| 单词 | ewer |
| 例句 | “Just now as I drew it to fill this ewer the cook told me.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I fetched her some water from the ewer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Servants, obviously primed beforehand, entered with warm water in copper ewers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z There a servant hastened to them with water in a golden ewer which she poured over their fingers into a silver bowl. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Against the opposite wall was a long bench laden with wide earthenware basins, and beside it stood brown ewers filled with water, some cold, some steaming hot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At the bottom, upon a low pedestal carved like a branching tree, stood a basin of silver, wide and shallow, and beside it stood a silver ewer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Display cases are again piled with copper reliquaries, brass ewers, iridescent earthenware jars and bronze reliefs of biblical scenes. Antiques: Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont as Impulse Buyer 2010-05-06T20:50:00Z One ewer is so dense with scrolling vines that it is almost entirely silver, while its neighbor is predominantly black. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Gouthière’s mermaid, for example, does not simply adorn her porphyry ewer by passively assuming the form of a handle. Gouthière at the Frick: Gilding the Lily (and Everything Else) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Viewers are taken on a world tour of tea services in the Norton Museum’s new exhibition of 182 teapots, ewers, garments, tapestries, and other sumptuous furnishings. The Norton Museum Exhibits Exquisite Tea Services from Around the World 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The table is draped with a Turkish carpet, and the jewelry, the furs, the gold ewers and salvers all insinuate a rising global commodities trade — one of those “commodities” being people like the painter himself. A Familiar Face at the Met, Now in His Own Light 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z He specialized in bulbous vases and ewers with Moorish filigree lids, dolphin handles, gilded spider-web textures and Japanese chrysanthemum motifs. Antiques: Edward Lycett, Designer for Faience Company, Brooklyn 2011-05-26T22:02:06Z On a Neolithic ewer from Confucius’ native Shandong Province it’s closer to a light beige. Asia Week Art in Manhattan Galleries 2010-03-25T22:02:00Z A dragon curls its tail around the base of a golden, long-neck ewer, its body forming a handle of protruding, pointy scales. Two Smithsonian glass shows highlight the medium’s eye-popping variety 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z But they’re irrelevant to counteracting the rupture of a vanished world that, a thousand years ago in China, brought about a stoneware ewer in the shape of a parrot. An open letter to LACMA architect Peter Zumthor: Stop dissing L.A.'s art 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z We sat at a wooden table near a mural of Jorjadze, who was portrayed in her usual headpiece, watering a tree with rivulets of newspaper that poured out of a clay ewer. The Culinary Muse of the Caucasus 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z One of his latest works is a collection of Royal Worcester porcelain — teapot, coffeepot, milk jug, ewer — the shattered pieces of each contained within a glass simulacrum of the original shape. Tempest in a Teacup 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The museum says only seven rock crystal ewers of similar quality from the medieval Islamic world are known. Work from Islamic collection goes on view in Texas 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z One of the most significant pieces is a silver gilt ewer, or pitcher, made in Portugal around 1510-15, which is enamelled with the Royal Arms of Portugal. Silver haul donated to Ashmolean 2013-01-31T10:50:28Z One of the women then brought a copper basin and ewer filled with milk, and the bridegroom proceeded to wash his wife’s feet in milk, and she in her turn washed his hands. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z All the sacred vessels—chalices, beakers, ewers, dishes, and patens, were of gold. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Now I must take this ewer of water to poor Humility who is burned and miserable with thirst and pain. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z Each had two single beds, half-a-dozen chairs, a plain wooden table, and a tripod washstand holding the smallest basin and ewer we had seen outside France. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z But bath-rooms are rare: the good old English "tub" which a servant makes ready in the morning with a ewer of water is still a feature of the college bedroom. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z After dinner we all washed our hands in a basin brought round for the purpose, the water being poured from an ewer on to our hands by a servant. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z A ewer of water stood by the bedside, and this I emptied over his head and shoulders, drowning the sheets, but to no other purpose. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Priscilla Alden stood ready with a spoon and glass in one hand, water in a small ewer in the other, always the efficient, sensible girl when needed. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z Cupbearer, come! from thy full-throated ewer Pour blood-red wine, the world's despite to cure! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Worn linoleum covered the floor, but there was no furniture save some benches and a deal table with a ewer and a basin upon it. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 2011-12-31T03:00:19.660Z Darting out on to the landing she reappeared almost instantly, heralded by a sonorous clang, carrying a bedroom ewer and basin. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Where large utensils, ewers and the like, are in question, mediæval pottery is rich in suggestion for handles, spouts, and such added forms. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z After examining the figures carved on the wood, Polly went to the toilet-stand and poured some water from a heavy ewer into the stoneware basin. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z There were no bathrooms and only small ewers of water supplied the wants of the guests. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Something seemed to flash through the night, and he received the contents of the ewer full in the face. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Tonson's case was, that Paradise Lost belonged to him, just as the celebrated ewer by Benvenuto Cellini once belonged to the late Mr. Beresford Hope. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z And his words are— But every vinegar cruet, dish and ewer Is made of brass; while all the dirty dishes In which they serve up fish are made of silver. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z As she was about to place the ewer on the tiled floor beside the stand, she saw the carved panels that formed the sides of the stand. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Her toilet equipment was no doubt simple—a basin and ewer, and a "pot de chambre," all of pewter. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The Duke had held the ewer of water, Paget and Rochester the bason and napkin. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The answer seemed to set her at rest, for her countenance lost its wild terror, and she proceeded with cheerful alacrity to light the fire, fill the ewers and so forth. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Notwithstanding the vaunted progress of Russian civilisation, it is almost impossible to find a basin and ewer in a bed-room. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z In that of Cuzco twelve large jars of silver held the sacred grain, and censers, ewers, and even the pipes which conducted the water-supply through the earth to the temple, were of silver. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z At the conclusion of the meal, the servants returned bearing ewers of water and rough towels, with which they bathed face and hands. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Very well, Walter Fitzmaurice, of the race of Desmond, then your kindred’s blood be on your hands, as they are on those for which you have held basin and ewer that they might wash. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z On 22 August, 1851, the schooner America raced 14 British yachts around the Isle of Wight for the ornate silver ewer that, with her win, became the America's Cup. Plymouth plays host to America's Cup race in September 2011-04-01T19:17:42Z She had taken up the cream ewer with an unfaltering hand. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z He waved an arm vaguely towards rows and rows of ewers and basins in the distance. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Early in the morning she drew water from the well, and many a ewer she had carried to the kitchen before the sun rose. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z At the conclusion of dinner, all the guests were served with basins and ewers of water, and very liberally besprinkled with rose and orange-flower water. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Seizing the ewer from the wash-stand, she dashed the water over the sobbing, terrified woman, then braced herself to consider the situation. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z After an interval of another three days, the city voted �1,200, to be spent on a gold basin and ewer, as a present to this distinguished officer. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z The closet here alluded to, being one in which ablution is performed, always contains a small trough of water, or a ewer. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments We should thus be able to dispense with ewers and toilet-cans, which would at once pay for the fitting of the pipe and tap to each room. Household Organization Milford brought cider from the cellar, beading in a brown, earthen ewer, and the Professor snapped his eyes. A Yankee from the West A Novel Then the damsel Elose brought an ewer full of tepid water and she poured the water into a basin, and the ewer and the basin were both of them of silver. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions "Very good," said the Florentine, taking with the ends of his fingers some drops of water from a ewer and sprinkling them over the figure, at the same time muttering certain Latin words. Marguerite de Valois Upon this, the master of the house called out, Boy, bring the basin and ewer!—and he said, O my guest, advance, and wash thy hand. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments But the king burst out laughing, and ordered that every he and she sent him be brought a separate bason of silver, and a separate ewer of silver, for laving. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Upon entering the room Milford had seen the hired man put aside an earthen ewer, and now he knew that cider had been brought from the cellar. A Yankee from the West A Novel Of domestic articles, dishes are the most numerous, though vases, ewers, sprinklers, jugs, tankard-shaped flower-holders, covered bowls and mosque lamps are also plentiful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Gillonne obeyed, and returned holding in one hand a casket, and in the other a silver-gilt ewer and some fine Holland linen. Marguerite de Valois Snowball started up from behind a huge brocaded chair so quickly that she overturned a low table upon which stood a ewer that had contained orangeade. A Daughter of the Union The former had hewers of wood and drawers of water; the latter have ewers of water and drawers of wood. The Handbook of Conundrums On a ledge of rock stood a tin wash-basin, in which stood a pure silver ewer. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" When this call sounded the pages of the establishment bore the ewer to the ladies, and servants of less pretension did likewise for the gentlemen. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Newport arrived with a second supply, and brought out also presents for Powhatan, a basin and ewer, bedstead and suit of scarlet clothes. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Its fittings consisted of a small iron bedstead, a ditto washstand with a zinc basin and ewer, a rather dilapidated chair, a few pegs, and a cupboard. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley A servant poured water on his hands before eating, from a basin and ewer, which formed a necessary part of the table furniture. Oriental Women This is served in delicately wrought ewers placed in silver basins. Women of England "Sure it's the pretty ewer that's to be pitied," said one of the servants, laughing. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 All being assembled at Werowocomoco, the ensuing day was set for the coronation, when the presents were delivered to Powhatan—a basin, ewer, bed, and furniture ready set up. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Their beds they were made of the holly-wood, Their combs of the tortoise's shell, Three basins of silver in corners there stood, And three little ewers as well. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems One morning the empress found in her apartment, as a present from the municipality of the capital, a toilet service, with table, ewer, and basin of massive gold, wrought with most exquisite workmanship. Josephine Makers of History This is served in delicately wrought ewers, placed in silver basins. Women of England "Well, I would not let the dog suffer for the sake of a ewer;" and then she returned to her father with a beaming countenance. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Presently, however, he felt a rush of cold air blow upon him; and dashing towards the quarter whence it seemed to proceed, he stumbled over something which he judged to be the water ewer. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 “Order me as your slave; but give me, for I am thirsty, a small ewer of water.” Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore The Lord Mayor and his brethren presented the Palsgrave with a large basin and ewer, weighing 234 ounces, and two great gilt loving pots. Old and New London Volume I It was preceded by the same ceremony of washing the hands as in former times, and the ewers and basins used for the purpose were often elaborate and showy. Women of England She was obliged to break the ewer to free the little dog's head. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Mr. Richard Head presented His Majesty with a silver ewer and basin on the occasion of the restoration. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Let us not tell how one glass is made to answer for thirty fair faces, one ewer and vase for thirty lavations; and—tell it not in Gath!—one towel for a company! The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings He got up and poured some water from the ewer into a cracked cup and drank it. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror The golden ewer, says he, is dashed in pieces: the pitcher is broken at the fountain-head; and the chariot is dashed in pieces at the pit. Medica Sacra or a Commentary on on the Most Remarkable Diseases Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures Towels and soaps and sponges were there in plenty, and great metal ewers full of hot and cold water, and nothing else but one chair in all the scrubbed cleanliness. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon On the washstand I found a small tin ewer and a small tin basin to match, and I dabbed myself gingerly in the cold, stale water. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Andy rescued a washing basin and ewer, by wearing the former on his head and the latter on his left arm—helmet and shield-wise; except at intervals, when he took his turn at handspiking. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement So he ordered a bottle of the latter, and drunk two glasses of it, and then acshally made me drink one two, and sed as it was the finest as he had ewer tasted. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 Old men are troubled with defluxions from the head to the nose, mouth and lungs; which are compared to water rushing out of a broken bottle or ewer. Medica Sacra or a Commentary on on the Most Remarkable Diseases Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures And she turned away from Gaga to the washstand, and poured cold water from the ewer into the basin. Coquette The treasury was once the richest in Dalmatia, but now only contains a few objects—arm reliquaries, ostensory, and a silver-gilt ewer, &c. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Then straight he flew, and through the dragon's wings Went carelessly, nor feared their clatterings, But set the ewer, filled, in her right hand, And on that day saw many another land. The Earthly Paradise A Poem Within the closed part of the grille one sees a ewer above and a basin below. Intarsia and Marquetry Such beautiful basins and ewers, just for washing! The House in Town It was dismantled; a bare dressing-table, the ewer upturned in the basin, the bed and its piled bedding covered with a sheet. Tante Lady Hope took no heed, but arose slowly from the160 bed, and, going to a dressing-table, poured some water from a ewer that stood there, and began to wash her hands. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Then she filled ewers with cold water and arranged them round the machine. A Great Man A Frolic Against the wall beyond the fountain was built a marble slab, supported by a double arch, under which stood ewers and vases. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real The Founders extended their jurisdiction over the manufacture of candlesticks, buckles, spurs, stirrups, straps, lavers, pots, ewers and basins made of brass, latten, or pewter, and have an interesting history. Memorials of Old London Volume I The masters paid more attention to the arts than to mechanics, and it was the period of beautiful watches of iron, copper, wood, silver, which were richly engraved, like one of Cellini's ewers. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories Let us not tell how one glass is made to answer for thirty fair faces, one ewer and vase for thirty lavations; and—tell it not in Gath—one towel for a company! The Wit of Women Fourth Edition And Henry would disappear at once and begin by mixing his bath, out of the ewers, the kettles, and the saucepan, according to a recipe of which he alone had the secret. A Great Man A Frolic Such a vessel would be the Turkish ewer whose shape is familiar to us, the same today as two hundred years ago, for in the East things are slow to change. All About Coffee Without waiting for me to reply, he rushed to the ricketty washstand, poured out water from the broken ewer, and after washing, began to dress in feverish haste, talking all the time. The Belovéd Vagabond Aha, you foolhardy sunbeam, caught With a single splash from my ewer! Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning There are gold plates there, gold dishes, gold ewers, that will change in the melting-pot to many a troop of horse for the King’s cause.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel There was, for all other furniture, an old chest of drawers which served also as a washing-stand, having a small basin and ewer and a single towel arranged on the top of it. Mugby Junction A later improvement was of the ewer design, with bulbous body, collar top, and cover. All About Coffee The office of chief butler of England was executed by the Duke of Norfolk, as Earl of Arundel and lord of the manor of Keninghall, who received a gold basin and ewer as his fee. Coronation Anecdotes He smote with his commander’s mace upon the bronze ewer on the table. A Victor of Salamis It was her office to hold the basin of water after dinner to the Queen, for the royal hands to be dipped, after the ancient fashion of the laver and ewer. Political Women, Vol. 2 A bowl and ewer, probably of copper, not of bronze. El Kab In the seventeenth century, ewers of similar pattern, but made of metal, were the favorite coffee-serving devices in oriental countries and in western Europe. All About Coffee He turned to the blushing artist and thanked him graciously for his accomplishment, adding that he would send him a bronze ewer from his own table as a trifling recompense. Border Ghost Stories Isaachar, however, supplied water in an ewer, and linen bandages; and the old man, forgetting the object of Manuel’s predatory visit to his abode, hastened himself to wash and bind up the wounded arm. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Ours was similar to that we gave to Baron Charles and Louisa de Rothschild; a large and handsomely-carved ewer and basin, worth £180. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 A ewer for the water to be used, and a baptismal shell with which to dip from the Font the water poured upon the head of the person baptized, are frequently provided as seemly appointments. The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness This pot is invariably of the Turkish ewer pattern. All About Coffee I leaves to stronger heds than mine to calkerlate how many pore children the bill for the hole twenty wood have paid for; Brown says ewer so many thousands; but Brown does always xagerate so. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 Near each bed stood a toilet-table and wash-stand, with ewers of massive silver and towels of fine linen; and to the walls hung two large mirrors—articles of exclusive luxury at that period. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf It consisted of ewer in quaint shape, basin deep enough to be a huge punch-bowl, a soap-plate, a mug, and a commode. Polly's Business Venture Bare, brown-stained boards, a narrow wooden bedstead, a couple of carved wooden chairs, a large carved cupboard, and a table, on which stood a tiny washing-basin and ewer of beautiful porcelain, completed the appointments. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg This was a copper-plated kettle patterned after the oriental ewer with a broad base, bulbous body, and narrow neck. All About Coffee The Hereditary Chamberlain then rode likewise to the spot, and brought back a basin with ewer and towel. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. "Middling fair ewer, good quarter, five calves—is it five, C�sar?" said Black Tom, holding one of the long horns. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 There are, of course, ewers and basins, water-carrying and retaining vessels, and colanders of brass and earthenware, strainers and graters which have been used from time to time in the kitchen. Chats on Household Curios "Where is he?" she cried—and without waiting for any answer, emptied the hissing ewer of her wrath over Garth's head. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Around them shall go eternal youths, with goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine; no headache shall feed therefrom, nor shall their wits be dimmed! A Source Book for Ancient Church History Then fair water was handed round in silver ewers, and the same lady was observed to take an unusual time in washing herself. A Masque of Days From the Last Essays of Elia: Newly Dressed & Decorated Then Recompense arranged a nice dressing table with a white cover and a pretty bowl and ewer, and a low chair beside it covered with chintz cushions. A Little Girl in Old Boston The former held an ewer and basin of silver-gilt, much grander articles than Amphillis had ever seen, except in the goldsmith’s shop. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Just catch up your ewers of water, and rush to my bedroom. About Peggy Saville In a few moments the child returned with the filled ewer in her hands. The Day of Wrath Then there was a wash-stand, with a toilet-glass above it, and a cupboard beneath the basin containing two large metal ewers of fresh water; and alongside the wash-stand hung a couple of large, soft towels. The Castaways In Mrs. Leverett's room there were a washing stand with a white cloth, and a china bowl and ewer in dark blue flowers on a white ground, picked out with gilt edges. A Little Girl in Old Boston They washed in silver basins, with ewers of the same costly metal; and they sat, the highest rank in curule chairs, the lower upon velvet-cove red forms or stools. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Then came Baruch in, carrying a ewer of water and a basin. King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth Shortly afterwards the door opened and, with a lighted taper in one hand and a ewer in the other, the moon-pale little maid entered the room. The Day of Wrath Sick with dread, Psyche set out next morning to seek the black stream out of which Aphrodite had commanded her to fill a ewer. A Book of Myths The bowl had scallops around the edge, and the ewer was tall and slim. A Little Girl in Old Boston Our sugar bowls were called sugar boxes and sugar pots; milk pitchers were milk jugs, milk ewers, and milk pots. Home Life in Colonial Days And she knelt down with ewer and basin and a napkin to wash the feet of the poor. The Ruinous Face He received a deluge of water on his face, and at the same moment a ewer burst in atoms on the gravel at his feet—for Miss Stivergill did nothing by halves. Post Haste He began the rites of baptism with the common prayer-book in his hand; a silver ewer with water was held by another. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 They were aroused by a black servant, who, bringing in some large ewers of cold water, lighted their lamps and announced that the horses would soon be at the door. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley When the guests began to arrive, the servitors came forward with basin, ewers, and towels, that each might wash his hands before sitting down to the meal. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham Nor did they confine themselves to money only; gold heads of pipes, a silver ewer, a sable pelisse, shawls, and a variety of other things, were brought before us. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Aha, you foolhardy sunbeam caught With a single splash from my ewer! Browning's Heroines When it was filled there were still nearly half the number waiting for a home, so these were plunged deep into the ewer until the morrow, when they would be taken to Sophie in hospital. The Independence of Claire Even as I spoke I ran to a stand on which stood a basin and a small ewer of water. The Rose of Old St. Louis The attendant now entered, with four men bearing cushions for the divans and carpets for the floor, large ewers and basins, with soft, embroidered towels, and a pile of rugs for beds. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War I smiled to myself; but Pierrebon now entered with a ewer and the things I required. Orrain A Romance All was accordingly got ready: the towel, the most antique ewer, even the jennet, piebald, black-barred, cream-coated, pink-eyed—and only then, on the day before the party, was the Duke's pleasure signified to his lady. Browning's Heroines The font was the family's silver wash ewer, and the sponsor was Governor White himself, the baby's grandfather. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country By the time that the helmet was removed, one of the soldiers from the battlements ran out from the castle, with a ewer of water. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower And to others, "I have but this silver ewer, it is worth at least five hundred livres—take it." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" These sherbets were copiously supplied in high glass ewers, placed in great numbers on the ground.... The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Till it be broken, it will be the deathe of all the meall children that the Laird of Park will ewer get. Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster Cellini alludes to certain vases which had been ordered from him, saying that "they are called ewers, and they are placed upon buffets for the purpose of display." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The Most Puissant orders one of the Knights to bring an ewer containing some perfume, a basin of water, and a clean white napkin to the candidate, who washes his hands. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge Here, too, Lot lighted all the branches of the candelabra on the shelf; and the great buffet directly responded with the dazzling white glitter of silver from the cream-jugs and ewers and spoons thereon. Madelon A Novel On a broken chair were a basin and ewer, with soap and towels; beside the chair was my portmanteau; and on a deal box, neatly covered with a linen cloth, was my breakfast. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady I had gone out on the gallery to fill a ewer with water—in his excitement of the previous evening, Marcel had forgotten my morning bath—and saw him distinctly through the jalousies. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays A table cloth, with dinner upon it, is spread upon the grass between them:--a bottle is plunged into a running stream from a fountain, with an ewer on one side in the fore-ground. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two They seated themselves there, and a maid brought water in a golden ewer and poured it over their hands into a silver basin. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy As he replaced it on the table, Atossa rose swiftly, and with her own hands refilled it from a golden ewer. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The stone floors had not even a carpeting of rushes, the pallet beds lay on the hard stone floor, and only the girl possessed a basin and ewer for washing. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot One brought a ewer, another a basin, a third a towel, and water was poured out over our hands. Morocco There were biscuits of wheaten flour, plates of honey-comb, and cream in tall glass ewers. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories A handmaid brought water for the washing of his hands, and poured it over them from a golden ewer into a silver basin. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy He strode up to the table and took up the body of the ewer, which lay on its pad where he had left it the night before. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The next gifts, a basin and ewer, met with more enthusiasm. The Princess Pocahontas So saying, he bade the maiden o'er the rest, Chief in authority, pour on his hands Pure water, for the maiden at his side385 With ewer charged and laver, stood prepared. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper But I found it at last in an Englishman's little out-of-the-way shop, and a big tin ewer to go with it. Mrs. Red Pepper Powhatan was presented with a basin, ewer, bed, bed-cover, and a scarlet cloak, but showed great unwillingness to kneel to receive the crown. England in America, 1580-1652 It is only eleven o'clock—perhaps I ought to go back and work at the ewer. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster She had risen hastily, and with rather unnecessary vigor was rattling the ewer and basin, and plashing out the water. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance He filled the basin with water from a copper ewer that rested close to the brazier on a file of folios, and set it to heat. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Between the windows stood a small table, covered with a white cloth, and furnished with a white, earthen-ware basin and ewer. The Lost Lady of Lone Finally a basin is brought with ewer and towel for the guests to wash their hands, and as one o'clock strikes, dinner appears, and all sit down together, including the servants. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London "Body of a dog, these priests!" he grumbled, as he attacked the next angel on the ewer with matchless dexterity and steadiness. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster "He've had a fit," explained Builder Gilbert, holding out the ewer. Nicky-Nan, Reservist He then made servants bring a silver basin and golden ewer that she might wash her hands, and he fetched her food and wine of the best. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories She made a great pretense of filling the ewer with water and gathering up the soiled towels. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today Pyx and chalice, thuribule and vial, golden-headed pastoral staff, and mitre embossed with pearls, candlestick and Christmas ship of silver; salver, basin, and ewer—all are gone—the splendid sacristy hath been despoiled. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Why should he want a silver ewer and basin to wash his hands at his mass? Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster He made one of his sons give up his silver inlaid chair, and bade his servants fetch a silver basin and a golden ewer that Odysseus might wash his hands. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The turnkey asked me how I intended to wash myself without basin or ewer or towels, and inquired further if he could be of service in disposing of my shirt or breeches. Lazarre There were ewer stands also, and several old single slat bedsteads. Kit of Greenacre Farm I ran to the ewer and dashed half the water in it into his face. Helmet of Navarre That evening Marzio finished the last cherub's head on the ewer before he left the shop. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster And from the filthy cupboard Melrose's shaking hand had drawn out a ewer and basin, whence some ragged coverings fell away. The Mating of Lydia "And has probably rained ewer since," he larfingly replied, as he went out. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 She displaced the ewer from the basin and substituted the brass can. If Winter Comes About the golden couches went eternal youths with goblets and ewers, and a cup of flowing wine. In the Wrong Paradise It was the body of a large silver ewer of which Gianbattista was ornamenting the neck and mouth, which were of a separate piece. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The stirrup-holder was overcome with horror, and came down from the mountain bewildered, and represented the state of the case, and gave the King a cup of cold water from his ewer. The Talking Beasts And a handmaid bare water in a golden ewer, and poured it over their hands into a basin of silver; and when they had washed, a table was set before them, heaped with delicate fare. Stories from the Odyssey He drew the cloth from the ewer, squeezed it a little, and approached the bed again. Leonora In the operation of making your toilet, how handy to float in your ewer! Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Then he examined the beautiful head of the angel he had been making upon the body of the ewer. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Before falling to, a ewer is brought around to you, and you are supplied with soap—a servant pours water from the ewer over your hands, and then gives you a towel. War in the Garden of Eden Hilary's pet cat, startled from sleep on the kitchen hearth, at the same instant ran wildly up stairs; there was a start—a stumble—and then down came the candle, the ewer, Elizabeth, and all. Mistress and Maid He picked up the lid of the saucepan, dropped it, crossed over to the washstand with a brusque movement, and plunged the cloth into the cold water of the ewer. Leonora He went to court on the 7th, and delivered our king's letter to the King of Bantam, together with a present of five handsome muskets, a bason, an ewer, and a barrel of gunpowder. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 The trees wore their first verdure, and there was a melody among the boughs, and she took pleasure in the graceful female figure pouring water from the long-necked ewer. Evelyn Innes Before them certain official maidens carry a new tunic, ewers of water, silver dishes pierced with holes, cloths, and immense sponges. Back to Methuselah At last, with a sudden inspiration, she peered into a wash-stand, and found there an empty ewer. Mistress and Maid That graceless thief took up his neighbor's ewer, saying, "I am going to my ablutions;" and he was setting out for plunder. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 And gradually the ewer and basin ceased their colloquy. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories So they set before him rare meats, and he ate till he was satisfied, when they brought him a basin of gold and an ewer of silver and he washed his hands. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 She must go down to the ewer in the hall. The Mettle of the Pasture We will leave misfortune behind us, and so that it may not follow us I have thrown to it the silver ewer, the last of my possessions, as an offering. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes And I feels bound in honor to say, that the black grapes was about the werry finest as ewer I ewer tasted. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 18, 1890 The bed shook; the basin and ewer rattled together like imperfect false teeth in the mouth of an arrant coward; the walls of the hotel shook. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories "Be of good cheer," said Scrofa, "and prepare the grape baskets and the ewer." Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro Here Rubens lavished his ermine and crimson draperies, his vases, and ewers, and censers of flaming gold;—here poured over his canvas the wealth "of Ormuz and of Ind." Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts Their beds they were made of the holly-wood, Their combs of the tortoise's shell, Three basins of silver in corners there stood, And three little ewers as well. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. If, instead of the metal ewer of water that stood by his bed-head, there had been a glass of deadliest poison, he would have seized it greedily, and emptied it to the dregs. Bred in the Bone It lit upon the ewers, made of solid silver, on the fine lace hangings of the bed, and the priceless inlaid furniture, and played round the faces of the cupids on the frescoed ceiling. Mr. Meeson's Will A is used in preference to an, whenever the following word begins with a consonant sound; as, A man, a house, a wonder, a one, a yew, a use, a ewer. The Grammar of English Grammars The bandy-legged man had brought water in a ewer, and poured some in a basin for Nick to wash his hands. Master Skylark Dipping a napkin in an ewer of water that stood beside him, you held the wet cloth over his face, and did not remove it till life was extinct. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire Four—an incense-boat, a ewer of silver, a gold buckle and a cope worked in pearls. The White Company The great chamberlain, the margrave of Brandenburgh, presented, after the repast, the golden ewer and basin, to wash. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 He howled and cried and tried to get out, and he knocked the ewer over and stamped on the mouldering crusts. The Story of the Treasure Seekers The girl disappeared, entered again with a ewer that seemed cut of amber. The Moon Pool The ewer was carried round the assembly, and each dipped his finger in it and marked his forehead. Prester John Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a deal table a ewer and a basin. Moon and Sixpence Bending over the chipped ewers and tubs full of sweet basil, clove pinks, and marigolds, I can just see a corner of the palace turret, and the vague ultramarine of the hills beyond. Hauntings In fact Noel was actually dressing up for the page when Albert-next-door kicked over the prison ewer. The Story of the Treasure Seekers Up the path came five of the frog-women, bearing platters and ewers. The Moon Pool Monseigneur washed his fingers in the few drops of water that the Abbe poured out from the ewer. The Dream Quickly I took out my handkerchief, dipped it into the granite ewer close by, and wiped her poor face and mouth; then she whispered, "Again." Fifteen Years with the Outcast A sudden motion, we must not say an angry motion of Dora's elbow, had at this moment overset the cream ewer; but Harry set it up again, before its contents poured on her new riding-habit. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Luckily there was no water in the ewer because we had forgotten it, only dust and spiders. The Story of the Treasure Seekers Has she, through carelessness, allowed some ewer or silver dish to be stolen from us? The Learned Women After the meal was over, the host brought a ewer of water with a napkin, and each dipped his fingers into the water, an operation necessary even for the most dainty feeder. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest The water on her dainty part With silver ewer did she pour And would have hidden it, seeing me, But all too small her hands therefor. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Moreover, he hath sent him fifty thousand dinars and a parcel of clothes and a cloak of sables and a riding mule and an ewer and basin of gold. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III We explained the dungeon, and showed him the straw pallet and the ewer and the mouldering crusts and other things. The Story of the Treasure Seekers So they set before him rare meats and he ate till he was satisfied, when they brought him a basin of gold and an ewer of silver, and he washed his hands. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II In the morning water was brought in brass ewers and basins, either by the pages or servants of the guests. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest So I went thither and slept till morning, when a page brought me basin and ewer, and I made the ablution and prayed the morning-prayer. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV So, the Barmecide cried out, "Ho, boy! bring the ewer and the basin!" and said to my brother, "O my guest, come forward and wash thy hands." The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I You will find me also in the ewer, the watering-can, the cistern and the tap…. The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts On the plain little table at which he washed himself stand his basin and ewer. Two Summers in Guyenne On another were a hundred sorts of drinking glasses, cups, cisterns, ewers, false cups, tumblers, bowls, mazers, mugs, jugs, goblets, talboys, and such other Bacchic artillery. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 The third ship had for her device a fine deep china ewer. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 My brother rose to do so, but saw neither ewer nor basin. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Around the table, the biggest luxuries of the Earth sit eating, drinking, shouting, singing, tossing and lolling about or sleeping among the haunches of venison, the miraculous fruits, the overturned jars and ewers. The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts And you found your way out here, and navigated that ewer safely! Together There were portraits in miniature of the courtiers and the ladies of the Great Reign on the very ewers and basins. In and out of Three Normady Inns Another attendant carries a ewer with the libation. Early European History Then they brought ewer and basin and I washed my hands, after which we scented ourselves with rose-water mingled with musk and sat down again to converse. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I When he had undressed, he dipped a towel into his ewer and rubbed himself all over. Married There was one chair, with slender arms, also in ebony and mother-of-pearl, and a stand, with ewer and basin of beaten brass. Virgilia or, out of the Lion's Mouth On one table was a richly-chased silver tray, with a silver ewer of iced water upon it. The Englishwoman in America A gilded ewer and flat basin were passed, with water in the basin to wash with, and we all took our turn at the bath! Our Hundred Days in Europe He hesitated for a moment whether he should not run upstairs to the bedrooms and get a ewer of water to throw on the flames. The History of Mr. Polly But this was not the end of sales; for he played the same game over and ewer, until they reached this city, when Jack was caught and put in jail. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Her brown ladyship did the honours of the wine—ewer with the perfect quietude and ease of a well—bred woman. Tom Cringle's Log A happy balance and strong enough conception; yet it is like a Cellini ewer done in granite. Linda Condon That wardrobe alone is worth a knight's ransom, and the ewer and basin are fit for a king. At Agincourt An unit; an utensil; an university; an ewe; an ewer; an union; an use; an history; an one. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room There was a washhand-stand, with ewers and basins, and soap and brushes and towels; and a large bath full of clean water. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction For these ablutions scented water, and especially rose-water, was used, brought in ewers of precious and delicately wrought metals, by pages or squires, who handed them to the ladies in silver basins. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Need I say that the provision for ablutions was one basin and a liliputian ewer, and that there was not a fixed bath in the establishment? A Versailles Christmas-Tide No Psyche glasses; no hand-mirror; no ewer and basin; no comfortable padded footstool; nothing, in short, that makes a shore "shave" such a luxury. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War The next instant Martha was arranging the ewer and the can and some clean towels on the washstand. Hilda Lessways Then I rushed to his basin and ewer, and deluged the bed with water. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Previous to entering the festive chamber water was brought for the feet and hands, the ewers employed being made often of gold and silver, of beautiful form and workmanship. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements She lifted an ewer from the old dresser, and poured water into a great silver goblet, wherein she plunged the stalks of her roses. Peter's Mother Worn linoleum covered the floor, but there was no furniture save some benches and a deal table with an ewer and a basin upon it. The Green Flag Then fair water was handed round in silver ewers, and the same lady was observed to take an unusual time in Washing herself. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The basin is emptied, well rinsed with clean water, and carefully wiped; the ewers emptied and washed; finally, the water-jugs themselves emptied out and rinsed, and wiped dry. The Book of Household Management How would you like to be out there, in a naked little cottage where the wind howls through, and the ewer is frozen every morning? Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale He could hear her pouring water out of a brass ewer into a dish, and pouring it back again. The Winds of the World Here is the heavy golden ewer & bowl, In which, before you eat, you wash your hands. Proserpine and Midas When he observed that they had finished eating, he hastened to offer to the elder lady the silver ewer, basin, and napkin, with the ceremony and gravity which he would have used towards Mary herself. The Abbot As hands naturally get greasy, eating in this novel fashion, two servants were constantly ready with a silver basin and a long-necked silver ewer, with which to pour water over soiled hands. Here, There and Everywhere He staggered to the ewer, and, with a trembling hand, poured out a little water. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century And there were several brass basins and ewers for water. King of the Khyber Rifles On the 19/29th, one Mr. Bridgewood, a merchant, sent me a silver basin and ewers for a present. Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. The hereditary chamberlain then rode likewise to the spot, and brought back a basin with ewer and towel. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life Darwin in his autobiography thus sums up Lyell's achievement: "The science of geology is enormously indebted to Lyell—more so, as I believe, than to any other man who ewer lived." The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) You had only to look at the crocheted mats—even those on the washstand under the white-and-gold ewer and other utensils. The Old Wives' Tale When the meal is finished, an attendant waits on each guest with a brazen bowl, an ewer of water and a towel. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran On the 19/29th, one Mr. Bridgewood, a merchant, sent me a silver basin and ewers for a present. Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. I see a beautiful green hill, shaped like an inverted ewer, on the south shore of the Boyne. The Coming of Cuculain I thought I heard a low, moaning sound from an old Flemish copper ewer near me. The Dream Doctor His boots on the floor, his clothes on the door-pegs, his razors and brushes on the toilet-table were gone; so were a basin and ewer from the double wash-stand; so was the wide bed. Sisters As a great mark of trust he gave to Donnacona two swords, a basin of plain brass and a ewer—gifts which called forth renewed shouts of joy. The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier Item, a large basin and ewer, silver and gilt. Discovery of Muscovy Walls, cornices, statuary, plate, ornaments, all were of gold; the very ewers, pipes, and aqueducts--even the agricultural implements used in the garden of the temple--were of gold and silver. Atlantis : the antediluvian world There was a great four-poster bed with hangings and curtains of damask, a basin and ewer and other costly novelties such as never before had been seen in these lands. This Country of Ours She also kicked the ewer, which fell over and flooded the floor. The Getting of Wisdom All dripping water hung as icicles; water froze in ewers and pitchers; milk froze in cans and jugs; and this though the great stoves in the dwelling-rooms were heated to bursting-point. Maurice Guest He stooped, raised an ewer of silver and began gently to pour over her shoulders its contents. The Metal Monster Cotton napkins and ewers of water were placed before them as they took their seats at the board. Atlantis : the antediluvian world When we had finished they brought the ewer and basin, we washed our hands and we passed into the drinking room where he told the damsel to sing. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 A pathetic tale is told of the son warming water for the old man's use by pressing the copper ewer to his stomach. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Then they brought an ewer and basin of gold, and he washed his right hand and abode in the gladdest of life and the most honourable. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 The basin and ewer are called in poetry "the two rumourers," because they rattle when borne about. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 Then she took the ewer and went into the wash house, where she made her ablutions and prayed in a place there. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 Moreover, he hath sent him fifty thousand dinars with a parcel of clothes, a robe of sables, a she mule for riding and a basin and ewer of gold. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 Then he took out what he needed and set it on and poured the wine into flagons and glass ewers, whilst Shaykh Ibrahim brought them fruit and flowers and aromatic herbs. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 So he cried, "Ho boy! bring basin and ewer;" and, turning to my brother, said, "O my guest come forward and wash thy hands." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 Then he went in and searched, but found none and said to the groom, "Fill the ewer, that I may make the Wuzu-ablution." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 Where metal finds its way into domestic utensils it is usually in the form of tin water-bottles and ewers. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Thereupon I arose and went thither and slept till morning, when a page brought me basin and ewer, and I made the ablution and prayed the dawn-prayer. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 So they set before him viands of rare varieties, and he ate his sufficiency, when they brought him a basin of gold and an ewer of silver, and he washed his hands. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 My brother rose to do so but he saw neither ewer nor basin; yet his host kept washing his hands with invisible soap in imperceptible water and cried, "Bring the table!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 She took the ewer from her shoulder and whirled it about in air, so that the plug flew out of its mouth and the three dinars fell to the ground. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 All the service of this house, with the things which they make use of, is of silver and gold, that is to say basins and bowls, stools, ewers, and other vessels of that sort. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India Both are used for such articles as basin. ewer and soap; coffee cups, water bottles etc. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 Without a word Oliver turned to a side-table, where stood a metal basin and ewer. The Sea-Hawk Then they brought basin and ewer and I washed my hands and we scented ourselves with rose water musk'd and sat down again to converse. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 When the repast was over, they rose, and, each filling his goblet with wine from the gilded ewer, that stood beside him, drank 'Success to our exploits!' The Mysteries of Udolpho Lured with the vapour of the fragrant feast, In rush'd the suitors with voracious haste; Marshall'd in order due, to each a sewer Presents, to bathe his hands, a radiant ewer. The Odyssey Thus spake the old man, and bade a house-dame that served him pour pure water on his hands; and she came near to serve him with water in a ewer to wash withal. The Iliad Moreover, he had for Powhatan, whom the minds at home figured as a sort of Asiatic Despot, a gilt crown and a fine ewer and basin, a bedstead, and a gorgeous robe. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings So she entered and he brought her an ewer wherewith to wash, and sat down like to fly with joy because of the dinars which he had tied up in his belt for a purse. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 In one of the chambers—the largest—there were fresh flowers in a vase, evidently gathered that morning; and, what seemed still more remarkable, the pitchers and ewers were freshly filled with water. Tales of the Argonauts The golden ewer a maid obsequious brings, Replenish'd from the cool, translucent springs; With copious water the bright vase supplies A silver laver of capacious size; They wash. The Odyssey Finally he drew the table along, which held the cracked ewer and basin, and placed it against this improvised partition: then he surveyed the whole construction with evident gratification and delight. The Elusive Pimpernel There, muttering prayers, she poured pure water over my hands into a ewer of gold, and having dipped a fine cloth into oil wiped my brow with it. Cleopatra And to others, "I have but this silver ewer; it is worth at least five hundred livres,—take it." The Man in the Iron Mask He next went into the galleries, and with the greatest coolness threw down, one after another, an enameled vase, a porphyry ewer, and a bronze candelabrum. Ten Years Later The golden ewer a beauteous handmaid brings, Replenish'd from the cool translucent springs, Whose polish'd vase with copious streams supplies A silver layer of capacious size. The Odyssey This I emptied into a ewer, then returned it to him that he might take it back to the host with my thanks and our appreciation. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... He that took the silver basin and ewer for a bribe, thinketh that it will never come out. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Then the handmaid bare water for the hands in a goodly golden ewer, and poured it forth over a silver basin to wash withal, and drew to their side a polished table. The Odyssey Done into English prose A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer, and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands; and she drew a clean table beside them. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original The golden ewer a nymph obsequious brings, Replenish'd from the cool translucent springs; With copious water the bright vase supplies A silver laver of capacious size. The Odyssey Why, this hits right; I dreamt of a silver basin and ewer to-night. Timon of Athens Let one attend him with a silver basin Full of rose-water and bestrew'd with flowers; Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper, And say 'Will't please your lordship cool your hands?' The Taming of the Shrew And a handmaid bare water for the hands in a goodly golden ewer, and poured it forth over a silver basin to wash withal, and drew to his side a polished table. The Odyssey Done into English prose A maid-servant brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer, and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands; and she drew a clean table beside them. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original The golden ewer a nymph attendant brings, Replenish'd from the pure translucent springs; With copious streams that golden ewer supplies A silver layer of capacious size. The Odyssey He tossed the chair from him and vanished into the adjoining room to reappear a moment later carrying basin and ewer, and a shirt of Trenchard's—the first piece of linen he could find. Mistress Wilding Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water. Jane Eyre Then a handmaid bare water for the washing of hands in a goodly golden ewer, and poured it forth over a silver basin to wash withal, and drew to their side a polished table. The Odyssey Done into English prose A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands, and she drew a clean table beside them. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original A golden ewer the attendant damsel brings, Replete with water from the crystal springs; With copious streams the shining vase supplies A silver layer of capacious size. The Odyssey D'Artagnan stopped to look at a sideboard on which was a superb ewer of silver. Twenty Years After On a venerable piece of furniture with a wooden shelf stood a ewer and basin and shaving apparatus. Father Goriot No household work had been done for a week; her bed was disgusting, and ewers and basins were standing about in all directions. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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