| 单词 | gray-headed |
| 例句 | It sounded as though they were discussing a Rockefeller or a Mellon—and not some gray-headed, dignity- posturing bank janitor, or bond-house messenger. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So he grabbed his gun and straddled his best horse and went off wid de rest of de gray-headed men and young boys to drive de Yankees back into Tennessee. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z At first the film sounds like an advertisement for Facebook, with the teenagers introducing their gray-headed charges to it, generally at too fast a pace for an aging newcomer to absorb. ‘Cyber-Seniors’ Focuses on a Program for Retirees 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Every night, gray-headed flying fox bats fill the skies above Melbourne, Australia. Your Wednesday Briefing: Trump Charged With 34 Felonies 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Every evening, tens of thousands of gray-headed flying foxes fan across the sky above Melbourne, Australia. As Temperatures Rise, Melbourne’s Bats Get Their Own Sprinkler System 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z They might relate more to those scientists than an old gray-headed lady like me. ‘We’ve got to be able to move more quickly.’ The pandemic reality of COVID-19 clinical trials 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z It was the regulars like Queeg, “standing guard on this fat, dumb and happy country of ours”, who saved Greenwald’s mother, a “little gray-headed Jewish lady”, from being melted down into a bar of soap. Herman Wouk obituary 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z When the researchers kept some birds, like the gray-headed junco, in the nest for a few extra days, their chances of survival increased. Birds That Leave Nest Too Late Can Endanger Their Families 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z “I have no intentions of taking that back,” the gray-headed clergyman said, stressing that his forgiveness had been more for himself than for Mr. Roof. Congregants’ Quiet Agony at the Dylann Roof Trial 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In December 2019, during the scorching months known as Black Summer, about 4,500 gray-headed flying foxes in Melbourne perished over three days of extreme heat. As Temperatures Rise, Melbourne’s Bats Get Their Own Sprinkler System 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The area’s population of the gray-headed flying fox, Australia’s largest bat, peaked at up to 140,000 in April - nearly three times the number seen there last year. Flying, screeching, pooping visitors turn Aussie town batty 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The area’s population of the gray-headed flying fox, Australia’s largest bat, peaked at up to 140,000 in April — nearly three times the number seen there last year. Flying, screeching, pooping visitors turn Aussie town batty 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z It represents a big, heavy, gray-headed man, ungainly of appearance, whom a smaller personage, bald and neat, is pushing off a plank into the water. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z In looking out occasionally upon my very near neighbors opposite, I have frequently observed a gray-headed, scholar-like, fine-looking old man, writing at a window in the story below. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Although gray-headed flying foxes are native to Australia, they are transplants to Melbourne, forced farther south a few decades ago by habitat destruction. As Temperatures Rise, Melbourne’s Bats Get Their Own Sprinkler System 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z This good genius is always a gray-headed old man, with bright eyes and a soul of good-nature, and is, of course, invariably a bachelor—a delightful fiction which insures comfortable portions to the marriageable girls. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z "Colonel," said I, as we entered his office, "here is the old, gray-headed devil that said to the rebel Colonel, 'Kill the Yankee spy;' and I have brought him in for you to dispose of." Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z We may work till we are gray-headed ere we can produce a turnip or a cabbage for him on these barren, unthrifty rocks. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Amongst the surviving workmen who were defending the large front entrance to the manufactory was an old gray-headed man, who listened intently to the above conversation of the two chiefs. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The gray-headed prince of the Church, accompanied by his Vicar-General, and several Maori chiefs, afterwards came off to the frigate, when he paid a visit to the Commodore. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z And now, faces begin to be jaded, and horses are harnessed, and wherever the old gray-headed beggarman goes, he gets among traces and splinter-bars, and is roared at. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z You are an old, gray-headed man—a preacher of the Gospel; you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z There were several gray-headed men present, one of whom was introduced to Stanley as the king. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z He was gray-headed and wore a pair of gold spectacles, but he stopped his work and shook Mr. Gibson warmly by the hand. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Some of us died; others grew gray-headed, and I sooner than any of them, for I was scarcely thirty years old when my head, God only knows why, began to turn white. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Virginia returned in about half an hour, accompanied by a gray-headed and full-whiskered man of about seventy years of age, who had any other than the look of even a country doctor. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z As I was passing along the streets, one day, I saw, not ten feet from the place where I first saw him, the old, gray-headed rebel, with his staff in his hand. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z Go, look in your city prison, you old gray-headed villains, where ye or the likes of ye, murdered him without judge or jury. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z He was an old, gray-headed man, experienced in mining, and of course all listened to what he had to say. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z When one is gray-headed and walks with a stick, it is too late to marry. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Gentlemen of high character, pure and honorable and gray-headed, unconnected with the military, were dragged from their fields or beds, and subjected to this process of threats, beating, and hanging. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z You d—d old, gray-headed rebel! do you remember the 'Yankee spy?' Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z These old, gray-headed men swallowed down glass after glass of brandy; they paid by turns, and grew more and more down-hearted. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z "It was a shot!" screamed an old gray-headed man in a trembling voice, above the rest, before he got into the train. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z The venerable, gray-headed pastor, who appeared regularly in the village pulpit for half a century, to impart the word of life, rises in the memory, and stands fixed there, like a statue. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Here and there a gray-headed old gentleman or an elderly female may be seen peeping out of a first-floor window into the sad and solitary street, but the younger branches of the family are away. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z Don't tell me, you old, gray-headed villain, that you don't know what I mean! Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z The gray-headed speaker turned away, and left me alone to gaze on the mansion he had thus banned. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z “If this be really Lazarus,” said I aloud, “he ought to be a gray-headed old man, and his sisters wrinkled old women; for surely many years have passed since he fell sick in Bethany.” In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z One was a gray-headed old man, who reeled in his saddle, and looked wildly from the soldiers to the water without the power to utter a word. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z This explains the allusion in “I stand here old and gray-headed.” A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z One of the prisoners was an old, gray-headed preacher, by the name of Parson Hamers; I have forgotten the name of the other. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z There were gray-headed old men, and women, and invalids; and there were beautiful demoiselles working worsted, embroidery, sewing; men reading papers; and, in fact, people doing everything they would do in their own parlors. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z There the gray-headed woodman was hewing away wearily at a branch of a tree. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z Concord!” said the gray-headed prince; and he dropped his lean hand to his girdle. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Nor are planters indifferent to the comfort of their gray-headed slaves. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Clubs were formed of a more than questionable description, of which we remember to have received an illustrative anecdote from a citizen of London, now gray-headed, but then in the flower of his youth. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z The assemblage was composed of all who were capable of bearing arms, from gray-headed veterans of the last war, to the striplings who had not yet been mustered on a training field. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z BUT it was more especially the Lecture invitations coming from venerable, gray-headed metropolitan Societies, and indited by venerable gray-headed Secretaries, which far from elating filled the youthful Pierre with the sincerest sense of humility. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He was gray-headed, of a small, thin figure, and might have been drawing hard upon sixty. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The men had gathered a boat-load of oysters, and were having a feast,—old and young, gray-headed men, and curly-haired children, were huddled round the pans, steaming and smoking over the pitch-knot fires. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Some soldiers, of whom he politely inquired for Jackson's whereabouts, gave him some unsatisfactory and rude replies, when a gray-headed man a few steps beyond pointed him to the marquee. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z That evening we found both species of sparrows we needed — the Somali and the gray-headed. Success With Starlings, and Meeting the Chief 2010-07-15T18:27:00Z He preceded her up the steep wooden steps until they reached the topmost part, where, after they had knocked, a trap-door was opened, and a little gray-headed man, the tower-keeper, greeted them kindly. A Divided Heart and Other Stories At the time to which I allude, Jaaf was a middle-aged, gray-headed negro, with most of the faults, and with all the peculiar virtues of the beings of his condition and race. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Explanations as to who we were secured kind hospitality from the host, a gray-headed man, with a family consisting of his wife, three grown-up sons, and nine adult daughters. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z One might have thought that the injustice and brutality of the thing would have roused him; but men who have repressed themselves till they are gray-headed don't rise in a hurry to resent a wrong. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories In a third out-building lived a gray-headed old negro with one eye, who cooked for the new tenant—and cooked well. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches At this moment the chamber door opened and a servant entered; the man who now made his appearance was old, even gray-headed, but the expression of his countenance was frank and honest. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 "I'm being easy with you because you're a gray-headed old man, but—" By Jove, it was plain he had struck a sensitive point! The Haunted Pajamas "Take a lodging and make yourself comfortable, marry, and subscribe to a club if you like it," said a gray-headed attach�, with a cynical face, "for in all likelihood they'll never remember you're here." Tony Butler Well, you see I have a bank back in Pennsylvania—a bank that is now sixty years old, and getting gray-headed. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories "I won't if I live to be twice as gray-headed as ever Methuselah was, for it's a downright shame to let him go with money in his pockets after tryin' to kill us." An Amateur Fireman The sight of Malgares, staring at me in open consternation, caused me to fix my gaze upon the gray-headed, irascible little man at the head of the table. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The teacher, a gray-headed woman, sat upon the floor with a dozen or more pupils around her. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 The great human mind is in the little child as well as in the gray-headed sage; but it has not come forth into activity and consciousness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 “What is the matter?” asked Bob as an old gray-headed soldier passed on the hillside 335 near the cave. A Daughter of the Union As we most of us are grown gray-headed in our Dear Master's Service, he has left us Pensions and Legacies, which we may live very comfortably upon, the remaining Part of our Days. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Does he think that there is a gay, handsome father in this earth that I could love so dearly, cherish so devotedly, as this worn and gray-headed old man? Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read Some were young, buoyant, and hopeful, ready to shed the last drop for the principles they professed; others were old gray-headed men, tried servants of Monarchy for half a century. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life There are two who in wisdom are nearly twelve, and one gray-headed old fellow who is just over fourteen. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Anarchists refer not seldom to the gray-headed Master of Sociology as one of themselves; and still more often do the Socialists allude to him as an Anarchist. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory The poor gray-headed old man recognized her displeasure. Strangers and Wayfarers Few of our men have grown gray-headed; in the sea and on the battlefield they have found their graves; and the women have had sorrow in marriage and death in child-bearing.” Prisoners of Conscience But the sight of a flag which a gray-headed quartermaster was just hauling down from the masthead, drove gloomy thoughts out of his mind, and sent a thrill of triumph all through him. Marcy The Refugee Phœbe says the pictures belong to Mrs. Gerome, the gray-headed woman who owns that place on the beach, and I am almost tempted to believe she is Elsie, who may have married again. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part At supper that night Burton came from his room to find Colonel Bellamy bringing his wife in his arms to the table, while the old bent-backed and gray-headed man servant followed to place her chair. The Life of Nancy Behind the lady walked a gray-headed negro, a man who was troubled in spirit, who sometimes gained a step or two, and offered an anxious but quite unheeded remonstrance. Strangers and Wayfarers "He was an old, gray-headed weazel and far too smart for you!" Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters The gray-headed friends of her youth are all "girls" to her, and she is a girl among them. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years "Well, my kiddy," said Grasp, the grim-visaged, gray-headed turnkey, as soon as he had ushered Steggars into his snug little quarters; "here you are, you see—isn't you?" Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. All the gray-headed men turned that way, and every one of them smiled. The Life of Nancy Lots of gray-headed lawyers and preachers and bankers and doctors, but there are not so very many gray-haired workingmen. Industrial Conspiracies As soon as she had cleared the Irish coast a sullen gray-headed old wave of the Atlantic climbed leisurely over her straight bows, and sat down on her steam-capstan used for hauling up the anchor. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II These preternaturally wise and prudent young people come into the world mentally gray-headed. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart And yet those youths were mostly gray-headed when the "many things" began, and not a few of them lost those gray heads, instead of looking on as interested spectators of a new order of things. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Milton, the old gray-headed negro, was there too, and was alternately upbraided and spoken with most intimately and with friendly approval. The Life of Nancy Martinez in the ten days that had elapsed since informing Weir he had learned of Saurez’ possible knowledge of the past had proceeded to make himself agreeable to the gray-headed old man. In the Shadow of the Hills Then the eager, anxious shout of the gray-headed brakeman came back to him. The Law-Breakers It is barely possible that good might ultimately result, but young men would be gray-headed before things would work smoothly. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed: until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy They were evidently familiarly acquainted with the whole region, and there were arguments in favor of both lines of advance, but a gray-headed old warrior at last settled the question. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White Ah, well! perhaps it was better so, than that he should have lived to be a gray-headed old bachelor like "brother Jose!" Neighbor Nelly Socks Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series Do you want them to wait till I’m gray-headed?” Whispering Smith He stood like some tall, ascetic, gray-headed priest, garbed in a dressing-gown that needed but little imagination to convert into a cassock. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana “You kin hev it,” said the soldier, throwing his palm open with an air of happy extravagance, and a group of gray-headed “citizens,” just behind, exploded a loud country laugh. Dr. Sevier "No kind of game'd stay long in such a burned-up country as this is," added a squarely made, gray-headed man who rode up alongside of him. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White Several scantily-clad children rolled about on the ground, and in the shade of a tamarind tree an old gray-headed man was pounding taro-root. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 By the side of an old-fashioned bedstead, hung with snow-white valance, knelt the old gray-headed minister, and his low voice, broken and thrillingly solemn, went up in earnest prayer for a departing soul. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 We strung six of ’em up in a day on the same tree down Arizona way, as that gray-headed possum, Joe Nelson, well remembers. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana A gray-headed negro gave us admission and conducted us to the house, where we were met by our host. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 All went well with him until a gray-headed old warrior, who was examining the several arrows projecting from the side of the dead bison, came to one over which he paused thoughtfully. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White And yet he is the teacher of these gray-headed men, and their only teacher. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors I know, I know," said the gray-headed parent brokenly, "but I can't help it. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Her hands were full of parcels, and she was asking a gray-headed old gentleman to open the door for her—how handsome and bright and alert she looked, as she smiled her acknowledgment! Lover or Friend Witnesses.—The word used to designate a witness is šîbu, which denotes those who are “gray-headed,” but it is not certain that it can have no other meaning. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters The light jesting tone, the unembarrassed manner, were as free from consciousness as though there were gray-headed dons round her. Not Like Other Girls Surrounded entirely by glass, he could overlook the whole of his dominion, from the boys at the bottom to the gray-headed cashier and the women typists at the top. The Combined Maze When the Rabbi imperatively drove out his host's family—the gray-headed sons, dignified matrons, and beautiful girls, Saul's gray eyebrows quivered and bristled for a moment. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Was the gray-headed sinner summoned in this terrible manner to the bar of his offended Judge? Lover or Friend Professor Tavernier, a little, gray-headed savant with used-up eyes, asked me mildly if he might know why they all were to be expelled from France. The Maids of Paradise The beauty and quiet of the place were almost enchantment enough to account for the gray-headed porters, their immobility and longevity, and I longed to draw the charm over me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 It is an attractive sight, to view the number of gray-headed patriarchs living at the same time. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Presently the gray-headed patriarch of the greatest family in the town, dressed in his long cloak and tall shiny hat, was seen slowly and gravely crossing the market-place. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story It was a great wooden bowl, very cracked and old; and in it sat three gray-headed little gentlemen with spectacles, all reading busily, and letting the boat go where it pleased. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. I suppose," said the gray-headed president, "that you will enjoy this scouting expedition all the more because you are on the trail of a white man. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. The teller went to an inner room and returned with a stout, gray-headed man of about fifty. A Cousin's Conspiracy A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance The gardeners were gray-headed, and remembered potting the first fuchsia-slips that ever came to the Forest. Vixen, Volume II. He was gray-headed, and had a passionate temper and sensitive disposition. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story In 1841, when sixty-five years old, and gray-headed, is under a five thousand dollar bond to keep the peace. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Afterwards I learned that it was the gray-headed junco, which is distinctly a western species, breeding among the mountains of Colorado. Birds of the Rockies Editors grow gray-headed trying to keep up with the swift passing of events, and they are always very careful to tell their readers that the events which they are chronicling are the latest events. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing I felt it was very remarkable to see such a number of gray-headed men gathered about my brown flowing locks; and it struck most of those who were present very forcibly. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete He was a small man, gray-headed, with a wrinkled, wizened face, and eyes of faded blue. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Yes, he was gray-headed, and though very old he was as stalwart as any of the younger men of the tribe. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys While jogging along, my eye caught sight of a gray-headed junco, which flitted from a clump of bushes bordering the stream to a spot on the ground close to some shrubs. Birds of the Rockies Oh! how painful that a gray-headed pastor should publicly exclaim, "I would hang them as quick as I would shoot a mad dog!" Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 His old gray-headed father next staggered towards him, and shook him mournfully by the hand. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom The teller went to an inner room, and returned with a stout, gray-headed man of about fifty. The Young Bank Messenger Yet I nursed an ambition of my own to which no one was privy except Spotswoode, a gray-headed, and proverbially taciturn field-hand, without whose knowledge and coöperation the purpose could not have been carried out. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The gray-headed juncos were very abundant in the Rockies, and are the only species at present known to breed in the State of Colorado. Birds of the Rockies The first lieutenant, who inspected us, was a grim, gray-headed man past the prime of life, with features hardened by disappointment and long service, but who still retained an expression of kindliness and good-nature. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 One gray-headed man stood in the door of his tent, while a black-headed young one danced before him, to his own whistle, with his arms akimbo. A Confederate Girl's Diary The latter was a gray-headed man, of at least ninety years. The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales The last but one of the chained line was an old gray-headed man, followed by a slender graceful girl of some eighteen years old, and Amyas’ heart yearned over them as they came up. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 It may be said here that the gray-headed juncos were observed at various places all along the way from Georgetown to Green Lake and far above that body of water. Birds of the Rockies Then the gray-headed, white-moustached major whipped out his watch and held up his hand. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike Winter, the Brockhurst butler, clean-shaven, gray-headed, suggestive of a distinguished Anglican ecclesiastic in mufti. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Ohio's 74th is justly proud that she has the experience of a gray-headed Colonel united with the "dash" of a young Major. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive She was given away by her gray-headed father; Charlotte Home stood close behind her; Mr. Home married the couple, and Uncle Sandy acted as best man. How It All Came Round Away up here the gray-headed juncos were trilling like warblers, and hopping about on their pine-needle carpet, creeping in and out among the rocks, hunting for tidbits. Birds of the Rockies And I remember the genial patience with which the gray-headed elders used to listen to my Williamanic paeans. A Circuit Rider's Wife Moreover, he loved Marietta, and would gladly have seen her observe more strictly toward himself the sayings of the gray-headed priest Jerome, "Little children, love one another." The Broken Cup And then, at last, come the days when the gray-headed youngsters, from hanging out of the window, boldly open their wings and launch into the air. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State The gray-headed and sinful man knelt by his side. How It All Came Round Raw as the morning was, the hermit thrushes, mountain chickadees, Audubon's warblers, gray-headed juncos, and ruby-crowned kinglets were giving a lively rehearsal. Birds of the Rockies You could talk to me till you was gray-headed, and I'd just laugh. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot The good gray-headed old man advanced toward her, proud of his work, and leading by the hand the newly married pair. The Broken Cup He was a gray-headed man, but not old. Paul Patoff Unresisting, gray-headed men were despatched with the sword, while the women were reserved for the grossest outrage, or suffered the mutilation of their breasts, or, if with child, were butchered with their unborn offspring. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 She had known them all in her young dark-haired husband of forty years before; and here was that same husband gray-headed, gray-bearded, and repulsively old! John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein A newspaper correspondent who went over the field of battle, saw a gray-headed soldier spreading the blanket over the corpse of a fallen comrade. Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 A little gray-headed man and a little gray burro were standing by the work tent. The Forbidden Trail The gray-headed old men went stealthily alone at night sometimes to the big chest and turned over again the poems and essays yellow now with age, and the gilded prize-books. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 The door was thrown open by the gray-headed constable, and the jury entered. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 A great sensation was caused one day by the appearance in the village of an old gray-headed man. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Whereat the gray-headed infant groaned pathetically, cast his eyes heavenward, and drank more ale, muttering to himself, and shaking his head as if his emotions could not be entirely suppressed. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Squads of gray-headed old negroes, young negro women and children, carrying in bundles all their worldly store, constantly applied for permission to enter the lines on their way to the north. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 He saw that only the very gray-headed men had anything to say in favor of peaceful action and a prompt "getting away." The Talking Leaves An Indian Story "Ain't she an angel?" said a gray-headed soldier as he watched her one morning as she was busy getting breakfast for the boys on the steamer "City of Alton." Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience You would take his valet-de-chambre for his brother; his butler is gray-headed; his groom is one of the gravest men that I have ever seen; and his coachman has the looks of a privy-councillor. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I A door was at this moment opened, and there entered into the august presence a gray-headed old man, to whom the daughters presented the record. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Man, though he be gray-headed when he comes back, soon gets a young wife. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources He had been fronting for the under pup so long that his own chances had dwindled down to a distant point in his gray-headed years. Trail's End "On reaching the church-porch, we found the parson rebuking the gray-headed sexton for having used mistletoe." Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving What he does around the shop wouldn't turn anyone gray-headed; but he makes the most of it. Torchy He was once more the boyish Captain of the Army of Italy, at whom the huge grenadiers laughed and the gray-headed veterans marveled. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo I'm going to keep the spirit of youth alive until I'm old and gray-headed. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer Perched on the highest portion was an immense gray-headed eagle. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) On reaching the church-porch, we found the parson rebuking the gray-headed sexton for having used mistletoe among the greens with which the church was decorated. Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving In the course of our stroll we came to the village church; an old gray-headed sexton stood in the porch, who, perceiving that we were strangers, invited us to enter. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest There is a gray-headed man sitting in a deer-skin-bottomed chair, on the rude gallery, and gazing with weary eye on the lovely scenery around him. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems "Long enough to make me gray-headed," Fairchild answered with a little laugh. The Cross-Cut All these gray-headed men, growing haggard and careworn, agreed that in the present depressed state of the commercial world, young Robinson was showing himself a sensible fellow and ought to be commended for his decision. A Houseful of Girls Pilgrims, sane and insane, the beardless and the gray-headed, flocked to his door, far beyond the dozen persons good and wise whom he had mentioned to Carlyle. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson A single gas-burner threw a dim, uncertain light over the old desk, and lit up the figure of a tall, gray-headed man, who was bending over it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy There were some old gray-headed men among them. The Insurrection in Paris She wished the dull, gray-headed villager would go home, and leave her alone for awhile in this solemn and sacred place; but he crouched still on the ground, stirring neither hand nor foot. Cobwebs and Cables It was a blow to my gray-headed uncle when I had to turn soldier, but I was delighted to get upon a horse in right down earnest, and to see something of the scuffle here. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Many around him are grown gray-headed in sin, and give but little prospect of amendment. The Annals of the Poor Despise not the words of a gray-headed old man, who would give you, with true affection, a few hints relative to this great day. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology The gray-headed little man's face matched the hue of his hair. The Forfeit The man whom he saw entering slowly and reluctantly into the room behind Phebe, was gray-headed, bent, and abject. Cobwebs and Cables It is that which makes conductors gray-headed and spoils their chances for heaven—answering the same questions over and over again. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers I'm a liar if I didn't see 'em Place hitters turnin' gray-headed! The Young Pitcher This gray-headed Colonel was her father, and I would serve her in this emergency without thought of my own danger. My Lady of Doubt The first dancer was an old man, gray-headed, and rather stooped. I Married a Ranger In the dimness of the interior they just caught sight of a gray-headed man, sitting on the floor, with his face hidden on his knees. Cobwebs and Cables One morning, a gray-headed man, and an aged and infirm woman, were seen walking along, with faltering footsteps, through the street which led to the prison. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated Besides, gentleness and fortitude did not descend to me from my mother, and these were indispensable attributes in a boy who desires to dictate to his gray-headed parent. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 I breakfasted with your gray-headed, reverend friend, Mr. Smith; and was highly pleased both with the cordial welcome he gave me, and his most excellent appearance and sterling good sense. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham When you have children, my daughter, and they grow up, your sons will always be sons to you, even though they be gray-headed. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure "Hast thou naught to tell to while away this tedious hour, good Murdoch?" he asked, after a while, addressing a gray-headed veteran. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History Now, what will be the next sentence from the lips of those gray-headed men, standing in the sanctuary, with the echo of solemn service still in their ears? Divers Women Why does he start and tremble, that stern, gray-headed man? Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 A stout, gray-headed man, whom I afterward knew as Isaac Shelby's father, was riding up from the patriot line to receive Captain de Peyster's sword, and the battle was ended. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The gondolier who had conducted them, an old, gray-headed, hard-looking fellow, had pocketed his fee, nodded his thanks, and pushed off again from the landing. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales At a given moment an enormous iron key was brought in on a silver salver, and, bending over the chair, the gray-headed negro laid it by Don Balthasar's plate. Romance Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come! The Days of Mohammed If I had my rights, I should long ago have been gray-headed. Frank Among The Rancheros Then there was pap died next, but he was old and gray-headed, and sick-hearted like, and he wanted to go, but it made it jest as bad for me. Tempest and Sunshine "Here's a doctor, sir," he yelled to a gray-headed man near by. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy I went out, following a gray-headed negro, and the nun glided in, and stood at the foot with her white hands folded patiently. Romance A wiry, gray-headed man appeared from the shed, and came forward with a rueful, humorous twinkle in his shrewd blue eyes. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax "Sartain there was such a feelin'," said an old gray-headed Yankee, who sat at the head of the table, and who was guardian of the establishment. The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. The door behind him opened softly and a small gray-headed man peered into the room. Hetty Wesley I witnessed a most touching scene on the Emperor's entering the debtors' room; three old, venerable, gray-headed men fell on their knees and cried, "Father, have mercy on us!" Elizabeth Fry A gray-headed, keen-eyed, florid-faced old soldier is the colonel, and he is snapping with electricity, apparently. The Deserter They were received by an old gray-headed seaman, with a rubicund face, whose open countenance betrayed only truth and loyalty. The Waif of the "Cynthia" No, he was nothing but a tramp, old and gray-headed, and nearly worn out with his tramping. How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories I opened them as a gray-headed servant came bustling in with a steaming pan. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Do you take me for a child, that I should be thus lectured by boys and a gray-headed idiot? The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia I say, you gray-headed old villain, turn him out on the instant, or, if you hesitate but half a minute, well make a bonfire of you, him, the house, and all that's in it. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One After the sermon the minister called upon one of the elders, a gray-headed old man, to pray. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 The first man offered on the block was an old gray-headed slave by the name of Richard. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself The gray-headed priest at the altar was solemnly chanting, from the beautiful liturgy of the Church, as he knelt down on the hard aisle, and the branching ceiling seemed to catch and repeat the notes. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century She began her management of the somewhat difficult business with tact and diplomacy worthy of a gray-headed diplomatist. Marion Arleigh's Penance Everyday Life Library No. 5 The sorrow is enhanced by the presence of many gray-headed old men and by sad and heart-breaking tidings. On Commando You may study till you are gray-headed or bald-headed, for that matter, and you will discover no other way. The Spirit and the Word A Treatise on the Holy Spirit in the Light of a Rational Interpretation of the Word of Truth An old, gray-headed man came running up, and, seizing a shovel, began working with the strength of ten men. The Art of Soul-Winning If she lived to be gray-headed, he alone owned her, mind and body. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 If you saw me you would hardly know me: I am old, broken, gray-headed, wrinkled. Montcalm and Wolfe She loved the gray-headed old man, whose affection had made her life one long, long day of happiness, with a tenderness which no recently-acquired faults of his could alienate. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest "Let him come in," she exclaimed, "that I may see the gray-headed genius." International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 A full-bodied, gray-headed, gray-mustached man sat in his shirt-sleeves behind a great table, writing with a very black pencil in a large sprawling hand. Queed In every group, from a few tots playing in the grass to gray-headed statesmen deciding a world's destinies, there is a struggle of these wills to power. The Nervous Housewife He might have been a gray-headed old sage for the marvelous reticence of his demeanor, devoting himself to his duties and the dowagers with a persistency of good-breeding, to say the least of it, admirable. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 But Lablache had not come here to discuss Horrocks, or, for that matter, to sympathize with the gray-headed wreck of manhood before him. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest The gray-headed old chief, who had accompanied his fellows to the shore, spoke out in Polynesian. The Great Taboo And care too soon taken makes people quickly gray-headed. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple That gray-headed orator is the old Graphæus, secretary of the city of Antwerp, and the author of several well written Latin works. The Amulet Then when I came they shouted, and one gray-headed warrior cried: "Now you have a good fight on hand, axeman." Wulfric the Weapon Thane Meanwhile, a gray-headed old chief stood calmly at the tiller, endeavoring to steer the vessel shoreward. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The second, who was lame, was followed by a gray-headed lackey, who looked like the precursor of Sancho Panza, as his master did of Don Quixote. The Forty-Five Guardsmen There was a gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro that lived hard by, who had a whole budget of them to tell, many of which had happened to himself. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Great administrative duties also, cares of state, for which one should be born gray-headed, how nobly do these sit upon a woman's brow! Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays The Celtic name of the Livingstones was M'Leay, which, according to Dr. Livingstone's own idea, means "son of the gray-headed," but according to another derivation, "son of the physician." The Personal Life of David Livingstone The idea of this gray-headed minister being a hypocrite! that's absurd. Ester Ried One gray-headed man of eighty-three came to meet them, leaning upon his staff. Far Off What he really meant was that as an old, gray-headed man he would go down to the grave in sorrow if anything befell his beloved son. The Harp of God Frank accordingly selected the boatswain's mate, an old, gray-headed man, who had been in the navy from boyhood, as his first lieutenant, and ordered him to call for volunteers. Frank on a Gun-Boat They are all dead and gone now," sighed the gray-headed sexton; "but I can remember when the seats used to be filled by the family from Rydal Mount. Yesterdays with Authors They knew him, too, a mild-eyed, brown-faced child reading out of a Book by the light of a kerosene lamp to groups of gray-headed, reverent listeners in lonely cabins. The Purple Heights The sailors waited outside while the old gray-headed servitor who had opened the gate, ushered Ramsay through the court to a second door which led into the house. Snarleyyow In another instant the point of a cotton umbrella was thrust from the window, followed by the wrathful injunction: "Scat, you gray-headed wretch!" Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Frank made no reply, but was about to repeat the summons, when the door was thrown open, and an old, gray-headed negro woman appeared before him. Frank on a Gun-Boat Major Moody was a gray-headed old man of about sixty, who played his cards with great attention, and never spoke a word,—either then or at any other period of his life. Mr. Scarborough's Family But at the corner, not far from us, a tall, spare, gray-headed ecclesiastic was speaking. Red Axe If you had kept the main road, this trouble which will raise blazes with things in this county till you and I are gray-headed, never would have happened. Vandemark's Folly This being done, the keys of the house were intrusted to a gray-headed servant, who with his wife had grown old in the family. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 The word "lad" seemed so inapplicable to that gray-headed, care-lined face, which he had known so young and comely, that the misuse of it touched the speaker. Bred in the Bone First came tottering the gray-headed Mr. Krause, slowly and sadly; then came Mr. Kretschmer, formerly the brave, undaunted hero of the quill—now a poor, trembling, crushed piece of humanity. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Strand was a gray-headed seaman, and he had served with Captain Cuffe when the latter was a midshipman, and had even commanded the top of which the present boatswain had been the captain. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet The BARON, a gray-headed man, eighty-five years old, tall and of a commanding mien, clad in a furred pelisse, and leaning on a staff tipped with chamois horn. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Great administrative duties also, cares of state, for which one should be born gray-headed, how nobly do these sit upon a female brow! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 But as the gray-headed old doctor went on he only voiced what was the earnest conviction of many of the ablest men of his time, both of the South and the North. The Purchase Price The medicine man was aged and gray-headed, and his feeble limbs could scarcely support his body. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People He is an old, gray-headed man, but still active and full of energy. Views a-foot The third to appear was the tall, gray-headed Englishman, who had taken a certain lead at the first discovery of the crime. The Rome Express In front where the buzzard had perched was the gray-headed commandant, with two cinders thrust into his sockets and his flesh hanging from him like a beggar's rags. The Refugees In the first place, though an old and a gray-headed fellow, he twitched his skiff along as if it floated in air. The Red Rover Then, again, I understand from a reliable source that Mr. Denton's wife is fast going insane from worry, and that his scapegrace son is growing gray-headed over the outlook for his fortune. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store An officer, who stood at the gates, conducted us to the door, where we were received by a noble-looking, gray-headed steward. Views a-foot The door opened, and a gray-headed old man entered, who approached him respectfully. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 A very old, deaf, and gray-headed man, tottering with age, also stepped out to tell the exploits of his youth, on the war path. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Lord, Madam!" said the gray-headed mariner, with a chuckling laugh, "these are new-fashioned faults and difficulties, if they be faults and difficulties at all! The Red Rover I reminded him how he, a gray-headed man, had treated a helpless child, who had been placed in his power, and what years of misery he had brought upon her. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself It appeared to be empty when I entered, but on looking around, I saw an old gray-headed soldier kneeling at one side. Views a-foot Those neatly dressed folk on the benches, and the gray-headed elder by the window, were savages, neither more nor less. American Notes He is now a gray-headed, hard-featured old man, whose feelings are at war with every one on earth, white and red. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers "To the wood, the flax, and the gander's wing!" said an old gray-headed archer on the right. The White Company He is only a two-year-old fox-terrier, and he interferes with everything and gives himself the airs of a gray-headed Scotch collie. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow An old gray-headed man tottered forward to slake his burning thirst. The Pickwick Papers It is passing strange, she tells him tearfully, that every male who looks upon her, whether gray-headed grand-sire or beardless boy, seems smitten with love's madness. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Earnest young men found the gray-headed scholar as young at heart as they; thoughtful or troubled women instinctively brought their doubts to him, sure of finding the gentlest sympathy, the wisest counsel. Little Women These same corporations send out Pinkertons and pay any price for gray-headed men—gray on the outside and green on the inside. The University of Hard Knocks In the course of our stroll we came to the village church; an old, gray-headed sexton stood in the porch, who, perceiving that we were strangers, invited us to enter. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest I turned, startled in the silence of the wide field, and saw an elderly man, bent in the shoulders as fishermen often are, gray-headed and clean-shaven, and with a timid air. The Country of the Pointed Firs So, from my trident—or was it a Triton they used to stand on?—I announce that you and your Augustus are worrying yourselves gray-headed over an idiotically simple problem. The Certain Hour The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage, from the old gray-headed patriarch of eighty, to the young girl and lad of fifteen. Uncle Tom's Cabin Do you know why corporations sometimes say they do not want to employ gray-headed men? The University of Hard Knocks The trim Inspector Martin, the old, gray-headed country doctor, myself, and a stolid village policeman made up the rest of that strange company. The Return of Sherlock Holmes It was the gray-headed man with the glasses and the kindly look about the eyes. Way of the Lawless As we entered the room I saw a small disheveled figure, gray-headed, crouching beside a grate, with a kettle in her hand. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 It will be a heavy tax upon you, of course, with so large a family on your hands, but your reward will come when you are old and gray-headed. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin A man of middle age, gray-headed, spare in figure, emerged from one of the French windows of the cottage. The Coryston Family A Novel As the discipline in the Swedish army required that the soldier should always uncover the head in speaking to his superior, gray-headed men came, cap in hand, to receive their instructions from this mere child. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 The young and able-bodied of the people were slain or absent on distant expeditions, and only old and gray-headed men were to be seen. The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 The city at that time contained mostly young people--only two gray-headed men attended the Stone Church. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men A gray-headed man came out of one of the rooms, and advanced to meet Sir Lionel, who shook hands with him very cordially, and whispered to him a few words. The Living Link "Well done, 14th!" said an old gray-headed colonel, as he rode along our line,—"gallantly done, lads!" Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 Reader! the stout Jacob Van Tassel still lives, a venerable, gray-headed patriarch of the revolution, now in his ninety-fifth year! Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies Near the centre of the line a gray-headed officer, in plain uniform, and entirely unattended, has dismounted, and is reconnoitring the Federal position through a pair of field-glasses. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee The majority again protested, but became entangled in a political lawsuit, and Herber, the gray-headed president, was confined in the fortress of Marxburg. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 The gray-headed man wore spectacles, was clean shaven, with a double chin, and a somewhat sleek and oily exterior. The Living Link “How much?” asked a gray-headed old woman who was looking out of the window. Filipino Popular Tales Around the pulpit, and behind the communion-table, sat the elders of the church, reverend, gray-headed, leathern-visaged men, whom I regarded with awe, as so many apostles. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies He is a gray-headed and venerable old man; most of the members immigrated twenty-one years ago from Würtemberg along with him. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation "Is it fire?" asked an old, gray-headed man, and another, catching only the sound of the last word, repeated it and thus a wild alarm was quickly spread. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America "Lady Dudleigh," said Sir Lionel, leading the gray-headed man forward by the arm, "allow me to make you acquainted with my particular friend, Dr. Leonard Morton." The Living Link On and on they come, gray-headed women and curly-headed children from every station in life: the millionairess by the working woman, and the fashionable society woman by the business one. Samantha on the Woman Question They broke open the door and brought forth a gray-headed, gray-bearded, unkempt little man, whose face and bearing showed the horrors he had been through. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) The gray-headed orator bows gravely and slightly, lays a roll of MS. upon the table, then he and the president seat themselves side by side. From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 How, therefore, will ye escape, if ye believe not, the day which shall make children become gray-headed through terror? The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Even the roughest were good to their helpless teacher, and some men, as gray-headed as myself, still come every Sunday to read with Mr. Edward, and are among the most faithful friends of my life. Chantry House And sometimes gray-headed, faithful waiters, how sincere and how attentive, by comparison with their flippant successors, the eternal "coming, sir, coming," of our improved generation! Autobiographical Sketches When Austin is gray-headed, he will yet remember with a pang his feelings during those weeks. The Hero of Hill House A gray-headed man, in brown overalls and faded blue jumper, stood on the porch and shook his fist at the stage as it whirled by. The Best American Humorous Short Stories He is more than sixty years old and now quite gray-headed, but has the same simple manners, the same honest face that attracted his temporary master. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain From blooming maidenhood to gray-headed age, all will adorn themselves with flowers. The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany "We're getting down to a small game," said the gray-headed man who was dealing. The Rangeland Avenger Wilbur told me that while on the road that between watching the panners in the box offices and keeping her from throwing a fit on the stage he got gray-headed. The Sorrows of a Show Girl His own lawyers were gray-headed, dignified, rather smart attorneys who moved only in the best social circles and practised their profession with an air of elegance. Tutt and Mr. Tutt She was flattered and worshipped by gray-headed men, and in her simplicity she thought it a noble self-sacrifice to stoop to notice the poor awkward youth. Yeast: a Problem All were gray-headed, for they were among the oldest bell-spirits of the city, and "the light of other days" shone in their thoughtful eyes. Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories He looked back to the sheriff, squat, insignificant, gray-headed. The Rangeland Avenger MORANGE, the chief accountant at Beauchene's works, was a man of thirty-eight, bald and already gray-headed, but with a superb dark, fan-shaped beard, of which he was very proud. Fruitfulness He tells us he was out to Dan Armstrong's place when, about noon, a little gray-headed man that give the name of Pete Reeve came in and asked for chow. Bull Hunter Silas Warner, an old, gray-headed farmer, had been with her father as long as she could remember. The Desert of Wheat A gray-headed little man, of seventy, lived down in this one room, sunken from the street. Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine He went over the Colts and with an expert hand took up the guns, while the gray-headed storekeeper advanced an eulogium upon each weapon. The Rangeland Avenger Mrs. Leithcourt and her husband, a tall, thin, gray-headed, well-dressed man, both came forward to greet us, and after a few introductions I joined a set at tennis. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love And did not even Talbot, though gray-headed, Grow young again when speaking of her charms? Mary Stuart But let him blush With deep-felt shame, the crafty politician, That his gray-headed wisdom was o'erreached, E'en by the judgment of a youth. Don Carlos The BARON, a gray-headed man, eighty-five years old, tall, and of a commanding mien, clad in a furred pelisse, and leaning on a staff tipped with chamois horn. Wilhelm Tell The musician was an old gray-headed negro, who had been the itinerant orchestra of the neighbourhood for more than half a century. Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People As we most of us are grown gray-headed in our dear master's service, he has left us pensions and legacies, which we may live very comfortably upon the remaining part of our days. The Coverley Papers We had for a time a venerable gray-headed old man who preached one Sabbath, and a young man who preached the next. Personal Experience of a Physician The gray-headed knight, not being so active as his compeers of more juvenile years, happened to be the last who went to this tiger's den. The Scottish Chiefs He ended by sitting on the end of the bed of a gray-headed man who owns three titles and whose word is law between the borders of a province. King of the Khyber Rifles "Do you mean to go to school when you're a gray-headed old veteran?" asked Frank, jocosely. Bound to Rise A sense of manly protection, never felt before, gave her the strength of ten as she then glided along boldly to face her gray-headed master. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story A gray-headed gentleman in a queer nankeen coat lay asleep on a bamboo lounge under the great cherry-tree, with a purple silk handkerchief half over his face. A Garland for Girls The gray-headed old eccentrics parted, and Herr Heartless walked off to his own castle. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 Eh, Tota, what wilt thou be when thou art a man and I am gray-headed?' Life's Handicap One, two, three, five of them; let me look again; yes—gray-headed! Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian Martin has often said his first flame is now a gray-headed lady, and yet he was sure at one time he never could endure life without her. Without a Home "By the time you get to be a gray-headed veteran, you may get a chance to run errands for some big firm on the Bowery, which is a very cheerin' reflection." Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks He was a gray-headed man, possessing great wealth and an elegant city home, while his mind was occupied by a vast and complicated business. Driven Back to Eden Now, to begin with, we'll agree that it ain't none of my darn business, and I'm an old gray-headed nosey, and the like of that. Cape Cod Stories One of them, rosy, gray-headed, magnificent at sixty, was her father, whose favourite she knew she was. Sisters In the background were the whitefaced servants and the gray-headed doctor upon whose conversation the newcomers had so abruptly broken. The Heart of Rachael Even Josh, the cabin-boy, as he was called, was an old, wrinkled, gray-headed negro, of near sixty. Jack Tier "That was a good speculation," said the gray-headed money-lover, when his agent informed him of what he had been doing. Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them Yea; but when she read the letter that overthrew her hopes, what did she say but that 'her servants must not grow gray-headed with waiting till she was set free'! Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Even in 1700 he was so old and gray-headed that his scalp was worth nothing, since the French Governor offered no bounty for such. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers The gray-headed butler did as ordered with a very good grace, and then hurried into the servants' hall to communicate the news. The Monikins But the sight of a gray-headed man standing on the sill rooted him to the spot. File No. 113 "You excuse this gray-headed dunce merely to vex me, and to remind me that I am an orphan without a home." Joseph II. and His Court Then the gray-headed general fixed me with a keen, stern gaze rather like an eagle's. The Firefly of France "Yes, father, we are the last," said an old gray-headed officer, standing before the king. Frederick the Great and His Family The gray-headed crow of the cliff lighted on a spar of rock and made herself an interpreter between the two. The King of Ireland's Son Here a veteran captain, by the name of Juan de Avalos, a gray-headed warrior scarred in many a battle, assumed the command and made an obstinate defence. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Lord, how my friends and acquaintances fall about me now, in my gray-headed days! Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) He is sixty- six years old now, gray-headed and worn down by confinement, study, and want of exercise: but he will not remember that. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time Old gray-headed warriors, who had followed the king into many battles, who had conquered repeatedly with him, shook hands with and encouraged each other, and warned the younger soldiers to be brave and fearless. Frederick the Great and His Family "I don't want to waste any more time listening to nonsense," said the gray-headed crow. The King of Ireland's Son Before he was done, one gray-headed figure pressed from the darkness on one side and stood trembling under the dips. The Last Stetson He was an ideal soldier of the time; tall, brawny, gray-headed, rough, full of strange oaths acquired here and there and yonder in the wars and treasured as if they were decorations. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 And they fulfil it, and serve her, and grow gray-headed in her service, working as faithfully, as righteously, as patriotically, as men ever worked on earth. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time "A lawyer, is he not, gray-headed, and walks with a limp?" The Hound of the Baskervilles "You know well whom he means," said the gray-headed crow viciously. The King of Ireland's Son The Count de Lusignan, a gray-headed officer of soldierly bearing, bowed low to this compliment from the Governor. The Golden Dog Then the gray-headed little old man walked up to him, adjusted what was necessary, looked into his eyes with a smile and said: "You must endure it." The Man Who Was Afraid Ah, my dear! you are young now and enthusiastic; and your Titmarsh is old, very old, sad, and gray-headed. The Second Funeral of Napoleon "Pardon me," said Monk, smiling, "I was going on—I, a gray-headed man—in truth, how could I forget myself? was going to speak like a foolish young man." The Vicomte De Bragelonne As I did so the tall gray-headed man passed me with an uncertain step. Robert Falconer We have grown gray-headed in the service of our country, and we therefore know best ourselves the dangers, difficulties, and glory in which we have shared. Poems The mayor, a gray-headed, red-faced, short-necked man, stared at him like a bull, with obstinate attention and at times he rapped on the edge of the table with his big finger affirmatively. The Man Who Was Afraid He dropped his head on his arms and sobbed while the others dragged a gray-headed man aboard. Captains Courageous Ah, the gray-headed gentleman who lunched here the other day? Maruja As Jean galloped up the lane some one saw him from the door, and then Bill and Guy and their gray-headed father came out upon the porch. To the Last Man In the course of my rambles I met with the gray-headed sexton, Edmonds, and accompanied him home to get the key of the church. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon She talked to him about our home in France, as if the worn, gray-headed hostler had been a child. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English But if I told you the whole we should rise from the story gray-headed. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The last but one of the chained line was an old gray-headed man, followed by a slender graceful girl of some eighteen years old, and Amyas's heart yearned over them as they came up. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth On reaching the church porch, we found the parson rebuking the gray-headed sexton for having used mistletoe among the greens with which the church was decorated. Old Christmas The musician was an old gray-headed negro who had been the itinerant orchestra of the neighborhood for more than half a century. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon The family consisted of an old gray-headed man and his wife, with five or six sons and sons-in-laws, and their several wives, and a joyous genealogy out of them. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Supper and a nap, while I worried myself gray-headed about her! When a Man Marries On the miserable bed lay a gray-headed old man of gigantic stature, with nothing on him but a ragged shirt and a pair of patched, filthy trousers. Miss or Mrs? He returned again almost immediately, followed by the gray-headed gentleman whom I had noticed on the journey to Paris—and by Father Benwell. The Black Robe On reaching the church-porch we found the parson rebuking the gray-headed sexton for having used mistletoe among the greens with which the church was decorated. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon "Oblige!" and the young girl turned upon the gray-headed chancellor almost savagely. Historic Girls He was gray-headed, one of the old slaves. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation "This is Mr. Coulson, I believe?" the young man said with conviction, addressing a somewhat stout, gray-headed American, with white moustache, a Homburg hat, and clothes of distinctly transatlantic cut. The Illustrious Prince Occasionally some old plantation negro, gray-headed and worn with labor, would rise and lead in the prayers with a real inspiration, pouring out his whole heart, with all its hopes and sorrows. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 "Pardon me," said Monk, smiling, "I was going—I, a gray-headed man—in truth, how could I forget myself? was going to speak like a foolish young man." Ten Years Later The exact date of his appearance in public arena is difficult to ascertain, however, "in the traditions of his followers he is almost uniformly represented as an old, or as a gray-headed man." The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 He was a gray-headed savage, thin and black, with a white cloth round his loins and a mangy panther skin hanging over his back. Tales of Unrest |
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