单词 | high brass |
例句 | Chamberlain could see, even at this distance: the high brass. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It's just that I'm still young enough to take the kind of shoving around these high brass figure we're going to get. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Matson stood in the cleared area surrounding the ship, a position of privilege he shared with a few city and state officials and the high brass from McChord Field, Fort Lewis, and Bremerton Navy Yard. Assassin It was the only roofed area on the planet large enough to hold the crowd of high brass that had assembled for the occasion. To Choke an Ocean So you're to tell your story to the high brass down in Athens. The Invaders Selim, stepping softly, conducted me into the dimly lighted drawing-room, where a cedar log burned, with a delicious fragrance, on a pair of high brass andirons. The Romance of a Plain Man Heavy tapestry curtains excluded the draught; a soft rug lay before the old-fashioned high brass fender, and a bright fire burned in the grate. Name and Fame A Novel A high brass fender, pierced, surrounded the fireplace, and there were a poker, tongs, and shovel to match, and a small brass scuttle still full of coals. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Answer their questions about Betsy and I think some very high brass will be grateful. The Machine That Saved The World They were in a little room, cut in two by a high brass grill. The Cosmic Express The high brass in the Power Board considered that everything was moving smoothly. The Pirates of Ersatz And to the high brass this meant that he'd tried to summon a space-fleet with invincible weapons to the conquest of Earth. Long Ago, Far Away So nobody in the high brass wanted the responsibility. Space Tug And the high brass went into a dither to end all dithers as tapes of the received material reached the Pentagon and were translated into intelligible speech and pictures. The Machine That Saved The World I could understand the "high brass from the Pentagon" as literary license by the press, but this "national panic" pitch was too much. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects There was the bright fire before which the high brass nursery fender shone. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" In the centre, on the west, was a large white marble fireplace, with big old-fashioned brass andirons, and a large and high brass fender. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Inside the wide, open fireplace, behind the high brass fender and the shining andirons, was a "chimney flower pot," country fashion, of green lilac boughs,—not blossoms,—and woodbine sprays, and crimson and white tulips. Real Folks The translated broadcast, as Gus and Al presented it, was calculated to put the high brass of the defense forces into a frenzied tizzy. The Machine That Saved The World It quoted the scoutmaster as saying that "high brass" from Washington had questioned him late into the night. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Yet the climax of the main song is reached when the lighter phrase rings fervently in the high brass. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies She arranged the sticks on a decaying fire, inside a high brass fender, pulled up a stand near the hearth, lighted two candles, and placed on it a pack of cards. The Morgesons Ann Veronica, after a last survey of the dinner appointments, followed him, rustling, came to his side by the high brass fender, and touched two or three ornaments on the mantel above the cheerful fireplace. Ann Veronica, a modern love story In my bedroom at Ottawa there was an old-fashioned high brass fender. The Days Before Yesterday There was no "high brass," just four captains, a second lieutenant, and a sergeant. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects |
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