| 单词 | east wind |
| 例句 | It was silent and windless; the grey east wind had passed away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “What a lark! I have never yet in my life slept out of doors, though it may as well have been out of doors when the east wind blew through the wind hole.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Maddie yelled at the top of her voice, rain and east wind beating in her face as she pedaled energetically to keep up with the small wireless operator. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His ears seemed suddenly clear, so that he heard the chickens cackling and the east wind blowing over the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He somehow makes a fragile peace, somehow convinces the gentlemen to wait just a little longer for an east wind. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Wherever they went and wherever they slept, the east wind whistled in the reeds, and the geese went over high in the starlight, honking at the stars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On February 20, rowing hard in a heavy snow and a steady east wind, number two and number one came in about even. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “People said it would never last on the walls,” Anthea added, “that it could never survive the east wind.” T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z A wind advisory for 25 to 35 mph east winds with gusts up to 45 to 50 mph is in effect until 5 p.m. Seattle weather forecast: Sunny skies and warming temps, then rain 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Gusty east winds continued in the Cascade foothills Sunday morning, with mostly light winds over the rest of the region. After Seattle’s hot and smoky Sunday, some relief on the way 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Air will be “mainly unhealthy across much of Puget Sound, and that will continue through Sunday, with east winds billowing,” meteorologist Jacob DeFlitch, of the National Weather Service, said Saturday evening. Hazardous smoke to remain a threat for Western Washington 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z In 2020, rare, high-powered east wind events over Labor Day weekend started fires in California, Oregon and Washington, sending heavy smoke and poor air quality up and down the West Coast. Seattle’s 2022 smoke and fire season likely to be among our lightest 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z “Those east winds were very dry. The wind coming in from the west now will increase humidity and dampen active fires.” Cool marine breeze expected to clear air, dampen fires 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z He added that east winds and a “blanket” of moisture would also temporarily exacerbate the prolonged heat that most of the state had been experiencing this week, and that it could potentially fan wildfires. Hurricane Kay Veers Close to Baja California’s Western Coast 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Friday and into Saturday is when the east winds are forecast. Wind, storms could spread wildfires in Oregon this week 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z One recent day, a strong east wind rippled the bay with whitecaps out beyond the oysters. Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding shorelines 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The temperatures was in the 70s with a brisk east wind blowing in from right field, where the workout would have been taking place. Lockout gets real: MLB’s spring showcase goes silent 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “It’s still snowing quite a bit up there and we still have east winds in the passes,” he said. Rain and snow pose extreme avalanche danger, close Washington’s cross-state passes 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z But he says his research leads him to conclude that in western Washington — due to a weakening of east winds that bring interior heat — these will be less intense than others forecast. Seattle meteorologist Cliff Mass sparks controversy by diving into heat wave climate science 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Unlike the moisture-laden winds from the Pacific, east winds have a tendency to dry out over the Cascade Range and sweep down into Western Oregon. Wind, storms could spread wildfires in Oregon this week 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z An east wind then arrived, sending the the mercury spiking. Vancouver, Wash., breaks all-time heat record 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z But nothing like the freak east wind that Labor Day weekend, that turned the blaze into a blast furnace. 2020 wildfires left precious endangered species habitat in Central Washington ‘nothing but ash and dust’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Scientists are unsure whether strong east wind events that can drive summer wildfires will become more frequent as broader weather patterns are disrupted. ‘When the sparks just flew’: How power lines ignited dozens of Washington state fires during fierce Labor Day winds 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z One of many dramatic examples was a dry, albeit weak, east wind that fanned flames across what was then a mostly wood-framed city of San Francisco after the Great Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Moderate Santa Ana winds likely to bring critical fire weather to parts of the Southland 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z SALEM, Ore. — Oregon firefighters will face challenges this week as continued heat combines with windy and unstable conditions, possible thunderstorms and unwanted east winds, fire meteorologists said. Wind, storms could spread wildfires in Oregon this week 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z A wall of flame, fueled by a rare strong east wind that gained velocity as it funneled into the valley, raced up the creek drainage, devouring entire mobile home parks, neighborhoods and shopping districts. Perspective | Fighting fires in Oregon is unlike any scene I've ever encountered 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The east winds that drove the Lionshead wildfire, expanding it to 190,000 acres, had fanned three dozen other fires around the state. Deep in Oregon wilderness, five men battle wildfire to save a historic resort 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Along with Halofsky, Raymond is among a team of scientists trying to determine whether these east wind events are growing more or less frequent or intense. How an easterly wind, hotter summers could fuel more devastating wildfire on Western slopes of Cascades 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z A Times investigation found that while early Butte County disaster plans approved by the state warned of canyon fires driven by east winds, those references were dropped after 2005. Another California firestorm where warnings did not prevent deaths 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z August has generally been the state’s busiest month for wildfires, but in September — when hot and dry east winds are involved — Oregon has experienced the largest wildfire spreads in state history. Wind, storms could spread wildfires in Oregon this week 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, fierce east winds pushed some of the biggest and most destructive fires through heavily timbered mountain valleys on the west side of the state. Oregon reels from fires that moved with tremendous speed on western Cascade slopes 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z An American flag flapping in the east wind. Reporter's Notebook: Capitol Hill sun fails to hide pain as coronavirus spreads 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z In early September 1902, a series of fires — buoyed by an east wind — sprang up in Southwest Washington. How an easterly wind, hotter summers could fuel more devastating wildfire on Western slopes of Cascades 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Paul Dellegatto, a meteorologist for Fox 13 in Tampa, told the network that “strong east winds from the storm were pushing water south out of the bays and bayous.” Tampa hasn't had a big hurricane in 96 years. That's about to change 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z When they left, the forecast suggested that Hurricane Irma would head straight up the state, with Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach taking the storm’s powerful east winds. Irma’s Fearsome Winds Reach Florida Shores, With Full Strike Yet to Come 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Brown says heavy rain showers and east winds are hampering search efforts. Search underway for missing hiker in Columbia River Gorge 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Wind River – Fishing was slower with the strong east winds last week. Columbia River regional fishing report shows spring chinook action slowed in Wind and Drano Lake, but still decent in Cowlitz 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z “You need the end of summer after a warm and dry period, an ignition source and those east winds,” Halofsky said. How an easterly wind, hotter summers could fuel more devastating wildfire on Western slopes of Cascades 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z In the middle of the Baltic Sea, a chilly east wind blows across a former Cold War frontier. Russian menace pushes Sweden towards Nato - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z “They just wait for an east wind and push it out so it floats toward Brooklyn,” he said. Fresh Effort to Clear Abandoned Boats Littering New York City Waterways 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z “Even on sunny days, if there’s a mild east wind blowing and an astronomical high tide, like a moon tide, you will get street flooding.” Obama visits Florida to talk hurricanes and raise cash 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Northeast to east winds off Lake Michigan may ignite a few flurries in lakeside counties. Week goes out on a final arctic blast 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “We have clear evidence climate change is setting the stage. The piece we don’t have is whether climate change is affecting these east wind events that trigger” these large wildfires, Raymond said. How an easterly wind, hotter summers could fuel more devastating wildfire on Western slopes of Cascades 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z A strong east wind will begin through the Cascades and across a large portion of Western Washington late Wednesday night and will continue through Thursday and Friday. Weather Service issues red flag warning for W. Washington 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The next morning, a morning of east wind, Arthur attacked Sylvia on the subject of her behavior the night before. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z No better than usual: rain, east wind, occasional snow. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z The east wind cut their faces, dirt sprinkled their arms, gloomy thoughts filled their minds. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z That is because of the east wind that blew sparks to flame — but also the kiln-like conditions created by climate change. How an easterly wind, hotter summers could fuel more devastating wildfire on Western slopes of Cascades 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z There are thousands of these; they stretch out like telegraph poles on the prairie to an interminable length, their scarlet pennants flapping and rustling in the sharp east wind like a forest of autumn leaves. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z A strong March east wind blew with a force which penetrated to the very bones. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The east winds are the humid ones now, the west ones the dry. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Then from Newcastle the company ascended into Scotland, where genial landladies and cakes and enthusiastic audiences compensated for east winds. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z “I would argue the fire risk is greater over here because of the amount of people living in the wildland-urban interface and the potential risk should we get an east wind event,” Clark said. How an easterly wind, hotter summers could fuel more devastating wildfire on Western slopes of Cascades 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Higher Voices Thereupon the Lord sent the strong east wind, Dividing the waters that the sea might be dry land. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Besides this the weather is dreadful; cold east winds and rains, sometimes sleet, every day; and the turf so wet, it 's only smoke, not fire. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Air from the west and north has a downward tendency, but south and east winds are surface currents. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z In the actual trade-wind zones rain very seldom falls, any more than it does in these countries when the east wind has well set in. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A brief interlude in the east wind's unfailing rigor; a breathing time when the black shadows leave the land and color begins to dawn over copse and meadow. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z A light east wind blew behind them, the water sparkled as the moon rose, and shadowy woods and dark hills opened out and faded on their port side. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Holy Writ informs us that “the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z In some localities as much as thirty-six and even forty-eight hours are sometimes required for the east wind to bring the humidity to the dew-point. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z These served to break the east winds which blew over the German Ocean, in their terrible night-watches, which they were forced to keep pretty constantly, as they were watched, though they were watchers. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Is east wind conducive to lounging in the centres of squares? or a ceaseless downpour the best accompaniment to a meal taken out of doors? The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z And the scene that he had pictured in the night where the east wind swept the street was acted out now, exactly as he had foreseen it. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z The east wind had driven loiterers indoors, and there was scarcely any one abroad to notice us. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The day was bright and cold, and the east wind had whipped a fine color into her cheeks. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Eurus, the east wind, was generally depicted “as a young man flying with great impetuosity, and often appearing in a playful and wanton humor.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Upon these slopes a few withered shrubs were growing: leafless, twisted things, tortured by the bitter east winds that swept those cheerless valleys. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The sun was nearly down and a cold east wind was whooping it up at about sixty miles an hour, chilling me to the marrow. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The west winds of course increase the moisture, and moderate both the winter cold and the summer heat, while the east winds blowing over the continent have an opposite influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z I do not know the handwriting," he muttered, "and it is not a subscription, for they never come in an east wind. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z It is with the young, on the other hand, as with the tender shoots; they raise their heads to meet the April sun, as naturally they droop in the harsh east wind. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Sunrise—all knelt down to pray; east wind blew, and it began to rain. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z We fill our belly with the east wind of vain desires. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z A bitter east wind, bringing always more snow, had blown almost ceaselessly for the best part of a fortnight before any change came in the wildest weather that had befallen Loquhariot in long years. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z We found an east wind blowing and gray mist hanging over town and bay, and we could not see the hills of Mull. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The east wind was given us for our sins; I have long suspected that the east wind was the angel that drove Adam out of Paradise. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z Without was a grey cloudy sky, such as we sometimes have in June, and a nipping east wind that blew roughly; a wind almost visible to the man moodily gnawing his nails at the window. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z A little fine rain was falling with a chilly east wind, and the town seemed dead. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Nay, nay, nothing affects me like this country; its east wind might affect a pyramid! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z For that matter there is not a single eminence of more than 200 feet between Weather Heath and the gales from the North Sea, so the east wind swept it too. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The east winds, which one does not care about in the British Islands during the spring time, are occasioned by the powerful northern current which rushes south from the northern regions in Europe. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z To have a woman always at one's elbow who sighs like the east wind, and weeps like a cataract, as Gabrielle had taken to do of late, was vastly irritating. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Regardless of self, or plaguey pains and aches, the devoted mother had travelled that weary distance, and in late autumn, too, when east winds are so unpleasantly familiar. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z This is nothing after 12° and 16° below zero, but the furious east wind and a singular dampness in the air make it very severe. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z I do not see that civilization has the slightest interest in the fish, the gourd, the worm, or the vehement east wind. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Curious is it that brain diseases, as well as consumption, reach their height in Britain while east winds prevail. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z Then comes the story of the gourd, the worm and the east wind, and the effect of the sun on a bald-headed prophet. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The Dartmoor people themselves say:— The south wind blows and brings wet weather, The north gives wet and cold together, The west wind comes brimful of rain, The east wind drives it back again. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Snow showers had been falling much of the day, there was a pitiless east wind, and as darkness came on snow fell persistently. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z They will also tell him that in this age of the world, arguments cannot be answered by "a vehement east wind." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z The real east wind, so much feared by invalids, does not turn to the west; it is exceeding dry. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z Could we not dispense with the gourd, the worm and the east wind? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The east wind was tearing across the parade ground and the trees overhead, as Ruth started over the big common, writhed in the clutch of it. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z A strong east wind was blowing which helped Father Bear somewhat, as it was hard for the bees to keep on the wing against such a wind. Father Bear and Bobby Bear 2012-02-03T03:00:18.280Z Can he even cause a "vehement east wind"? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z An east wind has as limits 4 to 50 miles, and a south-east wind 2 to 60 miles. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z But disturbed it was, as a lake's calm by the east wind, as soon as Belshazzar entered his father's presence and made his obeisance. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Every day comes a cold east wind to nip off my nose, and the devil a bit of anything else comes to Green Peace. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Ermatinger and company were detained fourteen days under the lee of a big rock just opposite Cape Horn, waiting for the east wind to subside and allow them to pass up the river. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z It no more consists, in the accumulation of wealth, than in snuffing up the east wind. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Simultaneously with the establishment of an anti-cyclone, with east wind, practically no rain, and a lowering temperature, the influenza commenced. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z We feared that we were booked for a stormy trip, as we pushed out into the bubble-strewn current and found that a cold east wind was blowing over the flats and rowing-jackets were essential. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z With horrid waves insult his vessel's sides, And may the east wind on a leeward shore Her cables part while she in tumult rides, And shatter into shivers every oar. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z But this, of course, was no test, for the cool breeze which was pleasant to me cut through them like a March east wind, and left them shivering, starved and miserable. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Climate and Agriculture.—Though the county is exposed to the full sweep of the east wind during March, April and May, the climate is on the whole mild and equable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Dr. Buchan points out a very common mistake among even intelligent observers who shudder at the hard east winds. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z The east wind whistled a pretty note as it was split by the swaying thread, and the anvil by the smith's forge rang out in unison, clear as a well-toned bell. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z There was a piercing east wind, which penetrated through every nook and cranny. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z I may as well state here, at once, that Captain Coates never drank anything stronger than tea; still his nose was somewhat flushed at all times, and more so during an east wind. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z A stormy east wind drove dark clouds across the sky, and our firs and pine trees loomed black and forbidding. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Look to God, mistress; His breath can shrivel up Mr. Pryse like a leaf in an east wind.' The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z But the thought of the Northern cold lies heavy upon every heart, for though it is late in March, we know where the east wind is now, and will be for two months to come. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z But it took no time to settle on the bare ground; it was blown on and heaped wherever there was a bit of shelter from the fierce east wind. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The east wind prevails in October and is strong in March, the south-east in June, the south-west is felt in every month save April, but very little in December. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z Hence in Wales the east wind is called “The wind of the dead men’s feet.” Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z Outside a cold drizzling rain was falling, a shrieking east wind was rattling the windows in their frames, and a sullen haze was hiding the leaden sky. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z If this is the result of the loveliest climate, the most brilliant nature, give me our snow and ice, ay, the east wind and all. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In such cases the duration of east winds is greater. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z Her laugh never went with a smile; it never had the least concern with mirth; it was nearly always a presage of irony, as an east wind will blow news of storm. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It was true that a period of east wind and drought had set in. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z And the sun shines down on Boston Town, And the weather still is clear; And they set their clocks by the equinox, And never the east wind fear. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z We use an east wind, an eastern wind, and an easterly wind, to signify the same thing. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z In summer, southeast and east winds bring fog and cooler weather; while southwest winds are favorable for the development of thunderstorms. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z Winter it is still; a cold east wind has prevailed the last six weeks, making exercise in the open air a positive punishment. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z In the east a rose-pink moon was rising in lavender haze, and a faint wind blew from it; the subtle east wind of September, warmed by its journey across the cornfields, turf-scented by the bogs. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z The harbour of Odessa is very much exposed to the north and east winds, which often cause great damage to the shipping. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z It was like trying to make a meal off the east wind, which it resembled in its hard brilliancy and lack of geniality. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Apheliotes, the east wind, is a graceful youth, with arms full of flowers, fruit and wheat. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z Annette did not know that the wall and the fence and the trees were there to protect the house from the east wind, which in winter swept with arctic ferocity from the sea. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The omnibus men dashed their arms across their breasts for warmth, and everybody, gentle or simple, looked nipped up with the strong east wind. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z It operates like the east wind, causing blasting, barrenness, and desolation, wherever it goes, and nothing but the herculean arm of this young and vigorous republic can check its progress among ourselves. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z It was a bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of the bus the east wind that raved along the street cut like a knife. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Some of us who dwell on the Atlantic Coast, in more northern latitudes than Athens, do not always regard with favor the east wind, associating it with chilly, damp and sombre weather. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z Borne on the breath of the rising east wind, a single, solemn "bong" of the Twenty-third Street tower tells that the watcher has quickly descried the unusual smoke-cloud billowing up from the doomed dwelling. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z My conviction is that a strong east wind would remove this remaining barrier; it is not yet too late. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z They and their doctrines acted upon it like the blast of an east wind. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The prevailing winds south westerly; the north east winds being regarded as indicating a cold summer and a severe winter. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z As it reaches the surface it is twisted more to the right; that is, becomes an east wind. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z Another thing it is well to remember is that the cat-fish never bite when an east wind is blowing. Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z To our great joy the east wind died away this morning, and immediately a west wind sprang up, which very quickly freshened to a smart gale. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Meanwhile the east wind had broken the mist and driven it to the wilderness; then the bright sun from a blue sky looked at them. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z The slight drizzle of the afternoon had increased to a heavy downpour of rain which beat loudly on the windows, while a strong east wind roared about the house. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z He realized as yet only the mysterious charm, the overwhelming attraction of his new surroundings; and every sense, dwarfed by inheritance, chilled by the east wind, throbbed and tingled in response. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z It is the cry of their women, who bewail Their warriors dead, Not the east wind we hear! The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The winter came on, and a wild, bitter winter it was, with high, icy, east winds, sleet and snow. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z It was nine o'clock at night, and the rain, driven by an east wind, was beating against the windows like an avalanche. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Summer brings heat, calm, and dryness; winter, east winds, thunder-storms, and continual rain. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z No east wind ever brought people more good, than this which brings you two to us. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z The dry east wind known as the harmattan blows intermittently from December to March. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Presently he reached a house; he went up the steps, and took shelter for a moment from the biting east winds under the portico. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z The east wind, like the west, was a there-and-back wind, and they could reach their island, or return from it, in two or three tacks, sometimes in one stretch. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Showers of sleet and snow were swept across the country by cold, biting east winds. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z It was now the saddest time of all the year; the bleak east wind went wailing overhead; and underneath, the soil was black with frost. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z Don't review a book as an east wind would review an apple-tree—so it was once said Douglas Jerrold was wont to do. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z They put off preparing the bedstead till next day, when they approached on a spanking south east wind—half a breeze—against which they had to tack indeed, but spun along at a good speed. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Come off the open field with the east wind cutting into you, and get inside they firs and you’ll feel warm in a minute. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Cutting gusts of east wind kept hissing through the narrow valley, rattling in the gloomy fir-wood, and having their own cold play with the whirling snow-flakes. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z A fairly strong east wind which had risen and blew against her caused her to bow her head to it a trifle. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Destructive hailstorms, again, though rare, are not unknown in Egypt, while the locusts are definitely stated to have been brought by a strong east wind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Those who were near huddled into the bristling hedge that might break an east wind, but was useless against this downpour. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Then, the climate is vile—gruesome winter eight months in the year—sleet, and fog, and east wind only varied by rain. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z At this moment a faint ray of sunshine broke through the clouds which a sudden east wind was driving away from the mountains. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit; her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Yahweh then causes a strong east wind to blow all that night, which drives back the waters from the shallows, and so renders it possible for the host of Israel to cross over. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The gallant ship is going, The strong east wind is blowing, The far-off fading strand Shows no longer, Yet glows stronger Love unto my native land. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z There are no dreary days of damp and cold when the east wind bites through to the bones and chills right down to the marrow. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The east wind had grown stronger and its current was thick with whirling particles of snow. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Then the judgment which comes upon the land, the east wind is typical of the Chaldeans which swept from the East and spoiled the vine. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Now it was raining pitchforks and she didn’t dare go out, because she got a terrible attack of quinsy every time there was an east wind. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z There was a strong east wind, and the fire was rapidly spreading, and had 277 already attacked the next building on the west. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z Large numbers of jellyfish are not uncommon, but the particular species getting blown ashore by strong east winds is unusual for the area. Hundreds feel sting of jellyfish on Florida's east coast 2011-06-01T00:19:30Z Holiday traffic crowded the streets; traffic officers, tired and chilled by a biting east wind, were not patient. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z The east wind is Nebuchadnezzar, who came against the proud city to accomplish part of her ruin; and Alexander the Great, as we saw in our previous study, completed the work. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z We lay near the western end, that the east wind might not drive the rain under our roof. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z There comes one lovely day, when the bright sunlight encourages the buds and peeping leaves to push out, and then follows a week or more of the harsh biting east wind. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z In this genial and mild air, where a steady, gentle rain falls on very nearly every day in the year, the Londoner, fleeing from the trying east winds of Spring, may find a welcome refuge. Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z Already the snow was beginning to disappear; but the sky was still hard and clean; and the east wind cut to the bone. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z But even in Marseilles you must be cautious when the east wind blows. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z An east wind had spun fine silver cloud lines curving across the blue, clustering, widening into two vast, fleecy pinions that were floating slowly to the gates of the west. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Miss Hopkins departed to do her duty in other dormitories, leaving a sensation as of east wind behind her. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z But the water stood in her eyes; was that because of the east wind? Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z These east winds are so searching and your necks are so low. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z To which we may add,— The south wind brings wet weather, The north wind wet and cold together; The west wind always brings us rain, The east wind blows it back again. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z The night drew on, the sea began to whiten with swelling waves, and the east wind blew a gale. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z It almost seemed as though the east wind had penetrated inside the comfortable house in Bloomsbury Square, and had poisoned that tranquil atmosphere. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z “Yes,” she replied, meaningly; “and I understand that in Boston the revised adage reads, ‘God tempers the east wind to the blue-bloods.’” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Whenever the little east wind moved, wisps and handfuls of straw drifted lightly down the road. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z After a month of wet, we have had two days of snow with black east wind, and now it is pouring again, but the rain freezes as it falls. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z An east wind swung over the North pack and loosened the lighter floes. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Many of the people have been killed, and the children go to school in cellars with gas-masks because of the poison, that comes on an east wind or a north. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z In the passage of the Red Sea, the removal of the waters, to allow the Israelites to pass, is imputed to a strong east wind all night. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z David for a moment felt the chill of the east wind. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z A telling hit was made by the most self-satisfied weather-prophet of the party, who foretold an east wind at sundown, which promptly made its appearance on schedule time. Fishing and Shooting Sketches 2011-02-23T03:00:33.463Z And when the east wind and the black frosts were gone, the little sapling shot up freely. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z "I have heard so much of you since then," was the answer, cold and cutting as the east wind that was swooping down the street that night. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z The stars were there, and the moon, across whose face the flying clouds were driving in the sweeping east wind; but there was no guidance, no hint of what course she should take. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z I shall tell Mamma Spring to order up an east wind and freeze them well, little monsters! A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z Otherwise we shall go on “filling our belly with the east wind” to the end of time; we shall fish all night and take nothing. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z A strong east wind steadily blew for three days over the devoted spot, like the blast of a furnace, at once fanning the flame and scattering firebrands beyond it. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z The ash-hung valley was far behind, and Charter drank deeply of the clean, east wind from the Atlantic. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Along the entire length of the American coast, the clear winds are the west winds, the rain-winds being the east winds. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The sun struggled out, and, in spite of the east wind, sent a broad yellow ray into the window. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z He is a personification of the wind, especially of the east wind, which brings the fertilizing rains in that district. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z The cold east wind quickened our steps, and obliged us to protect our hands that we might escape chilblains. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z If the weather is cold and damp the bark will peel the better, provided there is an absence of north or east winds. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z It is delightful to be making so much easting, under sail, after having been buffeted so spitefully, by the east wind, for the last five months, whenever we have turned our head in that direction. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Sadness is only a passing cloud: anxiety is only a touch of east wind: evil and pain are only fleeting shadows.' The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z In reality he sat behind a hedge in an east wind and contended with Thucydides. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z In the blue arch of the sky above, clouds of dazzling white were driven by the east wind, massed together to salute the great golden sun. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z If the east wind blew on the Christmas eve the circumstance was deemed propitious in this connection. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Here the rule is reversed; the west winds bringing us rains, and the east winds clear weather. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "The catch was almost all chinook, and the east wind was probably one reason why it slowed down." Columbia the place to be for chinook 2010-08-19T02:18:00Z Since we left it, you have always crossed my path, like the east wind, to blight, and blast, and wither all the flowers that lay in it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Such a prayer would be something akin to a gravedigger's for an east wind or a "green Christmas," which, as the adage hath it, "maketh a fat kirkyard." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Meanwhile, I suppose, this east wind is driving us westward, out to sea, in the direction of Spitzbergen. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The genius of the east wind refuses to permit even steam to invade his domain, and drives us back, with disdain. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Being greatly depressed, she undoubtedly confined herself to the house too much, and in one instance when she ventured out, she unluckily exposed herself to a damp east wind, which appeared to give her cold. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician To sweep a slushy crossing for eight hours on a day when the east wind is blowing is a disgusting occupation. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man Bees are very captious about the weather; they do not like an east wind and are, apparently, very sensitive to coming wet. Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects We must wait for an east wind, I suppose, to drive us farther west, and then afterwards south. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 We have thus generated two winds—a north wind and an east wind. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Gently and soft the east wind blows, And then there falls the pelting rain. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches The winter was rainy, with raw east winds from the ocean, and the old house leaked in many places. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Apeliotae: a Greek word for east wind, meaning from the sun, i.e. from the region where the sun rises. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes The frost bites, there is a tearing east wind, and she paces round and round the building, and waits. Yiddish Tales The three arrows on the preceding page will illustrate the manner in which the north-east trade-wind is formed by the north wind and the east wind, which our theory puts in motion. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Gently and soft the east wind blows, And then there comes the whirlwind wild. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches A keen, cold east wind was blowing, driving before it flakes of dry crumbling snow. The Children of the World So when night fell in lashing rain and raw east wind the lawyer and the farmer were in Boston, and no trace of runaway Norine had been found. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir A biting east wind carried rain drops and sunshine. A Bed of Roses "No doubt, captain, she could; but there is no shelter there, and in the east winds, I think that the Bonadventure would suffer much from the surf." Abandoned Gently and soft the east wind blows, Then round the rocky height it storms. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches The north east winds prevailed until the tenth, when west and south west winds set in, and continued until the end of the month. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France The close of November was marked by a succession of strong east winds, and a mildness of temperature, rare at this season. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea An east wind coming into a S. W. current must necessarily occasion a rotatory movement, turning in the opposite direction to the hands of a watch. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes By the east wind He brought the locusts, and removed them by the south-west wind. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The east wind gently blows, With cloudy skies and rain. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches She might not always be exactly pleasant, but on the whole her moral atmosphere was like an east wind, bracing, though a little trying at times. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story There was an east wind blowing, and Patricia had always felt that an east wind made her a materialist. Patricia Brent, Spinster But in June and July, when evaporation is going on over Davis’ Straits and Baffin’s Bay, the prevailing winds are west and south, and the east winds fall off. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes And it is almost in a position to say the same to the north and east winds. Mary What is still more remarkable, on the same day, at Kingston, in Jamaica, the same shower of ashes fell, having been carried by an upper counter-current against the regular east wind which was then blowing. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology He fears the tragic satire of Madame Bovary no more than a good pedestrian fears the east wind. The Book of This and That Something of this unconscious wish roused him to-day from his inertness, and as a keen east wind blew towards him from the mountains, a more powerful energy obtained the mastery within him. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle This east wind and the scud are not the storm, or essential parts of it. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The Harmattan, a very dry east wind from the African continent, occasionally makes itself felt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" In what way is the lightning distributed, And how is the east wind spread abroad over the earth? The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science A violent east wind causes the tall heather, now of the color of dead leaves, to undulate like a peaceful sheet of water. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century I think I would as soon face the east wind in Edinburgh in the month of March, as come in contact with some of these so-called Christians. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians Again, thunder storms, we know, come from the westward, and apparently against an east wind. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes It was a beautiful day and the east wind cooled the air. Round the World in Eighty Days Cold north and east winds are more harmful than severe frost, and this applies to all the tender evergreens. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The liability to east wind in spring is one of the most marked features of the English climate, the effect being naturally most felt on the east coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Why does the east wind never blow straight? The Handbook of Conundrums Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill his belly with the east wind? The Bible Story Near the Equator they are practically east winds. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place With the utmost care Bamboos in the fickle British climate get sadly browned in February and May, the outcome of either a hard winter or keen east winds in spring. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens In the harbor the ships are rocking, impatiently tugging at their anchors in the east wind, their eager prows turned toward the west. The Scarlet Banner For fully half the year the cottages of its villages are damp with the haar, or dense mist, borne on the east wind from the North Sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them. The Bible Story And sending the captured Grecian ships in advance, prudently hiding behind them his dragon-ships, he had hurried to the coast of Neapolis on the wings of the east wind. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 The place for the tender evergreens must be protected from dry north and east winds. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens We were puzzled by the Sabbath look of things to find a place to sit down and apply some antidote to the effects of that rawish east wind. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday It had the form of a horse-shoe, and opened only on one side to the east wind, which is the least violent of all winds in that sea labyrinth. Toilers of the Sea The east wind, which had brought up the wall of cloud, had dropped again. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) When now at sea, the winds Blew adverse, for to Holland was our course: More fearful rose the storm; the east wind sang Louder, till wrecked upon the shores of Forth Our vessel lay. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 They have no complaint to make of the heat, or the sunshine, or the frost; they have not yet heard of the east wind. Maids Wives and Bachelors Among the Teutonic races, April was called Ostermonath—the month of the east wind. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 The east wind blows off the shore, and is very favourable for the passage to England; the vessel at such times rolls, but does not pitch. Toilers of the Sea A report came that the fatal east wind was blowing. Eleven Possible Cases He went on stolidly eating his tea, substantial British provender, pickled pig's feet, beet-and-onion salad, stewed prunes, damson jam, and tea as harsh as an east wind. Command Half-stumbling, half-tottering, I came onward till I found myself close to the great fire, at the base of a mound—a "Prairie roll," as it is called—which formed a shelter against the east wind. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas As they went on, however, the east wind spied the bold little craft, and came on like an evil thing, to play cat-and-mouse with it. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North It was not caprice," said Edward; "it was done, this being his favourite room, on account of his health; the east wind hurt him, and caused him twinges of the gout. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels It needs in every sense a free translation, just as, from geographical position, the Persians attribute to the east wind what we say of the west. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 And in a measure the constant east winds and cloudy heavens, the cold and stormy seas, and the gloom and poverty of all his surroundings were so many confirmations of this unhappy conviction. Prisoners of Conscience Dull I call them, and I fancy not without reason, though at the moment I speak of their dullness must have been mitigated by the unintermittent presence of the keenest and liveliest of east winds. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. When the north or east wind blows they do not come out; they like a warm evening. The Hills and the Vale As 371 some one said, you might as well have tried to frighten the east wind. Studies in Contemporary Biography Hamish, sink thou into the heather like a lizard; for if these old dim eyes of ours may be in aught believed, yonder by the birches stands a Red-Deer snuffing the east wind! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) There was a chilly east wind on an April day, and the elderly men were gathered inside the post-office, which was also the chief grocery and dry-goods store. The Life of Nancy Thus dried, the east wind pursues its solemn course over the solitudes of Central Africa, a cloudless and a rainless wind, its track marked by desolation and deserts. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition His wife looked at old Griffith with her hard, grey eyes; the sharpness of her features, the firm, clear complexion, with all softness blown out of it by the east winds, expressed the coldest resolution. Orientations On the east wind's back the prince rode into paradise itself, which still lies hidden beneath hills to the eastward of the Himalayas. Old Plymouth Trails There had been a heavy fall of snow, and the keen east wind drove the snowflakes in a wild dance through the cold air. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day A B.E2.C., well behind the German lines, caught sight of a strange snowball of a cloud rolling across open ground, in the wake of an east wind. Cavalry of the Clouds A black frost she considered wholesome and bracing; a cutting east wind, she described as a fresh breeze; snow, rain, and hail, had each particular merits, in her eyes. Ellen Middleton—A Tale They tended them and put their faith in them and screened them against the east wind as well as they could. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories At such times the east wind brings the breath of life to our nostrils and sets the jaded motor centres of our nerves atingle with new power. Old Plymouth Trails It had been an ideal day for March—a day touched with pale-yellow sunshine in which one felt the thrill and the promise of the springtime, despite the chill east wind. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself The interval between successive exposures was now shorter, as the east wind brought our ground speed to 120 miles an hour, even with the engine throttled back. Cavalry of the Clouds The more curious among the neighbours left the warm parlour of the inn, and tramped along the high-road in the biting east wind. Jena or Sedan? In western New York, unusual cold east winds always produce the curled leaves, on trees much exposed: hence, the only remedy is the best protection you can give, by location, &c. Soil Culture Just then there came up on the east wind a big flock of telltales, 762 of them, whirling over the hills without a sound till they saw him. Old Plymouth Trails The day was raw and gusty; an east wind, charged with storm, penetrated my nerves with irritating keenness. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 The sun rose clear, but there was a hint of frost in the air and the east wind was blowing. The Co-Citizens Miss Flora, do you remember the day that I first saw you, the day of the strong east wind? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The morning was dry and cold, the roads in excellent condition bar a few patches of new metal between Codicote and Chapelfoot, and the sharp east wind compelled us to goggle. The Count's Chauffeur However it may be with the cattle it is this which gives tang to our salt hay and touches the reviving coolness of the spray and the east wind with the rainbow magic of dreams. Old Plymouth Trails The east wind had blown itself out the night before, and a beautiful May morning filled even the city with the spirit of spring. Clark's Field Women have instincts to which the east wind appeals strongly. The Co-Citizens “Frederick Street and the gardens, and the short-lived Jack o’ Lantern,” are again with me—and the note of the east wind, and Froebel’s voice, and the smell of soup in Thomson’s stair. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) In April the east wind, which is particularly searching, is predominant, while westerly winds prevail from May to August. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Almost daily in our hottest season the east wind brings coolness and refreshment to the dwellers at the sea beach. Old Plymouth Trails So his Heaven needs no east wind to belly it out. In the Heart of a Fool The conservatory is to the right of the front entrance, to be sheltered from the east wind; the house faces south. A Danish Parsonage He 64 had over-walked in the teeth of an east wind, and was now near the end of his many days. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 And a bright, blazing log there was on the hearth; for a cold east wind was blowing, notwithstanding that the sun had shone out bravely in the day. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit Even in the east wind we smell the soot as well as the sea, but the genuine northeaster shuts all that out. Old Plymouth Trails Now, indeed, as Martin set his face homeward, he felt that the sleet was sharp and the east wind cold. Shirley I was sick to death of lounging there in the cutting east wind with the smoke-blackened tin bottle in my hand. The Sign of Silence There was a brisk east wind blowing, which suddenly increased in force, and, being no respecter of persons, whisked off Mr. Lawrence Tudor's expensive Panama and whirled it away. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success The temperature was freezing, and the strong east wind cut like a knife. Carmen Ariza In this east storm brought from far spaces on the wings of the east wind there was something of wild unrest. Old Plymouth Trails After a day and a night of east wind, a prodigious swarm of locusts went up over the land of Egypt, covering the face of the whole earth, and darkening the ground. Bible Romances First Series During the days that followed we had constant strong east winds, often increasing to half a gale. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I I've got him up at my place out of the east winds. The Quality of Mercy When the east wind ceases, and the sun shines above, and the flowers beneath, "a summer's day in lusty May," then is the time an Interlude in Heaven. Amaryllis at the Fair One cold evening in autumn, when there was a sharp east wind, and a drizzling rain, two human creatures came into the place and cowered down in a corner of our shed. The Rambles of a Rat The east wind and the south Rushed forth at once, with the strong-blowing west, And the clear north rolled up his mighty waves. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition It is the chill east wind that comes creeping up the ca�ons from the bleak plains and prairies of the lowlands, which bring the blizzards. A Mountain Boyhood Gardeners are of the opinion that east winds, in particular, give unfavorable conditions for mildew and prefer to open the ventilators to the west. Manual of American Grape-Growing Amaryllis could not get her hair smooth, though she brushed it for some time; it would not lie close, so much had the east wind dried it. Amaryllis at the Fair A man may not wish for winter or the east winds of spring; but he does not soothe himself with hopes that the long days of summer will continue. The Island Mystery And now the south wind flung it to the north To buffet; now the east wind to the west. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition The women ashore began to shriek and protest at seeing their men go out in the face of the dread east wind. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Mr Gillies was like a perpetual east wind blowing upon Charles's happiness. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Through the silent cold of January, the moist cold of February, the east winds and hurricane rains of March, Amaryllis worked on in her garret, heedless of nipped fingers and chilled feet. Amaryllis at the Fair To his charmed ear the east wind, rising shrill, Seems through the hero's shroud to whistle still. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Sometimes I go out suddenly, tramping through seething streets, through fog and drizzle or dry east wind, mourning for her sake. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences The sun came up, but the east wind persisted. Tales of Fishes The great wall of pines and hemlocks that keep off the east wind from Stillwater stretches black and indeterminate against the sky. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index Fogs, persistently returning with the east wind, filled the days with gloom and dampness. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys Whatsoever was lovely that she looked upon in envy, withered as though an east wind passed over it—the destroying wind which blighteth the hopes of the husbandman. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Audrey was sure it was the east wind that made everyone so unlike themselves the next morning. Lover or Friend The east wind had whipped up a little chop that promised bad. Tales of Fishes I looked for an east wind the next day and probably snow later. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full It might be truly said that for them the sun always shone, and that they were carefully guarded from the east wind. The School Queens Often upon reaching the open air he would sniff the east wind and say lugubriously, "This is the kind of day that brings out the freckles on your Uncle Ferg." A Son of the Middle Border But at this Dr. Ross pished impatiently, and it was then that Audrey hazarded her brilliant suggestion about the east wind. Lover or Friend The east wind may have had something to do with that. Tales of Fishes There was an east wind which felt as if it might bring snow. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full Why not fling yourself into the tide of joy here, instead of shivering on the brink in the blast of that east wind which you do not even find regenerative? Imaginary Interviews He slumped in the saddle, the flowing white beard fluttering in the east wind. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel A chill east wind had swept over the auditorium and a few sensitive souls shivered. The Light of the Star A Novel “No one cares for east winds as a change,” replied Phillis, dryly; nevertheless, she made up her mind that she would go. Not Like Other Girls She was chilled to the bones with facing that bitter east wind for hours, and she had not seen a fireplace in all the time she had been away. The Ranch at the Wolverine But it's as true as the east wind and that's gospel. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar With coffee and cigarettes we stretched ourselves on the sofas before the windows, through which the east wind blew the odors extorted from the fragrant herbs and flowers by the overpowering sun. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 And that night, when the bitter east wind smote him and the rain beat upon him, he heard the Master's call to rest. A Vanished Hand I went out with it in an east wind and that finished me. julia. Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise The wind came tearing round the corner—especially the east wind—as if it had sallied forth, express, from the confines of the earth, to have a blow at Toby. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others The birds had ceased to sing, and the warmth of the sunshine had faded out of the fluttering east wind. The Master Mummer Of the songs of Theocritus, of the life of St. Francis, there is no more among the nations than there is of dew on grass in an east wind. Tatterdemalion Yet the “rough wind was stayed in the day of the east wind.” Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The east wind crested with a silvery foam the waves of the sea of Helle, when Perseus went into the ship which was to bear him away from Seriphos. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Only the east wind, calculated to reduce the waters, is blowing, and gradually it takes away the stagnant flood. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood She only kept up the fire; for though summer was near, it was not over-warm in the crazy hut, and a cold east wind was blowing. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford A few men remained to watch the fire as it died away, and to see that no sparks were carried to other buildings by the strong east wind. Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life The rough wind was stayed again in the day of the east wind. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution A bitter east wind was blowing as he walked up to the entrance of the mansion of Mr. David Crecelius. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton "It's cowld enough we'll both be, I'm thinkin'," muttered Patrick, gathering up the reins with a shiver; for it was really a very cold evening indeed, damp and gray, with a biting east wind. A Bachelor's Dream All this finished science of illusion is like an east wind to the confidences of the shy, and if they stay within its range they are blighted before their hearts have time to unfold. Apologia Diffidentis For instance, I’ve often thought myself beastly miserable with wet and mud and east wind—but I’ve never had even a cold in the head. The Rough Road Tom will, I think, set out to-morrow, though it is in truth useless for him to leave town while this east wind blows in the teeth of all our projects. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 The west and the east winds make music through it, and the shrieking storm the sweetest music of all. A Princess in Calico Across the valley dim ghosts of hills lighted by evanescent gleams rose out of the east wind greyness with shadowy grandeur. Hawtrey's Deputy But perhaps after all it's only the east wind. The Twelfth Hour They experienced a sensation of delight at the odour of moist leaves; they could not endure the east wind; they got irritated without any apparent cause, and had melancholy forebodings. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Then she fell on the bed in a faint, with the window open and the cold, bitter, biting east wind blowing in. The Toilers of the Field Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Her companion, who was wrapped in furs, for there was a sting in the east wind, smiled at her. Hawtrey's Deputy At the same time, it is as an autumn visitor that, with the first of the east wind in October or November, we look for this untiring little traveller from the Continent. Birds in the Calendar Enraged the more, they now discharged their burning arrows into the roofs of the houses; some of the cabins were burnt, but an east wind was blowing at the time, and that saved the station. The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman The apple-bloom appears rosy on the bare boughs only lately scourged by the east wind. The Toilers of the Field They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature “Do you imagine, then, that I have no taste at all, because I have put on this shaggy cloak to protect me from the east winds?” she demanded sharply. Major Frank Gleams," beginning: "Twas April, and the sky was clear, An east wind blowing keenly; The sun gave out but little cheer, For all it shone serenely. The Martian If that wet east wind had not come up, nothing on earth could have saved a thousand acres of white pine—and I’m afraid to say how many deer and partridges and woodcock.… A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories With448 an east wind strew them I shall, 17 In face of the foe. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 The sloop’s skipper wished for an east wind, and so he expected it. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The east wind, as we know, is dry. Moon Lore And then, unable longer to face the penetrating rawness of the east wind, she turned and ran up the stairs. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York The autumn days shortened and winter was approaching, for the east winds blew chill across the Thames into my room as I shaved before my window each morning. The Stretton Street Affair The yellow and green balloons come from the east wind and the north wind.” Rootabaga Stories See the clouds drift over the clear moon with an east wind. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" "I don't like east winds myself," said Mrs. Wallace. The Hero As he sat down, he felt himself a silly clodhopper, filled with the east wind of his own conceit, out of touch with the real world of men. The Brown Mouse He did not answer me, but proceeded onwards with a firm step, in the face of a cold, bleak, east wind, that moaned mournfully among a clump of trees that skirted the road. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 With robust insistence Robert replied, "If my truest heart's wishes avail, you shall laugh at east winds yet as I do." Stories of Authors, British and American It would take a good, strong, east wind to blow the fire over this way, and that would mean a regular rain storm, sure. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed No buttoning up to an east wind, nor running away from a shower; but ever gay, and fresh, and exhilarating. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery He considers their case—He teaches by slow and gradual discipline, leading on step by step; staying His rough wind in the day of His east wind. Memories of Bethany The east winds penetrate into the deep recesses of the valleys, which are sheltered against the cold south wind by the adjacent mountain ridge. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Abram and Sam Crawford did try to talk to Old Man Bob; but, la! you might as well 'a' talked to the east wind. Aunt Jane of Kentucky A chill east wind came sweeping across the ice-bound lake, and it was plain that there would be no more skating for many days. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga In spite of the still-prevailing east wind it was a grand evening. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War She shivered at the name, as if the east wind blew upon her. A Black Adonis With a favorable east wind we reached, in thirty-six hours, the island of Juan Fernandez, which lies in the latitude of Valparaiso. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests It was almost calm, just a light east wind blowing, when they anchored an eighth of a mile to weather of the shoal. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The sun still shone, but an east wind was ruffling the waters of the lake, and Faith began to feel chilly. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga But a violent east wind having begun to blow during the night, the fleet steered towards the south-eastern coast of England; after which the ships shortened sail for fear of accidents. The Huguenots in France It will shelter us from the east wind, which has a decided edge to it up here.” The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado It was one of those peculiar English days, when the sun shines with a fierce heat, but the east wind is sharp and cold, and the air ungenial where the rays do not reach. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. In climate, also, this part of Strathearn is singularly favoured, sheltered as it is from the biting east wind and fortified from the northern blasts by its mountain barriers. Chronicles of Strathearn Bells May had come round again before Robert Fulmort stood waiting at the Waterloo Station to welcome the travellers, who had been prohibited from putting Bertha’s restored health to the test of east winds. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster On the 12th, there was a tolerable fresh east wind, and it was determined to set sail at one o'clock in the afternoon, on account of the tide. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I It was the middle of March, and the east wind was blowing bitterly. The Bertrams "The west wind always brings wet weather, The east wind wet and cold together; The south wind surely brings us rain, The north wind blows it back again." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Ahava, a dry cold wind that blows in March and April, probably corresponding to our cold spring east wind. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes Across the valley dim ghosts of hills lighted by evanescent gleams rose out of the east wind grayness with shadowy grandeur. Masters of the Wheat-Lands An east wind is the subject of public lamentation; the vast mountain range to the north is admired less for its wild grandeur than for the shelter it affords against the terrible mistral. Stray Studies from England and Italy But at twenty-four the east wind does not penetrate deep, the trachea is all but invulnerable, and the left shoulder knows no twinges. The Bertrams In Scotland it slanted before a perpetual east wind. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Then the winds arose in fury, Blew the east wind, blew the west wind, And the south wind yet more strongly, And the north wind howled and blustered. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes Mrs. Hastings, who was wrapped in furs, to protect her from the sting in the east wind, smiled at her. Masters of the Wheat-Lands If ever there were what Paul calls ‘a widow indeed,’ it is my Lady Lettice; and she doesn’t make a screen of it, as Faith does, against all the east winds that blow. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Perhaps Queen Jane found the east winds too keen on the heights, or the Abbey of the Holy Rood too low in the valley. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets We have been out for four hours in the bitter east wind, and walking on the sea-shore, where there is a broad strip of great blocks of ice. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 The east wind can blow bitingly, even on a sunny day. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The Nancy Jane ran in on the east wind this morning before daylight, and anchored in the little oyster bay below Manley's. Duffels The Alliance, a tar-loaded vessel, drifting inwards before a strong east wind, began to burn pitch barrels as a signal for assistance. Faces and Places North wind or south wind, east wind or west wind all said something to him. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods It has since turned very warm and bright, but with a dusty and sharp east wind. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 "Oh, but we just love that salty, fishy east wind, every time we go near the shore," retorted a chorus of loyal Eastern voices; and Mr. Hartley laughed again. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch And to say the truth, an appetite, sharpened by the east wind that generally blew along the passage, was the only valuable result of so much indefatigable exercise. The Scarlet Letter According to the captain's narrative, the ill-fated vessel steamed out of Bremenhaven on Sunday morning with a strong east wind blowing and snow falling thickly. Faces and Places A strong east wind drove the waters apart all night, so that there was a way through the sea, and the waters were a wall upon their right hand and on their left. Child's Story of the Bible Captain Welles says Scott is set as the east wind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The climate is enervating, and when the east wind blows from the African coast it is impossible to move save in the most spiritless and languid way. A Tramp's Notebook Kidding, stringing, stuffing, jollying along, blowing east wind, turning on the gas," says I. "'Spoofing' is University English. At Good Old Siwash The Bishop's outfit was here all day yesterday; they went up on the last of the east wind, this morning. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest The Iroquois ran through Tsugaru Strait under canvas, with a barometer rather tumbling than falling, and an east wind fast freshening to heavy. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Let him be the very east wind itself, and welcome; and I'll be the sunshine, or a gentle breeze of May, or the sweet breath of summer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The dread east wind was blowing hard and raising great clouds of dust around us. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War One of these was so situated that it received the direct rays of the sun all day, and was protected from north and east winds by dense, low shrubbery. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science On issuing from the shack, he found with some anxiety that the sky had become heavily overcast, and an east wind had sprung up. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest An east wind, bitter and cold, was blowing; the sky was grey; the sea greenish and, as it were, swollen. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Now with her again 'a moral east wind was blowing.' Robert Elsmere The storms provoked a feeling not unlike east winds at home. In Mesopotamia Even when the east wind sang in minor and the waves on the gray shore were sad, hints of sunshine seemed to be lurking all about it. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Sir William announced his intention of walking to a cab, and with his coat buttoned up against the east wind, started off along the pavement. The Arbiter A Novel Eats no food, has no mouth, grows fat on east wind. Early English Meals and Manners I fear Albert's heavy cold will not be the better by the east wind which makes one shiver. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 Clouds rolling loosely across the mountains were pushing the night into the west, and in the east wind promise of day followed, soft and cool. The Daughter of a Magnate The anchorage of the Downs is sheltered from west winds by the mainland and from east winds by the dreaded Goodwins. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands You are a boisterous braggart, and you scream like the east wind. The God of Love If there should happen to be an east wind, there will be another reason in favor of the plan. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France We are longing for a little cold, but it does not come though we have some east wind. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 There was a strong east wind, with fog. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America A more unpropitious day for the angler can scarcely be imagined; for a cold east wind blew, and from time to time a thin drizzling rain beat in our faces. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II It every now and then gives place to the east wind, which is not nearly so hot, but is so enervating that the hot wind is greatly preferred. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 "How do you know it's an east wind, Captain?" asked Marjorie. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn Somewhere in the neighborhood a dog bayed, but there was no sign of life about the house, except a loose shutter banged dismally to and fro in the cutting east wind. The Lost Despatch The east wind blew gently day and night, bringing—surely bringing—the white sails of the brig. The Northern Iron The east wind served the purposes of the vast fleet, whose three detachments, once within each other’s view, rapidly converged, showing that it was indeed their object to rendezvous at Cap Samana. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance The spell of Egypt, which is its light, had vanished; the vast emptiness was as colourless as Scotland in an east wind. There was a King in Egypt If I didn't know which direction is north, I couldn't tell an east wind from a west wind. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn She looked up at the house front and heard the laurels rattling, and round her she saw the moor spread clear-coloured under the east wind. Moor Fires But the east wind will bring the brig, aunt. The Northern Iron It was a cold, a remarkably cold, day, with an east wind and a feeling in the air as if snow was imminent. Lalage's Lovers In the sitting-room the rain beat furiously at the window-panes, a cold east wind rattled the casements, but a glowing fire in the grate offset the gloom. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's It was two days later and a cutting east wind skirled about the driveway of the Park, rattling the naked branches of the trees like the fleshless arms of a legion of skeletons. The Fifth Ace She might have been born here in the east wind. A Little Girl in Old Boston As, in a moment of exasperation my grandmother once said of her, “Our Jinnet is dried up like a crab-tree in the east wind!” The Dew of Their Youth It is mild and shielded from the spring east winds. How It All Came Round Something, perhaps the east wind charged with wet, had made her feel dispirited and uneasy. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp The searching east wind that was abroad that day held no discomfort for her. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman If you want the real truth," said the doctor, "she has had too much east wind and too much hard work. A Little Girl in Old Boston You know how the east winds blow through those unlucky couples of pillars, which are all that your architects find consistent with due observance of the Doric order. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 The seven lean and poorly fed cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears withered with the east wind mean seven years of famine. The Children's Bible The only thing visible at a distance is a flag flying from a high mast; but it is the Stars and Stripes that bends to the east wind. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania It takes courage in a few days of bright sunshine in June, and tries to look hopeful, but a shower or an east wind again checks it. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Put it down to the east wind by all means. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler In England we spent years; we instructed imbeciles of all grades; we were chilled by east winds, and tortured by influenza; we vainly strove to conciliate the appalling English; we were discouraged and desolate. Esmeralda Also seven ears, thin and withered by the east wind, grew up after them. The Children's Bible Spring approached, with its uncertainty of climate; sometimes, the streets were in rivers, and the next day frozen in masses; then came volumes of east wind. Rich Enough a tale of the times "Stop him, stop him," I cried; "there's cold death at my very side, and his breath on my cheek like an east wind," and I would have run from the room. The McBrides A Romance of Arran Certainly our east winds are not at all poetical. Olla Podrida On 1st March the cavalcade started off from Cape Columbia in a freezing east wind, and soon men and dogs became invisible amid drifting snow. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Jehovah by means of a strong east wind caused the sea to go back all that night and made the bed of the sea dry. The Children's Bible My good wife Sarah," he said, with a strong Semitic accent, "those sudden, raw east winds! Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine" It has the subtle charm of the exotic, of the tall and graceful arum, whose spotless whiteness cannot bear a single breath of the keen east wind. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden I once more sought the deck, and preferred to encounter the east wind. Olla Podrida The east wind dashed a terrible gust of rain against the windows and shook their panes like a summons. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette And when the sun rose, God prepared a hot east wind. The Children's Bible His voice, which rang above the east wind, had something solemn in it. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras The wounds of the old warfare were long ahealing, and an east wind of hard times puts a new ache in every one of them. The Biglow Papers The result is puffery, not merely in advertising, but still earlier in the dimensions of the book itself—the most modern and profitable instance of using the east wind for a filler. The Booklover and His Books Juno's guile and wrath lay clear to her brother's eye; east wind and west he calls before him, and thereon speaks thus: 'Stand you then so sure in your confidence of birth? The Aeneid of Virgil As the lark of which Jeremy Taylor speaks, we rise against the east wind. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. The port was not then blocked up with ice that the east winds generally heaped up there; the earth, intersected with peaks, offered at their summits graceful undulations of snow. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras State Street, grandly impressive under the sweep of a raw east wind, was gay with banners and sparkling with looping thousands of electric lights, but I hurried at once to my study on Elm Street. A Daughter of the Middle Border We went up the Glen at a good pace, an east wind behind us, and the road made a little easier for us since the snow had been trodden by the folks we were after. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn His fastness is on the monstrous rocks where thou and thine, east wind, dwell: there let Aeolus glory in his palace and reign over the barred prison of his winds.' The Aeneid of Virgil The hot north and east winds of California often do great damage to growing crops. The Western United States A Geographical Reader There is an east wind to-day, and not being a piece of perfection like yourself, I feel on edge! Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story I believe he saves both you and me from a great deal of east wind. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston Of the little children that were left to the mothering of the east wind, some were adopted by the canons and priests of the Abbey church, and others by the monks. A Child's Book of Saints "He stayeth His rough wind, in the day of His east wind." A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself. Second Part |
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