| 单词 | aslant |
| 例句 | I look carefully down, aslant under the stall wall, and there are two red shoes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaving my basket at the base of the willow tree, I climbed onto a strong limb that grew aslant the brook. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The crow was black and shiny, as a crow ought to be, but when Luna squinted and looked at it aslant, she saw another color, too. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The timbers of small corrals were broken, well housings aslant, outhouses blown over and destroyed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As she sized me up, her eyes narrowing, the cigarette hung aslant from her mouth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And he stood the weapon upright against the massy-timbered door with one arrow across the horn aslant, then went back to his chair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A little creek trickled aslant the faded markings and there were the delicate pictorial indications of lowly huts, in one of which Ching’s grandfather had been born. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z With this Leodes thrust the bow away from him, and left it upright against the massy-timbered door, with one arrow aslant across the horn. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is somewhat awry, with the bow aslant from the stern, but it hath an air, as if it had been battling the storm.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The road was blocked by a line of cars standing aslant halfway in the ditch. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He hooked aslant with one white tusk and ripped out flesh above the knee, but missed the bone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog, which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I wonder out loud at how badly the new brickwork has been laid; the bricks float aslant on cement that oozes out from between them like jam in an overfilled Victoria sponge. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z We pass through a pink-wallpapered hall where framed family photos hang aslant over an empty fireplace and enter another room lined with more pictures of smiling men, women, and children. The search for Hurricane Katrina survivors: Door to door in St. Bernard Parish 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The lovely, unsentimental, heart-affirming ending of Quichotte, that “sane man,” is the aslant answer to the question of what is real and what is unreal. Salman Rushdie Updates ‘Don Quixote’ for the Digital Age 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Framed around the narrator's long walks in East Anglia, Sebald shows how one man looks aslant at historical atrocity. Teju Cole's top 10 novels of solitude 2011-08-24T11:45:07Z Even for readers who prefer the sensation of moving ahead to moving aslant, “Texas Blood” is a rich journey. An Unconventional History of Texas, From a Writer With the State in His Veins 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z And in the second section of the story, Ms. Bush-as-ghost suddenly appeared in a living room set aslant, as if sinking into the floor, to visit her partner and son. Kate Bush Returns to the Stage, and Her Fans Are There to Welcome Her 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Around midafternoon I stopped to eat in La Reforma, a small town aslant on the mountainside, scattered on both sides of the road, one building signposted Restaurante Rosa. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Throughout the book, rogue blocks of prose erupt similarly, printed vertically or aslant, in circles, rectangles or triangles. Kapow! by Adam Thirlwell - review 2012-05-25T21:55:06Z “The Peanuts Papers” hammers home that fully appreciating Charles M. Schulz’s juggernaut, which ran in newspapers from 1950 to 2000, requires looking aslant at its genre. In a Collection of ‘Peanuts’ Tributes, the Gang Is All Here 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z A pair of rectangular glasses sit somewhat aslant on his round face, which after weeks of frantic travel and fitful sleep showed signs of enervation. How Ukraine’s Greatest Novelist Is Fighting for His Country 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z My father’s exuberant, expansive mind; the comic, necessary, generous-hearted compromises of my parents’ marriage; the origins of my own vocation—they are all there in the Stack, aslant among the books, those other bindings. My Father’s Stack of Books 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z In one of the corn fields a scarecrow caught her eye, crossed staves propped aslant, and the corn husks rotting under it. Unseen Sylvia Plath short story to be published in January 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Raban’s writing has grown infinitely more sophisticated since then, but its leitmotifs – struggles with overbearing authority, a search for refuge in a world that seems aslant – have remained. Jonathan Raban: ‘I felt pretty happy that I was still alive’ 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Picture the east Aegean sea by night, And on a beach aslant its shimmering Upwards of 50,000 men Asleep like spoons beside their lethal Fleet. Letter of Recommendation: Christopher Logue, ‘War Music’ 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z On one side, they are little more than sinuous vertical shapes aslant the screen’s three panels; on the reverse, they crowd at the left while their open, interlacing tails cover the two right-hand panels. A Review of ‘Strut: The Peacock and Beauty in Art,’ in Yonkers 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z No symbolism can be found in such charges as bends and fesses; they are on the shield because a broad band, aslant or athwart, is a charge easily recognized. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The deck was now so much aslant that they were obliged to hold fast to the masts and rigging, to prevent themselves slipping down, one after the other, into the cold, hungry sea. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Suppose, for example, that the ends of a belt were cut aslant, as in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The early sun shone aslant on it, burnishing the half-open windows. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z The silver light that falls aslant on church and tomb, enables you to see his slim black figure, made all the slimmer by tight pantaloons. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z He did not look aslant or backwards; his pace in walking was dignified, neither quick nor slow; he now spoke less and laughed seldom. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Doubtless it was grass I trod; doubtless the wood was before me with the sun shining aslant on it, and behind me the house with a flame here and there on the windows. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z So among the woods and out into the still country, with the sun a red ball sinking through saffron mist and the new moon aslant and dim overhead. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z His beams, falling aslant through a gap in the cliffs, strike upon the draggled form on the sand; it stirs slightly, stretching itself as a leaf uncurls. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The yard is a forlorn enclosure, huddled with hundreds of unmarked graves, and with other hundreds of crumbling memorials drooping aslant among the brambles which infest the place. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z It caught him aslant, or it would have shattered the great joint beyond hope of recovery. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z At the critical moment my horse started, my finger struck the scrap aslant, the pebble flew out, and the bit of stuff fluttered into a whin-bush close to my stirrup--and was lost! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z When I had done what I could to help others, I climbed back into my carriage—nearly turned over a viaduct, and caught aslant upon the turn—to extricate the worthy couple. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z High on a gnarled and mossy forest bough, Dreaming, I hang between the earth and sky, The golden moon through leafy mystery Gazing aslant at me with glowing brow. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z I recall how the men looked at me the first time I went out afterward, a little aslant, as though some ineradicable taint of impropriety attached in their minds to any association with the stage. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Running up a huge log that lay aslant a ledge of rocks Within the lonely hut, which thus seemed forgotten of Heaven itself, sat a woman huddling her young—two girls and a boy. How John Norton the Trapper Kept His Christmas 2011-12-13T03:00:24.207Z There was about a six-knot breeze blowing aslant our course from the south-west by west, so though every stitch of canvas was set, there was not a deal doing. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z At last, edging round to the upper end of the churchyard, which lay aslant a considerable declivity, they bore down on the flank of the farmers' party, with a rush that carried everything before it. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z They found her lying aslant near the bottom of the sea. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z He poured another drink and watched it glow like a thing of life with soft amber lights that played through the crystal clear glass as a thin streak of sunlight struck aslant the bar. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Three sides 'tis banked with stones aslant, And down the fourth the rushes grow, And yellow sedge fringing the edge With lengthen'd image all arow. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z He laughed with his bad, low laugh, looking aslant into her eyes; she remained calmly gazing at him. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z As he replied, Blackburn turned slightly, and the sunshine falling aslant the boughs of the maples, illumined his face for an instant before the car sped on into the shadows. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z In God's name, Robert Swale," exclaimed the first speaker, "turn thy weapon aslant! Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Suddenly, as a ray of starlight struck aslant one of the flat bestial faces, a flash of recognition lighted MacFarlane's eyes. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z He never looked you straight in the face, but aslant, from the corners of his wicked wee eyes. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Already the sun’s rays were beginning to fall aslant the waves. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z A strong taint blew aslant the hedge—that was fox. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The ink was faded and brown and the name almost illegible so that he had to turn it aslant to follow the faint tracery. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z As he got over the rails a kingfisher shot out from the mouth of the Nile opposite, and crossed aslant the gulf, whistling as he flew. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He had an enormous head, a complexion dried and sunburnt, black eyes, somewhat aslant, like those of a Tartar; over his thin lips hung a mustache ending at the tips in two broad bunches. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z As the breeze strikes him aslant his course he seems to fly for a short time partly on one side, like a skater sliding on the outer edge. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A pigeon is not easily brought down—the quills are so stiff and strong that the shot, if it comes aslant, will glance off. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Benedict had stuck his pipe aslant in his mouth and yawned. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Bevis watched him fly aslant the gale till he lost sight of him in the trees on shore. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He stood in the middle of the overcrowded stuffy room with his long but well-shaped legs wide apart, his bulky round head aslant, and one of his bared mighty arms akimbo. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z Then he rises again, but still finding the current too strong, tacks like a ship to port or starboard, and so works aslant into the gale. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Light entering a new medium at right angles—that is to say, not aslant—continues its own course unaltered. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The drizzle had developed into a fine, driving rain that swept aslant upon the wings of a new-sprung breeze. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The morning beams then lit up the northern or outer side of the garden wall, and fell aslant through the narrow kitchen window, under the beam of the ceiling. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Of the latter, the apparently important one was “sun’s rays falling aslant the forehead.” Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z It shook anon like the sensitive plant, Under the golden light aslant. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Mrs. Rantzau stood on the upper deck in her dark blue dress, with the little toque coquettishly aslant on her head. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z There was Ewan, the Deemster's son, a slight, sensitive boy, who listened to you with his head aslant, and with absent looks. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The shadow was more aslant and rose up the stalks of the rushes in the channel. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Not B—the Water was a fine Blue silvered and the Mountains a dark purple, the Sun setting aslant behind them—meantime the head of ben Lomond was covered with a rich Pink Cloud. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Hand in hand little winds blow the thin streams aslant. Sour Grapes A Book of Poems 2011-03-25T02:00:10.780Z Presently, about half-past eleven, he wakes with a start, leaps out of bed, shakes his fur, and stands to listen, a perfect picture, with one pad raised and his cunning head aslant. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z Mona was gazing absently out at the window, her head aslant, her fingers interlaced before her. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z He sat with his high hat on, aslant on his head, and when he wanted anything knocked the table or the floor as chance directed with a thick stick. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The grass had taken a deeper shade of green with the light falling aslant across it. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z It was just outside my room, and looked up into a hillside wood, where there were birds and squirrels, and straight bronze pine-trunks wherever the sunlight fell aslant on them. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z "I don't see any sense in it at all," said Solomonson,-153- and regarded his friend aslant with thick, black eyebrows raised. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Through gorgeous windows shone the sun aslant, Brimming the church with gold and purple mist. Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z As the flake tumbled it presently lodged aslant the cutting, and it was in that position when Bevis fell on it. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The drawing-room happily looked at least aslant over the grass and the trees of the square. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z She was so quiet after tea as we wandered back through the forests with the setting sun striking golden beams aslant the tree trunks. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z Along the curving folds of the curtains, through the grey, clouded panes, they watched the grey rain falling, now in vertical streaks, now aslant, driven by the raging wind. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z The firing-platoon was drawn up in double file, on the right and a little aslant, so that we saw the men's faces between the rifle-barrels. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z Besides what they had gained coming aslant across the water at the end of the tack she shot up into the eye of the wind, and made additional headway like that. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I quickened my gait to a brisk trot, but kept my eyes aslant toward the point where I saw young Hyptiotes waiting to cast the net. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies A violent shock flung her forward; the dash of a wave took her breath; the boat lurched aslant, belaboured by wave on wave, too suddenly headed for the open sea. The Unknown Sea After a time the deluge dashed aslant the entrance, gushing down the door in a cataract of foam. Into the Primitive Since the last bolt that scored the earth aslant, Nothing has pierced the Silence dominant. Poems of Emile Verhaeren It was really sailing now, long tacks, or “legs,” edging aslant up into the wind, and leaving the quarry far behind. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The yellow sunshine sifted aslant through the giant trees, birds sang, and chipmunks chattered. Unexplored! Everything is in its old place, only the crown sits a little aslant on the brown, wooden head, for the sacristan has not succeeded in repairing the mysterious destruction any better. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II And the sun was shining so far aslant at that time that the light thereof was very red, like to pure gold. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions Mr. Dalroyd paused suddenly to glance over his shoulder and rode on for a few moments, his head aslant in that attitude of patient listening. Our Admirable Betty A Romance The great bird descended aslant quite a quarter of a mile into the water to the south in front of them, and there floated among the glittering ripples. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z She sat staring at the motes dancing in the sunbeam, that fell aslant upon the floor. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Now reach my harp from off the wall Where shines the sun aslant; The sun may shine and we be cold! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II Frans Röy's toss of the head, his broad forehead aslant in the air, his hand, his short, strong foot—everything was here! Mary She wears a large flower-wound wreath or crown, set aslant over the shapely head. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction With continual labour they poled it along the shore of Serendib, nearly to the end of the island, and then half-way across, and paddling hard with the poles contrived to get over aslant. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z She went down the steps and entered the machine, sitting before the big wheel, strongly aslant and grooved to give a strong grip. A Top-Floor Idyl And now it was getting late, for the sun's rays were coming red and aslant into the room, and all the little ones gathered up their dolls, and prepared to leave this delightful party. More Mittens with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories Being the third book of the series Everything, even to the immaterial, the surge of the sea, the trail of the fire-flies, and the glint of a moonbeam, now aslant at his feet, conspired to coerce his will. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes A new floor had been put into some ecclesiastical building and the light from a great mullioned window, cut off at the middle, fell aslant upon rows of clean and seemingly happy children. The Cutting of an Agate “The sun!” said Bevis with pleasure as the rays fell aslant into the open shed. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z A side shove from the prow, and a rear thrust from the inner corner of the stern as the prow swung out, cleared us from the wharf and sent us gliding out aslant the eddy. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Cut stone and motor parts, chasses and castings, furniture and beams, swept back and forth, while the cars, burst and splintered, became monstrous missiles hurtling forward, sidewise, aslant, recoiling. The Indian Drum How, in the evening, doth she cast her beauteous, drooping, eye aslant across her work; and her gentle breath dies out in hushed and satisfied, yet modest, admiration. With Ring of Shield While the sunbeams lie aslant over this region, drawing over it a gilded veil of mist, we can hardly distinguish a single object of the panorama. The Golden Age in Transylvania There he saw a jack about two pounds’ weight basking within an inch of the surface, and aslant to him. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Here they walked more closely together, with heads aslant and tails in air, like little old men, like pedlars, blinking and spying, wishing beyond measure they were sitting in comfort around their watch-fire. The Three Mulla-mulgars The ship, aslant in the wind, was sailing finely, with a slow, regular, stately swing of her towering fabric of canvas to windward, as she softly rolled on the floating slant of the seas. A Marriage at Sea Already the rays of the ardent sun were falling more aslant, and brown mists were gathering around the glowing disk. The Scarlet Banner The castellan, buttoning a waistcoat over his spacious stomach, came, and standing aslant against the rain, asked for his passport. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Some with the muzzle upwards aslant with both hands also. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The moon was now sliding towards the mouth of Solmi's Valley, and her beams streamed aslant on the hosts of the birds. The Three Mulla-mulgars Roast it, then cut off the fillets and cut them aslant and flatten them. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode Here they would meet in the afternoon hour as the light fell aslant sapphire and ruby, through the clerestory openings. Cathedrals of Spain The walls themselves were aslant under a dizzy careening to starboard. The Portal of Dreams A cord came down each side aslant to the gunwale, and was fastened there—these were the backstays to strengthen the mast when the wind blew rough. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z When the light falls aslant, these clouds give deep shadows, but if they are on the same side as the sun they appear dark, with bright edges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" They wheel round, dive, rise aslant, cry, and wheel again, always close over me, till I have walked some distance, when one by one they fall off, and, still uttering threats, retire. The Hills and the Vale "I ordered the men in your boat to come back too," he said, eyeing the skipper aslant. Doubloons—and the Girl The moon that had struck aslant the tomb had gone, but where its beams had fallen the message remained. Mary Magdalen Mark’s float did not move: it stood exactly upright, it did not jerk, causing a tiny ripple, then come up, and then move along, then dive and disappear, going down aslant. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The floors are all aslant, he sees, The doors are all a-jam; And from the hook above his head All crooked swings the ham. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The wind was whining round the house, and the snow beat aslant upon the windows. The Monster and Other Stories See “Hamlet,” iv, 7, 167: “There is a willow grows aslant a brook That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Simultaneously with its kindling appeared the sun—oh, welcome sight! and shot a golden arrow aslant a line of trees. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Sunbeams fell aslant through the horizontal bars on to the table. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Shutters and doors hung aslant by single hinges. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" "Mr.—Mr.—Titmouse, you'll be the death of me—you will—you will!" gasped Mrs. Squallop, almost black in the face, and the water running out of the kettle, which she was unconsciously holding aslant. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. The sun was already shining quite aslant through the fruit-trees when coffee was served on the porch. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 All was as Henriette had foretold, Mrs. Rockerbilt's lovely blond locks were frightfully demoralized, and the famous tiara with it had slid aslant athwart her cheek. Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman With the gimlet he bored two holes aslant to each other, and then ran for two nails and a file. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z While we were sitting communing on these things, we discovered, at a little distance on the left, an aged woman hirpling aslant the route we intended to take. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters His hat, with scarce any brim to it, was stuck aslant on the top of a bushy head of queer-colored hair. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Under the sloping waist, aslant, her zone Clings as it slips in tender disarray; One knee, out-thrust a little, keeps it so Lingering ere it fall; her lovely face Gazes as o'er her own Eternity! Collected Poems Volume One But the hunchback's body was plain enough—the queer body squatted upon the hydrant, legs dangling, the ridiculous velvet hat rakishly aslant the large head. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story First let me rule your book, for you always contrive to draw the lines aslant. Shirley She dipped her white pen in the milk and began to write upon a great sheet of paper, holding her head aslant to see the shine of the fluid. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court The light of the afternoon began to fade, and the sunbeams came aslant from the western sky; and still the child sat there passing the handkerchief gently over her mother's face. What She Could Perched on the edge of the couch, pillows to right and left, eyeglasses aslant and knitting in hand, Aunt Polly was at the disposal of her neighbours. At the Crossroads The great mass of dark hair Martin remembered so well was knotted and piled atop her head, and a blue, peaked cap perched saucily aslant the mass. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story "Somebody's waving his hat to us on the bank up there, and shouting in the bargain," called Bristles, who was too busily engaged in looking straight ahead to turn his eyes aslant. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School Some of them had their hats on the backs of their heads, and some wore them aslant, and some jammed over their brows. Amaryllis at the Fair I 'gan to croak, Alighting straightway on an oak; Whence gloatingly I eyed aslant The little trembler lie and pant. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 Aunt Polly rolled her knitting carefully and set her glasses aslant on the top of her head. At the Crossroads Bright, aslant eyes, and a suave and ever-ready smile that broke immediately Martin met his gaze. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The chinks were red with the outer glow, and a stream of mote-laden sunlight, aslant, came in at the companionway. The Cruise of the Shining Light However, to settle with his conscience, he had a manner of holding the paper half aslant a good way from him, and every now and then as he read uttered a dissentient or disgusted grunt. Amaryllis at the Fair He was gazing––aslant so that the teacher would not detect him at it––through one of those remote open windows. When the West Was Young ‘There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream;’ Isn’t that a perfect description of this very spot? John and Betty's History Visit His ample front was rumpled with sorrow and his tie disorderly aslant. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences She readjusted the poise of her black, closely-feathered hat; retouched, beneath it, the thick fall of her dusky hair; kept her eyes, aslant, no less on her beautiful averted than on her beautiful presented oval. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 It smelt of deteriorating potatoes and up-river cabbages, and there were open barrels of onions set ornamentally aslant at the entrance. Dr. Sevier Crash and tumble went the bandy, a springless construction with a mat roof; bang over stones and slabs of rock, down on one side, up on the other; then both wheels were sharp aslant. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India The first is aslant from the person, toward the right hand; the second is downward, toward you: and the third is the reverse of the first, that is, aslant from you toward the left hand. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet See the two second letters—they are just a bit aslant. Mr. Wicker's Window The last named, besides presenting magnificent shadows when the sunlight falls aslant upon it, is the center of a complicated system of rills, some of which can be traced with our five-inch glass. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers “Now you’ll see,” he said, pointing downward aslant, “the whole community stick its head in the sand!” Dr. Sevier There was a sound of whirring wings,—a flash, a loud report, a curl of smoke,—a broken-winged grouse shooting down aslant into the buckwheat, and a young hunter running to the spot. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies The rays of light fall aslant the meadow, upon the backs of Lauman’s men, and into the faces of the Rebels. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field His wife looked at him aslant and felt fear rising within her, as at the approach of a great calamity. The Frontier There is a Willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Wolverine canyon, with the sun shining down aslant into its depths, was a picturesque gash in the hills, wild enough in all conscience, but to the normal person not in the least degree gloomy. The Ranch at the Wolverine They eyed him aslant as they worked, for visitors were rare occurrences. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker To right and left, Prussian lancers were riding, and I saw the water boiling under their horses and their long lances aslant the stars. The Maids of Paradise In the case of the alphabet, the chances for the letters to fall bottom up or aslant are not included. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880 This served him an ill turn: for one of the cutlasses, catching in a fold of it, turned aslant and cut him cruelly over the bridge of the nose. Merry-Garden and Other Stories The Greenstream cemetery lay aslant on a rise above the village. Mountain Blood A Novel The Wonder was standing by the window, his arms hanging loosely at his sides; he looked out aslant up the lane; his profile was turned towards me. The Wonder The grain of either should run in the same direction as that of the button, or if done aslant it will look ugly when worn a little. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. He saw me as a man fighting with some strange anxiety, with his forehead damp and shining, his spectacles aslant on his nose and the heavy folds of his frock-coat shaken with a sudden impetuosity. The Blue Germ The sun was now going down behind the copse, through which his beams came aslant, chequered and mellow. Tom Brown at Oxford The pillars of the porch were aslant, and the rain-warped boards snapped beneath her feet. Free Air She looked towards the Temple; the sun threw rays aslant the roof and pillars, and it shone resplendent in the dying day. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus The first blow, penetrating the werwolf's eye, sank deep into its brain, but the second blow missed—missed, and falling aslant, alighted on the form beneath. Werwolves The painted scar aslant the nose was also obliterated. The Place of Honeymoons The loons came semicircling along the sea wall, their necks aslant, and uttering cries in a mocking tone. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin "He might pass here at any minute," she thought, and immediately every simple detail of her life was illuminated as if a quivering rosy light had fallen aslant it. Virginia A servant-maid sat by the bedside with head aslant, sleeping the innocent sleep. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Formed or placed in an oblique line, as with dagger-knees, &c.—To sail aslant, turning to windward. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. He turned it over and over in his fingers, his gaze aslant. The Secret Witness As with his wings aslant, Sails the fierce cormorant, Seeking some rocky haunt, With his prey laden; So toward the open main, Beating the sea again, Through the wild hurricane, Bore I the maiden. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes I could see the tide holding it down aslant with heavy strands of water, stretched and taut. Old Junk Above the summit of the wooded slope that lay toward Chestnut Hill the full moon was climbing, and, aslant the road, the maples cast long shadows toward the west. The Flag Anything placed aslant or obliquely, now generally termed diagonal, of which, indeed, it is a corruption. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A shadow fell aslant the corner of the veranda—the shadow of a man thrown by the light from the drawing-room side window. Queensland Cousins In the bright sunlight, half-hidden under or behind heaps of debris, with crosses leaning drunkenly aslant, these graves looked woefully dreary and depressing. Between the Lines The board should be considerably aslant when first attempted, and gradually brought towards the perpendicular. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering From the dead officer's state-room a narrow line of light from beneath the door sent an oblique ray aslant the cabin floor and crossed the convict's stockinged feet. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 A little farther on, she came to a point of rock that jutted out into the river; on it a single pine stood leaning aslant, throwing a perfect double of itself on the glassy water. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls The shadow of a man fell aslant the corner of the veranda. Queensland Cousins From these masters he learned to be very skilful in drawing, especially in foreshortening, or in representing objects seen aslant. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The Chinese also can advance very substantial claims that primeval man was born with eyes aslant. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them Her deck was covered by a single casemate protected by three inches of railroad iron, set aslant like a gable roof, and heavily backed up with timber and cotton bales. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps By common consent they ceased their restless play and, seated on their haunches, their sleek heads aslant, watched her with wistful eyes; here was something their love could not quite understand. The Justice of the King I have seen clowns enough holding tapers aslant, both with and without cowls, to last me for my life.” Romola She laughed, and with her head aslant, she asked, "Then what's the good of trying?" Moor Fires The shanty barn was aslant and leaned heavily for support on long props. David Malcolm Presently, her gaze fixed aslant on me as if to dare my interference, she drew up a thin gold chain that hung about her neck and ended beneath her blouse. The Thing from the Lake But when he struck afresh La Follette, lunging aslant and downwards, caught him below the wrist. The Justice of the King The rain drove past him into the kitchen, aslant like threads of gold silk in the shine of the wreck-wood fire. The Roll-Call Of The Reef The sun was shining aslant when they got up and a shadow lay upon the pool. Old Ebenezer How tremendous she looked, with her yards all aslant, and the round, black muzzles of her cannon staring out through her open ports! Gold Seekers of '49 Judith scanned the doors critically, her brows puckered and her head aslant. Miss Pat at School Upon him fell aslant That lovely light, while in her cheeks the hue Of throbbing dawn came sudden. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems As we drew nearer and entered the harbor so well land-locked, the sun dipped low into yellow-red western waters, thereby casting long shadows aslant our pathway so delicately shaded in greens. A Woman who went to Alaska Lennon frowned at the pair of riders who were racing swiftly down aslant from the head of the valley. Bloom of Cactus FitzPatrick sat absolutely imperturbable on the deacon-seat, looking straight in front of him, his legs stretched comfortably aslant, one hand supporting the elbow of the other, which in turn held his short brier pipe. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life And besides, it stands aslant; the slightest push would make it go with a crash, and there would be no getting out alive if the heavy roof came down. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm Hadria held her paper aslant towards the candle-end, which threw a murky yellow light upon the background of the garret, contrasting oddly with the thin, clear moonbeams. The Daughters of Danaus Bury them, till April; then soak them, for some hours, and set them out, aslant, so that all the eyes but one shall be covered. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School The direction chosen by his mistress was northwest, aslant the Basin, almost at right angles to the jagged hill where she had seen the smoke puffs. Bloom of Cactus It makes my eyes ache to look aslant over the sheets; and I cannot get to sit quite upright so conveniently; and I must not have the window-shutters opened, they tell me. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Across the sodden floor of the prison, suddenly, came the first rays of dawn falling aslant, touching the shadows, the two figures crouching, the rats as they fled. The Black Cross It struck the ship aslant, on her port side, a few feet abaft the funnel and close to the water-line, passing through the engine-room and out through her bottom. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn On a sudden his heart began to knock at his ribs; that was when the light fell aslant upon the maid. Little Novels of Italy Yet Morgan was drilled by the boring sun until his view upon life was aslant. Trail's End Madelene's eager glance brought the unmatched lips aslant of each other. The Secret of the Storm Country Near me a titlark every few minutes rose from the sward, and spreading his wings came down aslant, singing with all his might. Round About a Great Estate Displayed considerable nous On that eventful day; For bits of broken looking-glass They held aslant on high, And there a mirrored gallows-tree Met their delighted eye. The Bon Gaultier Ballads The rays of the sun were falling aslant as she stepped out, and the western sky was aglow with crimson and purple and pink. The Triflers The moon was full, and its rays fell aslant on one of the cliffs, while the rugged face of the opposite crag was in the shadow. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Orion lies aslant, under the Bull's hoof; in his left hand grasping his club, and raising the other toward the Twins. The Ten Books on Architecture And at my back are the books—the past, all that has been, the manners of dress and thought—they too peeping aslant through these windows. Journeys to Bagdad A lamp hung aslant from the cabin ceiling. The Honour of the Flag The evening sun was shining aslant down the wooded slopes of the lower hills, and dark blue shadows gathered where its rays no longer penetrated. Cobwebs and Cables A beam of gold struck them aslant, and on the sky was lemon and pink information of the sun's sinking. The Third Violet Love, like the sunlight, shone aslant the dark places of the prospect and filled them with warmth. The Long Night Trappers in fringed and beaded leather played cards with the plainsmen in shady corners or lounged in the cool arch of the gateway looking aslant at the emigrant girls. The Emigrant Trail The pale winter sunlight was stealing in aslant through the low windows. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers The finishing touch of Miss Bingham's costume is the big straw hat worn aslant on the back of the head. Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation The rain drove past him into the kitchen, aslant like threads of gold silk in the shine of the wreckwood fire. Wandering Heath It is thrown aslant the stream, and not straight across it, and has a long brick approach. Nature Near London The swivel seats, though all aslant, were practicable, and Harman was in the act of taking his place in the seat he had chosen when Ginnell interposed. Great Sea Stories In place-names it may generally be translated by 'sloping' or 'aslant;' sometimes by 'awry' or 'tortuous.' The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages A glare of light shot aslant the dark. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The old man knew it must be almost six o'clock; for the light came aslant the gap and the chill of the upper snow crept down from the mountain. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Bees come upon the light wind, gliding with it, but with their bodies aslant across the line of current. Nature Near London I waited a moment: the hull rolled toward us, and the succeeding swell threw up our boat; the deck, though all aslant, was on a line with my feet. Great Sea Stories But when the eastern blow, with rain aslant. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. My boat had drifted up the river again with the tide, stern foremost, but a little aslant, and had run against the warp by the schooner's bows. Dead Man's Rock Yet a few seconds, and the figure of a tall woman, holding aslant a heavy-plated drawing-room candlestick, appeared at the turning of the passage that led to the broader entrance. Scenes of Clerical Life Further on, the tall factory chimneys appeared in insolent bands and watched her go by, like a straggling crowd of slim giants, swaggering and upright under the black plummets of smoke, cavalierly aslant. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle A shadow fell aslant the glassy water through which was visible the glint of the submerged pavement, and turning her head, she saw the familiar countenance of her quondam physician. Infelice The rain had ceased, and the chill October sunlight filtered aslant through the trees. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The short dapper man with eyes a little aslant is no less unmistakably a Japanese. Anthropology The silver light that falls aslant on church and tomb, enables you to see his slim black figure, made all the slimmer by tight pantaloons, as it flits past the pale gravestones. Scenes of Clerical Life Archie, sitting aslant on his sea-chest, kept his knees out of the way, and pushed the needle steadily through a white patch in a pair of blue trousers. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle At thirty-three time ceases to tread with feathery feet, and the years grow self-asserting, italicize themselves in passing; and across the dial of woman's beauty the shadow of decadence falls aslant. Infelice Then from the lips, puckered and rosy, came a small gust; the fragment of down ascended, but this time aslant. The Mormon Prophet On it came, a dark and glossy wall; and she knew that if it broke or caught her boat in the least aslant, she must be either swamped or overset. The Astonishing History of Troy Town The fourth of those spectre desks measuring back from the stove, was where Tim and I sat day after day together, with heads bowed over open books and eyes aslant. The Soldier of the Valley A rain of salt, heavy drops flew aslant like mist. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle His hair is straight, his skin is saffron, his eyes are slightly aslant,—but that is all. Craftsmanship in Teaching The eyes were large and set slightly aslant in the skull, being startlingly orange-red or a brilliant turquoise green-blue. Plague Ship At the foot of it Johnny Whitelamb had risen and was holding his drawing aslant, in some hope, perhaps, that the angle might correct the perspective of old Mettle's portrait. Hetty Wesley With a great effort he grasped her firmly, and, turning slowly and painfully, swung aslant the stream to the opposite bank. Adrien Leroy The first scribbled aslant under No. 1, and in Captain Coffin's own handwriting—so Captain Branscome, who knew it, assured us. Poison Island Presently Mentu, raising his head, noted that the shadows were falling aslant the court. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt This he set carefully upon a neighboring table, and looked at Alexander somewhat aslant out of long, golden-brown eyes. Foes His left hand was gone, so that He hung aslant by the other. Combed Out Her head a little aslant, the girl regarded him critically. The Palace of Darkened Windows He had recognized me, and sprang towards the doorway where I stood with staff aslant, the trembling watchman still whirling his rattle behind. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Between yard-arms hanging aslant and over decks, glimpses of the Nile might be caught. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Nor were there wanting on this occasion some vivid glances that were burthened, as they passed aslant, their fair faces, with pithier feelings than those that originated from a simple desire of victory. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Some were still erect, others were aslant, while others lay prone, having been broken off short or torn up by the roots. Combed Out On such days Taffy, looking up from his work, would catch sight of a small figure on the cliff-top leaning aslant to the wind and watching. The Ship of Stars He was striding along, whistling, with his towel over his shoulder, and gave me a look aslant as he passed, then halted and called after me: "I say, Joe!" Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow The professor was a mere sketch of a man, random, rakish, with head aslant and shifty eyes forever dropping away from a questioner's face. Bunker Bean A streak of moon-shine fell aslant the floor and broke off abruptly. A Splendid Hazard He turned the glass so that the sun shown on it aslant and threw a glare toward her. The Lookout Man "Not at all," the priest answered quickly, still with his eyes aslant. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 The torn boughs trailing o'er the tusks aslant, The saplings reeling in the path he trod, Declare his might—our lord the Elephant, Chief of the ways of God. Songs from Books There are hours when sunlight falls aslant the subdued surface and irradiates the depths. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics But no willow grows aslant that brook, no flowers were there with which to weave fantastic garlands. New Faces Far asunder, on separate coasts, the Acadians landed; 670 Scattered were they, like flakes of snow, when the wind from the northeast Strikes aslant through the fogs that darken the Banks of Newfoundland. Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study We ran up our trains on a couple of planks laid aslant, and touched off at a signal. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 She sat dreaming of it here with rows of dark faces before her, and the singsong wail of a little black reader with his head aslant and his patched kneepants. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel He had come to a halt, head aslant, and said it softly, eyeing a tree some thirty yards distant. Lady Good-for-Nothing They never lighted the gas, as there was an electric lamp which sent its rays aslant the street and repeated the pattern of the window curtains all over Mrs. Brown's face and hands. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls And the torrent of humanity pouring liquidly aslant through the mirror-like light, and the spaciousness…. The Inheritors Here Christian held his open hand aslant, but Mr. Frank did not lift his eyes. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales He was following Cresswell at the side but just a little behind, hat in hand, head aslant, and talking deferentially. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel Rain is not rare; but the atmosphere, even when damp, is not chilling, and the lines of rain fall soft and never aslant. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The hunter, tawny and light of tread, scarce older to the eye, for all his wanderings, than the man beside him, glanced aslant with his sea-blue eyes. Lewis Rand She glided, very clear, small, and defined, against the glowing wall, leaned aslant for the turn, and came shining down toward me. The Inheritors The fishing place was reached and while yet the early rays of the sun fell aslant the dimpling pools under the dam, the two threw in their baited hooks. Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund She said nothing, but when my lip was quivering while the old colonel read that cruel word about Martin I caught her little grey eyes looking aslant at me. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill Don't he know he needs tops'ls to beat up aslant of this gale and get into the shelter of the Head? Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod The other glanced aslant, with a lift of his brows and a twist of his lip. Lewis Rand Certainly the two bollards—the one broken, the other leaning aslant—were the same over which he and they had played leap-frog. Hocken and Hunken Composed as ever in voice and manner, he drew out his watch, and held it aslant that the light might strike upon the dial. Audrey In a moment the big mushroom hat was tipped aside and the sea-blue eyes looked aslant at me. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill When I finally grew tired of waiting I stepped through a lattice gate, always hanging aslant and always creaky, into a garden plot running along close by the skittle-alley and parallel with it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 The smile upon his lip was half bitter, half philosophic, and as they passed, he regarded them aslant but freely. Lewis Rand Ford drummed upon the shelf and scowled at the smoke-blackened window, beyond which the snow was sweeping aslant. The Uphill Climb Only down the valley, diminished by distance, all afternoon Masai warriors, in twos and threes, trooped by, mincing along so that their own ostrich feathers would bob up and down, their spears held aslant. African Camp Fires We are not afraid of being left chilly by his absence, when his rays fall aslant upon us, or of being roasted when they blaze down upon us perpendicularly. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes His eyes, regarding her aslant, had in them the curious receding light she had noticed once before. The Street Called Straight He was short and of a jaundiced hue, his soft brown eyes set slightly aslant. White Shadows in the South Seas Outside, the rain fell aslant in the wind and drummed dismally upon the little window beside Sandy. The Uphill Climb The hut was built of old lumber and stood aslant on a poor foundation. The Emperor of Portugalia The effect of the white cloth riding aslant over the round glasses and academic countenance was wonderfully rakish and devil-may-care. Queed He was standing musing, thumbing his lean jaw, looking aslant; suddenly he crossed to his hall, took down his hat, and went out. Widdershins When done, pour away the water, and set by the side of the fire, with the lid aslant. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 A young Mexican in a blue serge suit, tan shoes, and with a black sombrero set aslant on his head, walked down the street beside a Mexican girl, young, fat, and giggling. Partners of Chance The wood now glowed with colour, russet and green and brown, wine-like red of the tree-trunks where the sun struck aslant on them, soft yellow greens where the young ferns uncurled their downy heads. Marie In places he could see where a streak of moonlight came aslant through an opening and reached the ground. After London Or, Wild England The dawn began to show faint splendors, and the winds of morning drove aslant the candle flames. Sir Mortimer There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream; There with fantastic garlands did she come, Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples. Evesham Where firs are tall and thick together the sunbeams that fall aslant between them seem to be made more visible than under other trees, by the motes or wood dust in the air. The Amateur Poacher Wyejah, too, had cast his lance aslant; then he idly hurled the chungke-stone with a muscular fling along the spaces of the white sand. The Frontiersmen Shining aslant into this wild hollow, the afternoon sun lighted up its eastern side with tints of gold. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Both had dark faces set off by cloth caps, which were drawn down aslant over their brows. Twice Told Tales The sun was now aslant through the trees. Andrew the Glad Also, when they faced it they rode with bodies aslant over their saddle-horns and hats pulled low over their streaming eyes, and with coats fastened jealously close. The Happy Family The light upon the water was aslant now from a westering sun, and glittering on the snowy breasts of a cluster of swans drifting, dreaming perhaps, on the current. The Frontiersmen The color-bearers kept well to the front with their flags, closely furled, aslant backward over their shoulders. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 And behold now the fervid day in his bright chariot, glittering aslant over the waves, nor scorning to throw a tribute of his golden beams on the toll-gatherer's little hermitage. Twice Told Tales The rudder glided into his hand, and aslant behind the mast sat some one at the prow, and hoisted and stretched the sail: but his face Jack could not see. Weird Tales from Northern Seas Over behind the stove was a tall, awkward boy with carroty hair and small, dark eyes set much aslant in the saddest of faces. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Late the moon rose, striking aslant on the melancholy Tennessee River, full of deep shadows and vaguely pathetic pallid glimmers. The Frontiersmen On my left stood Cyril's caricature of Wilderspin's 'Faith and Love,' upon which the light from a window was falling aslant! Aylwin Twenty paces from the camp fire at the edge of the road stood a wooden cross that had fallen aslant. The Bishop and Other Stories With our face aslant on the pillow, we once more make acquaintance with the characters that have been the delight of our youth, and find they delight us still, but with a difference. Some Private Views The sweet wind of the foothills blew aslant the smokes of a thousand fires. The Covered Wagon Through gorgeous windows shone the sun aslant, Brimming the church with gold and purple mist, 530 Meet atmosphere to bosom that rich chant. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell I turned my eyes round and saw that she was looking at my crutches, which were lying beside me aslant the green hillock where I sat. Aylwin And he tried to raise one hand from where it lay beside him, but the hand wavered and fell aslant across his body. Jason From roofs and oriels high, women looked down; Men, maidens, children, and a fierce white sun Smote blinding splinters from all spears aslant. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. The lightning flashed almost continuously, not only down, but aslant, and even—Bob thought—up. The Rules of the Game She stretched forward strangely aslant, leaning from the upright poise of a runner. The Were-Wolf In firm ranks they all stood with pikes and spears aslant to meet the inrush of valiant Norsemen. The Thirsty Sword The gate of this entrance had been torn off its hinges and now lay jammed aslant across the passage; beyond it the patio lay heaped with bricks and rubble, tiles, and charred beams. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales He seemed pushed aslant by the wind, stiffening himself in the summer twilight to sound his muffled roll. Light It must be properly draped and must fall to the right point, which, in front, was aslant over the lower part of the shin, while behind it fell to the heel. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Through a ragged rift aslant in the cannonade's smoke An iron-clad reveals her repellent broadside Bodily intact. John Marr and Other Poems Mr. Arnheim hopped on one foot and then on the other, holding his head aslant. Every Soul Hath Its Song A girl with a big face and heavy red lips sat alone, lounging, her head aslant. The Roll-Call By careful scrutiny she made it out to be only a sorcery of moonbeams that fell aslant from the farther side through the skylight of the belvedere's roof and sifted through the lattice. Strange True Stories of Louisiana He, too, had taken the precaution of assuming an excellent disguise—peaked cap set aslant over one eye, grimy face, the blouse of a scene-shifter. Castles in the Air Behind these central figures the firelight fell on a solid semicircle of savages, crowns shaved, feathers aslant on the braided lock, and all oiled and painted for war. The Maid-At-Arms The afternoon sun fell aslant the black oak parquetry where sat her Grace of Ellswold, Lady Constance and Mistress Penwick, engaged with limning and embroidery. Mistress Penwick Charming Billy eyed him aslant and was merciful. The Long Shadow A windmill purred in the light breeze, its lean, flickering shadow aslant the corrals. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life His head was level with his quivering back, his ears half aslant, his nostrils pointing to a strange thrilling scent that came to him from somewhere out there in the moonlight. The Wolf Hunters A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness The great, rawhide hoop whistled and shot down aslant like the swoop of a nighthawk. The Gringos The Duke mounted and rode after them, quite far enough in the rear for them not to hear his horse's step or see as he passed where some cottage light fell aslant the road. Mistress Penwick Stiffly aslant before the northern blasts, Like the steadfast, angular beliefs Of those whom they commemorate, the headstones stand, Cemented deep with moss and invisible roots. The Song of the Stone Wall Caddles' knees were drawn up, his cheek was on his hand, his head a little aslant. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth In the Tuileries gardens, glancing aslant the trees, I saw the first green of the year, as the buds were burgeoning and breaking into tiny leaves. The Soul of the War The cushat stands Amid the topmost boughs, with azure vest, And neck aslant, listening the amorous coo Of her, his mate, who, with maternal wing Wide-spread, sits brooding on opponent tree. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828 A little to the left was the dark outline of an inn, nestling upon the threshold of a forest, from the window of which fell aslant the way a line of light. Mistress Penwick Higher and higher in the heavens rose the morning sun, stealing across the window sill, and shining aslant the floor, where Hagar still lay in a deep, deathlike swoon. Maggie Miller As with his wings aslant, Sails the fierce cormorant, Seeking some rocky haunt, With his prey laden, So toward the open main, Beating to sea again, Through the wild hurricane Bore I the maiden. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world. Little Dorrit The boys puffed their cheeks with the laughter they would, if possible, restrain, and eyed Evadna's set face aslant. Good Indian The maid looked aslant at him with laughing eyes. The White Company The boatman sings, It is Tasso that he sings; The lovers seek each other beneath their mantles, And the gondola drifts over the lagoon, aslant to the coming dawn. Men, Women and Ghosts The floors are all aslant, he sees,The doors are all a-jam;And from the hook above his headAll crooked swings the ham. Moral Emblems The small rain-drops came down aslant; the wind was not turbulent, but sullen, and full of chilly moisture. House of the Seven Gables A calendar hanging from the gas bracket had fallen a little aslant, and she reached up and critically straightened it. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Of a sudden, aslant the road, A brightness to dazzle and stun, A glint of the bluest blue, A flash from a sapphire sun. A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass The deck is aslant in the bubbling breeze. Men, Women and Ghosts She rolled round her face, remained a moment looking deedily aslant at him; then with a slight curl of the lip sprang to her feet, and exclaiming abruptly "I must mizzle!" walked off quickly homeward. Jude the Obscure "But," says Barnabas, setting his head aslant, and rubbing his chin with the argumentative air that was so very like his father, "I have ordered supper here, Peterby." The Amateur Gentleman The hot June sun streamed into his stuffy room and fell aslant the bed. Lo, Michael! Barnaby, at a respectful distance, crumpled herself satyr-like on the ground, with his banjo across his knee, and gazed expectantly aslant at the girl's sweet face. Southern Lights and Shadows At the same time there sounded a harsh, ripping noise immediately above his head; and he found himself staring up at a long ragged tear in the canvas, caused by the bullet striking it aslant. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama And behold now the fervid day, in his bright chariot, glittering aslant over the waves, nor scorning to throw a tribute of his golden beams on the toll-gatherer's little hermitage. The Toll Gatherer's Day (From "Twice Told Tales") Fleet, fierce, and gaunt, with bows aslant, she dashes proudly on, Whence and whither, her prey to gather, the foe shall learn anon. War Poetry of the South Now, in the budding and bursting summer, the sun takes his revenge, and looks aslant over the tree-tops and the chimneys upon the most unimpeachable garments. Prue and I At one end, a thick slab of red sandstone, of uncouth shape and rude appearance, leans aslant, partly buried in the mellow soil. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics The dray caught its right wheel in the grating of an open gutter and remained stock-still, leaning aslant, as though planted there. The Path of Life He raised himself on his elbow and held his head aslant, like one who listens to a sound that comes from a distance. The Christian A Story The eyes are long, and their look is aslant; the eyebrows are high and marked; the dark hair grows round the pale forehead with wig-like abruptness, and the painter has attempted no attenuation. Modern Painting And far, far away a scarcely perceptible line of the railway, running aslant, and on it the smoke of a train, but no sound was heard. The Possessed (The Devils) So these quartzites are aslant, and though of great geologic thickness, they make but 800 feet of the wall. Canyons of the Colorado The poles of the earth were pushed aslant, and soon the effects of the changes were felt in heat, cold, wind, and storm. National Epics Only some stray goats from the village browse the scanty grass all day, and the solitary water-hawk watches from an uprooted peepal aslant over the mud. The Fugitive A few patches of sunlight of a pale, ruddy gold, come it was impossible to tell whence, fell aslant the dense shadows. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Then he pulled out his watch, and held it as far away as the chain would stretch, frowning at it with his head aslant. The Lady of the Aroostook Seckel, blackheart, palpitant Rained their bleaching strays; and white Snowed the damson, bent aslant; Rambow-tree and romanite Seemed beneath deep drifts to pant. Poems The whitecaps looked snow cold as they tossed under the sharp north wind, and the tender which put us ashore had all it could do to embark and disembark us upright, or even aslant. Roman Holidays, and Others No one was there, nothing but a streak of moonlight from the window aslant the bed. The Fugitive With the boyish sweetness of his looks blended a sort of appreciative shrewdness, which pointed his smiling lips slightly aslant in what seemed the expectation rather than the intention of humour. Indian Summer "Sundays, perhaps," answered Lydia thoughtfully, still smoothing and shaping the dress, which she regarded at arm's-length, from time to time, with her head aslant. The Lady of the Aroostook A little daughter of the chief with the glow of the firelight on her eyes made an interesting picture, head held aslant. Travels in Alaska And she set her red lips aslant as if she were swallowing vinegar. The Yeoman Adventurer Three panting goats, all aslant, but tressed themselves determinedly against the end of the house, and two boys, long since dust immune, occasionally hunted the goats into the sun and away among the ant-hills. Tropic Days His golf cap, which was also from stock and aslant over his eye, gave his misery a desperate touch. The History of Mr. Polly Her soft light reposed upon the meads, that had been newly mown, and the shadows of tall poplars were cast aslant them. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents I was alone by the well where the shadow of the tree fell aslant, and the women had gone home with their brown earthen pitchers full to the brim. Gitanjali I could almost have hopped across it, but by dawdling aslant the stream I had her sweet face near mine in the moonlight, and my arms round her proud body, for a couple of minutes. The Yeoman Adventurer I had not long to wait, for, as if ordered so for my special accommodation, the mighty downrush of comets with their whirling drapery swung westward and remained aslant for nearly half an hour. The Yosemite And he wore a rather shabby black morning coat and vest, and his tie was richly splendid, being from stock, and his golf cap aslant over one eye. The History of Mr. Polly "And so you thinks I'm a shrew, does ye?" she demanded, head aslant, and hands on shapely hips. Peregrine's Progress It projected over the pavement below, throwing a heavy shadow aslant; the frames of the diamond-paned lattices were heavily mullioned. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales His right leg slipped aslant between two rungs of the ladder, and his body, checked in its fall, swung round and dangled over the eaves. The Yeoman Adventurer This rock fractures aslant if worked, vast flakes come out, and the cleavage is so natural that until closely approached a quarry appears a cliff. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies In the roofs were yawning holes, and the doors hung aslant on broken hinges. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils When Margaret laughs the world is gay, All care is driven far away; Her hat aslant, with roguish air, A red carnation in her hair— True daughter of the merry May. Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse He dashed forward along the floor, his body inclining to one side, half aslant, keeping time to the fiddle. Norwegian Life "I'll stir," said Marjorie, looking around at the old lady and discovering her head dropped towards one side and the knitting aslant in her fingers. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. And what is their colour when you see the shadow of a tall trunk aslant in the air like a leaning pillar? Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Something in the poise, as he leaned forward staring at the darkened waves—for the sun was low and cast shadows aslant the water—struck Myrtle as familiar. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John Then they laid their ears aslant and trotted slowly back to the meat they had killed. Kazan Crouching down, he balanced himself, now on one foot, now on the other, flung his legs crosswise under him, sprang up again, and then moved on aslant as before. Norwegian Life A march of a mile or so brought them to a bold ridge cutting down almost aslant to the clear water of the run. The Iron Game A Tale of the War The birch trees reddened all along their slender boughs, and when the sunlight struck aslant, the shining bark shone like gossamer threads wet with dew. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Between the two they noticed, as they raced by, the water-bucket hung on that heavy piece of driftwood that had frozen aslant in the river. The Magnetic North He urged Gray Wolf to accompany him, whining for her outside the windfall—returning for her twice—but Gray Wolf laid her ears aslant and refused to move. Kazan On the sandy paths which the rabbits have made aslant up the mound, and on their terraces, where they sit and look out from under the boughs, acorns have dropped ripe from the tree. The Open Air It reached her hair, touching here and there a soft, dark wave, and falling aslant the knots of ribbon on her bare shoulders, tipped them with points of white fire. In the Quarter The footpath winds a red band through the grass of the meads, and if it passes under a cliff the rock too rises aslant in red lines. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies He took his bearings, propped a fallen fir sapling aslant by the sled, and, forgetting he was ready to drop, he ran swiftly hack along the way he came. The Magnetic North Bury them till April; then soak them for some hours, and set them out aslant, so that all the eyes but one shall be covered. American Woman's Home The big roller broke near the pier and then ran along the shore; it did not strike the whole length at once, it came in aslant and rushed sideways. The Open Air A spar of sunshine, filtering through the ragged limbs of the trees, fell aslant her, and she stood in an aureola. Man on the Box In the summer-house, under the wooden eaves, if you look, you will find the chrysalis of a butterfly, curiously slung aslant. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Dillon, in the breathless silence having slowly untied the thongs, held his sack aslant between the two lights, and poured out a stream-nuggets and coarse bright gold. The Magnetic North A fox is called Vulpes, and hath that name as it were wallowing feet aside, and goeth never forthright, but always aslant and with fraud. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus They wheel round, dive, rise aslant, cry, and wheel again, always close over me, till I have walked some distance, when, one by one, they fall off, and, still uttering threats, retire. The Open Air With the iron head of his crook placed against his breast, and the handle aslant to the ground, the shepherd leans against it, and looks down upon the reapers. The Life of the Fields The brown Barle River running over red rocks aslant its course is pushed aside, and races round curving slopes. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Miss Dolores Gantry shook the snow from her furs, and with the graceful assurance of a yacht running aslant a craft-swarming harbor, cut into the crowd that surged through the Union Station. Out of the Primitive She walked a few steps at his side, their bodies aslant against the slope of the deck. West Wind Drift Slowly tacking aslant, the pollen ship hums in the south wind. The Open Air The great red bowsprit of an Australian clipper projects aslant the quay. The Life of the Fields Their runners stretch out at the edges of the drive, so that from the underwood the mound of green falls aslant to the sward. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies See, beneath your feet is the marking of great tree-trunks lying aslant across the floor, and the forms of gigantic palm-leaves strewed among them. The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children The storm-wind came from the Alsatian hills, and struck the dense clouds aslant through the air. Hyperion One of these ways was higher on the slope than the other, the whole parallelogram lying aslant, so to speak, on the side of the hill. The Ball and the Cross To-morrow, if we come, the engines are half hidden from afar by driving sleet and scattered snow-flakes fleeting aslant the field. The Life of the Fields The dam had been torn away, the old wheel was gone and a caved-in roof and supporting walls, drunkenly aslant, were the only remnants left. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine He ran straight into the darkness to the north and west, slinking low under the bushes, his tail drooping, his ears aslant—the wolf as the wolf runs on the night trail. Baree, Son of Kazan The soil of the wold is pale, so that in the new-ploughed fields there rest soft, creamlike shadows when the evening sun falls aslant. Escape, and Other Essays Indeed, it looked as if a great wind had sprung up and driven the great fire aslant. The Ball and the Cross Their ears aslant, their crests bristling, their bushy tails curling like plumes over their hips, they responded with almost automatic precision to the low words that fell from the lips of the girl behind them. God's Country—And the Woman A last gleam of light, falling aslant across the lane, made points of bright yellow among the foliage, and round as gold coins. Under Fire: the story of a squad He held the page aslant patiently, bending his senses and his will, his soft subject gaze at rest. Ulysses Dip and strike may be illustrated by a book set aslant on a shelf. The Elements of Geology She glared at him with her hands on her hips, her mouth set irritably aslant upward, her eyebrows gathered into a dark knot over her nose. Alice of Old Vincennes Ellen was not on the platform; something had delayed her, and he could see the road winding under trees, and presently he saw her white summer dress and her parasol aslant. The Untilled Field I think so!" here she put her head on one side like a meditative bird and her wonderful hair fell aslant like a golden wing—"I amuse myself—as much as I can. The Secret Power I dealt him a back-hand blow like that, downward and aslant, and walked away. Mother She turned up her weary face to her brother’s, which the incoming rays smote aslant, making little furrows of every wrinkle thereon, and shady ravines of every little furrow. The Hand of Ethelberta This was Pere Beret, grizzly, short, compact, his face deeply lined, his mouth decidedly aslant on account of some lost teeth, and his eyes set deep under gray, shaggy brows. Alice of Old Vincennes The last section but one carries two short, bright red breathing tubes, standing aslant and joined to each other. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography The Scotchman deliberated, looking aslant at the ground and thoughtfully oiling a cylinder with a greasy rag. The Blazed Trail The reddening rays of the sun fell more and more aslant. Mother It is not an imposing constellation, but it is on a part of the sky which is not crowded with stars, and it always lies aslant and obvious. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither The moon hanging aslant against the blue peeped forth just in time to show him a flying figure which, even while he looked, reached the postern, opened it and slipped through. Alice of Old Vincennes Some pieces are fixed lengthwise, others across, others aslant. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Then one of them picked up Bittridge's hat and set it aslant on his head, and others helped pull his collar together and tie his cravat. The Kentons Adjoining it is an ante-room and a chamber projected towards the sun, which the latter room catches immediately upon his rising, and retains his rays beyond mid-day though they fall aslant upon it. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 The sun's rays, while striking us aslant, furnished tranquil warmth. The Smoky God, or, a voyage to the inner world Beyond the girl's figure, a pair of slender swords hung crossed aslant on the wall opposite the low door. Alice of Old Vincennes Even the Villa seemed to greet her, with the sun aslant on it; and the trees, trembling and weeping golden tears. Villa Rubein, and other stories The violets fret to fragrance 'neath your feet, Heaven's gold sunlight dreams aslant your hair: No flower for me! your mouth is far more sweet. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 A wall with three windows looking out on to the canal ran aslant so that one corner formed a very acute angle, and it was difficult to see in it without very strong light. Crime and Punishment The door stood open, and the shadow of the house was lying aslant over the greatest part of the terrace. Under Western Eyes And, lying flat on the wharf and peering under it, it seemed to him that the piles themselves were a trifle aslant; that the whole wharf had settled down on the outer side. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights The wheeling bird suddenly struck the wind with its wings aslant, and then fell like a plummet at a distance which showed the difficulty of the feat. Snow-Bound at Eagle's Then he sat down in the stern sheets, passive, with his knees close together and legs aslant. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard A man lay on the camp-bed, lying aslant for he was too long for it. The Path of the King His gray hat was pushed aslant as his head rested against hers. Rowdy of the Cross L Doubtless it was grass I trod, and the wood was before me with the sun shining aslant on it; doubtless the house rose behind me with a flame here and there in the windows. Under the Red Robe A sunbeam fell aslant the girl's preoccupied face. Other Things Being Equal Pillared masses of black basalt framed like an open portal a portion of the white field lying aslant against the west. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard He rose from the line of the breakers that belch upon the shore, and swam outside, ever looking landwards, to find, if he might, spits that take the waves aslant, and havens of the sea. The Odyssey Done into English prose The three men stood stiffly and aslant against the wind, as if leaning against a wall. Manalive At the critical moment my horse started, my finger struck the scrap aslant, the pebble flew out, and the bit of stuff fluttered into a whin-bush close to my stirrup—and was lost! Under the Red Robe Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room. I Say No The sun shone aslant the pale and powerful features, and then died away! Last Days of Pompeii Then he clapped on his hat, aslant over the locks of his golden wig, and, taking up his whip, he moved with leisurely dignity towards the door. Mistress Wilding The mare glanced aslant at him, drew up her lip, and twitched her ear. Anna Karenina Far asunder, on separate coasts, the Acadians landed; Scattered were they, like flakes of snow, when the wind from the northeast Strikes aslant through the fogs that darken the Banks of Newfoundland. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen," she cried, ceasing her laughter, lifting one finger, and holding her head aslant, "listen: God is great! The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable She stopped and eyed him aslant from under her level, finely marked brows, and her eyes lightened with relief when she saw that Applehead looked more startled than she had felt. The Heritage of the Sioux It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog, which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer. Jane Eyre The people came to their doors all aslant, and with streaming hair.” Hearts of Controversy As with his wings aslant, Sails the fierce cormorant, Seeking some rocky haunt With his prey laden, So toward the open main, Beating to sea again, Through the wild hurricane, Bore I the maiden. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Joe twisted his mustache, eyed her aslant and took the plunge. Cabin Fever The barrel of his rifle glinted aslant before his big red face. Tales of Unrest Because yours can only see just straight in front of them, whereas mine are prominent and so projecting, they can see aslant. The Symposium Because “grow” is the right word for the long drift of a cable emerging aslant under the strain, taut as a bow-string above the water. The Mirror of the Sea He turned away and stood still, his hat aslant, muffled up to the ears. Within the Tides |
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