| 单词 | grey-headed |
| 例句 | Here, a mother grey-headed flying fox jousts playfully with her five-month old pup. Happy animals: the joy beyond the struggle to survive - in pictures 2011-07-25T08:45:47Z The grey-headed lapwing, which normally spends winters in India before moving to breeding grounds in China and Japan, was first spotted in Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, on Monday. Grey-headed lapwing spotted in Northumberland 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z A threatened species, the grey-headed flying fox is one of the world’s largest bats, with a wingspan of up to a meter, and is covered in dark grey fur with an orange collar. Thousands of baby flying foxes starve after Australian bushfires 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Scenes will include a lone, grey-headed albatross chick in Antarctica being blown off its nest as a result of increasingly intense storms. Seven Worlds, One Planet: conservation is the key to new Attenborough series 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Such as the tale of the grey-headed albatross and its increasing struggle to recognise its own chicks once they are blown off the nest. David Attenborough: 'People thought we were cranks' 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Their corpses were piled thick on the ground as the three species there – the black, little red and grey-headed – were hit. The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z The area’s population of the grey-headed flying fox, Australia’s largest bat, peaked at up to 140,000 in April — nearly three times the number seen there last year. 'It smells so bad you can taste it': bats plague Australian tourist town 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The robin also appears capable of mimicking the sounds of other birds, including the grey-headed woodpecker, Chinese sparrowhawk, spotted nutcracker, and Eurasian jay. Very rare Chinese robin sighted 2014-04-07T23:49:51Z A wildlife carer releases a grey-headed flying fox in Centennial Park in Sydney, Australia. Day in pictures: 5 February 2014 2014-02-05T14:02:52Z “I am old and grey-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you, and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.” The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z There stood the grey-headed butler; how ominous was his face, how grave the faces of those men near him, all waiting, all dreading—what? It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z There is a grey-headed old man, too, who is equally constant in his attendance at this melancholy chapel. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z "You were at Carthagena," I said sternly, thinking of the old grey-headed general who had died at his post. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z He came across an old grey-headed soldier rolling methodically a cigarette. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z He was," he says, "a stout, grey-headed old man, aged about eighty-four, who had served under Oliver Cromwell in the Irish rebellion; after which he was at Jamaica, and had followed144 privateering ever since. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z He clutched at the headstone to keep him from falling, and sat down hazily on the flat tomb, beside the grey-headed old negro, like one unmanned and utterly disheartened. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Not only grey-headed rulers but tiny school-girls felt the power of the enchantress. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Where are the old grey-headed worshippers, whose reverent faces we remember so well, when we first went to God's house? Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z After wandering among brakes and rough, rocky places, we at last espied a grey-headed old man sitting on the brink of a lake. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The grey-headed man smiled faintly, apparently amused by something in the caller's manner, or appearance. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Is it so beautiful that when I become old and grey-headed, you may look at my picture and remember your love, your feelings for me, when we were both young?' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z An impudent grey-headed crow pushes in before them and alights close to the dead cow. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z He went out, and soon returned with a fresh-faced, grey-headed old gentleman, with a very kind expression. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z The voyagers saw a venerable grey-headed old man with a harp in his hand. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z "Oh! my God! what times!" cried the king's groom of the chambers, as he entered the apartments, while the queen's grey-headed servant covered his face with his hands. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z The schoolmaster, an old grey-headed man, sat on a stool by the fire filling his pipe. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z I remember you as well as if I saw you but yesterday: A fine grey-headed—grey-bearded old gentleman, as ever I saw in all my life. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z He was always accompanied on these occasions by an enormous grey-headed Raven, who lived in the cave along with him, and who was his bosom friend and companion. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z "Just look, your Reverence," says the lady in widow's weeds to the grey-headed clergyman. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Now for the mushrooms—old, perchance, or new— But whom my former strain did not review: I'll name an old one, Patton, Tom, of Perth, Short, stout, grey-headed, but of sterling worth! Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z "It won't now, and I want to tell you, because I should like to let you know what a good man that grey-headed old gentleman is that came in just before I did." Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z The man killed was a stout grey-headed old man of the name of Swan, aged about 84 years, who had served under Cromwell, and had ever since made privateering or buccaneering his occupation. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z With her mental vision she already saw her grey-headed father in the prisoner's dock. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Oh, I most foolishly accused that grey-headed guardian for a wicked fool, because he would not allow me to be friends with my wife. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z Then I perceived a grey-headed old man at some distance, who, though his countenance was turned towards me, did not seem in the least to notice my presence or approach. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z It was evident that some of the elder men were ready enough to speak, and a grave-faced grey-headed man rose to make his way towards the speaker's platform. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z If, at a Chartist meeting, one athletic leader had similarly threatened an old grey-headed Royalist who hissed some Republican name, it would have been described, in all respectable papers, as "a ruffianly proceeding." Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z You are a grey-headed old fellow, Don Scipio, and by the course of nature, you know, you cannot live long. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z A grey-headed foreigner and a beautiful young woman—a foreigner also. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The swift image of a grey-headed man, riding a maddened horse, shot out of the darkness, passed by, and vanished; and the wedding-party stood aghast. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z One by one the grey-headed peers arrived, each with a face of extreme gravity, as suited the momentous occasion. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The old grey-headed Chartist hissed the Queen's office, not herself. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z In the first place he turned to the grey-headed Cossack, who was lamenting the loss of his parents. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z You never wrote anything of the kind, did you? you smooth-tongued, grey-headed old scoundrel! Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Rachel Gray was the daughter of the grey-headed carpenter by a first wife; soon after whose death he had married again. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z He dropped his head on his arms and sobbed while the others dragged a grey-headed man aboard. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z At the lathes grey-headed mechanics, fine-looking shrewd-faced men most of them, bent and peered at the Medusa-like tresses of steel the tools sheered off from the castings. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z “Now, Mr Thomas, it is time that we go to the dead,” said the grey-headed Cossack, turning to the philosopher. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z And has your honesty ever been put on its trial and punished, you cheating old grey-headed vagabond? Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z He was a tall, thin man, grey-headed and deeply wrinkled, but strong and hale for his years. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z In truth, Stone Dean had been a long time untenanted, except by one of those peculiar creatures termed “caretakers;” a grey-headed old veteran, who appeared less an occupant than a fixture of the place. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It is painful to my feelings to hear a grey-headed man talk like a child. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z “Every old woman is a witch,” said a grey-headed Cossack quite seriously. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z At some distance from the fire, and leaning against the back of a reindeer as white as milk, stood a grey-headed Tungus in the old-time national costume. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z “God grant that they may catch him!” exclaimed the grey-headed man, in an earnest tone. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z As he spoke a grand equipage was driving into the courtyard—that gilded coach and famous team of greys were long remembered in Sussex—and from the coach descended an old, grey-headed man. A Blot on the Scutcheon My father, who had married late in life, was an old grey-headed man from the time I first remember him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 My good mistress, old and grey-headed as you see me," said he, "I am Watty Brown; but much has passed over my once yellow head to bleach it white as you see. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 “Yes,” was the reply; and the man glided silently amongst the furnaces into the darkness, leaving the stern grey-headed man to his dark task. The Parson O' Dumford Never can I reconcile the ugly, grey-headed man one becomes in age, with the charm and elegance of one's youth. Glories of Spain When she died, after a long and happy union, the grey-headed scholar said: "One of us must remain alone, and I had rather be the forlorn one myself than that she should be so." Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Thus the grey-headed old Henoch, the kneader, and he kneaded it all into the dough, with thoughts of his own grandchildren: this one fled abroad, the other in the regiment, and a third in prison. Yiddish Tales "Who are you?" demanded a tall grey-headed gipsy, who like the Sergeant had remained apparently unarmed; "what is your right to be here?" The Firebrand His companion, a grey-headed man, upwards of sixty years of age, sat looking on, unmoved at this terrible scene, and coolly smoking his hookah. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan We began to search round the hill, and after wandering among brakes and rough, rocky places, we at last espied a grey-headed old man sitting on the brink of a lake. A Reading Book in Irish History It strikes me, before you are grey-headed, there will be a desperate struggle between law and anarchy—between the king and the people. Under the Mendips A Tale Out at the Front there are men who are grey-headed. The Irish at the Front At first everybody came, even the grey-headed men and women, and learned A B C in Efik and sang the hymns that Ma taught them. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Those neatly dressed folk on the benches, the grey-headed elder by the window, were savages—neither more nor less. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In it sat a grey-headed and deformed man; he held a volume of Savage in his hand, which had then been but a short time published. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Shouts occasionally reached Phil’s ear, and he once caught sight of the grey-headed old captain kneeling in prayer. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War For this the beginner is as competent as the grey-headed believer, the sister as well as the brother, the ignorant man as well as he who has had a college education. The Religious Life of London Not those grey-headed gouty old sinners in the boxes, who have not the excuse of youth for the follies with which they desecrate old age. The Night Side of London These grey-headed old men, who were so highly honoured, were, as we subsequently learnt, his nearest relations, most trustworthy counsellors and chief justices. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. And, be sure of it, these grey-headed heroes--the oldest in the nation, and Theodoric's brothers-at-arms--will let themselves be hewn in pieces, man for man, rather than break that oath as they understand it. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) All of them were grey-headed men, saving two only, a lad of a pale and girlish face with dark sweet eyes, and towering above him, the flecked raven locks of Sir Robert Hamilton. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The drawbridge fell, but no enemy sallied forth to repel the invaders: three old grey-headed men alone proceeded through the gate, bearing the arms of the city, with its keys. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. I saw one grey-headed old Arab, notwithstanding that he had two bayonets through his body, and was lying on his back, cutting away in a most resolute and heroic manner. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment The doctor tried to rally Gertrude about her grey-headed beau, declaring that he was yet young and handsome, and that she could have his hair dyed any colour she pleased. The Lamplighter In a few moments the minister himself came in—a tall, grey-headed man, severely simple in his attire and with the easy air of one who is used to public address. The "Genius" "Still and ever the same folly!" cried a deep voice from behind and the gaunt figure of the grey-headed Lacoste was groping his way towards them in the dark, over heaps of rubbish. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. The only domestic companions of Herr Dieterick were an old grey-headed man-servant, two large cats, and the above-mentioned unsightly fat nurse. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. How strangely changed are things when a grey-headed shepherd does not know the names of his hills! The Hills and the Vale Oh, you needn't turn so red; it is not on account of any grey-headed gentleman staring at you all dinner-time from the other end of the table. The Lamplighter Two of them were young, and comparatively commonplace-looking persons; the third was a grey-headed old man, apparently of great muscular strength though long past his prime, and of a peculiarly sinister cast of countenance. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III The little coffin was carried by four of the grey-headed servants of the house; my uncle and aunt were walking on foot beside it, and my cousin and Henry Lovell were following them. Ellen Middleton—A Tale He was first aware of a vast fur coat enclosing a lean grey-headed obstinate-looking man with a diabetic complexion who was fumbling with the door of the car and preventing Clarence's assistance. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Here was I haranguing a grey-headed veteran on his own quarter-deck and exhorting him to valour! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) In the course of our stroll we came to the village church; an old, grey-headed sexton stood in the porch, who, perceiving that we were strangers, invited us to enter. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest He started up, and found himself confronted by an old, grey-headed man, the inmate of a cottage, which, hidden in the neighbouring clump, had escaped his notice. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. There we were, several hundreds of grey-headed, hardened old stiffs, most of us over twice his age, and we stood up and yelled like college freshmen when he had finished speaking to us. Westward with the Prince of Wales Broad turned to the grey-headed postmaster with a loud guffaw. The Hound From The North “To say such words to me!” thought he, “words that I can never forget, though I grow grey-headed.” Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales You are an infernal, grey-headed, mouldy old liar. Australia Revenged All servants are called "boys" here, even if they are grey-headed; our man is probably about five-and-twenty. Round the Wonderful World Then turn your eyes toward a sister city, and mark that grey-headed, sanctimonious editor, who every week solemnly prates of honesty, sobriety, and their kindred virtues. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life The grey-headed man with the rosy face was Mr. Danforth, and the two auburn-haired young ladies were his daughters, Mary and Lily. A Vanished Hand One or two more we've got that were grey-headed in the seventies. The Dop Doctor "Accounts! boy," answered the grey-headed curmudgeon; "I get as much as I can, and I spend as little as I can; that's how I keep my accounts." A Book About Lawyers He is, or rather was, a schoolmaster, wears spectacles and is grey-headed; what induced him to join in this little game heaven, and he, only know. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition See yon grey-headed fool, who hugs gold to his breast as a mother hugs her first born; he builds houses—he accumulates money—he dabbles in railroads. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston The lean, grey-headed joiner thought of the wife who had left him: his fellow recalled the cries of a dying child. Anthony Lyveden Every other medical man, if not a grey-headed fossil or a wizened woman-hater, has had similar episodes; many strange—some even startling. The Seven Secrets He assured me he had been on shore on purpose to procure it for me, that old Dinah, who was a grey-headed washerwoman, had made it, and I must drink it. A Sailor of King George So the grey-headed schoolmaster and my humble self, like guilty children, became silent, and serenaded by the ubiquitous mosquito wooed sweet Morpheus. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition The chaperone, a little grey-headed woman with mobile features, leant forward to intervene. Tales of Space and Time The grey-headed joiner rose and stepped to a rough litter covered by a tarpaulin. Anthony Lyveden With his arms folded upon the sill, a little grey-headed man was watching us from a window. Jonah and Co. She was the wife of an Indian Civilian, a tall, grey-headed man, who had come on board to see her off at Bombay. To Love Two grey-headed men are sitting in this court by a lamp, and one seems to be comforting the other; but this latter continues to weep more bitterly. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers There were grey-headed painters who had hardly been absent more than a few days in five and twenty years from their accustomed tables at such places as the Falcone, the Gabbione, or the Genio. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The one was commonplace enough—a little grey-headed man, with uncouth dress and a frame which was bent and warped by a long life of arduous toil, goat-driving and wood-chopping, among the mountains. The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago It was perhaps an hour later that, after passing grey-headed Bayonne, we came to her smart little sister and the villa we sought. Jonah and Co. Grave senators and wise statesmen listened to her words with interest, and grey-headed prelates tolerated her merry jokes and smiled at her irrepressible laughter. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Then came twenty venerable grey-headed men, in red and gold striped garments, each of whom bore a broad glittering blade, and a bundle of dry bamboo-sticks. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers He had "done" three calendar months, and when he came out he saw an old grey-headed man, with a bundle. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis There had been every probability that the household would be broken up, and those who had grown grey-headed in the service of the family grieved much at the thought of leaving. Roger Trewinion He saw before him a bent, grey-headed man looking at him lovingly and wistfully. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 A tall, grey-headed old warrior leapt out from the ranks of those that stood behind Laea. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Hoodie the grey-headed Crow with the bright sharp eyes hopped after him. The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Some of the all-rounders were grey-headed men, but there was about them all a freshness and ruddiness which showed that their somewhat severe regimen agreed with them. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis An old, grey-headed servant appeared, looking exceedingly solemn, and asked my business. Roger Trewinion If you have lived to be grey-headed, remember your silver hair may make a fool’s cap yet! Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet In what follows I shall speak of Hodgson's grey-headed flycatcher-warbler as our hero, because I shrink from constant repetition of his double double-barrelled name. Birds of the Indian Hills The grey-headed giant writhed on the ground convulsively, and smote his bosom with his clenched fists. The Day of Wrath Beverly could hardly repress a smile as his eyes fell on the slim figure of the poor, grey-headed, homely old artist. The Music Master Novelized from the Play “I wonder at you, Master Harry,” said another, a grey-headed old fisherman. A Terrible Coward In the course of our stroll we came to the village church; an old grey-headed sexton stood in the porch, who, perceiving that we were strangers, invited us to enter. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest He was then between forty and fifty years of age, a grey-headed, resolute, self-controlled looking man. Old Daniel The mother with tearful eyes kept on spreading the bed-clothes over the sick child, and the grey-headed grandfather stared stupidly in front of him. The Day of Wrath "I can well believe it, Sir, I can well believe it," said the grey-headed Father. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island “Not bery good chance of dat!” observed one of our captors, a grey-headed old negro with a facetious countenance, looking at the numerous lashings which confined our limbs. Old Jack In the course of our stroll, we came to the village church; an old, grey-headed sexton stood in the porch, who, perceiving that we were strangers, invited us to enter. Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) The Doctor wore powder, a custom unknown in this country: one party would say, "He has got lime in his head to kill the vermin;" another would observe that "He was old or grey-headed." An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa We are passing the old "cob" walls and grey-headed barns of a substantial farmstead. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts They may take me prisoner; but, old and grey-headed, it is more likely they may not think it worth while. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Oftentimes an old grey-headed bull proves a dangerous enemy. Old Jack The grey-headed man slowly nodded assent, but said nothing. Adam Johnstone's Son A grey-headed lieutenant, who was lighting a cigarette, came up when I hailed him, and told me our waggons had passed. Pushed and the Return Push Outside the porch was a grey-headed old man, the sexton, who was taking his evening walk amongst the graves. Odd Once more we will return to that pretty drawing-room, and visit the kind sisters, the grey-headed father, the loving mother. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island The service was simple and hearty; the village schoolmaster played the organ, and Mr. Miller, a fine-looking, grey-headed man, delighted Agatha at least, by his earnest, faithful preaching. The Carved Cupboard Julius, a spare and venerable piece of grey-headed ebony, an autocrat of exquisite manners and great family pride, stood back a little and waited for directions. The Long Roll In the stern of the oomiak sat an old grey-headed man, who filled the office of steersman; a duty which usually devolves upon old men after they become unfit to manage the kayak. Ungava The post-boys—who in many instances were grey-headed men—also gave the authorities much trouble, many of them being addicted to strong drink, and not a few to dilatory habits and dishonesty. Post Haste The door opens, and the grey-headed Father appears with the newspapers. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island I wonder I have not come home grey-headed. The Carved Cupboard Now on foot and limping terribly, trying to look equal parts fire-eater and woe-begone, he applied to a grey-headed couple in the dooryard of a small clean home. The Long Roll The sailors waited outside while the old grey-headed servitor who had opened the gate ushered Ramsay through the court to a second door which led into the house. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend The next instant it was opened, and a grey-headed old man in a fisherman’s dress appeared. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow Gilbert was in despair, when a grey-headed old man on a rough pony, armed with a big gun, a cutlass, and a huge pair of pistols, came clattering up to the council-house. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia He was a grey-headed old man, and from sad experience had learned caution. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar “Brother Snout, with all due deference to your opinion, you are talking nonsense,” said the grey-headed orator. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures The old, grey-headed, faithful, true-hearted Clump was dead, and Juno stretched unconscious on her husband’s body. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors As Mr Schank spoke, he beckoned to a grey-headed old mate who just then came on deck. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea The first was a grey-headed old man, half Spaniard, half Indian; the latter a young man, a pure-blooded Indian. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots “Why, Fred, I would undertake to dodge round here all my life, and you should not catch me till I had grown into an old grey-headed man.” Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar “I know, I know, my dear sir!” said the bluff, red-faced, grey-headed man. Steve Young The lumbering, middle-aged, grey-headed hero of it, in obedience to the whim of a moment, gets out of a night train at the great central junction of the whole railway system of England. Charles Dickens as a Reader But there was no need, for one of the party, a venerable-looking, grey-headed man in a white turban, salaamed, and then waited with crossed arms to be questioned. Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East “Why, you depraved descendant of a corvine ancestor; you grey-headed old miscreant,” exclaimed the blackbird, who had been to look at the prisoner, “what have you done with the foreigner?” Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn A bumble-bee, and the fish will take it, Mr Cleversides; but not if they see a big lubberly boy staring at them with his arm in a sling, or an old grey-headed man, either, Ralph. The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First Beneath a tall tree stood, in the dress of a minister of the gospel, a middle-aged but grey-headed man. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found Perhaps we may never meet again all together like this until we are quite old and grey-headed. Sisters Three Moreover, the subject even now, when I am old and grey-headed, is still so painful to me that I care not to dwell unduly upon it. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba One old grey-headed gentleman was constantly walking up to the cabinet and being embraced by a white figure, whose arms we could just see, thrown round his neck, in the dim light. Seen and Unseen When grey-headed men assembled in the council to deliberate upon the affairs of the tribe, their invasions, or their projected removals to other hunting-grounds, they asked "Where is the wise boy?" Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 Though old and grey-headed, he was hearty and cheerful, for his old age was like a healthy winter, “kindly, though frosty;” for “he never did apply hot and rebellious liquors to his blood.” Frank Oldfield Lost and Found As the wise Chenos spoke these words to the grey-headed counsellors and warriors, the Mad Buffalo walked, calm and cool, into the midst of them. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 How can it be a marrying age, with grey-headed parents everywhere? Better Dead As we most of us are grown grey-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 De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' At this moment, a little grey-headed hobgoblin, who had heard that a living man was arrived, flung himself at my feet, weeping abundantly. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell But Miranda will'd In her own private mind, not to adopt Such old-world theories, deeming the creed Of the grey-headed Mother, obsolete. Man of Uz, and Other Poems A tall, grey-headed chief rose, and, after lashing the post with his whip, commenced the narration of his exploits. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 She was a grey-headed woman, with a face that might have been stern if the lines about the mouth had not been so gentle; a face, too, that was care-worn, yet full of peace. Daybreak A Story for Girls The soldiers saw the baboons collecting large stones, and the old grey-headed rascal, who had been ring-leader in raiding the camp, was seen giving orders like a real general. Chatterbox, 1905. It is unlucky to dream that a girl has a beard, or that a boy is grey-headed. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales An aged grey-headed man, bent double, clad in a loose gown, and leaning on a staff, crept out of the very pile which she had been so fearfully contemplating all night. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Rock's mother is going to be your grey-headed uncle's wife. A Sweet Little Maid Her great-uncle, the little grey-headed old cottar in the Highland bonnet, lay dying�-in the Highland bonnet still. Alec Forbes of Howglen A few words of congratulation and sympathy were spoken by another grey-headed deacon, after which a silence fell upon the meeting, the preacher making no comment upon what he had heard. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Finally, a grey-headed member of the court allowed himself to be blindfolded. A Chinese Wonder Book One fellow was very savage, and cursed me; he was an old grey-headed gentleman, and seemed quite excited. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Forsake me not, O Lord, in my old age, when I am grey-headed, till I have shewn Thy strength unto this generation; and Thy power unto those that are yet to come.” Westminster Sermons with a Preface It was not long since I was like one of these beardless aspirants; when my boy shall have obtained the place I now hold, I shall have tottered into a grey-headed, wrinkled old man. The Last Man Of the seasonal choristers the grey-headed flycatchers are most often heard. A Bird Calendar for Northern India My companion, the grey-headed chaplain, took the Highlander affectionately by the second button of his tunic and gave it a pull. Leaves from a Field Note-Book At her right sat a grey-headed man with worn face and wolfish eyes, who might have been expected to take this as a hint to make way. Dead Man's Rock It was the slender-stalked, tufted, not very tall, grey-headed grass that grows quite generally in open country and wild places. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine He was a little primitive-looking grey-headed man, clad in the most grotesque habit the clergyman had ever seen, and such as led him at once to suspect his real character. Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland Examples of these more local migrants are the grey-headed and the verditer flycatchers, the Indian bush-chat and, to some extent, the paradise flycatcher and the Indian oriole. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Her beautiful neck and shoulders were uncovered and undecorated; she walked between a grey-headed man, who wore the orders of an ambassador and a blue sash on his evening clothes, and his wife. The Survivor I was aroused from my stupor by a muttered curse, as the grey-headed man before me staggered up from his chair, and left the table with desperate eyes and stupid gait. Dead Man's Rock Behold, I am old and grey-headed; behold, here I am: whose ox have I taken? Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents They bear children before fifteen, are generally past it at thirty, and grey-headed and shrivelled at forty. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants By the end of September the bird chorus has assumed its winter form, except that the grey-headed flycatchers have not joined it in numbers. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas murmured a conventional acquiescence and bowed to the pleasant-faced, grey-headed old lady with a sense of pleasure. The Survivor In the essay just referred to he mentions the fact that he attended a service in a West of England church where the service ‘was spoken—not merely read—by a grey-headed minister.’ Charles Dickens and Music Gillespie died while yet a young man, but before he died, as Rutherford wrote to him on his deathbed, he had done more work for his Master than many a hundred grey-headed and godly ministers. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Touching, indeed, it was to behold boys of twelve and grey-headed men of seventy and eighty years shouldering their rifles and all fighting for one great ideal. In the Shadow of Death Of such are the redstart, the grey-headed flycatcher, the snipe and the majority of the game birds. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Leave me not now, when I am old and grey-headed; but when strength and heart fail, be thou the strength of my heart and portion for ever. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. All of this bench were hard, grey-headed, weazened agriculturists, who looked with no very lenient eye upon the delicate and handsome young prisoner before them. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. "I thank you, sir," said the grey-headed preacher, stepping forward and thrusting a book into my father's hands. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 It was an old grey-headed ruin, solitary and uninhabited. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 King-crows, bee-eaters, fantail and grey-headed flycatchers seek their quarry on the wing, making frequent sallies into the open from their leafy bowers. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The Major in disposition was very abusive and profane, though old and grey-headed. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. I am not like a grey-headed grandfather,—then you might answer all I say by telling me that you are a boy. The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne Close behind the lamp-post stood a knot of men conversing together one of whom stepped forward for a word with the grey-headed preacher. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 The grey-headed man—an eminent Q.C. and leader of the Western Circuit— dropped an olive into his glass of sherry. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales This shall be given to our grey-headed Timothy; that according to the Doctrine of the Gospel, to him that has Wisdom, Wisdom shall be given and abound. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. Enoch Davis came from within five miles of Baltimore, having been held by one James Armstrong, "an old grey-headed man," and a farmer, living on Huxtown Road. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. I have often heard the grey-headed General in Public Meetings. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth Roy Campbell, the watcher, was a grey-headed man, slack in the twist but limber in the joints—distinguished by a constant lowering of the eye and a spasmodic twitching of the corners of the mouth. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The Judge turned impatiently and addressed a grey-headed man on his left. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Resolution gleamed in the face of the grey-headed and flashed from the eyes of the young men as they stood side by side. Sketches of the Covenanters In this dark hour the friends of the Slave could do but little more than sympathize with this heart-stricken son and grey-headed father. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. The bishop remembered that the grey-headed Father Sisoy's beard really had a shade of green in it, and he laughed. The Bishop and Other Stories Olenka went to open it herself and was dumbfounded when she looked out: she saw Smirnin, the veterinary surgeon, grey-headed, and dressed as a civilian. The Darling and Other Stories "Like a thief in the night," said Father Kuzma, a grey-headed little priest in a lilac cassock. Love From the once well-made, adroit attorney with a mobile, insolent, and always drunken face Shapkin had changed into a modest, grey-headed, decrepit old man. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories We have seen a grey-headed libertine, and we have missed from among the clean-hearted and the faithful some brave young life that was giving itself vigorously to the holy service. The Threshold Grace A tall thick-set deacon walked before me with a long red candle; the grey-headed archimandrite in his golden mitre hurried after him with the censer. The Bishop and Other Stories "A subject could never marry within the prohibited degree," said a grey-headed counsellor. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune The gentleman laughed, and took the half-crown, which I afterwards observed that he gave to a grey-headed beggar at the bottom of Portsdown Hill. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 The king and queen, the former of whom was named Woollo, the latter Fatima, were very old grey-headed people. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa He simply could not comprehend his state of bliss, which had begun that morning at 6.30 when the grey-headed, simple-minded servant allotted to him had wakened him, according to instructions, with a mug of tea. The Roll-Call "And such are the men in whom the country has placed its trust?" muttered a grey-headed old gentleman, who, while apparently absorbed in his newspaper, had been listening to the colonel's narrative. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession My liege," exclaimed Athelwold, the old grey-headed counsellor we have mentioned, "permit one who loves you, as he loved your revered father, to entreat you to cease from this hopeless resistance. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune But now the duties of life began to press upon him, old grey-headed clerks came about the place with messages, young ones brought letters to be signed. Fated to Be Free The inhabitants are blacks, and the chief is a very large, grey-headed, old black man, who is called shegar, which means sultan or king. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Pitt was provoked, and retorted on his negotiations and grey-headed experience. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I The first was an English dragoon, his face right down on his horse's mane, with a French cuirassier, an old, grey-headed fellow, thundering behind him, on a big black mare. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales "In sum," says the grey-headed stockbroker, "there disengages itself from the totality of the facts an impression, tolerably clear, that all goes very well on the West front." Over There War Scenes on the Western Front Plain moral purity and religious fervor had done for the young man what a lifetime of political scheming had failed to do for many a grey-headed disappointed adventurer. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Among them was one grey-headed man, whom I recognised by his dress for the captain. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" "Why, you old, grey-headed—" began Shorty, and then stopped short and hitched his trousers violently. Trailin'! That's the Guard, twenty thousand of them, my sons, and all picked men—grey-headed devils that have done nothing but fight since they were as high as my gaiters. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales There was the same heaving and putrefying mass,—the same ghastly objects of every kind,—the grey-headed old man, the dark-haired maiden, the tender infant,—all huddled together. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire You will smile, perhaps, to hear a grey-headed man talk about such things. Nicholas Nickleby "Think on thy sins, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf," said the almost unearthly voice, "on rebellion, on rapine, on murder!—Who stirred up the licentious John to war against his grey-headed father—against his generous brother?" Ivanhoe The family consisted of an old grey-headed man and his wife, with five or six sons and sons-in-law, and their several wives, and a joyous genealogy out of them. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy There he always appeared, however, grey-headed, laughing, and happy; and he never had anything more to tell of the man who could frighten my aunt. David Copperfield As he spoke, the loud barking of a dog was heard, and an old grey-headed butler was seen advancing towards them with a lantern in his hand. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire When this topic flagged, he turned with a smile to the grey-headed gentleman, and asked if he could sing. Nicholas Nickleby And at each side of the open portal stood four of the dwarfish men, grey-headed, old, clad in flowing garments of white, each pointing toward us a short silver rod. The Moon Pool Encouraged by so much friendliness, the grey-headed and foolish dreamer invited his guests to visit his new house. Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river When convinced by this desperate essay of the potency of the draught, she procured an antidote from Sainte Croix, and all doubts being removed, commenced operations upon her grey-headed father. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 The child wondered how a grey-headed man like him—one of his trade too—could talk of time so easily. The Old Curiosity Shop At that moment, a grey-headed old gentleman came running in: quite out of breath, and panting so much that his voice was scarcely to be recognised as the voice of Mr. Snitchey. The Battle of Life They were very old, and as grey-headed as a pigeon, and the old woman had such a long nose that she sat in the chimney corner and used it to stir the fire. The Red Fairy Book A carriage with arms on its panels had stopped at the inn, and as a smart footman opened the door, a fine grey-headed military-looking man stepped out and strode hurriedly up the inn steps. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance One grey-headed old gentleman came and abused the South-Western Company bitterly to my brother. The War of the Worlds I am much more afraid of your grey-headed father, Snorri the Godi, and of his counsels, which have brought many a man to his knees. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman. A Study in Scarlet The trim Inspector Martin, the old, grey-headed country doctor, myself, and a stolid village policeman made up the rest of that strange company. The Return of Sherlock Holmes He was ridiculously relieved to see that the man who stood by their side was grey-headed. The Avenger The grey-headed General looked rather grim when he saw a flag belonging to a troop which perhaps he had himself once commanded. Vivian Grey So high had his feelings been wrought that this out-breaking was violent, and the men wondered to see their grey-headed, stern, old commander, so completely unmanned. Homeward Bound or, the Chase At all events, any chance seemed better to us, than that of remaining in prison, until the end of war that might last years, or until we got to be grey-headed. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast You think you are clever," The grey-headed servant Retorts with resentment, "Yet books which are learned Are wasted upon you. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? In very truth the strong active lad of one-and-twenty was another man from the grey-headed old fellow who sits in the chimney corner and can do naught better than tell old tales to the youngsters. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 These consisted of an old grey-headed General, who had taught her Imperial Highness the manual exercise; and her tutor and confessor, an ancient and toothless Bishop. Vivian Grey The porter came in presently with a doctor—a little old grey-headed man, who wore spectacles, and had an ancient doddering manner not calculated to inspire beholders with any great belief in his capacity. The Lovels of Arden The old steward, and the grey-headed lacqueys endeavoured to assume a look of complacency, but their recent grief appeared through their unpractised hypocrisy. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian Junius judiciously held his peace, but a grey-headed old man who had heard the conversation went up to the unlucky poet, and laying a hand upon his shoulder, said: 'Junius! Dream Tales and Prose Poems So the church got disheartened, and drooped, and now looked very old and grey-headed. Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 His Royal Highness was particularly desirous of astonishing the old grey-headed governor of his future daughter by the skilful evolutions and imposing appearance of his legions. Vivian Grey "Yes, Masser Herman," observed Cato, a grey-headed black, who had never called his master by any other name, having known him from an infant; "yes, Masser Herman, a load do come over dis minute." Satanstoe The one was commonplace enough—a little grey-headed man, with uncouth dress and a frame which was bent and warped by a long life of arduous toil, goat-driving and wood-chopping among the mountains. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales The youthful captive, unkempt as he was, appeared in the great hall of the castle before its grey-headed commander, seated in his chair of state. The Strong Arm But for this burst of feeling on the part of a grey-headed old clergyman, I am afraid our scene would not altogether have escaped ridicule. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale He was a serious man, with a short moustache, grey-headed, with three or four gold teeth. Cæsar or Nothing Two men were standing on the highroad, one was grey-headed and clean-shaven, and wore a German peaked cap, the other young and tall, with a beard and a Polish cap. Selected Polish Tales Lillian was busy chatting with grave, grey-headed men, who seemed as ready to flirt, and pet and admire the lovely little fairy, as if they had been as young and gay as herself. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography He who has guided me all of these years; He, who has given me strength for the battle, will not forsake me now in my fourth and last watch when I am old and grey-headed. The Fourth Watch As we passed the point, there stood the whole household arrayed in a line, from the tottering grey-headed and muddy-looking negro of seventy, down to the glistening, jet-black toddling things of two and three. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Besides the servants there was present, holding a jug, a reverend, grey-headed monk, who was a little too fat. The Possessed (The Devils) For he recalled the portrait of the grey-headed senator in the choir of the church; he had even prayed to it sometimes…. Selected Polish Tales No," I said, "I am old and grey-headed, and I am not as I have been. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Her thoughts were away from that room, out through the storm and darkness to an old grey-headed man battling somewhere with the tempest, for the sake of others. The Fourth Watch Smudge, a withered, grey-headed old Indian, with muscles however that resembled whip-cord, was alone on deck, when this movement took place. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale One was a grey-headed old pilgrim of the peasant class, and the other a little, dried-up monk, who sat demurely, with his eyes cast down. The Possessed (The Devils) That was all these grey-headed men had learned. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Perhaps I have lived long enough—longer than many a grey-headed man. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography For some time she remained in prayer, but her earnest pleadings were not for herself or her husband, but for the old grey-headed man--the Venerable Rector of Glendow. The Fourth Watch The traveller proved to be a grey-headed woman, shabbily dressed. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time He, when returned from the war, though grey-headed, yet if he wishes can choose out a wife. Lysistrata He was an older man, about fifty years of age, grey-bearded and grey-headed, with a frank and open countenance. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia What use for thee, grey-headed man, To load the remnant of thy span With care for days that never can be thine? Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Team after team he watched, but none turned aside into the Rectory gate to say a word to the old grey-headed man, sitting before the window. The Fourth Watch A grey-headed pensioner in a patched military overcoat stood gazing at him.... Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories Miss Campbell is easy to do for, and she has bonnie ladylike ways wi' her; but I'd like fine to see that grand, grey-headed auld gentleman laird o' the place. A Daughter of Fife Now also, when I am old and grey-headed, oh Lord, forsake me not, till I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to those whom I leave behind me.’ The Good News of God Now also when I am old and grey-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.’ Discipline and Other Sermons ‘Never nobody mothered me like her,’ declared a grey-headed man saved from great depths, whose tottering steps she taught to walk the way to Heaven steadily. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" At length the door opened, and an old grey-headed man stood before me, the lines of his face marked by care, and his whole appearance betokened one who had a deep grief at heart. Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea After dinner I asked the grey-headed old man, 'What he thought he was made for?' Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe He was on his way to climb the mountain, when, on one of its lower slopes, he saw standing lonely in the evening light the figure of a grey-headed man. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Now also that I am old and grey-headed, Oh Lord, forsake me not, till I have showed thy goodness to this generation, and thy power to those who are yet to come. Discipline and Other Sermons Weiss unlocked and threw open the office door, and a moment later returned with a tall, grey-headed man, with closely cropped beard and gold-rimmed eyeglasses. The Governors Ten years later, he fell, in one of the murderous Indian affairs, that occurred during the first oresidential term, a grey-headed captain of foot. Wyandotte Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed; until I have showed Thy strength unto this generation, and Thy power to all them which are yet for to come.” All Saints' Day and Other Sermons The grey-headed, spectacled lapidary sat at a bench within, sedulously polishing a streaked pebble by the light of a small lamp. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales A grey-headed and feeble old man was standing near the grave, leaning with his two hands on a staff, and with his head depressed. Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded Many a warm shake of the hand I had from poor costermongers and grey-headed men, for what had been done for their belongings in taking them from the sin and want around. God's Answers A Record of Miss Annie Macpherson's Work at the Home of Industry, Spitalfields, London, and in Canada What inducement could that pious, grey-headed old man have for slandering the son of his friend and benefactor? George Leatrim So soon as this propitiatory offering was made, he tendered it to Mahtoree, who, in affected humility, passed it to a grey-headed chief by his side. The Prairie They were on the southern bank of a wide valley, flanked by deep hills looking wise as grey-headed youth, a legion of close comrades, showing no gap in their ranks. Parables of a Province The two grey-headed men looked at each other for a moment in silence. In Kedar's Tents About eight yards from the cutter, in a thick patch of water-lilies, just at this moment an otter rose to take air—an old dog-otter, for it was grey-headed. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch But Miss Eliot, tall, grey-headed, was making room beside her for the old man who had come in from the terrace. Jacob's Room While Assad stood motionless with surprise, the old cheat saluted the forty grey-headed men round the fire: Devout adorers of fire, said he, this is a happy day for us! The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Wrangling and hair-splitting, browbeating and bewildering witnesses, making coarse jokes to excite the laughter of common jurymen, and addressing such with clap-trap bellowings, are not the work for grey-headed men. The Recreations of a Country Parson The old grey-headed party who lost his life last Friday at the jewelled hands of our wife, deserves more than a passing notice at ours. The Fiend's Delight The rector was grey-headed, and a privileged friend. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green The two other callers, a grey-headed, military-looking person, and a lady, possibly his wife, were equally strangers to him. Born in Exile Everybody was still save the old grey-headed clerk who fussed about with papers. South Wind Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked. Will Warburton He was a massively built, grey-headed man of something more than sixty. The Unclassed He could not imagine himself grey-headed, disillusioned; the effort to do so gave him a thrill of horror. Our Friend the Charlatan Pressing a little nearer, he got a glimpse of a lean, haggard, grey-headed man, shabbily dressed, no bad example of a sufferer from the hardships he was beginning to denounce. The Nether World Joseph Beaumont, a linen-merchant, is described as "a venerable, handsome, grey-headed man, of quick and various natural abilities, but not improved by learning." The Journal to Stella "I am told," said the grey-headed gentleman, "that business is getting slack in all the districts." Sybil, or the Two Nations Come, come, leave these fustian protestations; away, come, I cannot abide these grey-headed ceremonies. Every Man out of His Humour The door opened, and in darted a grey-headed man, with handsome but strongly marked features, laughing and shouting like a schoolboy broke loose. Hard Cash And Richard himself was a grey-headed man, of lofty stature and majestic bearing. The Little Duke This man was grey-headed and keen-eyed, thin in face and ascetic in appearance, with a brow of power and a bearing of dignity. Elissa "It was a very remarkable speech—that of Egremont," said the grey-headed gentleman. Sybil, or the Two Nations Mr Greeley stood back of the counter; a rather tall, wiry grey-headed man before it. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country The Baron, a grey-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 As he spoke the wraith of a grey-headed man drew near. Eric Brighteyes I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. I and My Chimney "I hope they will not spread," said the grey-headed gentleman. Sybil, or the Two Nations My answer pleased the fine grey-headed general, and he gave me a recommendation to the chancellor Bestuchef at Moscow. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 Papa entered just as I did, but by another door: whereupon the priest—a grey-headed old monk with a severe, elderly face—blessed him, and Papa kissed his small, squat, wizened hand. Youth Wringing his hands and screaming, he rushed up to the grey-headed old man with the grey beard, who was shaking his head in disapproval. Crime and Punishment Never before did we see so many old, grey-headed men and women; leaning on their staves they came with the others to see the white men. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 "I have known it these two hours," said a grey-headed gentleman, speaking without taking his eyes off the newspaper. Sybil, or the Two Nations Then came up the big, grey-headed fellow I have before mentioned—Jacob Baines. John Halifax, Gentleman In fact, I had actually begun to move towards the door when Monsieur Markov entered—a grey-headed man with thievish eyes, and clad in a dirty dressing-gown fastened with a belt. Poor Folk Next, a grey-headed old man with a red nose, a thin wisp of beard, and watery eyes cleared his throat, and in honeyed tones took the initiative. Through Russia He was an elderly, well-made man, grey-headed, and over six feet high. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 "That speech of Egremont was the most really democratic speech that I ever read," said the grey-headed gentleman. Sybil, or the Two Nations As she spoke I saw approaching us a grey-headed old man with a wooden leg—a man who was dressed in a blue frockcoat and carrying a staff. The Gambler And the seats appropriated to peers were so crammed that above a dozen grey-headed old lords were standing in the passage which divides them from the common strangers. The Prime Minister Eventually she died of an attack of blood-poisoning and, though but forty, had become grey-headed. Through Russia At the corners of the chariot sat four grey-headed lawgivers, encircled by angels with banners; by its side rode standard-bearers in complete armor. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy "It could hardly have leaked out by this time," said the grey-headed gentleman. Sybil, or the Two Nations Let every long-settled, middle-aged, and even grey-headed minister read the life of the Interpreter at this point and take courage and have hope. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) We embraced each other, and shed tears of joy and of sadness at the thought that we had once been young and now were both grey-headed and near the grave. The Wife, and other stories Then the people thinned away, and, very nearly last of all, a wizened-looking, grey-headed man, carrying a black bag and a parcel, left the platform with hesitating footsteps and turned towards the bridge. A Millionaire of Yesterday Mr. Sabin did not neglect his luncheon, nor was he ever for a moment unmindful of the grey-headed princess who chatted away by his side with all the vivacity of her race and sex. The Yellow Crayon "It is a bad thing—this beating the police," said the grey-headed gentleman. Sybil, or the Two Nations It was something unnatural, grey-headed, terrific—doubtless a devil come to torment me in the inquisition vaults of Hades. Finished The curate, a grey-headed clergyman, who had been a confessor in the days of Queen Mary, sat with a book in his hand in another recess in the apartment. Kenilworth No answer came forth; and turning round, Olinthus beheld, by the light of the lamp, an old grey-headed man sitting on the floor, and supporting in his lap the head of one of the dead. Last Days of Pompeii “And by the by, who is that grey-headed murderer in a tall hat whom I saw shepherding two girls into this house?” The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes You told that grey-headed lady, an utter stranger! The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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