face and the Mask My friend was weak enough to have all the ascents he had intended to make, branded on the alpenstock he bought the moment he entered Switzerland. Revenge! The little boy had now converted his alpenstock into a vaulting pole, by the aid of which he was springing about in the gravel and kicking it up not a little. Daisy Miller When you are glissading down a snowy Alpine slope, you cannot stop when you like, though you strike your alpenstock ever so deep into the powdery snow. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah He showed me how to hold my staff backwards as he did his alpenstock, and use it as a kind of brake in case I slipped. The Path to Rome He had no alpenstock, and that also was a merit. The Face and the Mask The young men at the big hotel in Thun were clad mostly in knickerbockers, and many of them had alpenstocks of their own. Revenge! "And I'll tell you her name;" and he leveled his alpenstock at his sister. Daisy Miller Adela didn't answer, but stuck the sharp end of her alpenstock smartly into the ice. Five Little Peppers Abroad He took our long alpenstock, and poising it, sent it down into the water, as a man might throw a javelin. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Ruth balanced the one she held against her alpenstock. In the Quarter They always buy an alpenstock the first thing. Revenge! Winterbourne presently released the child, who departed, dragging his alpenstock along the path. Daisy Miller The heat of the day was given up to reading and the fashioning of alpenstocks, and the mornings and late afternoons to excursions. Nature's Serial Story At last, however, we found one that weighed some two tons, which happened to lie so that, by loosening the earth before and under it with our alpenstocks, we were able to dislodge it. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Before the others could miss her she was beside them, and soon was springing along in advance, swinging her alpenstock. In the Quarter The woman dropped her alpenstock on the rock, and walked nervously to and fro, clasping and unclasping her hands. Revenge! Indeed, they could drive their alpenstocks through the overhanging rim of frozen snow, and look sheer down through the hole thus made to the amphitheatre below. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Grasping his alpenstock firmly, Burt sprang through the intervening copsewood, and witnessed a scene that he never forgot, though he paused not a second in his horror. Nature's Serial Story We walked these valleys, ascended these hills, leaped across chasms, threw stones down the crevasses, plunged our alpenstocks into the deep baths of green water, and philosophized and poetized till we were tired. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 But I stood between them and their prey, menaced by a bristling wall of ice-axes and alpenstocks, and proclaimed that there was but one road to this murder, and it was directly over my corpse. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06 He shouldered our satchels, overcoats, and alpenstocks, and we set out up the steep path. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 Most of the people, both male and female, are in walking costume, and carry alpenstocks. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 The young men had their alpenstocks, for it was their intention to walk up the steep places. Nature's Serial Story The man stood leaning on his alpenstock, looking at the thing to be demonstrated. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The alpenstock or baton of another saved its owner in a similar way. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06 Our alpenstocks and muslin tails compelled attention, and as we moved through the village we gathered a considerable procession of little boys and girls, and so went in some state to the castle. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 And observe, a man is respected in Switzerland according to his alpenstock. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 I found a chair; then a wall; then another chair; then a sofa; then an alpenstock, then another sofa; this confounded me, for I had thought there was only one sofa. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 02 C. and W. leap along trying their alpenstocks; stopping once in a while to admire the glaciers, as their brilliant forms appear through the pines. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Our great achievement was achieved—the possibility of the impossible was demonstrated, and Harris and I walked proudly into the great dining-room of the Riffelberg Hotel and stood our alpenstocks up in the corner. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06 The pick, and the long stick he used as an alpenstock, he balanced horizontally after the manner of a rope-walker. Smoke Bellew There are artisans all about Switzerland whose trade it is to burn these things upon the alpenstock of the tourist. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 They were greatly interested in our customs; especially the alpenstocks, for they had not seen any before. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 02 The chamois figures largely; there are pouches made of chamois skin, walking sticks and alpenstocks tipped with chamois horn; sometimes an entire skin, horns and all, hanging disconsolately downward. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The alpenstock must be of the best wood, for if it should break, loss of life might be the result. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06 We now descended vast snow-fields, over which my guide slid with mad haste on his alpenstock; I contented myself with leaning carefully on the iron point of mine, and coming down at a moderate pace. My Life — Volume 2 Evidently, it is not considered safe to go about in Switzerland, even in town, without an alpenstock. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 But they are peacefully disposed goatherds, who, alpenstocks in hand, are endeavoring to see "what in the world those queer-looking things are, coming up the road." Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran She has in her hand a long alpenstock. When We Dead Awaken Knapsack on back, plaid in strap, and alpenstock. The Master Builder The passage was encumbered with rope ladders, knotted cords, torches, flasks, grappling irons, alpenstocks, pickaxes, iron shod sticks, enough to load ten men. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth If the tourist forgets and comes down to breakfast without his alpenstock he goes back and gets it, and stands it up in the corner. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 It was a very famous alpenstock, which this guide and his father before him had used all their lives, one that had been planted in the topmost snows of every peak in Switzerland. Love Eternal You must watch every step, and keep sticking in your alpenstock to be sure you are on solid ice. The Swiss Twins It carries in its gullet the equivalent of the climber's alpenstock. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography The women of duty look like coquettes, and the others look like alpenstocks! The Pension Beaurepas My feet often slipped on this viscous seaweed carpet, and without my alpenstock I would have fallen more than once. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea He went, and, passing through the hall, left his alpenstock in the umbrella-stand. Love Eternal "Follow exactly in my footsteps," shouted Seppi, and Leneli swallowed a lump in her throat, grasped her alpenstock more firmly and went forward. The Swiss Twins The man poked at officials with his alpenstock to attract their attention, and the lady, her eye catching sight of an advertisement of somebody’s cocoa, said “Shocking!” and turned the other way. Three Men on the Bummel Indoors he sometimes used an oak stick like a little alpenstock, and this was a sign that he felt giddiness. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 I finished harnessing myself, I felt an alpenstock being placed in my hand, and a few minutes later, after the usual procedures, we set foot on the floor of the Atlantic, 300 meters down. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Then they kissed each other and, having retrieved his alpenstock from the stick-house, Godfrey trudged back to the station, where he picked up his luggage and departed for London. Love Eternal And Robert Walmsley was proud of his wife; although while one of his hands shook his guests' the other held tightly to his alpenstock and thermometer. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million I asked him if he did not find an alpenstock a clumsy thing to walk about with through a crowded town; he admitted that occasionally it did get in the way. Three Men on the Bummel "I'll get an alpenstock," she said to herself, as she rose, wearily, and tried to summon courage to start. Lavender and Old Lace We took long strides, helped by our alpenstocks; but in general our progress was slow, because our feet kept sinking into a kind of slimy mud mixed with seaweed and assorted flat stones. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea His white helmet was ornamented with a green veil; a pair of opera-glasses hung at his side, and in his lavender-gloved hand he carried an alpenstock a little taller than himself. Three Men on the Bummel |
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