| 单词 | forked lightning |
| 例句 | I wondered what kind of weather she could be compared to and decided on a thunderstorm, very localized, with forked lightning. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another clap of thunder, followed immediately by forked lightning. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She brandished her spear, and forked lightning slashed through the monsters’ ranks; but as the hellhounds fell, more took their place. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The horse sped away in a blur of black and tan, faster than forked lightning—almost too quick for her eyes to register. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Dazzling bars of light transform the floor into digital waves, or flicker forked lightning over the dancers' looping, tumbling bodies. New Movement Collective: Nest – review 2013-07-18T16:49:06Z Vladimir Shklyarov – delivering the best male dancing of the season yet – is not only a fine partner, but, given centre stage, inscribes the air with the clarity and intensity of forked lightning. Mariinsky Ballet: Balanchine/Robbins triple bill ? review 2011-08-05T15:12:21Z The last time I saw forked lightning was on the Isle of Skye! Fancy dress by Kate Horsley 2010-12-26T00:05:12Z There are violent cloudbursts across town and forked lightning out over the Med. Cannes 2018: A search for meaning on the Croisette 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z If the subsequent dart leader takes a slightly different route to the ground, so-called forked lightning results with the return stroke. How a Pacific storm fueled lightning that sparked California's biggest-ever fire season 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Face the east and between blasts of forked lightning the sky is midnight-black. The political storm brewing in Arizona 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The front page of Monday's Libération showed an image of Mr Macron as Jupiter, the king of the gods, holding forked lightning. Macron seeks to cut number of MPs by a third - BBC News 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z The forked lightning that spidered the sky, sending deer and rabbits skittering for cover. The Long, Lonely Road of Chelsea Manning 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The only break in the placid scene is the jarring photograph of forked lightning on his laptop screen, a picture Allen took the first time he brought his wife storm chasing with him in Australia. Tornado Forecaster Moonlights as Great Plains Storm Chaser [Slide Show] 2014-05-08T15:30:00Z Ever and anon the indigo sky was cut across by steel-blue flashes of forked lightning, and thunder rumbled far away. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z As I rode out into Cambridge Street, thunder boomed in the east, and I saw the forked lightning racing through inky heavens, veining the storm with jewelled signs. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The old lady's remarkable eyebrows were darting about her forehead like forked lightning while she spoke. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Soon the heavens began to gather blackness, and the forked lightning to play with fearful glare on the surface of this dark mass of clouds, followed by loud peals of startling thunder. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z He evidently believed that the forked lightning, the out-bursting earth-shaking thunder, and the roaring, heaving volcano were but pliant tools or obsequious servants to the man of faith. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The letters, formed by the failing, trembling fingers, resembled the forked lightning. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The narrowing gorge ahead was packed solid with a sullen phalanx of augmenting clouds, sombre-hued and sagging with moisture, and frequently illumined with forked lightning flashes discharged from their murky depths. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z For the next three or four minutes shrieks, like nothing so much as forked lightning, lacerated the air, as the guilty hounds began to receive that which was their due. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z He spoke in a voice of thunder: forked lightnings shot through the trees, and ran along upon the ground. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The rays split on the basalt with crackling sparks like flashes of forked lightning. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z But at this dinner table the conversation flashed around me like forked lightning. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z "At least not until we get forked lightning." The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z I pulled to the side at once, and the party in the waggonette passed, the gentleman who handled the ribbons scowling and looking forked lightning at us. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z So saying, he described the stroke of forked lightning in the air with the crucifix, and looked around him with flashing eyes. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z Peal followed peal, succeeded by terrible silences; the forked lightning danced wildly around him, until at length one terrific flash tore up the ground at his feet, and nearly stunned him. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z By all the saints, I tell you I saw forked lightning playing about her eyes when I incautiously gave play to a little premature pleasantry. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Instantly the younger son sent forked lightning leaping across the heavens, while the elder caused the heat lightning to flash in the distance. Indian Legends Retold 2011-04-21T02:00:49.077Z Thorkell went about like a cloud of thunder, and when he heard that the accidents to his new homestead were ascribed to supernatural agencies he flashed like forked lightning. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Jupiter mounted to the tall tower where he kept his forked lightnings and from which he spread the rain clouds over the earth. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Besides the lightning, which perfectly resembled the common forked lightning, there were many meteors, like what are vulgarly called falling stars. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z The dark air was lit up with flashes of vivid and forked lightning, and the roar of that ear-stopping thunder was incessant. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z Even as he spoke, the clouds were parted at last with a dazzling blaze of forked lightning. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z The thunder never stopped rumbling; the forked lightning darted incessantly down upon the highest pinnacles and the whole stronghold, from its battlements down to its very base. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "You do not believe in the wild torrents, the forked lightnings, and the shocking thunders of the poets?" She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The thunder rolled and crashed, as if the skies were falling in pieces; and the lightning—sheet lightning, streaked lightning, forked lightning—kept the firmament almost constantly ablaze. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Presently a flash of vivid forked lightning danced before his eyes, followed by a clap of thunder so terrific that it bid fair to burst the drum of his ear. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z An idea flashed through his brain like the zigzag of forked lightning. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Like the forked lightning," he proceeded, "it leaves no trace of its progress. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Again and again the forked lightning streaked across the sky, every stroke more vivid than the one before. Into the Primitive And she had heard a voice from the dark cloud as it broke, saying, sternly, as the forked lightning leaped into the heart of the imperial palace, “The gods help only those who help themselves.” Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 Jupiter in the centre advances, brandishing his arms, and hurling forked lightnings on the Titans, who are precipitated headlong among solid purple clouds and masses of broken mountains, covering the three sides of the staircase. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Momentary flashes of intelligence, perhaps, did cross him; but such can no more suffice for guidance, than does the forked lightning supply the luminary that gives us day. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) Faller came up to him as pale as death, and exclaiming: "Oh! it is dreadful, too dreadful! a flash of forked lightning in a calm bright sky!" Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. The sky was a pall of black clouds, meshed with a dazzling network of forked lightning. Into the Primitive She stood with her back to the door, her face struck with fear suddenly, as with white forked lightning, and her breath coming on every alternate heart-beat. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole A rattling peal of thunder came from the dark mass of clouds, while a vivid flash of forked lightning seemed to bury itself in the waves. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Outside, the storm glowered, and in the chartreuse light of the forked lightning, the great chandelier was turned to a sickly radiance. The Medici Boots Three feet or so in length it was, thick through as a man's wrist, the faint light shining dully on its scaly armor and disclosing the forked lightning of its darting tongue. Pledged to the Dead The fish are tongues of fire, or fragments of the forked lightning, moving in the depths. Toilers of the Sea All this he said in one breath, in a flash of forked lightning, as it were. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June February 1800 loud explosions were heard by the dwellers on the mountain, and columns of fire issued from the crater, accompanied by forked lightning. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions From their eyes, when directed at each other, have darted forked lightning since that fatal dance. Portia or By Passions Rocked As she looked there was a sound as if heaven were ripped asunder, and the forked lightning hurled itself from that dark rampart in the southwest and went zig-zagging against the pane. The Return of the Prodigal This passage, zigzag in form as the forked lightning, was of about the same width in all parts. Toilers of the Sea Hate flashed across the pariah's face, like forked lightning on a dark sky. The Plow-Woman “I hope forked lightning will strike every strangling─” yelled Crawford. Gold His onslaught was at once terrible, and swift as forked lightning. Finn The Wolfhound But the storm was only in its playful infancy; the forked lightning and the rain were yet to come. The Return of the Prodigal Her face darkened like a thunder-storm, and from its cloud her eyes shot forked lightning. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Gleaming and forked lightnings cleft the canopy, while booming thunder shook the trembling earth. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry “I hope God Almighty will strike every one of you with forked lightning and that I shall meet you all in the lowest pit of hell!” he snarled. Gold That very instant a peal of thunder rumbles over the city, and a trail of forked lightning splits the midnight skies. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck The thunder, which had been occasionally muttering on high, now rattled incessantly, and the forked lightning rushed down in sheets of lurid flame. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 In spite of more than one glass of forked lightning, poor Duncan was in a terrible state of excitement when the cemetery was approached. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland I expected to see the forked lightning of scorn dart from those immense dark eyes of Storm's: but instead they crinkled up in an engaging smile. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America As we glided along, a lurid black sky looked threatening behind us, while forked lightning—such forked lightning as we had never seen before—played games in the heavens. Through Finland in Carts Then he crossed to the table and studied the chart, that strange hieroglyph, like a negative print of forked lightning, so full of dread meaning to those who can read it aright. Captain Desmond, V.C. Suddenly forked lightning winged its course to the east, another flash swept nearer by, and the pillars of the great Temple stood out, lit up with fiery hue. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Early in the year 1775 Ætna began to show signs of disturbance; a great column of black smoke issued from the crater, from which forked lightning was frequently emitted. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror If the heavens were to darken, and forked lightnings to cleave the black vault, I should dance for joy. Vixen, Volume III. It rained and blew great guns all day long, and by 6 p.m. the weather culminated in a severe gale, with the glass steadily falling, followed by a heavy thunderstorm, with vivid forked lightning. A Girl's Ride in Iceland As she put her foot to the ground in her further descent, a brilliant flash of forked lightning, followed immediately by a tremendous detonation of thunder, announced the storm's advent. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg A crack like a flash of forked lightning had shot across the face of the stone. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 He speaks of the vapory mass looking like “an immense wall, with bursts of forked lightning, at times like large serpents rushing through the air.” Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror There was a tremendous sea, sometimes vivid forked lightning, thunder, and heavy rains, the skies as black as ink. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Speak but the word now, and the electric sparks will fly, the millions flash into forked lightnings, kindle into flame, and consume our enemies! The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The most vivid flashes of forked lightning darted from the clouds, apparently playing round the summits of the taller trees, and then descending, went zigzagging along over the ground. In the Wilds of Africa Hang on them as the forked lightning plays above the foaming surf! The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas Night came, the clouds hung low and black, and every moment the forked lightning flashed from them. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian As yet we could distinguish little of the sound of battle, but those small fleecy clouds which appeared so suddenly, flashing forked lightning, told us of work ahead. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Sting! why it must have squirted about a pint of forked lightning into me! A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Then there was a death-like silence in the air, and in a moment it vomited forth its forked lightning, and rolled its thunder along the sky. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens A loud shriek was heard, and by the glare of a flash of forked lightning, the unhappy officer, the victim of hard drinking, was seen borne away amid its foaming waters. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy Enter Dominick, with band of robbers, headed by their captain, amid shrieking wind, forked lightning, and peals of thunder!” The Island Queen Before the Gaucho home, to which they were hastening, appeared on the horizon, the whole sky had become overclouded and vivid forked lightning began to play. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America “I like this—this is far better than that calm and withering heat—this rouses me,” said Amine as she cast her eyes up, and watched the forked lightning till her vision became obscured. The Phantom Ship The next day, the weather was again threatening; thunder pealed in the distant mountains, and the forked lightning flew in every direction; but the rain, if any, was expended on the neighbouring hills. The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Once more all was dark; then again the forked lightning burst forth hissing and crackling through the air, leaping along the waves and playing round the quivering masts. True Blue The night was dark as pitch, except when vivid flashes of forked lightning darted from the clouds and shed a bright blue glare on our decks, exhibiting a scene of horror and confusion seldom surpassed. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Several times it appeared as if the ship herself would be struck, as the forked lightning, bursting from the mass of dark clouds above, went zig-zagging over the summits of the waves. The Three Admirals Far away the sound of the storm could be heard, while now the forked lightnings and peals of thunder were almost incessant. Three Boys in the Wild North Land Deenah had a look of forked lightning and a mellow voice. Son of Power Then forked lightning, and a long and solemn peal. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag He had hunted in the mountains while forked lightning flashed around him. Sergeant York And His People The thunder, which had been rumbling in the distance, now began to roar loudly, while flashes of forked lightning came zig-zagging through the air, threatening every instant to strike the ship. The Three Admirals Over all the western and southern sky extended a menacing bank of clouds, slowly advancing, huge thunder-heads, already jagged with forked lightnings, pushing up into the blue. My Lady of Doubt The certainty of this shot through brain and body like forked lightning and seemed to sear her flesh. The Second Latchkey Consciousness leaps from summit to summit like the forked lightnings across the mountain-peaks; and the mysteries of life are illumined as a spread-out scroll. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade It was evident the storm was right over us, for now succeeded flash upon flash of forked lightning, with thunder-claps that were instantaneous and unceasing. Round About the Carpathians It was like taking hold of a flash of forked lightning by the point. The Way of the Wild Strange, passing strange, that Shakespeare thought volcanic fires within and forked lightning without were but the symbols of the storm that breaks upon the eternal orb of each man's soul. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service After continuing its course for some time in a peaceful and regular fashion, however, without attempting to assault him, it finally darted off at a tangent in another direction, and turned apparently into forked lightning. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Consciousness was leaping from summit to summit like the forked lightnings, and the light that burned was the light that transfigures life for each soul. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The wind blew a perfect hurricane, and the rain fell in torrents, and, quickly succeeding the flashes of forked lightning, peal after peal of thunder shook the house to its foundation. Walter Harland Or, Memories of the Past "Stop!" cried Charity, putting on her grand manner and making her eyes flash like forked lightning at the man. The Torch and Other Tales Macbeth sees him with forked lightnings without and volcanic fires within. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Without much warning the storm burst forth; peals of thunder reverberated through the air, flashes of forked lightning played in the sky. Verner's Pride As he advanced, forked lightnings shot into the room, and the thunder split overhead. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest For the last hour I had been watching its progress, and admiring the brilliant forked lightning, and listening to the deep-toned thunder, which woke the lone echoes of the wood-crowned heights. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) He was, with the expression of a cloud about to emit a flash of forked lightning. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl The thunder likewise seems intent upon awakening sufficient echoes to last until the next flash of forked lightning should again produce the wild concussion of the air. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood By what right, he asked, did Mr. Fortescue place on his window an appliance as dangerous as forked lightning, and as deadly as dynamite? Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance Bid the pitchy clouds advance, Bid the forked lightnings glance, Bid the angry thunder growl, Bid the wild wind fiercely howl! The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest This climate is subject to violent thunder-storms, accompanied by vivid forked lightning and heavy rain, which greatly tend to cool the air and make the country more healthy. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) The forked lightnings were playing and the trees beginning to sway. Lewis Rand The thunder-storm will clear the air of many noxious vapours; the forked lightning has its uses as well as its powers of mischief. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood They admire sheet lightning, which is beautiful, as it is harmless; but forked lightning is something to be dreaded and avoided. From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry A flash of forked lightning cut through the air, and a loud peal of thunder rolled overhead. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest It leaps; and as to where it will next strike it is as independent as forked lightning. The Congo and Coasts of Africa The intense darkness of the night was lighted up for them every minute by an almost incessant blaze of sheet and forked lightning. The Great Taboo To them, after their spell of rejoicing, victory meant sleep for the first time in weeks without forked lightnings of apprehension stabbing their sub-consciousness. The Last Shot "Not yet," said Leonhard hastily, the color rising to his face in a way to suggest forked lightning somewhere beyond sight. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 The next day the weather was again threatening; thunder pealed in the distant mountains, and the forked lightning flew in every direction; but the rain, if any, was expended on the neighboring hills. The Mission For there are moments when the sinful soul feels this hidden criminality, as there are moments when the magnet shows its power, and the thunder-cloud darts its nimble and forked lightnings. Sermons to the Natural Man "I like this—this is far better than that calm and withering heat—this rouses me," said Amine, as she cast her eyes up, and watched the forked lightning till her vision became obscured. The Phantom Ship The jagged contortion of forked lightning has imprinted its mark on your face. The Man Who Laughs Landward, a black and dreadful cloud was rolling down, broken by great flashes of forked lightning, and divided by long trains of flame which resembled lightning but were much larger. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters It was noticed in the north-west, and appeared as if a ray of forked lightning had been stationary in that quarter of the sky for about fifteen minutes, which was the time it was visible. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. Emerging from this difficulty, and, perhaps, rising too hastily, a crack on the head closes your eyes, filling them with a vision of forked lightning. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The thunder rolled heavily, and the forked lightning seemed to make jagged rents in every part of the vast curtain without, as Riderhood sat by the window, glancing at the bed. Our Mutual Friend From it come all storms of snow and wind, and the forked lightnings play round its head like a glory. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains The clouds changed, they wreathed them, and hid them, and trailed down them, and poured out storm torrents on them, and thundered against them, and darted forked lightnings round them. The Lost Prince For Zeus who hates the braggart's boast Beheld that gold-bespangled host; As at the goal the paean they upraise, He struck them with his forked lightning blaze. Oedipus Trilogy When the time came, if he wanted to do so, he could awaken them to their delusion as by forked lightning and the burst of thunder. The Market-Place Remarkable pyjamas, of a fierce magenta with forked lightning in orange running about all over them. Mr. Waddington of Wyck The dark air was occasionally illuminated by forked lightning, of the most appalling aspect; and the thunder was deafening. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Moreover, every now and then there leapt across this blackness of guilt a forked lightning of fright, as I realized that I could no more plan than I could pray. The Cavalier Apparently there was only one crater to the volcano, out of which the columns of fire issued, streaked with forked lightning. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras There were only a few portraits of young men of military aspect, looking fiercely over regulation stocks, and with forked lightning and little pyramids of cannon-balls in the background. Henry Dunbar A Novel The night was wet and stormy, and, just as we started, forked lightning flashed across the heavens in all directions, causing the horse to dash madly along as if to overturn the vehicle. The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Here on each succeeding Sabbath sat the man who afterwards snared the forked lightning with a string and put it in a jug for future generations. Remarks By a leap it next mastered the nerves that surround the eye, driving its forked lightning through each delicate avenue into the brain itself, and confusing and confounding every power of thought and of will. The Opium Habit To the south was a great bank of black thunder-cloud crested with crimson, reft to its deepest darkness by successive flashes of forked lightning. A Trip to Manitoba Its quivering tongue flickered out from between its lips like distant flashes of forked lightning. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Under the shadow of his thick black eyebrows, gleams of light glinted and flickered in the expanded pupils, as before the outburst of a tempest the forked lightning flickers in the belly of the cloud. Dawn Yes, he was a regular Mr. Blazeaway, and what he said was equal to the strongest of the theatre thunder and the most dazzling of forked lightning. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston The cloud increased rapidly in size, rolling up the sky in dark volumes, and emitting flashes of forked lightning in quick succession. Burnham Breaker Peal after peal resounded in quick succession, and reverberated from the distant kills; while flashes of forked lightning followed one another rapidly, and dispelled, for a moment, the unnatural darkness. The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers A flash of forked lightning leaped from the sky and touched the lake, there was a long, rumbling peal, and then a humming noise began astern. Lister's Great Adventure "Why, he was quick as a streak of forked lightning." From Wealth to Poverty Each flash of the forked lightning showed a piece of roofing or a window-blind flying through the air to fall with a horrible crash. The Social Cancer Still was his manner mild, yet forked lightning seemed to flash from his eyes. In the Court of King Arthur Franklin looked straight at the forked lightning and asked, 'What are you?' Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) Then forked lightning shooting from the horizon showed a line of country unmarked by any vestige of human habitation. The Scottish Chiefs The black cloud above was fringed with forked lightning and resonant with swift-succeeding peals of thunder. Bricks Without Straw No, not down my back; I feel it down my chest, just like forked lightning. Spring Days Suddenly there was a flash of forked lightning at some distance, followed in a few seconds by a roll of thunder increasing in intensity until the last reverberation seemed to shake the ground. Clara Hopgood April 25.—During the night dense clouds, accompanied by gusts of wind and forked lightning, passed rapidly to the south-west, and this morning the wind changed to that quarter. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete I could have reached my pistol, but so could she have reached hers, and her hand and eye were quicker than forked lightning. The Eye of Zeitoon Vivid flashes of forked lightning shoot athwart the heavy black cloud that seems to rest on either wall, roofing the ca¤on with a ceiling of awful grandeur. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran And ever and anon the forked lightning courses its way through the heavens, now tinging the sombre scene with mellow light, then closing it in deeper darkness. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning. Jeanne of the Marshes The waves were running mountains high and the inky clouds were riven by forked lightning. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists He seemed in no doubt of her willingness to use the steel, and backed his horse away, followed by language from her like forked lightning that disturbed him more than the threatening weapon. The Eye of Zeitoon As he did so, he was almost blinded by a vivid flash of forked lightning. Windsor Castle Put the lust of Self in the forked lightning, and would it not be a Spirit of Moloch? Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces It played around him like forked lightning, and blinded him. John Ingerfield and Other Stories Then from zenith to horizon the sky was cracked with forked lightning, and the wet atmosphere turned to a horrid green. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Many a one he kills; many a one he maims; for like the forked lightning he attacks all those that he seeks out. Cliges; a romance The trailing storm-clouds suggest his serpent form, his fiery tongue is seen in the forked lightning, and, though he may darken the world for a time, the Sun-god will always be victorious. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition On the 25th there rose a vast column of black smoke, giving out much forked lightning with thunder, in a sky quite clear except for the smoke of the volcano. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire The dressing-table, for instance, was a packing-case in a sprigged muslin petticoat, and the mirror above was very strange; it was as though a little piece of forked lightning was imprisoned in it. The Garden Party and Other Stories The green darkness was continually a-tremble with flame, through which broke greater illuminations of forked lightning. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Suddenly, like a stab of forked lightning, the great cloud shot together, became small, indented, and coloured, and as a plant-animal started walking around on legs and rooting up the ground in search of food. A Voyage to Arcturus But, Majesty, remember, he's a composite of tiger breed and forked lightning, and don't imagine he has failed you if he gets into a fight. Light of the Western Stars |
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