| 单词 | first water |
| 例句 | Water from the system—the first water system in the United States—was sweeter tasting and had no offensive odor. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He felt confident enough with the lullaby and the first water monster song, which he discovered allowed him to move water around like he was telepathic. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The hospital was a high-priority location, so it got the first water deliveries, and county jail, being a government facility, never had its water shut off like all the municipal water districts had. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She hugged herself against the sudden chill and watched the marsh thirstily drink up the first water of the season. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Another mistake induced by the dearth of goods was to try to make up for the insufficient number of Old Masters by throwing in late 19th-century works qualifying as kitsch of the first water. 2010-01-30T05:37:00Z Ultimately, it doesn't matter that Dance Moms is cerebrum-melting guff of the first water. Dance Moms, awful but addictive 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z We reach the first water crossing, and rock-hop across without mishap. Motherlode Blog: 6 Years Old, and Reaching Summits 2012-08-25T19:00:35Z In a letter to Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, “I recognise myself, compared with you, to be a lout and slouch of the first water.” Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z He was eminently sociable, offering first water, then wine. At 100, the Abrons Arts Center Revels in the Risky 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z And remember, it was way back in 1991 that the UK got its first water sommelier. Weird waters: the trend for modified, melted or infused H20 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z This isn’t the first water bottle I’ve come across that attempts to make a statement. Green Swag: A plastic water bottle that isn’t terrible 2013-12-27T12:45:00Z Tritium levels in the surrounding waters since the initial discharge have met pre-determined standards, according to tests conducted by Tepco, and no issues have been identified with the first water release, Matsumoto said. Tepco starts releasing second batch of treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear plant 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s scheduled to deliver its first water as soon as 2028, and later reach full capacity in 2032, treating 150 million gallons a day, enough to supply about half a million homes. Southern California’s ‘water doctor’ pushes for transformation to adapt to climate change 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z “Even now, the tribe doesn’t have those first water rights. Instead, they go to the first people who destroyed the natural waterways and moved the water away,” said Shana Powers, the tribe’s historic preservation officer. 'This water needs to be protected': California tribe calls for preservation of Tulare Lake 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z “When it comes to ‘coercion,’ the coercer of the first water is the United States,” it said. G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine, respect Taiwan’s status, fair trade rules 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The ancient Egyptians invented the first water clocks and sundials more than 3,500 years ago. Who Invented the Measurement of Time? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The United Nations held its first water conference in decades, focusing on crises and solutions. Running and cycling to raise awareness of global water issues 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Bureau of Reclamation doesn’t issue its first water allocations until February but on Monday warned farmers and cities to prepare for limited supplies. Drought-hit California cities to get little water from state 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The small park has not only adapted to recent technologies but paved the way, like with the addition of one of the first water coaster hybrids in the world. Why are there so few roller coasters in the Pacific Northwest? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The first water molecules to arrive at such sites anchor themselves in place. ‘Portable Oasis’ Extracts Water from Dry Desert Air 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z After federal authorities declared the first water shortage on the Colorado River in August, Arizona faces imminent cuts to its water supply. Microsoft ramps up plans to make its data centers less thirsty 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The city established its water rights in 1904 and completed its first water treatment facility near the Poudre River three years later, a system still largely in place. Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Not two months later, when she competed in her first water polo tournament and spent the majority of her 30 seconds of playing time clutching the pool wall. Commentary: Her senior season was brief. For a dad and daughter, that small window was everything 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Though Whistledown calls Daphne “a diamond of the first water,” it is here that our cynical narrator reminds us that “the brighter a lady shines, the faster she may burn.” Analysis | ‘Bridgerton’ dropped several clues about Lady Whistledown’s identity. Did they add up? 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z The first water pipes under America’s streets were not necessarily laid for the purpose of drinking, eating or bathing. ‘We’ve always known ours was contaminated’: the trouble with America’s water 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The journey marked the first ever commercial space mission and Sunday was NASA’s first water landing since 1975. Officials caught off guard as recreational boaters move into drop zone for returning Spacex capsule 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z A police source, who asked not to be named, said officers in the square followed standard operating procedure, deploying first water cannons, then tear gas. Chilean police officers set on fire by Molotov cocktails 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z There are always risks for impeachment, but the first waters Pelosi had to successfully navigate were the dangerous shoals of her own caucus. Reporter's Notebook: Pelosi's thinking in impeachment inquiry explained 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z She made the switch leading into the London world championships and was so raw that she simply forgot to cut inside for the first water jump. Chepkoech the runaway winner in steeplechase at worlds 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The headline for one release read, "first water detected on potentially 'habitable' planet." No, the Exoplanet K2-18b Is Not Habitable 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z He was a solipsist of the first waters whose paternalistic populism represented just as radical of a break with the American system as that of Woodrow Wilson. Impeachment maven Steyer readying 2020 run after all 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z That scenario was exactly what bystanders watching the first water flow from the newly constructed spillway hoped to avoid. Oroville Dam holds up as officials christen new spillway two years after near disaster 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The Environment and Water Ministry says it hopes to change this with the construction of the city’s first water treatment plant. Water from sewage rivers used to grow vegetables in Bolivia 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The first water refill point will be located outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh during October. Public 'top-up taps' for water refills 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Hoekstra, who said he was overly optimistic a decade ago, now thinks it was “a breakthrough that a big company did a first water footprint assessment and shared that publicly” in 2010. Inside the bad math that lets Coca-Cola say it gives back all the water it uses 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z At the first water stop, about two and a half miles into the race, a guide for another runner stopped in front of Wheatcroft. Blind Runner’s Wearable Technology Gets Off to Complicated Start 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Hence the first water coaster, Dragon Blaster, was born in 1994. Water Ride vs. Roller Coaster: Now You Don’t Have to Choose 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Scientists hope to complete two small-scale dispersals of first water and then calcium carbonate particles by 2022. US scientists launch world's biggest solar geoengineering study 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In this part of the park, too, the first water fountain I landed at didn’t work. Golf Course Deal With Donald Trump Leaves New York City in the Rough 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z That was Croatia's first water polo gold medal, contributing to the country's best Olympic result as an independent nation: 25th in the medal standings with three gold medals and six overall. Rio 2016 Olympics day-by-day guide 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z We now have the first trailer to what will surely be the first water cooler movie of 2016. '13 Hours' Trailer: Is Michael Bay's Benghazi Action Pic The Next 'American Sniper'? 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z It is not the first water company in the UK to generate energy from human waste, but it does claim to be the biggest. The rise of green gas: Turning crops into energy - BBC News 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z On this date in 1985, after years of planning and construction, the first water from the Colorado River was delivered to the Phoenix area by the Central Arizona Project. Today in Arizona History 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The charges were brought in a month ago, with households due to receive the first water bills in January 2015. Water charges protests in Republic 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The engineer, with a face weathered by 30 years spent working in rural Alaska, was headed to Hooper Bay to help lay the village’s first water and sewer lines. U.S. Postal Service losing tens of millions annually subsidizing shipments to Alaska This project marks the first water tunnel built in the Maryland suburbs since the population boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s. While you slept, they tunneled under you This isn't the first water leak at the plant. Q&A: Fukushima leak problems 2013-08-21T11:19:47Z It was here that geographers declared the world was round and not flat, that the concept of the atom was originally discussed, and where Archimedes of "Eureka!" fame designed the first water pump. A teenager killed in Alexandria 2013-07-21T00:16:53Z A bowling ball can last a lifetime; a golf ball might last until the first water hazard. Bowling vs. golf: Couch Slouch prefers life in the gutter 2013-07-14T22:33:46Z Upon returning to the US he made good use of his previous life's skills and, with the proceeds from a birthday party fundraiser, sponsored his first water projects. Why wealthy tech entrepreneurs are pouring their money into water 2013-05-29T11:19:05Z About 11:30 p.m., the first water gushed onto the fire. Breezy Point, Battered Seaside Haven, Recalls Its Trial by Fire 2012-12-25T02:57:49Z Croatia, looking for its first water polo medal since silver at the 1996 Atlanta Games, plays Montenegro in Friday's semifinal. Croatia beats US to reach Olympic water polo semis 2012-08-08T20:14:17Z The U.S. is looking to improve on its second-place finish in Beijing four years ago and win the Americans' first water polo gold since 1904. Serbia beats Hungary 14-10 in Olympic water polo 2012-07-29T16:42:09Z We are pleased to be the first water company to issue a retail bond. Severn Trent launches new bond 2012-06-21T11:10:22Z And not one of the first water, as to reputation; a grasping, pettifogging practitioner, who will take up any dirty case that may be brought to him. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z The arsenic problem was first reported in 1971, which prompted the first water treatment plants to be set up in the area. Arsenic cancer risk still high decades later in Chile region 2012-01-24T18:39:34Z We had brought with us a full complement of lancets and scalpels, chemicals and test-tubes, galvanic batteries and thermo-electric piles; and we were splendidly equipped for a thorough-going scientific campaign of the first water. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Moreover, though a Buriat chief, he was a most undoubted nobleman: at the Governor's parties he took rank, by patent of the Emperor Nicholas, as a real Russian baron of the first water. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z One of the first water clocks was a basin with a small hole near the bottom through which the water dripped out. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z "An Infidel of the first water," was the prompt response. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Near where they were tied was a small spring of cool water; the first water I had seen since leaving the river. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z This magnificent stone of the first water was found at Golcondah a thousand years ago. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z He is a liar of the very first water, a thief, and a forger; so much I can prove. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z One by one a group of young men, probably of the first water, forms about them. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z So wrote the supposed agrarian to the founder of physiocracy, and this is a prima facie evidence that Jefferson was not a Physiocrat of the first water. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The natives, usually so careless of a wetting, avoid bathing or wetting themselves with the first waters, which they consider dangerous, and not without reason. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z And she, my dear friend and enemy, is a Bourbon, an aristocrat of the first water, the daughter of an open enemy of our very good and convenient ally the French Republic. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z If we did discover a rough diamond, we had to send it to Italy to find out if it were of the first water and to have it polished and set. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z But he’s a nonentity of the first water, and she at least a positive quantity, not to say a positive force. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z You've got what the highfaluting society gang at Darley would call a chaperon, but she isn't exactly of the first water, according to the way such things are usually graded. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z "All the pieces are of a high standard of excellence, and many of them are poetic gems of the first water." Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z I can only describe him as an Australian Jock, and of the first water on both sides. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z They were in all about twenty, and if they were half as bad in heart as they looked, then they were indeed scoundrels of the first water. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z His small pictures of still life, principally representing pots and other kitchen stuff, are pearls of the first water; but they are somewhat rare. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Recognize my being first water user along this Piute Ditch. The Discards 2011-08-27T02:00:23.603Z Suddenly this creature disappeared—went off to Vienna with a titled gentleman—and after blazing as a meteor of the first water there for a short time, as suddenly dropped out of sight altogether. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z You are a swordsman of the first water. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z From this night you had better shut your door, and never open it to any other person except to him who brings to you a large measure full of pearls of the first water. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z Balmaceda proved to be a tyrant of the first water, abusing the power of his position to condemn to death those who opposed him, without even the semblance of a trial. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z She is a dig of the first water and a very brilliant student. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z She was a bully of the first water, but with the glamor of her newness still upon her, the worst side of her nature was yet to be revealed to many. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Deronda himself is a prig of the first water; while Gwendolen is self-contradictory all through—like a tangled skein of which you cannot find the end, and therefore cannot bring it into order and intelligibility. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z So you see, Pollock, on your own admission, the spectre of The Skegs is a fraud of the first water. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z I treated him politely, and as if I thought him a fraud of the first water, but it didn’t seem to disconcert him. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z He was, beyond question, the most charming of men, a social diamond of the first water, although the obtuse daughters of the Dundee manse had not at once discovered it. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z A few would remain to drive the logs with the first water from the melting of the snows late in April. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The Marchioness of Londonderry, one of our most famous beauties, is a utilitarian of the first water. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z They were rascals of the first water, and, as you say, it was their lives or ours. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z But they are all admirable; Mr. Noel Vanstone and the housekeeper, both in their way as meritorious as the rest; Magdalen wrought out with truth, energy, sentiment, and passion, of the very first water. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z Taken by a worker from a fourth-floor office, this image shows the first waters of the tsunami breaching Japan's Fukushima power plant's buildings. In pictures 2011-05-20T09:42:52Z I saw that I had secured a diamond of the first water, and immediately set about endeavouring to get Her Majesty's Theatre. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z It took less than a second to see that they were diamonds, and, by all the stars and stripes, diamonds of the first water! A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Of course, I have been in contact with several of them, and the majority are rogues of the first water. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z That first water revolution ushered in an era -- the one we think we still live in -- in which water was unlimited, free, and safe. Can the Earth sustain 10 billion people? 2011-05-04T22:50:00Z Young Master Small is introduced to ensnare her with his manifold accomplishments, and certainly he does exhibit himself as a nincompoop of the first water. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z I saw that great judgment was necessary, while convinced in my own mind that I possessed a jewel of the first water. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z He spoke excellent French, and seemed altogether a gentleman of the first water—or blood, I suppose one would say. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z At night they slept at its very head under an overhanging cliff, from the foot of which the river’s first waters gurgled forth. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z A diamond of the ‘first water,’ slightly encrusted with quartz, needing but the chisel of the lapidary to lay bare its brilliant beauties to the gaze of an admiring world. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z Most of the Norfolk clergy were then old-fashionedtives of the first water. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z If you pour away the first water in which they come to a boil, you pour away a certain amount of their nourishment, which already has escaped in the water. A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery 2011-03-15T02:00:12.260Z He has written little, but what he has written is of the first water. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z She felt that she was dealing with a fool of the first water, upon whom valuable breath was wasted. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z This is a betise of the first water. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z He says his partner ‘was a scoundrel of the first water, who made money by the mystery of thieving.’ The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z Some people say that they like to pour away that first water, because it carries off the strong taste of the beans. A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery 2011-03-15T02:00:12.260Z It was not an evening party of the first water, or given by people of first-rate position in society, or held in a quarter whither the fashionable classes most do congregate. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z The piece of glass picked up on Waterloo Bridge that night had proved to be a diamond of first water, too late though it was to set it in his crown. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "Well, it always is on her head," says Mr. Rodney, at which ridiculous joke they both laugh as gayly as though it were a bon-mot of the first water. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z "Does my Lady know that her friend and confidante is a Girondist of the first water?" said an ex-Minister. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "You are a Democrat of the first water!" exclaimed Repton, in half amazement. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z At his lodgings, besides the usual housebreaking implements, a complete assortment of costumes of every kind was discovered—from that of the dandy of the first water to the blouse of the artisan. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z That a Timon like himself—a misogynist indeed of the first water—should fall in love at first sight with a ballet girl certainly furnished matter for reflection. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z “Your father,” he interrupted deliberately, “is a despicable scoundrel; a liar and a cheat of the first water.” The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z All of which, my dear Marchioness, is heresy, pure and simple; and worse yet—paganism of the first water. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z He was one of the people who always made Joan feel herself a wit of the first water. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Nay," said Sir Courtley Flutter, who was an ancient fop of the first water, "'Fore Gad, my lords, 'tis indeed perfect paradise sent down upon us poor worldlings here. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z One gas-burner cooked, boiled, and stewed, and his cleanliness and saving ways enabled him to afford his game at billiards; and to pass for a Parisian of the first water under a political cloud. Lady Maude's Mania The bait may be protected by a pen of stakes such as is described in my first water set, but placed a little back from the water in as dry a place as possible. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. I was by this time fairly established as a powder and pill distributer, of the first water. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician He was a philanthropist of the highest order—a patriot of the first water—rendering himself substantially useful to his fellow men and common country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution They are either hypocrites of the worst stamp, or fanatics of the first water, "airing their self-righteousness at the corners of the streets." Friend Mac Donald Her husband may have been a scamp of the first water, but she’s a lady and a Christian. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch No one would dream that in this little corner, unknown, unvisited, exists a gem of the first water and great antiquity; dating probably from the eleventh century. Glories of Spain You idle young blackguards, you pestilent oafs, you fools of the first water, write them out. Sinister Street, vol. 1 He well knew that there was but little sinecure mushroom dandy stock on-hand—that the great mass was bone and sinew of the first water. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Well, they're over twenty carats each, and therefore, of course, many times the value of first water diamonds. The Haunted Pajamas I poured off the first water, and filled the bowl again. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom "Your cathedral is a gem of the very first water," we said. Glories of Spain And in the very first water that they crossed he saw the little Salmon come hurrying towards them, and called out to them, "Come and look at my brown coat." The Story of a Red Deer Mr. Yates was a whig of the first water—bold, fearless, calm, prudent and firm as the iron mountain of Missouri. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Ninety-four had gotten first water, and, consequently, would be the last to leave the scene. An Amateur Fireman Some are hopelessly flawed, while others need but patient grinding to develop into diamonds of the first water. A Top-Floor Idyl It was the first water I had tasted since leaving the Half-Way House. Hunted Down or, Five Days in the Fog But I'm telling you that stone is a diamond of the first water and that it came from the moon. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 He was in favor of equal rights, a patriot of the Roman school, a philanthropist of the first water—opposed to all monopolies. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution To get first water under such circumstances seemed impossible, and timidly Seth reminded Walters of the fact. An Amateur Fireman They went on two miles farther, when Washington signified his determination to encamp at the first water they should find. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The inhabitants of Russia do not eat this mushroom, but in Germany it is eaten dried or when perfectly fresh, after cooking, and after the first water in which it is boiled is removed. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous You can get anything, from a bag of peas or a tin tack to Kimberley diamonds of the first water, from his shop, and it’s the last that those ruffians were after. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War He was not a man of principle according to his personal interest but a noble patriot of the first water. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The thing had become, in fact, a bore of the first water. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War There are many diamonds, and diamonds of the first water, among the Americans as among ourselves; but the cutting and setting is different. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses In preparing for the table bring the mushroom to a quick boil and pour off the first water, then stew with flavoring to suit the taste. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Fount of a rushing river! wild flowers wreathe The home where thy first waters sunlight claim; The lark sits hushed beside thee, while I breathe, Sweet Tamar spring! the music of thy name. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West The girl or, woman who “could not live without you” to-day might be voting you a bore of the first water by this time next year, or even earlier. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Mr. Emerson likens Margaret's relations with her friends to the wearing of a necklace of social brilliants of the first water. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Thereafter Brahma created first water, then the earth, then from out of his head a man who was the Brahmin, and became the chief of the caste of priests, or the highest class. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant He says: "My wife and I eat it very often, when in fresh condition, and after the first water in which it is boiled is poured off." Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Miss Adams was at once established as a metropolitan favorite of the first water. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 He was taken for a political agent, a propagandist, and at last for a diplomatist of the first water, and secretary of legation at Madrid. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) There was no doubt about his intelligence, although he was known as a scamp of the first water. Francezka When parboiled and the first water removed, it has been eaten without injurious effects. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous True, there are flaws in the diamond—but only when the squalls come; and as the blackness sweeps by, that diamond of the first water is again sky-bright and sky-blue as an angel's eyes. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) That man is a diamond of the first water, calculated to excel in any station he assumes. Nathan Hale Accept this, it is of the first water, worth two hundred Louis d'ors. The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts That silent little man was a humorist of the first water. Francezka All the gem experts agreed that the mysterious flood of smuggled stones was of Indian origin, being of the first water and of remarkable fire—in other words, of the finest transparency and brilliance. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Oscar, then, was a fraud of the first water. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France Sometimes, perhaps twice a week, put a little ammonia in the first water so that the tub will have an extra cleaning. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings Adventurers of the very first water, they seldom, if ever, let me into their secrets until their plans were actually matured. The Count's Chauffeur It is astonishing how many good and even great qualities a man may possess and still be a scoundrel of the first water. Francezka Not imitation stones nor small, off-colored diamonds, but brilliants of the very first water, clear as dew, yet holding in their hearts the faintest suggestion of blue. Shadow Mountain The reader has also seen that these two "fathers" were individualists of the first water. Anarchism and Socialism He was amazing, a genius of the first water, the legitimate successor of Byron and Shelley, to say nothing of Keats; he might easily surpass them all in a few years. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 The governess, it seems, is a jewel of the first water. Angelot A Story of the First Empire Oh, to be sure! the Bankheads are jewels of the first water. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 But the pure, serene fire in those first water diamonds which graced the ring on Wiley’s hand–that dazzled Samuel J. Blount as it had dazzled the Widow and many a store-keeper in Vegas. Shadow Mountain I stayed behind to make my first water color, and then––I thought you would be coming back soon, so I tried to cook supper instead. Hidden Water The water is found almost at the surface, and the depth of the well is only that necessary to reach the first water layer. Rural Hygiene I wonder how long it will be before his partner has him broken in as a river-pirate of the first water. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo They had been engaged a year or so, when one summer a belle of the first water made her appearance in the village-circle of Stamford. Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 The vigour and finish of this portrait on vellum, done in crayons or body-colour, make it a gem of the first water. Holbein A society matron of the first water is certainly her métier. The Smart Set Correspondence & Conversations Accordingly, Venice sought and obtained a god of the first water. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Life passes lightly over them, and chisels few lines and puckers in the serene patriarchal faces—they may be scamps of the first water, for all one can tell; it sits lightly upon them. In the Tail of the Peacock Bob must drive his horses on at a walk, and halt at the first water he sees. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation The hero—a prig of the first water—marries one of those apparently only half-flesh-and-blood wives who, novelistically, never fail to go wrong. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century The fellow was undoubtedly a rogue of the first water, but he possessed many amiable traits, and had a fine sense of humour. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France There were gems of the first water among them; and now and then an individual, showing in one person the best attributes of both races, came to the front. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington This was considered the best thing to do, and soon the weary cattle were drinking their first water in many hours. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders These Chinese are idealists of the first water. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas "Flawless and of the first water!" exclaimed he, after a tense pause. Christopher and the Clockmakers It was real, honest, genuine love, and of very pure quality; a diamond, he was ready to think, of the first water. A Red Wallflower When successful I am as pleased as a South African who fishes a diamond of the first water out of the mine. A Black Adonis This principle is very soluble in hot water, and when care is used to drain off first water in which they have been cooked, squeezing the water well from the plants, they are pronounced harmless. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. It is quite popular among the natives, and they still attribute to it a sacred character, calling it yax ha, the first water, the primal fluid. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Put ¼ teaspoon fine salt in first water, as it adds a fine flavor. The Suffrage Cook Book I decided that she was an actress of the first water and resented being imposed upon. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty He had a nice family, a good house, and he was a clever gentleman, and a "hardshell" Baptist of the first water. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings As to the sitters, they were in ecstasies, and proclaimed him every where a genius of the first water. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 However, Clavering was no lover of unamended nature, holding nature, except in rare moments of inspiration, a bungler of the first water. Black Oxen “We’ll halt, sir, at the first water, and have a good rest and feed.” The Peril Finders At the first water he paused, but would not allow Whirlwind to kneel to help him dismount. Deerfoot in The Mountains This is without prejudice to the already appointed Laureate as a swan and singing bird of the first water. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. I hunted through many collections, and brought together a score or so of pieces which, considered merely as carols, were gems of the first water. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Our self-importance as Arctic heroes of the first water received a sad downfall when we were first asked by a kind friend, what the deuce we came home for? Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Two fields were crossed and the first water jump reached. The Rider in Khaki A Novel The precious stones emitted a clear lustre which would have caused a connoisseur at once to pronounce them of the first water; but their setting was quaint and old-fashioned. Fairy Fingers A Novel The officer evidently did not relish his employment; but Mr. C. Augustus Ebénier had proved that he was a first-class tiger, as well as an exquisite of the first water. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World Developing rapidly into a bravo of the first water, he attacked a man "at the request of le sieur de Danmesnil," and wounded him mortally with his rapier in the thigh. The Story of Rouen His reputation as a wit of the first water was firmly established, and every pun and jest thereafter succeeding was crowned by the halo of this first success. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And opening the parchment cover he showed Ernest and the rest some diamonds of the first water, that must have been worth several thousand pounds. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek A pearl of the first water is real. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana My first must be fashion's own fancy-bred daughter, Proud, peerless, and perfect—in fact, comme il faut; A waltzer and wit of the very first water— For show. The Book of Humorous Verse "Those scoundrels will ride on to the first water and wait for us; we must get round them." Under the Rebel's Reign Having secured some, he tested them and found them to be diamonds of the first water. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Snodgrass and his verses, and his perpetual “note book,” must have made him a bore of the first water. Pickwickian Studies Through the aperture the incendiary had stuffed the shavings, and dropped a card of lighted matches upon them, for he saw the remnants of it when he threw on the first water. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder It is a jewel of the first water, whose value he alone understands who has lost it, or who observes the lives of others who have lost it. The Simple Life "He must have been an acrobat of the first water to manage such a thing!" declared Harry. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol The lawyer was a true Magyar of the first water. Debts of Honor A novel of the first water, clear and clean, is this thrilling story of the pioneers, the men and women who laid the foundation of the great west. Fair Harbor One summer morning I saw an army of a million spears, each one adorned with a diamond of the first water—I mean the grass with the dew on it. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony But he's a teacher and scholar of the first water. The Forbidden Trail He soon gained the reputation of a Corsair of the first water, and “a person, who, for our sins, did more harm to the Christians than any other.” The Story of the Barbary Corsairs There were municipal personages of the utmost dignity, and the representatives of county families of the first water. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn In short, an industrial and financial magnate of the first water and of the finest type to be found in the United States. Theft A Play In Four Acts I think if you look into it, that my stratagem, the inciting him to the overcoming of his sister in that race, was the work of a diplomatist of the first water. April's Lady A Novel By the same post I wrote to Bob Cross, acquainting him with what had passed, and begging him to come round by the first water conveyance, and bring my chest and bedding with him. Percival Keene “I scarcely dare to say what he may have done,” answered the consul; “he is a villain of the first water, and would shoot his own father and mother if they offended him.” The Three Lieutenants "My faith, Victor, thou art a fool of the first water!" he said to himself as he realised the ignominy of his situation. Doom Castle Immediately opposite to me sat two dandies of the first water, dressed in white greatcoats and Belcher handkerchiefs, and each with a cigar in his mouth, which he puffed away with marvellous self-complacency. Catharine's Peril, or The Little Russian Girl Lost in a Forest And Other Stories Evidently this was a dandy of the first water; yet, despite his languid bearing, his face was full of intelligence, and decision of character was proclaimed in the large nose and square, clean-cut chin. A Houseful of Girls We have not much to excite us in the country, and to have the Court open again, with four young people to act as hosts, is a sensation of the first water. The Fortunes of the Farrells All the Vernon family were dears of the first water, and might have been specially created to meet the needs of their neighbours, the Garnetts. A College Girl And it is of the first water, too.” The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure Jonah Trimble may not have been a genius of the first water, but he was at least wise enough to know that he could not both have his cake and eat it. A Dog with a Bad Name Either he must be a paragon of the first water, or else— I gave it up, and handed the letter across to Jack Smith. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life The young gentleman was dressed in the highest style of fashion, and, though not more than nineteen, was evidently a 'blood' of 'the very first water.' The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Fast as they worked at the spring, the shack was well ablaze by the time that the Grammar School boys returned with the first water. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports I was astonished to hear him call the princess thus, and the greatest potentates thieves of the first water. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell And finally, being quite convinced he was a hero of the first water, he regarded Jeffreys with condescension, and felt a little surprise that he should remain both silent and apparently disdainful. A Dog with a Bad Name Mr. Wilson is an American humorist of the first water. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels In short, he was a prig of the first water; self-conscious to the last degree; and so crammed with little moral aphorisms that they drop out of his mouth whenever he opens his lips. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) "We shall have to halt at the first water," said the brigadier. On the Heels of De Wet At the first water they reached the lads carefully washed and dressed the venison and resumed their return to camp. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) Mr. Arlington is a gem of the first water. Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest Now, the Countess of Fitz-pompey was a brilliant of the first water. The Young Duke He openly laughed at them for the plight in which he found them, taunting them as cowards of the first water. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis It still seemed to the little old lady of the first water as it had been when it adorned Judge Ridge's brick house in Euston, Pa. Milly naturally had other views of this treasure. One Woman's Life And when in spite of her determination she lagged behind, he stopped at the first water. North of Fifty-Three He was a simpering coxcomb of the first water, and the "loudest" dressed man in the State. Editorial Wild Oats Then the next year they started the Sewer Contract, and I worked in that and I worked on the first water plant they started. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 As to his social qualities, it is well known to his more intimate friends that Professor Rankine is a bon vivant of the first water. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities And the literature into which she puts all those years is literature of the first water. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings The first water that falls in June is supposed to cure all skin diseases; and I am informed “it is dretful good for the insides, too.” Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk For the rock garden it is a gem of the first water, its habit being dwarf, dense, and rigid; floriferous as many of the Bellflowers are, I know none to excel this one. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. His son again was a miser of the first water who could be enticed neither to court nor into the houses of his neighbours. The Poor Plutocrats He was a baseball enthusiast of the first water, and never could get quite enough of his favorite sport. The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight "Oh, you're a doubting Thomas of the first water," he said. Raw Gold A Novel They are all jewels of the first water. Chopin and Other Musical Essays Nothing else broke the monotony of the heat and sand, until we came to the first water hole. I Married a Ranger Single gems of the first water glistened like dewdrops in the Queen's ears, while upon her bosom as she breathed the three great Turgeneff diamonds caught and defiantly threw back the light. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties The man in the big car turned out to be Major McGrew's chauffeur, whom Hugh knew to speak to, as he was a baseball enthusiast of the first water. The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight He is not always a fool that knows the value of dress; and some of the wisest and greatest of men have been dandies of the first water. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 I mean that it will be you, Argyl, who actually sends the first water to reclaim Rattlesnake Valley. Under Handicap A Novel The ball-room becomes radiant with costly chandeliers whose effulgence is reflected by diamonds of the first water. Saratoga and How to See It He looked at her as one who has made a study of a certain class of objects looks at a fine specimen, as a jeweller looks at a gem of the first water. The Mormon Prophet He was clearly a choice spirit—a trump of the first water—and they only wanted his name to be uncommonly thick with him. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour The elder Sue was a very easy, good-natured man, but had no learning, though he was reckoned a savan of the first water. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business They get first water if the cook has any. Under Handicap A Novel Holy Father, the Scripture declares that one should accompany a departing loved one only to the first water. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Raising itself till its head was on a level with the table, it dropped into his plate a magnificent diamond of the first water, gleaming with the purest light. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine It is an extravagant sport of a scholar of the first rank and a genius of the first water. Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation "Dear Howard: "That you are a scamp of the first water goes without saying, insinuating yourself into an eccentric old man's confidence in hopes to be his heir! The Cromptons Is she only a silly charming child, or an embryo flirt of the first water? The Hoyden Whoever could be present at a sermon on the Sunday when a Purgatorian Society is to be established, would hear pathos and see grief of the first water. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three All his acquaintances knew that Phil was a knave of the first water, yet was he decidedly a general favorite. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Maybe he was a saint of the first water, and maybe he was a pillar of the church that ran a building society. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') It is probable that he really said "a coff of cuppee," however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king. Love Conquers All Tears were even coming into my eyes when Tom suddenly came over the fence and picked me and the heart up together and put us into an adventure of the first water. The Melting of Molly The first water works had been installed at a cost of $95.50, and consisted of a well alone. Children of the Market Place This, however, is hypocrisy of the first water. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Not even to Owen was it whispered that the lace was a wonderfully good imitation, or that the diamonds, instead of being of the first water, were first-rate paste; and no one suspected the deception. Gladys, the Reaper If your first water be too strong, put some of the second to it as you use it. A Queens Delight The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent Waters. For my pal was a criminal—oh, not a jewel of the first water, merely a petty criminal who would steal and rob, commit burglary, and, if cornered, not stop short of murder. The Road Boil the leeks for five minutes, drain them off, and throw away the first water, and then stew them gently in some fresh water. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet He began by being a fop and ultra-extravagant; and was always, if we may believe accounts, a libertine of the first water. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 It was the annual ball of the Polo Club, and that was a social function of the first water—in the eyes of the Calford world. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Come up to Burgdorf, there you're sure to find good cheer, The handsomest of girls and best of beer, And rows, too, of the very first water. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe Barring our lucky rain this would have been the first water since leaving the Kedong River. African Camp Fires Here is a young man who is gay in his manners, and fashionable in his attire—a dandy of the first water, all buckled and strapped after the latest pattern. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness I want ten of the first water, a little larger and more perfectly matched than any we have in stock at present. With Links of Steel He'll most like camp at the first water, about twenty-five miles south. Partners of Chance Though Birmingham is but one sparkle of the brilliant clustre, yet she is a sparkle of the first water, and of the first magnitude. An History of Birmingham (1783) To keep colors from running in washing black prints, put a teaspoon of black pepper in the first water. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home And there was a little golden statuette of a dragon stealing a diamond from a lady, the dragon had the diamond in his claws, large and of the first water. Tales of Wonder "Del Ferice is a scoundrel of the first water—" "A jewel among scoundrels," interrupted the Cardinal, "for being a scoundrel he is yet harmless—a stage villain." Saracinesca Although the preparation is to be preferred composed of equal quantities of butter, lard and suet, adding milk to the first water in which the suet is boiled is quite an improvement. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" He is a smug--of the first water. Lady Connie All the "locals," according to her, were stupid or snobbish--bores, in fact, of the first water. The Testing of Diana Mallory At first water should be provided at each coop, but as the chickens grow older they may be required to come to a few central water pans. The Dollar Hen The Rector Kroll is a prig and a bore of the first water. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 14, 1891 His search was rewarded by the discovery of several stones, which he conveyed home with him, and which proved, after being cleaned, to be gems of the first water. The Firm of Girdlestone For instance, the parish of Kemble, wherein the first waters now appear, has been counted now in Gloucester, now in Wilts. The Historic Thames In former days she would have been a religious bigot of the first water; the bigotry was still there; only the subjects of it were changed. The Testing of Diana Mallory I tell you I could hardly hold in, I was so downright mad; I wanted to rush out and denounce him for an old fraud of the first water. The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant The Barber had stated that the large river was the first water to be met with after crossing the range in the direction of north-east by north from Tangulda. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 Once launched, he proved himself a British salt of the first water. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 It crosses the line of the river in a high embankment a mile or so below its traditional source at Thames head, but above the point where the first water is seen. The Historic Thames As a sportsman the captain was a gem of the first water, carrying with him, besides a herd of nearly a thousand cattle, three race-horses, several baskets of fighting chickens, and a pack of hounds. Reed Anthony, Cowman Brother Lu, more than ever like a magician of the first water, seemed to be friendly with the housekeeper also, for he introduced his sister and the others to Mrs. Husted. The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant He was a brilliant of the first water, whose endless facets were forever gleaming, now here, now there, with a gorgeous, but irregular light. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 His first water works engine was built for the city of Savannah, Ga., and erected in 1854. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 Morgan—you said it was Morgan, didn’t you?—you are undoubtedly a scoundrel of the first water. The House of a Thousand Candles Even the diamond books which reflect the light of God so brilliantly may not be all of first water. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible When we came to the first water that flowed toward the Pacific Coast at Pacific Springs, we drivers had quite a little talk about a new scheme. Death Valley in '49 At the first water which we saw I took time to give my head a good souse. Who Goes There? She, in her youthful innocence, was entirely indifferent to political matters; but her step-father, her step-mother, and her husband, Count G----, were royalists of the first water. Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era He was a Colonial Governor of the first water, and was perfectly aware of the fact. Mr. Meeson's Will This fine young man had all the inclination of a profligate of the first water, and only lacked the one good trait in the common catalogue of debauched vices—open-handedness—to be a notable vagabond. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Mr. Montgomery's poetical talent is altogether of the highest order, or, to use a familiar phrase, his Pelican Island is "a gem of the first water." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 He was a genius, absolutely a genius of the first water, when it came to tuning pianos. Mary Wollaston This was the first water in Greene's rear, which is mentioned by historians, as being resorted to by his army.* A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade He grasped, as he thought, a jewel of the first water; and it turns out to be a vulgar pebble. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author To do him justice, I believe he thinks me a hypochondriac of the first water; but that young man will go far if he keeps on the wicket. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman The man might have been a minor poet instead of an athlete of the first water. The Amateur Cracksman But he that had brought the first water, being sent again, was in great danger of being taken by the enemy, and, having received a wound, with much difficulty escaped. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans However this may be, there can be no doubt that Mr. Glen is a Persian scholar of the first water. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society My heroine is disporting herself at a ball 'glittering from head to foot with large diamonds of the first water.' Anne of the Island This was manifestly a prig of the first water, and there was no use arguing with him. Dracula He—or she—is an athlete, a musician, an acrobat, a Lothario, a grim fighter, a sport of the first water. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories Water was found providentially near the spot, where the approach of night had obliged us to encamp; this having been the first water we had seen during that day's laborious journey. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Therefore, I decided that next day we should scout ahead to the first water to which the trail led and cut out the trail where necessary. The Long Labrador Trail The first water was struck at a depth of 330 feet and better flows were secured with deeper borings down to 1000 feet. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert All this is very slight, merae nugae; but even if the humour be not of the first water, it will compare well with the humour of epigrams of any age. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal But the indefatigable apostle of the turnip had no time for archaeology on his great tour, or he would have discovered that Nevers possesses more than one architectural gem of the first water. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne Why, this Moravian count is a genius of the first water. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes On the contrary, he of the Roost was a patriot of the first water, and, if we may take his own word for granted, a thorn in the side of the enemy. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies Though not of the first water himself, yet still he must feel, when he sees Lady Bearcroft with other people! Tales and Novels — Volume 10 There was Bobbie, ambling gently through life, a dear old chap in a hundred ways, but undoubtedly a chump of the first water. My Man Jeeves If the stone was not always of the first water, and if the setting was always strange and overdone, at least it shone in artificial light, and that was all it was meant to do. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House A gem of the first water, bearing upon every page the signet mark of genius. Tales of Daring and Danger There you are, complete, a Boer of the first water! With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader To think that success is going to come to you when it is unmerited, simply because you make use of "affirmations" or employ mental "treatments," is folly of the first water. Within You is the Power Then put them together in an earthenware close covered pan to simmer together in butter and gravy, the first water having been well drained from them. The Belgian Cookbook Had he, on finding how absolutely he was astray, remained at the first water he reached, he would have been found. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Well, yes, Miss Darrell, I know the baronet, and he's a very heavy swell and a blue diamond of the first water. A Terrible Secret This is about all they teach in this school; but the rapports are worth the money: they deceive the parents, making them believe their geese are swans of the first water. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters They went on two miles further, when Washington signified his determination to encamp at the first water they should find. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 As much a gentleman as you and I; not of the very first water, of course. Two Years Ago, Volume II. There was a large sofa of most comfortable shape, covered with dark red velvet, and furnished with pillows and foot rugs, which would have satisfied a Sybarite of the first water. Phantom Fortune, a Novel A mighty shout went up at noon, and the deer, rabbits and birds, which for years had held undisputed possession of the promised land, were treated to a surprise of the first water. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young No doubt Brummell was a fool—a fool of the first water, but that he was equally a knave was not so certain. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Claire's a first water good sport—really, so don't encourage her to be queer. Plays In addition to looking like one of those things that come out of hollow trees, he is universally admitted to be a dumb brick of the first water. Right Ho, Jeeves They jump at midnight if their services are required by either a wild Irishman in Canal-street or a gentleman of the first water in any of our mansions. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston As she sat in the uncomfortable pew, Ida often wondered whether her cousin really believed what he preached, or whether he was a hypocrite of the first water. At Love's Cost It seemed clear to Billy Durgin, who reported this interview to me in a manner of able realism, that these men were both crooks of the first water. The Boss of Little Arcady He revived a minute acquaintance with the Countess Lanovitch, who is a fool of the very first water. The Sowers He's an egotist, of the first water; there is no getting over that. The House of the Whispering Pines At the first water we reached she bathed her face and eyes, and using the pool as a mirror, adjusted her hair. Salute to Adventurers A coxcomb of the first water, Sir Timothy receives a sharp rebuff when he opens his suit, and accordingly he challenges Bellmour, but fails to appear at the place of meeting. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III English 1775-1851 Pupil of the Royal Academy If the occupation of a shepherd produced a poet, no less did an artist of the first water come out of a barber shop. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Hill may, as has been asserted, have been a bore of the first water, but that kindly deed may stand him in stead of genius. Inns and Taverns of Old London A gentleman in New Haven who knew him well said of him, “That man is a diamond of the first water and calculated to excel in any station he assumes.” Once Upon a Time in Connecticut Bi was a dub of the first water. The New Boy at Hilltop Doctor Graziano, or Baloardo Grazian, is a pedant, a philosopher, grammarian, rhetorician, astronomer, cabalist, a savant of the first water, boasting of his degree from Bologna, trailing the gown of that august university. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III Now here is a creed of the first water. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 "It's only an hour ago that you were a pirate of the first water, you know." The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers I cannot say that I know the fellow, but I suspect he is a scoundrel of the first water. Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express He was a simpering coxcomb of the first water, and the "loudest" dressed man in the state. Sketches New and Old, Part 2. "Ready to wring out the clothes through the first water!" Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys "He's a swindler of the first water," she concluded as she was whisked down in the elevator. Constance Dunlap He entertained an idea that all who understood the matter would perceive at a single glance that he was a gentleman of the first water, and a man of fashion. The Way We Live Now This was unanswerable; and Rose was installed from that time forward in the minds of Bella and the rest as a heroine of the first water. What Katy Did at School My dear Dyster, I didn't by any means mean to be so sphinx-like in my letter, though you have turned out an Oedipus of the first water. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 The first water we reached in the Rawlinson Range was at a rock-hole about ten miles eastwards from the Circus water, the place from whence Gibson and I started to explore to the west. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, For they are fakers—frauds of the first water! The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel He is not a genius of the first water, but lively and sometimes agreeable. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 "How's that for the first water?" he inquired, passing it across, with a broad smile, to the sceptic. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay My friend was defendant in a suit instituted against him in H.B.M.'s Consular Court, Cairo, by one Mohammed Shafi'a, a scoundrel of the first water. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 They tend to develop into bores of the first water in later life. The Upton Letters A man down in Montreal by the name of Lang owns a string of them, and his agent over at the Devil's Nest is a scoundrel of the first water. God's Country—And the Woman And so's the present man—a rip of the first water. The British Barbarians Quite appropriately, one of the highest peaks from which the Colorado draws its first waters, is now distinguished by the name of the earliest scientific observer to enter its basin. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons That Rashid Pasha and his crawling myrmidons were rascals of the first water and that the Shazlis were infamously treated is very evident. The Life of Sir Richard Burton He felt he had been a complete fool, that the whole scene had been a farce of the first water. Women in Love Diamonds of the very first water, but uncut. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island The diamonds were pronounced pure and of the first water; and the jeweller declared they were fully worth twenty-two thousand thalers. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends But he was told it was this stream that had turned the first water mill in Ireland and that Cormac had put up the mill to save a beautiful bond-maid from toiling at the quern. The Untilled Field His murderers had stripped him of all his apparel, forgetting, however, in his right boot a jewel which was discovered there afterward, a diamond of the first water and of considerable value. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin "A fop of the latest style—that is to say, a fool of the first water —looks out upon himself from this looking-glass," said he, laughing. Joseph II. and His Court "As to the new cook, she is a jewel of the first water," answered Miss Nestor. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island The lady, or rather the ladies, hired by her father, for his wife was allowed no voice in their selection, were of the other known as "determined"; disciplinarians of the first water. Love Eternal Hazel ran to Welch to tell him all he had discovered, and to give him his first water from the island. Foul Play The only other halt made was at the crossing of the first water, a clear, swift brook, where both horses and men drank thirstily. The Man of the Forest Proceeding on, as we came to the first water, I commenced flirtations with Mtesa's women, much to the surprise of the king and every one. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile The way I look at it, they are historical gems—gems of the very first water. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) A red spot burnt in each of her cheeks; the rest of her face was pale; and her eyes were like diamonds of the first water. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid This animal here is a plug; an out-and-out plug of the first water. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course Perhaps that was one of the reasons why Mr. van Koop vanished from South Africa, for I may add that he was a cur of the first water. The Ivory Child Leonard, in addition to being an egotist and the very incarnation of selfishness, was a prig of the first water. The Man My maiden aunt's legacy—a diamond of the first water. The Lady of Lyons "Yes, but Lemoine was a fakir of the first water;" said Andrews. The Silent Bullet He was known among the young men I associated with as a romancer of the first water. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 The jewels might have sufficed for a king's ransom; the diamonds were of the first water; the rubies flashed crimson; delicate pearls gleamed palely upon their velvet beds; there were emeralds of priceless value. Dora Thorne She was a Holbein—of the first water; yet she was also Mrs. Brash, the imported “foil,” the indispensable “accent,” the successor to the dreary Miss Dadd! The Beldonald Holbein My good people, both brethren and sistern, as surely as I stand here in this pulpit today, and as surely as my name is Josiah B. Milligan, dancing is a sin of the first water! Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! He was a Japanese dandy of the first water. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan There were one hundred and forty-three diamonds of the first water, including one which has been called, I believe, 'the Great Mogul' and is said to be the second largest stone in existence. The Sign of the Four But it is the first water north of the Santa Fe, and now and then a wayfarer of the desert leaves the main highway and turns that way, driven by necessity. The Trail of the White Mule Bay was a Liberal of the very first water. Resurrection Even so he spake, and the old woman passed forth from the hall to bring water for his feet, for that first water was all spilled. The Odyssey Done into English prose Why, Governor Walsh was in camp on the Little Salmon, and O’Brien coming in on the first water. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke In that sorry house it looked as out of place as a diamond of the first water in a setting of brass. The Sign of the Four He has one advantage over most knaves, that he is not only a knave of the first water, but he is sometimes a fool, too. The Brick Moon and Other Stories Because, behind the big round glasses that are the main feature of Washburn on the tennis court, is a brain of the first water, directing and developing that all-round game. The Art of Lawn Tennis Jimmy, me boy," he declared, in a giant whisper, "the madam is a jewel of the first water. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million The Crows and Blackfeet, upon the whole, are enemies worthy of each other, being rogues and ruffians of the first water. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West They were—stones of the first water, though small. Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, or, the Secret of Phantom Mountain It was like her that they should seem tears of the largest, most expensive sort, tears of the first water. Soul of a Bishop But as we could not learn the cause, and were desirous of terminating the dispute, we interposed, and told them we should go on to the first water and camp. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 His wares have been, not glass beads, but polished gems; not the most rare and precious, perhaps, but of the very first water of their kind. Notes on Life and Letters Here was the happy hunting ground par excellence, where courtesans of the first water spread their nets in open daylight and flaunted themselves amid the tolerating smiles and brilliant luxury of Paris. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola "It is of the first water, and without a flaw." Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, or, the Secret of Phantom Mountain Then in the dark they rode out of the canons and gullies of the Rim Rock, and early in the morning halted at the first water to camp. The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border The newcomer was a dandy of the first water. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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