| 单词 | aridity |
| 例句 | The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of aridity, high temperature, and wind. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From a geographer’s point of view, it is a splendid anomaly, commencing with its extreme aridity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In addition, Australia’s aridity, infertility, and climatic unpredictability limited its hunter-gatherer population to only a few hundred thousand people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From the upper plains, the heat and aridity radiated across the country. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The combination of its aridity, high altitude and low population results in exceptional seeing, an astronomy term for the quality of observing conditions. Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Fans of their work might see it as a kind of multicultural Godart, but to say that is simply to evoke its indigestible aridity. A half-baked Turner shortlist 2010-05-04T11:05:00Z And no sad, adorable robots; a visit from WALL·E would have cued a welcome respite from the emotional aridity. After Earth: Will Smith & Son Play a Hunger Game 2013-05-30T16:22:40Z Yet there’s nothing remotely sterile about the way “Preludes” portrays such aridity. Review: ‘Preludes’ Shows Rachmaninoff Failed by His Muse and Killing Time 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Soon Dysart is waxing mystic, theologic and philosophic over the aridity of modern life, which has banished the magic and mystery of “worship,” and can make no room for sensual rites like naked nocturnal rides. | 'Equus': Alec Baldwin Stars at Guild Hall in East Hampton 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z As a witness to war he sometimes felt “emptiness, aridity, hopelessness, the antithesis of creation, imagination.” Books of The Times: ?House of Stone,? a Memoir by Anthony Shadid 2012-02-26T21:56:30Z Forever after, rather than avoiding slow-moving films, I’ve viewed aridity as a sign of sophistication. Riff: Eating Your Cultural Vegetables 2011-05-01T07:43:01Z And Ms. Mazzoli’s score, for just a dozen or so players, is a landscape of shimmering aridity. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z It’s about aridity, arid hearts, and finding the link to get the flow.” Film: With 'The Source,' Radu Mihaileanu Looks at the Battle of the Sexes 2011-05-16T12:30:06Z A few weeks ago, we addressed the moisture issue with a DIY renovation that restored our bathroom to its former glory — and to relative aridity. Bathrooms are breeding grounds for mold and mildew. Here’s what you can do. 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z But at the same time, the art world has a tendency to academicism and aridity. A Risk-Taker?s Debut 2011-04-22T22:34:11Z During the 1990s the Scottish composer James MacMillan was promoted widely as the brightest hope of his generation: a creator who replaced modernist aridity with communicative directness. Music Review: A New Scottish Concerto, Dressed Up and Dreamy 2011-03-03T21:49:11Z Roberta Smith, reviewing the 1993 Museum of Modern Art retrospective, wrote that “a certain visual and mental aridity” accrues “from seeing so many spare white paintings in so many spare white rooms.” Robert Ryman’s Work Will Travel to Dia 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The slow movement sounded curiously Russian, its meandering phrases taking on some of the aridity we associate with Shostakovich at his most despairing. LPO/Wigglesworth – review 2013-05-02T17:22:24Z “Its empty aridity and degraded classical details are vulgarization without drama,” she wrote, “and to be both dull and vulgar is an achievement of sorts.” ArtsBeat: Remembering Ada Louise Huxtable 2013-06-05T12:43:23Z The wide-open spaces of Jordan, where “Theeb” was filmed, are as awe-inspiring in their breadth and aridity as the vistas in a spaghetti western. Review: In ‘Theeb,’ a Bedouin Boy’s Brutal Coming-of-Age 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z But there is an aridity to his work, too, even at its most brilliant. In a MOMA retrospective, Picasso’s sculpture is still full of surprises 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The present aridity of the region, however, preserves little organic matter, making a reconstruction of the Neolithic lifestyle difficult. Analysis of grinding tools reveals plant, pigment and bone processing in Neolithic Northern Saudi Arabia 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Their goal was to isolate the influence of temperature, and its impact on aridity, on day-to-day wildfire behavior. A climate scientist wanted to start a debate in academia. He set off a bigger firestorm 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z "Factors that affect the fire such as temperature, fuel aridity, relative humidity, and wind leading up to and during the fire can be compared to historical conditions," Raymond wrote to Salon. From Hawaii to Greece, the planet is broiling from wildfires. How much is climate change to blame? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z There and in the Great Plains, “if we see continued increases in aridity and drought, as we expect with climate change, we’ll start to see further increases in dust loads in the atmosphere.” More Frequent Dust Storms Could Be in Our Future 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Almost 30% of U.S. land is pasture and rangeland unsuitable for growing food crops due to aridity, slope or rocky qualities, but it suits cattle just fine. Wide-open spaces, for cattle and outdoor enthusiasts | Provided by Beef. It's What's for Dinner 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z We cannot dam our way out of our historical aridity because we rarely fill the reservoirs we have. Opinion | We have to learn to live within our means 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Second, even an extremely wet winter isn’t a magic bullet for the long-term water concerns in the state, which have been exacerbated by years of extreme aridity, rising temperatures and unsustainable water use. What Does All This Rain Mean for California’s Drought? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Now, when the thirst is greatest and still growing, the region is reverting to its former aridity, exacerbated by higher temperatures caused by global industrialization. Editorial: An unfair plan to cut California's use of Colorado River water 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z For instance, during times of high aridity in sub-Saharan Africa, migration offered "a successful strategy for dwindling local resources," the study says. What 5,000-year-old skeletons tell us about living with climate change 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “Even with these very high years, we’re still seeing aridity across the basin, and that’s largely due to the fact that we still have this background of higher temperatures,” she said. California’s snowpack, aided by atmospheric rivers, could help drought 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Years ago the region's prolonged drought was dubbed a "megadrought," but some of the region's top scientists say "aridity" may be a better term. Colorado River Basin wildlife threatened 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z “This kind of dynamism that we’re seeing — where we have these flood events even with general drying and aridity as well — it’s a lot to be watching,” he said. California suffering through driest three years ever recorded, with no relief in sight 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z “The increase in both extreme precipitation events and in these wild swings between extreme precipitation and extreme aridity — this is how most people and most ecosystems on Earth are experiencing climate change,” Swain said. Record rain is hitting drought-stricken areas. That’s not good news. 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Almost the entire state of California is now ranked as experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional aridity, the three worst levels charted by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska. Review: As drought deepens, nine L.A. artists think about water 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z This atmospheric “thirstiness” can result in either extreme drought and aridity or the massive release of water in the form of an atmospheric river. Risk of catastrophic California 'megaflood' has doubled due to global warming, researchers say 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z A study by researchers from the University of New Mexico looked at how increasing air temperature and aridity affected the species. Colorado River Basin wildlife threatened 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In Iraq, the increased aridity has caused an increase in sandstorms. Mideast nations wake up to damage from climate change 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z This only increases the aridity and spreads the desert further. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The last three years have been some of the driest on record in California, and scientific research shows global warming has been intensifying the extreme aridity throughout the West over the last 22 years. California farms and Bay Area cities ordered to stop diverting water from rivers 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z “Given the increased aridity that we know we face ... this isn’t just about this drought,” Esquivel said. Parts of Southern California used 26% more water in April. Can restrictions change that? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “We’re not saying Colorado is going to become a desert. But we see increased aridity moving forward,” said hydrologist Katrina Bennett at the federal government’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Colorado will lose half its snow by 2080 and look more like Arizona, federal scientists conclude 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z The hardy cactus — fond of heat and aridity, adapted to rough soils — might not seem like the picture of a climate change victim. Even the Cactus May Not Be Safe From Climate Change 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Joaquin Esquivel, chair of the water board, said it’s vital that Californians continue to make progress on conservation, “given not just this drought but the increasing aridity in the West” with climate change. Newsom urged Californians to cut water use by 15%. In February they saved less than 1% 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z "In the West, aridification has doubled the extent of fire prone ecosystems. Up to two thirds of this increase in aridity have been attributed to anthropogenic warming." An unprecedented Colorado wildfire is burning despite the presence of snow on the ground 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Scientists refer to this combined hot and dry effect as “aridity” — a warm and thirsty atmosphere that can pull moisture from soil and plants, melt snow, and intensify heat waves. Southwest drought is the most extreme in 1,200 years, study finds 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z The study predicted, in particular, markedly increased aridity along the Green River as it flows near the borders of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Colorado will lose half its snow by 2080 and look more like Arizona, federal scientists conclude 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z But others, especially cold-adapted lichens that are already living near their climate limit, are likely to succumb to increasing heat and aridity. Lichens Could Need More than a Million Years to Adapt to Climate Change 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Given that Beijing is the seat of party power, solving the city’s aridity has long been on industrial planners’ to-do list. In parched Beijing, claims of a ‘green’ Olympics may not hold water 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z But California’s aridity, air quality and topography and landownership patterns prevent simple duplication of the Florida model. Op-Ed: The Golden State treescape wasn't made to last 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Climate change and the aridity it’s expected to deliver isn’t the only threat to Old Faithful’s famous reliability. Study: Climate change could interrupt Yellowstone geysers 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Climate change is increasing temperatures, leading to drier summers and increased aridity across the western U.S. We need unity and a multifaceted approach to West’s wildfires 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Forest Service, to better understand nature’s water-storage systems - which sustain vegetation and stream flows that 40 million people across the Colorado River Basin rely on in the face of increasing aridity. Cities hope to build reservoir near Holy Cross Wilderness 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z That aridity helped make the season’s wildfires the biggest ever recorded. A Climate Reckoning in Fire-Stricken California 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z California state officials, firefighters and academic researchers say forest management is not the issue in California — it is an increase in aridity that scientists have linked to climate change. Analysis | Fact-checking the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The increased fuel aridity makes fires burn hotter, which increases the chances that a blaze will create its own weather system, sparking lightning and throwing embers kilometres ahead of the fire front7,8. The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australia’s record fires 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z But the decisive factor is undoubtedly the range's spectacular heat and aridity and the mortally long distances a migrant would have to walk to reach any possible pick-up or rendezvous spot. Making America great again in a new Wild West 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z "I wonder what the long-term effects of that aridity are going to be." How safe is vaping? New human studies assess chronic harm to heart and lungs 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “The Waste Land,” Eliot’s allusive masterpiece about spiritual aridity, initially sprang to mind. ‘Prufrock’ puts a new dance spin on T.S. Eliot 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z This winter brought above-average snowfall, but it barely dents two decades of extended drought that experts are now calling aridity, because drought sounds temporary and fixable. Opinion | We were warned 150 years ago about our water shortage. We have to do better. 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In the lab, he would free each fossil under a magnifying glass, in precisely controlled conditions, away from the damaging effects of sun, wind, and aridity. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It is hard to overstate how radical this change is: these regions were at the limits of human habitation, made harsh and lightly populated by extreme heat and aridity. How landmark buildings became weapons in a new Gulf war 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “When such carbon-dense ecosystems experience aridity and heat and there is a source of ignition – lightning or people – fires will happen.” Sweden calls for help as Arctic Circle hit by wildfires 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The individuals were buried in shallow graves without any special preparation, but their bodies were naturally preserved by the heat, salinity and aridity of the desert. 'Oldest tattoo' found on Egyptian mummies 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The experiment was held near the isolated Israeli township of Mitzpe Ramon, whose surroundings resemble the Martian environment in its geology, aridity, appearance and desolation, the ministry said. Israeli scientists complete mock Mars mission in Negev desert 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z They argue instead that the transition among these insects “to exclusively feeding on liquids was most likely an evolutionary response to widespread heat and aridity” during the late Triassic. Triassic Butterfly Park? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z It is the Sierra Nevada that is responsible for much of south-west America’s aridity, removing the moisture from the Pacific’s clouds as they are drawn up its western flank. Life and death on the Mexican border 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z It is a kind of aridity that becomes combustible. Translation – and migration – is the lifeblood of culture | George Szirtes 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z We demonstrate that human-caused climate change caused over half of the documented increases in fuel aridity since the 1970s and doubled the cumulative forest fire area since 1984. 'The atmosphere is being radicalized' by climate change | Dana Nuccitelli 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The experiment was held near the isolated Israeli township of Mitzpe Ramon, whose surroundings resemble the Martian environment in its geology, aridity, appearance and desolation, the ministry said. Israeli scientists complete mock Mars mission in Negev desert 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z The study concluded that the trend of increased forest aridity resulting in large wildfires is likely to continue for decades while there are enough trees to fuel the flames. Study: Human-caused warming burns more Western forests 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Researchers isolated climate change from other factors such as changes in vegetation due to fire fighting techniques by looking at various ratings for forest aridity. Hurricane Sandy-level flooding is rising so sharply that it could become normal 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The study uses “fuel aridity,” or dryness of the climate and the forests, as a way to measure the influence of climate change on forest fires. Climate Change Blamed for Half of Increased Forest Fire Danger 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z For sceptical outsiders, the glitzy cosmopolitanism of Dubai or Abu Dhabi or Doha cannot mask the aridity of their illiberal host societies. The Louvre comes to Abu Dhabi | Kanishk Tharoor 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The team deduced information about aridity using the chemical composition of leaf waxes from terrestrial plants, which mix with dust and become trapped in sediment. Ocean sediments suggest dry future for Horn of Africa 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The study found that since 2000 there's been a 75 percent increase in forested lands with elevated aridity and nine more days each year with dry forests especially susceptible to wildfires. Study: Human-caused warming burns more Western forests 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Martin P. Hoerling, a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose earlier work showed a link between climate change and aridity in the Eastern Mediterranean, said the researchers’ study was “quite compelling.” Study Links Syria Conflict to Drought Caused by Climate Change 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z As a Christian, I knew the symbolism of the desert, but now I experienced the reality: the aridity and deep sense of loss and loneliness. An excerpt from "Bella's Gift" 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z That’s still far drier than the moist air of rain forests, but it’s not the aridity one might encounter on a summer day in Death Valley. Study Gives Hope of Adaptation to Climate Change 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Short bouts of dryness appear in the record around ad 700 and 900, but this aridity is more variable than the steady increase in dryness observed through the twentieth century. Ocean sediments suggest dry future for Horn of Africa 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z What is the likely net impact on average aridity? [Perspective] A Drier Future? 2014-02-13T19:25:30.121Z Hydrogen isotopes, on the other hand, measure aridity. Climate Change May Have Spurred Human Evolution 2013-01-02T16:15:00.217Z To cope with Washington's aridity, Nichols crops on a rotating two-year period, leaving half his fields remaining fallow at any given time. Dryland Farmers Work Wonders without Water in U.S. West 2012-11-26T22:45:00.700Z These foreign genes have endowed bdelloids with talents that no other animal can boast, which could help explain their ability to shrug off extreme conditions of aridity. Bdelloids Surviving on Borrowed DNA 2012-11-15T22:40:04Z The Pacific cycle is expected to last for the next one or two decades, bringing more aridity. Climate models that predict more droughts win further scientific support 2012-08-13T18:09:18Z The river basin is highly stressed due to aridity in Jordan, Israel and Palestinian Territories. Regions Where Water Disputes Are Fuelling Tensions: A Global Snapshot 2012-07-24T18:15:23.080Z The essential thing to be ascertained is not the maximum flow of a stream, but the minimum; or rather, perhaps, the maximum that can be expected from a stream in a season of maximum aridity. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Certainly the critical restraint of French rules, passing to England at a time when the tide of inspiration had run low, induced a certain aridity of manner. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z There is no statistically significant relationship between aridity and autocracy outside the conquered world. Free exchange: Historysis 2012-04-04T15:00:00Z Since the close of the Pleistocene, aridity has rendered most of it unfit for pocket gophers, and they remain only in isolated areas where suitable environments still persist. The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. 2012-03-19T02:00:23.340Z I infer that at least some lactating females of P. maniculatus are better adapted to aridity than are some lactating females of P. truei. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z On the plains rain rarely falls during the heats of summer; and the showers though violent are generally of short duration, whilst the moisture is quickly evaporated owing to the aridity of the atmosphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It was emptiness, aridity, hopelessness, the antithesis of creation, imagination. Excerpt: House of Stone 2012-02-19T00:51:57Z Patches of thin grass, heather, juniper, thyme, tamarisks and mountain roses hardly relieve the bareness and aridity of the seaward slopes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Giotto has here rendered the aridity of the summit of La Vernia, its pinnacles of rocks with stunted trees. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Interglacial ages were characterized by warmth and aridity as compared to the glacial ages. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew 2011-12-22T03:00:30.143Z Prayer said with aridity is usually the most meritorious. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z The development of these mountains produced greater aridity to the lee of the mountains, thus accounting for the grassland-savannah flora. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z This is, no doubt," continues he, "one of the reasons of the extreme aridity of Spain. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z This seems more likely than that a period of severe aridity before the advance of the ice killed the trees and made a steppe or desert. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z They are generally regarded as periods of warmth and aridity and, therefore, probably are times of segmentation of the ranges of boreal mammals and hence times exceptionally favorable to the process of speciation. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew 2011-12-22T03:00:30.143Z In respect to the quantity of rain the empire takes a middle position between the humidity of north-western Europe and the aridity of the east. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z For a few minutes the Queen spoke in turn to each one of her guests; and during these short uneasy colloquies the aridity of royalty was apt to become painfully evident. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z Where the line ran, all was aridity and desolation. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Hence it would have a maximum effect in producing aridity. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The wilderness was in a frightful state of aridity, so the unhappy cattle suffered much from thirst. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Juniper forest, more or less sparse, straggled along the base; and but for the aridity of the all prevailing stone and the scattered vegetation, the view would have been lovely. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Such homely sights and sounds appealed to him the more by contrast to the brassy skies and baked aridity for which he would so soon be bound to exchange them. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z All this scene is cheerful and pastoral, like one of Greuze's landscapes; but the bare hills that follow the undulations of the left bank show only dreariness and aridity. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Great aridity now prevails north of the Himalayas and related ranges, and red beds are accumulating in the centers of the great deserts, such as those of the Tarim Basin and the Transcaspian. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z It is from such persons that you hear the bitterest complaints about the miserable course of things, the aridity of science, the levity of artists, the emptiness of poets, and much more of that sort. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z It was this kind of thing that brought home to one the circumstance that a great change in the direction of aridity must have taken place in South Africa within a comparatively short period. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z For stern, uncompromising aridity, for stark, grotesque, naked horror, these mountains stand probably unsurpassed on the face of the globe. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The leading feature in the climate of the extensive and irregular region just outlined is its aridity. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Many observers, quite as careful as those who believe in progressive desiccation, point to evidences of aridity in past times in the very regions where the others find proof of moisture. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Owing to the aridity of the climate the vegetation is less luxuriant than in most Brazilian cities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z However, the existence of a practically payable gold-field in that vicinity was inconceivable, in view of the almost unmitigated aridity. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Bushmanland might be described as a desert, the aridity of which is tempered by occasional thunderstorms. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Those Arctic snows May bore men less than our Social Shows; And utter aridity starve the soul More in the House than the Northern Pole! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:12.713Z Between these lofty ranges lay a great unglaciated region, but even in the Great Basin itself, in spite of its present aridity, certain ranges carried glaciers, while great lakes expanded widely. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z To this result the aridity of the Protestant scholastics who succeeded Luther and Melanchthon, and the frivolity, incompetence and petty despotism of the small German courts, contributed in no slight measure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z It consists of facts in all their aridity, but still facts. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Mr. Obama may have played like a rock star in the campaign arenas of 2008, according to this view, but he displays a Spock-like emotional aridity in more intimate settings. Obama, Empathy and the Midterms 2010-09-25T16:43:00Z Such models have suggested that in a warmer world the area subject to endemic malaria would increase, perhaps quite a lot, though some places would see a reduction due to increased aridity. Green.view: Don?t sweat it 2010-05-19T13:53:00Z At the same time in low latitudes and in parts of the continental interior there is a tendency toward diminished rainfall and even toward aridity and the formation of deserts. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The legions, marching from Yemen, were driven back by the heat and the aridity of the desert. 2010-02-09T10:59:00Z The aridity of the soil and the bad anchorage prevent a permanent settlement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Yet who will say that they have the subtlety, the aridity, the coldness of mere scholastic science? An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent In southern Bahia the industry has been nearly extinguished through increasing aridity and droughts, but in the state of Rio de Janeiro the planters are increasing their herds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" At the present time there seems to be no way of determining whether the general tendency is toward aridity or toward glaciation. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The aridity decreases the amount of forest, and the manlike tree dweller had to descend to the ground to get his living. Unexplored! In the extreme north-west an elevated region, whose aridity is caused by the “blanketing” influence of the eastern Andean ranges, extends southward to Mendoza. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" In its extreme dryness and heat, combined with the aridity of a sandy soil, Upper Sind resembles the sultry deserts of Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" But in those days it expressed clearly enough the crusted aridity of my soul. The Book of Susan A Novel Hence such deposits do not necessarily indicate periods of widespread and profound aridity. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Large areas of relatively greater aridity, such as the region occupied by the subspecies insperatus, occur in Wyoming and Colorado. Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and Adjacent Areas Death Valley surpasses for combined heat and aridity any meteorological stations on earth where regular observations are taken, although for extremes of heat it is exceeded by places in the Colorado desert. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The streets were broad and well laid out, and bordered by willows—and on the lower side of the town were gardens, which made a pleasant oasis of green against the prevailing aridity. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance No trace of a garden either, for in this horrible desert of drought and aridity nothing will grow. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt But usually it is merely the problem of aridity; which is only a challenge to enterprise. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity The whole island is little more than a mass of limestone, and consequently unites great aridity in the drier mountain regions with the richest fertility in the alluvial districts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Nothing quite so tragic in the home as the two emptinesses or aridities side by side, with all the poor, mean, morally sordid consequences that are bound to ensue! Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home No longer green with the humble grass of duties that must grow, To clothe it against desert aridity. Sea Poems In this interior district of Asia population is inevitably small and suffers under a condition of hopeless aridity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The canal is an insurance policy against loss of crops by drought, while aridity is a substantial guarantee against injury by flood. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity Through the eyes of the little girl he saw abruptly the penury of heart, the desert-like aridity of this bourgeois class of which he formed a part. Pierre and Luce All the rest, all the crimes, we can tolerate; but this aridity of soul is the worst of all, and we feel that Latzko has been overwhelmed by it. The Forerunners This is a book which each of us should read, in order to learn, with terror and self-gratulation, how the aridity of the world's soul may neutralise the greatest individual powers for happiness and good. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion There is no beauty separate from soul; From it as from a spring flow all the streams That clothe this dust with living loveliness Else doomed to deep aridity and death. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems Of course there are exceptions to this narrowness and aridity of intellectual culture, but either they are really rare exceptions, or I have been especially unfortunate.... Records of Later Life There is none of the dryness and aridity that often bedevils the seaside, around our Vaccares. Letters from my Windmill The Rocky mountains owe their name "to great and widely spread aridity," the mountains being "scantily clothed with vegetation and the indurated lithologic formations rarely masked with soils." The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The bay lies in the north-central desert region of the peninsula, where the environment is especially difficult because of extreme aridity, scarcity of surface water, and the consequent dearth of plant and animal life. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 Cacti carry formidable weapons in the shape of spines and thorns, but the desert conditions where they are found, heat and aridity, are no doubt their primary cause. Under the Maples I am conscious in my devotions of a certain aridity of spirit. Pepita Ximenez There is a bleakness, an aridity about them that makes English business rooms seem luxurious in comparison. Westward with the Prince of Wales Surrounded by aridity and barrenness, its surface presents the aspect of a huge caldron, boiling and steaming perpetually, while its margin trembles, and resounds with the furious explosions from below. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Except for its aridity, the climate is kind to the small farmer: there is no long inactivity forced upon him by a cold winter. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Paul extolled Pope's ingenuity and metrical felicity—he has thoroughly annotated the "Essay on Man"—but was acutely conscious of aridity and the absence of rapture and vision in Pope as in Dryden. War Letters of a Public-School Boy The thing that has most deeply impressed me in my searching of the German war-scriptures is the extraordinary aridity of spirit that pervades them. Gems (?) of German Thought She coyly owned to aridity, and they entered the saloon, kept by a Dutchman who spoke English. The Dop Doctor Known as the "American Desert," it figured in the atlases as a place of sand and aridity, and became the home chosen for the Indian tribes between 1825 and 1840. The New Nation Under conditions of extreme cold or extreme aridity, weathering takes the form mainly of mechanical disintegration, and chemical change is less conspicuous. The Economic Aspect of Geology In New Mexico, for example, it has long been thought that certain immense areas must always be comparatively useless because of their natural aridity. Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11 These green spots refreshed and enlivened the solemn aridity of the picture, which but for them would have been that of a dead city. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The setting of these perplexities is novel ... a dramatic background being thus provided which prevents too great aridity.... The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Cattle-raising was once the principal industry in the interior, but has been almost extinguished by the devastating droughts and increasing aridity caused by the custom of annually burning over the campos to improve the grass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The similarity and aridity of kinematics textbooks in this country from around 1910 are most striking. Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt I recall my prompt distaste, a strange precocity of criticism, for so much aridity—since of what lost Arcadia, at that age, had I really had the least glimpse? A Small Boy and Others The aridity of western Coahuila restricts, to a large extent, the diversity of the breeding populations of its avifauna. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico These winds, coming from the great American desert, are almost wholly devoid of moisture, and their aridity is often such that vegetation withers before them as at the touch of fire. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. There are even periods, in times of aridity, when they dry up altogether. Spiritual Torrents That common thinness and aridity, too, of the Unitarian temper had weighed with him. Robert Elsmere The aridity is a resource, however, in the matter of wool, the superior quality of which is due largely to the deficient rainfall. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges As the mellowing of the season brings with it its plague of aridity, recourse is had to the river at the bottom of the ravine, the Oued-Hamadouch. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Considering the aridity of the planet, no bacteriological dangers could be expected to exist, and if tourists wanted to view its monstrous deserts and infernolike wind sculptures—why they should be welcome. Sand Doom The general aridity of the Riviera, with the prevalence of everbrowns and evergreens, strikes unpleasantly at first the visitor from the North. Riviera Towns We went up a lovely gorge with ferns, trees, and a running stream, as different as possible to the aridity of the Hadhramout. Southern Arabia As a rule, they are arid because of their altitude; and because of their aridity they are deficient in their power to produce food-stuffs. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges If it were true that practically nothing could be obtained without cost, it was clear that the excess of prudence which shrank from incurring the latter could lead only to aridity of life. The Gold Trail Altitude, latitude, and aridity combine to modify vegetation so that in an arid region one notices extraordinary changes often in a single locality. 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 It is by his possession of sympathy and of sentiment that he has escaped the aridity which suffocates us in the works of so many other Parisian novelists. The Nabob, Volume 1 What astonished me most was, that studies so foreign to the supernatural objects of piety, shed over his soul neither aridity nor lukewarmness. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It saved morphology from formalism and aridity, and in particular from a certain narrowness of outlook born of too close attention paid to the details of microscopical anatomy. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology Continental elevation and consequent aridity led to a dwindling of the forests, and forced the ape-man to come to earth. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The aridity of the country generally held them back. 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 sitting down, with great satisfaction he allowed the tears to stream down his face; that done, he soon recovered his cheerfulness and his aridity. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Yet, notwithstanding the general aridity of its appearance, the country itself was not unfruitful. Tancred Or, The New Crusade This circumstance may operate as a proof that the aridity of her life was great, and if it should have that effect I shall not be able to gainsay it. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Let him resolve, then, that whatever his aridity and sense of indevotion may be, he will never let himself sink utterly under his cross. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings We had an uncomfortable experience because of the excessive heat and aridity. 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 But of their actual aridity the young man must have had a painful consciousness; he never lost the impression of it. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) When, by increasing aridity, we pass to conditions where there is no tolerably permanent store of water in the débris, the material ceases to have the qualities of a soil, and becomes mere rock waste. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Sometimes sloth takes on an acute form known as aridity or barrenness in all things that pertain to God. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals But it is not so much Adam’s sin as my own that works in me all this alienation and inability and aridity. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings The scene was quite magical and considering the general aridity for a large part of the year, it appeared almost like a phantasm. 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 "Well, a sincere one, at all events," returned the dry old lawyer, whose aridity was not proof against the charm of his young client. A Crooked Path A Novel The aridity of the hills of Sérignan is unfavourable to them. Social Life in the Insect World He there attended to the cultivated patches which the aridity of the soil and the burning sun dispute with the rocks. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution I count that to be a good prayer which leaves me more humble, even if it is still with great temptations, tribulations, and aridities. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings Here he again met Mathieu, and they made up for the aridity of the Civil Code by devoting themselves to poetry in Provençal. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence To mask the aridity of his soul, he adopted his old method of a curt, dictatorial manner. Atlantis The difficulty is that sometimes the burrow of exit from the waiting-place is driven through a very arid soil, which is extremely refractory to compression so long as it retains its aridity. Social Life in the Insect World The valley of Edree is very shallow, and this portion of it is mostly covered with bushes of wild palm and with coarse herbage; it looks green and grateful amidst the surrounding aridity. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Yet oaks will not flourish between the one hundredth meridian and the eastern base of the Sierras, owing to the aridity of the climate. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 The Mormons were the first Anglo-Saxons to encounter aridity, and they were baffled at first; but they studied it and mastered it by magnificent irrigation systems. History of the United States The peculiar geologic and geographic character of the country surrounding them, as well as its aridity, furnishes ample sources from which a barbarous people would derive legendary and mythologic history. The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child The trail for the next two days grew rougher and rougher, while the brilliancy of color in rock and sand increased in the same ratio as the aridity. The Enchanted Canyon My spiritual aridity increased, and I found no comfort either in Heaven or on earth; yet, amid these waters of tribulation that I had so thirsted for, I was the happiest of mortals. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse Let us run over it step by step, and endeavor to raise the mantle of aridity and mourning with which it has been covered by the demon of Islamism. The Life of Jesus Encountering for the first time in the history of the Anglo-Saxon race the problem of aridity, the Mormons surmounted the most perplexing obstacles with astounding skill. History of the United States And as he didn't, neither did I, and the aridity of that house! The Enchanted April It is singularly free from those lapses into musical aridity which occasionally mar the beauty of the earlier work. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Maurice's heartless "kindness" to his wife was like a desert creeping across fertile earth; the eager generosity of boyhood had long ago hardened into the gray aridity of mere endurance. The Vehement Flame Universal aridity supervenes, and all forms of vegetable and animate existence go away to return no more. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World We think of it and love it as the dreamland of the Spanish Missions, and as a region rescued from aridity, and made a home for the invalid and the winter tourist. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park The production of food may be diminished by the exhaustion of the soil, or by the progressive aridity caused by cutting down woods. Outspoken Essays So that aridity, instead of being adapted to dews, is a serious obstacle to their ever appearing. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries So do as I do, or rather, do better than I, for I still repine; put a cheerful face on your aridity, and your trials.—Goodbye, The Cathedral I found that my tacitly acknowledged function was that of supervising nurse-tender, the sort of thing that made for personal tenderness in the aridity of profuse hired help. The Inheritors Of all great poems in dramatic form it is perhaps the most remarkable for absolute singleness of aim and simplicity of construction; yet is it wholly free from all possible imputation of monotony or aridity. The Age of Shakespeare It is easy, but unprofitable, to sneer at the futility of some of Godwin's conclusions or to complain of the aridity of his style. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance With extreme aridity, Khorassan unites extreme electricity, the casual friction of woollen cloths, especially those of camels’ hair being accompanied by discharges sufficiently startling. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries And the good Abbé answers: 'Be watchful and pray;' well, I am more than willing, but the remedy is ineffectual, for aridity and outside influences deprive it of its efficacy! The Cathedral They do not realize the aridity of our summer climate, which makes it sometimes as much of a luxury here as it is in the desert. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Mathematics have not yet developed their straight lines, dry angles and painful aridity. The Cross of Berny It is Italy without the enervating heat and aridity which are such serious drawbacks to the enjoyment of its other charms by Northern folk. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 It is this extreme aridity that gives Khorassan so rich a spring flora, this season being that of rain, of melting of snow, and the ground being well moistened. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries All the levity, fickleness, and vanity, the aridity, irony, and bitterness, of the evil days of my youth, disappeared, and I scarcely recognized myself. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty He might have learnt from his own experience the aridity of a life which is barren of love. Robert Browning Amidst the heat the promontory raised its desolate aridity straight upward from the tortuous chain of rocks. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The fierce school of controversy, in which the mind of Europe has been involved since the time of Abélard, induces periods of mental drought and aridity. Recollections of My Youth It is this extreme aridity that necessitates the abundance of bulbous plants in Khorassan, these deposits of nutrition existing even in several of its Compositæ. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries They were overcome by an impression of bleak truth, of aridity, of growing nothingness, at the thought that they had so many times grasped, rejected, and vainly grasped again their frail carnal ideal. The Inferno Here, on the contrary, was disclosed a surprising aridity, a sterility of recollection, an incredibly undue constipation. Against the Grain The shadow, the aridity, the barrenness, the solemnity, the pitilessness, the horrid cruelty of the scene, were more than might be received into the soul. Overland She pecked at Kate's cheek with her nervous, thin lips, and Kate could only guess how much anguish was concealed beneath this aridity of manner. The Precipice A short green-looking grass was thinly sprinkled over the country, imparting a freshness to it, which, in contrast with the aridity that had of late surrounded us, was quite delightful. 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 whole scene would have deeply impressed us with all the horrors that such extremes of aridity are naturally calculated to excite. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 True, there is a diminution of aridity, but no disappearance, and the effect on the invalid is beneficial and decided. Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. He had written much about our shortage of genuine spiritual values; about "the continual frustrations and aridities of American life." The Wrong Twin It was classic without being formal, but no description can give an idea of the charm of it in contrast with the general aridity of the Cretan landscape. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II Dry, chaffy, or prickly plants, corresponding in their nature to the aridity and asperity of the land, were peculiarly at home upon the undulating stoniness. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The generous wine of the Bacchus and of "Comus," so intoxicating in its newness, the same wine in the Sistine and "Paradise Lost," so overwhelming in its mature strength, has acquired an austere aridity. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti But the season continued dry, and even their presence could not counteract the feeling of aridity which seemed to permeate everything which belonged to us, material or immaterial. The Magic Egg and Other Stories His soul was filled on a sudden with a singular aridity. Of Human Bondage But he was shy of giving her an opportunity, because, if her communication bore upon the aridity of her matrimonial lot, he was at a loss to see how he could help her. The American Its dry pale surface stretched severely onward, unbroken by a single figure, vehicle, or mark, save some occasional brown horse-droppings which dotted its cold aridity here and there. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Marcantonio seems to have felt and resented the aridity of composition, the isolation of plastic form, the tyranny of anatomical science, which even the most sympathetic of us feel in Michelangelo. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti The surrounding hills appear almost bare of vegetation owing to the aridity of the climate. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future In winter there was the disadvantage of snow in the Rockies and in summer were the aridity and heat of the Mohave desert. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert And again she was taking chances pushing out blindly with over a hundred men into the aridity of the desert. The Leopard Woman The country had now assumed a character of aridity; and the luxuriant green of these little streams, wooded with willow, oak, or sycamore, looked very refreshing among the sandy hills. 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 Nevertheless, with all its aridity, rigidity, and almost repulsive hardness of colour, the Doni Madonna ranks among the great pictures of the world. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Nothing strikes the imagination more than the absolute aridity of the region now. The Roof of France He was especially impressed with the aridity of the country. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert However, from its proximity to the great road, the foliage is imbrowned by the dust, and an idea of aridity intrudes itself on the imagination from the total absence of water. Paris as It Was and as It Is Its bed was perfectly dry, and the leading feature of the whole region is one of remarkable aridity, and perfect freedom from moisture. 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 There is so little which Reason, divested of all emotional or instinctive supports, is able to prove to our satisfaction that a sceptical aridity is likely to take possession of the soul. Wordsworth These stony wastes, aridity itself, yet a carpet of wild-flowers in spring, are sparsely peopled by a race having a peculiar language, a characteristic physique, and primitive customs. The Roof of France That common thinness and aridity too of the Unitarian temper had weighed with him. Robert Elsmere Perhaps her passion for Bartley had been the one spring of tenderness in her nature, and, if ever it were spent, she would stiffen into the old man's stern aridity. A Modern Instance His aridity was certainly not winning, and, in reading him, I frequently felt a lack of breadth of view and horizon, but the compelling power of his line- drawing captivated me. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth It seems that any one, if he recommends himself to His Majesty, even if he only prays vocally, finds Him; every one, at all times, can do this, if we except seasons of aridity. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus Leaving the mountain, the river meanders through the Green River Plains, a cold elevated district much like that of northern Norway, except that the humidity of Norway is replaced by the aridity of Wyoming. Canyons of the Colorado But the tables were subtly turned: my new teacher, far from offering intellectual aridities, fanned the embers of my God-aspiration. Autobiography of a Yogi The muddy water which the forethought of Hu Dra had conserved created the green patch which insulted the aridity of the ridge. Tropic Days Everywhere, except in this smiling valley, we saw nothing but the aridity of summer, and the desolation caused by a scorching tropical sun. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Once only in my life do I remember asking for consolation, being at the time in great aridities. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus Whatever may have been the aridity, the water supply must have been ample to support such large numbers of natives as he came in contact with. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 The sun was brilliant and hot here in the valley, and there was an aridity that had not been suggested in the view of it from the heights above. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond The aridity of the land augments as the traveller approaches the town, after passing the western extremity of the lake. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 That great craving for cold and wet is a sign of the heat and aridity that is within. Monsieur De Pourceaugnac These consolations being supernatural, and the understanding inactive, the soul is then left desolate and in great aridity. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus He tried in every direction, until convinced of the uselessness of so doing, sometimes encouraged and led on by shallow pools in some fragmentary creek bed, at others, seeing nothing before him but hopeless aridity. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 It is in our great desert regions, and especially on high plateaux, that extreme aridity prevails, and it is in such districts that the differences between day and night temperatures reach their maximum. Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation I will bridle my pen another time, & not teaze and puzzle you with my aridities. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Even Corsica had often changed its owners; Greeks from Marseilles had first lived there, then Ligurians and Spaniards, then some Roman colonists, whom the aridity and thorniness of the rock had not kept away. Seekers after God If I had, it would have been impossible for me to persevere during the eighteen years of my trial and of those great aridities because of my inability to meditate. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus In the trip just narrated he and his companion, Hovell, had arrested the hasty conclusion that was being formed as to the aridity of the interior. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Gregory at once seized the opportunity thus afforded of examining the upper reaches of this river, from which former explorers had been driven back by the aridity of the country. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Perhaps deforestation and subsequent increased aridity might account for the desertion of these once-cultivated lands. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru The burning sun bakers up everything; and the soil, having no mineral staple wherewith to support a fresh crop if planted, is reduced to aridity and sterility for years to come. At Last Then, no effect whatever is produced; it is quickly over, and aridity is the result. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus We have now seen how Oxley, prevented from following the river down by an overflow amongst the marshes, turned south-west, only to be driven back by impenetrable scrubs and general aridity. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 After many attempts to penetrate the sand-hill region which confronted him, the heat and aridity compelled him to turn back. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work The author of the Orlando Innamorato could hardly write, even upon the driest matters of government, with the aridity of a common clerk. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 Oushda is a species of oasis of the Desert of Angad, and the aridity of the surrounding country makes these gardens appear delicious, melons, olives, and figs being produced in abundance. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. The puritan reaction of the Roman Atticists in the direction of the simplicity of Lysias defeated itself in over emphasis and ended in establishing coldness and aridity as literary ideals. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism To the culture of the world, an Archimedes, a Newton is indispensable; so she guards them by a certain aridity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 I will bridle my pen another time, and not tease and puzzle you with my aridities. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb The first is, that "poetry serves as a means of amusement and recreation," and we have previously observed that this maxim is highly favorable to aridity and platitudes in poetical actions. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller As to Upper Sindh, where the dryness of the air, and the extreme aridity of the sandy soil reproduce the Sahara in miniature, the usual shade temperature is one hundred and thirty degrees Fahrenheit. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan This barrier mountain range, and the recklessness of the early settlers in cutting down the forests, are together responsible for the aridity of South Africa. Here, There and Everywhere Hence arises that aridity observed in the greater part of the Canary Islands, notwithstanding the considerable height of their mountains, and the mass of clouds which navigators behold incessantly overhanging this archipelago. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 In the midst of the general barrenness and aridity, the verdant oasis of the ravine appeared to be the most certain place to look for the castaways. Out of the Primitive In the torrid zone it took the form of excessive rain and humidity, excessive heat, or excessive dryness and aridity. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations A man likes a pretty house, and pretty furniture, and pretty things, and pretty colors—there he has nothing but naked aridity and sombre colors. Following the Equator, Part 7 A most attractive land were it not for the aridity. Here, There and Everywhere The heat and aridity of the plains and mountains speedily made many of the cart-wheels rickety and unable to sustain their burdens without frequent repairs. The Great Salt Lake Trail As it is, however, a few weeks suffice to again alter the face of the country to useless aridity. Spinifex and Sand For that reason many students of aridity pay little attention to temperature, relative humidity, or winds, and simply measure the evaporation from a free water surface in the locality in question. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Of course it is natural to feel that there is a certain selfish aridity about such a point of view. The Upton Letters He had come to hate aridity and the acrid dryness of dust blown by hot winds across great spaces. In the Wilderness But I hope I have avoided the aridity of a mere compendium of facts. The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History There were many things which He used to convict me of—my unfaithfulness and aridity of soul and life. The Heart-Cry of Jesus In order to obtain a measure of the aridity, MacDougal has constructed the following table, showing the annual precipitation and the annual evaporation at several well-known localities in the dry-farm territory. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Such an increase of volume, if we suppose the aridity to remain as now, could have come about only by an increase of precipitation on the mountain summits. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons And she was at home in this aridity. In the Wilderness Even in the aridity of a chronicle the accusation and rejoinder are dramatic. Imperial Purple Colossal scenery, desperate aridity, tremendous solar heat, and an atmosphere highly rarefied and of nearly intolerable dryness, were the chief characteristics. Among the Tibetans The characteristics of arid id soils increase as the rainfall decreases and other conditions of aridity increase. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Not a vestige of vegetation relieved the aridity of their vitrified sides, while the verdant carpet at their feet only made the fire-moulded circle seem more weird and impassable. Letters from High Latitudes The country around us was desolate in its aridity. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 No vulgar profusion of vegetation: even a touch of aridity in the frequent patches of stones: Spanish magnificence and Spanish economy everywhere. Man and Superman There alone among the American regions familiar to the writer does one have that feeling of intense, overpowering aridity which prevails so often in the deserts of Arabia and Central Asia. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Conditions of aridity favor strongly the formation of lime, and since there is very little leaching of the soil by rainfall, the lime accumulates in the soil. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The danger of such aridity seemed to grow more imminent continually, judged by the frequency of their application to the jug. The Red Acorn To the observations of wisdom, and disinterested wisdom,2229 they replied with a scornful smile, indicative of the aridity proceeding from self-conceit. The French Revolution - Volume 2 To-night—gazing at her face, reflected, intent and mournful, in the mirror—she saw that position more clearly, in all its aridity, than she had ever seen it. Beyond The Indians were not the only primitive people who were driven from central Asia by aridity. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America For commercial purposes no state wants to be classed as arid and to suffer under the handicap of advertised aridity. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Lizards do not become torpid, and insects are seen both in the larva and the perfect states, showing that the aridity of the climate has not a general influence on the development of the species. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The aridity of the hills that shut in the valley is complete, and the whole impression is best conveyed by that very expressive French epithet morne. A Little Tour in France I hate with a bitter hatred the names of lentils and haricots—those pretentious cheats of the appetite, those tabulated humbugs, those certificated aridities calling themselves human food! The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft The travellers were now entering one of those great steppes of the Far West, where the prevalent aridity of the atmosphere renders the country unfit for cultivation. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West It is admitted that even such a classification is arbitrary, since aridity does not alone depend upon the rainfall, and even under such a classification there is an unavoidable overlapping. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Their weary march that day had been forty-five miles, over a tract that might rival the deserts of Africa for aridity. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains For a few moments the Queen spoke in turn to each one of her guests; and during these short uneasy colloquies the aridity of royalty was apt to become painfully evident. Queen Victoria Time does the rest, time and the aridity of separations. The Pool in the Desert The pasturage which prevails there during a certain portion of the year, soon withers under the aridity of the atmosphere, and leaves nothing but dreary wastes. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Where the aridity is intense, this figure may be somewhat low, and in localities of sub-humid conditions, it will undoubtedly be too high. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Though wrought ages since, it was but little weather-worn owing to the aridity of the Martian atmosphere, the infrequency of rains, and the rarity of dust storms. The Chessmen of Mars |
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