| 单词 | high noon |
| 例句 | The god glanced at the sun, which had climbed almost to high noon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Duels at high noon and executions at the stroke of midnight. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The sun was way, way up in the sky, and the whole thing was like high noon in a Western. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Stop; there may be a clue after all, if we can find why to-day his paroxysms came on at high noon and at sunset. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t have come down this way even at high noon. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z When I first opened my eyes, I didn’t have to look at my watch to know it was high noon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Ma, too, had a special dress: a pink lace, ankle-sweeping evening gown that she was going to wear at high noon to a civil ceremony. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “But nothing, Captain. I’m counting down the seconds until daylight here, and I don’t like our odds if we have to exit at high noon.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This time, since it was after high noon, the gates were ajar and the keeper of the gate idled upon the threshold, picking his teeth with a bamboo sliver after his meal. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It is as if the hands on a great national clock were moving together toward high noon. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It was six-thirty in the morning and the town was bustling as though it were high noon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened— no long task, for a burning heat came down from Helios, lord of high noon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re eyeing each other over his corpse and fingering their scimitars like it’s high noon in an Oklahoma boomtown, except in the desert. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The sun was a quarter of the way down from what even he knew was high noon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There is even a brief consideration of the American cowboy version of the duel, the showdown at high noon on a dusty street. The literary history of duels, those absurdly formal fights to the death 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z You were able to experience night and high noon simultaneously, through the lens of these villagers. An Artist Who Makes Use of Housedresses, Resin and Sound 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z "There is something irresistibly timeless about Tussaud's, as though the clock had obstinately stopped at the high noon of Victorian history painting," wrote Roy Strong, former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z With his strangled tone, White sounds like he’s ready for a gunfight at high noon, while the pillowy Jones is an aural lily of the valley — beautiful but dangerous. Weekend Listening: Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi's Rome 2011-11-11T19:12:50Z It is marginally more credible than Mr Murdoch’s sanctimonious mea culpa at high noon on “The Humblest Day Of My Life”. Paper Giants: Magazine Wars - TV review 2013-06-02T15:04:00Z "I want to call those deniers out into the street at high noon and shoot it out with those boneheads," Cameron said. James Cameron blasts Glenn Beck 2010-03-24T07:06:00Z The poll will close at high noon tomorrow. Which film would you want to watch with us on Tuesday? 2010-10-04T19:16:00Z Dawn, high noon and sunset roughly divided the day for millennia, but the 18th-century spread of public clocks, domestic timepieces and watches hastened the rise of clock-time, beating a mechanical rhythm to work and play. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z Decanted palm oil is brought to high heat until it loses its blood-red hue and turns the color of high noon. At Serengeti Kitchen, Touches of Memoir Dot the Menu 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Thirty minutes late, we took off on the cheek-to-jowl ferry, more crowded than the Lido Deck at high noon. Don’t make these travel mistakes: 7 writers share stories about blunders on the road 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Limping manfully down that dusty road at high noon to do what a guy's gotta do. Men From the Boys by Tony Parsons 2010-05-08T23:10:00Z He explains how he will direct me to cruising fish by describing the face of an imaginary horizontal clock, with the boat’s bow at high noon. U.S. anglers seek out the infamous Bay of Pigs for an exclusive fly-fishing experience 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Now the massive wood doors are closing right on time: high noon. Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z After high noon in the alley, Stan quickly reverts to his usual self. 'The Americans' Recap: Prepared to Carry On 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “I told the Bull, I hollered it out, that we would see him back in Birmingham by high noon!” Catherine Burks-Brooks, Freedom Rider Who Had the Last Word, Dies at 83 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s just past sunset in the subterranean depths of Climate Pledge Arena, which in the world of trolls is akin to high noon. ‘Hey, it’s Buoy!’ Game night with the Kraken’s new mascot 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z By high noon the pastel is so pale it looks like white. Can a transparent purse cut through the deep polarization in L.A. bag culture? 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z After scoring only four runs in two losses to the lowly Washington Nationals, the Dodgers took aim just after high noon Wednesday and immediately unloaded on left-hander Patrick Corbin in a 7-1 victory. Six-run first inning propels Dodgers and Andrew Heaney to easy win over Nationals 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z This is the Cold War at high noon, missiles loaded, when spies were the front-line troops. Review | A (dubious) suicide, a (possible) mole and an enduring CIA mystery 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z They didn’t make Ms. Burks’s deadline of high noon, but they arrived nonetheless. Catherine Burks-Brooks, Freedom Rider Who Had the Last Word, Dies at 83 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z “Give us both paint and brush and canvas and turn us loose in Union Square at high noon,” she told United Press International, “and we’ll see who can paint eyes.” Margaret Keane, a painter who was all about the eyes, dies at 94 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Senate Chamber and will be streamed on Fox Nation at high noon on June 13. Is civil debate possible? Lindsey, Bernie to make it happen 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The story opened: “At Mach 2 and 40,000 feet over California, it’s always high noon.” ‘Top Gun’ and Tom Cruise return to the danger zone 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z An early poster from the relaunched event declared the races would begin at high noon with the tipping of the flask. In the Gold Rush birthplace of downhill ski racing, the longboarders are back 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Each side eyed the other warily for about an hour, like gunslingers on Main Street at high noon waiting to see who would make the first move. Column: Liberal Santa Monica versus the street vendors 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z A sense of anticipation filled Anaheim Stadium the next day when the teams met at high noon under sunny, 80-degree skies. The most gut-wrenching game in Angels history: 35 years later, it still haunts them 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z That’s not a virtue in a leader, though Biden presents himself as a Gary Cooper president bravely watching the clock strike high noon. Opinion | Past presidents left a mess in Afghanistan — but Biden owns the current calamity 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Audience members will watch the performance from a U-shaped balcony, looking down onto a beach bathed in high noon sunlight — the Geffen Contemporary, transformed with 10 to 20 tons of locally sourced sand. Up to 20 tons of sand will be poured into an L.A. museum for fall's biggest spectacle 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z At high noon, it took my eyes a minute to adjust to how unpeopled the market was, by pre-pandemic standards. Life in the pandemic in-between: Do we leap toward total freedom or tiptoe cautiously? 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z At high noon Eastern time, it threw jagged shadows across the outfield at Atlanta’s Truist Park, where eight minutes later the day’s first pitch was thrown. Starting at high noon and ending past midnight, a day of playoff baseball like none before it 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The insult cut through the air about a minute past high noon on a grassy field where the Mexican and United States soldiers faced off. In a small field, men reenact an oft-overlooked war that remade the U.S., Mexico and the border 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z At official lunchtime — right after high noon until approximately 12:47 p.m., Amazon lunch excitement: All the best things to eat at Seattle’s new District H from H Mart 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z By the time they got to New York in September, beneath a closed Arthur Ashe Stadium roof shielding them from downpours at high noon, Bencic seemed to play points as if a split-second prescient. No. 1 Naomi Osaka loses at U.S. Open to Belinda Bencic 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Due to the valley’s towering pines, a permanent shadow is cast over the property, the sun visible only at high noon. The scenic, secluded, fun-as-hell golf course that sits in Bandon Dunes' shadow - Golf Digest 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z This was the attitude famously adopted by Lord Palmerston, who was twice Prime Minister and three times Foreign Secretary at the high noon of Victorian power. Waiting for Brexit 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z By 10.30 at Speaker’s Corner there were people arriving for the high noon rendezvous from all corners of the country and beyond. Put it to the People march: a formidable sea of humanity and powerful strength of feeling 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Journalists have long since exhausted all the available metaphors: Groundhog Day, high noon, crunch time, dead woman walking. Theresa May Finds Herself Without a Voice, or a Friend 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The venue will be City Hall; the time, high noon. LAUSD teachers’ strike, Day 4: More rain and the hope of progress in new talks 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The Game will be played again on Saturday—at high noon, of course—when the Wolverines take on the Buckeyes, in Columbus. Michigan and Ohio State, America’s Greatest College Sports Rivalry, Is About a Lot More than Sports 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z It is high noon, again, for astronomers who want to erect a gigantic telescope on Mauna Kea, the grand volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. Extremely Large, Extremely Expensive: The Race for the Next Giant Telescopes 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Like most epic duels, this one is scheduled for high noon. Galaxy and LAFC fans are taking new rivalry very seriously 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Even Muslims, Christendom’s formidable old rivals, came to be derided as pitiably “feminine” during the high noon of imperialism. The crisis in modern masculinity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z This was a high noon shootout in the desert. Heathy dose of tennis allows Milos Raonic to advance to BNP Paribas Open semis 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z But the coaches who built those teams were nowhere in sight at high noon Thursday when the teams were introduced. Perspective | Atlantic 10 tournament follows its season M.O.: Not always pretty, but always close 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z And you wouldn’t dream of stepping onto Main Street at high noon without packing heat. Marine Microbes Exchange Fire With Elaborate Subcellular Weapons [Video] 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z You accumulate more sun exposure than you think over the decades of driving or going to lunch at high noon, when the sun is strongest. Yes it's winter, but you still need your sunscreen 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Each of the shooters, who meet in the morning and stay until “high noon,” goes by an alias that reflects their real-life background. Nebraska residents participate in monthly cowboy shootouts 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Explain the animosity—and set the scene for what became a kind of painterly “high noon” between them. What Made Leonardo da Vinci a Genius? 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z At high noon, the assembly will march to U.S. Inside the Beltway: A later school day would save billions 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z “The showdown at high noon is coming, but it hasn’t happened yet,” said Broderick Bagert, with Together Louisiana, a group of faith-based and community leaders that pushed for more scrutiny of tax break applications. Analysis: Impact of property tax break changes still unclear 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z So on Monday, at “high noon,” activists gathered on the Capitol lawn for what they called a “joint session,” and they appealed to a higher authority. Opinion | Marijuanalujah? Jeff Sessions and the cannabis conundrum 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The Sun's passage across the sky gave us "midday" and "high noon". Tick tock: The importance of knowing the right time - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The media gushed how the joint flight was the high noon of the Soviet Union-India friendship. Rakesh Sharma: The making of a reluctant Indian space hero - BBC News 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Princeton and Yale will meet in the final Sunday at high noon. Ivy League plays a basketball tournament, and it’s almost worth the 60-year wait 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Thus, Trump didn’t “fire” all the politically appointed ambassadors, effective at high noon on Jan. 20. Chill, America. Not every Trump outrage is outrageous. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z She held for 3-1 – and from the end where the high noon sun always causes serves a problem on a cloudless day. Serena Williams ends Johanna Konta's Australian Open run in quarter-final 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Fox News peaked with 11 million viewers when Mr. Trump took his oath of office at high noon, and average 8.8 million viewers during the many hours of coverage that followed. 31 million tune in to witness Trump inauguration, Fox News most watched network of all 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Fox News peaked with 11 million viewers when Mr. Trump took his oath of office at high noon, and averaged 8.8 million viewers during the many hours of coverage that followed. Donald Trump inauguration drew record online audiences 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z When the moment arrived, at high noon, even the frenetic world of television news paused to take notice. A Moment on Television When Silence Told the Story 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Could it be that the stumbling block we fear you will place before us at high noon Friday is actually a stepping stone in disguise? Dear God, are we being punished? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z A miserable void where a light should be hung over the city even at high noon. Finding light in Seattle’s winter darkness requires an attitude adjustment 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Donald Trump — who was in Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico on Sunday — will stage a jumbo rally at high noon in Grand Rapids, Michigan; followed by a second in Warren, 140 miles to the east. Inside the Beltway: Reagan ‘alumni’ unite for Trump 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey offered the debate challenge Tuesday, specifically telling Democrat Doug Reynolds to be there at high noon Wednesday. High-noon debate broils West Virginia attorney general race 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Exposed to the high noon of Abstract Expressionism in the city, she destroyed most of her early works and gravitated to abstraction. Agnes Martin, a Matter-of-Fact Mystic 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z A “wow” escapes my lips beholding the magnificent clock face, almost right in time for high noon. TRAVEL: London sites to see in two days 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z LOS ANGELES—“Hell or High Water,” the throwback Western starring Jeff Bridges that has emerged as a potential sleeper hit of the summer, faces its own high noon this weekend at the box office. Throwback Western Saddles Up for Box-Office High Noon 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The big day is Sept. 6, when the straightforward Mr. Cavuto will take his place in the anchor’s chair at high noon on the Fox Business Network, and 4 p.m. on Fox News. David Keene’s gun rights warning 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Do not overlook Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech on Wednesday, delivered at high noon before a select audience at a historic hotel a few blocks north of the White House. Inside the Beltway: Ted Cruz earns ‘100 percent’ conservative rating 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z At high noon on Thursday, Washington Wizards president and general manager Ernie Grunfeld settled into a single seat at the head of a press conference. Ernie Grunfeld: Randy Wittman fired because Wizards ‘took a major step back’ 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z They are ready to rally on the National Mall on Friday at high noon, just as the storm is predicted to begin. March for Life goes forth despite incoming blizzard, pro-lifers soldier on 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The former prime minister said Thursday's EU reform talks should not be regarded as "high noon". EU referendum: Major warns against 'flirting with EU exit - BBC News 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Rubio will be in South Carolina to meet with voters at a picturesque restaurant on Shrimp Boat Lane in Mount Pleasant just after high noon, then it’s presumably home to family. Inside the Beltway: Marco Rubio last on on campaign trail 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z He’ll deliver a significant speech at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, in Charleston on Wednesday at high noon. Inside the Beltway: John Bolton has five questions for anyone who wants to be president 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z But the moment at hand goes straight to all the American people and the future, starting on Jan. 20, 2017 at high noon. Choosing the Least-Bad to Combat the Very Worst 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z “In many ways the tomb of Huy gives us one of the most detailed and colorful glimpses into the interactions of Egyptians and Nubians during the high noon of imperial Egypt.” In wake of crash, Egypt opens tombs to spur tourist interest 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z “She gives the surface of something as banal as fragile hollyhocks the same texture Monet lavished on the Rouen Cathedral at high noon,” he wrote, referring to one of Ms. Foss’s beach scenes. Following a Musical Thread That Ties One Life Together 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Of course, as Bostrom caustically remarks, humankind can hardly claim to be basking in the high noon of perfect moral enlightenment. Will Artificial Intelligence Surpass Our Own? 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Now it was high noon, both on the clock and in the style of play. For U.S. Open champ Marin Cilic, five-set win is no sweat even on hot, humid day 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z That may have been the only way to fully appreciate the compelling action that took place Friday from high noon until darkness fell. More Gains at Wimbledon for Americans on a Day With Some Upsets 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Swim naked and pale at high noon: Most pointers for enjoying the beach without worrying about sharks are obvious. A record year for shark attacks: Six ways to not become chum 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Starting July 11 at high noon: “Bob Massi is the Property Man” will feature insider fare on property trends and challenges — “invaluable insight,” as the ever practical Mr. Ailes says. Inside the Beltway: Hillary Clinton’s July Fourth fundraising blitz 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Craven formally severed ties with the Klan on Aug. 5, 1921 - effective at high noon - in a lengthy front-page article in the Greensboro Daily News. The Trinity man who took on the Klan 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z You could feed your baby anywhere, but you choose high noon at the Vatican so when someone says put a blanket over it you can alert the media. "Daddy, Stop Talking!" Excerpt 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Things get underway at high noon with a ceremonial remembrance by the U.S. Inside the Beltway: Three Republican presidential announcements due within 72 hours 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Yes, C-SPAN will be there live, beginning at high noon Friday and continuing through early Saturday night. Inside the Beltway: GOP, Democrats on collision course 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Before standardized time began in 1883, most towns told time by high noon. How Lincoln’s Final Journey Brought the Country Together 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z It was a little past high noon Saturday, when the most fascinating of golf bullets started flying around the 10th hole at Riviera Country Club. Even for Riviera's 10th hole, this was pretty amazing 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Policy experts from the Cato Institute gather at high noon on Friday in the Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill with much on their learned minds. Donald Trump buzzes presidential radar: Inside the Beltway 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z There is the curious case of Dustin Johnson, who decided to leave the tour with his game in full bloom and the calendar at high noon. Tiger Woods and Robert Allenby Draw Focus as PGA Tour Events Lack Top Players 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Scheduled for high noon Saturday: The National March Against Police Violence, at Freedom Plaza in the nation’s capital, two blocks from the White House; organized by the National Action Network. Inside the Beltway: Sheriffs and senators speak out against amnesty 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Holding a press conference at high noon in July, on a patch of concrete under a cloudless Los Angeles sky, is not the usual recipe for success. Tommy Trojan's Lessons in Public Relations 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The letter demanded that Lynch renounce his support for Keystone by “high noon Friday” or face aggressive opposition. How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z At high noon the day after his arrival, he was struggling. U.S. Doctor Offers Healing Hand to Ebola Patients in Liberia 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Hopefully the long trip to Krasnodar will not affect their readiness for a high noon start. Manchester United v Everton 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Wherever you were, high noon was high noon, and on a clear day a quick glance up into the sky or down at a sundial told you everything you needed to know. The element that redefined time 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Ride into town, gunfight at high noon, then off into the sunset. Destiny in Taos 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z By shifting the hall off the building’s central access - from high noon to about 1 o’clock - there was enough space to tuck the 250-seat Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater into the building’s west side. San Antonio’s Municipal Auditorium reborn 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z He and his loud six-man band start with Devils Haircut and work their way through the singles, with detours through most of Beck's phases: morning, high noon and night. Beck and Jenny Lewis review – an excellent odd couple 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z A special investigation of those fatal events led by Rep. Trey Gowdy begins soon after Congress returns at high noon on Thursday. Inside the Beltway: Here comes Benghazi, The Investigation 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Texas Gov. Rick Perry arrives in the Granite State at high noon Friday, when he assumes the starring role in not one but six consecutive political events. Inside the Beltway: Rick Perry rounds up the media herd 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z C-SPAN will carry the event live at high noon; it can also be viewed live online at Heritage.org. Inside the Beltway: ‘Born again voters’ warm to Romney 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z But only one of those 21 shops was ready to open Tuesday, Cannabis City in Sodo, which plans to open at high noon. First 24 pot store licenses issued, but not all will open Tuesday 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z On the schedule: Ohio’s “Americana Festival” during the morning hours, plus “Proud To Be an American” at high noon. Inside the Beltway: Fourth of July remembered every year, everywhere 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s titled “Crisis on the Texas Border: Surge of Unaccompanied Minors” and is scheduled in McAllen, Texas, at high noon. Inside the Beltway: President Obama to make border-less visit to Texas 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Having lost her way at high noon, she was reeling from dehydration. Snakes and Thorny Brush, and Children at the Border Alone 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Billed as a high noon, it was mainly a shootout with imminent mortality. Seriously ill Clive James puts in a bravura performance at London literary festival – 'I'd love to go on like this' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z By the time they reach their very own "high noon" all the teams immediately above them will have played. Sunderland v Cardiff City 2014-04-25T11:30:31Z It only gets about one-third of the energy from its star that the Earth gets, and at high noon it’s only about as bright as the Earth is at sunset. NASA Has Discovered The First Potentially Habitable Earth-sized Planet 2014-04-17T18:45:00Z Among the incident’s other similarities to the Wild West, the meeting was reportedly scheduled for high noon. Russia's Bride Thieves 2013-11-06T07:50:22Z It's "high noon," cautioned Democratic Senator Tom Harkin, "as dangerous as the breakup of the Union before the Civil War." In Washington budget war, hype and hyperbole seize the floor 2013-09-28T18:41:27Z Using Facebook and other social media, a group called Guns Across America plans rallies in 49 states, mostly at state capitols and all at "high noon" local time. Pro-gun activists plan rallies to oppose Obama's proposals 2013-01-18T20:00:19Z When they contemplate their man's high noon with Ms Winfrey, Team Armstrong must be wondering, How on earth can Lance recover? Lance Armstrong, human weakness, and the subtle art of public confession 2013-01-12T12:54:44Z "In the bison diorama, they needed to mimic high noon on the plains—it's a blasting light," Elkin says. New Technology Saves Old Dioramas [Slide Show] 2012-11-16T18:15:00.227Z South Carolina The South Carolina Gamecocks are hosting Tennessee at high noon, hoping to end a two-game skid. The Quad: Highlights and Analysis 2012-10-28T13:40:58Z Every weekday since the bill was signed, opponents have gathered at the capitol at high noon for an hour-long protest. How Scott Walker Went to War on His Recall 2012-06-03T05:05:36Z We turn not back in the direction of our dwellings until high noon, doubly defeated by the blaze of the perpendicular rays of the sun and their reverberation on white sand and calcined stones. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Mr. Ghalioun did not directly address the financial assistance from the Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but he added, “This is high noon for action.” Syria Dismisses Notions of Foreign Intervention 2012-04-02T10:27:16Z Mr. Ghalioun did not directly address the financial assistance from the Arab countries — including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — but he added, “This is high noon for action.” U.S. and Other Countries Move to Increase Assistance to Syrian Rebels 2012-04-01T12:14:26Z But when I awoke, and saw that it was high noon, I was wild with vexation. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z But it was high noon, there was nothing to fear, and she pursued the path until she came to the crumbling monster that tradition said was a butterfly. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Somewhere in ochre-tinted downtown 1968 a clock reads 8:30, yet the play of shadows on a sidewalk a few blocks away suggest high noon. City Room: Following, and Filming, in Hollis Frampton's Footsteps 2012-03-22T14:41:10Z Two hours or more elapsed, and the sun had climbed to "high noon" in the sky, before the explorers came back, bringing solemn faces. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z "Who is it, Fred?" he said impatiently, moving one of the candles, which the fog still rendered necessary, although it was high noon. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Here the windows were open: it was high noon. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The following day at high noon the religious ceremony was performed in the chapel of the British embassy. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z For example, a sextant could be used to sight the sun at high noon in order to determine one’s latitude. A Pirate's Life for Me: Celebrating the Science of Pirates 2012-03-08T22:15:00.230Z For fifteen hours that dreadful conflict continued, through the night and during the morning, and until high noon of the ensuing day, when the firing gradually ceased, for the French fleet was destroyed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z At length there came a time, a little before high noon, when he awoke with a clearer eye and a mind capable of feeling surprise at his position. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z At high noon he was waked by Gerard moving, and found him sitting up with the straw smoking round him like a dunghill. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z It was high noon, and the sun shone hotly on the hillside where the two lay. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z At high noon, the royal cortège entered the Crystal Palace, the choir upraising the national anthem of "God save the Queen." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z It was now high noon, and the market-place had poured all its peasants out upon the streets. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Something after high noon des Ageaux appeared and, whatever the Abbess's feelings, he was overjoyed to find the three undisturbed. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Without it, the apparent time — say, when the sun is at high noon — would drift earlier and earlier, disagreeing with the time shown on official atomic clocks. Panel allows ?leap second? to keep clocks aligned with Earth?s rotation 2012-01-23T20:35:13Z Under center, Tom told us that we should imagine both feet at high noon on a clock face. Tom Coughlin Goes by the Book, and Wins 2012-01-21T17:28:52Z We scorn to wait for the thing worth having; We want high noon at the day's dim dawn, We find no pleasure in toiling and saving As our forefathers did in the good times gone. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z It was high noon, the baking high noon of Africa, as he did so. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z It being high noon, we stopped and landed at this bit of fairy land, ate our dinner, and botanized. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z "The birds went to roost at high noon, thinking from the darkness that night had fallen." The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Having rested myself and pony, I once more pushed on for Ratnapoora, where I arrived, heated, jaded, and dusty, by high noon. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z It seemed to be only a moment later, but it was high noon when his telephone woke him. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Things seem different at high noon from what they do when it's midnight. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z A HOT and dusty journey of some six hours brought us to Matanzas at high noon. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Raising her eyes she looked him boldly in the face; there in the bright moonlight they could see each other almost as clearly as if it had been high noon. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z At last these many dancing visions forsook his brain, and he slept a dreamless sleep, not waking until high noon of a wet and gusty day. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It is now high noon,” answered Ruth, consulting her watch. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Coming from the shadow of the forest path it stood out in the full radiance of the moon; every object showing out as clearly as at high noon. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z In this high noon of stars she could see his face very clearly. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z It was high noon when they awoke, ravenously hungry. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Within two blocks of the two faro banks which Steve Holcombe used to own and run, he was now every day at high noon declaring the Gospel of the grace of God. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z Several minutes later they emerged through an open tomb into high noon over Judea. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It was high noon of a sultry day in June, yet the thick leaves of the old apple tree formed a perfect shade for the dear little child reposing in this lovely retreat. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z They were with Reno on the bluffs, and had no definite knowledge of the fate of Custer and his five companies until high noon on the 27th, when relieved by General Gibbon. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z At high noon Newhaven fell into the hands of the enemy. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z And why should he be there, in the maddening heat of high noon, hungry and thirsty from his fast? Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z At high noon the third day, on the summit of the Serapeum in Egyptian Rhacotis, there appeared a slender figure in the burnoose of an Arab. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Brilliant, handsome, with a manner irresistible to women, Frank Saltus was reaching the high noon of his life. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z In winter, at any rate, it is dusk at high noon in the ordinary hut, which is lighted only by canvas windows under the eaves. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z From this day I watched him, watched him as the tuba-carriers flashed into the pueblo, at high noon. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z But what remained the least explicable part of the mystery was why the teacher had gone out at all in the heat of high noon. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z At high noon, Marsyas hid from the deadly sun in a crevice in a narrow canyon; but pressed on while yet the scorching air burned his nostrils. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Warmth and color and life, at high noon, listening close to the heart of things. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z It was past high noon, and Dame Blossom had been waiting in impatience since eleven to serve dinner. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z At high noon I do not hear the lotus song. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z I am one of the wind's stories, I am a fancy of the rain,— A memory of the high noon's glories, The hint the sunset had of pain. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z Opposite it, he came upon another miserable cluster of hovels, the abode of pestilence, want and superstition, and there found that Saul had passed through the village at high noon that day. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z But they have a pretty a strong view of the long-term effects of U.S. fiscal policy regardless of what happens in Washington's 'high noon' showdown. Tea Party financial advisers: We have no inside info 2011-07-29T21:34:43Z Tea Party groups gathered for a “hold the line” rally near the Capitol at high noon, featuring three House Republicans who plan to vote against the plan. Inside the Debt Dance: House GOP Rushes to Repair Coalition 2011-07-27T23:00:20Z “It’s like high noon at the old corral,” said then-Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, a Kansas Republican, according to a July 27, 1985 report in the Chicago Tribune. Party Loyalty to Insecure Leaders Brings Debt Talks to Precipice 2011-07-27T04:23:02Z Finally the good woman made her appearance, but there was so much to tell that it was high noon before the visit was ended. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z His Highness was to change his clothes once more—at high noon he must be with the Queen upon State affairs. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z At high noon of the night in which she departed, beckoning me peremptorily to her side, she bade me repeat certain verses composed by herself not many days before. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Thus, reminded of the old line about “mad dogs and Englishmen,” the team members now fully comprehend the reluctance of oxcart drivers to begin this journey at high noon. Scientist at Work: To Lake Tseny by Oxcart 2011-07-06T19:07:53Z His enemies had surprised him just at daybreak; now it was high noon. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z At high noon she was to be married to Philip Barry. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z It was high noon when smoke ahead warned him that the journey was nearly over. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The first rehearsal proper was held in a stuffy and ill-ventilated room, so dark that it was necessary to use the electric lights even at high noon. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z “We shouldn’t wait until high noon” to raise the debt ceiling because “it will mean higher interest rates if we don’t.” Short-Term Increase in Debt Limit Suggested 2011-06-20T06:12:37Z And he rode on and on through the gray aisles of the forest 251 in a dim light that was like twilight at high noon. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z “I have an appointment for us at high noon.” The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z The guard outside was not nearly so strong in its control of Genesee as the bonds of sleep that held him through the morning and well-nigh high noon. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z As at the other weddings, the ceremony was set for high noon. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z It was high noon, and she had not yet put on her own array. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z Just as I know that the stars are now shining in the sky, though it is high noon. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Every man and boy of them was armed in some fashion, and by high noon the clearing was filled with a multitude of people, sorrow-torn, racked with abject grief. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z As the bells rang out high noon, we seated ourselves sedately in the front pews. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z When he came to himself it was high noon, the warm sun shone. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z All nervous diseases are aggravated by the coming of twilight, and midnight is the hour when the most perfect negativeness is reached, as high noon is that of extreme positiveness. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z It was high noon, and the posse had been in the saddle since dawn. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z “As o’er the grass, beneath the larches there We gayly stepped, the high noon overhead, Then Love was born—was born so strong and fair.” Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z The warmth the kitchen range radiated was welcome these days, for even at high noon there was a sharp tang in the air. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z “The difficulty of a government made up with independents is that there tends to be ‘high noon’ negotiations every other week,” said Bruton, who was re-elected to the parliament. Bruton Says Irish Taxpayers Shouldn’t Bear Full Bank Costs 2011-02-26T23:53:53Z The only radiance which ever penetrates this gloomy interior comes at high noon, when the refulgence of a Mediterranean sun glances through a series of long lancets, and casts those purple shadows which artists love. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z It was high noon when a party of horsemen, headed by a well-informed guide, in the person of the ranch superintendent, “old” Lopez, tore along the avenue of mahogany trees at Los Andes. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z When she awoke she perceived Lebeau, who stood watching her as she slept, and she heard the clocks chiming high noon. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z Now you stood and shivered in that twilight, though it were high noon and burning August down the meads. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The marshal's ill success was, therefore, as Napoleon called it, a "deplorable mischance," and it was high noon before Pajol, with the van, reached Charleroi and, after a smart engagement, drove out the Prussians. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z That may occasionally be true, although restaurants need not wait until high noon on Sunday to clean out the fridge. | Dining Brunch: A Meal Worth Eating, and Seeing, Too 2010-12-24T23:05:00Z "The border isn't supposed to be opened before high noon on the 22nd of April." We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z But Fukuyama was writing shortly after the end of the Cold War, in what now looks like the high noon of Western triumphalism. What the World Cup Says About World Economies 2010-12-12T13:00:00Z At high noon, the statue of Mary Tyler Moore was tossing her beret jauntily at a breezy corner at Seventh Street, exuding sweet but wary optimism, as she always did. Sports of The Times: Hope Springs Eternal for Twins and Their Fans 2010-10-07T22:56:00Z There was no one for the coach-less Scot to turn to, though; it was high noon in Ohio under a blazing sun and he needed a magic bullet to get back into the match. Patient Murray uses craft to beat Gulbis 2010-08-19T20:36:00Z His last appearance during a World Golf Championships event was his public confession at high noon, televised worldwide by multiple broadcast and cable networks, which interrupted the Accenture Match Play Championship in mid-February. Firestone Course and Tiger Woods Are a Fine Fit 2010-08-01T00:04:00Z Exactly at high noon some of them would blow bugles and some would shoot their revolvers or rifles into the air. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z William of Orange’s victory has entered British myth as the Glorious Revolution, inaugurating the imperial high noon of parliamentary sovereignty, religious toleration and constitutional monarchy. Belfast Riots Morph for YouTube Generation 2010-07-14T15:37:00Z “There’s no more high noon,” said a legislative official, who requested anonymity to discuss lawmakers’ strategy. Legislators Offer Alternative to Paterson's Budget 2010-06-27T02:10:00Z The last time had a seat in the business department, it was during a high noon of industrial action and state interference in the economy. Denied full control of banks, Vince Cable settles in at 'ministry of growth' 2010-05-14T21:00:00Z Once an outsider, he knew the kind of desire and talent and smarts that Rice and Robert Morris would bring to their duel slightly after high noon. Sports of The Times: Compelling Games Define Early Rounds of N.C.A.A. Tournament 2010-03-19T00:44:00Z Cindy saw him very plainly, and he shot a full three minutes before high noon. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Bullets Flying Over Abortion Coverage in Health Reform Bill It's high noon for abortion coverage in the health reform bill, and the pistols are drawn, U.S. Health Buzz: Scientists Expose an HIV Hiding Spot 2010-03-08T17:50:00Z The hour was then high noon, snow soft and walking bad. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. It was high noon; but the sun was partially shrouded by light fleecy clouds, and threw a softened light on the green bank on which I seated myself. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 At high noon, under the unveiled sun, every tremendous detail leaped in glory to the sight; yet in hue and shape the change was unceasing from moment to moment. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open And long before high noon they had A hundred fat bucks slain; Then, having dined, the drovers went To rouse the deer again. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) It was high noon when York Macpherson and his fair companion returned from the far side of the big Macpherson ranch. The Reclaimers Down there broadleaved convolvuli and creepers had formed a natural bower above a projecting block of stone, in which even at high noon one could sit almost in the dark. The Wish A Novel At high noon out came a little black bringing his supplies from the town, whistling and shuffling along, gay as a lark. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Again and again, as I sat hidden on the lake banks, beaver swam to and fro close beside me, even at high noon. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open It was high noon when Edwin turned the last page of this confession, and meantime the maid-servant had brought his dinner, which stood untouched on the little table. The Children of the World It was high noon when Casey's Fork, a rough lot of rocks in a bend of the Umihalo Creek, was reached. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West When I awoke once more it was high noon, and the vertical rays of the sun warned me that it was time to take shelter. Bill the Minder The sun reached high noon and then began his long, downward drift to the West. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery It was now high noon, and the crowd and bustle on the Appian Way redoubled. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs It was high noon when they reached the village which Hansei and his family had left two days before. On the Heights A Novel At high noon, from the greenroom of the bath-houses, Sweet-and-twenty floats down, clasps the sea to the hum of harps, breasts the waves to the laugh of brass and re-emerges to the sound of trumpets. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident I'm a very busy person About this time of year; At morning and at night-time I'm almost always here, But at high noon I steal away To come again at close of day. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 The sun chased him home, and as he lounged through high noon in the cool of the veranda, he marvelled at his earlier boredom. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Her gold eyes were brilliant as high noon, and her cheeks bore an unwonted color. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel It was not until high noon that she returned to the cottage. On the Heights A Novel It was now high noon, and we found the table already spread for the midday meal, which is the principal repast of the day among the Spaniards in Mexico. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Within this breast a fire is newly lit Whose glow shall sun the dew away, whose radiance Shall make the orb of night hang in the heavens Unnoticed, like a glow-worm at high noon. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded The time was high noon; the month, August. Seven Frozen Sailors It was still high noon when they landed by the weeping-willows on the shore, and entered the refreshing shade of the park which surrounded the convent. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine At high noon, and while I was still ranting like the stupid I have ever shown myself to be, word was given for us to cease work and partake of such rations as we had. The Minute Boys of Boston The surrounding mountains were high enough to throw a constant shadow on some part of the valley except at high noon. Tiger Cat I imagine that it was exactly high noon when I reached the chamber door; it was locked; but the key was not taken away. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 And his poor stupid orthodox mind asked a pitifully logical question: How could it get light, with the sun at high noon, in fifteen minutes? Twelve Times Zero "Right now," said Hamston, "it's probably high noon for every scientist behind the iron curtain." Moon Glow At that instant the night outside was lighted with a brilliance like that of high noon. Dave Dawson at Casablanca One day at high noon he left his desk to go to lunch at Martin's; crossing Madison Square, he suddenly fell dead, with a bullet in his brain. The Destroying Angel Anything might crouch there and be invisible, even at high noon. Dusty Star IT was now about high noon; but the air was cool and balmy, for the sun hardly penetrated the deep recesses of the green forest. The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. Is it nothing to take a mirage for a landscape, nothing to be hoodwinked of your confidence, to see high noon dissolve into obscurest night, a diamond into pinchbeck? Eden An Episode It was high noon before she got in sight of the cottonwoods on her homeward trail. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure But it was high noon before his mind shook off its stupor, or he awoke to a full consciousness of his situation. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 It was high noon when I reached the Mackerel camp, and I found the spectacled veterans hastily preparing to cross Duck Lake after the manner of aquatic warriors. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 It was now high noon, and a stifling hot day; but she braved the heat of the blistering sun, and trudged along the dusty way to her destination. Checkers A Hard-luck Story It was high noon when we had perceived Schnelling, and by two o’clock all the arrangements were made, the money was put in two leather bags, I had picked out ten men and had started. Francezka At high noon, I went over to Jake's shack and found him preparing his usual clammy concoction. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia It was high noon, and my father had just gone into the house. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas The dawn was in them, high noon as well. Mary Magdalen At high noon we shall visit Gloucester, and to-night we shall see Hereford. Cynthia's Chauffeur It was high noon before a point among the hills on the north was reached from which a fair view of the pile of rocks could be obtained. Through Apache Lands It was high noon in the desert, but there was no dazzling sunlight. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance He has been at Portsmouth’s since high noon. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Tomorrow at high noon seems a long way off, doesn't it? The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories It was the "high noon," as Nietzsche would say, of the composer—the latter part of whose career was clouded by a morose pessimism and disease. Ivory Apes and Peacocks So it was high noon, and the 197 schooner was under way, before I set my foot on shore at Fales�. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The light changes pretty rapidly; at high noon it only takes a few moments to exactly reverse the light. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Minstrel of moisture! silent when high noon Shows her tanned face among the thirsting clover And parching meadows, thy tenebrious tune Wakes with the dew or when the rain is over. Weeds by the Wall Verses Besides, it must end soon, and the high noon of prosperity return with the possession of her precious lamp. Clark's Field Then, Jack," he turned to me, "suppose we say high noon. Wings of the Wind It was high noon, and the sun hung in a pale blue sky dotted with pure white clouds. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 And then the agent’s night was turned to day––at least his high noon was turned to higher. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards At high noon, we met an American warship. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew The high noon of the endlessness had been unfamiliar for years. Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly? If I'm mistaken, sir, I'll apologize when we get ashore, but I carn't see any reason why the ceremony shouldn't take place at high noon. Wings of the Wind It is here high noon, as is shown by the shadow of the figures; and what sort of color is the sky � 10. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) On this high noon, when the servants had gone, the father sat back and looked at his son, who, it then occurred to him, astonishingly resembled his mother. The Paliser case “Are they going to be married at high noon in church?” The Gorgeous Girl Come forth, come forth! it is high noon," Cries Hugh the seneschal; "My masters, will ye ne'er have done? The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme There is a tale of a saloon-keeper who buried his wife in the morning, killed a man at high noon, and took unto himself a new bride before evening. When the West Was Young The sun rose clear and bright, and at high noon, as they approached the equator, it was sometimes hot, but the breeze which continually swept the deck tempered it to the crew and passenger. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils It was night, an Egyptian night at high noon! The Centurion's Story It was high noon when he reached the tavern. The Man from Time And this destructive German fire, accurate and relentless, the British soldiers faced unflinchingly from early dawn to high noon. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Work called him, and yet he loved to be near them in the rose-tinted high noon of their happiness. The Crevice I have heard of melons so thick in a patch, and so big around, that the sunshine couldn’t get to the ground except at high noon. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas But on this day a time came, about high noon, when the assemblage—and the fog—began at last to melt. The Wild Geese Finally she learned that the wedding would take place on April fifteenth at the residence of the prospective bride, the hour being high noon. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Although it was high noon when they were at Lumberport the Girls of Central High and their boy friends had not lunched there. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret It was high noon, and the sun gleamed on the brass trumpet as the long note blew. Red Men and White It was now555 high noon; and, after a pleasant stroll, we retreated again to the alcove, where we found a cold collation556 prepared for our reception. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance My soul within me sought the sea, Leading me foam-ward: But the lost moon’s ghost returned with me Through the high noon. The Dark Star Thou Sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge Him thy greater; sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb’st, And when high noon hast gained, and when thou fall’st. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' He wants you to be just as holy at high noon on Monday or Wednesday, as in the sanctuary on Sabbath morning. Days of Heaven Upon Earth The hour appointed for the ceremony was high noon, but an amusing contretemps blocked the way. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century As I walked back through the brightly lighted streets which were still as much alive as at high noon, I felt that after all this was my ward and my city. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America Lost at high noon— Where is your soul then? The Dark Star I should also belong to every secret society in the city, and attend every public gathering no matter what the hour, whether it be called at high noon or at dawn of day. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Go back to the age of Pericles; it is the high noon of Greek civilization. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II “Child, I could make them sleep until the sun was high noon, but they are about the queen’s business, and I durst not.” In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The brazen trumpets of the sky even at high noon could not phase W. Deegan. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm At broad high noon he came upon her, in a bare, stony place tufted with milk-bush. The Dop Doctor It's high noon and the sun's been on it since eight o'clock, but still it seems very wonderful. It, and Other Stories At high noon the humming began again, and it seemed to be louder than when he had listened to it on the two former occasions—the air was full of the vibrant droning. The Doomsman It was high noon before they woke up again—woke up to find breakfast unexpectedly provided, for the faithful Burke had risen betimes and drawn two fine salmon from the nets set in the river. The True Story Book The Sunflower Ranch needs my talents, so I can’t go with the crowd, but I may draggle in about high noon. Winning the Wilderness It was high noon of a perfect summer's day. The Orchard of Tears The marriage took place on a Wednesday at high noon in the office of Justice of the Peace Dycus. Sundry Accounts Many new buds had unfolded since high noon. Athalie You have only to remember Turner's second high noon to be assured of it. Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 The clock had scarcely announced that it was high noon when a group of men drew their chairs up to a dinner table generously loaded with country hotel fare. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) The housing gleamed blindingly in the sun of high noon, as perfect as the day it had been completed. Cerebrum The camp lay listless in the glaring heat of high noon. The Tale of a Trooper It was high noon before Vanheimert opened a seeing eye and blinked it in the unveiled sun. Stingaree I became as one who saw the earth as it is, in a high noon of its real self. The Lost Art of Reading The morning when the blossoms are laden with the fragrance of the night, high noon when the bees are busy, the gloaming when the birds drop into the boughs, these are his by divine right. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 As o'er the grass, beneath the larches there We gaily stepped, the high noon overhead, Then Love was born—was born so strong and fair. The Light of Scarthey "The sun was so high that when Lone Bear walked in the clearing it cast no shadow," replied the Pawnee, thereby signifying that Otto Relstaub disappeared at high noon. Footprints in the Forest The fashionable hour for a wedding is from high noon—midday—until five o'clock. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men The swaying of the hammock sets in motion a cool breeze, and lying at full length, one is admitted at high noon to a new domain which has no other portal but this. Edge of the Jungle He was scarcely the build of man to sleep comfortably at high noon in midsummer. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim When the day was dull and insects were on the wing, he hunted, though it was high noon. Bird Stories The wedding, which took place at "high noon" in an Anglican church, was a wonderful experience for William. William Adolphus Turnpike It was high noon when they heard the whir of wings and knew they were followed. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations At earliest dawn they swam aimlessly about and mumbled; at high noon they mumbled and still swam; at midnight they refused to be otherwise occupied. Edge of the Jungle But it did not, though it was high noon, certainly. Captain Horace It was noon, by that time, "high noon too," and the smell of nice dinners floated out to him from the farm-houses, as he trudged by; but to beg a meal he was ashamed. Little Grandfather I imagine that it was exactly high noon when I reached the chamber door; it was locked, but the key was not taken away. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 That first morning Devore assigned him to cover a wedding at high noon, high noon being the phrase we always used for a wedding that took place round twelve o'clock in the day. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights It was high noon now, by the sun, and very hot. Cricket at the Seashore It was high noon, the next day, when Archie walked into the Lodge. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Nearly ten, and twenty miles of rough river and road to cover before high noon. Days Off And Other Digressions The young chevalier found himself on the bridge at Bâle at high noon. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 What gay peacock was this strutting all point-device in scarlet slippers and satin and damask, spreading his gaudy feathers at high noon in sober Boston streets!—was this our boasted Republican simplicity? Customs and Fashions in Old New England It was high noon when the battalion got back to barracks and the officers hung out their moist clothing to dry in the sun. Waring's Peril It is the use of the word "consummated" in a phrase like "the marriage was consummated in the First Baptist Church at high noon"! Confessions of a Book-Lover The viewscreen was black in the light of the control room, even though it was high noon outside. Cry from a Far Planet The shimmering atmosphere seemed to pant about her; and through the high noon, over the still waters and sleeping shore, hummed the peering strains of a weird little song. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy You see, the world is revolving about the sun steadily, and it is always high noon somewhere on the globe. Tales of Fantasy and Fact At high noon on the equator, the temperature reached a sweltering 180° absolute; it became somewhat chillier toward the poles. Unwise Child He knows every visitor who knocks at the door of my life, whether the visitor come at the high noon or at the midnight. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year It was a fortnight and Gusterson was loping down the home stretch on his 40,000-word insanity novel before Fay dropped in again, this time promptly at high noon. The Creature from Cleveland Depths Candles at high noon, yellow fogs, and torches in mid-day, do not suit me, so I’m off again to a purer atmosphere. Olla Podrida At high noon we started gayly, and the palace entrance found; And I sought the statesman Yorghi with a purpose to unfold. Stories in Verse "What do you think?" cried Patricia radiantly, swooping down on Elinor as she came slowly out of the portrait room at high noon on the momentous Tuesday. Miss Pat at School Let me see you to-morrow in the Grove, for a few minutes, at high noon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Nevertheless, we were delayed only a few hours; for the Olympian was polite enough not to strike us below the water-line, and so by high noon we were fairly under way. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska "YOU can broadcast that over the P-A system at high noon." Masters of Space It was nearly high noon on the following day that the Dowager left the palace, taking with her all her belongings. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein I’ll see that: for there I’ll put her in the kitchen and the mill, And make her full of ashes, smoke, and meal: 87 Nay at high noon too she shall gather stubble. The Comedies of Terence It was almost high noon and Lola was not yet up. Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare And in the heat and brightness of the high noon the green and coolness of the forestways were sweet, and the sound of tiny streams hidden beneath the leaves was refreshing. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Thus it was barely high noon of the third day when the thirty Cross Cañonites reached their destination. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier It was then high noon, and the battle soon became general. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Here he did not know when he stopped, for he went to sleep on his feet, and woke and found himself on his back by the roadside, with the sun at high noon. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Five o'clock when we began to move, and here is high noon, and impatience all on edge, and nothing done. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea On Monday, they began to hunt, Ere daylight did appear; And long before high noon they had A hundred fat bucks slain: Then, having dined, the drovers went To rouse the deer again. English Songs and Ballads I was on stable sentry duty at some idle high noon of mid-summer, and a playful chum of mine, whose name was Barlow, laid a little trap for me. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile It was high noon, beneath a brilliant sky. The Long Roll As Kid Wolf rode into the town, a hard wind was blowing across the sands and it was high noon. Kid Wolf of Texas The damsel Linet besought Fair-hands not to blow the horn till high noon, for the Red Knight's might grew greater all through the morn, till, as men said, he had seven men's strength. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" It was high noon, and the highest tide of the market. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida It was high noon when Joyce came quickly into the office, her face pale and set, and a strange expression in her eyes. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls The Army of the Valley, advance and main column, and rearguard, artillery and wagon train, came down the moon-lighted road, having marched twenty miles since high noon. The Long Roll Being high noon by that time, the demands of nature made our huntress think of a mid-day meal. The Hot Swamp Then suddenly he came to himself and was the missionary again, with his senses all on the alert, and a keen realization that it was high noon and his patient was waking up. The Man of the Desert Here is the third of the trilogy, his high noon. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn It was high noon in the little town of Parbridge; the streets were bright and silent, and the walls of the houses were hot to the touch. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset There seems to be, even in educated women, a singular, instinctive love of twilight; and here was twilight at high noon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 It was high noon when the young Texan woke up and when he rose Pond still lay sleeping. Wild Bill's Last Trail At the same time, it being now high noon, the vertical sun streamed down upon the uncovered trucks until they resembled so many ovens. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru To these friends who, with Paul, loved and mourned his beautiful Queen and their dear son, the calm peace and serenity of the high noon of Paul's life will seem but well-deserved happiness. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn He says"—Trinfan smiled—"that he could go at high noon and would not be seen. Rebel Spurs Even afterward, they glared like the cloud-veiled sun of Gram at high noon. Space Viking Many had been routed out without any breakfast, and now it was high noon. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Hence here even at high noon, one side or the other might be in deep shadow. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Then will it be the high noon of his life. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn The daylight, dim even at high noon, hardly suggested a possible sun shining anywhere. The Secret of the Storm Country It was high noon on a gloriously sunshiny Indian summer day in November; one of the last fond concessions of Mother Nature to those who still mourn her departed "darling of the year." Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer After a morning, or "high noon" wedding, a "breakfast" is usually served. Etiquette It took but a moment's deliberation; he elected to go out at high noon. The Seventh Noon Time's finger on the dial of my life Points to high noon! and yet the half-spent day Leaves less than half remaining, for the dark, Bleak shadows of the grave engulf the end. Custer, and Other Poems. Alfred learned afterwards that high noon was early for Harrison, he always did his work between twelve o'clock midnight and bed-time. Watch Yourself Go By In a stately church on Chapel Hill, Golden Summer was at high noon in two hearts. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer But last May day there was enough and to spare—enough, at all events, to last until the Virginian and I gave up, at high noon of May 3. Europe After 8:15 We were in the deeps of the forest now, and, high noon as it was, it was grey as twilight. Orrain A Romance Evening weddings are no longer the custom, and the fashionable hour is now high noon, although in many cases three o'clock in the afternoon is the hour chosen. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference In those days everybody ate dinner at high noon. Watch Yourself Go By It was high noon when the mule came back, his heels striking fire, and his rider's eyes flashing, as if ignited from the sparks the steel had emitted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 He stood at the edge of the jungle at high noon. Son of Power I must have slept for a good four hours, and on awakening found it was high noon. Orrain A Romance The princess, worn out by many days of suffering, went to sleep in the shed which furnished her with quarters, and never woke until high noon on the following day. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 The lady rider on the back of a fast flying steed, one foot pointing to six o'clock, the other to high noon, was searched for in vain. Watch Yourself Go By It was by now high noon and insufferably hot, and the soft alluvial dust churned up by motor bicycles and galloping hoofs rose in suffocating clouds. With Our Army in Palestine It was not until high noon that they halted by a spring of sweet water, and the American thought of his thirst. Son of Power As the sun approached high noon a halt was called in shade of a thicket on a little ridge, where the air was fresher than in the dark, steaming hollows. Jack Haydon's Quest The clouds are the very clouds of sunset, or sunrise, or high noon—clouds differing widely from each other, as you have no doubt observed. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art She waited and waited; the time went on, and it was high noon. Young Lucretia and Other Stories It was high noon on the following day when I set forth again. Border and Bastille Though it was high noon, and the landscape was shimmering in the heat-mist created by the unusual power and brilliance of the sun, they distinctly saw a thin pillar of smoke rising above the trees. The Captain of the Kansas A solitary lifetime brought it from sunrise to high noon; and from that hour what could the sun do but sink? A Hero and Some Other Folks It would be high noon before many minutes. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila And still, when it seemed the end of the day, it was not high noon. Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Until high noon had passed the old warrior stood under the scorching solar rays, his blood at length seeming to boil in his veins, while he sank suffocated to the earth. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII We lived right on the river where the boat landed and I remember the boat left at high noon and I cried all the rest of the afternoon. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Those made all present, now at high noon. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West He told me that in cities robberies of private dwellings are oftener committed at high noon, when many houses are left empty, than at night, when they are full of snoring folk. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 There are empty, brackish phrases enough, God knows—"high noon" among them. A Book of Prefaces For several hours before high noon the wires from Prescott had been hot with demand for news, and with messages from Byrne or Plume to department headquarters. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier He replenished the fire, and then when high noon flooded the living room with a pale glow, he set forth a meagre but nourishing meal. Joyce of the North Woods Weary fa' the men folk that let you lie down with the dew-draps on your bonny curls—bonnier than Miss Alice's, for a' their fleechin'—as if it were high noon. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Midnight was the high noon of ghostly and demoniac revelry on the earth. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life We have to go deep into the thicket," Astro explained, using the local term for the jungle, "so that at high noon we can make camp and take a break. The Revolt on Venus The popularity of Cooper was at its high noon. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Then at high noon, not measured by any ticking clock in the Settlement, the matter being decided by P�re Marquette and the sun alone, the middle door was flung open. Wolf Breed The famous Albert memorial statue was blown to shivers by dynamite at high noon, and unbridled license became the watchword of the masses. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow It was high noon and down there the midday meal was cooking. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure It was high noon when they entered and found a table; by the time they had finished their dinner, the night was ending and the first glow of dawn was tinting the distant hills. Last Enemy We were in Lourdes again next morning a little after six o'clock; and already it might have been high noon, for the streets were one moving mass of pilgrims. Lourdes It was now high noon, and Leigh, left alone, paced up and down the large, sunny square, filled with appreciative thoughts of the bishop. The Mayor of Warwick On a market day, in 1659, Mr. Harrison's house was broken into, at high noon, while he and his whole family were 'at the Lecture,' in church, a Puritan form of edification. Historical Mysteries It was high noon in the city of Antwerp. In Search of the Unknown But Farwell knew full well that by high noon his guard would have sensed danger and be uncommonly active, so he pushed the march to Priscilla's utmost limit. The Place Beyond the Winds About high noon of the same day they met again before the gate of a great city. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 Lo, as the acorn to the oak, As well-heads to the river's height, As to the chicken the moist yolk, As to high noon the day's first white— Such is the baby to the man. The Heptalogia In another hour it would be high noon of the short shadow. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade When it was high noon, and there were no shadows, even upon the hill, it seemed that they might lift up their heads, but they only twined their branches more closely together. Flower of the Dusk Each and every man had been promised a bonus for every day between the time when water was poured down into the sunken Valley and the coming of high noon upon October the first. Under Handicap A Novel Delilah's bedroom was high noon under a blazing sun, the sitting-room was midnight under the stars. Contrary Mary At the age of thirty-five, in the high noon of his manhood, he showed to the world a friendly, unenterprising face, neatly bearded, and generally a little vacant. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories She had read Sordello with her husband until she thought its meaning was as clear as high noon. Visionaries It is high noon when the "sweet lute's master" seeks retirement from the heat, "on the scene of a green plat, under protection of an oak," by the bank of the Tiber. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors They had walked about the wood, made themselves hungry, and lunched like labourers at high noon. The Helpmate State Street at midnight is a very different affair from State Street at high noon. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales In the first of these the realistic artist, Fra Lippo, is graphically pictured personally ushering in the high noon of the Italian efflorescence. Men and Women How much more beautiful was the world now—at night's high noon—than at the same hour of the day. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Morning followed and high noon, still no movement; the Staff breathed a sigh of relief, the Infantry groused, and we occupied our front line, preparing to pass a normal night. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. It is high noon; we had best hunt up a lunch. Arms and the Woman Can you beat that for a batty conversation to be handed across the table, right on Broadway at high noon? Wilt Thou Torchy The moon had risen, and mingling with the red of the gas made that part of the narrow street almost as light as if it had been high noon. The Halo You are hereby most lovingly invited to visit and formally accept this testimonial on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at high noon. Pulpit and Press One by one they discontinue their lays, until at high noon the bobolink and the warbling flycatcher are almost the only vocalists to be heard in the fields. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader At high noon the colossal figure of Washington on the steps of the Sub-Treasury looks down on the centre of the earth. Fifth Avenue With high noon, too, came the summer westerly, screeching and whistling and lashing the Gulf to a brief fury. Poor Man's Rock Night or day, on the surface or submerged, only one time, a kind of motionless electric high noon, existed within those concave walls of gleaming cream-white enamel. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Then from the ship leaped the Prince, far-darting Apollo, like a star at high noon, while the gledes of fire flew from him, and the splendour flashed to the heavens. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Now when the Tortoise came to the school it was high noon, and all the children were waiting open-mouthed for their mammas and the lunches which they expected. The Curious Book of Birds Austin always said that high noon was the supreme moment of the day. Austin and His Friends It was now high noon, at least so they judged from the look of the sun, and Agnes strove by every means to re-assure her fainting companions. Woman As She Should Be or, Agnes Wiltshire It was high noon when Mollie awoke, refreshed in body and mind. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week It was now high noon, and I had left the hunt half an hour ago, turned my face towards the coast, and lit a cigar to beguile the way. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches He opened his eyes, and saw that it was high noon, and that he was being carried in a litter through the valley. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 The army that Prince Frederick Charles locked up in Metz could have marched from Parthia to Spain against the resistance of the whole Roman Empire, at the high noon of that imperial power! Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World One day in September, the same Andrew Oliver, of whom I before told you, was summoned to appear at high noon, under Liberty Tree. True Stories of History and Biography Why establish control by cumbersome, superfluous machinery when the war has made it clear as the sun at high noon that the essential desideratum, British Union, exists now? New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 Under the trees it is always twilight, even at high noon; and the houses, morning or evening, are half in shadow. The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories It was high noon by the glaring sun when she suddenly saw another human being. The Girl from Montana The sun rose higher and higher till it blazed at high noon. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel It was high noon the next day when he awoke. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories Meanwhile daylight progresses from glowing beauty to high noon, and there the acme of brilliance seems to pause, as freed humanity stares half-blinded at God's midday rest. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls So clear was the atmosphere at times that a glimpse could be had of the planet Venus disporting herself in the heavens at high noon. The Honorable Percival It was high noon when he awoke, for the sun had reached around the sage-brush, and was pouring full into his face. The Girl from Montana But we must carry it to the camera which stands waiting for it in the blaze of high noon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 If it were habitual for grandes dames to go barefoot on our boulevards or to wear sleeveless dresses at high noon, the contrary would be embarrassing. Sex and Society Nevertheless, by high noon they were suffering again. The Wings of the Morning It was high noon and Merrivale was dozing in a chair by the rusty stove, in which a fire, prepared against the evening chill, was already burning. The Man Thou Gavest They travel three full days to reach the Norway fjords, and five in addition to see the high noon of midnight. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees By the time my wife's warriors were settled and had completed the renovation of their toilets it was high noon. The War of the Wenuses Soon a golden circle would be drawn around the sky, and deep midnight become bright as high noon. A Daughter of the Snows Though it was high noon, dew yet remained upon the abundance of ferns and rock-mosses on those heights around the camp. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 At high noon the bazaar was opened with a flourish of trumpets and a fanfaronade by the band. Patty and Azalea It was high noon by the sun and Tolleson's was practically deserted. A Man Four-Square It was now high noon, and he felt hungry, so he disposed of the lunch he had carried, at Bluff's suggestion. The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf They were to enter the ceremonial temple at high noon and in their ears were to be the sound of timbrels and brass, trumpets and drums and the glad though raucous songs of a kingdom. Nedra The smoke rising from different points on the mainland kept sifting and sifting until at high noon the air was pearl-gray. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 She flashed upon him a look so bright that it was as if high noon had returned to the garden. Sir Mortimer In the little lane there was continual quiet whether at dawn or at high noon, so that one might have thought the whole town asleep, or at least napping. Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times It is high noon, and the well is on unshaded ground. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama It was well that the time was not far from high noon. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The many loves of Robert Burns all ended in a black jumping-off place, and before he had reached high noon, he tossed over the last bundle of white-ribboned missives and tumbled in after them. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors The name was loudly called, and thus it was no slight tide of sound which bore it, that high noon in the year 158-, into the busy London street. Sir Mortimer It was high noon and an insupportable itching pervaded my entire frame, that being the effect of sunshine in that country, as heat is in ours. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 Then at high noon Brynhild sent for Gunnar and sought to whet him to the slaying of Sigurd, for to such hatred was her love turned. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung They formed sets and danced--danced a dance of the indomitable, at high noon, the heat blinding, the sand hot under feet not all of which were shod. The Covered Wagon His pictures never seem to suggest any time but high noon, in spirit, at least. Promenades of an Impressionist So in the rustic hamlet at high noon The white owl sailing drowsed and deaf with sleep To hide her head in turrets browned of moss That is the rust of time. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Scarce at all would speak the rills, And I saw the idle hills, In their amber hazes deep, Fold themselves and go to sleep, Though it was not yet high noon. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. At high noon, then, when the silver bell on Alice's night table broke the stillness of her bedroom, her French maid, Annette, entered noiselessly and slid back the soft curtains screening the bay window. The Lady of Big Shanty Under the clear sky of high noon the people of Bute had assembled on the great plain of Laws, at the margin of Loch Ascog. The Thirsty Sword We reached the Arroyo Seco by high noon, and found the ambulance in camp and the coffee pot boiling. A Texas Matchmaker In sudden climax the motion of the waves fills all the brass in triumphant paean, in the gleam of high noon. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies In high noon, in the open places, pools of water form in the ice. The New North And so we came to the town at high noon, and already there was the bustle of a gathering host in the place, for the news had fled before us. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln It was now high noon, so we turned the herd and allowed them to graze back while we went to dinner. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days The ceremony of dedication was to be followed by mass at high noon. A Texas Matchmaker It was high noon when the two returned to their respective quarters. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings "Why, my niece is to be married Monday at high noon." Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis It was not unusual for her to come home from school at high noon and find a front-room group of one, two, three, or four guests, almost invariably men. The Vertical City |
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