| 单词 | human foot |
| 例句 | We could see the rims of plates and what looked like the foot of a teakettle—it was shaped like a human foot, complete with painted toenails. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Each one was bent at the knee and ended in a bare brown human foot. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s like a drawing of a dream—almost too good for a lowly human foot. The Genius of Manolo Blahnik Is on Full Display in The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The sculpture had become, after all these years, about the protraction of the human foot and the celestial head. Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z He tackles faces and flowers, and everyday objects: a human foot, scissors, an electric plug. iPad Art Gains Recognition in New Hockney Exhibit 2013-10-28T15:23:15Z Peele ends up with “a platter of stork ankles, an old cellar door, a possum spine and a human foot”. Beyond black and white 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Second place receives a cute li’l squeeze toy consisting of a shark with a human foot sticking out of its mouth; squeeze Sharkie and it sticks out farther. Style Invitational Week 1287: Oldies for newsies — a song parody contest 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The details of its footwork build in a heady crescendo; the complexity of the human foot becomes intoxicating. Dance Review: Stripped Down to Black and White, Revealing Balanchine at His Core 2011-05-04T22:08:37Z A horse with enormous balls and grinning head stamps on a woman; a human foot kicks at a woman thrown from her bicycle. Picasso: War, peace and a life of extremes 2010-05-19T20:29:00Z He said the Seattle Police Foundation was inspired by Clallam County, which successfully raised enough money this year to DNA test a human foot found in a sneaker outside Port Angeles. Nonprofit seeks $15K to identify human remains found in Magnolia 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z A human foot that washed ashore near the Elwha River over a year ago has been identified as the remains of a woman who disappeared five years ago. Human foot washed ashore near Elwha River belonged to missing woman 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Figure 29.15 This drawing shows the bones of the human foot and ankle, including the metatarsals and the phalanges. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Early in the third quarter Saturday night, as Smart attacked the glass for a rebound, he and Lowry collided, and his foot landed in a way that a human foot shouldn’t. Perspective | For the Celtics and Heat, gruesome playoff injuries hurt so good 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Police were called to a residence in Iosco County in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula after a garbage bag with a human foot protruding from it was found at the home. Michigan mom says SpongeBob SquarePants told her to kill 3-year-old daughter 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Police were called last Friday to a residence in Iosco County in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula after a garbage bag with a human foot protruding from it was found at the home. Woman charged after daughter, 3, found dead in garbage bag 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z An incredible athletic feat overruled by the slightest of margins of a human foot. ‘Seattle can only blame itself’: National media react to the Seahawks’ Week 2 loss to the Titans 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Authorities are investigating after a human foot was found on the 210 Freeway in San Bernardino. Human foot found in median of 210 Freeway in San Bernardino 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Now the transverse arch is stepping into the spotlight, with a proposed central role in the evolution of human foot stiffness. Daily briefing: When a tiny lab accident almost leads to amputation 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z As such, caution is necessary before relying on this curvature parameter alone as the key variable in assessing human foot stiffness. Ahead of the curve in the evolution of human feet 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” – those were the perfect words for the first human foot being placed on the moon, even if Armstrong did forget to say the “a”. The greatest photos ever? Why the moon landing shots are artistic masterpieces 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Police responded in Crown Point after a fisherman reported snagging what appeared to be a human foot. Authorities: Foot in Indiana pond was that of missing woman 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z But when Philip Piper, an archaeologist at the University of the Philippines, later sorted through the finds, he noticed one that resembled a human foot bone. An Ancient Human Species Is Discovered in a Philippine Cave 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z An Indiana mother is believed to be dead after a human foot was found in a pond earlier this week, officials said Wednesday. Missing Indiana mom linked to foot found in lake, police say 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Venkadesan and colleagues’ research suggests a new mechanism that links foot form and function and sets the scene for a possible shift in how the human foot is considered. Ahead of the curve in the evolution of human feet 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The foot, which was discovered in September 2018, is the 15th time in just over a decade that a human foot was discovered on the British Columbia shoreline. Mystery deepens as cops unable to ID human foot that washed up on Vancouver shore 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z A human foot found inside a boot that washed up on an island off of Washington state last month belonged to a man missing since 2016, authorities said Tuesday. Washington man ID’d from human foot found in boot that washed ashore 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z What appears to be a human foot inside a boot washed up on Jetty Island in Everett, according to police. Everett beachgoers find foot on New Year’s Day 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z It is designed to mimic a human foot as closely as possible, and it all looks very cool. Being bionic: how technology transformed my life 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Perhaps even more exciting are the implications of this work for efforts to mimic a human foot when designing prosthetic limbs or legged robots. Ahead of the curve in the evolution of human feet 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z A recent review article from researchers Ellison McNutt and colleagues tracks the literature on the evolution of the human foot. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z This was the 14th human foot since 2007 to be discovered on the coastline. Where was Melania? Who bit Beyoncé? The biggest mysteries of 2018 – so far 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z “Upon inspection, it was determined skeletal remains of what appeared to be a human foot was inside of the shoe,” it said in a statement. Human foot found near site of California SUV cliff crash 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Most curious is a tall clay rabbit holding a human foot — because, in truth, how lucky is a rabbit foot charm for the rabbit? L.A.'s quirkiest museum? It's gotta be the Bunny Museum 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z In December, a tibia and fibula attached to a left human foot with a white ankle sock in a black running shoe was found on a Vancouver Island beach in the hamlet of Jordan River. Foot found on Vancouver Island beach belonged to Kitsap County man 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Taken together with the discovery of Lucy, as well as the Laetoli footprints, OH 8 served the story that the human foot was adapted from the arboreal chimpanzee foot. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Police think it may be linked to the discovery of a human foot on a beach near Bangor on Wednesday. Two bodies found on beach identified 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The partially decomposed body part recently found in a back yard in Springfield, Va., wasn’t actually a human foot as first thought. A ‘human foot’ found in a Fairfax County back yard turns out to be a bear paw 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Police sent photographs of the suspected body part to the chief medical examiner’s office, which advised its appearance was consistent with that of a human foot. Police: Remains believed to be human foot likely bear paw 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z A grisly discovery was made Saturday in a back yard in the Springfield area: Someone found a partially decomposed human foot, Fairfax County police said. Man assaulted, set on fire in Fairfax County, police say 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z In piecing together these discoveries, it became clear that the evolutionary story of the human foot wouldn’t be explained linearly. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Police said the medical examiner’s confirmed it was a human foot. Virginia police investigating after human foot found in yard 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z When officers arrived, they “observed a partially decomposed human foot,” police said. A ‘human foot’ found in a Fairfax County back yard turns out to be a bear paw 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z He died before they were shown, sold, or explained, and they’re filled with things like dirty napkins, postcards, toys, and clothes, as well as, notably, half a piece of pizza and a human foot. How one artist’s ‘encrypted’ paintings memorialize the concept of privacy 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z A citizen walking near Lake West spotted what appeared to be a human foot and ankle in June 2016. Burlington police link foot found at lake to missing man 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The human foot evolved independently of other developments within human evolution and at different rates between species. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z With 26 individual bones held together with muscle, ligaments and joints, the human foot is easily the most complicated part of the human body. Passing on secrets of boot-making is the task of a lifetime 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z There are more than 250,000 sweat glands in each human foot, along with a host of bacteria that live on the skin’s surface. Why Do Some People Have Inescapable Foot Odor? 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z There was blood and debris everywhere and a human foot in the roadway. ‘This was not an accident. This was a bomb.’ 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z For example, whereas open-water swimmers routinely encounter floating debris such as driftwood or plastic bottles, a human foot washed ashore Rio in June. Swimmers Want a Rio Snoozefest 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z If we want to unlock the "ancestral foot," the modern human foot may hold clues. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z This week, a human foot washed ashore on Copacabana Beach, yards from where beach volleyball players will compete. Woes Confound Rio in Run-Up to Olympic Games 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z A severed human foot found in a park in Bath earlier this year was probably an anatomical specimen used in teaching, police have said. Mystery severed foot found in Bath park 'a teaching aid' - BBC News 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z They found the ancient hominin’s foot shared many features with the modern human foot, suggesting that it was well-suited for standing and walking on two feet. Extinct Tree-Climbing Human Walked with a Swagger 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z It has a tiny ape-like brain perched on a body proportioned much like a small modern human; it has ape-like shoulders and torso, curved fingers for climbing trees—and a remarkably human foot. New Human Ancestor Elicits Awe—and Many Questions 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The story of the human foot is still unfolding. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z When Sholom “Doc” Friedman studied podiatry 60 years ago at Temple University, his teachers told students that to pinpoint the reason a human foot aches, they really needed to do only two things. Why do we wear shoes we know are bad for us? Blame fashion. 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Despite what DeSilva sees as evolutionary patchwork, Davis thinks the human foot is “just a fantastic structure.” The Hazards of Being an Athletic Ape 2012-10-16T13:45:00.227Z The human foot is particularly difficult to model because of its complexity. Virtual foot set to help healing 2012-09-20T11:55:10Z It comes a day after hikers nearby found a severed human foot whose toe nails were painted in yellow polish. Woman's head found in Canada park 2012-08-16T20:57:15Z Another parcel with what looked like a human foot was found at St George's school for boys in the western Canadian city. More body parts found in Canada 2012-06-06T04:51:59Z Mr Magnotta is suspected of posting a human foot to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's offices on Tuesday. Porn actor 'may have fled Canada' 2012-05-31T15:28:28Z A blood-soaked package containing a human foot was delivered to the offices of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party on Tuesday. Second body part posted in Canada 2012-05-30T08:00:10Z OTTAWA—Police in Canada's capital are investigating a suspicious package sent to the headquarters of the governing Conservative Party that law-enforcement officials say contained a human foot. Human Foot Mailed to Canada's Governing Party 2012-05-29T23:17:28Z Police in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, are investigating what appears to be a human foot, sent to the headquarters of the governing federal Conservative Party. 'Foot' posted to Canadian party 2012-05-29T21:53:34Z Much of the book’s significance rested in its assertion that cushioned running shoes were a hazard to the human foot. Caballo Blanco?s Last Run: The Micah True Story 2012-05-21T14:57:31Z From the point on which I stood this ancient hill appeared to be untrodden by human foot, and tenanted only by wandering sheep and goats, except the hoarse-croaking ravens. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z We were able to pick out tracks of hares and foxes, but one that at first looked like a human foot puzzled us considerably. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Meanwhile the two young leaders, with their picked band, made their way among the hills by the dark, sylvan mountain paths, whose wilderness no human foot had ever yet trod. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z On some of the rocks I remarked impressions, as if made with the heel of a human foot. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Up to the realm of ice you led the way, high on the slopes of Monte Rosa has my clumsy, human foot trodden the snow in the track of your dainty mountain shoes. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Around it there was no trace of human foot, nor hoof of cattle. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Eagerly in the gathering gloom she examined the face of the granite for some trace of human foot and imagined she could make out a mark here and there as of boot nails. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z The passage by which Gray had just entered seemed to be the only mode of access: no human foot could scale those dark overhanging cliffs. The Bushranger's Secret 2012-02-09T03:00:14.847Z Then came the crunch of a human foot on the waterside grass. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z And ne'er may human foot or breath, Their dew disturb again: but not more still Stand they, o'er-shadowed by their palmy hill, Than this deserted cottage! The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z I have seen slopes and heights here which doubtless were never trodden by any human foot. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z Instep, in′step, n. the prominent upper part of the human foot near its junction with the leg: in horses, the hind-leg from the ham to the pastern joint. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z In the higher and more remote regions of the Southern Alps, never yet trodden by human foot, there was nothing left for me to do. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z In our opinion, this latter difference clearly recalls certain characters of the general form of the human foot. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z But after that time no human foot ever trod the sand-banks again. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z An object found on a Queens lawn Sunday night that was initially reported to be a small child’s severed foot is not a human foot at all, the medical examiner’s office said Monday morning. City Room: Object Found on Queens Lawn Is Not a Human Foot 2011-11-07T15:04:44Z Probably no human foot had trodden this soil in a thousand years, save along the little narrow path of black beaten mud that wound tortuously through it. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z The ankle demonstrates less flexibility than that of apes, but more than is possible for the modern human foot. Pieces of the Human Evolutionary Puzzle: Who Was Australopithecus sediba? 2011-09-09T23:15:05.257Z The greater convexity of the outer portion of the hoof is found equally on the human foot; the external border of this foot is more convex than the opposite one. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Now she took red paint, and upon her chest she made a tiny human foot. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z “It’s still unclear what it is, but it’s definitely not a human foot.” City Room: Object Found on Queens Lawn Is Not a Human Foot 2011-11-07T15:04:44Z What appears to be a human foot in a running shoe was found floating in a downtown inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday. | THE AMERICAS: In Canada, Remains, Possibly Human, Found in Inlet 2011-09-01T02:31:07Z “Well, at present,” she said, “he is drawing the human foot in outline, and it certainly hasn’t a stocking on.” The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z No human foot had trod the gravel paths since last winter's snow had melted, and the free and easy life of beasts and flowers was left undisturbed. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z ANTIOCH, Ill. — A boy fishing in a northern Illinois lake hooked — and then lost — what he thought was a human foot, but a search determined the appendage had belonged to a mannequin. Boy spots mannequin?s foot in Illinois lake, believes it is human, spurring 10-hour hunt 2011-08-11T13:41:23Z As the precipice to which the nest clung was almost perpendicular, and no human foot could tread it, a rope was fastened round Wally's waist. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z A fearful wilderness of gigantic forest trees, and intermingling underwood, separated these two missions;—a savage and awful solitude, which, probably, since the beginning of the world, had never been trodden by human foot. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z Once he nearly lost his nerve altogether, for suddenly there was behind him a sound as if some human foot had stumbled. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z For the most part these were all untrodden by human foot, and so their mystery deepened. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z He did not relish this nocturnal invasion of the gospel-house where no human foot had trod since the killing of his father. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Its surface, clear to the edge of the cove, was sheeted with ice, as yet untouched by a human foot, and pure as the spring from which that stream took its source. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Neither let any attempt to plant a human foot upon the soil of the newly-divided shires and counties, partitioned though they be into the mystic likeness of the twelve tribes of Israel. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z Then I heard steps mounting the stairs—steps, no human foot could make—the strong swift steps of a Messenger whom nothing could delay. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z That room which from henceforth no human foot would enter. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Therefore, I fled from the face of man into the jungle where no human foot had ever gone. Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India 2011-03-14T03:01:03.290Z The prints depend upon a peculiarity seen in the human hand and to some extent in the human foot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z It was a track not greatly different from that of an enormous human foot; and the separate toes were entirely distinct. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z A pair of gray slippers stood on a table, and I was sure no full grown human foot could get its toes into them, but she stepped into them with the greatest ease. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z To climb a mountain-summit which no human foot had ever before trod, or to win a beautiful, proud woman who met his advances with coy reserve,--either attempt attracted him. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z And no asphalt or block-paved avenue or well-worked pike can give the responsive pressure to the touch of a human foot or a horse-hoof that came always from those smooth and comely trails. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Each claw of the footprint is about the size of an average human foot. Baan Na Kum Journal: Old Bones Yield a New Age of Dinosaurs 2010-07-13T01:02:00Z Every rock where a human foot might scrape away the moss was scanned. The Girl From Tim's Place Were it not for these opportunities of seeing nature we, in this country, should have but little idea of the true shape of the human foot, except what we learn from statues. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress The door opening on the court was always ajar, but the dusty floor was never trodden by human foot. At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas The moccasin is not a timorous or quick-nerved snake; in a place like the South Devil, when a human foot or boat approaches, generally he does not stir. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches A rose-bush in the midst had been broken down by some hasty human foot, or perhaps by a bullock or other large trespassing animal. The Firebrand She gazed on the mountains, unchanged since the day of their creation, peaks which no human foot had ever trod, which only the clouds could touch and on which the eagle's eye had rested. On the Heights A Novel Let the reader compare the line of the sole with that of the human foot placed, as nature intended it, flat on the ground. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress Am I actually on the rocks of the Rockenthal, where since the creation of the world no human foot has ever trod? Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Of all the shapes of nature, no shape has been so marvellously maltreated as the human foot. English Costume After a little time his quickened hearing was rewarded by the sound of a human foot pressing softly, yet heavily, the ground near him. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa He remembered that the soil beneath Eanswyth’s window was loose dust—a trifle scratched about by the fowls, but would give forth the print of a human foot with almost the distinctness of snow. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War In another place the rocks are piled up in stairs not intended however for human foot, for each step is as high as a house. The Golden Age in Transylvania That world meant a lot to Ron Val, the thrill of discovery, of exploring where a human foot had never trod in all the history of the universe. Planet of the Gods Everything was exactly as I had left it—the same desolation and desertion everywhere—so much so, that I almost fancied no human foot had crossed its dreary precincts since last I was there. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune What was there, blocking the chute, looked like—looked like—a chicken's foot, gnarled, clawed, but as large as a human foot—and an ugly, sickly green! Know Thy Neighbor Suddenly the old man called them to him, and showed them the fresh track of a human foot upon the ground. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. He held that they embodied a far sounder knowledge of the human foot than did the English variety, and found them a great help to his trade in giving style, comfort, and accuracy of fit. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies His was the first human foot to tread the soil of a planet circling Vega. Planet of the Gods It loves the human foot, and when the path or the place is long disused other plants usurp the ground. A Year in the Fields As one famous man said, "It seemed as if no spot where a human foot could plant itself was left unoccupied." Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools There's food for mirth In every nook of the sun-circling earth That human foot hath trodden. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 Still there was no path—at least to be trodden by human foot. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 The baker, Jake Wilkes, shod the human foot whenever he was tired of punching his dough. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The Arab turned to my companion and then responded:— "Hassan has long been accustomed to distinguish different sounds from a distance, the one which was heard a minute ago was caused by a human foot." The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly It was now the wall of the world, with no path for a human foot. Dwellers in the Hills The place was reputed to be haunted since the death of old DeBost, some seven years previously, and the path which had once been a winding driveway was now seldom trod by human foot. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 The weight is thrown more forcibly upon it, as with the human foot it is upon the inner or big toe. The Meaning of Evolution If human foot is ever to reach the Pole, it must be the foot of an Englishman! The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras It seemed to be always raining in that mysterious mountainous centre of the islands which human foot has never crossed, but it was usually clear and bright at sea-level. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 No human foot approached her cave—no mortal dared. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Some of the farmers use a machine to press the grapes, but many think it should be done, as it was in old Bible times, with the human foot. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader In those pathless solitudes, where no human foot had ever trod but that of the wandering savage, and the majesty of nature appeared in undisturbed repose, his thoughts were still of the Old World. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 There was no sail on that sea; there was no dwelling on that shore: the scene was lonely and desolate, as if keel had never ploughed the one, nor human foot trodden the other. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge For that reason, an old bear-track is, indeed, as you say, very like that of a human foot.” Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt These cliffs are five hundred feet in height—they are perfectly impassable by human foot. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains But the sand trampled over by the wild horses who had come to drink, showed no traces of a human foot, and the Indian walked up the stream, still apparently seeking. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora In another place was a human foot and crumbling indications of a boot, but no signs of a body. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Yet though he examined the banks of the stream for some little distance around, he could find no trace of any human presence, no mark even, however faint, of human foot. The Sign of the Spider How very like these tracks are to those of a human foot!” Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The cliffs, sheer and smooth, presented no hold for the human foot. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The green lawns and towering camphor trees of Tjibodas suggest the spellbound beauty of some enchanted spot, unprofaned by human foot. Through the Malay Archipelago Here, he showed them that the moss on the road had been trodden down by the weight of a human foot; there, that it had been torn and dragged forward from its place. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians Suddenly his blood ran cold to perceive what looked like a human foot sticking out of the water at the bottom of the pile. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] From under the leaves and earth, Prince has brought to light a human foot and leg! The Diamond Coterie If I should find some cave unknown, Where human foot had never trod, Even there I could not be alone— On every side there would be God. The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young In that dim profound, which human eye can but partially explore, in which human foot shall never be set, what secret wonders may still lie hidden! Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland By this time I had discovered a winding foot path, formed by droves of wild cattle; but in vain did I search for the impression of a human foot step. Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824. There was no sign of life about Four Winds and the shore seemed as lonely and virgin as if human foot had never trodden it. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The dog was tugging at what appeared to be a human foot. The Diamond Coterie The lend of the stock is in shape somewhat like that which is formed by a human foot and leg, the foot being the 'share,' which scratches up the soil. Chatterbox, 1906 Perhaps no human foot except our own had ever made its track in that remote valley! The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness The interior has never been fully explored for this reason, and there are thousands, I might say millions, of square miles of Australian country where no human foot has ever trod. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent No; the raft was the only thing upon the whole face of that wide sea upon which human foot might now find a resting-place. Ran Away to Sea I had spoken of the colossal spaces, the solemn immensities of the place where I had set my human foot. The Thing from the Lake Yet in reality we were journeying through the wildest of earth’s dominions, where no human foot ever trod excepting such as wear the moccasin; the region of the “wolf” Apache and the wretched Yamparico. The Scalp Hunters Yet, with every deduction, it was a singular structure to look upon, not the less so that its summit was inaccessible to human foot. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse If ever human foot can step upon the land of the North Pole, it shall be the foot of an Englishman. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras The human foot is the basis of the measurement. Practical Mechanics for Boys From the darkness behind him came the unmistakable sound of a pebble kicked by a human foot. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol That shore reveals no print of human foot, Nor e'en the pawing of the wilder Brute; And niggard vegetation will not smile, All sunless on that solitary Isle. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 After a short examination, I became convinced that they were marks made by a human foot—the scratches of a strong-soled shoe. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse If not as much frightened, we were as much astonished as Robinson Crusoe, when he discovered in the sand the print of a human foot. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors But barleycorns differ in length as well as the human foot, so thep. Practical Mechanics for Boys Here they landed, and Dan was soon busy preparing food, while as far as they could make out they were where human foot had never pressed the soil before. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig No one ever thinks of ascending them; and, indeed, many of these summits are inaccessible to the human foot. The Boy Hunters It is a Montenegrin version of a legend which is common to all the Slavonic peoples, and contains, besides an interesting problem in ethics, an explanation of the present shape of the human foot. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections They then fell to pacing up and down, according to the irresistible tendency of the human foot the moment that it treads the deck. Under the Country Sky How well we remember his lonely walk to the other side of the island, when he stood petrified with fear before the print of a human foot in the sand! From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It was incredible, impossible, horrible that he should be there, in front of her, waiting for her, who had driven so fast—too fast, it had seemed, for human foot to follow. The Coast of Chance In the slanting rays of the rising sun, this bit of beach looked like a monster honeycomb, each shapen place the broken track of a human foot. The Coming of the King A sorceress who lived at Haena, Kauai, on the steep cliffs that were inaccessible to human foot. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Once they had detected the click of stones striking together as if moved by a human foot and twice caught the faint plash of a bush or limb of tree dropping into the water. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England In the morning, my bravery having returned, I found upon each stair the clear impression of a naked human foot! The Statesmen Snowbound As she descended she began to experience that thrill which comes to those who tread where no other human foot has trodden, who look on scenes no other human eye has visioned. Where the Sun Swings North The footfalls were as swift; he saw their impressions at his heels—prints of a small, lithe, human foot, made by no living man. Bohemian Days Three American Tales The channel runs in every direction and is at times diverted by great sandbars strewn with the most beautiful agates, on which no human foot had ever trod before Paul touched them. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Far in the bosom of Helvellyn, Remote from public road or dwelling, Pathway, or cultivated land, From trace of human foot or hand. The Dog's Book of Verse If the Almighty in perfecting the human foot had found a high heel necessary it would have been provided. Vitality Supreme The fascinated eyes of the explorer beheld the clear imprint of a gigantic human foot, measuring five feet in length from toe to heel. Edison's Conquest of Mars He had discovered a world, without even the print of human foot upon it. Alec Forbes of Howglen One pair of their limbs appear to terminate in a sort of foot—like a delicately shaped human foot, except that there appear to be no toes. In Search of the Unknown Barely a human foot trod there, save when the king's hunting retinue swept through its verdant aisles and woke its solitary depths with the cheerful notes of the hunting-horn. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality From firm ground to the water's edge was here a distance of many miles, through the very centre of a morass where human foot had never before trodden. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 I leaned forward, trying to get a better view, and just as I heard the click of the trigger I caught a glimpse of a white human foot. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories He had fled from his fellows, and was transported with terror at the print of a human foot. The Last Man The Greeks, who often took the length of the human foot as unit, were long enslaved by their canon. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres A human foot had made it—one, two, three, four, five times—in crossing that patch of sand! The Courage of Marge O'Doone Long sea-voyages for commercial purposes were no novelty, but no human foot had ever trod the summits of the Lower Alps, unless it had been the foot of a peasant whose cattle had strayed. The Evolution of Love He was a simple and a brave man, whose heart was as virgin as some virgin shore, on which no human foot has ever yet left its imprint. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 A few sheep strayed over it; but for months together no human foot trod its heather, or wandered by its vociferous cascades. The Quest of the Simple Life Nature had done much to protect her treasures; they flourished mostly in places which the human foot cannot reach—Lœlia elegans and Cattleya g. About Orchids A Chat On its surface was the faint impress of a long oval, longer than the human foot; feathery marks running in both directions from the centre could be descried. The Disentanglers A prairie hunter came upon a shanty near Winnipeg, and found—of all things in the world!—a human foot lying on the ground outside the door. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents In many parts of Sumatra, rarely trodden by human foot, scenes present themselves adapted to raise the sublimest sentiments in minds susceptible of the impression. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants On this mountain-side, some distance below the fastness, a stone, displaced by a human foot, rolled down the slope with a clattering sound. Foes The hinder cannon-bone answers to the middle metatarsal bone of the human foot, the pastern, coronary, and coffin bones, to the middle toe bones; the hind hoof to the nail, as in the fore-foot. Lectures and Essays Far in the bosom of Helvellyn, Remote from public road or dwelling, Pathway, or cultivated land; From trace of human foot or hand. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library During a deep snow, the traces of a naked human foot and of a cloven hoof were found ascending to the highest point. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 It seemed that no human foot had ever trodden that region. The Summons Near by a boot with a human foot inside emerged from the black scummy water at the bottom of a shell-hole. Combed Out I soon discovered tracks of the bandicoot, but they had taken the shape of a small human foot. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned So far as yet appeared, it might be a region on which human foot had never before been set. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality We had climbed the loftiest peak of the Rocky Mountains, and looked down upon the snow a thousand feet below, and, standing where never human foot had stood before, felt the exultation of first explorers. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself In the Indian Museum at Calcutta there is a large slab of white marble bearing the figure of a human foot surrounded by two dragons. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Advocates of evolutionary theories take this to signify that the human foot was originally utilized for climbing trees also, before the species was so highly developed as it is now. A Man and a Woman Then the sharp eyes of the Panther saw the print of a human foot on the river bank. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad It was the mark of a human foot. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies He saw dimly the track of the bare human foot where Sandy had left it undisturbed; he passed from that to the other tracks. The Desert Valley In the collection of the Smithsonian Museum are three large stone slabs having impressions of the human foot. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood The trees kept up their sleepy sigh, and the sapless branches creaked, but no human voice, no human foot save his own, broke the silence. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century In shape it is much like that of a human foot, except its being rather longer than common. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Inland one sees mountain after mountain, whose wild slopes are traversed by no human foot unless the Nascopie Indian, or "mountaineer," may pass that way in pursuit of the reindeer. With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador On either side of the brook remained the firm deep impression of a human foot, of a white foot, the toes being turned outward. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi In North Yell, Shetland, there is a rude stone lying on the hillside, on which is sculptured with considerable skill the mark of a human foot. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood The stairway leading down to the door of the dugout was missing, the excavation which held it was drifted full of snow, and the snow bore no track of human foot. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains This system has the disadvantages associated with a wire over which the human foot may easily trip with disastrous effect. Things To Make The picture reproduced herewith, showing a human foot inside the shoe, was taken by Dr. Robb. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 The hinder cannon bone answers to the middle metatarsal bone of the human foot, the pastern, coronary, and coffin bones, to the middle toe bones; the hind hoof to the nail; as in the forefoot. Darwinism (1889) What is now seen in the place is a simple rude cavity in the natural rock, which bears but the slightest resemblance to the human foot. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Rocky islets, never trodden by human foot, over which the foam poured ceaselessly, were dotted all about the changeful surface of the water. The Doctor's Dilemma None dared venture far along this passage, till one, bolder than the rest, taking his courage in both hands, went gingerly down the way so long untrod by human foot. Stories of the Border Marches Of hats for the human head, of shoes for the human foot, of stools to sit on, spoons to eat with—Nay, what say we of hats and shoes? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 They did not rise and reach forward and touch the ground according to the ancient habit of the human foot. The Light in the Clearing Yet many have watched them climbing up the great mountain rampart of the Himalayas towards regions where human foot never followed. The Elephant God No human foot but my own has ever trodden it. The End of the World A Love Story As for the size of the human foot—gad! The Mississippi Bubble There, in the white, soft sand were plainly revealed the footprints of a bare human foot. Nedra No human foot had lately been in the garden. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 And every one of that silent crowd of watchers saw the red light of dawn breaking through the trees of a dream-forest that no human foot had ever trod. Charles Rex Jason smote his breast in a paroxysm of despair, while the doves fluttered out from the porch of the cottage in amazement at the approach of a human foot to their domains. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 No: two, three, four—many footprints: prints of a naked human foot: right foot, left foot, both naked, and blood in each print—a little smear. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Where hardly a human foot would pass, Or an honest heart would dare The quaking mud of the foul morass, With rank weed choked, and with clotted grass, Fit for a reptile's lair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 He will study a human foot for months, not to copy it, but to possess the secret of its rhythms. Promenades of an Impressionist He professes to have drawn around the house a line which no human foot may cross. In the Days of Chivalry Tallac, every one instantly notices its resemblance to the imprint of a human foot. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter By human foot it had evidently been seldom trod; yet on this particular evening a traveller there wended his solitary way. The Vale of Cedars They are becoming grass-grown: for more than a year—in daylight at least—no human foot has trodden them. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Footprints!" he mused, "footprints which of a surety must mean that human foot hath lately trod this moss. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk They found that they had now reached the edge of a deep ravine, so thickly wooded as to appear impassable to human foot. In the Days of Chivalry Tracts which have never before been trodden by human foot may be gazed on with pleasurable emotions; but there are always melancholy associations connected with a spot which our fellow-creatures have once inhabited and abandoned. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The entire imprint is not made, but there is enough to indicate very clearly that a human foot and nothing else pressed there. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border You felt sure no human foot could have disturbed it for years. Venetia They are of the size of a large human foot, about three inches deep, and lie nearly from north-east to south-west. Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 Everything was in its place, and a glance sufficed to show that no human foot had been there, during the weeks of his absence. The Crater In turn, as the human foot with its sock is covered by the boot, this is encased by the hoof, the formation of which we shall study later. Diseases of the Horse's Foot On the mud and close to the canoe the gentlemen noticed the impression of a human foot, that must have been made since the previous high tide. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 At one turn our rescuers stopped, picked up a bundle, and carefully noted the fresh human foot prints in the snow which indicated that a number of persons were moving in advance. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Filled his lordly soul with gladness—told him of a spacious zone Eye of man had never looked at, human foot had never known. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Not a human hand had touched anything belonging to the boat, or a human foot approached it, during the whole time of his absence. The Crater Her boots and stockings followed the skirt, for the bare sole of the human foot does not slip upon dry or even wet bark as does the hard leather of a boot. Son of Tarzan When Mr. Roe descended he perceived several fresh prints of the human foot on the mud, from which he supposed that there were already some natives upon the island. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 To all seeming, the human foot had never ventured here, nor were any marks or spoor of wild beasts perceptible on either side. The Lost City It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O Doubtless upon that long search mine was the first human foot to touch the soil in many places—mine the first human eye to rest upon the gorgeous wonders of the landscape. Pellucidar Alba's hill, Home of our gods, no human foot shall tread, Save of some Senator at the ancient feast By Numa's orders founded — he compelled Serves his high office. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars The cause of their perturbation was imprinted deeply in the mud of the pathway—the irregular outlines of an enormous, naked, human foot—a great, uncouth foot that bespoke a monster of another world. The Oakdale Affair It was not the first time she had found her way hither, where but seldom a human foot had dared to tread. Tales from Two Hemispheres And, even by these, the secret ways may only be used on occasions of the greatest stress, so that a generation well may pass without their being trodden by a human foot. The Lost Continent Its conical summit terminates in an oblong platform, 74 ft. by 24, on which there is a hollow, resembling the form of a human foot, 5 ft. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 While thus employed, they were startled by a sight often so fearful in the waste and the wilderness, the print of a human foot. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 The ground in the courtyard was grassless, a flooring of grit and loose stone, on which no impression could well be made by human foot. Scarhaven Keep I suppose it's a matter of thirty to forty years since any human foot has trod these precincts. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories These paths, so exactly like those crossing a village green, had in all probability never been trodden by human foot. The Leopard Woman We had climbed the loftiest peak of the Rocky mountains, and looked down upon the snow a thousand feet below; and, standing where never human foot had stood before, felt the exultation of first explorers. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources "You have stood where no human foot has ever been before, and I see that you have secured your souvenir of the world that was." The Second Deluge She is shut up in a palace, unseen by every human eye, to which no human foot ever found its way but at my bidding. Imogen A Pastoral Romance They were evidently made by a human foot, a shod foot; but, strange to say, the ball alone appeared to have touched the ground! The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude I went sometimes where it seemed as if human foot could never have trod before, so wild and waste was the prospect, so unknown it somehow looked. The Flight of the Shadow The Arab trader travels with his merchandise over the greater part of a continent; his home is wherever the human foot can wander; he is exposed to the inhospitable desert and the burning sky. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa It might be Lady Davenant's great dog; but looking again at the bottom of the curtain she saw a human foot. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 And this savage silence continued for miles: only the absence of lofty timber gave evidence that those peaked hills had ever been trodden by human foot. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Similarly, Mr. Steevens notes, "No chiropodist worthy of the name but keeps at his door a modelled human foot the size of a cab-horse; and other trades go and do likewise." America To-day, Observations and Reflections We had climbed the loftiest peak of the Rocky Mountains and looked down upon the snow a thousand feet below, and, standing where human foot had never stood before, felt the exultation of first explorers. The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. Thinking, he strode along the fine, smooth, even sands, where never yet a human foot had trodden. Darkness and Dawn It loves the human foot, and when the path or the place is long disused, other plants usurp the ground. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Where no human foot is moulded In the wet and yellow sand— Leave him there, thou hollow vessel! Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems As to size, they were gigantic,—as to shape, not unlike the human foot. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States What appeared to one man a land of pleasant gurgling brooks, flowing through rich pastures, appeared to another as a pitiless desert, unfit for human foot to venture upon. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work It was a human foot which walked along over the ground, and pressed the downy seed into the earth. De La Salle Fifth Reader Probably no human foot had been on these particular rocks since human feet existed. Snake and Sword A Novel I trod where human foot had never trod before. Adventures in Friendship The den was still secure, for no human foot had crossed the deep ravine or ventured nearer than the opposite hilltop. Northern Trails, Book I. It was a shore on which no human foot had ever trod. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story After an interminable delay his ears caught the crackle of dry twigs snapped beneath a human foot. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch It was seldom that human foot trod this gallery, and the former, with female quickness, selected it as a place suited to their further conference. The Bravo Cities, battlements, houses, and all the accompaniments of populous places, are seen in desolate regions, where life goes out, and where human foot has never trod. Thaumaturgia They had seen no sign of even savage life, no white trader, nothing to show that any human foot had ever passed that way before. The Magnetic North Toward the middle of the afternoon I came to another valley, strikingly wild and original in all its features, and perhaps never before touched by human foot. The Mountains of California We went to the spot where we last saw him, and there in the sand, by the side of the boulder, was his great track, almost like a human foot. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod The human foot is, in proportion to the size of the whole body, larger, broader, and stronger than that of any other mammal, save the kangaroo. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Yet, on inspection, it was unlike a human foot and seemed more like the track of a bear. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic The sea reserved exclusive right of way around the rocky sides, without even a niche for human foot, so far as a stranger could perceive. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale There can be no doubt, therefore, that the ape's foot deserves that name just as much as the human foot does, and that all true apes are just as "bimanous" as man. The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 I circled around mountain lakes where in all probability no human foot but mine had ever trod. The Long Chance "But, Eve dear, never have we discovered in any dead and flattened leaf the imprint of hobnails,—let alone the imprint of a human foot." In Secret It was the imprint of an enormous human foot. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Standing on the confines of known geography I have shot the southward flying ducks, and have taken from their gizzards pebbles which they have swallowed in some land whose shores no human foot has trod. Through the Magic Door Not a human voice was to be heard, nor the sound of a human foot, and there was no shelter; but the sun blazed down full upon everything. He Knew He Was Right The air was calm and sultry; and not a human foot disturbed the silence. Ziska Since then no human foot had taken up his trails. Baree, Son of Kazan "It gives one the feeling that it is so far away that no human foot has ever trod it before, and that none will ever come again when we have left." The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days It was the print of a naked human foot in a bar of mud. Back to God's Country and Other Stories The discovery of a sign of true intellect outside ourselves procures us something of the emotion Robinson Crusoe felt when he saw the imprint of a human foot on the sandy beach of his island. The Life of the Bee And imagine my supreme disgust when I discover a big, dirty, odorous, unshod human foot, erect on the heel and with toes spread out like a fan, within a few inches of my face! My Three Days in Gilead A chaos—perhaps where no human foot has trod—perhaps Bastrop—perhaps New Jersey! Rolling Stones He made a swift cut in the wrappings and drew the severed edges apart—a naked human foot protruded. The Gates of Chance A lamp burnt before a small effigy of the Virgin Mary suspended against the wall of rock, but no trace of human foot or hand could be discovered. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 There was neither earth nor clear water, nor any solid resting-place for a human foot. Ismailia With thee for ever I in woods could rest, Where never human foot the ground has pressed; Thou from all shades the darkness canst exclude, And from a desert banish solitude. Cowley's Essays Away he went, quite out of the realm of human foot, into the bowels of Asia, and never was heard of more. A Changed Man; and other tales Aunt Sally Day's dog had been seen playing in the Breathitt road with the frame of a human foot. The Last Stetson The path was well marked by elephants, hyenas, pallahs, and zebras, but for many a day no human foot had trod it. 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 Neither a village nor the print of a human foot could be seen. Ismailia The stairs above as below were covered with thick carpet: any light human foot might pass without a sound; only haste would murmur the secret to the troubled air. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald Not until he actually stood upon the peak did he know that there was the earthly hitherto—the final obstacle of unobstancy, the everywhere which, from excess of perviousness, was to human foot impervious. Sir Gibbie Buchner, L., on the origin of man; on the use of the human foot as a prehensile organ; on the mode of progression of the apes; on want of self-consciousness, etc., in savages. The Descent of Man The mountain lay as silent under the moon as if no human foot had ever pressed its surface. Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam We had not been walking up and down for more than half an hour before we came across the distinct imprint of a human foot. Diary of a Pilgrimage A whole world of glaciers, lava-mountains, snow and ice-fields, rivers and lakes, into which no human foot has ever ventured to penetrate. Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North Between him and destination lay a trackless wilderness of untouched primeval savagery where, doubtless in many spots, his would be the first human foot to touch the virgin turf. Tarzan the Untamed Thick dust covered the floor within the doorway, indicating that a great period of time had elapsed since human foot had trod it—a secret way, doubtless, unknown to living Manatorians. The Chessmen of Mars Could it be possible that he had heard so slight a sound as that of a human foot sinking softly into the water? The Scouts of the Valley “A huge human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.” First Project Gutenberg Collection of Edgar Allan Poe |
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