| 单词 | dun |
| 例句 | It would be an ocean of wood with a dun rim of humanity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking out from the covert he could see only a dun, shadowless world, fading slowly into a featureless, colourless gloom. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The round little man looked splendid in his new robes, with their broad bands of dun and butternut and narrow stripes of red. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Reverend Samuel Cooper he ‘dunned’ as he was shaking hands with his parishioners at the end of the service. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire formation—a kind of immense mound—was white, from the dun desert floor to the blue of the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Wart looked quickly at Merlyn, ducked his head between his legs and had a look through there, rattled his feathers into place, and began to scratch his dun with the sharp talon of one toe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Far below, down a side of the mountain I had never laid eyes on, the dry Tibetan plateau stretched to the horizon as a boundless expanse of dun- colored earth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Still, she never dunned me and was as generous with her servings of food during mealtime as ever. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumper was a dun mule with a narrow black stripe running along his backbone between his mane and tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z An old white man in a gray coat trotted by on a dun horse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was a very hot August, the roads buckling, the vegetation dun brown, no hint of absolving rain in the air. “I should have had the drugs”: The pregnancy that made me fear cars, carrots, forest fires and David Bowie 2014-04-15T22:59:00Z The Asmara escarpment — barren and dun colored — rose just beyond the shore. In Eritrea, a Diver’s Dreamscape 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Leonard’s feeling for color — rolls of bright fabric in the window of a dun shop exterior; a television nesting in a pink cushion inside a gray wheelbarrow — is captivating. Review | Zoe Leonard speaks straight to your soul 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z At the Elko Convention Center, a painted tarp frames the stage: a cloudless blue sky and the dun prow of a mesa jutting skyward. Work Songs of the Cowboy Poets 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z A vast herd of wild reindeer flows through winter woods, a river of dun and white spooked by the helicopter hovering overhead. Movie Review: In ‘Aatsinki,’ Two Reindeer Herders Ride the Seasons 2014-01-24T00:32:37Z Return along the animal tracks of the south coast, where two standing stones precede the remains of a cross, dun and chapel. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z He tied a size 18 sparkle dun on the end of my angling partner Dinty Leach’s gossamer-thin tippet, a mayfly imitation smaller than my pinkie nail. A pilgrimage to one of the most popular American trout streams 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z I saw it a week before I started typing this and already don’t remember who dun exactly what. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z They also sang it, twice using the syllables “da-da-da, da-da, dun dun da,” and once with a falsetto floating across the top. George Martin and the Beatles: A Producer’s Impact, in Five Songs 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z A sort of moody jubilation emerges from the way he pairs dun colors with animated posture. 3 Seattle gallery shows to check out in January 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z In the stage production, Dundy explains, the musicians break the fourth wall by dunning the audience for drug money. Shirley Clarke and Elaine Dundy: The Escape Artists 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z A man in white trousers, white shirt and dun tie walks along a conveyor belt mounted on a platform pushed through the audience. Fuerzabruta; A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings – review 2013-01-06T00:08:13Z The mare was short and stocky — maybe 14 hands tall — with a dun coat. My Civil War: Re-enacting in the days of 9/11 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “Pale morning duns!” he hollered from across the river, suggesting that one of the early-summer insects was hatching there. Casting in Colorado, Away From the Crowds 2012-08-22T19:37:27Z There are now more than a thousand designs, with threads blending in the traditional dull duns, purples and ochres of the Scottish Highlands, to brash patterns with bright reds, pinks and yellows. Harris tweed returns to global boutiques after islands' renaissance 2012-11-09T16:45:33Z In a new ad designed to expose the obvious double standards of – dun dun dun! The NRA takes a shot at Obama 2013-01-16T16:24:00Z The round stage becomes a hotel, a multicoloured casino, a dun desert. Rutherford & Son; Glasgow Girls; Playing Cards 1: Spades – review 2013-02-17T00:06:21Z Perhaps it was my telly, entirely possible, but there seemed to be a kind of plaidy gauze over the camera that just rendered all clothes a kind of dun. Rewind TV: The Village; Jonathan Creek; Game of Thrones – review 2013-04-06T21:45:01Z His mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun, her lips do not resemble coral, her skin is dun, with none of the "roses and lilies" loveliness found in the tradition of emblazoning beauty. Cosmetic surgery: a stealth imperialism with self-harm its main weapon 2012-08-29T18:35:01Z Three days till the ropes that bound him revolted The heavens were green and the grass was dun! Bertolt Brecht: Poet and Communist 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z An untitled 1950 painting, somewhat the worse for wear, is composed from visually sliding planes of rich but brittle gray and dun colors. Creative era of Jess Collins, Robert Duncan brought full circle 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z A wedding invitation is not a dunning notice for a gift. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Good-natured teasing is in the eye of the beholder 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z It isn’t pretty; the palette runs toward dun and dull red with slashes of marine blue. ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Review: Splat 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z One of this crew, no surprise, ends up dead before the night is over, and an unusually somber Poirot must figure out whodunit, before he himself gets dun. Review: The wrong person is killed in 'A Haunting in Venice' 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z “It would go dun dun dun dun,” Bellemeur, 99, says quietly as she sits in her Pasadena retirement home. This Rosie the Riveter repaired war-torn WWII fighter planes. She's finally getting a thank you 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z This year, Trump formed a “Save America” political action committee that raised an estimated $100 million, mostly by constantly dunning small-dollar donors. Opinion | ‘Conspiracy to defraud’ is the perfect charge against the grifter Trump 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z He shades his eyes at the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of The Star, the $1.5 billion complex that lurches out of the dun hills north of Dallas. Jerry Jones helped transform the NFL, except when it comes to race After the death of his former longtime lover Robert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Arthur learns that probate court is dunning him for years of back rent in Robert’s San Francisco home. Review: 'Less Is Lost,' sequel to a Pulitzer winner, finds a path to both satire and tears 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z While she does not know that person’s motive, she has a strong objection to dunning co-workers to contribute to gifts — doubly so when the recipient is the boss. Perspective | Miss Manners: Friend makes six figures and collects welfare for his child 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Instead of the lush, even green of the surrounding pastures, the vegetation here was a mottled dun, many-textured, thin and low to the ground. Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z So you neither had to put his name on the card nor should you dun him for a contribution of his own, unless he is so moved. Perspective | Miss Manners: My grandkid says she has one grandma and it’s not me 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z It had rained an inch overnight, another precious monsoon shower she hoped would coax green stems from the dun expanses where her cattle grazed. The Colorado River is in crisis, and it’s getting worse every day Robert Sutherland of Granite Falls, Vicki Kraft of Vancouver, and Brad Klippert of Kennewick ought to have known better than to dun the state for trips to this convention of conspirators. Legislators should return state’s money for election-fraud junket 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Debtors dunned by creditors face similarly dire consequences. Opinion | Bracing for a tsunami of evictions, Maryland sounds the alarm 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Voice-over narration is a tricky stylistic choice; it gets dunned for being a “tell not show” form of storytelling, and doesn’t often work. Narration can get a bad rap. For these stories, it's a truth portal into a character 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z This unexpected shape cuts through the woods’ muted greens and duns, stirring hikers from ambling reveries, reminding them that they move through forests that once held much mightier trees. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Bloomberg rallied in the second half and seemed to get over the dunning he took in the beginning and even did some of the necessary work his fellow mainstreamers refused to do in tackling Sanders. Bloom and doom 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In some cases, the hospitals referred the individuals to bill collectors who dunned them for the payments. Despite federal protections, some rape victims still get billed for forensic exams 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Its umber body was corrugated with dun fur, parted by wavy lips and a vivid red interior. 'Rejection didn’t hurt my pride - I had none left': confessions of a failed actor | Rhik Samadder 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Four of those patients were dunned by collection agencies. They Were Raped. Then, at 7 Hospitals, They Were Billed for Evidence Kits. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Again, Wray’s explanatory discretion is an advantage, letting him bypass the hysteria of inquiry, the dunning “Why?” that tends to dominate in cases of Western converts to Islam. The 9/11 Novel That Finally Understands the Fulfillments of Faith 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z He had to be dunned for payments and lost three cellphones. Perspective | Urban Meyer still has his job, but Ohio State documents show what he deserves 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Pearce also ruled that employees who had resigned their union membership after their labor contract expired could be dunned for back dues. Big Labor’s Obama Holdover 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z By the time the two men joined the Trump campaign that March, he said, vendors were dunning Mr. Manafort about unpaid bills. Top Trump Campaign Aides Are Portrayed as Corrupt at Manafort Trial 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z “We received a phone call from Sachs Dress Shop in New Haven today inquiring about the ‘duns’ we mailed to you. The Lost Art of the Apology Letter 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Dun dun duuuun: The dark side of Silicon Valley philanthropy is finally getting some attention. Essential California: The lessons of Lassen Peak 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z South Dakota duns all retailers that sell more than 200 items or $100,000 worth of merchandise in the state. The Interstate Tax Grab 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z We saw the same thing under Trump instead of making hay when the dun was shining they were spending like no tomorrow. Up, Up, Up Goes the Economy. Here’s What Could Knock It Down. 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z But stylistically, it’s easy to forget the Menendez drama is part of that brand until that trademark Dun dun! rings out between segments. Edie Falco ably anchors potentially addictive 'Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders' 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z From there, he headed east, through the blackened badlands of New Mexico, through the gateway city of El Paso, and on to an endless spread of dry dun plains. The man who went on a hike – and never stopped walking 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z In February 2016, Wickizer received a letter from the state of Virginia saying that the medical center would be dunning money from any tax refund she might get. Those Indecipherable Medical Bills? They’re One Reason Health Care Costs So Much. 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z That appears to be part of a broader corporate tax overhaul, which would dun goods imported from every country. How a 20% border tax could set off an international food fight 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The Irish see little point in dunning Apple for back taxes. Upsetting the Apple cart 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The women visited two additional sites in west Eugene, and they counted a couple of monarchs, a dun skipper, a great copper, some gray hairstreaks, and a common checkered skipper. Butterfly watchers seek out the flitting insects 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z I now toss the dunning letters into one of those Sisyphean piles. Medical bills can be as devastating as cancer 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z They are an overall warm dun color with subtle, pinkish highlights, matching their small pink feet. The Mourning Dove, a Melancholy Crooner 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Everything is dun colored: the bare, single-story houses and the stony desert they stand on. “My mother and aunt were killed. Everyone but me was killed” 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z So the governments of the West are now going to dun their taxpayers to transfer money to the clean and green governments run by the likes of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. Paris Climate of Conformity 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z However, the barrage on Munsch stops when Wes pipes up with another theory: his daughter is the killer — dun, dun, dun. 'Scream Queens' recap: Who's got a theory? 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Carson was in his element, joking about the hassles of dunning insurance companies and mentioning, briefly, his interest in trigeminal neuralgia. Ben Carson, Conservative Folk Hero 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The movie adheres to the downbeat and the dun, with cheerful colors banished from our sight. The Saddest Scoop in Boston 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z My favorite patrol partner, a caramel dun named Cobbo, nickers in greeting. Galloping Away to a Place Beyond Words 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z For there’s no formal method of dunning a country that does fail to repay the IMF on time. IMF's Lagarde To Greece; Pay Us Or Else 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Some of the entries seemed trivial, or obscure, or both, but taken together, they suggested a state government with an unseemly habit of dunning its citizens. Did Tax Policies Make A Democrat Collapse in Maryland? 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Many consumers also fume about a daily dun from rental companies for electronic-payment devices—even when they don’t use a toll road. When Does a $5 Toll Cost $30? When You're Driving a Rental Car 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z One imagines the original training programme did not have a session on dunning the customer. Every kitty helps 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The interminable duns and khakis of La Mancha are the same that Don Quixote roamed across in his crackbrained quest for adventure. Falling in love with medieval armed combat 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z In 1872 lawmakers instructed Treasury to hire a few private collectors to assist in dunning deadbeats. Outsourcing Tax Collection: A Bad Idea We've Seen Before 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The dun begins on April 1 on flights from London to Las Vegas before expanding to the rest of the airline’s longer flights over the next 60 days. Airlines Say 'Happy New Year' With New Fees 2013-12-23T10:56:08Z "I am proud to be supplying the Olympics," said Hobbs as his dun and red cattle rooted through their lunch. Feeding the Olympics: the cows who are best in their field 2012-05-25T13:52:10Z How these lean country oxen, the “one old bay, a dun, a white and an ambling grey,” bring the quiet English landscape before the reader’s eyes. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z “Oh, it’s a very good voice to have when there are duns kicking around,” Henry said. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z In the latter country we miss the dun, the rath, the lis, the round tower and the sepulchral mound, some of which are found in almost every square mile of Ireland. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z One may find great amusement in the street scenes of Delhi, which will relieve these "dun clouds of war." From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z I doubt if there is any need to dun the average American for five cents.” Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Polly knew something of a life of struggle and small fortune, with its daily incident of debt and dun. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z And whenever a man can laugh at a dun, he is pretty sure to be on the high-road to bankruptcy! Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z There was a dun within a dun, as there generally was in all ancient Irish fortresses of any great extent. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z On the background of fragrant greenery the “dun deer’s hide” is thrown with statuesque distinctness, and among the low trees the whirring grouse is easily discerned. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z It isn’t my business to dun him for it, and yet I’d like to know whether his intentions are honorable or not.” Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z He easily distinguished that dark swarthy being, with his blue jacket, changed, by the drying of the mud upon it, to a kind of dun or fawn-colour. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z It was her sanctuary against duns, and difficulties, and the doctor's temper. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z But here a great difficulty meets us—there is not a vestige of dun or fort on the hill of Allen. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z It has been explained as "the town of ships," the final syllable don, formerly dun, meaning a town. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z March wind and May sun, Make clothes white and maids dun. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z In the first enjoyment of the state of life we discard the fear of debts and duns, and never think of the final payment of our great debt to Nature. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The antiquary may draw his own conclusion from the non-existence of a dun on the hill of Allen at this day. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z His color varies from white or black to every shade of brown, dun, buff, blue, and gray. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Europe are descended from the dun type, with more or less admixture of Barb blood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z In that happy place there were no duns, no tailors' bills, no trouble, no debts, no getting up early cold mornings, no tight boots, no bad cigars: nothing but love, luxury, and Calanthe Maria. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z A dun through which ran roads under heroes through five ramparts. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z This is a slender, graceful bird, less than the Canary in size, the- 70 - whole upper plumage yellowish olive, with dun markings, the lower surface of a dull yellow. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z The color of this variety is light-blue, sometimes approaching to dun; the tail and wings rather shorter than those of the common fowl; its legs are of various colors, generally black, sometimes lightly feathered. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Pendent pearls on vines starred white with bloom; a dun deer at gaze, knee-deep in feathering willow-grass; a hermit-bird his morning hymn, cloistered in the vaulted monastery where the great organ stirs among the pines! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The dun fish were of great esteem in Spain and in the Mediterranean ports, bringing the highest price during Lent. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z There are few parts of Ireland more beautiful than the country round the ancient dun of Cuchulainn, and few parts less generally visited by tourists. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z In early winter the pure-white clusters of the snow-berry, on their almost leafless stems, make flecks of light through the dun woods. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z He took no heed of the warning, though the duns were beginning to gather about him. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z The dun hideousness which by its drear monotony made the eyes ache was masked by blossom and verdure. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The "dun," or winter fish, formerly cured here, were larger and thicker than the summer fish. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Considerable inequality of surface evidently existed in it before it was chosen for the site of palace or dun. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z He shuns the innocent questioners who would draw him out, as if they were so many dunning creditors. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z In telling the duns that her father was very unwell, she was not always inventing. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Mr. Curran sipped his tea in silence, while his dusky cheek turned dun. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z "He bade me let all know he gives his name "At the sword point, and bade me bring him one "Who had a like vow from our triple dun." Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Those places were evidently intended to accommodate large numbers of people; but Cuchulainn’s dun was evidently that of one person or one family. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z He bade them look up at the heights which commanded the town, and count the myriads whose frieze turned the landscape dun. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z A sentimentalist would tint the truth while I would rather view it in its natural color, be it dun or even black. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z Evening yields The world to night; not in her winter robe Of massy Stygian woof, but loose array'd In mantle dun. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z "And captives bound with leathern thongs "Shall kneel and praise you, one by one, "At evening in my western dun." Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Cuchulainn’s dun was immense, and its remains are even still immense in spite of the way it has been ruined. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Dark is his hide on either side, but the blood within doth boil; And the dun hide glows, as if on fire, as he paws to the turmoil. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z She said she had a spirit in the likeness of a yellow dun cat. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Backward they gazed, as slowly they withdrew, With step reluctant, from the water-side; And oft, with waving hand, at distance tried Through the dun light to send a last adieu! The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Howden was nothing loth, and poured out a dismal tale of debts and duns. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z The enceinte outside the central dun encloses fully two acres, and where it has not been levelled, is still colossal, being thirty feet high in some parts. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Nick, there'll be few creditors to dun you and me for a bit. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z There was some difficulty about their admission, and it turned out afterwards that Haydon thought they might be duns, as he was very hard up at the time. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z It only lasts as one approaches across the flat ugly ground where sodden patches of raw earth lie in ridges, and the dun walls of the unsightly hotel present their dreariest side to the newcomers. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z However, the client base and the procedure was picked up by ACS Law, and thousands more “dunning letters” were sent out, offering the accused a chance to pay up in order to avoid further unpleasantness. As SOPA Stutters, UK's "Speculative Invoice" Solicitor Suspended 2012-01-17T17:23:34Z She was guarded for a year in her father’s dun; and during all that time, Cuchulainn vainly strove to see her. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Some of these may be got by suit or severe dunning. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Her hair was yellow, tending towards a dun brown. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The lily and the thistle in that year will unite, But the lion and the dun cow will put them to flight. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z A dun, he took it to be; and he was not immediately relieved when he read at the foot of it, “Levi.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z One of the finest of them is only a few hundred yards from the dun of Cuchulainn. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z But no man, however irritated by the daily repetition of the dun, has ever charged, upon Dr. Parkman, the slightest departure from the line of strict integrity. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z I had to dress with the utmost rapidity, leaving the choice of a tie to chance, for the dun car of the United States Military Attach� was waiting for me. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z And here be four-o'clocks, just opening wide Their many colored petals to the sun, As glad to live as if the evening dun Were far away, and morning had not died! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z He lived in an atmosphere of duns, but such a thorough master was he of the subject that it was the tradesmen who eventually were “done” by him. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Like Dunsochly Castle, near Finglas, in the County Dublin, the one near Cuchulainn’s dun must have been inhabited at a comparatively recent date, for modern windows have been opened on its front. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Don't you know, Manolo, that I have to get a new bell for my front door once a month, because my duns wear it out? Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z It has been said that the after riches of the See of Durham gave rise to the proverb, “The dun cow’s milk makes the prebend’s wives go in silk.” Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Saffron melting to fawn and dun was there, and vivid streaks that were almost scarlet where fractures were fresh, but had changed to maroon and terra cotta under the action of the weather. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z "There they go," he said, shading his eyes with his hands, and turning to the left, where a dun cloud of dust on the Via della Marmorata marked the progress of the Borgia. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z He is out of the reach of duns. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z And now the problem of escaping his duns vexed Mr. Lovely more acutely than before. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z But to return to the dun cow slain by Guy. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z No far-sung dun is mine, lineage or fame; Yet in my realm I keep a steadfast throne, And for my pleasure play a subtle game With pawn and puissant knight and watching queen. Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z This is the language of the dun—the Greek insect has the quiet of the thief. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z He had not come to Blackford House this time, to escape duns. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z If "ja" and you think you really can afford it, and it isn't wicked, let me know, and I will dun you regularly every year for the $50. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Both assert that men are debtors to God, and that miseries are "duns" used to make men pay their obligations to heaven. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z A dun is a fortified dwelling, a liss is a place for domestic animals. Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z Everything was closed; as I looked along the empty street an outside car drawn by a dun pony turned into it at high speed, the pony forging with a double click-clack. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z The Suffolk duns are much esteemed for the abundance of their milk, and the excellence of the butter it produces. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Though he preserved the dun scale of tone peculiar to those painters, he studied atmospheric effects in black and white with considerable skill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z To tell me that Ruby and Golden were dunning you out of your life, when you never owed them a stiver! Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z These horrid long winters, and the sky, which is from month to month of the darkest dun colour, need some news from you to render life supportable. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z The night broods heavily, as though Gaunt mischief were abroad, and its dun cloak Would hide some horror, the yet timid eye Shrinks to behold. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z While the duns were crowding at the door, the dying man dreamed that his latest scheme would infallibly make him wealthy. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z I took twenty-one of fair size—one on a yellow Sallie, one on an oak fly, four on an Esquimaux dun, five on a hare's ear, and nine on the quaker. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z Was it wet when he lived here, Were the skies dun and hurrying, Was the rain so irresolute? Poems - Second Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.670Z Spending faster than it comes, Beating waiters, bailiffs, duns, Bacchus's true-begotten sons, Live the rakes of Mallow. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z A dark dun haze rests upon the city, and in the west a fiery streak alone tells of the past. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z As usual, he is in dire straits, persecuted by duns and lawyers, yet none the less full of hopes. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z Then they sank themselves, and a fourth gamester spurted up to the dun and took it in his mouth much as a sunfish would suck in a bit of worm. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z He never duns me for my rent, he lent me money at the time of the child's baptism, and he shows me more kindness than anyone else does.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z The dancing foliage, bright green in summer, golden in autumn, lends a charming color note to the dun stretches of arid plain and the sombre green of pine forests. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Done, dun, pa.p. of Do, often with sense of utterly exhausted: so Done up, Done out. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Small wonder that Pop's boys developed phenomenal powers as bill collectors and that Pop himself had no dunning letters to write. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z This fellow Robert what's his name is a 'transient,' and we'll get an order of arrest all ready and then you can dun him with some sense. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z Above the dun mountain in the east the sky was growing yellow. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z "Ah'n dun rode dat one mahse'f," he said grinning, and he found himself in the middle of a crowd of sports of his own color. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z Donjon, dun′jun, n. a strong central tower in ancient castles, to which the garrison retreated when hard pressed. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z I like bright 56 colors, but that dun wall paper and that dull tapestry on the window cushions gives me the blues. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z With the help of the dun greyhound, he brought the stag to earth, and set to work to carve his spoil. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Ann stood leaning against the fence, her eyes on the receding figure as the girl moved along the sunlit road towards the dun cottage in the shadow of the mountain. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z "Russell R. he's dun got tuh win," he said, and that was all there was about it. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z Bourdon, bōōr′dun, n. the refrain of a song: a bass stop in an organ or harmonium. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Let’s be free of bills and duns for once, at least. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z Thick, impenetrable vapours, black, brown, and dun, descended. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z In an incredibly short time had come the tidings of his death, and what with her crushing sense of irreparable loss and her ravening conscience all the world changed its colors from gay to dun. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z For Nobody is any one, That must be very clear; Yet Nobody's a constant dun, Though no one saw him here. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z It is only because the bay horse and the dun cow taken together are not a new thing that we can escape the conclusion that there are three things wherever there are two. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z The dun smoke crept along the mound, and slipped with sudden draught into the rabbit-buries, and hung low over the ash-tops. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z O is this water deep," he said, "As it is wondrous dun? English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z I have dun as you asked me; I went to the wich man and for twelve bottles of rum he gave me the packet inclosed of the stuff he uses. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z His clothes have taken on them the duns and browns of the moorlands; and he owns the subtle influence which attracts wild creatures to him. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z They rush forward seven or eight inches with lightning-like celerity—a dun streak seems to pass before your eye; then they stop short a moment or two, and again make another dash. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z When the old woman saw her boy leading the dun horse with the load of meat and the robes on it, she was very much surprised. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z He winds along his crooked pathway of the fence rails and forages for half-forgotten nuts in the familiar grounds, brown with strewn leaves or dun with dead grass. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Apollo feeds his fair ones, Ceres hers, Pomona, Pan, dun Jove, and Luna pale; So Nox her olives, so swarth Niobe. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Shades of brown and fawn are preferable for colour, as these best assimilate to the duns and browns of the fields and woods. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z It has been written of William Pitt that while he was able to extricate the British exchequer from the sorest embarrassment it ever encountered, he could not keep the duns from his own door. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z The dun horse was never ridden except at feasts, and when they were going to have a doctors’ dance, but he was always led about with the Chief, wherever he went. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z From the thriftless borders of ripening weeds busy flocks of yellowbirds in faded plumage scatter in sudden flight at one's approach like upblown flurries of dun leaves. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z “Is it that old stationery man again?” asked Madeleine, who had inherited a profound contempt for dunning shopkeepers. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z The duns and browns are over the woods, and the leaves come fitfully flickering down. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z There are some small bills in the village, too, with which your happy husband must not be dunned, sweet love. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Abroad, where needy younger sons, When void the parent's treasure-chest, Take refuge from insistent duns, At urgent relatives' request; To live upon their slender wits, Or sums some maiden-aunt remits. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z Unseen amid his dun and gray environment, the ruffed grouse skulks unheard, till he bursts away in thunderous flight. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z We canter'd along until it grew dark, Galloping, dreary, dun, The nightingale sung instead of the lark, With her, &c. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z Care, like a dun, Lurks at the gate, Let the dog wait! A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z This infernal dunning gets on a man’s nerves. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z I won’t dun you for the stakes, I only wanted to see if you had left off that villainous sporting habit of yours.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The poor boy made preparations to ride the old dun horse. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z I saddled his steed so fine and so gay, Galloping, dreary, dun, I mounted my mule, and we rode away, With our haily, &c. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z It dun me good to hear a poor brute whinner in Broadway yesterday. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z ‘I need someone to herd my three dun cows, which are hornless,’ said the old man. The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z And I’m sure one of them looked like a regular ‘dun,’ or a lawyer’s letter at least, in its big, blue envelope. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z At one side, some distance away, the dun horse flew over the ground; he seemed young and strong of limb and sure of foot. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z We met with a friar, and ask'd him our way, Galloping, dreary, dun, By the Lord, says the friar, you're both gone astray, With your, &c. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z Woman haz dun for me what no man could or would do. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z The king gave Fin food and drink; he supped, and after supper went to the dun. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z He quickly singled out Ann's brown cape from the browns and duns of the woods. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Leaving the dun horse a second night, the owner discovered a fine black gelding in the morning. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z Her dress was a dun tissue that yet looked cooler than Jessie's muslin, and her lace collar was underlaid and tied in front with blue ribbon. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z “Sorry, missus, but I dun reckon all de berths on dis yeah train am tooken.” Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z Soon he was in sight of the king's dun, threw the torches upon the thatched roof to set it on fire as usual. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z For who, for example, will ever get drunk who has no debts nor duns nor vices of any sort to make him uneasy? The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z The boy mounted the dun horse and joined the warriors. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z Among this herd were several most beautiful dun-coloured cows—dun being a colour in cattle which Noquala was particularly partial to. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z And here's Lord Probus bullying me, and every confounded money-lending Jew in the neighbourhood dunning me for money, and Geoffrey taking to extravagant ways with more alacrity than I did before him. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z You are the man," said the king to Fin, "who saved the dun; yours is the reward. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z "Well," replied Mr. Sanders, "call the weed a sunflower, ef it suits you; but I dunner what's the matter with a weed—the Lord made it." The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z The old grandmother was well cared for, and the dun horse, being considered sacred, was never mounted except at a doctor's dance; but was led around with the chief wherever he went. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z Ms. Eckler’s Tweets are not dunning notices, at least not in any legal sense of the term. Using Twitter for Debt Collection, Sort of (or Something About Rebecca Eckler's $9,000 Twitter Quest) 2011-06-11T17:50:28Z O’er many a heath, through many a woodland dun, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z She threw her torches from afar upon the roof of the dun; but Bran as before hurled them into the stream. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z And then, when the grip of it all begins to be felt, we are afraid not to go on ordering, lest our creditor should be offended and dun us for his “little account.” A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z At first she could see nothing after the blinding light of the other direction, then everything cleared into dun colour and bleakness. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z A dunning notice by any other name would not smell as Tweet. Using Twitter for Debt Collection, Sort of (or Something About Rebecca Eckler's $9,000 Twitter Quest) 2011-06-11T17:50:28Z Draw thy dun curtain round, oh, night! black night! The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z "Did you save the king's dun?" asked Fin. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z This year his Royal Highness the Prince Regent went to Ascot races, where he was publicly dunned by a Mr. Vaux-hall Clarke for a betting debt incurred some years before, and left unpaid. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z The sky was of a deep violet, and the distant rolling sand-tracks wore the most mysterious tints, faint, glimmering, uncanny, vague fawn colours, pale dun browns, and ghostly pinks. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Now," ses I, "Kernel, this is too bad; here it is almost time for Congress to meet, and no Messige dun yet. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z But now there rose a pillar of red vapour up on high above the hapless earth, and clung there hiding with its dun folds a battle-field's loud roar. 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 "I will save the king's dun," said Fin. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z To all appearance, peace reigned over the countryside, though the dun masses of troops in the shadows of the woodlands were suggestive of the autumn manœuvres. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z It was a little Hebrew dunning a desperado for the balance due on a pair of pantaloons. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z They were the heroes of the day—the seven Butcher-apprentices, clothed in fur caps and garments—covered from shoulder to heel with hundreds of dangling calves' tails—red, white, black, dun! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Those fugitives from the dun and sordid materialism of the day were likely to choose between two avenues of escape, according to their greater or lesser inner ruggedness. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z "I hear you will give your daughter to the man who saves your dun," said Fin. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z There's been a row here," he explained, "and it frighted me so that I dun know what I be saying. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z In a dense clump of laurel brush between two great dun rocks, they came upon a tan felt hat lying in a wide circle of dark blood. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z However, perceiving that he took no care to pay me, I have asked him for my due; nay, I have been forced to dun him hard for it. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z A low roll of thunder was now heard to pass over the dun clouds which the tempest had left, and the setting sun filled the entire vault of heaven with the magnificence of his fire. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z That moment Bran gave the torches such a push with her shoulders, that they fell into the stream which ran around the dun, and were put out. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Yes! there’s no mistake about that dun cloud coming up from the Isle of Dogs, with the colour of the Thames mud upon it. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z He reached up to an overhanging bough and possessed himself of a keen switch and, wheeling the dun horse, was ready for a dash down the road. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z In the old days the animals wore no such fine clothing as now, and the bluebird was of an ugly dun color, which made him very unhappy. Indian Legends Retold 2011-04-21T02:00:49.077Z With heartless duns for ever at my heel. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Our king has an only daughter; he will give her to any man who will save the dun, and he'll leave him the kingdom at his death. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The night was dark as pitch, only of a dun colour on account of the fog. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The horse was a light dun, with black mane and tail. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The dust trailed behind the bunch, enveloping the rushing Captain in a dun mantle, finally to be whipped away by the breeze. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Leave sickness to old cripples like myself,—hipped, dunned, and blue-devilled,—with a bad balance at the bank, and a ruined digestion. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z If any man undertakes to save the dun and fails, his life must pay for it; the king will cut his head off. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z On moved the vehicle through the dun darkness, magnified by the mist to twice its ordinary size, and going slow and silent as a hearse. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The dun horse stood idly by, waiting for some one to ride him. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Being at that time of the year when one's creditors change their outward form and become duns, I am obliged to see where I can find anything available to meet them. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z If I thought it was of the least consequence to you I would not dun you, but I want money. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Bran came down from the dun to help Fin; she bit and tore his enemy's back, stripping the skin and flesh from his head to his heels. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z I expressly stipulated that they shouldn't dun you. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z She drew her lithe self up and, half turning, beheld Lem's recumbent form bowed down beside a dun indenture in the table rock. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The colour is generally a deep dun, obscurely barred and patched with darker colour. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Padua echoed with the groans of Ezzelino's victims, doomed to death by hundreds and by thousands in his dun-280-geons, or cast forth maimed and mutilated to perish in the fields. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The steward went to the king, and said: "I have saved the dun, and I claim the reward." Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z They dunned him in the most shameless manner, and when he told them that Pomuchelskopp was too hard up to help him, they refused to listen, and only demanded their money the more fiercely. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z The old house which had blazed with the festive light and rung with the merriment of buried generations stood swathed in darkness, its roof-edge drawing a line against the dun sky. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Against the dun sky his figure could be seen from head to foot. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z This delicate little fly appears on cold days in March, and is well taken by the trout from ten till four in the evening, with the little red dun. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z "He had nothing to do with saving the dun; I saved it," said Fin. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z "Didn't we do the same when we went to dun that yeoman at Kanin, and didn't he give in soon?" An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z He owes a lot here and there and has to be dunned frequently even for small amounts. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z And there he is with his eternal puns, Which beat the dullest brain for smiles, like duns Thundering for money at a poet’s door; Alas! it is no use to say ‘I’m poor!’ Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z The Orange Dun.—The body is made of orange and hare's fur, a honey dun hackle for legs, and grey mallard wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z While he was sleeping the chief steward of the king came to the dun, found it standing safe and sound, and seeing Fin lying there asleep knew that he had saved it. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z I wish to be where I can never get a bill, or a dunning letter, or hear the postman’s knock.” All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Now and then she would look at the western sky where the presence of the sun was indicated by a somewhat brighter spot than the rest of the dun expanse. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z This cursed tailor! now I shall be dunned and pestered! Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z Put on the little black hackle, with peacock harl body with it as a drop fly; and when the dun fox is used as a drop fly, put on the March brown as a stretcher. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The eldest brother shot off through the air, came to the king's dun, and threw his torches upon the roof. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z In a month’s time I must pay, but it would relieve my mind if I owed you, instead of these Pelican duns. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z We passed queer old villages; small dun cattle with antelope eyes and fragrant breath; wise-looking goats; pastures that stretched out their vivid green carpets on the mountain-side; and, above all, the great snow-slopes. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z For at a distance of little more than ten they observe that which at once fixes their glance: a dun yellowish disc—a cloud—with its base resting upon the plain. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Great Whirling Dun.—The body is made of water-rat's fur, mixed with yellow mohair, and ribbed with yellow silk; a reddish blue dun hackle for legs; grey mallard wings, or starling—try both. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Fin went to the king, and said: "I have saved your dun, and I claim the reward." Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z A dun smoke rose from the earth with the faint, sickening stench of a brick-field, and the hedgerows swooned in the heat and in the dust. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z To the other was the downward sweep of the crater's flank, dun, dead, wrinkled, seamed and seared by the stabbing rays which bathed it in pitiless light. Palos of the Dog Star Pack 2011-03-20T02:00:36.067Z The final - at, dun dun dun, Wembley - is on 28 May. Live - Champions League draw 2011-03-18T10:29:36Z This fly will be found on the water till the end of September, with the paler dun, yellow dun, blue dun, and willow fly. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Pat had discovered his mistake, that he had dunned the wrong man, and it took but little persuasion to get him to leave the theatre. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z He even had a co-conspirator dun the company before the due date, saying, “Carl wants to know where the money is.” In a Series of Phone Calls, an Ear Into a Federal Corruption Case 2011-03-12T03:58:45Z Instead of dunning him for what was owing, Moss actually pressed him to borrow more, and Jack, always too careless in money matters, was quite ready to oblige him. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z He went on, after that, to the great dun, or fort, of the kings of Ulster, which we ourselves shall visit presently, and from which Downpatrick takes its name. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z They take small gaudy flies like the Salmon Trout, and when the water is low, dun flies, black hackle flies with silver ribs, and grouse hackles of a light brown colour and yellow bodies. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z These are the patriotic arguments for absenteeism; then come others, which may be classed under the head of "expediency reasons," such as debts, duns, outlawries, &c. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z Knowing Ford was out of work he supposed he was having a row with a dun, and passed on to his own room, where he went to bed and read a novel. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z But some, like New Mexico and Mississippi, are dunning employees for higher contributions, and Wisconsin may follow. Broke Town, U.S.A. 2011-03-03T15:44:45Z The only walk where I don't meet my duns is down by a canal,—a lonely path, with dwarf willows along it. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z A small grilse or sea-trout hook, for small rivers in either Scotland or Ireland, and also in the rivers of Wales, where it is a native dun colour among the anglers. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z So long as your thoughts are jostled by debts, duns, mortgages, and marriageable daughters, you 'll have no room for vows or irregular verbs! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z “Are you working a good claim?” inquired the post-master once—in answer to this perpetual dunning. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Mr. Young informs me that the kittens he has bred from his dark variety have invariably come the usual gray or light dun colour with dark points. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Schnaps, snuff, and cigars have encompassed me round about with small duns, and I live in a charmed circle of petty persecutions, that would drive a less good-tempered man half-crazy. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z A large dun palmer with a double hook, which, will be observed, is of a tortuous shape in the body, as it appears in the plate. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z So he had, for a moment, thought of fairly running away from wife, and duns, and dangers of official severities. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Therefore with only going up and down My feet were wasted, and the gracious air, To me discomfortable and dun, became As weak smoke blowing in the under world. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z The dun, unless under special judges, invariably beats the chocolate at the shows. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Your wife's sanatorium bills—better settle up before they dun you again. Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z They take very small dun flies, silver greys and black midges, the dark hare's ear, and red hackle. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Tradesmen dunned, and grumbled, and could not get their money, and some declined to execute further orders from Ivy Lodge until their accounts were settled. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Den I run call Masta' and tell him a bung dun bust out. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z I may add that we lately have had four kittens from the chocolate cat by a pure dun Siamese he-cat. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z It is five; and the beams of the western sun Tinge the spires of Wilmington gold and dun; Six; and the dust of Chester Street Flies back in a cloud from the courser’s feet. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z The flies to suit it are small blue duns, cochybonddus, small black hackles, orange duns, red hackles without wings, wren hackles, small grouse hackles, ash duns, willow flies, blue blows, &c. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Quite clearly visible beyond the smoulder of the fire, a wintry waste of rock and snow, boulder beyond boulder, passed into a dun obscurity. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z In fact, it was all a mere bagatelle not worth mentioning, but then the 'scoundrels' dunned so insolently, and it would really be refreshing to be rid of them all. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z All the young are dun coloured, and when born were very light, nearly white, but are gradually getting the dark points of the parents; in fact, I expect that one will turn chocolate. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z "I suppose you know a dun by the look of him?" asked Sewell, with a low, quiet laugh. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The Little Blue Dun.—The body is made of mole's fur, slightly mixed with bright yellow mohair, a light blue dun hackle for legs, and starling wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z So general is this idea, and so customary has this proceeding become in time, that everybody expects it as a matter of course at the end of each year; debtors, too, are easily dunned. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z There were redbirds, too, and bluebirds and blackbirds—pewees, thrushes, vireos, kingfishers—all flocking in with the red and gold of the sunrise, making the dun meadows bright and melodious with their plumage and song. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z I take it, therefore, that the true breed, by consensus of opinion, is that of the dun, fawn, or ash-coloured ground, with black points. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z If you remark, shopkeepers never dun the people who simply say, 'Send that home.'—How quickly you did your message, Richard! Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The Marlow Buzz.—The body is made of peacock harl, a dun hackle over it from the tail, and two dark red ones round the shoulder, rib of silver. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Lucky in a capital fortune, abundance of good gifts, good looks, and an iron constitution,—one of those natures that can defy duns, blue-devils, and dyspepsia! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z But here and there in the dun, brown stretches a dogwood has joyously flung out a thousand gleaming stars which shine, white and radiant, a pledge and a promise of the general resurrection nearhand. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The body should be one bright, uniform, even colour, not clouded, either rich fawn, dun, or ash. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z I 'd as soon assemble all my duns as I 'd get together all the dreary people of my acquaintance. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The flies I have just named will kill well in the Carra, with a small black one, like a midge, ribbed with silver, with a honey dun fly made very small. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z They both came out together, and in a moment they were in the gray atmosphere, dun lines of houses, and twinkling gaslights of Victoria street. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "If they chooses to hang an innocent man," replied James, very philosophically, "I can't help it, I dun as I was bid." Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:28.110Z You know that greasy fellow who has been dunning you so of late. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z "I does," answered Uncle Gallus; "I dun jined it in dis berry place." The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z A blue dun body, a dun hackle ribbed with silver twist, tail two fibres of mallard, and grey mallard for wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Now here, now there, drove the cavalry charges of the conflagration, following slash-strewn roads and cuttings, while the dun smoke ripped the green of the maples and beeches. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z "Youth is forgetful, and of course—you can't dun a lady." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z In his third year at College, the duns began to gather awfully round about him, and there was a levee at his oak which scandalized the tutors, and would have scared many a stouter heart. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z "I tought you hearn what I dun axed you," replied the old man, a little taken aback by the cool demeanor of his new acquaintance. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z Boil ground logwood with bruised nut galls and a small quantity of copperas, according to judgment: you may have a pigeon dun, lead colour, light, or dark dun. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Few towns have their situation more clearly described by their names than this one, derived, as it is, from “llin” a mere, and “dun” a hill, a hill above a mere. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The roof was made of reeds, and afforded a shelter against the rain; the walls were newly washed, and shone hospitably over the dun and desolate heath. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Nothing ever seemed to disturb the sweetness of his temper; not debts: not duns: not misery: not the bottle: not his wife's unhappy position, or his children's ruined chances. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z In the first place the clamouring, threatening duns that had besieged their home after papa's departure were still fresh in her shuddering memory. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z You may have raven grey, or duns of various shades, by boiling with the logwood a small quantity of alum and copperas. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z "You are the chosen one dun dun dun dun," Kanye tweeted back. What happened next? The student followed by Kanye West on Twitter 2010-12-27T08:00:10Z West replied: "You are the chosen one dun dun dun dun." Kanye's lone Twitter friend regrets fame 2010-08-03T15:25:00Z Troubled by sloppiness in his campaign spending reports, the board initially dunned him the entire $65,496 that he had received in public matches. New York City Struggles to Recover Unused Campaign Funds 2010-07-06T02:50:00Z Some are snow geese, dabbing the dun fields with their white bodies. Whooping cranes will be tracked with GPS units to study their habits and hazards 2010-03-30T04:00:00Z And a representation of a dun cow and two female attendants was placed upon the building. Cathedral Cities of England It's a great custom, ain't it?" said Hopkins with enthusiasm, "that of being dunned by proxy, eh? Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile "Hermes with gods and men, even from that day Mingled and wrought the latter much annoy, And little profit, going far astray, Through the dun night." Heathen Mythology The upper part of the head and neck, in those that are old, is of a yellowish dun colour. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Meanwhile the hunting troop spread through the surrounding woods, sounding their horns, but caring less for the dun deer of the Scotch hills than for the black cattle of Gilmanscleugh. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Certainly he could not get his letters; but that did not matter: they were sure to be all dunning affairs, and he’d not the slightest wish to have them. By Birth a Lady "Onward!" cried Cortes, with a voice of thunder, and urging his dun steed furiously over the trampled barbarians; "the young man shall not perish!" Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico The two dun oxen of Gwlwlyd are to draw the plough, and he will not lend them. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Now she raised herself, kneeling in the feathery light, both hands clasped close to her breast, trembling excessively with loathing and feeling the dun earth-floor billow like a canvas sea in a theater. The Valiants of Virginia You know the old man's stubborn as a dun mule, ain't he? The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories No flower could bloom there ever, only close, dun turf grew. The Unknown Sea So saying, he drew his sword, spurred his dun steed, and rushed towards the temple. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Creditors had the assurance to shower duns upon him and cruelly reduced him to misery and want. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution He had never borrowed from a friend or been dunned by an importunate tradesman. The Valiants of Virginia They were gone to their rath or mote; but where was the little dun cow? Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry No flower could bloom there ever, only close dun turf grew. The Unknown Sea It was also his first experience of nightmare: a wave of an odd, dun colour, almost tawny, that rose behind him, advanced, curled over in the act of toppling, and then stood still. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath It is clear that stripes are at least as often a concomitant of dark as of dun colour. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer I dun know who wrote it, and I dun know as it's true. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches One day he was passing by this cairn with a load of brooms on his back, when what should he see but the little dun cow and two red-headed fellows herding her. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry THE dun pony ambled through the lanes to the village of Basingstead Minor where Mrs. Carthew and her four daughters lived in a house called Cobble Place. Sinister Street, vol. 1 George was obsessed by the dun day: by the leaves, fallen and rotten; by the memory of the oblong box. The Guarded Heights Presently the cloud began to lift and scatter, and I could make out the island lying low and dun against the higher main-land. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec Opposed flashed Accolon, who light bestrode, Exultant, proud in talisman of that sword, A dun horse lofty as a haughty lord, Pure white about each hollow, pasterned hoof. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems The ship began to glow a dull, unexciting dun color. Earth Alert! Nothing at Basingstead Minor seemed to have changed in five years, from the dun pony to the phloxes in the garden, from the fantail pigeons to the gardener who fed the pigs. Sinister Street, vol. 1 No! they are dunning you; they won't give any longer credit. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 "I dun racken we might as well build a bridge an done with it." Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West As he looked, his eye was arrested by a movement in the bushes of something dun or brown. The Land of Strong Men What we all mean by it: an organized selfishness, that draws a close cordon round our home, and takes care to keep out, so far as possible, duns, bores, fevers, and fashionable acquaintances. Tony Butler He crushed the paper in his hand with much the same contemptuous temper with which Elizabeth had seen him treat a dunning letter. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story What do you think of this cast, Jim?—a whirling dun for a dropper, a hare’s ear for a——” He checked himself; glanced doubtfully at the two young men. The Moonlit Way For thus one Part of red Lead, and five Parts of Viride Æris, composed a dun Colour like that of a Mouse. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light Antlers there were and lion-skins, gleaming prisms of quartz, flint arrowheads and agates brought in by the shepherds, the costly Navajo blanket won by the fleet-limbed dun at Cañada races. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus No Chinese ever pays a debt till he is dunned. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Their unpaid debts, and eluded duns; their disreputable haunts, their more disreputable friends, their street-loafing, their very dress.... The Furnace We went up on the dun, where Michael said he had never been before after nightfall, though he lives within a stone's throw.... Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes That illusion was now dispelled, and each post brought him dunning epistles, and threatening notices of various kinds. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) A life without duns is like a sky without a cloud, very agreeable for a short time, but soon becoming wearisome from very monotony. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) It seems also to be the rule, that no Chinese will pay his debts till he has been dunned a great number of times. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology "How appropriate their gay colors seem in this hot, dun land!" remarked Elsie. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop A living tapestry, rich and glowing with blended marvels, vermilion and dun, Hung out for the pageant of time that passes along an avenue of the sun! Later Poems Believe, I believe you restruck my cold wet and the dun hit it back choose it set. Geography and Plays The importunity—nay, the insolence—of duns shall assail him at every post and every hour. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) New Year must not be violated by duns for debts, but the debt must be collected New Year though it be. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Peace, let me alone: I'll make him jostle like the miller's mare, and stand like the dun cow, till thou may'st milk him. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Lord of morning, light of day, Sacred color-kindling sun, We salute thee in the way,— Pilgrims robed in rose and dun. Later Poems In other words, you have come to dun me for those thirty thousand duros! Maximina The colour of their thick shaggy hair varies from white and light dun to tawny yellow of many shades, and black. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" If you don't give it back, I'll dun you, sue you, set the minions of the law after you, if such a promise can give you any comfort. A Top-Floor Idyl We shall have the sport, and be revenged upon the rogue for dunning a gentleman in a tavern. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Relieved at 9 A. M. Days busy settling up, paying, dunning, changing, etc. An Artilleryman's Diary Here's my dun cow; she'll give us what we want without the trouble of milking. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. It was a rackety, tumble-down old concern, with rattling windows, rooks, and rats, pretty much like this; and, what between my duns and Corny Delany, I very often think I am back there again. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Some should be dunned with importunity; others never asked for a farthing; a Scotch accent went far with General Dundas; a jest never failed with Mr. Sheridan. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Gills adnate, narrow, crowded, whitish in young specimens, turning to a pinkish dun color, later to a rosy cinnamon, sometimes showing when mature a slightly purplish tint. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The natives laugh at the tiny English hooks, but they hold, and duns and drabs and sober greys seem to tickle the �sthetic tastes of the trout. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel I've knowed him, when at last he had to dun a man, to end By makin' him a loan—and mad he hadn't more to lend. Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers In modern place-names the suffix don often goes back to the Celtic dun, a hill, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" See," cried Dan, laughing,—"look what devices a dun is reduced to, to obtain an audience! Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience “Yes, my lord,” said the valet, meaningly, for as his own salary was regularly paid, and his perquisites were many, he had a very profound contempt for all duns. The Sapphire Cross “Yes, my dear,” said the lady, laying down one of her secretarial appeals she had that morning received from the enterprising dun of the Society for the Propagation of Moral Maxims. Sir Hilton's Sin Because it is no use milking those that are dun before you begin. The Handbook of Conundrums Don't be scared; it was not to dun you. One Of Them Then the dealer begun to dun him, but he evaded every demand. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series In the street an old man is passing wrapped in a dun brown mantle blowing with bearded lips on a shining panpipe while he trundles before him a grindstone. A Pushcart at the Curb The Gaelic and Irish dun and Welsh din are specifically used of a hill-fortress, and thus frequently appear in place-names, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Along the pathway of the sun Sailed vapory mountains, wild and dun. The Bible Story You are evidently resolved, sir, to avail yourself of your privilege," said she, with a slight irritation of manner; "but when people incur a debt, they must compound for being dunned. One Of Them Concerning p. 148which word dun it is erroneously believed in England to have been derived from the name of a certain Joseph Dunn, who was an indefatigable collecting bailiff. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series 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 The rath or dun from which the town is named remains as one of the finest in Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Well, that jolly blue envelope bears a striking family likeness to our old friend the dun. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland They don't arrest, but they dun us, sir; and they dun with an insistence and an amount of menace, too, that middle-class people can form no conception of. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The youth, returning to Florence, told the tale to his employer, and how Piovano Arlotto had declared if they dunned him any more he would do his best to have them drubbed to death. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series I repelled the thought with indignation; but certain thoughts there are which, when turned out, stand like sturdy duns at the gate, and will not be sent away. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The word for the soft under plumage of birds is entirely different, and comes from the Old Norwegian dun, cf. �dar-dun, eider-down. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Here a broad plain swept down to the waters of a saffron colored lake, a sheet of water so vast that its far shore was no more than a dun line along the horizon. The Golden Amazons of Venus About sundown saw a flock of dun grayish sparrows going to roost in crevices of a crag above the big snow-field. My First Summer in the Sierra At early morning, long before matins, he went out with Nat and the dun, the latter dragging the plough to Valentine's largest and farthest field, which is far away toward Isenbrug, in the Worm Valley. Black Forest Village Stories But"--the speaker suddenly started--"who is the other at his right,--the one on the dun horse? The Scarlet Banner The train passed through a dun and sodden country. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks I'm being dunned for bills that have only run two years. The New Warden The tumults of the Bay were over and gone, and we were under a dun sky dropping rain which obviously belonged to the English Channel. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday The dun was very true to the rein, and a slight jerk was enough, without a word, to keep the furrow straight. Black Forest Village Stories "Give 'em coke!" the captains cried; and each one Charged his furnace to the lips, Till steamers, yachts, and ships, The funnel's clouds eclipse— Dark and dun! Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) That may be so," said M�ry, to whom I repeated what I had heard; "but you must remember that Lamartine is always hard up, and closely pursued by duns. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections He never was less beset with cares: he had no duns; there was not a tailor in Bond Street knew his address; the very Jews had not traced him; he was as free as air. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Poor devil as he was, Life was a hard battle to him,—always over head and ears in debt; protested bills meeting him at every moment; duns rising before him at every turn. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The opponents had been at Rottenburg, where the magistrate had told them very plainly, though with a little circumlocution, that "the manor-house farmer's duns had come in ahead of their grays." Black Forest Village Stories He judged wisely, if not well, that new habits of expenditure would do more to silence the complaints of duns than the most accurately calculated system of liquidation. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Among the reverberating hills echoes the jödel, and from a terrace far below, where a herd of dun cows are feeding, rises the tinkle of sweet-toned bells. An American Girl Abroad There was swinging out of swords, and swapping of headds; We blanked them with bills through all their bright armor, That all the dale dunned of their derfe strokes. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History "I kin understand jest 'bout how it air dun, younker," he said. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners The dun--a fine stout horse, with hollow back, and a white mane which reached nearly down to his breast--was drawing the harrow. Black Forest Village Stories Sleeping on balsam boughs or cooking over a smoky fire will reduce the newness of blanket coat and buckskin jacket to the dun shades of the grizzled forest. The Story of the Trapper He stood, the central figure in a dun picture, in an atmosphere of smoke, a dirty-looking Georgian in flying coat and high-boots. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Petals yellow at the base, set with a quantity of short, stiff black hairs; changing to ochreous dun, the upper half bearing a dusky brownish network. The Woodlands Orchids When the Fenian chiefs saw that, they started in pursuit of the giant, while I and the band of minstrels of the town went to the top of the dun to watch their proceedings. The Irish Fairy Book Bart was already seated by Nat's side on the board, which had the bag of oats for a cushion: his mother was getting into the wagon, and Joe, his eldest brother, held the dun's head. Black Forest Village Stories While we waited thus sighing, out of the dun vapour on the right came a cry indistinguishable. The Sentimental Vikings She was hanged, and the yellow dun imp was never more seen. Witch Stories The pale-green petals, narrow and rectangular, bear a few large dun blotches outlined with chocolate; their tips reverse, showing a faint mauve tint. The Woodlands Orchids I need not dun," quoth the Piper—and laughed, but nobody heard, A chill in the air, and a shudder somewhere— "They will render without one word. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 It was a comfort to think that his mother and Nat, with the dun, were to accompany him. Black Forest Village Stories I never break the envelope of a dun's letter, and I know them as instinctively as a detective does a swell-mobsman. A Rent In A Cloud Yes, she had an imp; a dun chicken which sucked on her chin, and which she had sent to torment the Throckmorton girls. Witch Stories The rumor of an approaching departure had got wind through the servants, and the hall and the courtyard were crowded with creditors, duns, and begging impostors of every age and class and country. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Skittish deer are on her peaks, Delicious berries on her manes, Cool water in her rivers, Mast upon her dun oaks. Ancient Irish Poetry The horse stood still; the plough rested in the furrow; Ivo and Nat folded their hands: the dun seemed to be praying too,--at least he flung his head up and down more than once. Black Forest Village Stories What an imaginative race these duns must be. A Rent In A Cloud Duncan tried to make out the size and shape, but it blended with the grass and the dun soil and he could not be sure exactly what it looked like. The World That Couldn't Be “Behind their course the English fells In deepening blue retire; Till soon before them boldly swells The muir of dun Redswire.” Border Raids and Reivers Fair white birds come, herons, seagulls, The cuckoo sings between— No mournful music! dun heathpoults Out of the russet heather. Ancient Irish Poetry Once only, when he found her so cheerfully engaged in the stable, he said, "That's right in you, Emmerence, to take good care of the cattle: only don't forget the dun and the cow." Black Forest Village Stories Your present place of concealment, safe enough for duns, will offer no security against detectives. A Rent In A Cloud That evening of her dismissal from Brown’s, and her meeting with Rex Carshaw, Winifred opened the door of the dun house in One Hundred and Twelfth Street the most downhearted girl in New York. The Bartlett Mystery Oh! sweet is the scent in the evening gale, Of the dun deer wending adown the trail Where I lie, grim ambushed, with bated breath, A gray lance couched in the hand of Death! The Song of the Wolf It is of a dun color, with round black spots distributed uniformly over the body. The Pearl of India The dun seemed to make little exertion, and Nat guided the plough as easily as if it had been the tiller of a floating skiff. Black Forest Village Stories "I'd like to know how much a drowning man cares for his duns?" A Rent In A Cloud The dun deer troop over the hill, They are many, the hill is one: The dun deer vanish, The hill remains. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) They've entered into perfect rest; For in the life they've won There are no auctions to molest, No creditors to dun. Second Book of Verse Debt had bred philosophy; moreover, his wife relieved him of too depressing a contact with duns, and there were times when his respite was longer than he deserved. Ancestors A Novel His mother threw his father's cloak around them both; the dun started, and they were on their way through the dark and silent village. Black Forest Village Stories How pleasantly I might linger on here, 'My duns forgetting, by my duns forgot.' A Rent In A Cloud The antiquities include stone circles, duns, the ruins of Breachacha Castle, once a fortress of the Lords of the Isles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Odalie looked about at the violet night, at the white moon and the dun shadows, with an upbraiding question, and the night was silent with a keen chill fall of a frost. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The bright sun had long ago scattered the chill mists of the morning, and radiated warmth and light over the dun landscape. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro She got on the car; the dun started, after looking around at Ivo, as if to take leave also; Nat nodded once more, and they were gone. Black Forest Village Stories “No, no,” continued Baldy suavely, “it’s no that, but he’s got a frightful dunner on the top o’ the head, and he thinks he’s the king.” A Prince of Good Fellows Come, let us our rites begin; 125 ’Tis only daylight that makes sin, Which these dun shades will ne’er report. Minor Poems by Milton These are the patriotic arguments for absenteeism; then come others, which may be classed under the head of “expediency reasons,” such as debts, duns, outlawries, &c. Nuts and Nutcrackers Those far off summits were so startlingly vivid in outline that they seemed to be more accessible than the mist shrouded ravines cleaving their dun sides. The Silent Barrier When the boy was on the point of being pummelled for his indignant dunning, the parson stepped up quickly and took the boy away. Black Forest Village Stories The day had been very cold and gloomy; and thick, low masses of smoke-colored cloud scudded across the chill sky, whipped along their skirts by a stinging north-east blast into dun, ragged, trailing banners. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part P.S.—I forgot to tell you that the bank's guarantee company and the general manager of the bank itself have dunned me for your part of the Banfield loss, fifty dollars. A Canadian Bankclerk B. There is a metal still heavier, which they have the power of creating—gold—to pay a dunning tailor's bill. Olla Podrida For ten years Queen Vaekehu had dunned the fathers; at last, but the other day, they let her have her 32 will, gave her her coffin, and the woman’s soul is at rest. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) I don't believe my Mongol can pass a single man he knows without being in danger of being dunned for some hopeless debt or other. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports She neither realized nor cared that it was growing darker, and, after awhile, when the sea was no longer visible through the dun haze that brooded over it, she shut her eyes and moaned. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Thenceforth a mighty fog, a fog heavy and dun as lead, enwraps the world. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages As they began to disappear, they inclined to a dun or brown Colour, and looked like so many dirty Spots. An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany His hair was long and curled, and of dun or tawny color. The Red Moccasins A Story All this while "Aunt Sue's snowbank" lifted in dun clouds a degree or two above the horizon in the southeast of a morning or a night and disappeared again. Old Plymouth Trails Now we have this ceaseless dunning every day: one day it’s the butcher, the next the baker, and the day after the laundress,—and they all want money. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day III. of Campbell’s Tales of the Western Highlands, and the “Shaggy dun filly” in “The young king of Easaidh Ruadh,” at p. Indian Fairy Tales He continued without any manifest Alteration in the Symptoms, till the 21st, when a Number of dun Petechiæ appeared all over his Body, particularly on his Breast. An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany We sit and feel in dusk and dun The stars swing round us like a sun. Poems |
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