| 单词 | elfin |
| 例句 | He thought about the goblin losses during the recent elfin war. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Her face, though smudged, was delicate, elfin, with high cheekbones. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z In Dwelholm, various elfin noblemen claimed that they had a drop of King Degravaunt’s blood running through their blue veins from fifteen generations back. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They just wanted to get away from the elfin camp before the sun rose too high. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He hoped that, even as he cleaned and prepared, his elfin guest was having a good and comfortable trip. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The elfin scholar had picked up the half of his chicken pie that remained on the table and was eating it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I admire your scholarship, but that is an elfin army on the attack. This was carved in celebration of an elfin victory.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Werfel’s elfin guest certainly seemed nervous about the dance of the flowers, supposed to represent the wonderful bond between goblins and the natural world. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He had a long, sharp face with almost elfin eyes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the old days, five elfin warlocks would form a pentagram around the target and spread a magic shield over it, temporarily stopping time inside the enchanted enclosure. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Because what greeted him was not a cluster of elfin knights dressed in griffin-riding gear. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He even dreamed of being invited to travel to the white palace of Dwelholm by the visiting elfin historian. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They were met by a whole rank of goblin trumpeters dressed in elfin livery, playing a harsh goblin fanfare. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He said: “My own beloved girlfriend died in the war. She died on the elfin front. Blanchepon was her name. She died.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Exactly. Tell me about the elfin visitor. We’re all anxious to know. We know there was a disturbance tonight. And a few days ago. Something with the family du Burgh?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I will convince him of the sincerity of the elfin negotiations for peace. But first—” He gulped deeply. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He will keep his rifle over his shoulder, hands at his sides; he will look small, elfin, no threat at all. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Everyone was worried about how the goblin overlord Ghohg would take it if this elfin visitor died by accident. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Then at last he raised his elfin chin, filled his lungs, and spoke out in a clear pure treble. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Goblin children fleeing griffin-riders through fields, screaming and zigzagging as the elfin knights dipped lower, hurling magic flame from their flying mounts in the black, smoke-smogged skies. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He thought about the route the elfin scholar would take, spit out of a giant crossbow from the Royal Palace of Dwelholm. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z In Old Goblinish, it was a lament sung by the hero Walgund in the days following the destruction of his city by King Degravaunt of the Elves, when the elfin armies overran the forests. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps for the first time, Werner sees in his teacher’s thinning blond hair, in his black nostrils, in his small, almost elfin ears, something pitiless and inhuman, something determined only to survive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “There my distinguished guest is wrong. It is actually elfin architecture that borrowed these forms from early goblin architecture.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Werfel stopped walking and stared at the elfin fury. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z And then, seeing what he carried, she exclaimed; her face ignited with elfin, exuberant glee. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The elfin song was clearly not going over well. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z At least, her face was still puckered in that elfin grin. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel saw, delighted, that the whole of the du Burgh family had dressed in fine elfin clothing for the party. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Interesting that it is much more like elfin architecture than goblin architecture. They must have based these buildings on elfin cities.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “To sing a song about attacking King Degravaunt, our greatest hero, the founder of our elfin nation?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They didn’t want their elfin guest to be knocked around too much when the capsule landed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “It must have been fascinating, to rub elbows with all the glorious flower of elfin nobility and knighthood.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The elfin emissary tried to smile a little, like he could take a joke. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Alice — her short, inky hair in a halo of spiky disarray around her exquisite, elfin face — was suddenly standing behind his shoulder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The elfin emissary went into the guest room and shut the door. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z You must go forth with your A level and protect the English language with your bow of elfin gold. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Quickly, the two started off again through the alleys of tents, past the pavilions of elfin lords. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The elfin nun from Santo Domingo is crazy about saints, often identifying the holy ones long before the Vatican even contemplates their canonization. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And when they’re not setting up to attack us and lay the torch to our homes, they’re aping our fine ways, eating elfin foods, trying to be just like us. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I have come to deliver a precious treasure to your dark master. I will give it only to him. Anything else would be beneath the dignity of the elfin nation.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She laughed and called for her children, who all danced up, dressed weirdly in little elfin frocks. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They wanted to hear things, even if all they could hear was the clank of armor and the singing of crickets out in the wide elfin fields. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He had spent his life studying elfin culture, but at that moment, he hated elves. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It was Werfel’s job to host the elfin emissary in the city, to take the scholar in as a guest in his own home. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Waterman was a small person, barely five feet three inches tall, with an elfin face and the sinewy, inexhaustible physique of a gymnast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An elfin impulse possessed Nately and he moaned intentionally the next time there was a lull. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And so the elfin gift was returned by the kingdom of the goblins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Blinking away tears, Flora Baumbach returned to her seat, the elfin smile still painted on her pained face. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z All the elfin knights and soldiers had turned out, and they were standing in their battle ranks, ready for action if something went wrong. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He paused, beaming, and I could just tell he was getting ready to lay some impotent elfin wisdom upon me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “He will sing several of your country’s elfin tunes we are particularly fond of in this house.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It took fifteen minutes for the elfin emissary and his escort to reach the Maw-Gate. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The elfin guest just stared at her with his mouth open. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z When an hour had passed with no word from the elfin emissary, Werfel went up and listened at the door. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Sparks flowed from the slim elfin fingers, intuitively targeting bruises, breaks, or ruptures. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Werfel said, “But this—this is an elfin army cutting up goblins.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z In the grand dining room, the noble family had laid out elfin delicacies in heavy silver dishes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Spurge stopped for a moment, looked back up toward Werfel, and called out faintly, “Archivist! It is the elfin army! They’re here!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z We know that goblin women fight and rule alongside their men—hulking, ugly beasts, dreadfully unlike the beauties of our own elfin aristocracy, who are bred for their delicacy to be ornaments to society. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As Werfel combed the carpets to make sure the fringes all lay flat, he dreamed of the histories that could be written with the union of elfin and goblin knowledge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I believe it is referred to briefly in a far superior elfin work, Beaupierre of Lesonge’s On Castles, Keeps, and Fortresses.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He had often read about elfin food in books but had never tried most of the dishes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Beneath it all, he was worried that perhaps the elfin knights had come to collect his friend—and that Spurge hadn’t even bothered to say good-bye. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z After all the preparations, he couldn’t wait to finally meet the elfin scholar. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Holly had enough on-the-job experience to realize that she was under fire, and immediately curled her elfin frame into a ball, minimizing the target. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The younger boy’s ears tilted slightly, making him look a little elfin, just like Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z You had to be careful with elfin ears—a few hours in the helmet and they started to flake. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “You have not seen the beauty, intelligence, and gentility of the elfin nobility.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z By eleven o’clock in the morning, Werfel had walked up to Ghohg’s fortress in the center of Tenebrion to wait for his elfin guest. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Just for a moment, one of the aurae became visible—an elfin girl in a white silk dress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You have no faith in me! You do not realize my value to the elfin kingdom!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z And in the “Five Pieces” section, Ashley Hod, eerie and elfin, and Gilbert Bolden III gave angular depth to the acrobatic partnering. It’s a Season of Vintage Gems, and Female Bonding, at City Ballet 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “Playful and crisp and strangely elfin” are words I would use to describe my favorite story in this book. Review: Rebecca Makkai’s ‘Music for Wartime,’ Stories With Echoes of Loss 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z He contrasted passages of elfin delicacy, glowing warmth and romantic fragility with those evoking jaunty humor, festive pomp and jealous agitation. Budapest Festival Orchestra at Strathmore 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z The choreography, by Akram Khan, is arresting, and Ms. Pinto, even with an unfocused and underwritten role, is captivating, as is the elfin Ms. Corlett. Review: ‘Desert Dancer’ Tells the Story of the Afshin Ghaffarian 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Small, slight and bespectacled, with a thoughtful elfin manner and a ready grin, he looks perhaps half his age, and chats freely and easily, without any apparent writerly agony. Burning bright 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The elfin Ms. Hawkins is an almost elemental presence. Theater Review: ?I Killed My Mother,? Andras Visky?s Play, at La MaMa 2012-02-20T22:36:21Z As "daughter of the regiment", she whisks and spins across stage with comedic pell-mell energy and Chaplinesque elfin charm, at once mascot, laundrette and unexplored love interest for the gauche troops. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z The elfin actress who shot to fame with the film "An Education" will star in an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 1961 movie, "Through a Glass Darkly." Carey Mulligan to return to a New York stage 2011-01-13T20:07:08Z In fact, he is aspen-slight, with a grave, elfin face, and a warm, earnest manner. Robert Macfarlane: 'Paths are human; they are the traces of our relationships' 2012-05-26T23:05:33Z Ranging from sturdy middle age to elfin decrepitude, the monks spend their days tending bees, growing food and praying. | 'Of Gods and Men': Between Heaven and Earth 2011-02-24T22:55:48Z If the symphony showed Prokofiev at his weightiest, Shostakovich’s second piano concerto shows this composer at his most elfin and loving. Review | Forget greatness, enjoy the music: NSO revels in lyrical excess 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z An elfin man of doleful mien, Mr. Wisdom was often described as the rightful heir to Charlie Chaplin. Norman Wisdom, Funnyman, Dies at 95 2010-10-06T05:14:00Z One of Albert’s co-workers describes him, less kindly, as a “freak,” and there is certainly something odd about this elfin, diffident, ginger-haired fellow, who attends to his duties with fastidious care. | 'Albert Nobbs': ?Albert Nobbs? ? Movie Review 2011-12-20T16:46:28Z The comedy began when Tom Zé strolled onstage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday night, an elfin figure dressed in a white shirt and blue-jean overalls. Review: Tom Zé Brings Brazilian Songs With Breezy Tunes and Sly Jokes to BAM 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Even so, her elfin looks — the height, the wide cheeks, the serious eyes — along with the relatively deep voice were not markers of an obvious ingénue. Imelda Staunton on Return to Musicals With Sondheim Roles 2012-08-10T01:35:08Z Christopher Bell is an elfin, sprightly figure with curling, graying hair and eyes that twinkle through round glasses. Review | Christopher Bell strikes soundly in his first D.C. outing 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Ritz, 70, lives in Los Angeles and cuts a striking, elfin figure: bald, bespectacled, colorfully tattooed. David Ritz Opens Up About Aretha Franklin and Others 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The drop-in Family Art Project will be devoted to making ribbon wands and tiny elfin houses from leaves, twigs and other natural materials. Spare Times for Children Listings for Oct. 21-27 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z I focused all my energy on the elfin figure and repeated a private mantra: “Look over here, over here, over here.” Himalayan refuge: Tibetan traditions find a second home in India’s Dharamsala 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Her beats pushed with syncopation rather than bombast; her voice was both elfin and strong, flicking her zigzagging melody lines across the music. ArtsBeat: A Range of Styles in 3 Performances 2011-03-19T21:31:31Z He catches her “gleaming black eyes” and her “wheezily pealing laughter” and her “elfin prettiness” and her gap-tooth grin. Books of The Times: Tales of Lives Extinguished All Too Soon 2011-04-12T23:52:00Z One reason we thought he might live forever is because there was something elfin about him, or even Elven, in the J.R.R. Rebel, alien, cynic, dreamer: David Bowie’s chimerical genius, and cultural importance, go way beyond pop music 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z A lighter, more sparkling fantasy world is Mendelssohn’s elfin incidental music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Ivan Fischer will offer in its entirety on a long-overdue program at Strathmore. Fall preview: From ‘Florencia in the Amazon’ to ‘Dragon Rhyme,’ fantasy resounds in D.C. Wiry, petite, and clad in tight black warm-up gear, she resembles a kind of elfin Mrs. Danvers, without the sinister streak. Learning 'Lear': Feeling the Pain 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z And although the incandescently elfin Stone doesn't much resemble King--who always looked both refined and California-friendly--she nails King's thoughtful directness. Battle of the Sexes Serves Up a Winning Portrait of Billie Jean King 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The island encompasses three distinct ecosystems — coastal/tide pool, dry forest and rain/elfin forest — with a diversity of plants and animal life both indigenous and imported. On This Caribbean Island, It Doesn’t Take Long to Feel Local 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The drop-in Family Art Project will be devoted to making ribbon wands and tiny elfin houses from leaves and twigs and other natural materials. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 2-8 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z When he opened, his face was elfin, retaining a faint impression of the notorious, grinning visage. He shot George Wallace to be famous. Now he lives in silence. 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z They probably thought they were going to see movies starring people with winning smiles and elfin charm. Irish America and the siege of Hollywood 2010-07-11T21:29:00Z And the mood in Jessie Makinson’s imposing diptych “Skin Spy,” which shows a kind of elfin garden party, is only slightly tense. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z It moves quickly and does a nice job of weaving together two story lines involving an elfin world that is threatened when a giant tree, known as the Ellcrys, begins to die. Review: ‘The Shannara Chronicles,’ an Elfin Adventure, Debuts on MTV 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z August’s little elfin grot was a space about the size of a one-car garage. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Mulligan’s elfin beauty becomes a changeling’s grotesqueness at such moments. | 'Through a Glass Darkly': Under Pretty Skin, Madness Lurks 2011-06-07T02:06:38Z Mr. Heginbotham, with his gentle, elfin appeal, doesn’t really have the kind of overweening stage presence needed for this sort of piece. Dance Review: John Heginbotham?s ?One-Man Show? at Joe?s Pub 2010-06-07T22:26:00Z Mr. McDonald lights up the solo with his elfin grace, but he’s an objective performer — his point is the choreography, not him. Dance Review: An Evening Revisits Mark Morris Hits (Along With a Few of Chopin?s) 2010-09-26T22:13:00Z Despite losing some eyesight to macular degeneration, Ms. Dench still seems elfin, determined to focus on “the pluses.” Queen! Bow Down to Tattoo-Flashing Octogenarian Dame Dench 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Perel is small and blond, with an elfin face, intense, peppy charisma, and a Francophone accent that serves to bolster her psychoanalytic and erotic authority. Esther Perel Lets Us Listen In on Couples’ Secrets 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The companies distracted hungry passengers with elfin bags of peanuts and buy-your-own boxes of grub. Steaks on a plane: Following your United Airlines meal from the kitchen to the clouds 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z When I saw him this spring in “Everybody,” he popped out of a seat a few rows behind me with a beard that made him look like an elfin Santa Claus. David Patrick Kelly, a Character Actor Vibrating on His Own Plane 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The androgynous figure in a red, short-sleeve jacket looking on from the middle distance with enigmatic intent seems elfin and mischievous, perhaps an agent of transformation. Perfect Poise, Pulled From Jaws of Distortion 2010-12-30T22:46:46Z Shunned by Babe and her friends, he became a bloated self-parody, repeating the same malicious stories in a slurring, elfin voice. ‘The Swans of Fifth Avenue’ review: Would you trust Truman Capote? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z And Mr. Howard’s voice rose to match the music’s crests, from a quiet, elfin murmur to a more insistent, rasp-edged tenor — and at times into a pealing falsetto that merged desperation and exultance. Music Review: Ben Howard at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-04-03T21:27:26Z She is 48, slight, with short, tousled hair and a kind of elfin face that gives her the feel of being someone much younger than she is. ‘The Paying Guests,’ by Sarah Waters, Looks at 1920s Britain 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The late appearance of Ms. Cloud, steely yet elfin in pale gray, adds another psychological tension; her sliding steps, both crisp and plush, are vaguely hypnotic. Review: Beth Gill’s ‘Catacomb,’ Dreamlike and Site-Specific 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The elfin Mr. Keating, the saturnine Mr. Ruddy and the radiant Ms. Street all move persuasively between fragility and strength. Review: In ‘The Naturalists,’ a Farm and a Family Evolve 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the elfin Frenchman, who seemed to dance on a metal cable strung more than 100 stories in the sky as New Yorkers gazed up in amazement. What’s on TV Friday 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Oppenheimer is a charming interlocutor and, with his easy manner and slightly elfin face, he soon becomes an emblem for scientific inquiry at its most accessible and exciting. Review: ‘Into the Inferno,’ Staring Down the Terrors of Nature 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Portrayed with elfin verve by Ana Tsikurishvili, the fairy is a riveting figure whose lime-green dress swirls with tiny lights and whose twitchy movements hint at the feral energy she channels. Review | Synetic’s ‘Peter Pan’ may talk, but it also delivers physical ingenuity 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The surprise continues as an elfin stewardess opens the safety video in Middle-earth — that is, New Zealand. See the 'Most Epic' Airline Safety Video Ever Made 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Mangini, elfin and energetic, was once a nerdy teenager, she said, who was voted most likely to be president by her New Jersey high school classmates. The Home Designers Who Actually Move In 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Finally, sensing victory in my discomfort, a sly grin springs up on Mara’s elfin, alabaster face. T Magazine: This is Rooney Mara 2013-08-22T19:30:38Z Jack White sports a top hat with elfin feathers. The Dead Weather at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T19:29:00Z Carpenter – the elfin organist with peaked quiff, half-shaven head, tight white trousers and hoody, conspicuous biceps and puppy heels – charmed infinite variety from a digital organ. Michelangelo Sonnets; Hippolyte et Aricie – review 2013-07-06T23:09:04Z Her voice was still a high, elfin soprano but no longer cartoonishly shrill; it had grown up to flirt, mourn and profess yearning. The Week Ahead: NOV. 21 ? 27 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z Slightly elfin, casually stylish with a streak of red lipstick, she was warm but precise, apt to turn a question around to her interviewer. Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z While Mr. Snodgrass also does skulls and dragons, most of his pipes, made from clear, wavy glass and colored with mists of molten silver, look like delicate, lovely instruments borrowed from an elfin orchestra. 6 Galleries to Visit Now in TriBeCa, SoHo and the West Village 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Only blocks away from “Lieutenant,” Orlando Bloom — once the elfin prince Legolas in “The Lord of the Rings” — is slaying ’em in a revival of Tracy Letts’s “Killer Joe” at Trafalgar Studios. Orlando Bloom and Aidan Turner Are Drenched in Blood in London 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z A white-haired, elfin woman with a persistent smile and a sharp wit, Ms. Edgmon remembered how her brother was always making music. Woody Guthrie Gets a Belated Honor in Oklahoma 2011-12-27T23:39:33Z In leather trousers and waistcoat, Gainsbourg looks every inch the elfin Gallic rock chick as she mooches around stage between her five-piece band. Charlotte Gainsbourg 2010-06-24T21:30:00Z Venzago, in his late 60s, is an elfin, spirited presence who conducts like a kid in a candy shop, darting this way and that, always finding something more interesting around the corner. Conductor Mario Venzago energizes Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The final movement is at first all cascading arpeggios, punctuated by stretches of elfin dances. Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Gives a Thoughtful Recital at Carnegie Hall 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Winnie is played by Carey Mulligan with an annoyingly passive-aggressive elfin haircut; her wimpish presence is, of course, no threat to the guys, and she could get a special Oscar for simpering. Cannes film festival review ? Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010-05-14T13:31:00Z “But in the person of Miss Hepburn, she is a genuinely charming, elfin waif who will be believed and adored when seen.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Frequency’ and ‘Designated Survivor’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z “I wanted to make a simple, men’s-like women’s shoe,” she says, looking around at the refreshingly no-frills styles on view around her, from a stripped-down open-toe slingback flat to an elfin oxford. 2010-02-08T17:57:00Z Dressed in mismatched plaids, including a dumpy yellow tam-o’-shanter — a notable contrast to Carol’s compact and deep-hued pillbox hats — Therese can look elfin and childlike. Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z She chose songs full of tears and regrets, and sings them in her elfin but expressive voice while her male partners strive for suavity. Playlist: New Music From Washed Out, Buddy Guy and Natalia Lafourcade 2013-08-09T18:39:31Z With her elfin features and skinhead look she was one of pop music's most recognisable figures. Obituary: Sinéad O'Connor 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Recognizable by her shaved head and elfin features, O’Connor began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame. Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z With Hawkins’s alternately elfin and flinty performance at its center, “The Lost King” winds up being a paean to amateurism and unconventionality. Review | ‘The Lost King’: True story of the search for the grave of Richard III 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z He took part in a charity fundraiser in full scuba kit and had an elfin hand from one of his team. Scuba diving Santa makes waves in Florida 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Before their was “Glee” there was “Rudolph,” with its doe-eyed but different hero, its elfin dentist and it island of misfit toys. How to watch your 25 favorite Christmas movies and TV specials this season 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Jordan was elfin to look at and Southern to hear, “limitations” that proved assets. How Leslie Jordan turned Instagram into his greatest showcase of all 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Short, by contrast, is an extrovert, elfin and impish. How Steve Martin and Martin Short created the perfect comic marriage 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z It’s “a kind of elfin forest that makes you feel huge,” he said. The art of creating an outdoor room in your garden 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Manchester City’s central defenders, the players employed as his doughty sentries, were now stationed deep in Atlético Madrid territory, in the sorts of positions more habitually occupied by elfin attacking midfielders. A Plan That Worked Perfectly, Until the Moment It Didn’t 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It was Mr. Janis’s most high-profile role, but with his bald head and elfin features, he was a familiar figure on television and movie screens through the years. Conrad Janis, actor best known for ‘Mork & Mindy’ role, dies at 94 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Her cheeks and nose are elfin red from the whipping winds. In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature “She’s really thriving, really living. It feels like she is aging backwards. It’s a kind of elfin magic.” The 'Mighty Mo' begins her second century as a swimming champion 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Kristen Bell brings a persistent touch of the child in her work, including ‘Veronica Mars,’ yet she’s also a bit of a bad girl — elfin but impish, nice but nasty. Real-life friends Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste on true crime. And the art of couponing 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z At 66, Martin has silver-white hair, a strong chin and sharp eyes that give her a slightly elfin look. Learning to Love G.M.O.s 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Liddy deplored Leary’s “very dangerous” ideas while praising his “marvelous elfin sense of wit and Irish humor.” G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Liddy deplored Leary’s “very dangerous” ideas while praising his “marvelous elfin sense of wit and Irish humor.” G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Two elfin beings search for the missing shard to an all-powerful crystal that can save their world from evil. Movies on TV this week: 'My Fair Lady'; 'Marry Poppins' 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z After all, as Bunin puts it, its world is both “mythic and mundane,” with its elfin leads driving around in a van that has seen better days. 'Onward' is a personal journey set in a fantasy world 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Come Away” takes some big swings, and for that, a tip of the elfin cap. Review: 'Come Away' goes down a rabbit hole and never, never comes back 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. McCarrick was 40, a slightly built man with an almost elfin look. Opinion | ‘Pray for Your Poor Uncle,’ a Predatory Priest Told His Victims 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Tashi is elfin, encounters dragons and wears magical shoes, but the concerns of the real world run beneath the fairytale surface. Tashi: 25 years on and more than 1 million copies sold but still an 'enchanted' delight 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z With her short, elfin red hair and round glasses, the 46-year-old looks more like a cool college professor than a street radical. ‘I am antifa’: Sarah Iannarrone forces runoff in bid to become Portland’s mayor 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Steve went on to produce the TV commercials for Tommy’s various commercial endeavors, amazed at how the elfin matchmaker could turn on the charm for the camera. Perspective | Remembering Tommy the Matchmaker, a D.C. mix of Cupid and P.T. Barnum 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Small of stature, almost elfin, he endured bullying at his English boarding school but found escape in science fiction, including the works of Stapledon, H.G. Freeman Dyson, a visionary and renaissance physicist, dies at 96 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z She played brawny repertory, such as Brahms’ First Piano Concerto, thought ill-suited for an elfin young woman. Commentary: Yuja Wang and Hélène Grimaud, two case studies in stardom 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Sessions, who is 73, has jug ears and is of modest height, giving him an almost elfin quality. How Alabama’s Senate Primary Became a Trump Loyalty Contest 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Cameron, who has white hair and was wearing denim overalls over a purple striped shirt, has a bouncy, elfin energy. A World Without Pain 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z In it, she is sitting on a bed, a pale and puny young woman dressed in clothes that are somehow institutional-looking, with a sheaf of long hair falling around her elfin face. Can a Woman Who Is an Artist Ever Just Be an Artist? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The most important figure, however, was Milton Friedman, an elfin libertarian who refused to take a job in Washington, but whose writings and exhortations seized the imagination of policymakers. Opinion | Blame Economists for the Mess We’re In 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z As ingenues go, she’s always been a bit of a bad girl — elfin, but impish. 'Veronica Mars' proves why Kristen Bell is one of TV's best actors 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z She is a slight, elfin figure, with a Yorkshire accent. Does Extinction Rebellion Have the Solution to the Climate Crisis? 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z He was in his 70s now, a short man with an elfin face and boundless energy. In Search of Ancient Morocco 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Donning a never-ending supply of obvious wigs, the balding, elfin Mr. Conway seamlessly adopted all manner of personas. Tim Conway, uninhibited crack-up artist on ‘The Carol Burnett Show,’ dies at 85 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Last Christmas, Blondeau, dressed as an elfin lumberjack, reclined on a tree placed on its side. Opinion | Au Revoir, Trump and Washington, D.C. 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z She has a short, Jean Seberg hairdo and elfin features, but her manner is serious and no-nonsense, occasionally brusque. The Woman Who Has Styled Justin Bieber, Anita Hill, and the iPod 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z As miniaturized guardians of the natural world, they provided an escape to a kind of elfin Eden, and through their association with childlike wonder and innocence, they fed into the Victorian cult of the child. Delving into the dark origins of sneaky sprites with ‘Fairies: A Dangerous History’ author Richard Sugg 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z With his almost elfin good looks, Karloff-ian timbre and penchant for self-effacing humor, Benedict Cumberbatch seems the perfect fit to play Dr. Seuss’ endlessly captivating Grinch in the upcoming family film. Claire Foy, Christian Bale and nine more stars undergoing movie makeovers this awards season - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z With his thinning hair, paunch, elfin grin and tendency to speak in a quasi-Cockney tongue at carnival-barker volume, Mr. Leach was few people’s idea of an urbane sophisticate or a blow-dried television host. Robin Leach, ‘Jacuzzi’ journalist who hosted TV’s ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,’ dies at 76 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The latter causes “elfin” like facial features and a friendly demeanor in humans. These docile foxes may hold some of the genetic keys to domestication 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z I’ve been called “diminutive” as well, and “elfin”, as if I sleep in a teacup. David Sedaris: ‘If I come across a man my size, I squeak’ 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z It shares some of the sleek virtual-world look of Spielberg’s film, right down to the elfin player avatars. Netflix’s Kiss Me First has an unusually personal take on gamer culture 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z All he has to do is arrange the lifting of U.S. sanctions, as if this were in the power of the elfin Mr. Page to deliver. The FBI Was Desperate for Somebody to Spy On 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Bertschmann is an elfin man with comely features and a warm smile, Mrs. Bertschmann a strikingly beautiful woman of 85. The Struggling Artist at 86 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z And they provide habitats for many birds, such as the coppery headed emerald hummingbird of Costa Rica and the elfin wood warbler of Puerto Rico, both of which live only in cloud forests. Giant curtain erected in Peru in bid to reveal secrets of the cloud forest 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z She was elfin, with an uneasy mix of worldliness and naivety. Palestinian 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi is the latest child victim of Israel’s occupation | Harriet Sherwood 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z And in the space that used to house a Sears store, residents of the area created a “winter wonderland” — an elfin village fashioned from discarded cardboard boxes that once held refrigerators. Town Fights to Turn Retail Tide at a Little Mall That Might 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z An elfin 21-year-old model with dreadlocks named Thomas Castro was buying a ring, encrusted with diamonds and in the shape of two panthers, for his mother. Custom Jewelry With a Hip-Hop Following 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Unsure of her boundaries, the princess starved herself, as if her healthy frame could pare away to the elfin proportions of the models and dancers who fascinated her. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z The disorder, identified in the 1960s, was in fact originally called “elfin face syndrome,” and the physical and behavioral similarities shared by people with Williams and storybook elves haven’t been lost on researchers. How a Real Genetic Disorder Could Have Inspired Fairy Tales 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z You describe the wing sounds of manakin birds during courtship as “like feedback from an elfin guitar.” Why It Matters Who Females Choose to Have Sex With 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z A white-haired man of 65 with an elfin face, Haidary rides his bicycle to work and back. In Kabul, a sidewalk cobbler repairs more than shoes 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z In person, she’s warm and candid, with a wry, wicked sense of humour and elfin looks. Pussy Riot's Masha Alyokhina on Putin, Trump and Brexit: 'It's useless to be afraid' 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z As you know, yours is an unusual face, an elfin face. The Importance of Facial Equality 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z These elfin attributes reflect our own collective fears better than they do the tendencies of the people who inspired them, of course. How a Real Genetic Disorder Could Have Inspired Fairy Tales 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The elfin ordinance, however, did not quell a rash of new construction. Thumbelina’s Secret Architect, Creating Fairy Houses on a New Jersey Trail 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z “I make most of my income just at my house with my partner,” said Ella Nova, an elfin performer with a love of Harry Potter. 'Demon' or 'savior'? Aids activist at war to make condoms in porn the law 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Overhead, chandeliers twinkled like lights in an elfin grotto. My surreal 1980 interview with Michael Jackson: ‘Direct your questions to Janet; she’ll put them to Michael’ 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z That Mr. Shkreli’s elfin features are now the face of pharmaceutical greed is fine with him. Martin Shkreli, the Bad Boy of Pharmaceuticals, Hits Back 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Jackson showed up at Friday’s news conference looking dapper in a gray shirt and black suit, with black Nike sneakers with an elfin cut to them. Remember Knicks Fans, Basketball is a Global Sport 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z He has a wide, expressive face, with a high forehead, elfin ears and long, gleaming teeth. Fast times: what will it take to run the marathon in under two hours? 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Katsivelli is elfin and full of energy; she’s at the Coast Guard headquarters at dawn nearly every morning, carrying boxes of dry clothes, biscuits, and bottled water for newly arrived migrants. The Migrant Crisis on Greece’s Islands 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z "Fairy control" has had to be brought in at a woods in Somerset to curb the "profusion of elfin construction". 'Fairy control' needed in woodland 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z It shares the same platform as the elfin Fiat 500L, which is more than two feet shorter than a Grand Cherokee. Move Over Land Yachts, Compact S.U.V.s Are in Demand 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z When I did I saw an elfin, bald, middle-aged man, close-cropped crown of flimsy white hair, and a stunningly beautiful woman, dark hair, dark eyes. Driving a cab in 1970s New York 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z In 2000, Son met Ma, an elfin and outspoken former English teacher from China's eastern city of Hangzhou. Mega-IPO to rekindle the 'bromance' behind Alibaba's rise 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z After two hours of cerebral-physical music and dance steps that are probably illegal in certain countries, the elfin 55-year-old looks physically exhausted. Prince review – return to stadiums provokes hormonal spontaneous combustion 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z With elfin construction now including "more and more garish" plywood doors with "lots of tinsel and glittery stuff", Mr Acreman said they have had to bring in "quality control" to remove the worst offenders. 'Fairy control' needed in woodland 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z But MGM saw that this elfin pit bull of comic relief could be domesticated and put at the center of its family-friendly films — if only a wise parent was there, armed with moral lessons. The Long and the Short of Mickey Rooney 2014-04-07T20:56:20Z She wrote, designed and appeared in it — an elfin figure with a giant Afro playing the character of Radha, who gives up architecture to become a writer but drowns before completing her first novel. Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade 2014-03-05T10:00:02Z Cherries, chocolate malt and honey are among the ingredients; it’s fun but not all that elfin: The alcohol volume is 11 percent. A Quiet Drink: Beer to Go at Top Hops and Good Beer 2013-12-19T21:16:52Z Quirky tchotchkes, communal newspapers and elfin, wobbly tables conjure up impressions of “a professor’s rambling country house.” Ladies Who Power Lunch 2013-09-03T21:20:42Z The jockeys appear almost bug-like, their gaunt elfin faces framed in a carapace of helmets and goggles. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z A wonky elfin hat in olivey green teeters next to a squat black pyramid. Bioplastic fantastic: tomorrow's gadgets will be made of potatoes and crabs 2013-07-10T11:11:18Z Bettman, a smallish man with elfin features and a purposeful walk, is an anonymous figure who can slip in and out of the NHL headquarters in Manhattan unnoticed by most passerby. After 20 years of booing, Gary Bettman still standing 2013-02-01T00:16:29Z Like that elfin man who comes in every Wednesday before going to the county sheriff’s auction to bid for some law firm on the foreclosed properties that riddle Lorain County. | Donna's Diner: This Land: Losing Sleep but Not Hope at a Diner in Elyria, Ohio 2012-10-14T05:55:13Z Yes, this is that Tony Hayward, looking his elfin, curly haired self and sounding more upbeat than he has in a long time. Tony Hayward, Former BP Chief, Returns to Oil 2012-09-01T21:52:06Z Compounding the challenge, though, the Czechs may be without their elfin midfield dynamo, Tomas Rosicky, who despite years of chronic injury problems remains their most pivotal player. Portugal Vs. Czech Republic: Can Gebre-Selassie Keep Ronaldo Quiet? 2012-06-21T08:35:26Z The elfin creature sprang to his feet, and taking off his cap, bowed very politely. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie 2012-05-22T15:16:50.277Z The lovely chestnut was like a creature of elfin birth—it seemed as if he went without effort; the field toiling after him looked like animals of a lower breed. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The elfin builders of the frost have raised even more delicate structures than the snow. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z As a punishment for their vagaries, all their children are stunted and idiotic; and this accounts for their abominable custom of substituting their own “base elfin breed” for healthy infants. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z But when at sunrise blew an elfin horn, Mischievous Puck was nowhere to be seen, The disobedient princes stood forlorn; Like dew-drops fell their tears on grasses green. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Even the slate-gray deer-mouse, with his white belly, feared not my little friends, the winds; for oft I heard him, in the creamy October moonlight, tuning his tiny elfin song to the night wind's fluting. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He danced round her fears with elfin gambols, till she felt her frail wits tottering; and then, grown of a sudden serious, he would relate what he called facts, which only increased her terrors. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Famine comes, and drought and pestilence; the elfin child dies, and all is ruin and disaster. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Romantic vales stole winding to my eye In gradual loveliness, like rising dreams; Fair, nameless tarns, that seem to blend with sky Rocks of wild majesty, and elfin streams. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z There was, as usual, a North Briton among them, and the wild music of another land of rock and pine and inlet six thousand miles away crept up the screw-torn wake in elfin fashion. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Even the tiny grasses make elfin music when everything is still. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z "Baba, I," was the answer, as the child lifted her elfin face and dog-like eyes to the man. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Nymphs danced before him, elfin creatures made music for him, strange flowers delighted his eyes, and all was an unceasing round of pleasure day after day. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z The author is in possession of one of these talismans; which connoisseurs affirm to be no common elfin arrow, but the weapon of an elf of dignity. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z But let the wood wind flutes begin Their elfin music, faint and thin, I sway, I bend, retreat, advance, And evermore—I dance! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z His long-expected Lady had come to him at last—or rather, come back to him, after an interval of years—grown up into a slim, elfin, brown-eyed piece of Dresden china. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z His china shepherds and shepherdesses called to him over the bleak country, and in the distance like elfin bells he heard the reproachful tinkle of his elegant lustres. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Even when their fragrance steals out heavy and sweet as honey under the fierce sunshine of a windless day, one can hear faint elfin whisperings high up among their somber spires. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The new-comer spoke with an extremely strong Irish accent, and in a hollow, husky voice that implied, on first hearing it, a kind of elfin and subterranean origin. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z What small leaf-fingers veined with emerald light Lay on my heart that touch of elfin might? The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z As a rule, the elfin music moved him. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Hear me quickly, for I feel I am dying, and my elfin voice is scarcely audible to your ear. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z I have no heart to rove in realms of Faery— To follow Fancy at her elfin call; I am too wretched—too soul-worn and weary; Give me but rest, for rest to me is all. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z This, too, was a merely elfin and quaint apparition; no sense of vital reality lay behind it. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The music, however, was certainly Weber's, and the question was, whether the elfin people had learned the airs from him, or he from them. 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 "You imp, you inch, you elfin queen, you!—would you go a-hunting, then?" Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The elfin flowers of the witch hazel shine like threads of gold against the dull leaves that still cling. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The sound of it,—so merry—so full of a sort of elfin amusement,—was as startling to the two boys as though a bomb had been dropped into the room. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z They lifted their black spires against the sky, the air was filled with their resinous scent, and faint, elfin music fell from their tops. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The officer dug him affectionately in the ribs, as one smacks a horse on dismounting after a long run and a clean kill, and the giggle became a cackle of elfin laughter most incongruous. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z And when she realized what the elfin rustle really meant, she turned her delighted and grateful eyes on Jones. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Some Highlanders refused to eat or drink at funeral assemblages in apprehension of elfin interference. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z The fiery beauty hung with elfin airiness on her partner's arm. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z It was just the day for the Fata Morgana's elfin extravagances. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z With solemn gaiety the stars danced far withdrawn on elfin heights: The lilac breathed amid the shade of green and blue and citron lights. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z They have the sense of elfin mischief and keen spiritual sympathy with inarticulate nature which is so recognisable a feature of all Mr. Stephens's writings, prose and verse. The Adventures of Seumas Beg The Rocky Road to Dublin 2011-08-27T02:00:23.463Z Spenser was contented with the fairies of romance, but Shakespeare founded his elfin world on the frothiest of the people's traditions, and has clothed it in the ever-living flowers of his own exuberant fancy. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z He turned the combination swiftly and deftly, his side-face pressed against the unyielding steel, his ear listening intently to the fall of the tumblers that chattered like elfin castenets. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z The sky was blue, and silken clouds, Each like an elfin sail, Swept o'er the waking larchen woods Of bonnie Nidderdale. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z This is the hero-heart of the enchanted isle, Whom now the twilight children tenderly enfold, Pat with their pearly palms and crown with elfin gold, While in the mountain's breast his brothers watch and smile. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z This elfin creature has well been named the Little Wood Satyr, although under our modern conditions it is often found in fields and along hedgeroads rather than in the woods. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z And on their surface many a tiny sail— Gently impelled by Zephyr's mildest gale— Parting the elfin billows with a sheen Like opals set upon an emerald-green. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z The bursting pods Their elfin shrapnel scatter far and wide. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z This was followed by a wild, elfin passage in triple time—a sort of grotesque interlude, like the dance of sprites upon the lawn. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Then her elfin eyes grew wide with despair. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Emerging thence by rapture swayed You rise from leafy ambuscade Poised in the ether, to and fro, One moment, hesitating—so— Flashing from elfin eyes one glance Still on tiptoe You dance! Rebel Verses 2011-07-22T02:00:18.367Z And crimson corals lined the peaceful shore, Disturbed by no wild surge's angry roar; Close to the brink was many an elfin home— Bow'rs built of amber—bathed in silver foam. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z Footnote 32: According to popular superstition, the elfin ladies were fair to look upon, but hollow behind as a dough-trough, and were, in consequence, careful to prevent any one seeing their backs.--Tr. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Here lilies that no hand hath sown Bloom white as foam upon the sea, And elfin bells to earth unknown, Hold frost-bound melody. The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z Before the door stands Judge Dalrymple’s car, latest model; its loud, raucous voice containing no hint of elfin horns as it announces the return of Justice and his father from a spin in the country. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z It was always so in legend of the saints, romance, or elfin tale, or when anything great was to be done. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z And there a cataract, in elfin glee, Danced music, splashing to the elfin sea; Now gently stealing, now in bursts, along The tones came warbling low or loud in song. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z The white night lit up the countryside and gave to it an elfin beauty. Little Erik of Sweden 2011-06-07T02:00:12.210Z Thou elfin Puck, thou child of master mind! Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z Thomas met with a strange lady, of elfin race, beneath Eildon Tree, who led him into the underground land, where he remained with her for seven years. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z It seemed as if a great white wall had arisen and shut them up in some elfin castle on the moor. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z To cheer the guests with music and with song, With harp and pipe, the elfin minstrels throng. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z In old times the fairies had danced round it, and under its shadow a noble knight had formerly dared to meet and talk with an elfin lady. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z She was slender and elfin, a wood sprite in appearance, not the brash and hardy species normally found around New York’s First Avenue. Sports of The Times: Scandinavian Cool That Warmed New York 2011-04-20T00:02:11Z A young man was on his way to his bride, when he was allured into a mountain by a beautiful elfin woman. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Beneath them lights twinkled dimly like clustering fireflies in the misty plain, and once a faint elfin ringing of bugles came up. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Cheer follows cheer through all the elfin ranks; Right graciously she bows and smiles her thanks. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z There was no sound in the house, and none from outside, except when now and then a faint elfin sighing came from the tops of the pines. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Stated by Borrow to be a Scand. word, meaning “elfin plant,” but the dictionaries do not give it. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z It summoned an echo from the mountain that was hardly like a reflection of its simple, industrial sound, so elfin, so romantically faint, so fitful and far, it seemed! The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z A startle-de-buzz booms by on the wings of the night, and once an elfin bat sweeps past on the congenial dusk. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z She reaches out her hand for the bell-rope, when suddenly from the far distance, like mocking, elfin laughter, comes the tinkle of sleigh-bells. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z The girl had appealed with elfin charm, though he knew no more of women than landsmen know of the mysteries of the sea. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z But, with a long, wild cry, she clasped her hands above her head, and fled swiftly up-stairs, disappearing like some elfin sprite in the darkness beyond. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Her elfin face was enshrined in jet-black hair, and two big bright eyes glanced inquiringly at him from the depths of a wide-brimmed, flowered-covered hat. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Her glorious hair for a moment streamed upon his elfin locks, then she was gone, breathing a little faster, while Gaudriole lay humped upon the ground. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Indeed Sotherton almost looks a different athlete, and not just because of her new elfin hairdo. Kelly Sotherton's London 2012 Olympics dream is back on track in 400m 2011-02-18T19:36:00Z Steps were directly over him, and a shadow fell along the surface of the heaving waters, a shadow slight and elfin. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Mrs. Gower sank horrified into a chair, and gazed with a look of despair into the mocking, defiant eyes of the elfin bride. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z I wore my long dress I should dress like an elfin queen under it.—Don't scold, Mother! The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z The dark shadows under her eyes were almost black now and her elfin face even thinner. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z Behold, on the coverlet stood her elfin friend, with a long train of other elves beside him, all clad in the beetle-wing green, and wearing little pointed caps! A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z The soft, enveloping moon shimmer lent a mystic touch of unreality to the elfin form that seemed to float in rhythmic waves against the dark background of the sal forest. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Yet there was something bewitching in the little elfin figure that leaned so gracefully out of the window, and now turned with every sign of impatience. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z A sound came to me, threading the silence like a note from a flute; elfin, elusive, wild. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Know, child beloved, I am thy mother:—the elfin queen, entranced with joy at finding thee, dear human boy! Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Every glade and bosky bourne, every tree and fern-clad undulation, was a scene peculiarly adapted to the elfin and the fay. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z A world whose sound our silence is; too wild Its elfin music beats, too shrill, too rare, To stir the slow pulse of our thicker air. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z But one day he took it into his silly noddle that the elfin cow was getting old, and that he had better fatten her for the market. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z I did not speak, nor move, for I was dumfounded, and the night had been transformed into an elfin carnival of dulcet sounds. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z High above, there are seldom-visited islands within islands, mossy elfin cloud forests filled with endemic birds often known from only one or two specimens collected a century or more ago. On Guadalcanal, Studying Evolution 2010-10-09T14:48:00Z Puck and Robin Goodfellow, and all their elfin throng, have fled ever from the scene. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z She’s elfin, barely 90 pounds, and has dyed black hair “short as a fuse.” The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson 2010-05-22T07:40:00Z Crumlyn Lake, near the quaint village of Briton Ferry, is one of the many in Wales which are a resort of the elfin dames. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It was just an elfin little tune, with quavering minors strung on a listless monotone. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z So we stood and waited, while from farther still, evidently from the tamaracks in the corner of my lot, came the elfin clarion. The Idyl of Twin Fires "On hill or dale, forest or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook," it was his wont to imagine the elfin crew, as they "danced their ringlets to the whistling wind." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z But the faint bird-calls, the elfin pipings, still floated down from the hushed heights of air. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests The legend of the Meddygon Myddfai again introduces the elfin cattle to our notice, but combines with them another and a very interesting form of this superstition, namely, that of the wife of supernatural race. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z As I hearkened to the elfin harmony I became conscious of a certain peace. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z I walked down the road to Twin Fires in a dream, yet curiously aware of the rhythmic throb, the swell and diminuendo, of the crickets’ elfin chime. The Idyl of Twin Fires The dense foliage of the roadside trees rustled gently, showering down upon her an elfin song of gladness. The Man from Jericho Save for these, it seemed a country that some gracious Midas had touched, turning everything to ethereal, elfin gold. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests The air was full of a faint far chirr of night insects, like an elfin serenade, and here and there among the trees pulsed the greenish-yellow spark of a firefly. The Valiants of Virginia Do you not catch the tiny clamour, Busy click of an elfin hammer, Voice of the Lepracaun singing shrill As he merrily plies his trade? Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry We walked on so together to the spot where we first had met, and where first the thrush had sounded for us his elfin clarion. The Idyl of Twin Fires "Then why shouldn't I drive back at eleven o'clock if I wanted to?" asked Stella, striking elfin discords as she spoke. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Or to creep and to suck like an elfin thing To the aching heart of a rose; In the harebell's ear to cling and swing And whisper what no one knows! Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems But the laugh could not still a regular pulsing sound that was in his ears—elfin like the voices, but as distinct—the sound of a horse’s hoofs going from Damory Court. The Valiants of Virginia Lucretia told long stories, to which I gave slight attention, intended to prove that Judith was a marvelous example of old-head-on-young-shoulders, and that Desire, demure, elfin Desire, was a miracle of cleverness and winning ways. The Preliminaries And Other Stories In a “salve against the elfin race” it is noticeable that the herbs, after elaborate preparation, are not administered to the patient at all, but are thrown into running water. The Old English Herbals By her corner she paused, stood on tiptoe for one provocative instant, blew a kiss, laughed her elfin laugh and vanished more swift than any Ariel. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Like the flags that glorify the marshes and spread their elfin sweetness afar, you shine upon the desert wastes of my life. The Master's Violin Her hair, bleached the color of corn-silk, fell over her face in elfin wildness. The Valiants of Virginia Yet the thoughts were not clean-cut, wholly true—they overlapped with the bizarre and elfin impulses of the fancy, and the fine edge of discrimination between reality and dreams was some way dulled. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery A salve against the elfin race and nocturnal goblin visitors: take wormwood, lupin.... The Old English Herbals The nearer elfin beauty dwindled, was lost, forgotten. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus As the kittens grew older, they had the run of the house, which they filled with elfin mirth of motion and reels of Puckish revel. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The Light of the Stars was a glimmering maid Who stole, an elfin, from glade to glade. Shapes and Shadows Not content with the myths, he created little incidents and impossible characters, which glance in and out with elfin fascination. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 Snow-white daisies and the delicate little hare-bell came also into view at intervals, struggling for a brief, sad existence, unless the elfin crew consoled them beneath the moon's pale ray. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Faint, fitful undertone of drowsy chords, far pealing of elfin bells; that was pulsing of busy acequias, tinkling of mimic waterfalls. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Where, indeed, were all elfin promises of fame and fairy hopes of youth? Carnival "I've never heard a whistling cat, So come to the wood with me, And whistle a tune to my elfin child Under the greenwood tree." Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse Nevertheless, Trilby may be a real Scotch elfin. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel I looked into the deep river, I looked so still and long, Until I saw the elfin shades Pass by in many a throng. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series Her elfin face, her malign eyes, her wild black hair and picturesque costume, were all so in keeping with the aspect of the place, that one might have deemed her the spirit of the cavern. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" Only his ears seemed, whatever way they were judged, to follow his father's shape; but even they at present merely gave him a pleasant elfin look. Carnival Ahead, Songeen waited, watching him, her figure a pale, elfin flame form against the shadowy mass of colored crystals. Shock Treatment Underneath the ice, the elfin city still spread downward. Black Amazon of Mars Have I not the magic wand, by means of which, having first invoked the spirit Odeken, one can enter the elfin castle? Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The elfin girl clapped her hands, and when her attendant appeared, she ordered that supper should be immediately brought in. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" And all this wonderful melody came from the elfin Maypole. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series She was walking up and down the room, her cheeks blazing and her eyes as uncannily bright as two elfin lights on a dark night. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days After it they set their wheels whirling, and all day long they spun busily till many skeins of shining silk were ready to be woven into elfin cloth. Lulu's Library, Volume II But the elfin made no stop or stay Till he came to the bank of the Milky Way; Then he checked his courser's foot, And watched for the glimpse of the planet-shoot. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 And as the elfin hostess had declared, a more luxurious meal did not grace the table of the State's Governor that day. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" Mona, once hid from those who search the main, Where thousand elfin shapes abide, And Wight, who checks the west'ring tide; For thee consenting Heaven has each bestowed, A fair attendant on her sovereign pride. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History It is to the effect that knights who will on horseback ride should not like Oluf stay in elfin groves with elfin maidens till morning. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Halting in the grove at one side of the ruin, he listened to the elfin revelry, and the laughter and singing made him all the more determined to proceed. The Irish Fairy Book Upon the meadows where the flowers bloom The elfin maidens hide themselves in slumbers, But soon along the lakes where shadows gloom In every bosky nook they'll dance their numbers. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Not content with the Greek myths, he created little incidents and impossible characters that glance in and out with elfin grace. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Little elfin maid, Old, though scarce two years, With your big dark hazel eyes Tenderer than tears, And your rosebud mouth Lisping jocund things, Breaking brooding silence with Wistful questionings! Songs of the Army of the Night The high and fretted roof Is woven by some elfin hand aloof; Whilst from the painted windows' long array A mellow light is shed as not of day. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 It was as if she spoke to one whom she wished to regard leniently, though she might in reality shower her with that elfin raillery which was the outcome of her own inquietude. Rose MacLeod As swift as the wind in its train behind The elfin gallops along: The fiends of the clouds are bellowing loud. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 It may be that the elfin voices of the storm roused in him an impulse to gratify his distorted sense of humor at my expense—or at his own. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Is it the elfin laughter Of fairies riding faint and high, Beneath the branches of the moon, Straying through the starry sky? Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems There is to be elfin music and a frolic for them. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party But who so bold and merry as this elfin Leo an hour afterwards? Leonore Stubbs I daresay this may have been all very well, considering her little elfin figure, some sixteen years ago or so; but now that she's two- or three-and-thirty, it gives one rather a queer sensation.' The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Was it some elfin euphrasy That purged his spirit so that there Blue harebells, by those ways that be, Seemed summoning to prayer? Days and Dreams Poems She took me to her elfin grot, And there she gazed and sighèd deep, And there I shut her wild sad eyes— So kissed to sleep. Life of John Keats That elfin scene in the forest had come flashing back to his memory, like a prophetic dream, the interpretation whereof was now to be looked for. The Red Moccasins A Story Without doubt to live in the woods always would be to see them all, to acquire to the full the elfin quality one's self and be one of the clan. Old Plymouth Trails As far back as I can remember, elfin tales produced an awful wonderment upon my imagination. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 I sensed elfin amusement in that last thought. Where the World is Quiet Jack o’Lantern is simply misguiding a belated traveller into a bog, and the elfin grin which pervades his countenance testifies to the delight he takes in his 182 mischievous employment. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Still he that dreams and rambles Through his own elfin air, Knows that the street's a prison, Knows that the gates are there: Still he that scorns or struggles Sees, frightful and afar. Poems If the lizard-folk had been goblin in their grotesqueness this visitor was elfin. The People of the Crater Their eyes held and Mike liked what he saw—pert elfin features; shining chestnut hair; even white teeth. Before Egypt Joyce was slim and dark and elfin, full of queer pranks, sudden enthusiastic plans, and very vivid of imagination, a curious contrast to the placid, slow-moving Cynthia. The Boarded-Up House Or bell-ringer of Elfland? whose tall tower The liriodendron is? from whence is borne The elfin music of thy bell's deep bass, To summon fairies to their starlit maze, To summon them or warn. Weeds by the Wall Verses Immediately below us, very far down, was a toy-like valley, with low hills, and flat places, and groves of elfin trees, and a twisting bottle green river with white rapids. Gold There was the oddest expression in the Jinnee's furtive eyes: a kind of elfin mischief combined with a sense of wrong-doing, like a naughty child whose palate is still reminiscent of illicit jam. The Brass Bottle Only—if you listen, please—through the master’s themes, You shall hear a wizard strain, Blind and bright as wind and rain 25 Shaken out of willow-trees, and shot with elfin gleams. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems Green linnets in a golden nest, they chirped and trembled on her breast, And, faint as elfin blue-bells, at her nut-brown ankles rang. Collected Poems Volume Two Dawn glimmered on the gladdening sea; Each zephyr blew an elfin horn To echoes in felicity. Ioläus The man that was a ghost In this attitude she looked more elfin than human, and the light that danced in her black eyes was not of a reassuring nature. Mrs. Tree It seemed impossible for Bet to keep her unruly locks in order at any time, but now as the breeze ruffled it, she looked like some half-wild elfin creature. The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan Then, come away over the hills of thyme, Where folds like elfin belfries chime Till Eve, in a cloud of her dusky hair, Makes it Elf-land everywhere. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems King Death, in the light of the sun, Shrinks like an elfin shadow! Collected Poems Volume Two The graceful little figures seemed elfin and fairy-like in the half sleeves and low corsages of tight bodices from which depended enormously full skirts set off by cute pinafores. Orphans of the Storm They float in phosphorescent clouds over the vegetation, emitting a lurid halo, like fairy torch-bearers to elfin crews. Due South or Cuba Past and Present To what “faery lands forlorn” On the sound of elfin horn? A line-o'-verse or two Shod with elfin silver were the steeds they bestrode. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems The great hills rolled In silence to the deep: The gorse in waves of green and gold Perfumed their lonely sleep; And, at my feet, one elfin flower Drooped, blind with glories of the shower. Collected Poems Volume Two Here lived the elves; she knew them well, and often lay with her head among the violets, listening for the thin sound of their elfin fiddles. The Eye of Dread Thirsting and flushed, from the steed he leapt And quaffed from his helm unbound; Then a mystic trance o'er his spirit crept, And he sank to the elfin ground. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Then Morning rose, and smote from far Her elfin harps o’er land and sea; And woodland belt, and ocean bar To one sweet note sighed—“Italy!” Italy, the Magic Land But O, from an elfin palace of air, A wild bird sang a song so rare, I stayed to listen and—lost my Fair, And walked the world forlorn. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems If you would eat of elfin meat," Says Will, "you must blow up your horn! Collected Poems Volume Two In the white frozen grass, for it was wintertime, knelt the wife of Kong Tolv, holding fast to her bosom the elfin babe, who shivered at every blast of wind, yet, shivering, seemed to smile. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. “A helm of gold is a bonny thing, But I dare not tread the elfin ring.” The Serpent Knight and other ballads Half an hour passed, and from far across the water, as faint and silvery as some elfin signal, the ship sent her message of the time: six bells. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Phil took in her slender, shapely, elfin beauty, and his heart beat a merry riot of pleasure as he sat down by her side. The Spoilers of the Valley If you would feast on elfin food, You've only the way to learn! Collected Poems Volume Two For it is the one great sorrow of the Elle-people, that they, with all others of the elfin race, are shut out from Heaven's mercy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The blithe cuckoo and daisy mild, The daffodils, like elfin fays, The mystery of sunset haze O'er barren moors, his pen beguiled— His heart was pure. The Loom of Life He had the gift of turning platitudes into puzzles, and his hazel eyes were lit with an elfin quality, which, if possible, endeared him the more to his mother. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Opposite the elfin planet, the monster ceased to climb. The Pygmy Planet Like the elfin Tam Lin, "The queen o' fairies she caught me In this green hill to dwell," and these hasty nuptials are a fittingly romantic ending to the summer's poetry. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland But the little elfin babe, unused to the air of earth, uttered continual moanings. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. In a pixy chariot, drawn, Not by deer, but elfin fawn, Thou hast come, Jack Frost and gone. The Loom of Life While they were thus conversing, a queer little elfin sped down one of the moonbeams, like a flash of summer lightning, and in an instant was on his knee before the Queen. The Fairy Nightcaps When the third time he her would kiss She call’d on Mary’s son; Then he became a lovely knight, His elfin shape was gone. Ellen of Villenskov and Other Ballads A sort of weird, dim, elfin day, that dawns at sunset, and envelops and possesses the world. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories She turned away in disgust, but soon her people brought her elfin mirrors, wherein she could see her present self, gorgeously clad, and a thousand times more fair. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The whirring chorus of the cicadas drummed an elfin requiem. Rimrock Trail With a loving smile the beautiful elfin fluttered her wings and flew into his breast, where she lay nestling like a little white dove. The Fairy Nightcaps A thousand elfin sounds, the vibration of leaves, the tiny crackling of cornstalks, the fairy whirr of ground insects, melted into a companionable stillness. The Belovéd Vagabond In the long grass along the creek fireflies sparkled, and their elfin lanterns, waning, glowing, drifted high in the calm August night. The Dark Star She forgot that her boy was of elfin as well as of mortal race. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. It shifted from point to point; its elfin tones ringing sweet and sad like the bugle of a Fairy Huntsman. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children The court looked on in sorrow, for the elfin was beloved by many, but not a fay dared murmur or question the justice of the sentence. The Fairy Nightcaps Again he shouted, and a loud and elfin laugh, that danced with the echoes from crag to crag and billow to billow, was sent forth in reply. The Buccaneer A Tale A gentle breeze rustled the fern, and breathed upon the quaking grass, setting its beautiful spikelets in motion until they seemed like fairy bells rung by elfin fingers. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls I care not! who would heed these elfin tales on such a lovely day? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The pleasant glow of the blazing logs lighted up the circle of happy faces, and peopled the distant corners with elfin shadows. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Then, your Majesty," continued the elfin, "I hastened on, and flew through the window into the room where Charley slept. The Fairy Nightcaps Was she, perhaps, some straying angel—some fervid, bright spirit, flame-coloured and intangible, a being of the elfin race? Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange We encountered hosts of elfin foes, and it required all the dog tactics at Belle's command to acquit herself like the lady and huntress that she was. The World I Live In The night was clear and still, but now and then there was a faint elfin sighing among the stunted trees that died away again. Hawtrey's Deputy It was young King Hafbur bold In his left hand he took his blade, And away he hied to the mountain’s side To seek the lovely elfin maid. Hafbur and Signe a ballad "He's dead!" replied Flamby, an elfin light of mischief kindling in her eyes; yet she was by no means at her ease. The Orchard of Tears It was enough and too much to see his “sad spirit of the elfin race” completely transformed. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange She took me to her elfin grot, And there she gazed and sighed deep, And there I shut her wild sad eyes, So kissed to sleep. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Somewhere a small owl, tremulously melodious, called and called: and from the salt meadows, distantly, the elfin whistle of plover answered. Athalie The elfin maidens we're already dancing on the elf hill, and they danced in shawls woven from moonshine and mist, which look very pretty to those who like such things. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Flamby was thirteen, then, and already her beauty, later to develop into that elfin loveliness which had excited the wonder of Don, was unusual. The Orchard of Tears It is called "fairy-bell" by the Welsh, and was believed to ring chimes for the elfin folk. More Science From an Easy Chair My father sits within the hill, He marshals there his elfin power; Next Monday morn my bridegroom bold Shall bear me to his elfin bower. p. Ermeline a ballad There was something of the elfin child in her spirit. The Place of Honeymoons They expect friends in the elfin hill, grand company, too; but who they are the earth-worm would not say, or, perhaps, he really did not know. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen And when, nearing it, he paused, looking to the right, there was she, a figure belonging to the elfin world of which he dreamed, and seemingly on the point of climbing over the stile. The Orchard of Tears Some elfin quality in her nature was gone, and Harboro would gladly have brought it back again. Children of the Desert Much more, Sir Knight, for thee I’ll do, For sheer goodwill and affection pure; I will for thee a bonnier bride Than any elfin maid procure. Ermeline a ballad The spirit of it—weird, elfin—was abroad, the air was full of it as, alone out in the gusty darkness of the autumn night, at eleven o’clock, Judith walked swiftly toward the Lusk place. Judith of the Cumberlands The third was of quite a different sort; she had learnt in the brew-house of the moor witch how to lard elfin puddings with glow-worms. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen "But I'm a wise kid," replied Flamby saucily, the old elfin light in her eyes. The Orchard of Tears She beat time, and there was music—not such, however, as sounded in the wood at the elfin fête; no, such as is heard at times in the kitchen. The Sand-Hills of Jutland A Jutt is come to our land, Sir King, Armed and dight in elfin way; Of eight good knights the limbs he’s broke, Who strove with him in battle fray. Ermeline a ballad Presently the sense of uncanniness abated somewhat; the elfin in her went out to meet the weirdness of the wood. Antony Gray,—Gardener Then the elfin girls had to dance, first in the usual way, and then with stamping feet, which they performed very well; then followed the artistic and solo dance. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Again before the dawn he climbed into the tower, and, listening when the voices of the world were still, heard clear and sweet, like far-blown elfin horn, another summons. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation “I was expected to go somewhere else,” she answered with one of her elfin looks. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives The sense of isolation was complete and delicious: the roses smelt very sweet, the soft strains of the waltz sounded like elfin music. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Suddenly she looked up, an elfin smile of pure mischief dancing in her eyes. Antony Gray,—Gardener I spoke about it to an earth-worm of my acquaintance," said a third lizard; "the earth-worm had just come from the elfin hill, where he has been groping about in the earth day and night. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen It was like the faint blowing of an elfin horn, but the words came clearly. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation The night was clear and still, but now and then among the stunted trees there was a faint elfin sighing that quickly died away again. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Like elfin music!—sweet strains of infinite sadness—the tune of the Infinite mingling with the semblance of reality! The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days The babe, also, from being a very ordinary looking child, had become the most exquisite little elfin creature that ever was seen. Tales of Folk and Fairies Then they entered the elfin hill, where the select and grand company were assembled, and so quickly had they appeared that they seemed to have been blown together. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Now, Though twilight here, it may be starlight there; Mist makes elfin lakes in the hollow fields; The dark wood stands in the mist like a somber island With one red star above it.... American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany Ydo's laughter rang out like a chime of bells, full of elfin malice. The Silver Butterfly Like elfin music—or like the voice of a human being in pain—the note of sadness became the only real note now! The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days It was like the elfin tiptoeing of her spirit behind the white transparent walls of her flesh. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Out of the depths floated the elfin halloo, the gaily malicious challenge of spring herself, shouted up melodiously from the plains of Alsace—Cuckoo! Barbarians An active young Jewish New-Yorker of wonderful black hair, elfin face, tilted hat, and smart clothes, who did something on the side in real estate. The Job An American Novel That is the proper way to feed these elfin creatures of wood on whose backs little boys gallop through the land of dreams. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 Like elfin music—tender, fitful, dreamy!—an exquisite languor stole into Crystal's limbs. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days But the maiden thou must bring Hither, to our elfin king, Ere three days are come and gone, When the moon hath kissed the stone By our fairy monarch's throne. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 In this case there is first, "a sad and infinitely lovely movement", then, "a wild, elfin passage in triple time", and lastly, "a breathless, hurrying, trembling" close. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature He was full of a fearful joy, with an elfin delight running through it. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Birds were singing in the beech woods over on Orchard Knob Farm, answering to each other from shore to shore, until the very air was tremulous with the elfin music of this wonderful midsummer dawn. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Little crisp puffs and flakes of foam scurried over the point like elfin things. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 The knight he turned him on his steed, And he looked over hill and stream; But he saw not that elfin dwarf again, He had vanished as a dream! Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 She shook her head for answer, pulling impatiently at the orchids which she had gathered up again; they seemed akin to her—half elfin flowers. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus He could see her elfin little face peering around the point, watching for him wistfully. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 While fairer grew each day that elfin throng. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman In the stories of the Magical Ointment it is not so much the theft as the contravention of the implicit prohibition against prying into fairy business that rouses elfin anger. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology But the elfin dwarf he skipped and ran Beside the lover's steed, And ever as Muncaster's lord spurred on, The dwarf held equal speed. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Thus, while in each country they are ascribed to the elfin race—the 'small people' of Cornish folk-lore—their secondary names attach to them a popular belief in their extreme antiquity. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Some shadow of the sly, elfin grin crept over the little con-man's face. Letter of the Law An elfin echo that doth rise Upward from summer seas to bending skies. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman It happens occasionally that these victims of elfin gallantry are rescued by other men than their husbands. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Then scornfully grinned that elfin dwarf, And aloud he laughed again: "There's a key in thy castle, Sir Knight, can break That maiden's heart in twain!" Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The elfin figure of Lemillulot straightened up at the other end of the table. Victory At twilight he sees gnomelike figures dancing before him and anon swallowed up in the darkness; again he sees them, holding their elfin revels on some moonlit cliff. Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Or oft in elfin glee they ride O’er burning deserts blown adrift, Or singing idly, idly glide Afar beyond Night’s purple rift. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman A Pomeranian story marks the transition to a type of tale wherein one special characteristic of elfin gifts is presented. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology The elfin crew leaped up the ropes and came crouching down. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana But here her real self resumed control, as she threw herself into an easy chair by the window and stared out at the desolation of December where dead leaves went whirling in elfin eddying clouds. Jewel Weed Joyce rose among the ferns, delicate and elfin, with a shy perplexity on her face. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories She flies to the jungle, with false tales beguiling, Ah, hear’st thou her elfin babes scream overhead! Lilith The Legend of the First Woman The elfin race were supposed to be on the watch for unchurched or unsained mothers to have the benefit of their milk. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology He stammered his gratitude with weak but fervent voice, then the elfin face darkened. The Fifth Ace There was something elfin, something wild and woodsy, in her manner of dancing; the nymph whose name she bore might so have welcomed a storm in her woods of ancient Greece. The Heart of Arethusa Arthur's supernatural nature doubtless suggested the second movement, with its elfin airs, its flibbertigibbet virtuosity, and its magic of color. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions And in that shadow-land She sorrowing bore, in after-time, a band Of elfin babes, that waked dim echoes long Forgotten there, and ghastly bursts of song. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Of all this, his daughter wrote with an elfin mockery. The Thing from the Lake She took me to her elfin grot, And there she wept and sigh'd full sore, And there I shut her wild, wild eyes With kisses four. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 It clearly promised a real fairy, an elfin bird, a wonderful messenger from the land I hungered to believe in. Woodland Tales Where Raff is uncanny and fiendish, Paine is cheerful and elfin. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The elfin throng Breasted the pulsing air with mocking song. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Bring her the tunes of elfin dances, Bring her the faery Gleam! Nights in London Away bounded the elfin dwarf to execute his behest. Rookwood It seemed 'twas diamonds in the air, or little flakes of frost; It seemed 'twas golden smoke around, or sunbeams lightly tost; It seemed an elfin music like to reeds and warblers rose: 'Nay!' Songs of Childhood The elfin now extended her hand to Maud and said— “‘We thank thee for the readiness with which thou hast followed my messenger into this our hidden kingdom. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 He wore his long black hair in straight elfin locks; those in front having been cut across the forehead just above the eyebrows, as being the simplest method of clearing the way for vision. Wrecked but not Ruined She had a mass of black curls, eyes dancing with elfin lights, a face permanently flushed, and limbs never in repose. Nights in London You drink," said the elfin, bearded face, "to make real a dream. Pygmalion's Spectacles Is it the elfin laughter of Fairies riding faint and high, 'Neath the branches of the moon, Straying through the starry sky? Songs of Childhood |
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