| 单词 | golden thread |
| 例句 | The Basmu serpent thrashed desperately as more and more golden threads wove over its body, locking it down segment by segment. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Like the miller’s daughter—the one who sat at night in a straw-filled room, thrilled with the secret power Rumpelstiltskin had given her: to see golden thread stream from her very own shuttle. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was not required to speak, I’d skate the icy cut of crystal with my eye; my gaze would follow the golden threads etched onto the rim of china. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His velvet doublet was a soft blue-green, embroidered with golden thread at hem and sleeves and collar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He smiled at her and stood, then nodded to Ivan and Håkon before sparking golden threads of light magic in one hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The golden thread on the pale blue fabric still shimmered full of promise, and Bo had to touch the golden stars at least once every day. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he blinked, and the entire greenhouse began to glimmer with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting and moving with the slow growth of the trees, the upward inching of flowers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Confused, I lift my arm and see it’s entangled in shimmering golden threads. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “But the way you captured the light is amazing. Did you use real golden thread for the sunbeams?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sorcerer priest was garbed in somber black, but for a hint of golden thread at collar, cuffs, and hem. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wore a black velvet doublet with the crowned stag of Baratheon worked upon the breast in golden thread, and a golden mantle with a cloak of black and gold squares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Stitching in golden thread covers the whole, matched by golden buttons and golden buckles on his tall boots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was trying to hold open a section of the net for us, but wherever he touched it, the golden threads started to wrap around his hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Under the blanket of winter white, the boulders and trees glimmered with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting with the passage of time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At the last second he found the golden thread of its trajectory and swept his hands through the air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z For the stage, there were golden thread pinstriped pants. Milan designers tip hat to summer elegance 2011-06-20T22:31:13Z For Adès, this way of hearing is an absolute, a golden thread he follows in each piece he writes. A guide to Thomas Adès's music 2012-10-01T15:19:00Z The golden thread woven throughout is the power — the necessity — of being seen: Here, the monster is less likely to be a dragon than a withholding partner. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z A patch of golden thread blossoms alongside the trail mustered a streak of color against the dark green backdrop. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z This openness forms a golden thread through Shapcott's latest collection, Of Mutability, which was named as the Costa book of the year on Tuesday night. Jo Shapcott: the book of life 2011-01-27T08:00:06Z Russo-Young never addressed her own family directly, but certain themes — the preciousness and precariousness of life, the power and fragility of love — shine through those movies like golden thread. In ‘Nuclear Family,’ a Filmmaker Frames Herself 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Certainly there is comfort and joy in this recent return to Off Broadway, which Ms. Engel sees as “a golden thread,” tying together a varied career. Georgia Engel, a ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Sidekick, Takes a Star Turn 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z “Elections in America are basically the golden thread that holds the whole fabric together,” he said. 2020 election conspiracists could soon oversee voting in U.S. battleground states 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z At the time, he described a small minority of Canadians as “die-hard” fans of the royals and “romantic monarchists who see that the crown is like a golden thread woven through our history.” What Does Queen Elizabeth’s Death Mean for Canada? 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Mrs Justice Theis also noted Archie's family's "unconditional love and dedication", which she said had been a "golden thread that runs through this case". Archie Battersbee: Family devastated as legal routes exhausted 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z “You are the golden thread that binds our two countries, the proof of the unwavering friendship between our nations,” said President Emmanuel Macron of France, speaking in English in a videotaped greeting. Queen Elizabeth Celebrates 70 Years on the Throne, as Britons Honor Her 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z And the chances, too, the majority of them falling to City, all spun out of golden thread. City Ties Liverpool, Well Aware That One Point May Be Plenty 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z She argues that climate should be “woven like a golden thread into every single subject”. Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z There is also a being known as Sybil consisting of “a translucent cylinder that rises fourteen feet from floor to ceiling . . . a machine composed of trillions of golden threads, none thicker than a human hair.” Review: Anthony Doerr asks us to save ourselves by looking beyond ourselves 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z They dressed him in a special white babygrow decorated with four hearts, linked together by a golden thread. 'My newborn son died and gave another baby life' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z On a recent morning, miners were sifting chunks of rock searching for golden threads. In Forlorn Park, Lion Cubs Play in Traffic and Elephant Dung Is Met With Delight 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The sounds rumble deep into the night as long strands of fuzzy golden thread are pulled, combed, spun and woven into sheets, rolling off the line like coarse, flat noodles. India sees an ancient textile, produced in colonial-era mills, as a fabric of the future 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Stephen Vines, a local commentator, speaks of a “golden thread” that runs through these early protests to the more recent ones. If you think protest is finished in Hong Kong, think again 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Poetry will be braided into this series like a golden thread, because in every generation it is the poets who replenish and tantalise the collective consciousness. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 4 – Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (1998) 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Prime Minister David Cameron, among the many who gave thanks in Parliament, called Elizabeth’s reign a “golden thread running through three post-war generations.” Britain hails Queen Elizabeth II’s longevity on the throne 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Prime Minister David Cameron described her reign as a “golden thread” running through generations of British society as he acknowledged the historic milestone Wednesday during a speech in the House of Commons. Queen Elizabeth II: Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years, 216 days (and counting) 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z "That understanding must run through our party's DNA like a golden thread" Mary Creagh pulls out of Labour leadership race - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The FA hopes to create a "golden thread" of joined-up thinking. FA plans to change England's DNA 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The commission called for the government to put social mobility at the heart of its policies and practices, so that it was a "golden thread" running through all it did. Digging deep on social mobility 2013-10-17T12:46:10Z It is a crisis of the public realm – linked by a golden thread to the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland this weekend. Give us back our public spaces so we can have access all areas 2013-06-15T23:05:57Z A special pre-G8 meeting on Saturday will focus on transparency, tax, and trade - key elements of Cameron's "golden thread" of development. Lack of funds puts global transparency programme at risk 2013-06-13T10:34:50Z The Dodgers were the golden thread that tied Brooklyn together in those days. Decades later, Brooklyn has its own pro team again 2012-09-21T06:32:10Z So, in great compositions, golden threads spun from sunshine move between the music and the inspiring poetry, light and swaying, adorning both arts, fettering neither. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Into her hair is woven a quantity of golden thread, so that in the distance it looks like a mass of gold, and must be very heavy on the poor tired little head. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Nothing would ever take out of his life these golden threads that had been woven into its texture. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Now, again, she was all that he remembered her, and to see her so, plunged him into a sweet vision of the past--connected, though by some fine golden threads, with the present. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z “The apparent diameter of the satellite so far exceeded the apparent thickness of the ring that it gave the appearance of a beautiful golden bead moving very slowly along a fine golden thread.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z In Lowell's address "To the Dandelion," we may find in each stanza the gleam of the golden thread which unifies the whole. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z I have been moved to call them telegraph posts, standing along the coast, each flashing its spark from cape to headland, the almost commingling rays being golden threads of happy intelligence to all mariners. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Through the dark stuff of her thoughts that prospect ran like a golden thread. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The overland mail in 1861 was a little golden thread by which the Pacific and the Atlantic could be united through the great war. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z One of them carried a long, woollen garment of Tyrian weave, heavily embroidered in golden threads in a pattern containing the various symbols of the different gods. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z In the "Vision of Sir Launfal," there is a single thought, like a golden thread, running through the poem, which gives unity and perfection to it. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Meanwhile we weave upon his robes' array Embroideries of doubts and hopes and fears, The golden threads of laughter by the way, Grey threads of tears. Cornish Catches and Other Verses 2012-01-15T03:00:13.973Z She was, I remember, clad in some dark blue colour, embroidered with golden thread. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Among all the thoughts of all the departments, primary, intermediate, and senior, there is a single golden thought like a golden thread. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The golden thread that links the Rome of Augustus to the Rome of Berlusconi, in other words, is vulgar excess. Rome Specialized in Vulgarity, Excess Before Berlusconi: Books 2011-11-29T00:54:30Z Here was spread a couch of gold, covered with a purple coverlet, embroidered with golden thread, and hemmed with jacinths. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Yet does a man ever forget that woman, through his intimacy with whom these perceptions were first born, like golden threads newly discovered in the warp and woof of some familiar fabric? The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z What was interesting about this twist in the golden thread that runs through the gay tapestry of heraldic life was not those who supported it, but those who opposed it. Every Man a King? U.K.’s Better Off With Its Queens: A.A. Gill 2011-11-14T01:24:13Z Never fail to bind them together with the golden thread of their relation to Christ. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The world is nearly ripe for the wisdom faculty, and men are ready to unravel the golden threads that mystic wisdom has inwoven in her web of secret knowledge. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z And Vondel, inspired logician of the true, unravelling the tangled skein of his country's destiny, also uncoiled the golden thread of our great fate. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Every honorable interest unites those who cherish it, and beautifully has Jeremy Taylor said, “He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend, burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.” The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Loki did not have to wait long before the dwarf brought him a quantity of beautiful hair, spun from the finest golden thread. Asgard Stories Tales from Norse Mythology 2011-09-22T02:00:24.717Z Remember well thy words, and when Skulda doth mingle another’s golden thread with thine, look well to face and heart as well as strength of arm, and well-shaped feet.” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Her thoughts began to weave, and turn into a certain golden thread, which was lost in the future, but which at the same time cast on her the glitter of a wedding. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z The sails were of pink satin, and the ropes golden threads plaited together. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Through that grim ca�on, narrow and black, where there is only room for the dark river to run, bright-eyed Hope may travel, letting our her golden thread as she goes, to guide us. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z And his eyes opened upon a line of coconut palms, with a golden thread of beach at their feet, not a hundred feet away. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z And as he stepped into the mountain he saw a lovely maiden, sitting in the mountain-hall, winding a golden thread on a golden spindle. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z Suddenly the roar of cannon disturbed the golden thread of his thoughts. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Presently the sun shone out in the murky sky, and immediately the sunbeam glided along his golden thread and rejoined his parent. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z This once, at any rate, did Ráby have the chance of grasping that invisible golden thread which runs once through the life of every mortal. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z He breaks all local ties, and snaps in twain the golden threads that link him to his home. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z For her profound learning, which ran like a golden thread through all she wrote till it became tarnished by pedantry, we have the ignorance which misquotes Lempri�re and thinks itself classic. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z "Fair sir," said she, "dismay you not"; and therewith took from out a box a girdle, nobly wrought with golden thread, set full of precious stones and with a rich gold buckle. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z The humor that ripples here and there, the dramatic scenes that stir, and the golden thread of romance that runs through it all, go to make a marked success. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z Such a life would be woven all of golden threads. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z For Baby was still grasping some golden threads in his plump fists. Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story 2011-05-03T02:00:18.093Z But every day saw the breaking of one of the golden threads in our web of illusion, and when Betty was born we were in desperate straits. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Two fair maidens, clothed in white, with silver wheels on their shoulders, came by night, and spun golden threads by the hearth of every cottage. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z A tiny sunbeam played over Mercedes' forehead, making the little curls over it look like golden threads. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Maciej became silent, and somehow we felt that with his last words the golden thread of his life had snapped. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z The ends of that golden thread which her insane mother had cut in two with the bread knife, had been tied together again, and drew her upward, upward. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z His eye followed a path that went winding up the mountain like a golden thread and led to the top. The Progressionists, and Angela. Then he learned the truth of the little man's saying at the fair, for no sooner were the strings fastened with those golden threads than they became firm. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z So he turned his horse's head and rode back beside the golden thread. The Green Fairy Book The maidens of the sun and the moon paused in their weaving, and the golden thread fell from their hands. Custom and Myth New Edition That golden thread of "great fun," as he calls it, goes through the history of Mendelssohn's life. Fragments of an Autobiography Her deep love and attachment to her country glowed through the narrative like a golden thread. A Daughter of the Union Little spiders spun golden threads around it, and it was hung with fluttering veils and flags, as delicately white as snow glittering in the moonlight. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series These were heart-breaking tales, with, here and there, a golden thread of humour showing up in the black fabric of despoliation and defeat. Seeds of Pine As the hero returns to Kalevala, he meets the Lady of the Rainbow, seated on the arch of the sky, weaving the golden thread. Custom and Myth New Edition A steam-launch has in tow half a dozen barges, which, with their unpainted woodwork, rice bales, and straw-coloured connecting cable, appear against the dark water as a knotted golden thread. Japan A Record in Colour "In thy hands shall this spindle make us eternally rejoice, and out of thyself shalt thou spin an indissoluble, golden thread." Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. All was dark around, nor could we discern any object except the faint phosphoric light that marked the margin of the waves here and there, like golden threads, as they broke at our feet. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III One golden thread of association links Shakespeare to Shoe Lane. Old and New London Volume I Through the centuries that have passed since the first Christmas, the spirit of it has wandered in and out like a golden thread in a dull tapestry, sometimes hidden, but never wholly lost. Threads of Grey and Gold I cannot tell What rich reward my suffering may bring, But bide the piercing, like this patient cloth, In hope the needle carries golden thread. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts It rose and fell in eddies, swirling wreaths, and undulations; inwoven with starbeams, as with golden thread, it clothed him about in circles of some magical primordial substance. Jimbo A Fantasy If the golden thread should drop–there is the string–the straw–the horse hair–the twig. In the Heart of a Fool Another golden thread snapped under the cold-blooded worldliness of that crafty old man. Mabel's Mistake Dark hair cascaded about the shoulders to mingle with a lacy veil of golden threads. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 The sunlight shone on his hand and made the wet hairs shine like golden threads.... Changing Winds A Novel Frigga had a palace of her own called Fensalir, or the Hall of Mists, where she spent much of her time at her wheel, spinning golden thread, or weaving web after web of many-coloured clouds. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas The hair parted above the forehead, as it always was, and brought down in curls above her little ears, didn't seem to me so full of golden threads as it used to be. The House Under the Sea A Romance Here would have been an excellent opportunity to have woven into this narrative the golden thread of romance. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 That was a time in which joy ran a golden thread through the gray homespun of every-day life. The First Violin A Novel Somehow, the combination is unique, and the same curious sense of personality runs through everything, linking all together as a golden thread might link many different coloured beads. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America And his sympathies went out to the lonely girl, the golden thread of whose life was to be interwoven with the bloodstained warp and woof of Snoqualmie’s. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Lastly, he spun the finest golden thread, from which he fashioned the hair required for Sif, declaring that as soon as it touched her head it would grow fast there and become as her own. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Without it there may be a thousand good things, but they lack the golden thread that binds them all into a chain of power and permanence. Days of Heaven Upon Earth But one bright golden thread ran clear through all the tangled skeins—he would leave Rosey happy at last, for all the bitterness her cup of life had held before. Somehow Good All days are now alike; The weeks fleet by, the days equivalent gems Strung on a golden thread. Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts Upon the threshold of my career, facing the loneliness of coming years, I resign that hope with which, like a golden thread, most women embroider their future. Macaria It is the natural and the necessary product of mental discipline, through which the above described act of "reiteration," like a golden thread, runs from beginning to end. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education The shorter trail as the crow flies between their claims was marked by a golden thread of sunflowers. Winning the Wilderness Little spiders spun golden threads around it, and then it was hung with fluttering veils and flags so delicately white that they glittered like snow in the moonshine. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Whenever the golden thread of pleasure enters that web of things which our intelligence is always busily spinning, it lends to the visible world that mysterious and subtle charm which we call beauty. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Through the chiffon of her gown ran fine golden threads, which caused it to glint and glisten as the sunbeams. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life Every tress must be confess'd But neatly tangled at the best, Like a clew of golden thread, Most excellently ravelled. Tudor and Stuart Love Songs Making military expense an excuse, he turned his blighting hand toward the Gobelins and restricted the director, Lebrun, even to denying him the golden threads so necessary for the production of the sumptuous tapestries. The Tapestry Book The stars gleamed in the heavens, and it seemed as if long golden threads hung down from them to the earth. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen My favourite trinket is a heart-shaped locket, containing a lock of dark brown hair, intermixed with golden threads. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Song links her children with a golden thread, To aid the living bard strides forth the dead. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete One thinks of the golden thread of hope. The Gospel of the Hereafter The golden threads that had bound him to life were broken. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 When evening came all the hemp was gone, and the room shone with the brightness of the golden thread. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen In the varied tapestry which pictures our national life, the richest spots are those where gleam the golden threads of conscience, courage and faith, set in the web by that little band. Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts But even imagination, wicked spinner of golden threads as she is, never drew one link between his fate and hers. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 But running through all this dark background of Scripture is a curious golden thread of prophecy that evil shall not be eternal in God's universe. The Gospel of the Hereafter They sang of love and war and God; and through all their melody, as a golden thread, could be traced the thought of home and of a Great Tomorrow! The Greater Love O, how I long my time to pass Sitting upon the tender grass, With that soft fell beneath me spread Bright with its hair of golden thread! The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse "Tell me, Ecciva——" There was a sudden convulsive movement of the girl's arm and she gave an exclamation of annoyance as the golden thread snapped in her needle; but she did not look up. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Caterer as we are for you, through us and the handywork of our skilful printer have our able writers spun their golden threads through heart, mind, and soul. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy This sight made me realize why the Hindus believe that each plant and each animal, like man, has a golden thread of spirituality in its soul. Kari the Elephant The love story which runs through the book, like a golden thread, is an idyl. In Blue Creek Cañon Her eyes were half closed, while all the mass of her honey-coloured hair was gathered low down on the nape of her neck into a net of golden thread. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance "If you were?" she suggested, passing a golden thread through the cloth she held. Under the Rose This mighty truth which we have agreed upon as the great central fact of human life is the golden thread that runs through all religions. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty This is the bright golden thread, thick and strong, running through from end to end. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation After a while I stopped, turned round, and looked where I had seen the golden thread. The Land of the Long Night A shyness, delirious and delightful, ran like a golden thread through the excitement which burned their blood. The Highgrader The poor brother one day sees a flock of sheep, and near them a fair maiden spinning a golden thread. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore There is a golden thread that runs through every religion in the world. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Her burden had been laid aside for a few hours, and through her dreams there ran a golden thread of melody, the unconscious remembrance of that evening's songs and music. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 One day I saw a golden thread above the snowy horizon. The Land of the Long Night And so in every Sunday of the year we trace the golden thread of God's loving mercy lying along the narrow way, the path of duty. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles That is our Union—the golden thread, the faithful servant; not the monster that Frankenstein made, not this Minotaur swallowing States! The Long Roll It has been termed by another "the golden thread that ties the hearts of the world." Life and Conduct His brilliant achievements in the war of the Revolution, his power of endurance, and martial enthusiasm, were the golden threads of glory that bound his memory to the victorious cause of the American Republic. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens But it was at its meridian, and in a very short time the golden thread had disappeared and the sun was on its downward course. The Land of the Long Night Looking back to the earliest dawn of her recollection, she believed herself able to trace a golden thread through all. A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune Since the shuttle of creation shot for the first time through chaos, design has marked the course of every golden thread. Pushing to the Front To accept it would be to shirk nothing; it would be only to postpone—to weave into the sombre grave vestments be was making for himself one golden thread. The Seventh Noon Yet, although I felt it not, the thread was in my hand, the golden thread spun here in Hatchstead when my days were young. Simon Dale These aperçus left over from the great speculations are the golden threads which successive thinkers weave into the pattern of their thought. A Preface to Politics And so your novelist generally twists this golden thread with some substantial silken cord, for use, and works up, with the light dance, and with the heavy dinner, some secret marriage, and some shrouded murder. The Young Duke The sun shone upon it, and Curdken again caught at its golden threads. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 Still, the name recurred; and like following golden threads through meshes of green—all this life was gold and green—they became fascinated by the tracing of it. Son of Power Irritable to a degree, and occasionally outrageous as his conduct appears to have been, it needed but the touch of another's grief to draw from him the golden thread of sympathy. Story-Lives of Great Musicians One day the unfortunate brother meets a beautiful girl who is tending sheep and weaving a golden thread. The Buried Temple An interruption diverts the current, cuts the golden thread, breaks the exquisite harmony. Under the Trees and Elsewhere Her eyes were darker than thine, and she had the same soft brown hair as thine, but with thy mother's golden threads in it, my Ann! A Book of Quaker Saints When they had gone through these rooms, the sister led her brother into a chamber where a maiden sat before a golden embroidery frame, working with golden threads. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know This golden thread of promise concerning the Messianic Millennium runs through the Bible, and it was so destined that God in His own good time would cause its appearance. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era The three sisters, the dread Moiræ, in their darksome cavern, spinning the golden thread of destiny, reel from their distaff no bright soft film of wedded happiness. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy But he stayed only for a minute or so, till the little fluttering flames had fairly taken a hold, and were sending golden threads running along the netted fibres. Strangers at Lisconnel The florets of the disk are chocolate colour, whence issue twirled filamentary forms, which impart to the centre of flower the appearance of being netted with a golden thread. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. These relations engendered many attachments that ran like golden threads through the soldier's life and outlived the rough usages of war. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War Nor less Andromache, sore grieved to part, Rich raiment fetches, wrought with golden thread, And Phrygian scarf, and still with bounteous heart Loads him with broideries. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor That is how we have preserved the golden thread of historical continuity, when so many other nations have lost it for ever. Liberalism and the Social Problem Melody has been designated the golden thread running through the maze of tone, by which the ear is guided and the heart reached. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Spin, wheel, reel out thy golden thread, My happy heart sings glad and gay,... The Rescue of the Princess Winsome A Fairy Play for Old and Young He traces the golden thread of Christian life through the darkest centuries. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors It pierced the shield, light armour and the vest, Wrought by his mother with fine golden thread, And drenched with gore the tunic and the breast. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Circle-wise sit they, with bound locks And bosoms covered; Into the fine cloth, white like flame, Weaving the golden thread, To fashion the birth-robes for them Who are just born, being dead. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art They presented certain stories from mythology in the form of pictures traced in golden threads. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old And she had brought in her hand a mob-cap of black satin: would Lord Evelyn allow her to try the effect of twisting those beautiful golden threads through it? Sunrise To and fro, with a blithesome tread, Singing she goes, and her heart is full, And many a long-drawn golden thread Of fancy is spun with the shining wool. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation It remains for us to tell the story of Christian work in connection with the siege, and through all the darkness of those terrible four months such work runs as a golden thread of light. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa The old woman pressed her side as she laughed at the comical, pretty sight of the little dancer, the fluffy golden threads of whose silky coat gleamed in the sunlight. Jewel's Story Book Of course the element of Love is not wanting; two golden threads run through the crimsoned web; but whether they meet before Atropos comes with the fatal shears, it is not best to say. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 "Ah me! what golden threads they then were," she often sighed. Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters It was a common-place existence enough, and yet through it ran one golden thread of romance. Winter Evening Tales And there was a little brown wren, and it had a little golden thread around its neck, and the thread was tied to a root of the big tree. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated The lovely town was white with apple-blooms, And the great elms o'erhead Dark shadows wove on their aërial looms, Shot through with golden thread. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Silently Anne contemplated the fall and rise of the lovely bosom, eyed thoughtfully the golden thread which encircled the white throat; and wondered. The Grey Cloak Salome tried in vain to follow the golden thread of his discourse. The Lost Lady of Lone The morning after their arrival an incident occurred which left its trace as of a slender golden thread running throughout the fabric of his long life. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 And that communion must be constant, and run through all the life, like a golden thread through some web. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Cornelia surveyed herself in her best silken purple flounced stola, thrust the last pin into her hair, and confined it all in a net of golden thread. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Lo, as the maiden looked, she saw the coarse straw turn into beautiful golden threads. The Beacon Second Reader Busily and silently Clotho spun; and the golden thread, thin as a spider's web, yet beautiful as a sunbeam, grew longer and more golden between her skilful fingers. Hero Tales And through it all, like a golden thread on a piece of tapestry, weaving in and out of the patterns, the unspoken longing for love. The Ragged Edge The new moon glittered like a golden thread—low in the west—and seemed almost to rest upon the bosom of the stream, as it curved in the distance to meet the horizon. Inez A Tale of the Alamo In our rooms, up above, all was open to the air; bamboo blinds lowered on the sunny side, and through their transparency came warm air and golden threads of light. Madame Chrysantheme It is woven through the Old Testament and the New like a golden thread. What Peace Means Her godmother over her cradle bent "O Princess Winsome," she said, "I give thee this gift: thou shalt deftly spin, As thou wishest, Love's golden thread." The Little Colonel's Hero Through all these changes there ran the one golden thread of faith in a Supreme Being who was not hidden and apart from the world, but who came to man as to his child. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Her hat had fallen off, and the red golden threads of her hair, freed from their fastenings, streamed behind her. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Let us tune ourselves with the Infinite; let a golden thread run through all our days; no frowns, no grouches, no scolding—no, no! Copper Streak Trail For hours he tossed and turned, now trembling with rage, now prompted by some golden thread in the tangled mazes of his mind to discredit the thing reported. Children of the Mist Godmother brings spinning-wheel on which Princess is to spin Love's golden thread that shall rescue her brother. The Little Colonel's Hero Well, in that book, running through it like a golden thread, is this bit of teaching from his mother. Music Talks with Children The maidens of the sun and the moon paused in their weaving, and the golden thread fell from their hands. Custom and Myth Often in after days, I saw Doto stooping above her embroidery and deftly interweaving the green and golden threads into the patterns of beasts and flowers. In the Wrong Paradise Throughout the whole web of national existence we trace the golden thread of human progress toward a higher and better estate. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Spin, wheel, reel out thy golden thread, My happy heart sings glad and gay, Hero shall 'scape the Ogre dread, And I my own true love shall wed. The Little Colonel's Hero All through the life of Handel we find determination running like a golden thread. Music Talks with Children As the hero returns to Kalevala, he meets the Lady of the Rainbow, seated on the arch of the sky, weaving the golden thread. Custom and Myth Its fantastic splendor had been conceived in the delirious brain of a woman on her death-bed and was the last toil of her stiffening fingers, which had interwoven fate and misery with its golden threads. Twice Told Tales It seems to be surrounded by a net of golden threads…. Pélléas and Mélisande Spin, sing, the golden thread, Gleams in the sun's bright ray, The humming wheel my grief can heal, For love will find a way. The Little Colonel's Hero Through every word the golden thread of his deep devotion glowed steadily. Out of the Ashes There began to reach his ears a rich but slender strain of sound, a golden thread of melody. Jason The tendency upward runs like a golden thread through the history of the whole world, both in the unfolding of human life and in the unfolding of the race itself. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 They have tied down the bandage like a casque….—Do not turn round; I have found the golden threads…. Pélléas and Mélisande Spin, spin, O golden thread, And turn, O happy wheel. The Little Colonel's Hero And in through the petitions runs this golden thread—"Victory in Jesus' name: victory in Jesus' name; to-day: to-day: Thy will be being done: the other will undone: victory in Jesus' name." Quiet Talks on Prayer The "golden thread that tied their hearts together" was never broken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 The coverings of the chairs, i. e. backs and bottoms, were richly embroidered in golden thread, the work of different royal personages. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland “Fair sir,” said she, “dismay you not;” and therewith took from out a box a girdle, nobly wrought with golden thread, set full of precious stones and with a rich gold buckle. The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights The golden thread is spun, The Knight has won his bride, And now our task is done, We may no longer bide. The Little Colonel's Hero "How about a dress not simply bound with golden thread but made of it, made of nothing else! and then hung all over with golden ornaments and the heaviest golden utensils?" The Mettle of the Pasture It has been a golden thread woven amid the sombre tissues of their lives. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted To tear it from our lives would be to unravel the fair tapestry of civilization—to run out its golden threads and crumble its beautiful pictures into chaos. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible These bands carried out in the azure groundwork and the golden threads the motif of the rug. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon Bessie's developing mind was able to grasp firmly the golden thread of religious truth, which, unraveling from the tangle of sectism, had guided her faithful mother into the fulness of divine truth. The value of a praying mother Before closing my friend's biography I shall trace two golden threads in this closely woven life of incident. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 For the child hath wandered far, the golden thread spun in a mother's heart is an unbroken thread that will draw him home! The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index There were aristocrats among them whose names run like golden threads through the pages of French history. The Soul of the War Sitting at the centre she seems to have held together her circle by golden threads of confidence and intimacy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 Her name was Clotho, and she held a distaff full of flax, from which she was spinning a golden thread. Old Greek Stories The cross the way to the crown—this thought runs, like a golden thread, through all the records of her religious history. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss It fell upon my golden threads; it seemed directly to embrace them joyously, to encircle them closely. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 So this golden thread of human sympathy with all creatures whom God had made ran through the darkening moods of his genius. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Three more birthdays of little Lucie had been woven by the golden thread into the peaceful tissue of the life of her home. A Tale of Two Cities Each one was sewing with golden thread and silk, as best she could. Four Arthurian Romances Twines not of them one golden thread, But for its sake a Paynim bled.' Ivanhoe But through it all ran the golden thread of love. Burning Daylight This spirit ran like a golden thread through his first excellently conceived inaugural. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch As if waiting for this petition, the Angel of Death severed the golden thread, and he was in heaven. Our nig, or, sketches from the life of a free black, in a two-story white house, North Showing that slavery's shadows fall even there The Queen took Alexander by the hand, and examined the golden thread which was showing the effects of wear; but the strand of hair was becoming more lustrous, while the golden thread was tarnishing. Four Arthurian Romances Nor iron will descended through my sire from a score of barbarous kings; nor mother's prayerful amulets, woven like golden threads through every low, sweet lullaby that soothed my infancy, can avail me aught. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Amid the stark rocks and dry branches, roses bloomed like a white offering to the sun as smoothly, suavely, it unraveled its golden threads, one by one, from rock to rock. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution And she said he would never see her glad in his hall, never drinking wine, never playing chess, never embroidering with the golden thread, never speaking words of kindness. The Red Fairy Book The Fairies set off at once on their errand, and before nightfall they returned with a generous supply of silks and laces and golden threads. Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Its fantastic splendor had been conceived in the delirious brain of a woman on her death-bed, and was the last toil of her stiffening fingers, which had interwoven fate and misery with its golden threads. From Twice Told Tales And always, running through everything, was that golden thread of joy, beside which all else paled—that they had Baby and each other. Miss Billy — Married The dews that washed the dust and soil From off the wings of pleasure, The sky, that flecked the, ground of toil With golden threads of leisure. Personal Poems II Part 2, from Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems He has wandered over the border of what is commonly called science, and the marvel of facts multitudinous, strung upon the golden threads of law, has laid hold upon him. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare He kept his eye, in a word, on the main chance, as on a small golden thread woven in the grey tissue of the world's history. Roden's Corner This seriousness of purpose runs like a golden thread through all Croce's work. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Or, if the golden thread of love shine athwart the dusky warp of duty, if other hearts depend on yours for sustenance and strength, give to them from your fullness no stinted measure. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader This is but a specimen of the golden thread, if I may call it so, of self-assertion which runs through the whole of our Lord's teaching. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The Chain is formed of golden threads, Bright as Minerva's yellow hair, When the last beam of evening sheds Its calm and sober lustre there. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Through the web and woof of human legislation gradually began to run and shine and glitter the golden thread of justice. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. A curtain of red leather hung behind him, on which all the names of God, written in Yannish, were worked with a golden thread. A Dreamer's Tales A veil, woven of golden threads and imported from Assyria, set off her jet-black hair. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) So he turned his horses head and rode back beside the golden thread. The Green Fairy Book "Yes, godmother darling, the fates have golden threads on their distaff for you and I to-day." A Heart-Song of To-day So he wore a helmet on his head, a red shield richly inlaid with gold and iron, and a sharp sword with an ivory handle wound with golden thread. Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic It is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world. For Auld Lang Syne The Chief of Jebri, one Chabas Khan, rode out to meet me, clad in a long gown of golden thread, which, flashing in the sun, was discernible a couple of miles off. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán Romantic attachments, full of thrilling pathos, ran then like golden threads through the vulgar woof and web of woe and death. The Tragedies of the Medici This idea is woven as golden thread in a silk brocade, not only in "Quo Vadis," but also in all his novels. So Runs the World But therewithal so cruel to myself, Against all law of kind to shred in twain The golden thread that doth us both maintain? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 And twisting them with his own wishes, wove A chain therewith that bound her wavering will; A chain made mighty by the golden threads Of rev'rence and of holy memories. Poems And all at once the little brook that wound, a golden thread, between the bulk of the mills, flowed, a stream of ink, from pool to pool of black water. The Power and the Glory At the end, through the wild tangle of mad imaginings, there ran this golden thread of human affection; it gave the old man hours of peace, sometimes almost of sanity. The Secret of the Tower What glorious day dreams can now be woven from the golden threads of happy thought? Marguerite Verne Little references to him show how he was always weaving golden threads into the woof of daily monotony. Memories of Hawthorne Then with all their might the two Norns span the purple and golden threads, and wove the fatal woof. The Story of Siegfried Their hair glistened with a network of golden thread. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Thank God for such hours! for though they were spent among ideals, they belong to us henceforth, and are golden threads between this life and a higher one. The Hallam Succession I have shown that like a golden thread the doctrine of entire sanctification runs through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. The Theology of Holiness And yet our Father weaves His golden thread Into the warp of duty's homespun web. Verses and Rhymes By the Way I believe, however, that this skill in narration is De Quincey's most persistent quality,—the golden thread that unites all his most distinguished and most enduring work. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc It ran through all her words like a golden thread. His Sombre Rivals They entered the meshes of the Star Net that spun its golden threads everywhere about them, linking up the Universe with their very hearts. A Prisoner in Fairyland Eight splendid horses, trapped in costly housings trimmed with golden thread and set with jewels, were led before Beowulf, and their silken bridles were laid within his hand. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 One golden thread must connect him with the lowest forms of life. Time and Change Fortune stood by him with a cornucopia, and the three fatal sisters winding a golden thread. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter The large red moon shone, like a ruby, in the horizon's ample ring; and golden threads of light seemed braided together with the rippling current of the river. Hyperion But his hesitation operated like a call for help that flew instantly about the world and was communicated to the golden threads that patterned the outside sky. A Prisoner in Fairyland "What do I see?" he cried; "the spindle certainly wants to show me the way!" turned his horse about, and rode back with the golden thread. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm And the wonder is that this golden thread was never snapped or lost through all the terrible vicissitudes of the geologic ages. Time and Change They form the golden thread in the tangled web of our existence, ever appearing amid the darker surface around, and throwing a fair halo of brilliancy on what, without it, were cold, bleak, and barren. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 6 Little Armine was thrilled as, in the awe of drawing near to his first Communion, this golden thread of life was put into his hand. Magnum Bonum In Barbary, they twist brightcoloured cloth round a rope, and adorn it with thick golden thread. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Hardly had the needle put in the last stitch than the maiden saw through the window the white feathers of the prince, whom the spindle had brought thither by the golden thread. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm The colonel had written the letter, and Isobel had sent the faded violets, with their golden thread. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police He returned to Adare like one in a dream—a dream that was grief and pain, with its one golden thread of joy. God's Country—And the Woman I seemed to be drawn along like one in a dream by the golden thread of the bird's sweet singing. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten It was a little golden thread running through the dark web of his present fortunes; which were growing ever gloomier and more gloomy. North and South A diamond upon a slight, golden thread depended from her ear; from time to time she uttered a remark which evoked a smile upon his lips. Bel Ami But, in place of that, she had sent him the faded flowers, with their golden thread! Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police We may diverge hither or thither, but the golden thread still holds us. Christie Johnstone "He sits ravelling out his life into a multitude of golden threads," went on Ferdinand with a bow, his steely eyes trying to look gentle. The Great Hunger Taking out his pipe, he filled it with tobacco, slowly pressing the golden threads down into the bowl with his little finger. Fraternity Rei undid the golden threads and opened the scroll, which he gave into the Wanderer's hand. The World's Desire The prisoner did not heed him; the sheriff shook him roughly, so roughly that the major's waistcoat and shirt dragged open, disclosing his fine silk undershirt, delicately worked and embroidered with golden thread. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's I give thee prayers, like jewels strung On golden threads of hope and fear; And tenderer thoughts than ever hung In a sad angel's pitying tear. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Was he ravelling out his life into golden threads that vanished and were forgotten? The Great Hunger O wake, Madonna! wake; Even now the purple lake Is dappled o'er with amber flakes of light; A glow is on the hill; And every trickling rill In golden threads leaps down from yonder height. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 Ella had picked up her theatre wrap—it was a summer cloud brocaded with golden threads of quivering sunlight, and had flung it around her. Phyllis of Philistia Then came harmonies more intricate: fair fabrics of woven sound, in the midst of which gleamed golden threads of joy; a tapestry of sound, multi-tinted, gallant with story and achievement, and beautiful things. The Shape of Fear Every tress must be confessed; But neatly tangled at the best; Like a clew of golden thread Most excellently ravelled. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Do you fail to see the fairy, who, in her swift rush through the sparkling atmosphere, collects and binds with the golden thread of harmony, the gems of melody she smilingly sheds on us? Massimilla Doni When she was born a golden thread was about her neck, and it was foretold of her that she was to be the queen of that land. Twilight Land It had been sewn to the sandal-strap with golden thread or silk. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot And borne aloft by the sustaining blast, This little golden thread Dilates into a column high and vast, A form of fear and dread. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Every tress must be confest, But neatly tangled at the best; Like a clew of golden thread Most excellently ravelled. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse What golden thread had she left in my hand by which to trace her through the labyrinth of this world? A Strange Disappearance The lovely town was white with apple-blooms, And the great elms o'erhead Dark shadows wove on their aerial looms Shot through with golden thread. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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