| 单词 | luxuriance |
| 例句 | It does not, however, agonize her: her motion has gentleness, and a strange mixture of restraint and luxuriance. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center - Review 2011-12-07T22:26:02Z The range of styles is wide — and yet there’s a luxuriance to the execution that fills the air, a youthful, ready-for-more brightness. Late Into American Ballet Theater’s Fall Season, a Flowering 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z He only recalls Mackenzie on those rare occasions when the late Associate swooped low, but the two share a similar textural luxuriance and structural daring. New band of the day (Joe McKee No 1,535) 2013-06-18T15:41:50Z In his most purple passages, he writes like Oscar Wilde on steroids; there's sometimes a Paterian luxuriance in the prose, a specifying gorgeousness. Father Brown: the empathetic detective 2013-01-18T20:00:03Z Tempos were basically moderate; I kept wanting more headlong vitality in intense passages, and more luxuriance at moments of slow melancholy. Review: A Baroque Start to the New York Philharmonic’s Holiday 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z He writes about "virgin forests," "tropical luxuriance," "wild denizens" and their "gloomy recesses" and "the poetry of savage wilderness." "Godzilla vs. Kong": Monster movies evoke adventure but also "dangers" of tropics 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Still, she’s a strong, reliable technician, and she’s begun to shade this role, finding time here and there within the music for moments of sudden softness and luxuriance. Critic’s Notebook: Versions of Sugar Plums at New York City Ballet 2012-12-29T01:10:26Z “There’s a luxuriance in the sound, and I think a kind of ‘well, we all secretly admit that we do love certain things if we’re pressed into revealing it.’” A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Slowish tempos in the first and third movements merely added to a general sense of luxuriance in the sound. Lucerne Festival in Switzerland Aims for Accessibility 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z There’s a rich luxuriance to his movement that, even amid the Act I mazurka, sets him apart. Dance Review: A Wild Man-Child by Way of the Bolshoi Tears Up the Met Stage 2011-06-19T22:43:45Z There is only one thing for the gardener to do about this luxuriance: Take credit for it. After the flood, a certain smugness 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Thus dancers moving among floating silver pillows designed by Andy Warhol in “RainForest” unexpectedly suggest tropical luxuriance. The Week Ahead: Dec. 4 ? Dec. 10 2011-12-02T19:02:33Z “There may be those who will find the length too tiring, the emphasis on Roman politics a bit too involved and tedious, the luxuriance too much,” Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Survivor’ and ‘Chicago’ 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z A more serious problem, however, was that her mannered luxuriance in these effects made her look in love with only herself. Dance Review: Two Top Giselles, Back to Back 2011-05-29T22:49:01Z Better yet were his floating jumps and the luxuriance of his body angles at phrase endings. Fall for Dance Closes With Lidberg and Ashton 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Dancing in long phrases that contain an infinite range of dynamic subtleties, she has warmth, attack and luxuriance. Dance Review: ‘Birthday Offering’ and ‘Les Noces’ at Royal Ballet, London 2012-07-08T21:27:34Z Silken material ensured that this collection maintained a real sense of luxuriance throughout. Paris Fashion Week channels humor, animated film for spring 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The Chicago Graphic extolled the exhibit’s “tropical luxuriance and vastness,” and said California outshone all other states. Mission Revival as an architectural movement helped sell California 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z An excess of perspiration seemed avoidable, and the attractive luxuriance of summer appeared in evidence. A hot Monday, but not unbearable, for Washington area 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The styles worked well thanks to contrasting, chic touches, such as large cream fur coat cuffs that added luxuriance. Oprah Winfrey makes Stella McCartney scream at Paris show 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Steve had a luxuriance of gray hair and an impish sense of humor that, like a live wire at the family gate, sometimes ran cruel. Private Dreams and Public Ideals in San Francisco 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Its amazing luxuriance of recall – of what was done, said, felt or merely imagined – makes it a defining study of a phase of life many writers struggle, if they try at all, to re-enter. Alan Hollinghurst on Edmund White's gay classic A Boy’s Own Story 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Apartments and institutions such as schools, hospitals and churches crowded First Hill in the early 1900s, so its luxuriance was more in human stories than family wealth. First Hill’s big ambitions 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Far better if their arguments turned not on the luxuriance of their lawns but on the legal, medical and scientific rationale for the proposal. A green plan’s weak roots 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z "They care a lot more about its healthy qualities and chocolate is no exception. It's a win-win, as it combines better health benefits with luxuriance." What is 'raw' chocolate? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But suppose the spring, the perennial fountain, of this life-giving bounty and luxuriance, were to fail or to dry up, what p. 294would be your position then? The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Let him mark the wondrous luxuriance of grass, leaf, weed and flower. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Those who have enjoyed the very doubtful pleasure of hunting at the Cape, know something of the perils of the Mimosa tree, which grows there in such deadly luxuriance. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z He was enraptured with the country, which he described as clothed "with grasses and herbage exhibiting an extraordinary luxuriance of growth." Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z They are supposed to lead a sunny life, and imitating the luxuriance of nature that the great sun continually spurs into action by his fiery heat, to have the widest sympathies with everything human. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z As in England the ivy creeps over old walls, covering ruined castles and towers with its perpetual green, so here the luxuriance of the tropics has overspread the ruin wrought by destroying elements. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z In its depths laughs or murmurs a limpid stream that can rarely be noticed, such is the thickness and luxuriance of the trees and shrubs that overhang it. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The big deep red meconopsis grew here, too, in great luxuriance. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Heaven and her wall-paper were the only scenes of tropical luxuriance in the imagination of which the dowager indulged herself. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z A forest of almost tropical luxuriance covers the morass through which the impetuous river makes its way. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Nothing can exceed the prodigality and luxuriance of nature when a vertical sun beats down on fields and forests and jungles that have been drenched for months in rain. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z With all his flaunting luxuriance of color, and occasional exaggeration in form, we cannot apply that word to him. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Thin arms, with dimpled shadows here and there, The curl'd luxuriance of your soft, dark hair Its own bewitching wreath, And perfect mouth that shows, in smiles too rare, The radiant little teeth. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z He remarks that luxuriance of vegetable growth is not seen at the time being to correspond with the prevalence of the associated fauna. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The warm climate, rich soil, and abundant water, with multitudes of trees, give the “Garden City” an appearance of almost tropical luxuriance. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z But while the tropical forest presents such a wild luxuriance of growth, I find no single trees of such stature as I 360 have seen in other parts of the world. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z In the greater part of the county, however, rich arable lands are intermingled with the parks and woodlands of numerous fine country seats, which impart to the county a peculiar luxuriance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Mount Franklin shows no sign of becoming a second Vesuvius, and the volcanic deposit has secured for the west a wonderful luxuriance of growth—such a growth as the grazier dearly loves. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Nowhere on earth does nature teem with an equal amount of vegetable luxuriance; yet Brazilian forests are remarkable for almost the total absence of large animals. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Around her head a fold of white muslin had been carelessly wrapped, from whence in rich luxuriance fell her fair and waving hair. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When Audley had last stood on this spot the luxuriance of autumn had clothed the neglected beds. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z There was a freedom about its old rooms, and a positive luxuriance which one looks for in vain in the hotels of our later days. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z It has grown truly, and the growth has been of the steady nature which gives flavour and solidity; but lacking the fertilising medium of gold, there is no luxuriance, no profusion. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Great roots and vines grew in tangled luxuriance across the path, and more than once one of them tripped and measured his length on the ground. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z The spot is beautiful, and overgrown by a luxuriance of wild mignonette and other flowers in the late spring. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z And the vines are not stunted and ugly, but large, leafy, growing with a rank luxuriance. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z When the youthful plant is checked in its upward growth by the skilful knife of the gardener, it puts forth new branches on every side, and flourishes with increased luxuriance. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 2012-03-23T02:00:31.587Z On reaching the ranges of New South Wales, the luxuriance is found to have further developed. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z If there is any truth in this supposition, those organisms are certainly favored in their destructive luxuriance by keeping the lymph liquid, thus furnishing them with the best possible culture-fluid. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Before, I had never really appreciated the extreme beauty of the brown hair tinged with red, its wonderful quality and luxuriance. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Into this luxuriance of perversity, this decadent brilliance of vegetation, you have blossomed up, strange and new, for the delight of my soul. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z In all other cities they are exotics, and never have a vigorous and healthy existence—here only are they indigenous, and on Manhattan Island do they flourish in native luxuriance. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Indeed, where nothing else prevents it, the tropical luxuriance of the evergreen beeches and magnolia brush heads off the hardy prospector. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I have seen it growing in a luxuriance almost beyond belief in lonely Canadian forests on the Laurentian Mountains. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z This arrangement is adopted in order to prevent excessive luxuriance in the grass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In the meanwhile Nares' bearers were plodding down a two-foot trail walled in by thorny underbrush and festoons of as thorny creepers that flowed down in tangled luxuriance between the towering cottonwood trunks. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The soldiers, accustomed to the luxuriance, beauty, and abundance of the valleys of Italy, were plunged into the most abject depression. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z In the woods, where it was growing in wild luxuriance, it appeared like a gigantic azelia, ablaze with fragrant bloom of white and pink. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The lower part of a vine of unusual luxuriance and beauty is shown above. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z In a soil, for example, naturally moist, it is proper to graft pears on the quince, because this plant not only thrives in such a soil, but serves to check the luxuriance thereby produced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In autumn it often seems inspired to a special luxuriance of blossoming, and it lingers to greet the asters and mingle its pink flowers and brilliant scarlet hips with their delicate lilacs. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z After five days of inconceivable suffering the long-wished-for Nile was seen, glittering through the sand hills of the desert, and bordered by a fringe of the richest luxuriance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The banks of the Bayou Robert, still further north, are of extraordinary fertility, the cane brake, a sure evidence of a very rich soil, flourishing with astonishing luxuriance. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Self-sown, this Larkspur sprung up freely every year; needing no special cherishing or nourishing, it grew apace, and bloomed with a luxuriance and length of flowering that cheerfully blued the garden for the whole summer. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The size and luxuriance of the plant are much affected by the nature of the soil in which it grows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Beautiful plants, the catalpa, plantain, &c., grow among the rocks with great luxuriance, being watered by the springs. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Upward, until the vegetation lost its luxuriance and became sparse, the carriage curved around and around peak set upon peak, only thirty miles from the sea, yet nine hundred metres above it. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z They saw the mountain of the cedar, the dwelling of the gods, the shrine of the god Irnini, Before the mountain the cedar raised its luxuriance— Good was its shade, full of delight.” The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Often its unbounded luxuriance exiled it from the front yard to the kitchen dooryard as befell the clump shown facing page 48. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The luxuriance of vegetation seemed so great, as not only to cover the earth, but to lift itself up suspended in the air. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Your engraving is exactly true, but under-rates rather than exaggerates the luxuriance. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z Among other instances of tropical luxuriance, we passed a quantity of sensitive plant. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z He crushes the principal motive of an air beneath the luxuriance of his ornamentation, which has no other merit than that of difficulty conquered. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z The glaciated rocks of the glen are clothed with vegetation of peculiar luxuriance, flourishing in the mild climate which has given Glengarriff its high reputation as a health resort for those suffering from pulmonary complaints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The wide sea of grass around us was now and then broken by a grove, springing up with luxuriance and beauty amid the treeless tract of country that stretched around on every side. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Isolation and devotion to a national cause are more powerful as incentives to the making of romance than an atmosphere of Eastern luxuriance. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The flowers which she had planted were blooming in confused luxuriance. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The whole forest displayed a luxuriance and beauty of vegetation such as we had not anticipated in these latitudes. 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 As for the zoology of these islands, it seems to be much less developed, whether as regards numbers, or size, than might be expected, considering the luxuriance of the vegetation. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (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. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z For a while it conducted us through cultivated grounds, and we saw on each side of us, rich fields of grain, and corn growing in all the luxuriance of summer. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Of Moorish grandeur of thought and luxuriance of emotion we find little in Spanish literature, at least until the beginning of the fifteenth century. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Of these useful tubers, which grow with remarkable luxuriance in the turf-soil of the island, they raise from 60 to 80 cwt. annually. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (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. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The streets are everywhere narrow and filthy, the houses low and poverty-stricken in appearance; even upon their roofs the luxuriance of tropical vegetation bursts forth! 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 The screw-pine is not cultivated in the Nicobar Islands; it grows wild in the utmost luxuriance, and, after the cocoa-nut, is for the natives the most important plant that furnishes them with subsistence. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (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. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The hairiest races are the Australians and Tasmanians, whose heads are veritable mops in the thickness and unkempt luxuriance of the locks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The French are conversational and animated, but Southern Italy begins to show the real Oriental luxuriance of gab. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Adjoining the temple, which stands in a charming cocoa-nut grove, we first got an idea of the extraordinary luxuriance of the vegetation of this island. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (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. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z It was months since we had seen anything green, and we feasted our eyes and senses on the unaccustomed luxuriance. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z An attempt to penetrate deeper into the interior of the island was baffled through the obstacles which are interposed by the unchecked luxuriance of tropical nature. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (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. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Oft has the poet's magic tongue The rose's fair luxuriance sung; And long the Muses, heavenly maids, Have rear'd it in their tuneful shades. The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z For what means has nature of repressing too great a luxuriance from without? Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z So his soft golden hair is cut across above the brows, and hangs in wavy luxuriance over his shoulders. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z What skill and magnificence and luxuriance he saw in the churches, what wealth of creation on their walls and windows and cupolas, what sculpture, what painting! The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Contrast, for example, the stern grandeur of the Sierra Nevada, wrapped in eternal snow, with the almost tropical luxuriance of the Mediterranean shores which lie at its feet. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The accompaniment is like the soft picking of mandolins, and all things combine to represent the warm luxuriance of Spain. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z On this volcanic soil, with the life-giving heat of the sun tempered by frequent rains, the vegetable kingdom flourishes in the utmost luxuriance. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Oh the luxuriance of an African tropical woodland! what pen could describe, what pencil or brush portray it! Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z In its appearance, this magnificent hybrid is nicely balanced between both parents, but it is superior to either of them in beauty and luxuriance of foliage, and in its phenomenal growth. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Through this territory, the soil is generally poor, and even the new clearings have little of the luxuriance of harvest which distinguishes them elsewhere. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z To those who know these woods, or have once seen them in the tender luxuriance of very early summer, this term is not too strong. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Ice-cold streams wander from lake to lake, watering wild-flower gardens of luxuriance and beauty. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z I regret that a fortnight of sharp drought has shorn many of the beauties we had in rich luxuriance. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z The wind had fallen, and the sun was shining warmly upon a scene of softness and luxuriance surpassing all that I had ever heard or dreamed of the beauty of the islands of Greece. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z In the everglades of Florida the lime tree, which furnishes a positive antidote, grows in wild luxuriance; and the woods everywhere, the corn and potatoes of their fields, furnish vinegar by distillation. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z How is it that you are not with your friends, drinking hot wine and rejoicing in the midst of the luxuriance of the tables covered with various eatables and brilliant lights?' Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z Smooth as a beech in bark, crowned with glossy, beautiful foliage, like the rubber plants, this parasitic fig is a splendid tropical tree, but the host that supports all this luxuriance is sacrificed utterly. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z It was not long till midsummer's day, and the vegetation was thereafter; Ragni was enchanted with the luxuriance of it all. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z I have found both this and heath growing in England, but never in the same savage luxuriance as on the wilds of the Grampian range. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The road they followed—one of the best in the colony—led through a beautiful fertile district, studded with prosperous-looking farm-houses around which vineyards and orange groves flourished in wonderful luxuriance. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The scenery now became very pretty—hedge-rows were on either side, a luxuriance of trees, and plenty of green fields. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z The leaves are four to nine inches long, with leaflets three to four inches in length, deciduous, vivid green, making a tree fifty feet high an object of tropical luxuriance. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Even in the court, and remains of the fortress itself, trees of nearly a century's growth are flourishing in luxuriance, and compose, with the shrubs thickly scattered within the area, a scene highly beautiful. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z This delight, this widespread joy and luxuriance of life overflowed in the breast of Ladislaus. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z “Holy Thursday,” after the rainbow tints of many of the pages and the luxuriance of their designs, is a Quaker-like and unpretending affair altogether. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z His hair, in almost feminine luxuriance, descended in ringlets upon his neck. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The tree, with its leaves in luxuriance shading My path in the tune-yielding time of the year, Now sighs in its dirge, while its foliage, fading, Descends to its sepulchre withered and sere. Verses of Feeling and Fancy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.237Z Ivy two hundred years old climbs over it in great luxuriance. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z God does not place His people in luxuriance here. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z A fantastic, extravagant architecture, all glitter and luxuriance, the creation of a wild fancy, forms a striking contrast to the simplicity of the classic and the sublimity of the Gothic style. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The interior of the island is said to be beautiful, flowers and foliage growing in great luxuriance. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z Although lofty, it was by no means a very large apartment, but it was furnished in a style of luxuriance that quite astonished our little wanderers. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Soon three bald spots shone white, like famine in the remaining luxuriance of his hair. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z In the time of the Moors the same lands were gardens of almost tropical luxuriance. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z The interior of the edifice is as beautiful as is its exterior, and is furnished with that luxuriance of decorative effect so characteristic of the best era of the Renaissance in France. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Observing on a visit to Priestley the luxuriance of some mint growing in noxious air, he suggested to Priestley that "the air is mended by taking something from it, and not by adding to it." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z They went very slowly to-day, often stopping to let Don rest, and to cull the wild flowers that grew everywhere in glorious luxuriance. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Methought I saw Euphemia, who came floating towards me in all the luxuriance of her beauty, and casting on me the most seductive glances. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z To us it was a great surprise that here, on the shores of the Polar sea, we found a garden spot of plant luxuriance and animal delight. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Gardens in and about the city quickly catch and delight the eye,—gardens where flowers and fruits grow in great luxuriance. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z But the summer, with its advanced luxuriance of beauty, too often brings malaria, pestilence and death. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z It was dotted, here and there, with a settler's cabin, but the greater part yet lay in the wild luxuriance of nature. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z The lamentations were now turned to an exulting hymn of praise; and from afar I beheld the landscape again blooming in all the luxuriance of spring. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z Then there are the men who deal in what they call pineapple sweetmeat; their barrows are adorned with paintings representing dimly the riches and luxuriance of the East. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z On the shores opposite to such precipices, there is invariably a rich diluvial plain, covered by a vigorous forest of trees, clothed in all the graceful luxuriance of a summer foliage. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z A saturated atmosphere, constantly in contact with the Coast Range system of upheaval, together with the warm temperature, induces a growth of vegetation almost tropical in its luxuriance. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Her hair had become loosened at the back from the great knot in which it was mostly confined, and hung in bright luxuriance almost to her waist. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The hills of its strongly undulating surface are profusely covered with wood, and the hollows p. 133enjoy a luxuriance of pasturage that can scarcely be equalled. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z A spacious basin, on the margin of which water plants grew with wild luxuriance, was overspread with slime; and afforded a shelter for toads and adders. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z The typical form and the coralloides phase grow abundantly in the Calcutta tanks, the former often attaining an extraordinary luxuriance. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Large fertile tracts of agricultural lands, in the near vicinity, produce grain, vegetables, and fruits of many varieties, and in great luxuriance. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z The road which leads to it runs parallel with a mountain chain, and commands very beautiful scenery, which we beheld in all the fresh luxuriance of May. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I walked again through the neglected garden, where the trees were now in their fullest luxuriance. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z The whole river is made a great grove by the number and luxuriance of the trees, although only with difficulty can one get to shore. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z In Lamia, ‘there is a mingling of Greek majesty with fairy luxuriance which we have not elsewhere seen.’ Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Or should we suspect that the travelled poet clothed our soil with the luxuriance of Proven�al fancy, and borrowed the clear azure of Italy to soften the British roughness even of our skies? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Over the rest of her form the glistening and rosy hues were diffused with prodigal luxuriance, and mingled in endless and wanton variety. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z There are abundant small springs of water, which keep verdant numerous shrubs, the flowers of which are acceptable to the deity, especially the Kiner or Oleander, which grows in great luxuriance on the Aravulli. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z But they have no longer the rich luxuriance of their Spring bloom, nor even the delicious scent which belonged to them when the vigour of youth was upon them. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z Through the rich twilight we were able to discern the white sandy shore, skirting a dense forest of perennial luxuriance and beauty. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z In his rural scenery there is a freshness in its luxuriance; for his impressions were stamped by their locality. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In the selection and arrangement of notes there are no limits to luxuriance and celerity. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z On the coast of British Columbia and Alaska to Mount St. Elias, salmon-berries, wild currants, huckleberries, and strawberries flourished with marvellous luxuriance and of large size. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z This moist summer has given a rich, dark luxuriance to the foliage, that contrasts favorably to the parched, withered aspect of everything last year. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z They refuse to display their real luxuriance for cold, careless, or indifferent people, just as babies and dogs know how to distinguish between those who love them and those who love only themselves. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The scholiasts among the ancient classics had rejoiced in some rare emendation of the text, or the rhetorical 568 commentator had flourished in the luxuriance of the latent beauties of some favourite author. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z And then a dado of tall bracken fantastic in shape and almost weird in outline, through which there peeped here and there, with insolent luxuriance, clumps of purple and snow-white foxgloves. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Where water can be had, however, there are wonderfully productive orchards, vineyards, and gardens, in which the fruits and flowers of both the temperate and torrid zones flourish side by side with marvellous luxuriance. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The peasantry were driving their wains homeward loaded with the luxuriance of the Hungarian fields, proverbially rich where they are cultivated at all. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z The ruggedness of aspect common to most mountain lakes is here lost in the soft luxuriance of the green shores, the sparkling waters, and the rich blue sky. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The “Canterbury Tales” of Chaucer were the effusions of his advanced age, and the congenial verses of Dryden were thrown out in the luxuriance of his later days. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But in spite of this gallant assertion, M. le Contrôleur seemed in a vast hurry to quit the luxuriance of his azure-hung throne. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Marvell had in fact the qualities of a consummate artist, and only needed to repress his luxuriance and to confine his expansiveness. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Wind, and birds had carried seeds there; and bushes and trees had sprung up in rich luxuriance,--for plants thrive well, where the dead are buried. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z To the front Monte Caprino rises straight up from the water like one huge, solitary rock, keeping stern watch over the soft luxuriance of the towns. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Crowded as the Orlando Innamorato is with incidents and episodes, and inexhaustible as may be the luxuriance of the poet's fancy, the unity of his romance is complete. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Her beauty, however, was perfectly exquisite; there was a rich luxuriance, a beaming lustre about her whole appearance, which seemed to gain by contrast with others, whom, while viewed separately, you had thought as handsome. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-04-06T02:00:04.340Z But it is the moisture that insensibly arises from them, which, gradually mingling with the soil, nourishes all the luxuriance of vegetation, and fructifies and adorns the surface of the earth4.” History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The court of this mansion was ornamented by six lotus trees, which Pliny saw in full luxuriance in his youth, but which were afterwards burned in the conflagration in the time of Nero. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Countless riches, prodigious vegetable luxuriance, stupendous grandeur, are the associations they suggest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z I remember once, when he had planted capers, he went every day to see them and was greatly delighted at their luxuriance. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Prairies and river-bottoms may yield ever so bounteously; but that very luxuriance of growth insures their gradual exhaustion of certain elements of crops, which must needs be replaced or their product will dwindle. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z I never remember to have seen vegetation in ranker luxuriance than that which these fig-trees exhibited, nor upon the whole a more singular spot. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The grain, lodged by the storms, lay on the ground, half rotted in its own luxuriance. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z From --- to Leon, a distance of eight leagues, the country rapidly improved: we passed over several small streams, and occasionally found ourselves amongst meadows in which grass was growing in the richest luxuriance. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z But that it presents an epitome or figured abstract of the Renaissance in its earlier luxuriance, is unmistakable. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Your springs and streams will be rendered more equable and enduring by increasing the area and the luxuriance of your timber. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z I have seen nothing anywhere else to rival the soft luxuriance of nature here. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The country is luxuriance itself, covered with corn and flax, separated by rows of peach and fig trees, with vines leaping from tree to tree. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z There are lovely, secluded nooks in this Paradise, where has been conjured up in the unfriendly Northern winter all the luxuriance of Southern vegetation. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Where the mind has no real difficulties with which to grapple, the imagination is wont to grow with the rank luxuriance of tropical vegetation. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z This involves a very considerable initial outlay; but the luxuriance of the crops unfailingly produced, under the influence of this vivifying irrigation, abundantly justifies and rewards that outlay. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z We are in a vast solitude of grassy mounds and giant trees, in all their native luxuriance, spreading as far as the eye can reach. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z To this fact, perhaps, may be ascribed the luxuriance of his imagination; it is freer in childhood than in old age. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Rohritz has much ado to prevent their drooping their gray noses to the ground to crop the dripping grass that clothes each side of the road in emerald luxuriance. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z The leaves of the trees and shrubs droop wearily; the varied luxuriance of bloom is past; the first crop of roses has faded, the next has not yet arrived at maturity. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Of wine he has abundance; and as to vegetables and fruits, the soil teems with them in a rich luxuriance of which I cannot give you a notion. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z At first thinly wooded, the soil was covered with tall rank grass, which, in consequence of the perpetual incursions of the Galla, grew in all its native luxuriance, uncropped whether by flock or herd. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z He had a fertile and playful fancy, and his love is adorned by all the luxuriance of his imagination. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Look at that stretch of yellow beach, like a golden fillet round the sea; and then mark the rich woods waving in leafy luxuriance to the shore! Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Then the flocks of sheep enjoy all the luxuriance of a paradise of herbage, which clothes field, valley, and hillside alike. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z She is pale as the early blossoms that lie here and there in soft wanton luxuriance upon her tables; her whole face is eager and expectant. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Her hair no longer fell in masses about her shoulders, but fashion permitted its full luxuriance to be appreciated, and pale lily-buds gleamed amid its waves. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Among the personal charms of Alessandra, the most striking was the beauty and luxuriance of her hair. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z There is no poverty in design or decoration, and no overdeveloped luxuriance, except for the accidence of the Renaissance tendencies of its time. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z There is nothing remarkable about its exterior, but the interior is furnished with all the luxuriance of the Moorish style. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z There those beautiful plants, which we cultivate with such care in our gardens, azalias, rhododendrons, all the gorgeous family of the lobelia, were flourishing in wild luxuriance. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The grandeur of the forests in the south, and the luxuriance of the shrubs and plants, have no parallel. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z The gaiety of the life at St. Germain departed suddenly, but it is said of Dumas’ life there, that he surrounded himself with a coterie which bespoke somewhat its former abandon and luxuriance. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z The north doorway, too, indicates in its curious bas-reliefs, of the twelfth or thirteenth centuries, a luxuriance which in the north—in the Romanesque churches at least—came only with later centuries. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z His fair, close curls had lost none of their luxuriance, but they were carefully arranged, and the bearded face, if it could lay no claim to beauty, was interesting enough without it. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z The gardens that surround the Memorial will augment their loveliness in added expanse of foliage and in greater wealth of floral luxuriance. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z It was hardly attained in the gently-undulating fields of Osternau, but, so far as luxuriance of cultivation was concerned, they left nothing to be desired. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z Nothing could exceed the beauty of our little domain, or the rich luxuriance of the country in which it stood. Mystery and Confidence (vols. 3 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:31.910Z This chapel presents the usual richness and luxuriance of its time. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z In every part of the coast, the land is covered with a vast luxuriance of wood and herbage. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z This only fired her ambition to see more of the world and study Nature where she is seen in her greatest splendor and luxuriance. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Castle Osternau is situated in the midst of a country distinguished not for any conspicuous or unique beauty of natural scenery, but for luxuriance of cultivation. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z We were in the rainy season, along this coast, and all the vegetable kingdom was in full luxuriance. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Its proportions, while not great, are good, and there is no marked luxuriance of ornament or any exceeding grace in the entire structure, if we except the detached tower before mentioned. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z It was the opinion of Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander, as well as of the other gentlemen on board, that all kinds of European grain, plants, and fruit would flourish here in the utmost luxuriance. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z In this suburb at a walking distance, or reached easily by train from Melbourne, are situated the Botanical Gardens, laid out in park-like luxuriance. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z They were in the dusk of the dark front verandah; and the night outside exhaled its inexorable breath of luxuriance, love and velvety mystery. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z On the last day of February, 1832, the 'Beagle' came to anchor in the harbour of Bahia, and young Darwin caught sight for the first time of the mutually strangling luxuriance of tropical vegetation. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z The choir-stalls are quaintly carved, with a luxuriance which, in some manner, approaches the Spanish style. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z It now coursed through flat, alluvial land, on both sides wooded to the water’s edge; the trees of great height, and broad leaved, with that lush luxuriance of underwood only found in tropical forests. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z For thirty years thereafter, the grave was grassless; a bare spot in the shape of a coffin marked, amidst the surrounding luxuriance, the place where lay the penitent criminal, unjustly executed. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It would not be difficult to trace the relative connection between the luxuriance of oath-taking and the various forms of religion under which oath-taking has successively flourished. A Cursory History of Swearing The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers, the glossy green of the foliage, but above all the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration.' Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z The dresses were in the latest style, they fitted to perfection, and the girls’ youth and the luxuriance of their hair quite made up for the want of jewellery to enhance their charms. A Double Knot But, unless thus artificially supplied, water was too scarce to permit any luxuriance of growth. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Thus nature sleeps and dies during winter, to awake in springtime to a life of renewed luxuriance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It was middle November, and yet there was not—so it seemed as one looked at yellow and copper luxuriance—a leaf lost from the suave harmony of the trees. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode This flower grows in wild luxuriance in the Samoan Islands, and forms the most common ornament worn in the hair of the women. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The luxuriance of his fancy occasionally betrays him into far-fetched conceits, and the lavishness of his epithets is only redeemed by their exquisite felicity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" They were tramping steadily along the bottom of a small ravine, one late July afternoon, through a luxuriance of fern and vine almost tropical. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests My little garden bed gives me something that all the luxuriance of woods and fields can never give—not better, not so good, perhaps, but different. The Jonathan Papers The drunken wild grape-vines now trailed with a pruned and sobered luxuriance and the clamor of hammer and saw came from the direction of the lake, where a carpenter refurbished the ruined summer-house. The Valiants of Virginia The picturesque effect of the birches was also remarkable, flanked by the massive outlines and drooping tassels of the rimu, the soft luxuriance of the undergrowth adding charms to the whole. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The ferns, which were flourishing in unusual luxuriance, caught Deirdre's attention. The School by the Sea Where we passed inland the country was rich and fruitful, showing more and more the luxuriance of the South. Glories of Spain Spring in all her superb luxuriance was now wreathing Florida with flowers; the spring flowers met the old flowers, the spring leaves met the old leaves. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The peaks of the mountains sparkled, the dark pine forest in the bosom and lap of the chain displayed such a wealth of luxuriance, that whoever viewed it aright must inevitably be refreshed. Magnhild Dust The summer was past its meridian, and had shed abroad its warmest influences, and enriched the various scenes of nature with the luxuriance and beauty of its foliage. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The first had the brevity of Simonides, the next Alexandrian luxuriance. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 I noted the proud poise of her head, and the luxuriance of the hair coiled so gracefully above it. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance The enthusiasm and creative fire aroused by such a perspective are attested by our exhibitions, and borne witness to by the rich luxuriance of our annual art harvests. Underground Man The river is characterized by a broad, deep, and quiet stream, begirt with a vegetation of exceeding luxuriance. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Palms were growing in the greatest luxuriance, of every known species, from the cabbage towering up into the sky to the fan-palm of the desert whose fronds are reservoirs of water. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Amongst the vegetable productions of this spot, we noticed the perennial lupine, the narrow-leaved epilobium, and some currant bushes in full flower, and growing with great luxuriance. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea But it was neither her stature, the exquisite symmetry of her figure, the beauty of her face, the luxuriance of her hair, nor the elegance of her attire that fascinated me. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance The soft clouds float midway in the serene sky, the sun shines fair and bright, and the luxuriance of a perpetual summer covers the face of nature. To Cuba and Back Grey was the background and green—grey with falling gauzes of twilight, green with luxuriance of leafage in its emerald prime. Love's Usuries It attains luxuriance, I was told, only in Greece; and even there it is restricted to the northern Peloponnesus, the shores of the Gulf of Corinth, and the Ionian Islands. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu The kidney-leaved oxyria grows in great luxuriance there, and occasionally furnished us with an agreeable addition to our meals, as it resembles the garden sorrel in flavour, but is more juicy and tender. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In the light sandy districts where the soil is perfectly free, and contains a portion of vegetable and mineral loam, the coco-nut palm flourishes in great luxuriance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" There is a wild luxuriance about his character that is interesting and fascinating—if you are not thrown for too long in his company. The Vagabond in Literature Roses and jasmine threw their long flower-laden shoots over the arches in wild luxuriance, and were a pretty sight, as viewed from the seat hidden in a bower near by. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them In Virginia, one is everywhere impressed by the richness and luxuriance of the foliage. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Although its forest growths are, on the whole, inferior in size to those of corresponding latitudes in the eastern hemisphere, it is unsurpassed for beauty, luxuriance and variety. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The west and south coasts, which are uniformly low, are fringed their entire length by coco-nut trees, which grow to the water’s edge in great luxuriance, and give the island a most picturesque appearance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" For there is about it not only the sweetness, the freshness, the luxuriance of the grass; but its prolific rankness—the wheat and the tares grow together. The Vagabond in Literature It produced, indeed, a growth of such luxuriance—but of all that, in its proper place. Hempfield A Novel The beautiful Matilija poppies grow in great luxuriance here, their tall grey-green stalks and white crape petals with golden hearts being very effective. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The luxuriance of their apartment on the Plaza de Santa Ana had a certain depressing influence upon her. Maximina In a word, the Poem of Dryden, regarded merely as the exhibition of a soothing and delicious luxuriance of fancy, may be classed with the most successful productions of human genius. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 But there is no good evidence for an excess of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—an assumption founded on the luxuriance of the vegetation, coupled with the fact that vulcanicity was active and wide-ranging. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Helena had just finished the postponed yawn with some luxuriance and decided that Mr. Alison must get up very early and do all his work then, and that made him so dull at night. Helena Brett's Career June flowered with tropical luxuriance in the city park. The Shadow The abundant moisture from frequent showers, followed by a blazing sunshine, produces that tropical luxuriance for which this portion of the Orient is celebrated. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 We descended the fields to the woods, which the recent felling has thinned considerably, but which have all the rank luxuriance of summer, and revelled amid the bracken and trailing roses. Windyridge The interior of the Hermitage is decorated with Oriental luxuriance tempered by Western refinement. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Its finely divided pinnate leaves are of a rich deep green, and almost fern-like in grace and luxuriance. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens By the banks of the stream the pomegranate, the plantain, and the mango, were growing in wild luxuriance—trees not known in the land, consequently imported. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The agglutinative type, however, yet remains, and its grammar shows a luxuriance of grammatical combination second only to Turkish and Hungarian. Lectures on The Science of Language Her form subsided into the sweetest luxuriance of attitude, and rose into motion with some such exquisite buoyancy, as would become Venus issuing from the foam. International Short Stories American It was a sort of wilderness of flowers and fruit-trees, little cared for or tended, but beautiful in the wild luxuriance of its varied foliage, and almost oppressive in its wealth of perfume. One Of Them It is the trees of older and loftier growth that exhibit the rank luxuriance of these wonderful epiphytes in the most striking manner. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series One missed the tropical luxuriance of Trinidad and Dominica, for the winter months in Jamaica are almost rainless; but it would have been beautiful anywhere else, and the mango trees were in their glory. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses I had not believed Ireland contained such a spot, for there was all the trim neatness and careful propriety of an English village, with that luxuriance of verdure and wild beauty so eminently Irish. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance No gift can be consecrated in its natural luxuriance. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition With extraordinary talents he united extensive learning; in his writings he indulged rather too much the native luxuriance of his genius. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia This was Nelly's salutation as she came back, full of all she had seen, and glowing with enthusiasm over the splendid luxuriance of the vegetation and the beauty of the view. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Palms were growing in the greatest luxuriance, of every known species, from the cabbage towering up into the sky to the fan palm of the desert whose fronds are reservoirs of water. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses One thing was certain: he curbed her in nothing; every wild weed of her heart grew up in all its own luxuriance, and she was the ideal of imperiousness and self-will. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Over this radiant and pregnant luxuriance the air quivered softly, and hummed with the murmur of foraging bees and flies, glad in the heat. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life This Fox, on the contrary, wore all his native luxuriance of fur, and, by the way he carried his great brush of a tail, seemed not a little proud of it. The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! The luxuriance of tropical vegetation bloomed in all its novelty around them. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Camellias, orange-trees, cactuses, and magnolias abounded everywhere; tulips and hyacinths seemed to grow wild; and there was in the half-neglected look of the spot something of savage luxuriance that heightened the effect immensely. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune There below my feet lay the convent garden in all the fresh luxuriance of tropical vegetation. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant In all the luxuriance of this mild climate, shrubs attained the height of trees; and flowers, rare enough elsewhere to demand the most watchful care, grew here, unattended and unregarded. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Much beauty of form, a delightful sensitiveness to nature, a luxuriance of color, and a finely tempered thoughtfulness pervade the poems. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The ground was free from the stain of blood, though the grass waved in rank luxuriance, fertilized, no doubt, by the blood of those brave men who perished in that sanguinary struggle. Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York The weeds shot up all through and between the rows with a luxuriance that astonished me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 These are in general well wooded, and, in the luxuriance of their vegetation, strongly characteristic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Although still early, the sun was hot, and the flowers and shrubs, refreshed by the heavy dew, were bursting out into renewed luxuriance in the warm glow. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The garden I neglected utterly; and in the wild luxuriance of the soil the rank weeds soon effaced every sign of former culture. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The island of Martinique emerges in tropical luxuriance from the bosom of the Caribbean Sea. Josephine Makers of History And so our correspondence did not flourish with that tropical luxuriance which is so much appreciated by the world when we are dead and unable to protect ourselves. Captain Macedoine's Daughter The equatorial parts of Brazil and of the West Coast of Africa are almost identical in climate and in luxuriance of vegetation, but their animal life is totally diverse. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Her head was large, well formed, and covered with a wavy mass of black hair marvelous in its richness of color and luxuriance. The Spiritualists and the Detectives What a wilderness of rank luxuriance it was! Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Glittering brilliancy, dazzling gold, silver, or gilt, polished marble, agate, and jasper, and a luxuriance of vivid colours meet the visitor's eyes when standing there. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The Reformation in Germany played no such part, and so there is left much really artistic detail which contributes a luxuriance that is wanting in constructive details. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine The spring had this year displayed peculiar luxuriance. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels Here and there a banana plant reared its ragged luxuriance and a stunted palm or two struggled upward; there was on old rustic seat beneath a gnarled wild orange tree. The House of Fulfilment The world of organisms would then be a colossal genealogical tree of enormous luxuriance, and with an incalculable wealth of forms. Naturalism And Religion Arctic plants grow and blossom with great rapidity and luxuriance where the exposure is favourable, and where the water from the melting snow can run off. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" "Did you ever see geraniums and heliotropes growing in such luxuriance?" asked one of the ladies. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Tamarisks, mimosas, climbing plants, papyrus, and euphorbia—the latter yielding a poisonous milky juice in which the natives dip their deadly arrow-points—thrive in unchecked luxuriance, and present a rich variety of colour. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century However, since the Smoke Consuming Act has been enforced, the roses, stocks, and hawthorns have again taken heart, and blossom with grateful luxuriance. Old and New London Volume I Some idea of their luxuriance may be formed when it is mentioned that the girth of each tree exceeds sixteen feet, and the longest branch of one of them measures eighty-four feet in length. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land The luxuriance is in proportion to the local brilliancy. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition He looked at her silently, noting her olive skin, her dark and lustrous eyes, the luxuriance of her hair. Orientations In short, a luxuriance approaching to rankness, and a soil remarkable for its depth of colour and fatness, characterize every part. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew Woodbine and hop, clematis and the Virginia creeper half concealed its rugged exterior, and clothed in tangled luxuriance the verandah that extended along the front. The Advocate Although surrounded by unusual fertility and luxuriance for an interior town, the low mud-houses and treeless streets give Kirshehr that same thirsty and painfully uniform appearance which characterizes every village or city in Asiatic Turkey. Across Asia on a Bicycle Soon after the hollow was just as peaceful and deserted as it had been early that morning, with blackbirds building their nests in the wild luxuriance of the beech-trees. Jena or Sedan? The youthful days of Louis XIV. raised them to a height of costly luxuriance to sink them ever after in oblivion. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 On the carpet of clean sward, troops of horses and herds of handsome cattle may be seen to browse; and to one accustomed to the rough luxuriance of the tropics, the appearance is of fairyland. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The apple needs considerable pruning, but not of the spurs and side-twigs which bear the fruit, but of limbs that grow too thick, and of disproportioned luxuriance. Soil Culture These trees grow here with remarkable luxuriance, from a mere twig stuck into the ground. Across Asia on a Bicycle Now, observe, first, I do not mean by luxuriance of ornament, quantity of ornament. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The evil is when, without system, and without preference of the nobler members, the ornament alternates between sickly luxuriance and sudden blankness. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Notwithstanding the want of superficial water, the air is always charged with moisture; the consequence being a most equable temperature all the year round, and an extreme luxuriance of all vegetation. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa The fertilizing properties of this article were discovered by a German laborer in a quarry, who observed the increased luxuriance of the grass by his path, when the dust fell from his shoes and clothes. Soil Culture He was a great artificer of title-pages, covering them with a promising luxuriance; and in this way recommended his works to the booksellers. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Nowhere else have I see anything approaching the luxuriance and variety of delicate blossoms shown by these high, mountain pastures of the North. Alaska Days with John Muir Love, like the sun, clears from the soul all clouds That darken understanding, and wrap earth Round with a misty curtain, through whose folds The lineaments of beauty glimmer forth In undefined luxuriance. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems Furthermore, all travelers are agreed that in the high latitudes of Northern Siberia, where spring, summer and autumn crowd together in rapid succession within a few months, an astonishing luxuriance of vegetation suddenly springs forth. Woman under socialism Whatever seeds of love for Iver had sprung up in her were smothered under the luxuriance of this new love that left in her soul no space for any other. The Broom-Squire The pomp of the feast of Ahasuerus has all the luxuriance of Asiatic splendour; and the circumstances are selected with some fancy. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Their hair, drawn back from the face, and sustained by long golden pins, is of marvellous luxuriance. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The remark about the relations of prose and poetry was originally made in a real conversation with Wordsworth in defence of Landor's own luxuriance. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) All round the house grew dense thickets of sprawling laurels, which rose in luxuriance from the edge of the water. The Thread of Gold Her beauty of soul shone out in gorgeous luxuriance, and seemed to him to envelop her in a sheen of radiance. Carmen Ariza They grow in the semiarid regions of the West and sometimes in great luxuriance. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Claude felt smothered, not only by the heat, but by this compact luxuriance that dwarfed him, and which was climbing, climbing still. The Side Of The Angels A Novel His mental processes never impress one with opulence and luxuriance, but rather with a certain sublime tenacity, which extracts nutriment from the most barren soil. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 In this warm, sheltered nook, hidden in woods, with its southerly aspect, the vegetation grows with an almost tropical luxuriance, so that the general impression of the place is by no means typically English. The Thread of Gold The younger the leaves, the more rapid was the development of the parasite, and sometimes, in the younger leaves, the luxuriance was far greater than in free nature. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses As they proceeded, they passed many houses of the rich merchants of the place, and all were charmed with the luxuriance and beauty of the gardens. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers The Reformers did but clip and prune, with that exquisite taste and judgment which belong by tradition to English gardeners, the overgrowth and rank luxuriance of a too long neglected, "careless-ordered" garden. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer In the uncultivated fields through which we passed when driving out to the sugar estate, the prickly pear grew close to the ground in great luxuriance, as it is seen on our Western prairies. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Nothing can exceed the luxuriance of vegetation when the quickening powers of a genial sun are ministered to by a rich soil and abundant moisture. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Mucors and moulds flourish on dead and decaying Agarics, and other fleshy forms, in great luxuriance and profusion. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses There were green lawns, great beds packed wantonly with the brightest flowers, while trees, palms and flowering shrubs crowded the square in luxuriance. Westward with the Prince of Wales In Lo Yang, the capital city, the peonies bloomed with special luxuriance. The Chinese Fairy Book The gardens seem to be neglected, but they are very lovely in their native luxuriance. Due South or Cuba Past and Present She gently inclines her head towards him, and both seemed overshadowed by the long beautiful tresses which float in wild luxuriance. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. To the right, stretched the immense undulating plain of exuberant forest, with its tropical luxuriance, its smothering climate and its overwhelming animal life. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America Even the half-cleared land, where tree stumps and bushes still held sway, there was the blueberry, growing with the joyous luxuriance of a useful weed. Westward with the Prince of Wales Vegetation there springs up with the rapidity, and flourishes with the luxuriance, of tropical climates. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 They were delighted by fruits of which they knew not the names, such as the custard-apple, mango, zapota, banana, and others, growing in such rank luxuriance as to seem miraculous. Due South or Cuba Past and Present It retains certain of its Romanesque features, perhaps unduly pronounced; likewise it has certain attributes of Burgundian luxuriance; but withal it presents the highly developed Gothic tendency to a far greater degree than either. The Cathedrals of Northern France It is not a populous district: there are few haciendas met with, and fewer hamlets, but the scenery is very grand, and the vegetation is characterized by all the luxuriance of the tropics. Aztec Land To glance out of the window was to realize more than this, it was to realize that in spite of all this luxuriance the land was yet barely scratched. Westward with the Prince of Wales Their road ran steadily upward from the sleepy valley, skirting a wood where the luxuriance of the overhanging foliage and the bright autumnal tint of the leaves were like a scene of a spectacular play. The Strollers There ancient spruce and yellow pine and quaking aspens grew in sheltered luxuriance. A Mountain Boyhood There is a luxuriance of decoration in the many chapels of different epochs. The Cathedrals of Northern France The vigor of the vine and the luxuriance of the foliage make it an excellent sort for arbors. Manual of American Grape-Growing His golden hair fell in graceful luxuriance nearly or quite to his shoulders, and his upper lip was garnished with a blonde mustache. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War My route lay through the Flemish provinces, which had now recovered all their luxuriance, if not derived additional animation from the activity which every where follows the movements of a successful army. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Nearer, it looked out upon an extensive garden, carefully laid out and thriftily in growth with all the ground-fruits and vegetables natural to the climate, at that time in full luxuriance. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Such a range of elaborated doorways is hardly to be found in such luxuriance elsewhere, though the fact that there are five204 in all, standing grandly in a row, is perhaps not unique of itself. The Cathedrals of Northern France The warm summer moon wheeled up that evening through the dusk, odorous with the wild luxuriance of wood and swamp growths. The Bondwoman Surrounded in most cases by the massive luxuriance of a banana grove, the Filipino's hut stands on stilts as high as his head, and often higher. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions It has been trained, or rather restrained, to the measurement of fifty-six feet in circumference, the stem being two feet round, and the branches shooting out at the height of five feet with incredible luxuriance. A Walk from London to Fulham In Italy, as we have seen, the Byzantine seed, sown in such fertile soil, attained suddenly a great luxuriance. Six Centuries of Painting Along the edges of the Creek, and in little pocket bottoms, the varied vegetation has a sub-tropical luxuriance, and in this now close, warm air, there is a rank smell suggestive of malaria. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo All the grounds surrounding the convent-buildings are highly cultivated and tastefully improved, presenting a vivid contrast between the wild luxuriance of nature, and the formal, artificial life within these cold, stern walls. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Instead of Spenser's amazing luxuriance of matter and metre, we have a neat uniformity and trim array of couplets, which suggest the constant supervision of the pruning craftsman. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Not an Indian was to be seen; and the bloom, luxuriance and fruitage of the tropics, spread enchantingly around them. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots But although the Blackbird had his troubles, and serious ones they were too, the beauty and luxuriance of the season rejoiced his heart. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps She often reminded me of some of those plants which, when exposed to the storm, contract and diminish their form and foliage; but, when sheltered, resume their original luxuriance and loveliness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 And here so rich is the soil, so sheltered the situation, that all the wild vegetation of the country seems growing with magnified luxuriance. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand The hole passed under the logs; and we had ascertained that it would be opened behind a wild vine that spread its luxuriance over a great part of the side and roof of our prison. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI They then entered upon a beautiful region of fertility and luxuriance. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots And all the past was poured into that, even as the squalls and tempests of winter are transmuted into and feed the luxuriance of June-time. Daisy's Aunt From the exuberant luxuriance of the vegetation around it, this window, though tolerably large, did not furnish a very powerful light to one who entered from the open air . Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 Roanoak Island is a beautiful place, with fertile soil and wild luxuriance of vine-covered forests which are enveloped in a deep solitude which has become dignity. The White Doe The Fate of Virginia Dare Very soon afterward the new grass would spring up with great luxuriance. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series This swamp was bordered by a gloomy forest, with gigantic trees, and a dense, impervious underbrush, ever stimulated to wonderful luxuriance by an almost tropical sun and a moist and spongy soil. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots As we drew near the base of the mountains, olive-trees of great size and luxuriance covered the earth with a fine sprinkle of shade. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Here saw a specimen of the luxuriance of the heath-plant, as it grows in Scotland; it was in the enclosed plantations—perhaps sheltered by them. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 In the giant cup formed by the encircling mountain range was a green valley of tropical luxuriance. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 She could not, of course, eliminate her Latinity of eye and tress nor her wild luxuriance of bust, but English was her mother-tongue, and the chewing of gum 174 her national pastime. The Dust Flower They were covered with orchids that in the hottest weather were all dried up and quite unsightly, but when the rainy season began they were very beautiful in their luxuriance of growth and bloom. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Next come troops of hares and rabbits, who come to nibble the fresh grass that grows there in great luxuriance. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Without, the season had bloomed into greater luxuriance,—within, the flowers now rarely came; and Faith's flowerless dress and belt and hair, said of themselves that Mr. Linden was away. Say and Seal, Volume II Here, as in South Africa, they owe their luxuriance to abundant irrigation. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The picture I see is of a land of small farms and gardens, highly cultivated, in all the valleys and on the foot-hills; a land, therefore, of luxuriance and great productiveness and agreeable homes. Our Italy The palms are large and grow in great luxuriance, and the double hibiscus look like large pinks. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China At the iron window of her prison they appeared to grow with the joy and luxuriance of gratitude. Madame Roland, Makers of History The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers, the glossy green of the foliage, but, above all, the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. Life of Charles Darwin I put on his flannel shirt—it fell down to my toes, like a bedgown; his drawers—and they flowed in Turkish luxuriance over my feet. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot The bright green of one lilac is almost lost in a luxuriance of sky-blue blossoms, and the white lilac looks at a distance as if drifted over with snow. Our Italy Folks, I don't want to seem too exuberantly sure of myself, but—" he waved a carefully-kept hand eloquently at the luxuriance around him, "—I'm all fussed up over this place, honest. The Ranch at the Wolverine Can there ever be snow-storms and scathing frosts in such a land of tropical luxuriance? The Land of Thor Here the native productions exceeded, in luxuriance, any that he had ever seen: the reeds and canes, in particular, grew to an immense height and thickness. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The surrounding country, by its luxuriance, gives evidence of the energy of an industrious race struggling against a naturally barren soil. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France This teeming luxuriance attested at once the qualities of the soil and sun, and the industry of the Vaudois. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The trees strike all travellers by their magnificence, the luxuriance of their vegetation, and their great variety. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In On the right is a beautiful palace belonging to some of the royal family, the gardens of which sweep down to the waters of the Nevka, and present a charming scene of floral luxuriance. The Land of Thor The magnolia grandiflora, here flourished in the utmost luxuriance; and flowering-trees and shrubs were observed, in great numbers and beauty. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe I have remarked a somewhat similar luxuriance of wild flowers in the more sheltered hollows of the bleak north-western coasts of Scotland. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The singularly profuse vegetation of the Coal Measures was, with all its wild luxuriance, of a resembling cast. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed "But," he adds, "the uniformity of climate which has led to this rich luxuriance and endless variety of vegetation is also the cause of a monotony that in time becomes oppressive." The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The Faroese sheep are noted for the fineness and luxuriance of their fleece, and it always commands a high price in market. The Land of Thor Strawberries and raspberries are, however, brought to market in great abundance: they are gathered on the plains, at the back of Quebec, and in the neighbouring woods, where they grow wild, in the utmost luxuriance. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The vitrification of the rampart which on every side incloses the grassy area has been more variously, but less satisfactorily, accounted for than the green luxuriance within. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland It was a very small islet, overgrown with bush vegetation; willow-boughs drooped down into the water; rushes, sedges, and wild trailing things flourished in uncontrolled luxuriance. A Vanished Hand On the lower mountain slopes and in alpine valleys trees seem to flourish with peculiar luxuriance. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In I think it must be from some notion that it gives them a cheerful aspect, though the darkness of the paint and the chilly luxuriance of the green did not strike me with joyous impressions. The Land of Thor The berries were fairly falling off the branches in ripe luxuriance, and they filled the little pail she had brought in quite too short a time. In Orchard Glen At length vegetation, long repressed, bursts forth, but in no profuse luxuriance. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The timber on it had been cut down and it had grown up in a wild luxuriance of underbrush and berry bushes. 'Lizbeth of the Dale The general luxuriance of the vegetation was conspicuous, thickly clothing the branches of the trees with mosses, ferns, and flowering creepers or orchids. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Is it possible that everything has been buried from the sight of modern man, under the rank luxuriance of grass and bush? My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Hence the almost tropical fertility of Natal and eastern Cape Colony, with their high rainfall, their luxuriance of vegetation, indigo, figs, and coffee, and the jungles of cactus and mimosa which choke their torrid kloofs. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The green luxuriance which characterizes so many of the more ancient fortalices of Scotland seems satisfactorily accounted for by Dr. Fleming, in his "Zoölogy of the Bass." The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Old writers tell us that the reptile life now infesting them in such rank luxuriance had scarcely any existence one hundred years ago. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier Here is the very paradise of brilliant birds, with feathers "too utterly gaudy," while Flora revels in wild luxuriance. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months This very luxuriance of vegetation, where no other cause concurs, renders the air less salubrious, and even when positive malady does not exist, the health is habitually impaired. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The blue-bell and fox-glove were growing on every hand, and the heath throve in luxuriance, but, flowerless, seemed to miss the golden blossoms of the furze. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition We reveled in the lovely roses, our green-house favorites blooming here with such rank luxuriance. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California The pawpaw also is present, to attest the extreme richness of the soil; but the flowering plants, that flourish in profuse luxuriance over the glade, are sufficient evidence of its fertility. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness In another part was a little patch of mossy meadow, and again there were decaying logs out of which sprang various ferns in wild luxuriance, as one has seen them in deeply-shaded, low-lying woods. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months If the whole body is left without exercise, one arm does not become strong; if the tree is stunted in its growth, one branch does not shoot into surpassing luxuriance. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The north bank, much more precipitous, was clothed with a tangled luxuriance of vegetation, and threaded only by native paths, so narrow as to prove discouraging to pedestrians desirous of walking side by side. The Dop Doctor In short, you will note all around you a style and luxuriance to which you, as a European traveller, have not been accustomed. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West A cotton “sun-bonnet” was the only covering for her head—her bright amber-coloured hair the only shawl upon her shoulders, over which it fell in ample luxuriance. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Great fertility of soil, however it might be induced, was manifested on all hands, and the vegetation exhibited tropical luxuriance. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The luxuriance of the flowers is already greatly diminished by the unscrupulousness of the tourists who swarm in the flower season, especially, I am sorry to say, women. A Bird-Lover in the West A mass of her red-brown hair, heavy with the weight of its own glossy luxuriance, slipped from her half-bared bosom as she leaned over him, and fell upon his breast. The Dop Doctor The thick masses, coiled into a large “club” at the back of the head, denoted the luxuriance of her hair: and the style of coiffure, displaying her noble forehead and finely-formed neck, became her well. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The effect of this abundance of water had been to produce within the vallon a proportionate luxuriance of vegetation, though it had not assumed the form of a forest. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness An aspect of tropical luxuriance and languor reigned everywhere,—the palm and cocoanut-trees looming above all the rest of the vegetation. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Here, upon landing, we are surrounded by tropical luxuriance, the palm and cocoanut trees looming above our heads and shading whole groves of bananas. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Burn the rank stalks, and let the flame Thy Garden’s hot luxuriance tame, Nor let it Flow’r, or Plant produce, But what yields Ornament or Use! The Methodist A Poem It is not uncommon upon American plantations to have a kind of office or summer-house apart from the main building, and often fitted up in a style of comfort and luxuriance. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Now young-ey'd Spring, on gentle breezes borne, 'Mid the deep woodlands, hills, and vales, and bowers, Unfolds her leaves, her blossoms, and her flowers, Pouring their soft luxuriance on the morn. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace The flora of our best kept green-houses here bloomed out of doors in wild luxuriance, but not a familiar tree was to be seen. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months In a climate of tropical luxuriance and endless summer, we are in a land of starless political darkness. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Fair and handsome she was; very handsome; with the placid luxuriance of nature which has never known shocks or adverse weather. The End of a Coil It was a vision of the most magnificent luxuriance, so different from the view which the barren shores of eastern New Caledonia offer. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific The luxuriance of a tropical climate tends to improvidence and indolence. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Ceylon is a very Gan-Eden, the fairest known example of tropical luxuriance in all its natural features, its vegetable and animal kingdoms, its fruits, flowers, and scenery. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The general luxuriance of the vegetation is conspicuous, thickly clothing the branches of the trees with mosses, ferns, and creeping vines. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands It was now full summer; the season had come into its full bloom and luxuriance. The End of a Coil I passed from Cork to Dublin, and this doomed plant bloomed in all the luxuriance of an abundant harvest. Lord John Russell The reserved and meditative Hindoo, accustomed to the profuse luxuriance of nature, borrows the fantastic ideas of his mythology from plants, and flowers, and trees. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The vegetation is remarkable for its profuseness and almost tropical luxuriance. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Its meadow borders, its dark ravines, its valley floor, its slopes and hilltops, all show fullest luxuriance and perfect proportion. The Book of the National Parks The warm spring air was delicious and all the prairies were presently abloom with a wild luxuriance of flowers. Winning the Wilderness It is about 27 m. long from north to south and about 10 wide—a low flat space of sandy waste with cultivated oases and palm groves of great luxuriance and beauty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The seed was sown, the bud opened, and the flower faded, with incredible rapidity, but the growth while it lasted, showed phenomenal luxuriance. Through the Malay Archipelago But at Versailles, at St Cloud, and Fountainbleau, amidst the luxuriance of vegetation, and surrounded by the majesty of forest scenery, it destroys altogether the effect which arises from the irregularity of natural beauty. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Its innumerable waters insure the luxuriance of its growths. The Book of the National Parks The rankness or luxuriance of Jordan is the jungle on both sides of the river, in which the lions lie. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 Wirt’s style both in writing and speaking has been often and justly praised for its grace, culture, and luxuriance. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader The riotous luxuriance of tropical Nature triumphed over the glories of Art, hewn with incalculable toil and skill in the living rock. Through the Malay Archipelago To a northern eye, there is nothing so delightful as this luxuriance of vegetation, which rises amidst the warmth of southern climates. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. The extraordinary forest luxuriance at the base of Mount Rainier is due to moisture and climate. The Book of the National Parks The old stone wall at that time was an irresistible invitation to the riotous luxuriance of vines. Little Brothers of the Air The tower, with Klingsor, vanishes from sight; there lies outspread before us the enchanted garden, glowing, tropical, displaying the last luxuriance of flowers; and we see for ourselves Parsifal standing upon the wall, calmly gazing. The Wagnerian Romances A background of blue peaks and clustering palms rises beyond the long line of quays and breakwaters flanked by the railway, and a wealth of tropical scenery covers a marshy plain with riotous luxuriance. Through the Malay Archipelago Their worship, with tropical luxuriance, may have developed to extravagant lengths. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty The region differs little from other Pacific regions of similar altitude in variety of species; in luxuriance it is unsurpassed. The Book of the National Parks Raphael and Titian are distinguished by an opulence of form and a luxuriance of color which reveal supreme technical accomplishment in a fertile land under light-impregnated skies. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life Wheat here is indigenous, and the vine and other fruits abound in rich luxuriance. Ancient States and Empires The land is generally low, and covered with an astonishing luxuriance of wood and herbage. Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales All round, the hills were dark and drear; and that very fertility, that fat Kentish luxuriance, added to the oppression. The Hero The chill of the mountains contrasted sharply with the slumberous luxuriance and color of the plains. The Trail to Yesterday Even in Asia Minor signs are not wanting that Turkish rule will be pruned, clipped and trained considerably, as humanity will stand its rampant luxuriance of blood and barbarity no longer. Pan-Islam We have seen much fine scenery; that of the tropics in its glory and luxuriance exceeds even the language of Humboldt to describe. Stories of Authors, British and American But if trees are scarce, plants like the fuchsia grow to tree-like luxuriance; there is a rich abundance of ferns, while both the land and the marine flora are very rich. The Cornwall Coast He was a fancier, said he, and attended to the birds entirely himself; then in the conservatory, made James admire his orchids and the luxuriance of his maidenhair. The Hero Mr. Lefferts wrote of a little journey lately taken to another part of his island, which had led him through almost every variety of natural luxuriance. The Old Helmet, Volume II The grass is shaven smooth on the bank where the two are sitting; so it is all around, under trees which stand with wilful wildness of luxuriance, grouped and scattered apparently as they would. The Old Helmet, Volume I A magnificent, but almost inaccessible forest covers the unbroken line of hills stretching along Chiloe, and gives to the island a charming aspect of undulating luxuriance. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests It is possible that the first arrival will disappoint; it should not be expected that Scilly can compare with the magnificent coast scenery of the mainland, or with the verdant luxuriance of richer soils. The Cornwall Coast It was like some tropical plant which, for being cut down, grew ever with greater luxuriance. The Hero English beans and peas had been sown, and were flourishing; most of the luxuriance that met the eye had a foreign character. The Old Helmet, Volume II The most numerous class are the thorny Opuntias, which grow round some of the gardens in rank luxuriance. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria With what pleasure I counted the yellow blossoms of the echino-cactus! and presently the sight of the ananas-cactus pictured in my mind all the luxuriance of the primeval forests. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Her splendour of dark auburn hair, escaped and fallen free to her waist, fascinated me with the luxuriance of its disorder. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 In a small bight of the inner edge of the reef was a sheltered nook, where every coral was in full life and luxuriance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. And when she raised it up, the lovely hills of the island, with their novel outline and green luxuriance, were nearer and clearer and higher than they had been a minute before. The Old Helmet, Volume II The ancient Jews, like their modern descendants, were noted for the luxuriance and richness of their hair and the care which they devoted to it. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources This luxuriance is particularly remarkable in several of the deep valleys, for instance, in Huanta; but, strictly speaking, these deep valleys partake less of the character of the Sierra than of the higher forest regions. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests In particular passages this luxuriance of fancy may seem to wander into excess. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Entering in by an open door, which a creeping vine, with the luxuriance of nature, was trying to block up, Chin looked round with a feeling of disappointment sending a chill into his very heart. Chinese Folk-Lore Tales Landscapes of greater beauty, joined to the luxuriance of fruitful vine culture, can nowhere be seen. The Automobilist Abroad Nor was this luxuriance, and this attention to the hair, confined to the gentler sex, for among the pagan Orientals the hair and beards of the males were not less sedulously attended to. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources It presents immense fulness and luxuriance: it spreads widely, with but little upward development, rising on the average only a few feet above the earth. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Mrs. Willis’ part of the house gave the impression of warmth, luxuriance, and even elegance of arrangement. A World of Girls The Story of a School His imaginative growths have less luxuriance of underwood, and the crowds of external images always rising so vividly before him are more within control. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete In this beautiful and healthful climate, every tropical plant flourishes in the greatest luxuriance. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Grass grows abundantly between the trees, and its luxuriance is not diminished by cattle or interfered with by mowing. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Every newspaper recorded the launching of her adventure with a luxuriance of illustration and a variety of detail that left nothing more to be said on the subject. Little Lost Sister The old place, which had been rather neglected in the time of the previous inhabitant, began to bloom out into fragrant luxuriance, and passing Rigganites regarded it with admiring eyes. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 They appear to shoot forth vigorously and blossom in gay luxuriance. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. I sauntered along a narrow trodden path under the shade of palms, bananas, orange, and lemon-trees, inhaling their fragrance, and delighting in the luxuriance of nature. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 An Eastern Garden In an Eastern city a lovely garden flourished, whose beauty and luxuriance awakened much admiration. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The natural grasses of New South Wales, especially in the well-watered districts along the coast, grow in great luxuriance, and are rich in milk-producing qualities. Australia, The Dairy Country It has something of the tone, colour, and luxuriance of Solomon's Song; both, too, have the same theme, though treated in a different way.... The Song of the Flag A National Ode Many plants grow with surprising luxuriance after remaining dormant in such quarters all winter. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings Michael Angelo lived to see his great style polluted by Tuscan and Venetian, "as the ostentatious vehicle of puny conceits and emblematic quibbles, or the palliative of empty pomp and degraded luxuriance of colour." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Then poetic imagination filled the void; vast islands were conjured up out of the deep, covered with unheard-of luxuriance of vegetation, rich in mines of incalculable value, populous with a race of conquering warriors. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) |
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