| 单词 | freestone |
| 例句 | The meat in a clam is "a rosy yellow, a lovely color, the color of the flesh next to the stone of a freestone peach". Rereading: Up in the Old Hotel, by Joseph Mitchell 2012-06-22T21:55:18Z Somewhat sweeter and juicier than freestones, and the earliest on the scene each year. Fun facts about peaches to tell all your friends 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z One of two overarching classifications, freestone peaches are the most widely available. Fun facts about peaches to tell all your friends 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Use freestone peaches for pretty slices, and slide them onto a skewer for easy storing and snacking. When the stone-fruit season is this good, here’s how to take advantage 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Sometimes people ask me for recipes and consult on how to tell the difference between a clingstone and freestone peach. The joy that can still be found in Outside and peaches 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The evenly grained Aquia sandstone is known as a freestone because it can be freely cut and chiseled in any direction without shattering or splitting. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Roughly 25 acres are devoted to freestone peaches, so it’s a picker’s paradise. 5 fun pick-your-own fruit farms in the D.C. area 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Despite the shift in climate, peach season still starts in May with clingstones, aptly named because their flesh sticks to the pit, and eventually segues into easy-to-eat freestones. How one couple made it cool to wait in line for 25-pound boxes of perfect summer peaches 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Among them is the Red Haven, a midseason selection popular with farmers because it is a freestone peach, one with a pit that does not stick to the surrounding flesh. Embrace the Fuzz of New Jersey’s Peaches 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z He married Elizabeth Gray, who, having been cook in the family of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, of Closeburn, procured for him an advantageous lease of a freestone quarry at Morton. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z It had its little freestone portico, however, and its two low wings, in the windows of each of which there were lights. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z The ornamental freestone work on the front, and the rich red granite pillars, gave the edifice a very fine appearance. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z Brown freestone Mixture of pale Indian ink, burnt sienna, and carmine. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design 2012-03-06T03:00:25.777Z Where freestone slabs had been used, the inscriptions were either illegible or quite obliterated. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The building consists of a grand centre of freestone painted white, surmounted by a vast dome of beautiful proportions. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Passing straight on we reach a handsome edifice of polished freestone, directly in front of us, and standing alone, which is nothing less than the Hunterian museum. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z It is built of the smooth freestone, so generally found in Antiguan quarries; the only fault is, that they are cut too small, which, at a distance, gives them more the appearance of white bricks. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z These inscriptions are on two slabs of freestone beneath the two side-lights of the oriel window in the gallery of the palace. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z In a retired part of the ground I found two horizontal slabs—one of white, the other red, freestone—lying side by side over man and wife. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It is rich in minerals, iron, coal, limestone and freestone, and has a station on the Glasgow & South-Western railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The carvings are of freestone, and represent the watching of three soldiers, beneath three ogee-shaped canopies. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z It is built of a fine-grained freestone, the produce of some of the small islands already described, which was furnished by contract for the purpose by Mr. Robert Bannister, a former planter of Antigua. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Rebate, rē-bāt′, n. same as Rabate—also a hard freestone used in pavements: wood fastened to a handle in beating mortar. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z On the beach the tide softly laps the incline of sand, that looks like a slab of red freestone, fine-grained and hard. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It was afterwards sold to Burns & Murray, who erected the present handsome freestone edifice on the corner. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z The Ward children saw the street grow up around them; saw the dignified houses, brick or freestone, built and occupied by Kings, Halls, Morgans, Grinnells, most of all by Wards. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z There are collieries and freestone quarries in the neighbourhood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Scald sound, firm freestone peaches, a small number at a time, in boiling water just long enough to loosen skins; dip them quickly into cold water and slip off skins. New Royal Cook Book 2011-12-05T03:00:51.020Z There is no material so durable as the old blue slate, whereon you may often read an inscription cut two hundred years ago, while those on freestone and marble need renewing every fifty years. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In the early part of the last century, there resided in the village of Little Weldon a freestone mason, Mr. Edward Nutt, who was a Protestant Dissenter of the Independent denomination. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z It is very simply built of a small cut grey freestone, faced with flat pilasters terminating in Roman capitals, above which is a frieze of floral pattern. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The stream jumps down from the moorlands, saws its way into the freestone rock of a hundred feet deep, and, in escaping to the plain, performs a thousand vagaries. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Its architecture is Doric, and it is constructed of freestone and California granite. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Entrance was gained on front and side over massive freestone steps, that show the print of time to have pressed more heavily than human feet. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z And"—she hesitated just an instant—"and you mustn't neglect your sheep or your freestone, you know. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z There is a neat porch of freestone on the south side of the Church for entrance, with a chamber above it. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z In the interior, the houses are distributed in regular quarters; they are low, in straight lines, built of freestone: everything bears a military aspect. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z Trinity Church stands within hailing distance of the Public Library, on Boylston and Clarendon streets—an imposing and beautiful edifice of granite and freestone, built in French Romanesque style, with a tower 211 feet high. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The Princess, however, expressed an especial disgust to the awkwardly cut gods and goddesses in freestone, naiads and dryads, with which the park, in former days, was filled. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Half a mile beyond is Madison Square, a green expanse, about which wealthy citizens are now building elegant residences of brown freestone, with some attempt at architectural display. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The design was drafted by Isaac Smith, President of the Mechanics’ Institute, and the building was to be composed of freestone, imported from Nova Scotia,—the estimated cost being nearly eleven thousand pounds currency. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z The houses here, all built of a beautiful white freestone found in the neighbourhood, are comparatively modern and remarkably handsome. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In the midst of his land each lord had a stately castle; one was built of the white freestone, the other of the grey granite. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z A bed of straw was in one corner, and facing it was a lump of freestone hollowed out for the bed of a fire. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The font at Luton belongs to the Decorated style, and is enclosed in an octagonal structure of freestone, consisting of eight pillars about 25 ft. in height, supporting a canopy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The outside stones were regularly-shaped and well-dressed freestone, fifteen to twenty inches long, ten inches broad, and eight inches thick. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The older buildings consist of two quadrangles, built partly of freestone but chiefly of brick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Exploring further behind a screen of thick-growing pines, we found the house,—a noble, wide-balconied freestone building, which I well remembered in my boyhood. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z We have now before us, as we write, the original Contract or Indenture for the freestone work of the venerable structure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z The fabric of the cathedral is, in the main, of a warm-coloured freestone, not unlike dark marble, but without its brilliancy and surface. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z The pavement that covers them is of that blue-gray slate or freestone which in England is sometimes called black marble. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Shutters were up in the house; a splendid freestone palace, with great stairs, statues, and porticos, whereof you may see a picture in the "Beauties of England and Wales." A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z The cavalcade soon entered a path, which was skirted by flowering shrubs, and extended to a vast wood of palm trees, whose branches overspread a vast building of freestone. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Wood improved and enlarged the city by his architectural efforts, which led to the quarrying of freestone found existing in the neighbourhood. Cathedral Cities of England The working of slate is very important, especially in the neighbourhood of Fumay, and quarries producing freestone, lime-stone and other minerals are found in several places. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" This edifice is of Gothic architecture, built of freestone, and is situated in spacious elevated grounds overlooking Victoria Park and the city, being enclosed by a high iron fence. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Any one who has noticed the action of frost upon brown freestone in our New England climate has a familiar example of what we describe. The Story of Malta Round the castle the wide granite terraces are cut into stairs, with their rugged balustrades, whose freestone is worn away by the salt air. Majesty A Novel Truffles are the chief article of commerce; and there are quarries of freestone in the neighbourhood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Besides freestone, exported for building, limestone, blue marble, and porcelain-clay are worked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The department has a few peat-workings, and produces freestone, lime and cement; the salt-marshes of the coast are important sources of mineral wealth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" So they sat on one of the outcrops of Wychford freestone that all around were thrusting themselves up from the grass like old gray animals. Plashers Mead A Novel "Here lyethe the race of ye sons of Kirconnelle," might have been seen on a rude freestone that has long since disappeared. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 The principal industries include manufactures of linen and sailcloth, bleaching, rope-making, brewing, distilling, paper-making, in addition to nurseries and freestone quarries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The town is building up into a Paris-sided company of streets; and the seven stories of freestone and marble will soon darken down Broadway into a European duskiness of hue. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The Totternhoe stone is a hard freestone found locally in this stage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" There is at present to be seen at Messrs Sanderson and Sons, George Street, Edinburgh, an extraordinary specimen of natural history—a Frog which had been discovered alive in freestone rock. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series The mineral products of Dr�me include lignite, blende, galena, calamine, freestone, lime, cement, potter’s clay and kaolin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The first supplies a white freestone employed for many of the finest buildings in London and elsewhere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" At the bottom thereof is a flatt gravestone of freestone well worked, lineally with the figure of a lady in a Gothique niche. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West We occupied one of three white freestone houses, and saw from our windows the gradual building up of the street, which is now in the central part of New York. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The palaces, however, were of far lighter character, being erected of brick or undressed freestone, but rarely of granite or the more enduring materials. Oriental Women The department has anthracite mines and produces freestone, lime and cement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" The department has mines of lignite, and produces freestone, lime, cement, mill-stone, peat, potter’s clay and fireclay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The Mosel is spanned by a Gothic freestone bridge of 14 arches, erected in 1344, and also by a railway bridge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" We have seen a very heavy crop of York Imperial at its native home on quite thin freestone land. The Apple None but the purest and coldest of freestone will satisfy him.” Our Southern Highlanders The water was strong coperas, alum, and some nearly fair freestone. The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy Buildings, &c.—Brick, blue limestone, and a greyish buff freestone are the most common building materials, and the city has various buildings of much architectural merit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Henry V. granted the City free passages for four boats and four carts, to bring lime, ragstone, and freestone for the works. Old and New London Volume I It hath one principall street, with houses upon both sides, built of freestone, and it is beautifyed with the situation of two castles, one at each end of this street. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Ancient Topography of London":—"The principal entrance is from the north, of brick and freestone, adorned with four pilasters, a circular pediment, and entablature of the Corinthian Order. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles A mason not long ago coming to the renter of the abbey for a freestone, and sawing it, out came divers pieces of gold of �3 10s. value apiece, of ancient coins. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It is a freestone variety of English origin, and needing a little protection in our colder latitudes. Soil Culture By the side of the earl reposes his warlike son William Marshall the younger, cut in freestone. Old and New London Volume I Close by is Leiston Abbey, originally one of Black Canons, consisting of several subterranean chapels, various offices and a church, which appears to have been a handsome structure, faced with flint and freestone. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations It is rich, however, in clays, while in the island of Bornholm there are quarries of freestone and marble. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" It is constructed of Virginia freestone, and is 170 feet in length, 80 feet in depth, and consists of a rustic basement, two stories and an attic. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President Fair quality, and always handsome; freestone; excellent for market. Soil Culture This is composed of fine freestone, and consists of a large sarcophagus, supported on a square pedestal, with inscriptions on each side. Select Poems of Thomas Gray Throughout the whole of this part of the church, the apertures made by the scaffolding are left; and, what is remarkable, are edged with freestone. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy It is a large and grand pile, of red freestone, harmonizing perfectly with the rocks of the river, from which, no doubt, it has been hewn. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 From Caen came over the blocks of freestone to build castles and towers, by which they hoped to bridle the towns and the country. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) George the Fourth.—A large, delicious, freestone peach, an American seedling from Mr. Gill, Broad street, New York. Soil Culture The freestone blocks at the foot of the wall are very large. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The first of these stripes is about forty feet high, and rests on a base of Travertine freestone. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Dressed freestone is the material most commonly used in the construction of the best dwelling-houses and the public buildings. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands In Kentucky most of the sandstone quarried is known locally as "freestone." The Economic Aspect of Geology Malacatune.—A very popular American freestone peach, derived from a Spanish, and is the parent of the Crawford peaches, both early and late. Soil Culture There are in the chancel two freestone effigies, perhaps of the 14th century, besides three sedilia, and a piscina under arches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" No longer the sand, and gravel, and chalk, which we have long been accustomed to, but a dark rich soil over a bed of freestone. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Minerals; gray limestone, freestone, and inexhaustible beds of coal. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The chest was of freestone, such as is common on Lincoln heath. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Very rich freestone, flourishing in all climates from Boston south. Soil Culture The city of Manilla within the fortifications is a very quiet, clean, and well-regulated town, inhabited entirely by the higher orders: the streets are well laid out, the houses regular, and built of white freestone. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery The roofs of those two apartments form a kind of large terrace called the Azotea, which is paved with freestone, and surrounded by a railing. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Minerals; quarries of freestone, some limestone, and inexhaustible beds of coal. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The building was finished about 1770, and is of white freestone, pleasantly age-coloured, with a south front that opens to a formal and beautiful Italian garden with terraced walks and graceful marble fountains. The Dukeries Rollers are made of wood, iron, or freestone. Soil Culture The houses are built of white freestone; many of them are handsome erections, and on a fine day the town of Victoria has an imposing appearance. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery They sickened in the feudal Scotch castle, they languished in the Buckinghamshire Eden—a freestone palace set among the woods that overhang the valley of the Thames. Vixen, Volume I. The Roman Catholic cathedral is a costly pile of buildings of freestone, and has a splendid chime of bells, sent over from Europe. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West He had both a stall and a large town living; and his abode was the gray freestone prebendal house, whose two deep windows under their peaked gables gave it rather a cat-like physiognomy. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Varieties—are divided into freestone and clingstone, with quite a number in each class. Soil Culture In the midst of his land each lord had a stately castle; one was built of white freestone, the other of grey granite. Granny's Wonderful Chair At one end there was a great arched fireplace, the arch surmounted with Squire Tempest's armorial bearings, roughly cut in freestone. Vixen, Volume I. Lead, iron, coal, gypsum, manganese, zinc, antimony, cobalt, ochre of various kinds, common salt, nitre, plumbago, porphyry, jasper, chalcedony, buhrstone, marble, and freestone, of various qualities. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Blocks of stone masonry fronting docks, piers, and other erections; this term is applied to common or freestone as they come of various lengths, breadths, and thicknesses from the quarry. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It is handsome in its forms and proportions—a freestone basin about three feet in diameter, and five inches and a half in depth, very handsomely hollowed. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) Now in freestone I sit,—and my dotage,— With a woman's chair empty close by, close by! The Book of Humorous Verse A carriage passed under the gray archway of the red-brick and freestone lodges. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Abounds with limestone, masses of freestone, and scattered granite bowlders. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Also, a squared piece of freestone to grind the deck with sand in cleaning it; a small holy-stone, so called from seamen using them kneeling. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The cathedral is built of freestone from the Chilmark quarries twelve miles distant, with a lavish use of Purbeck marble in its interior. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum But for that force of contrast thus afforded, he would scarcely have perceived the newness of all the objects around him—the glare of the fresh freestone—the nakedness of the whited walls. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. With which excellent advice she swung away down the last twenty yards of the avenue and out on to the roadway of the red-brick and freestone bridge. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Minerals; masses of freestone, and scattered granite bowlders. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Like a fair and frank republican, I built it all of pure freestone, from the doorsteps up to the observatory. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The commissariat stores, the treasury, the bonded stores, the custom-house, and other public buildings are built of freestone. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The architecture is after the eleventh century Romanesque; the material brick, with freestone trimmings, and the effect of all simple, suitable, dignified. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. Select large firm freestone peaches, remove the skins and put into a jar. My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec Minerals; shale, soft sandstone, limestone, freestone, iron ore, and some traces of coal. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Thus it is seen how largely the existence, or non-existence, of freestone influenced the character of these prehistoric structures. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The streets are regular and well made; and many of the buildings—some built of freestone—are commodious and handsome. The History of Tasmania , Volume II As in a former letter the freestone of this place has been only mentioned incidentally, I shall here become more particular. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The colour of the freestone of which it is built is as fresh as that of the castle of Tarascon. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 Minerals; lime and freestone, marble that polishes well, and some traces of iron ore. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The houses of Guanajuato are built of a species of freestone, which as a fine-grained tufa caps the Sierra in places here, and is known as cantera. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development This monument was built by Lord Sidmouth, and is a fine freestone edifice, with a suitable inscription. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland In the very thickest strata of our freestone, and at considerable depths, well-diggers often find large scallops or pectines, having both shells deeply striated, and ridged and furrowed alternately. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 They say the water is freestone on that side of the mountain, and that is better for the health than our hard limestone. Dixie Hart Minerals; lime and excellent freestone for building purposes,—coal,—iron,—lead and copper,—with several old "diggings" and furnaces, where both copper and lead ore have been smelted in early times. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The Terrace is constructed almost entirely of Albert freestone, and is very massive and beautiful in design. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The edifice is of stone, the roof and wood-work of oak, the pulpit freestone, and over it is a fine painted window. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The area around is laid out in parterres, planted with flowers, blossoming shrubs, and cypresses, interlaced by rows of bubbling fountains, and avenues paved with freestone slabs. The Friendships of Women A tall marble front, placed in a modest row of freestone, is hideous, and yet the unrelieved monotony of many such rows is quite as bad. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 A coarse freestone, much used in building, is dug from quarries near Alton, on the Mississippi, where large bodies exist. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West It is one of the most complete establishments in the country, and is built of brick and Ohio freestone. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The roof is vaulted with freestone, in the centre of which are two curious shields and many coats of arms. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland For years, young persons of a romantic turn of mind have visited the grave and chipped off small pieces of the freestone for relics. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts It was built entirely of freestone, tastefully worked and highly polished; and, besides its numerous windows, was lighted from the top by a large and handsome cupola. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 Water.—The hilly and mountainous parts are well supplied with springs, limestone, and freestone. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The old freestone school building was still perfectly sound, but the carved, ink-stained desks were almost whittled away. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth This noble mansion is on the banks of the Thames, and is composed of freestone. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The stone is evidently Connecticut sandstone or freestone. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts We are also getting good shipping quality, and in Burbank x Wolf No. 12 we have a plum measuring one and three-quarters inches and more in diameter and a perfect freestone. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Minerals; coal in large quantities, lime, sand and freestone. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The masters lived in a big freestone house within eight or ten yards of the schools, so that they could easily step out for anything they wanted or send one of the scholars. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Around it is the finest, terrace in the world, the descent from which is faced with a rampart of freestone extending about seventeen hundred feet. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The church has an ancient chancel window, and in the graveyard is an old cross, elaborately carved in freestone, a material found very extensively in the neighbourhood. Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury The Wyant and the freestone Wolf are considered as being the next two most popular varieties. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Minerals; freestone and limestone, and large coal banks. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West He moved his hands feebly under the bedclothes, where they were being warmed by the freestone, and then tried to moisten his lips. The Stolen Singer A great deal of its beauty is owing to the fine freestone of which it is chiefly built. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The station, at the southern termination of the tunnel, is a chaste building of freestone, and forms an additional ornament to the town. Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury The color of the fruit is bluish black when ripe, the flesh purple, pit small and nearly freestone; fruit ripens first part of August. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 A slab of common freestone, and fire-irons which had cost from three to four shillings, were thought sufficient for any fireplace. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses He passed through many windings and turnings until he came to a huge hall paved and roofed with freestone. English Fairy Tales The square is built of freestone, and is beautifully tinted by age. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland This is done by rubbing the deck with small smooth pieces of freestone, after a layer of well-dried sand has been sprinkled over it. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels On the south of the Nemahaw, and about a quarter of a mile from its mouth, is a cliff of freestone, in which are various inscriptions and marks made by the Indians. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. All the houses along the Undercliff are constructed with a beautiful kind of freestone procured on the spot. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. The return cargo from Port Jackson was principally coal, freestone, and cedar. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The building is in two stories—the upper of brick, with freestone quoins, impost and window and door dressings, rests upon a rusticated basement of freestone, six feet high. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 To the right of the church is a mass of masonry, in reddish-brown freestone, consisting of a series of arches, now more or less in ruins. In Indian Mexico (1908) Exposure to the heat of the summer sun hardened the clay sufficiently for most purposes, while a few hours in a kiln made it as firm and durable as freestone, or even granite. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. For some distance the path is in a sunken stratum of soft freestone, while the upper ledge of more stubborn rock overhangs it several feet. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. An elegant cottage of white freestone built after the Grecian order. For Woman's Love It is found in the heart of a kind of soft granite, or perhaps I should rather say freestone. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Now, he hastened down the stairs, and stood beneath the portal, on the red freestone steps, to receive some mud-bespattered courtier, from whom he hoped to hear tidings of the army. True Stories of History and Biography This wall was built of great cut freestone blocks from the two hills of the Vindhiya range, which it united. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Here the rocks appeared to be of a species of freestone. 6th. Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region The river of Jacatra passes through the middle of the city, and supplies water to fifteen canals, all faced with freestone, and adorned on each side with ever-green trees, affording a charming prospect. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The remains of the central and eastern portions of St. Machar's tell how the western compartment braved the causes of destruction which to them had been fatal: they were built of freestone. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 They saw a flight of red freestone steps, ascending to a portal, above which was a balcony and balustrade. True Stories of History and Biography The tank is very large, always full of fine water even in the driest part of the dry season, with flights of steps of cut freestone from the water's edge to the top all round. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Higher up, and continued to the summit, were alternate rows of brick and freestone. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Orders were issued in 1617 and 1621 for "the repair of the very fair bridge consisting of many goodly arches of freestone," which had fallen into decay. Vanishing England The building, which is constructed of freestone, from the designs of Mr. Edge, cost about £30,000, though considerable sums have since been spent on it. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically There are also quarries of marble, slate, and freestone; and in various parts are found coal and turf. The World's Fair The houses of the poorest peasants are here built of this beautiful freestone, which, after two hundred years, looks as if it had been quarried only yesterday. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Scald sound, firm freestone peaches, a small number at a time, in boiling water just long enough to loosen skins; dip quickly into cold water and slip off skins. The New Dr. Price Cookbook This platform was formed by a layer of large freestone 9in. to 10in. thick, laid on the level of the top step but one, on a solid bed of concrete. The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath It was one of those flint and freestone churches that are sprinkled along the coast. Aylwin He had thrown the interiors together and rebuilt the frontages in handsome freestone. Tales of the Five Towns These roads are all paved with slabs of freestone, and have, running along the centre, a basin, with a row of jets d'eau in the middle from one extremity to the other. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Thus, in the Vale we find mellow old brick, has limestone, half timber and thatch; while on the Cotswolds, oolite freestone and "stone slates" of the same freestone seem the only suitable material. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor They build chiefly of brown freestone and noble edifices of five and six stories with a good deal of architectural pretension.... James Fenimore Cooper Candish went here on shore, and entered the church, to which there was a fair causeway; having a frame between two bowls, and a cross of freestone adjoining. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. It is 170 feet front, and eighty-six deep; built of freestone, with Ionic pilasters. Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic These tombs are all elaborately built and worked out of the fine freestone of the country and the trellis-work upon some of their stone screens is still as beautiful as when first made. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official In addition to these the island possesses an almost inexhaustible store of granite, slate and freestone, well adapted to building purposes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 The foundations and some rooms were hewn out of the solid rock, the rest being built of freestone. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Some were used in the repairing of a local church; a little later further leave was given for 200 cartloads of freestone to be removed from the ruins. The Historic Thames This edifice was partly built of a reddish freestone, very like that which is so much used in New York, a material that abounds on the Rhine. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland The memorial on the left hand is of slate—the other two of freestone; and the slate in the northern parts of Ireland is the preferable of the two materials. In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious The Wall itself is usually 8 feet thick, the outer and inner faces formed of large blocks of freestone, with an interior core of carefully-filled-in rubble. Early Britain—Roman Britain This castle is all of freestone, strengthened by bulwarks and battlements, having loop-holes for small arms and arrows, and various passages for throwing down stones upon the assailants. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Shrubs, flowers, smooth turf, and neatly-kept gravel walks, are a pleasing accompaniment to head-stones, crosses, and varied forms of monumental memorials, in freestone, marble, and granite. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character It is chiefly built of freestone, the rest being of curious flintwork; its total length is 150 feet, and its breadth 68. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828 White House, name popularly given to the official residence of the President of the United States, being a building of freestone painted white. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Its chief interest lies in its remarkable freestone quarries from which the mediaeval builders hewed their blocks for the walls of Wells and Glastonbury. Somerset The walls are at least six or seven yards thick, all built of freestone throughout, having no packing with trumpery within, as I was told, but all solid. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Here the pole is fixed into a socket in a pillar of freestone, and fresh fuel is heaped upon the flames, which flare up higher and brighter than ever. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul We had a most delicious journey to Marseilles, through a country full of vineyards, oliveyards, orange-trees, and the like sweet plantations, to which belong pleasantly situated villas built all of freestone. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters There are valuable deposits of limestone and freestone, and in output of coal Ohio ranks third of the States. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The frontage was covered outside with canvas painted to represent freestone; and the inside was hung with rich tapestries. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 The tower is of the Kelton stone, a very superior kind of freestone, of beautiful colour, from the county of Rutland. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 558, July 21, 1832 The prince's lodgings are described as a "freestone building, three stories high, with fourteen turrets covered with lead," being "a very graceful ornament to the whole house, and perspicuous to the county round about." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828 Yet the local people do not care a bit for this beautiful freestone of the Cotswold Hills. A Cotswold Village Hence it is that the marble and freestone quarries of New England alone are far more important sources of revenue than all the subterranean deposits of the Servile States. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Hard by sleeps poor Hartley Coleridge, with a slab of freestone graven with a cross and a crown of thorns, and the legend, "By thy Cross and Passion, Good Lord, deliver us." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Between Haydon Bridge and Fourstones are both freestone and limestone quarries, which latter have supplied many fossils to visitors of geological tastes. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day The settlement is near the beach; it consists of several houses and barracks placed irregularly, but well built of white freestone. The Voyage of the Beagle There is an air of sanctity about this lovely white freestone temple which no amount of neglect can eradicate. A Cotswold Village It consists of a single web, the span of which is 112 feet; and it is built of vast blocks of freestone brought from the isle of Arran. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain The whole was constructed of a beautiful freestone, extracted from the neighboring quarries of Trau, or Tragutium, and very little inferior to marble itself. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 "We have nothing else to tear it with," replied Wamba; "but mine are scarce fit to make mammocks of freestone and mortar." Ivanhoe The front of the house exhibited an ordinary manorial presentation of Elizabethan windows, mullioned and hooded, worked in rich snuff-colored freestone from local quarries. The Woodlanders The houses were almost all built of oak frame-work filled with cob or plaster well whitewashed; though some had their lower stories of rubble-stone, with their windows and doors of well-moulded freestone. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson One bore big, white freestones, and around the seed they were pink as a rose. Laddie; a true blue story Though destitute of metals Aisne furnishes abundance of freestone, gypsum and clay. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 As a preliminary he obtained some small blocks of freestone, metal not being available, and suspending his studies awhile, occupied his spare half-hours in copying the heads and capitals in his parish church. Jude the Obscure When peaches are purchased for canning or for any use in which it is necessary to remove the seeds, freestones should be selected. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals The house has a dark look, being built of the native whinstone, or grau-wacke, as the Germans call it, relieved by the quoins and projections of the windows and turrets in freestone. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 There was a yellow freestone as big as a young sun, and as golden, and the queerest of all was a cling purple as a beet. Laddie; a true blue story Gables and bow windows with sharp freestone facings that stuck out. Mary Olivier: a Life The simple slab, of red freestone, that bore his name, was broken long ago, and is now covered by the gradual accumulation of the soil. Other Tales and Sketches (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") Also, in the case of peaches, care should be taken to see that they are of the freestone variety, as such peaches may be split easily. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals Opposite to the door is the fireplace of freestone, imitated from an arch in the cloister at Melrose, with a peculiarly graceful spandrel. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 They will not generate in limestone water, only in freestone or salt water. Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The whole country wore a smiling aspect; the houses, built of freestone, looked fresh and comfortable, and were surrounded by their gardens. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The buildings are generally of brick, tastefully trimmed with freestone or granite, and are amongst the handsomest in the city. The Secrets of the Great City The material is mostly freestone, but a flinty conglomerate appears wherever the work is exposed to the action of the water. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Oh Peggy she was straight and tall as is the poplar tree, Smooth as the freestone of the wall, and very dear to me. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript Salts coal and other mineral appearances as usual; the bluffs principally of dark brown, yellow and some white clay; some freestone also appears in places. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 This secluded retreat consists of three small apartments, hollowed out of the freestone cliff which overlooks the river. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe BOOTH'S THEATRE, on Twenty-third street and Sixth Avenue, is a handsome freestone edifice. The Secrets of the Great City But the nave, and the deep chancel behind it, were all finished, and surmounted by a cross,—and beautifully enough the little sanctuary looked, in the virgin-purity of its spotless freestone. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography My income was five times as great, my house in England as large, and built of bricks and faced with freestone; my wife—would I have changed her for any other wife in the world? The Virginians They were of red freestone, lying horizontally on piles of the granite fragments, such as are scattered all about. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. Over the door was a large oblong slab of freestone, elaborately carved, representing "Our Lady of Light" rescuing a human being from the jaws of Satan. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway In Astor Place, is a handsome freestone building, devoted to science and art. The Secrets of the Great City It is in the breast of a hill, scooped out of brown freestone, with rude attempt at columns and arches. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Here I struck the railroad, the forlorn Midland, and here another set of men and manners cropped out,—what may be called the railroad conglomerate overlying this mountain freestone. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Shutters were up in the house; a splendid freestone palace, with great stairs, statues, and porticos, whereof you may see a picture in the 'Beauties of England and Wales.' The History of Pendennis Most of them reproduce themselves truly from seed, as is well known in this country concerning the clingstones, freestones and some other types. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation The roof is partly supported by the side walls, and partly by two rows of freestone columns—nine in each row—at a distance of about 11 feet from the wall inside. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States The quantity of freestone necessary, with the size and quality of many of the blocks, was represented as beyond what could be obtained from the quarries by any exertions which could be commanded. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson It contains several woods, and two cisterns, or conduits, built of freestone, one of which is six feet deep, supplied with excellent water from certain springs; and the sea around has great quantities of fish. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The edifices were of freestone, porcelain, or marble, so delicately put together that they seemed inchased. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time They are now using a great deal of a beautiful stone called Jersey freestone; it is of a warm rich brown, and extremely ornamental to the city wherever it has been employed. Domestic Manners of the Americans We come to a bed of sand, under which the freestones and their adjoining clays dip to the south-east. Town Geology Guided by the instinct--or the wood-craft--of the mountain born and bred, she had sought out one of the hermit springs of beautiful freestone water that hide in these solitudes. The Power and the Glory This church was as large as a moderate convent, all built of freestone, and covered, or vaulted over with brick, having a fine outward appearance as if its inside were of splendid workmanship. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time After this, they were led through the first and second courts, and thence into a third, which was entirely open, and paved with fine freestone. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Charley scratched it on the soft freestone, and there it is for future ages. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe These freestones and clays abound in fossils, but of kinds, be it remembered, which differ more and more from those of the lias beneath, as the beds are higher in the series, and therefore nearer. Town Geology Its freestone columns were draped in black, and all the windows were funereal. The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth Seventy-six feet by forty it is, built of red sandstone with freestone trimming; a fine, aristocratic-looking structure which lends quite an air to the old campus. The New Boy at Hilltop A fine mole, built of freestone, and the public walk planted with poplars, are the only objects which break the sameness of the landscape. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 They were now at the respectable old freestone building, with 'Goldsmith' inscribed on the iron window-blinds, and a venerable date carved over the door. The Young Step-Mother They have iron, coal, slate, grindstone, lime, firestone, gypsum, freestone, and a list as long as an auctioneer's catalogue. The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville The citadel de São Miguel, lately blown up, has been restored; the extensive works of dressed freestone, carefully whitewashed, stand out conspicuously from the dark bush dotting the escarpment top. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 About six miles down the river, a freestone hill ended on the north side of the river: I mention this, as the only stone of that description I had yet seen. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales The walls of freestone, five feet thick, have been blown up by mines; but we still found masses of seven or eight hundred feet square, which have scarcely a crack in them. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 In the midst of the entrance there is a rock of freestone, formed by nature, and suitable for the construction of any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the harbour. The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America If rudely you touch it, no notice will be taken; the broad, high front of her house will remain, like an ill-natured panorama of brick and freestone, closed till daylight. Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life There are two if not three elevations or ascents to it: the uppermost is adorned with terrasses, on which are railes and baristers of freestone. The Natural History of Wiltshire On the hills many specimens of agate, iron-stone, and jasper were procured, also some flint; the low stones of the river produced the same: abundance of fine freestone was every where seen. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales This column, 14 feet in height, is quadrangular, and formed of one entire block of grey freestone, inserted in a broader base of blue stone. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries Massive erections of freestone were going up alongside here a primitive, canvas-fronted dwelling, there one formed wholly of galvanised iron. Australia Felix This formation consists of a calcareous freestone, usually of small thickness, but attaining in some places, as in the typical area of Cheltenham and the Western Cotswolds, a thickness of 250 feet. The Student's Elements of Geology The house is great and august, built all of freestone, lined with brick, which was erected by Henry Earle of Pembroke. The Natural History of Wiltshire In dry seasons there is evidently none: the hills passed over this day were of a curious species of pudding-stone and freestone. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales This freestone factory causes me no astonishment: when the manufacturer undergoes his change, it serves for various chemical works. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects And as freestone of an excellent quality abounds, one requisite towards the completion of it is attained. A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay Such remains are chiefly met with in the soft freestone, the principal member of the Maestricht beds. The Student's Elements of Geology After the church and close were built, the citizens had their freestone, &c. from thence. The Natural History of Wiltshire The stones and rocks were generally hard whinstone, or freestone, the former in large masses; the beach, of pebbles of all colours and kinds, from quartz to sandstone. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales Nay, the external walls, apparently of massive and solid freestone, were only veneered with that material, being, like the pillars, of brick within. The Hand of Ethelberta Near the house, in a freestone recess, a scanty source trickles into a basin made in the rock.. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography It was indeed almost evening twilight in the streets, though the graceful freestone spires to a depth of about twenty feet from their summits were still dyed with the orange tints of a vanishing sun. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day They did consist of a layer of freestone and a layer of flints, squared or headed; two towers faced the south, one the east, the other the west end. The Natural History of Wiltshire The base of these hills was of close-grained white-coloured granite, or whinstone: the summits of good freestone: on the sides several good pieces of iron ore were picked up. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales Besides this court there are other larger ones, which are descended towards the river by spacious stairs of freestone. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 365, April 11, 1829 Calcareous deposit at St. Jago affected by heat. -fibrous matter, entangled in streaks in scoriae. -freestone at Ascension. -incrustations at Ascension. -sandstone at St. Helena. -superficial beds at King George's sound. Volcanic Islands The whole of the severe regular front, with its columns and cornices, was built of a white smoothly-faced freestone, which appeared in the rays of the moon as pure as Pentelic marble. Desperate Remedies With respect to nectarines, both cling and freestones are known in North America to reproduce themselves by seed. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 Granite, coarse porphyry, freestone, and whinstone were frequently found on the same hill, and the beds of the streams were of every variety of pebble. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales Anne gained the summit, and followed along the central track over the huge lump of freestone which forms the peninsula, the wide sea prospect extending as she went on. The Trumpet-Major Now he described the classic fireplace of white freestone, with its boxed-in bed, where the Pentland shepherd lay like some effigy on a bier, with the wee guardian dog stretched on the flagged hearth below. Greyfriars Bobby The arms of the family, carved in freestone, frowned over the gateway, and the portal showed the spaces arranged by the architect for lowering the portcullis, and raising the drawbridge. Guy Mannering Many of the American sub-varieties come true or nearly true to their kind, such as the white-blossom, several of the yellow-fruited freestone peaches, the blood clingstone, the heath, and the lemon clingstone. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 He put aside his head—so; he say, 'A leetle freestone, a leetle granite, now and then, for variety; they are building in Montgomery Street.' Stories in Light and Shadow After riding a short distance, we came to a spacious mansion of freestone, built in the Grecian style. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Public buildings, monuments of the past, count for much in the phenomena of retrospection; but the monuments of modern industry are freestone quarries, saltpetre mines, cotton factories. Beatrix They saw a flight of red freestone steps ascending to a portal, above which was a balcony and balustrade. Grandfather's Chair On the other hand, a clingstone peach has been known to give rise to a freestone. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 Those are the freestone still: and full of fossils they are. Madam How and Lady Why Watch in hand, the great citizen was estimating the length of the resistance which that mass of freestone would present to the destructive labor of which it was the object. The Lesser Bourgeoisie The house is build of freestone from cellar to garret. Beatrix The recess of the doorway, which was built of freestone, was topped by a pointed arch bearing a little shrine surmounted by a cross, in which was a statuette of Sainte-Genevieve plying her distaff. The Alkahest Letter IV To Thomas Pennant, Esquire As in a former letter the freestone of this place has been only mentioned incidentally, I shall here become more particular. The Natural History of Selborne Those freestone hills once stretched high over our heads, and far away, I suppose, to the westward. Madam How and Lady Why The slope was covered with coarse gravel, interspersed with plates of freestone. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West But Carthage was defended throughout the whole breadth of the isthmus: first by a trench, then by a grassy rampart, and lastly by a wall thirty cubits high, built of freestone, and in two storys. Salammbo They issue from the bottoms, and through the interstices of a gray freestone rock, which rises in irregular masses round their lower side. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 In the very thickest strata of our freestone, and at considerable depths, well-diggers often find large scallops or pectines, having both shells deeply striated, and ridged and furrowed alternately. The Natural History of Selborne |
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