| 单词 | elfish |
| 例句 | I realized who the jogger reminded me of with his elfish features, the mischievous twinkle in his eyes.... The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “But I do,” said a defiant voice with an elfish accent. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She was small—petite, I guess you'd call it—with wispy hair the color of amber and a pretty, elfish face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She was pretty in a dryad-y way, with her purple gossamer dress and her elfish face, but her eyes were green-tinted with chlorophyll from crying. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They had elfish features, and their skin had a slightly greenish tinge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He looked about twenty-five, with curly salt-and-pepper hair and elfish features. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He was only a couple years younger than me, but his round face, milky skin, and elfish features made him look like a teenager. How I became an adventurous woman 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z His face, trim and elfish in his author photo, was covered in a prodigious black beard. Explaining the Popularity of Letters of Note 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z And this zippy liqueur’s appearance in many a summer tiki drink makes it a dram for all seasons, despite the holiday baking spices it sends wafting elfishly up one’s snoot. The one ingredient that can make your summer drinks taste like tiki perfection 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “This does work, right?” he asked his elfish assistant. You didn’t need SkyMall’s pet hammock, you said. Are you sure? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Even Werfel himself, who tells readers he is shorter than his elfish guest, appears as a hulking monster in the illustrations. Kids’ Fantasy Novels That Make Heroes Out of Underdogs 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Their latest exploit begins with a lost child: Maggie, a small, elfish blonde, “the type of missing kid the news media actually notices.” Everything you think you know about ghosts is wrong 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The plate of elfish cream puffs was in disarray when the judges came to taste them, but Lynch explained that there had been a fight between North Pole and South Pole elves. Marshawn Lynch goes ‘Yeast Mode’ on new holiday baking show 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z For example, he deleted descriptions of him as “an elfish boy” who speaks “defiantly” to Wendy and tries to be “more contemptuous than ever”. Peter Pan’s dark side emerges with release of original manuscript 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Dvoskin, 71, is an elfish man with an intense mien, especially during his frequent acoustic bass solos, when the sounds spill off his fingers and roll through the air, one complex harmonic passage after another. Tucked in the corner of a hotel lounge is what is likely the longest running jazz gig in D.C. 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Based on those homely little toys with the stand-up hair, the trolls of the title are ugly/cute, rendered in bright candy colors with elfish ears and stubby little fingers and toes. ‘Trolls’: Cheery kids movie gets a little hair-raising 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z A few double ponytails that twisted back emulated a fun, elfish look. Erin Fetherson's Muses For Fall '15: Taylor Swift, Fairytales And Polished Pixies 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z An elfish man as diminutive and frail as Nyingi is tall and robust, he walks with a single crutch. See You in Court 2012-10-08T05:00:00Z He can be poetic and capricious and elfish in the mazurkas; indeed, it has been conceded that he is the master-interpreter of these soul-dances. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z There was a wild, elfish look about him altogether, as, with a vivacious twinkle of his acute eye, he saluted Diarmid politely, and asked him for a ladleful of the broth. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But this passive terror, this self-restraint at so tender an age, struck the men as unnatural, and taken with its small elfish features awoke qualms in the more superstitious. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The latter was a wiry, elfish fellow, usually very volatile and active. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z "And why--and why--and why?" laughed Pharamond, in elfish mood. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z His pale face and huddled form and his odd and elfish position, as she came upon him, in the shadowy corner only served to confirm and support it. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Urchin, ur′chin, n. a hedgehog: a mischievous child, an elf, fairy.—adj. elfish, mischievous. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Nevertheless, when once in the possession of mortals, they are accounted talismans against witchcraft, evil eyes, and elfish attacks. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The girl was of adventurous turn of mind and was marked by an elfish love of mischief. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z A pathetic wail from the flute offsets this elfish interlude; the gloom of the minor still hangs over all, and the persistent tremolo of the violins becomes oppressive as the perfume of magnolias. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Such, in a more or less mitigated form, were Paine and Cob-bett, Hunt, Hone, and Holcroft; while the same causes in part account for the elfish vagaries of Shelley and the grim improprieties of Godwin. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Thou hast no sex; but, in an elfish way, Thou dost entwine in one, as in a troth, The gleesome thoughts of man and maiden both. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Letty was a fragile, undeveloped child of seven years, with the dark hair and eyes of her father, and the old, rather elfish look of children who have been ill from the cradle. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z His round-shaped ears, like the ears of a mouse, stood out on each side of his head and completed the elfish, sprite-like impression. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z A harp accompaniment like rustling leaves plays around the melody, which is of eolian sweetness, until suddenly, like a fitful breeze, there comes an elfish measure all in the treble. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z From across the hall she could hear Redge and Zaidee prattling to each other from their beds with an elfish glee that began to have long waits between its outbursts. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z On this she sat down, struggling to regain her lost composure and grateful for the sense of quiet and the cool inspiration of the water, over whose margin the moonbeams danced in elfish ecstasy. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Then, with a peal of elfish laughter, she ran and sprung into the water, and swam around the base of the cliff out of sight. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z She scarcely nodded to him, but she grinned elfishly as she rode down into the shallows and her pony’s flying feet spattered them all at the river’s edge. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z With its friendly offices are mingled many elfish tricks. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z "I have been very self-indulgent," said Dane, who had seen the elfish child again and promised to meet his correspondent. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z She crept to the window and looked out over the garden, its elfish vapours dimly lighted by a thin, silver crescent-moon that seemed hanging like a gipsy ear-ring from a swarthy cloud. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z She had been with him, smiling, elfish and tender one moment, and gone the next. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z “I don’t want to talk about him any more,” which reply moved Hazel to cackle elfishly, while cutting weird capers expressive of the vein mischievous. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Her hands dropped wearily upon the keys, which sent forth an echoing chord, and the elfish eyes were veiled. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z She was a pretty, elfish little thing, though her well-mended garments betokened industrious poverty. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z “Tom doesn’t believe, I suppose, that girls would quite understand his manly feelings,” she added with a sudden elfish smile. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z She was transformed, radiant; but on her glowing face and glorified eyes he saw, with a return of incredulity, the elfish lights of the dramatizer. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Her elfish eyes noting that Marjorie’s smart attire betokened a possible luncheon or tea, Mignon was consumed with a lively curiosity to learn the pretty senior’s destination. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z And as she spoke the elfish eyes gleamed strangely into his own. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Polished and smooth and half divine; And let your elfish fingers chase With riotous grace The purest pearls that softly glow. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Her chin had become so pointed that it seemed almost elfish, and her head appeared too small for its heavy crown of jet-black hair. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z The wind blew her hair about her face; hers was an elfish face to-night. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Her elfish eyes roved challengingly from one girl to the other. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Streets began to stretch away on either side, interminable, squalid, filled with scowling, squaw-like women and elfish children. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Mona was there—Mona of the quiet eyes and the silent ways and the little elfish head. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z For Polly did look elfish at this moment, with her knees huddled up almost to her chin and her head resting on her hand. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z She threw him an elfish kiss from her finger-tips and hastened into her airy improvised bedroom. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z Backing toward her chair she sat down, a curious expression of malevolent resolve in her elfish eyes. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z "I wouldn't, neither,"—she glanced at me elfishly from under her yellow locks—"not if you helped me." Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z A wild, dark, elfish changeling, not at all pretty, but the most bewitching sprite withal, that ever kept a household in confusion. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z She had with it all a smile so saucy, so winsome, so elfish, and yet so innocent, it was impossible for the average man or woman to think ill of her. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z She threw him an elfish kiss from her finger-tips and hastened into her airy improvised bedroom. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z As she 123 neared it her elfish eyes began to sparkle with malicious purpose. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z In Alexandrian poetry Eros is at one time the powerful god who conquers all, at another the elfish god of love. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Don't mind my talk, dear aunty, I always was a crazy, elfish changeling, without a heart, you know. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z "Master's gone to the village, to see his ma," said the servant, who was small and elfish and somewhat brazen. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z She threw him an elfish kiss from her finger-tips and hastened into her airy improvised bedroom. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z As she greeted her companions her elfish black eyes kept up the usual incessant roving from face to face. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z An instant later her small, elfish face bent to the opening and she peered in on us—as one who views caged beasts of the jungle. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z He started back almost in terror, as he ceased; for standing by his side, with her eyes fairly blazing upon him with a wild, intense gaze, was the elfish Gipsy. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Granny Tunks laughed in an elfish manner when she heard herself spoken of thus, and seemed very little put out. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z And Georgia would laugh the shrill elfish laugh of her childhood, and fly up to her room, and lock herself in, and be invisible until he had gone. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Those who did not call him “Prophet Eli,” his own choice of title, dubbed him “Old Trouble,” for he scented disaster with an elfish sense, and followed it north, east, and west. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z This statement would certainly apply to the California children, in whom the ordinary forwardness of the American child became a sort of elfish precocity. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The golden curls, the elfish laugh, Rose cheeks and glittering eye Are glories, too, like bells of blue And red convolvuli. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z Now playful, quaint, elfish, then serious, vivid, confidential, they show that the writer's intelligence was as rare as her nature was loyal and affectionate. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z And so dark, and fierce, and elfish did she look at that moment, that Miss Jerusha fairly quailed before the small, unearthly looking sprite. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z And both tribes of beings, so far as they can be distinguished, are the same as the elfish peoples—pixies in Cornwall, Robin Good-fellows in England, goblins in Wales, or brownies in Scotland. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The conscious, childish malice of her words twisted her lips into an elfish smile. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Davey craned his neck, looking back along the road several times, and the last time he looked Deirdre was standing alone, an elfish figure outlined against the sunset. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z In his own proper character, however, Pwca has a sufficiently grotesque elfish aspect. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Peggy regarded her sister with elfish, hazel eyes as she took her seat at the table. The Trail of Conflict As she stood in the elfish light of her one candle, the poignancy of her joy was as sharp as her past pain. The Valiants of Virginia Chica nodded with a quick elfish grin of intense pleasure and appreciation. The Firebrand She was a most disconcerting, baffling creature—a tricksy, elfish spirit, that delighted in malicious fun. Life on the Stage The result was believed to be that the demon entered into the substance, and through it passed into the body of the man at whom the enchanter aimed his elfish darts. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II For it all laughed—surely yes; and the elfish chorus was led by the white pagoda, standing like a Chinese Pierrot, at the centre of the revels. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece This elfish dement in Stevenson is most apparent in his letters and stories. The Vagabond in Literature Under these shreds of the elfish vapour you still can find Horai—but not elsewhere.... Lafcadio Hearn The shadows leaped elfishly upon the bare, clear walls, as though shaken with silent laughter. Shadows of Flames A Novel He had no reply ready for that elfish question, so obviously, it seemed to him, designed for the purpose of arousing him to argument. Thirty He gave the effect of subduing what his father almost elfishly expressed. Ewing\\'s Lady Tita was taken out on the floor several times by the officers, who were amused by her little airs and her small elfish face: she glowed with triumph. Anne As the darkness deepened the sound became sweeter, sometimes swelling until the whole house seemed to vibrate with the elfish resonance.... Lafcadio Hearn As she broke open the paper and looked down at the object in her hand, her face was a study of elfish triumph and unwilling admiration. Shadows of Flames A Novel As far as the eye can see in one direction, extends the Black Forest—the very name of which brings to mind elfish legends innumerable. An American Girl Abroad Presently he drank a glass of brandy, smiled in remembering pleasure, lighted a cigarette, and took his post on the hearth rug, his eyes dancing elfishly, his lips moving. Ewing\\'s Lady An author must have us in no uncertain grip when he can induce us to read him by a light so impermanent as that of the elfish coal. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time That is the secret of the strangeness and beauty of things, the secret of the thrill they give, the secret of the elfish charm of the people and their ways. Lafcadio Hearn He longed sometimes to romp with her, as if she had been the child that she looked when her elfish smile stirred her face. Shadows of Flames A Novel It is more than probable that he hobnobbed with the Italian banditti, and took an elfish delight in depriving honest travellers of their wits and purses. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 She made no answer; but her elfish eyes sought his, and braved their quiet rebuke. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part A child not far from Dorothy’s age, with straight black hair, and elfish eyes, opened the door, looked her over, and shrieked a staccato summons. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted I should hardly have come a thousand miles out of my way, since set of sun, had it been merely to gratify Manitou-Echo in an elfish whim. The Red Moccasins A Story Green, gold, and blue lightning darted from plain to sky, trailing fainter colours that danced elfishly; and the sheet of living flame took form. The Plow-Woman Here and there, in light and shade, Ill-assorted couples strayed: “Lord,” said Puck, in elfish glee, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” The So-called Human Race Perhaps these primitive folk were elfish, dwarfish, or otherwise peculiar in 86 appearance to the superior new-comers, who would in pride of race scorn the small, swarthy aborigines, and refuse all communion with them. Legends & Romances of Brittany "Oh, good!" said the boy, with his elfish little countenance lighting up. A Country Gentleman and his Family His rusty black tile, so wondrously become a cornucopia of wealth, had by that same magic upset the old fellow into a kind of hysterical gaiety, which was most elfish and uncanny. The Missourian This elfish splendour looks chill to my vision, and feels frozen to my touch. Shirley Tommy rumpled his spiky hair, and gave her an elfish glance. Mrs. Tree There appears to be a deep-rooted conviction that the elfish race devotes itself to the annoyance of mankind, practising a species of peculiarly irritating trickery, wanton and destructive. Legends & Romances of Brittany —The boy here paused, with a curious elfish gravity. A Country Gentleman and his Family He smiled suddenly, rather elfishly, at the security agent. Status Quo There was something uncanny, almost elfish, in the woman's voice and eyes, and yet even before her words were fully uttered the truth stood revealed to him. Money Magic A Novel The graceful girl moving by the side of her giant escort seemed like a slender ray of light, a radiant, elfish form, transparent, intangible, gliding softly along with a huge, black shadow. Carmen Ariza Cap, with her quick perceptions, instantly discovered the drift and purpose of this action, which immediately provoked all the mischievous propensities of her elfish spirit. Hidden Hand A man's ideal at seventeen Must be a sprite— A dainty, fairy, elfish queen Of pure delight; But later on he sort of feels He'd like a girl who could cook meals. In Times Like These Because," and the Elf looked elfish, "if I give it to him with my own hands, how will he cane my hands with it? Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India But, alas! how should even a sister know him in the dim starlight, among the passing troops of elfish and mortal riders? Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Agnes Sterling was a slender, elfish, dark-haired girl—lovely, he had thought her, on the occasions of their few brief meetings. The Pygmy Planet "Why, yes," said the fairy, her bright eyes twinkling elfishly, "I think I may say that they're rather intimate with me." Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box Summer came, and hay-harvest, Anna was a brown elfish mite dancing about. The Rainbow At the sounds of the noise and laughter a small figure stirred in the shadowy chimney-corner, the figure of a little, bent, old man, with a queer, elfish, hairy visage. The Silver Maple She seemed a part of that beauteous night, elfish and delicate as a moonbeam or a flower, fragile as the song of a bird. When Dreams Come True They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Yes, a child, and a little one—a boy of not more than seven years, with elfish brown locks, and eyelashes which swept the olive tint of his cheek. Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Anger, surprise and chagrin swept the elfish face of the French girl. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore Their head-gear is much after the Chinese style, except, that in addition to the queue, they allow the remainder of the hair to develop itself, which it does in the wildest and most elfish manner. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 But Flamby eluded him with ease, gliding behind the trunk of a friendly oak and peering out at the enraged man elfishly. The Orchard of Tears The truth is, there are two spirits in Mr. Hardy, one infinitely sorrowful and tender, the other whimsical, elfish and malign. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions The animal put its little, scrawny arms about the queer child’s neck, and there was almost the same elfish, wistful look in both pairs of dark eyes. Madge Morton's Victory When she saw the last spoonful vanish, she smiled elfishly. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore From head to heel they are covered with thick shaggy unkempt masses of hair; that on their heads and faces hanging down in wild elfish locks. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 I should sit upon your altar like a withered fairy, casting dust over my unhallowed head and calling down elfish curses upon you. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance She looked up at him with elfish mischief in her aggressively pretty face. The Long Portage She was gazing up in the air, above all the traffic and roar of New York, with a happy smile on her elfish face. Madge Morton's Victory A pair of elfish black eyes were fixed upon her in curious intent. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore A shriek of elfish laughter greeted this speech and looking up the Scarecrow found the trees full of black crows, who seemed much amused by the straw man's one-eyed countenance. Little Wizard Stories of Oz Grace shrugged her shoulders with an elfish gesture. Peggy Or, if not, thou strange and elfish child, whence didst thou come?” The Scarlet Letter There was no dark head with its straight, short black hair and quaint, elfish face pressed close against Madge’s lovely auburn one. Madge Morton's Victory A black-haired, black-eyed girl, whose elfish face wore an expression of mingled contempt and amusement, advanced into the room with a decided air of one who wishes to create an impression. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore "I don't like you," he said slowly, regarding the Hun, with his elfish eyes. War and the Weird A queer elfish little creature, they say, as fond of solitude down here as the squire, and full of hobbies. Robert Elsmere Pearl pointed upward, also, at a similar picture in the head-piece; smiling at her mother, with the elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. The Scarlet Letter She was something too elfish—and then there was the Billings mouth already mentioned. Tutors' Lane She now stared at Mignon's irregular, disjointed writing, which in some curious way suggested the girl's elfish personality, with unhappy eyes. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore "Elise is not bye-o yet," piped a thin voice from where two eyes were sparkling elfishly from a tangle of golden locks. War and the Weird Upon her white face and supple figure played the elfish glow, lighting the little cap and the waving tresses beneath. Under the Rose Then, as she caught the French girl's elfish eyes fixed upon her, mocking incredulity in their depths, she rallied her doubting spirit and resolved to outplay even Mignon. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman Then thrusting his face back into the room through the narrowing crack of the door, he added with elfish leer, "Just the same, I still think that Coulter had something to do with those baskets." Carl and the Cotton Gin Her elfish face glowed with suppressed excitement and her black eyes roved about, with lightning glances, born of a curiosity to inspect every detail of her unfamiliar surroundings. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore Everything gets drenched and sopping, and it really appeared as if these white hazelnut flakes were possessed by an elfish desire to baffle your most careful efforts to keep them out. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler She moved very slowly forward, so slim and young and tall, with such big, dark-blue eyes, and such slender, elfish grace that she did not look like a real flesh-and-blood girl. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World Suddenly she divined, rather than saw, Mignon's elfish eyes fixed upon her. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman But with all his usefulness and elfish mystery Fire simply remains fire, and there's an end of it, for the ordinary man. Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India But each searcher into the dim and dangerous future has, of course, individual methods—some shuffling seven times and some ten, and so forth, and all intent upon placating the elfish goddess, Caprice. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 The child was a wild dark creature, slim and elfish, with a queer little smile that flashed sudden as an April sun. The Highgrader "I tell you it ain't like it used to be," she said with a shake of her elfish head and a twinkle in her brilliant eyes. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge Had Lucy seen her she must have screamed, for nothing more elfish than that face could be imagined. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls Mary Rose's yellow hair had always been bobbed but no one had seen that it was trimmed before she left Mifflin and it hung in rather straight lanky locks about her elfish face. Mary Rose of Mifflin The black eyes of Professor Dodd twinkled more elfishly than ever when I exhibited to him my glorious treasure. Memoirs On the stage the embodiment of elfish fun—— 120 De Castro. The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts Oh, she is at the bottom of all his craziness, she and that elfish daughter. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem This is the fairy land; O spite of spites We talk with goblins, owls, and elfish sprites. Shakspere, Personal Recollections Her delicate, elfish face melted into the sweetest smile; she stood on tiptoe, holding out to him her tiny arms. Marriage à la mode Instantly these underground chambers broke forth with wild, elfish voices that mimicked his merriment till it died on his lips. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories This he seized in his iron grasp and hurled it at the elfish figure in the hall below. Frontier Boys in Frisco In Notting Hill we have felt to its core the elfish mystery of your profession. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Try and keep the elfish boy you were when you arrived. The Hippodrome It danced elfishly, and trippingly—for very joy it made one laugh. Joyce of the North Woods Grimm says, "He was Jewish, heathenish, Christian, idolatrous, elfish, titanic, spectral, all at once." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life "It is, of a truth, most sad, that we cannot oblige you," Adrienne cut into the conversation, her elfish black eyes snapping. Jane Allen: Right Guard Lady dear, if Fairies may For a moment lay aside Cunning tricks and elfish play, 'Tis at happy Christmas-tide. Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a facsimile of the original Ms. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" "I am riding," she answered with an elfish smile in which her eyes took no part. The Hippodrome When he was awake his elfish eyes were fixed in solemn stare upon the mother-face. Joyce of the North Woods Then she rose and crossed over to his chair and perched herself, with odd, elfish, girlish grace upon its arm. Then I'll Come Back to You She was merely wilful and undisciplined and—I hardly know how to convey what I mean—elfish. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story His little elfish face and figure was recognised by old Paulines as suggested by a form master of their youth; but by the entire reviewing world as Max Beerbohm. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Whether that was the case or not, these two had a kind of quaint, elfish friendship between them, Firefly in her heart of hearts worshipping Polly, and obeying her slightest nod or wish. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl In his heart he groaned over her beauty as if she were lost to him forever in this elfish transfiguration. A Chance Acquaintance She made him doubt himself; she laughed at him, elfishly and without excuse or explanation. The Place Beyond the Winds The initial force of the German romantic school, he founded his operas on romantic themes, and depicted in tones the things of the weird, fantastic and elfish world that kindled his imagination. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music But whether her parents, as they looked into the baby's clear dark eyes, saw there anything weird or elfish,—or whether the name 'grew,'—of that there remains no record. Wych Hazel She pressed her handsome face close to the little, elfish, even evil face of the child, and kissed it. The Debtor A Novel You look strangely worn and ill; and your eyes are distressingly elfish and shadowy. Infelice A sound of gibbering gnomes, of elfish song— Mingling high discords with the patient clink Of instruments of toil—of laughter strange— Warned them of the wild laborers they must meet. The Arctic Queen She is not pretty, nor in any way got up, but is elfish and quaint-looking, and quite young. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books It was a very dirty face just now; his red hair, long neglected, hung in wisps over his forehead and about his ears, giving him an elfish look in the candlelight. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Between them walked Neville, with her small, pointed, elfish face, that was sensitive to every breath of thought and emotion like smooth water wind-stirred. Dangerous Ages And something strange in the present proceedings, the loneliness of the place and the elfish character of his guide, suddenly warned him to be cautious. Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad Jock Binning, crutched and with an elfish face and figure and voice, had pulled down upon himself the office of revelator. Foes She owned to thirty-four, and a decade ago, when she had first joined her father in India, she must have possessed a certain elfish prettiness of her own. The Moon out of Reach She fancied she heard low, elfish laughter behind the scenes, and already the hiss of the critics seemed to sing in her reeling brain. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 She had the look of a dryad at odds with the world, a whimsical and elfish intellectual. Dangerous Ages It was a wild and elfish face, while a pair of ears, ending almost in points, stuck up through the masses of thick, curly hair that covered his head. Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid "Never mind, mother mine," said she, turning in elfish mood to brush her lips across the frustrated fingers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 She laughed elfishly at him, her head swaying faintly with the rhythm. The Palace of Darkened Windows The little elfish black pony was in more frequent request than ever; for his mistress now went out at any hour that suited her whim, in any weather, chose the loneliest by-ways, and rode furiously. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Back among some of his idle dreams there had been a Kitty, blue-eyed, black-haired, slender and elfish. The Voice in the Fog She looked up at him rather defiantly—seated on a low stool, her elfish chin in her elfish hand, her pretty little rose-bloom face peeping brightly out from the scented yellow curls. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week The boat, a tiny speck on the surface of chaos, darted and checked and swerved lightly at the imperious bidding of unguessed forces, reaching up from the depths to pluck at it in elfish sportiveness. Success A Novel I forgot to say that you may sometimes hear a viewless shuttle—chaka-ton, chaka-ton;—but that familiar sound, in the great green silence, seems an elfish happening. The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories The mass of blubber and plasm pulsed with an elfish glow. London River They had found the princess fast asleep under a rose-bush, to which the elfish little wind-puff had carried her, finishing its mischief by shaking a shower of red rose-leaves all over the little white sleeper. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know For a year or two the lean, thready little girl looked like no one but her own elfish self; and then—it was like a revealment—she grew to be like Nella-Rose! The Man Thou Gavest And then, as he listened into the darkness, a tiny elfish glimmer flickered in the void below, flickered and was gone, and he rubbed his eyes for playing him tricks. A Maid of the Silver Sea What an odd, elfish, wistful little face it was—keen, alert, intelligent, it reflected every emotion that filled her, and her emotions were many. How It Happened A small room contains some admirable bits of the work of Richard Doyle, among other things a weird and grotesque, but charming cartoon of an elfish procession passing through a quaint and picturesque mediaeval city. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) It had a large head—larger than most infants have—but its body was thin, elfish, and distorted, every joint and limb being twisted in some way or other. A Noble Life She was tall, slight of figure, with a little head of almost elfish beauty. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance For Hortense, she had a real respect, but even that improper and brazen spirit quailed at times before her cynical and elfish regard. The Golden Scarecrow But this little elfish creature, with her blazing eyes, friendless and penniless in the world, had probably been exposed to experiences the English girl would know nothing of. The Mating of Lydia Her pinched features and over-wise eyes told a tale of suffering, and so did her high-pitched, quivering voice, as it made elfishly sharp remarks about the boys until they blenched before her. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods And each time there came a shell he dived to the bottom of his hole, then reappeared, showing his dirty, elfish face, until it was time to duck again. The Downfall Her short, curling hair gave her an almost elfish look. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories The light from an upper window made a halo of his blazing head and lit up his small round face, faintly and absurdly grave, but with something elfish and eager lurking behind the gravity. The Dark House In forty-eight hours, even, of comfort and cosseting her elfish thinness had become a shade less ghastly; and the self-possession which had emerged from the state of collapse in which she had arrived amazed Victoria. The Mating of Lydia In five minutes I was taking my homeward walk, mind and heart full of my elfish visitor, with his strange and ancient thoughts, his sharp speeches and queer fancies. The Story of Patsy "But what is this now," she said wondering, yet with a little elfish gleam of laughter, "but—love?" The Fortieth Door He was trotting on ahead of me, and the outline of his erect and elfish ears was dark against the sky. The New Jerusalem In the shadow in which he sat the chuckle sounded elfish and almost mocking. The Dark House She was a small elfish creature with a thin face, on the slenderest of necks. The Testing of Diana Mallory Here, for example, is a short distinct poem merely descriptive of one of those elfish German jugs in which it is to be presumed Tokay had been served to him. Robert Browning But there is an incident in our friendship which shows how he managed to weave in with the blessed spirit of Christmas the elfish, cheery spirit of his own. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 The girl with him was the odd and elfish little creature who had been hurt in Scarborough Square and whom he had helped bring in to Mrs. Mundy. People Like That There she heard inquiries and remarks showing how widely spread and deeply rooted was the notion of Peregrine’s elfish extraction. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Veronica was an elfish creature, nine years old, diminutive and pale. The Morgesons It was exactly the kind of elfish phrase to which Browning had, it must always be remembered, a quite unconquerable attraction. Robert Browning Clara was slender and elfish, with a wealth of yellow tresses falling down her back. The Soul of a Child I looked into the fire, and the odd, elfish, frightened face of the girl with the baby in her arms looked at me out of the bed of coals. People Like That While knocking at the door of the house on the opposite side of the Close, she was aware of an elfish visage peering from an upper window. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago She had no strength, no appetite, and looked more elfish than ever. The Morgesons And flashing round upon me with the solitary petal in her hand, she presented it with a low bow, in elfish mockery of the manner of the court exquisite. Red Axe They had given her elfish reminders of how soft, how pink, how perfumed was that woman's tender flesh. The Precipice On one side of me the little, elfish creature with her frightened eyes and short, curly hair seemed standing; on the other, the girl to whom Harrie was engaged. People Like That Two round holes cut in this ghostly head-gear revealed simply two black glittering eyes, which shone with that singular elfish effect which belongs to the human eye when removed from its appropriate and natural accessories. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 She did not return till time for supper, looking elfish, and behaving whimsically, as if she had received instructions accordingly. The Morgesons Then even as I spoke I saw that my father had drawn himself up in bed, and that he too was staring at the strange, elfish figure. Red Axe It is a Walpurgis-nacht procession, a checkered play of light and shadow, a medley of impish and elfish friendly and inimical powers. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy Before he could command himself, she danced a step or two, with an elfish air, and slipped away through the green willow wall. The Eyes of the World For he never displayed a single trace of the merry, tricksy, elfish fun of the terriers and collies that we all know, nor of their touching affection and devotion. Stickeen She gathered up her hair and shook it round her face, with the same elfish look she wore when she pulled it over her eyes as a child. The Morgesons She came in with a skip which would have been entrancing in some elfish mignonne who could dance light-foot on spring flowers without crushing them. Red Axe She was as popular with women as with men, for there was something disarming, attaching, almost elfish, in Bubbles Dunster's charm. From out the Vasty Deep Their dark complexions, hair and beards; their bright, mobile expression; their manners toned by the graces of Eastern civilization, were a strange contrast to the shaggy, elfish, ruddy-faced throng about them. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls Clouds began to gather in the sky, throwing elfish shadows as they passed. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates I took it away and wiped her face, which looked at me so childly, so elfish, so willful, and so tenderly, that I took it between my hands and kissed it. The Morgesons The elfish figure straightened haughtily in the chair. Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10 Bubbles was beginning to look her own queer, elfish little self again. From out the Vasty Deep She was sometimes shocked quite as she had shocked Gopher Prairie by these girls with their cigarettes and elfish knowledge. Main Street Presently, however, they were startled by a peal of shrill, elfish laughter, and raising their eyes they beheld a horrid-looking old man seated upon a high rock near by. The Enchanted Island of Yew Pearl pointed upwards also, at a similar picture in the head-piece; smiling at her mother, with the elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. The Scarlet Letter What," she demanded, and her smile was elfish, "what if I had lied to you? The Certain Hour Once more a golden moment slipped away with elfish elusiveness, and Colette, secure in her supremacy, resumed her tantalizing badinage. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley I cannot describe how very odd and elfish it did seem to have those sonorous words rolling out of the smiling mouth. Stories Worth Rereading The dancing elfish child—who had no memory of her own mother—had begun by taking the little old maid under her patronising wing. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I As he asked the question his gaze happened to rest on the dog, who was peering at him through the ragged, elfish wisps of hair nearly covering its face, with eyes that were startlingly human. The Little Colonel This strange headdress gave her an elfish appearance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Our elfish guides led us back along the trail to the farmhouse. The Forest She stood in the middle of the room, pointing with an elfish finger to a large cage of white mice which stood in the window. Robert Elsmere I lit the candle again, and elfish moths, with specks of burning charcoal for eyes, dashed at me or whirled and spun about the flame. Two Summers in Guyenne That last glimpse of her, with the strange mockery and an almost elfish malice in her fine eyes, went home with me later to cause vague disquiet and fresh suspicion of her truth. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons The worst of it was," continued Bobby, with an elfish grin, "Old Dimple grabbed them up and said right out loud: 'Oh, here they are, Ellie!' The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause Our elfish little girls at once offered, and went dancing off down the trail like autumn leaves in a wind. The Forest A queer elfish little creature, they say, as fond of solitude down here as the Squire, and full of hobbies. Robert Elsmere Yet these Oriental landscapes possess charms of colour extraordinary, phantom-colour delicate, elfish, indescribable—created by the wonderful atmosphere. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series However, he climbed down again to Louie, and found a dark elfish figure standing outside their den, and dancing with excitement. The History of David Grieve "A groom!" exclaimed Myra, with an elfish laugh; "I believe, if the truth were really known, we ought to be making our own beds and washing our own dinner plates." Endymion It was so good to see him lounging on the sofa again, his green-gold eyes bright, his brown face with its elfish smile radiant now that his point was won. The Nest Builder His elfish fancy in childhood is probably reflected in Pip, of Great Expectations. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived They are fox-women or other goblins; and their supernatural character is suggested by a peculiar expression of the eyes arid a certain impossible elfish grace. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Footsteps, voices, all were gone—save for one long peal of most human, but still elfish, mirth, which came from the Red Brook. The History of David Grieve But he had never heard of any settler on the Salt Fork, and almost laughed at the thought, believing for the instant his brain played him some elfish trick. Keith of the Border Canaries carolled, and some elfish bird scolded, screamed, and laughed so like a human being, that Johnny felt sure that magic of some sort was at work next door. The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School The expressions were as various as the poses; now it was demure penetration, now a subtle inviting glance, now burning passion, and again a look of elfish and elusive mockery. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales An elfish plot of a flower garden, alas! how much dwarfed, then stood in rear of the dwelling to the north, it once enjoyed the privilege of attracting many eyes. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present But he seemed to hear her elfish laugh for some time after. The History of David Grieve "An elfish mood is upon her," he thought. Between Whiles Some of it possesses the lightness of these elfish tales. Halleck's New English Literature I have an elfish maiden child; She is not two years old; Through windy locks her eyes gleam wild, With glances shy and bold. A Hidden Life and Other Poems Without waiting for an answer the elfish face of Ann appeared through the willow tangle. Up the Hill and Over Peculiar were the forms the fire took an elfish pleasure in assuming. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 Her husband noted, with a faint thrill of wonder, that, at times, and in a rather unwholesome, elfish way, Patricia was actually beautiful. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations The child's big black eyes, and long snaky locks falling about a pale face, gave her an elfish look quite in keeping with the character of the house. Miss Ludington's Sister Soft Shoes had already raised the trap and was looking down into the room, his rather elfish face squeezed into a grimace, half of distaste, half of sardonic amusement. Tales of the Jazz Age Weariness, disgust and defiance were painted visibly upon the elfish face. Up the Hill and Over She looked elfish as she asked the questions, a smile parting her lips. Princess Polly's Gay Winter But, alas! how should even a sister know him in the dim starlight, and among the passing troops of elfish and mortal riders? The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales The door was opened, after a considerable interval, by Alta, the elfish little girl. Miss Ludington's Sister It was a charming piece of what I simply cannot and will not call "elfish" writing. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography At length she peered at him through the leaves in an elfish way, and questioned:— "If I come down and give you some, you'll promise you won't touch me?" The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Possibly the big hat helped to conceal or accentuate—at any rate, the effect was somewhat elfish. Fran The former wept, and begged for a box of Cockles' pills; but Lois tossed her elfish head, and gave me to understand that she had never been properly admired or appreciated whilst in my service. Station Amusements in New Zealand The elfish little girl, whom they called Alta, and who appeared to be the daughter of Mrs. Legrand, meanwhile took her place at a piano standing in the front parlour. Miss Ludington's Sister If, however, someone with a stronger stomach in regard to words called it elfish I should understand what he meant, and agree. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography That is the secret of the strangeness and beauty of things,—the secret of the thrill they give,—the secret of the elfish charm of the people and their ways. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation This sharpness of feature was in her verylaugh itself; while in that hair-encircled oval was the light of elfish mockery, but of no human joy. Fran They all had the same wild black eyes, and wild elfish straggling locks; but neither the mother nor the children were comely. Castle Richmond Perhaps to pretend to powers which she did not possess, perhaps out of sheer elfish mischief, or perhaps, as she asserted, just to teach us a lesson and to humble us in our own sight. She and Allan His black, elfish, uncombed locks, had not been cut since he left Durbellière, and his beard for many days had not been shorn. La Vendée A step, and the spell is shattered -- all is cruel and alien once more; while every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter. Pagan Papers Fran regarded her with that elfish smile which, to the secretary, had suggested a fox. Fran A psychologist might trace this strange twist of his mind in the numerous elfish Fenella-like characters who flit about and keep their irritating secret through the long chapters of so many of his novels. Through the Magic Door Saunders took it as a compliment; and, indeed, it was done with a kind of elfish grace, which cast a glamour over his eyes. The Lilac Sunbonnet He spoke no word of his love, but at times there was something in his voice that thrilled Patty and subdued her elfish gaiety. Half a Rogue There was at times something elephantinely elfish in M. Hanaud's demeanour, which left Mr. Ricardo at a loss. At the Villa Rose His attentive look found her different from the night of their meeting; she had lost her elfish smile and with it the romance of the unknown and unexpected. Fran Tall and slender with brown curly hair, his true character only showed in the elfish grin which sometimes passed briefly across his baby face. Underground Still preceded by their elfish guide, Calton and the detective stepped through the doorway. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Her usual expression of elfish impertinence was not there. Who Cares? a story of adolescence He came stepping gaily into the room, more elephantinely elfish than ever. At the Villa Rose But it was when she spoke of blowing away with the dead leaves—looking so pathetic and so full of elfish witchery—that the impression was deepest. Fran For "elfish" means bewitched by the elves, and hence vacant or absent in demeanour. Chaucer The irritant brought on a paroxysm of coughing which lasted until the elfish child shook her well, and took the cup from her. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Wistful and elfish, sitting like Puck on a toadstool, she might have slipped out of some mossy corner of the woods to taste the breeze and speculate about life. Who Cares? a story of adolescence He had the same morbid fascination for her that some uncanny elfish creature might have. Peg O' My Heart Fran's keen eyes discovered him, and her face showed elfish mischief. Fran Thorpe dimly remembered the woman now—an overweighted creature with a certain attraction of elfishly blowing hair, with a certain pleasing full-cheeked, full-bosomed health. The Blazed Trail "Want your booze," cried the child, with an elfish laugh, as she shook back her tangled hair. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Howard and Irene had wandered down to the water, and she was left with Martin sitting elfishly among the ferns on the bank below the cottage and above the silver lapping water. Who Cares? a story of adolescence She gave a little elfish cry of delight, took the statuette in her arms and kissed it. Peg O' My Heart "Oh, let's drive," she said recklessly, striking at the dashboard with the whip, and shaking her hair about her face till she looked the elfish child he had first known. Fran Was it not thoroughly in accordance with her elfish wildness to have chosen man's attire and the roughness of camp-life in order to remain near her lover? The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest Her sister had slipped behind her and her fair elfish face smiled her forgiveness of Nigel over Mary's shoulder. Sir Nigel "I like that," said Nan, presently, and her face looked less elfish, with its sharp eyes, inquisitive nose, and mischievous mouth. Little Men The candle burned up, its light fell upon the white, elfish face of Benita, whose long dark hair streamed about her; it shone in her great eyes. Benita, an African romance Suddenly he had lost "Nobody's little girl", to be confronted by an elfish spirit of mischief. Fran Pinched and elfish faces of children appeared at the windows overlooking the kirkyard. Greyfriars Bobby It was really so queer and elfish to find one's self where one could see nothing above or around one anywhere but stars. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's This time there was an almost elfish magic in his melody. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches For one second she stood and watched this important statement sink into her sister's mind, then set-to and gambolled elfishly round her as she moved stately and thoughtful across the grass to the chateau. White Lies The stone ax which on other occasions might be a laughing elfish face was now held ready for battle. Fran Trouble brewed with the tea that Ailie Lindsey, a tall lassie of fifteen, but shy and elfish as of old, brought in on a tray from the scullery. Greyfriars Bobby This enhances the elfish and fantastic look, and so the pretty game goes on, with flickering surprises, every night and all night long. Oldport Days And had not her hired baby actually laughed at the clumsy toy—laughed an elfish and weird laugh, the first it had ever indulged in? Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) She had elfish ways, of which it seemed impossible to cure her. The Fawn Gloves He saw the old elfish smile now when he least wanted to see it, for it threatened the secretary, mocked the grave superintendent, and asserted the girl's right to like whom she pleased. Fran His elfish face was always alight with the play of emotions and of flashing changing interests. The Land of Footprints Yet with all this there was nothing elfish about her, nothing uncanny. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot At length she peered at him through the leaves in an elfish way, and questioned: "If I come down and give you some, you'll promise you won't touch me?" Selected Stories of Bret Harte Under these shreds of the elfish vapor you still can find Horai—but not everywhere... Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things For a time her face had never looked so elfish, but in the silence that ensued, the light faded from her eyes. Fran She was in one of her elfish moods, the languid grace of her sleepy-eyed moments forgotten. The Riverman |
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