| 单词 | mellowing |
| 例句 | The moment she had put her foot on the step leading up to the porch, she saw her ripeness mellowing and rotting before a heap of red velvet scraps on a round oak table. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A hit would have mellowed things out, Big Time knew, but he also knew that mellowing out would kill him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was something about her lately, a mellowing, a softening from which this note had come. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Olivier is too much of a nincompoop to truly care about, and Parrot, on the cusp of his 50s, is mellowing into contentment. 'Parrot and Olivier in America': A historical, comic novel by Peter Carey 2010-04-23T22:16:00Z You begin to wonder if, in his relative old age — Mr. Theroux is 74 — this inimitably caustic novelist and nonfiction writer is mellowing. Review: In ‘Deep South,’ Paul Theroux Takes an Eye-Opening Road Trip 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z She’s turned into a more mature, disciplined performer since her erratic youth, but that shouldn’t be confused with mellowing. Top concerts of 2012 2012-12-20T21:35:00Z But these are also young wines, and the more ambitious among them will benefit from aging five to 10 years to allow these complexities to uncoil while mellowing the rippling acidity. 2016 Dry German Rieslings: Graceful, Resonant, Delicious 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z At its premiere, Thomas Adès's In Seven Days was hailed as a sign the composer might be mellowing in middle age. London Sinfonietta/Ad?s ? review 2011-02-17T17:08:05Z As the onion becomes near-fossilized on the outside, smoke and steam shoot up through its inner layers, mellowing and sweetening them without causing them to lose their structure. Is this the prettiest salad you've ever seen? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z As do most stews — even though this particular version isn’t stewed in the strictest sense — ratatouille is a dish that improves with rest, its flavors mellowing, deepening, interlacing over time. The one ratatouille recipe you’ll want to make every summer 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z There is little hint of the mellowing that besets many other singers as far into their 50s as he is. No hint of mellowing for ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon 2012-10-15T23:06:50Z "You don't have to do that," I insisted, my voice mellowing as I returned, almost instantly, to my old self. Brain On Fire: 'Blood and foam began to spurt out of my mouth' 2013-01-13T00:05:24Z As the album’s producer and chief instrumental multitasker, Mr. Leventhal creates a series of tasteful backdrops, softening and mellowing most of the songs. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Rick Ross, Marc Cohn, Frazey Ford 2010-07-18T21:21:00Z After all, neither ageing nor fatherhood seems to have played the traditional affect of mellowing the band. Bobby Gillespie: 'We always saw music as a revolutionary force' 2013-03-14T16:25:18Z After mellowing and maturing for a decade, the sake was ready. In Las Vegas, a Good Story Helps Sell Expensive Sakes 2011-02-02T05:40:04Z Late style often suggests a softening, a mellowing, a philosophical remove. Adrienne Kennedy, Playwright: Still Quiet, Still Bold, Still Furious 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z But the Doyle estate says there are other significant elements in those later stories, such as Holmes' "mellowing" personality and the shift in Holmes' and Watson's relationship from flatmates and collaborators to closest friends. Writer, Doyle estate dispute copyright on Sherlock 2014-01-03T19:37:05Z Since then, he’s been slowly mellowing, though the destruction of humanity remains on the table in Season 2. Winter TV: 20 Shows You Might Not Know Already 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “We Are the Best!” is destined to be called a return to form, and Mr. Moodysson realizes he now seems caught between his iconoclastic and his maturing, perhaps mellowing self. Lukas Moodysson’s ‘We Are the Best!,’ About a Punk Band 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Whether they are wilted, stewed or fried, fresh herbs transform as they cook, first mellowing and then sweetening in flavor. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Though it may not be evident in his material, he says he is mellowing. Norm Macdonald Rises Again on Comedy Central ?Sports Show? 2011-04-05T15:46:02Z Instead he brings on the snarky, irritable, once arrogant but now mellowing Lauren, who still resents Ben for being a lousy partner on the high school science project they shared. Books of The Times: ‘This Bright River’ by Patrick Somerville 2012-07-01T22:02:29Z Even so, a personal mellowing is only on the cards if standards rise across the board. Adam Mars-Jones: 'The only bad review is one whose writing is soggy' 2012-02-10T13:50:00Z In the fifth quartet by Mr. Carter, an uncompromising composer of complex, modernist music, there is perhaps a mellowing of temperament, although certainly not of intellectual heft. Review: The Pacifica Quartet Interprets Composers’ ‘Last Words’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z There’s been some personal development inside him this year, of a mellowing, centering kind. Mad Men Recap: You Can’t Stop Cold Like That 2013-06-24T14:13:10Z Mr. Wolfe, now 85, shows no sign of mellowing. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z When it’s pointed out that perhaps his newfound sense of self-aware mellowing is not immediately discernible to the public — that maybe he didn’t change as much as the moment of clarity implies — he laughs. Sleaford Mods gets introspective, but don’t think they’ve gone soft 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z He may be retiring, but he waves off suggestions that he’s mellowing. Bill Moyers signs off — for the final time, he swears 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z “Some member of Congress may be walking down the street, fuming about health care, getting themselves worked up into a partisan fury, and find themselves mysteriously mellowing.” It’s summer, and Washington smells like weed. Everywhere, all the time. 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z So the discovery of pot was, for me, a mellowing godsend. Confessions of a pot addict 2013-02-18T02:00:00Z It might sound loud, perhaps even dissonant, but by mellowing the colors down to earthy hues, the designer was able to control the contrasts and create a collection that sang a quiet song. Special Report: Fashion: A Moment to Enjoy 2011-06-21T10:38:38Z Swans Bristol On 6 April The group were notorious for live performances of eardrum-shredding volume and intensity, and since their reunion in 2010, they can hardly be accused of mellowing. Swans – review 2013-04-05T17:00:39Z It sounds to me as if he’s mellowing but he insists it’s the opposite. Gaspar Noé: 'Six people walked out of Climax? No! I usually have 25%' 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The beloved American pianist Murray Perahia turns 68 this month, an age at which you might expect him to be mellowing as an artist and reaching new realms of profundity. Review: Murray Perahia at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Most of the installations hit a sweet spot in the middle, with the audio performances mellowing the tone, as though each playwright were speaking to a friend. ‘A Dozen Dreams’ Review: Eerie Memories Bring Magic to the Mall 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z He's not mellowing exactly; he moves forward in contradictions. Tricky: 'I can still be really dark in my mind' 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z But the sounds, while not new to experimental music, have conspicuous character and their mellowing out into charismatic melodic shapes signal hope, as does a more regulated percussive pulse. L.A. Chamber Orchestra ending season on a sunny note 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The church itself, hidden away in Georgetown beside the canal, has a wonderfully designed baroque organ and the kind of mellowing acoustics that smooth the sound without muddying it. Review | A well-hidden Bach festival offers cheerful relief on a summer afternoon 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z One of the main differences people cite with leftovers is a mellowing of spices. Why certain foods taste better the next day 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Tuna started to take off after new fishing technology allowed sport fishermen to catch larger and larger fish, and processing technology drained excess fat from the tuna, mellowing its flavor. Oil-packed tuna is rich in flavor — and deserves a spot in your pantry 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Their mellowing relationship is meant to mirror the growth of civil rights in the South. How to watch every Best Picture winner from 1980 through 1989 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z In Bourbon County, the local water is naturally filtered through mellowing limestone, which removes every trace of iron, the nemesis of good whiskey. This Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Walnut Pie distills winter sunshine 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Though Harley and Ivy’s honeymoon phase is already beginning to wane as Harley Quinn’s third season opens, the mellowing of their relationship’s something the series never really frames as a sign of danger. Harley Quinn’s sexy season 3 puts the important things like love, trust, and Poison Ivy first 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z For one thing, Pete himself has become a far more interesting protagonist, losing the cocky air of petulance and impunity and mellowing into a man with some miles on him. Review | ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ rocks, with finesse, style and genuine emotion 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Scholz, once a fiery young socialist who joined his party as a teenager, defended workers as a labor lawyer in the 1970s before gradually mellowing into a post-ideological centrist. Can Germany’s New Chancellor Revive the Left in Europe? 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z After a misspent youth making an exhibition of himself, the mellowing musician's latest work is actually in exhibitions - he's a burgeoning artist getting glowing gallery reviews. Glastonbury to gallery: 60ft Dolls drummer Carl Bevan turns to art 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Dina’s glory, as always, is her delivery: Nuts, without the mellowing influence of irony, so it doesn’t feel like she’s in on the joke. Enjoy these holiday shows from ACT, Scott Shoemaker and Dina Martina from the best seat in your house 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Rosati is eager to see whether other chimpanzee groups—and female chimpanzees—also experience this mellowing with age. Like humans, male chimps mellow with age 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The blessing of mellowing of memories with time takes with it some of what we learned. Believe in America 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z A return to classical certainties with the mellowing of age? William Forsythe’s Self-Portrait in Absentia 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z It took a long time for that mellowing period to begin, however. This Coach O story from his time at Tennessee with Lane Kiffin is the most Coach O story ever - Golf Digest 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z “The reports we’re getting now, is this, China is mellowing. It’s no longer insisting on the exclusion of foreign powers. It’s no longer insisting on this and that,” Locsin said. Philippines: China wanted to restrict foreign forces at sea 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z A quick zap in the microwave was all it took to effectively bloom the spice and cook the garlic, successfully mellowing their flavors. Greek yogurt creates a creamy, spice-infused salad dressing 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z If you think the firebrand rapper sounds like he's mellowing out, you'd be right. Chuck D on why he loves The Clash 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z But he was mellowing, Mr. Janid said, and the accusations he now faces stunned the shopkeeper. Anthony Comello: What We Know About the 24-Year-Old Accused of Killing a Gambino Mob Boss 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z While Democrats may have grumbled about Obama’s lack of fire or ineffectiveness, almost all of his initial luster has been restored by the mellowing effects of memory. Presenting your 2020 Roster 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z “You’ll smell it before you even see it, that unmistakable aroma that fills your nose and seeps into your senses, instantly mellowing into a smooth and soothing scent,” intones Fry, as Blue Gold opens. Dream job: the writer paid to send millions to sleep 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Stratton said he thought that Long “had started mellowing out recently. He didn’t seem as angry or aggressive.” Thousand Oaks gunman had a history of angry outbursts 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Older people are less likely to get divorced, so maybe mellowing boomers were enough to explain the trend. Divorce rate sinks as marriages happen later, among those with more money and education - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “The focus is more on the barrel side,” he says, aging cider in oak previously used for red wine and spirits, “fortifying and mellowing the taste over time.” D.C.’s cider scene is blossoming. Here’s where to go and what to try. 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z So too is the mellowing of his character since the heady days of his black liberationist activism as a teenager. The Black Panthers still in prison: after 46 years, will they ever be set free? 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Some of this could be down to mellowing with age – he is, as he repeatedly mentions during his set, in his mid-50s – but it’s almost certainly more down to the validation of success. Marc Maron: ‘I’m familiar with coke, anger, bullying, selfishness’ 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The bling-obsessed teenage members of the new outfits are unpredictable and violent—just as the mellowing members of the Mongrel Mob and Black Power used to be. New Zealand has more gangsters than soldiers 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z He claimed attitudes to Israel were mellowing not just among the elites in the Arab world, but across Arab social media. Netanyahu says he will not let Iran take strategic control inside Syria 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Cool cellars evoke images of dusty wine bottles, their contents mellowing and growing in value the longer they sit. Opinion | Five myths about beer 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Still, even pushing 80, it’s hard to imagine him mellowing with age. Trump TV: is his campaign laying the groundwork for the next media empire? 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Sometimes the arrangements were mellowing the group’s signature bile; “Green Earrings,” for instance, had kind of a “Love Boat” vibe, while “Third World Man” got pretty schmaltzy. Schmaltz meets strategy: 5 thoughts on Steely Dan's orchestral gig at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Not the easiest personality to begin with, Bierce showed no appreciable mellowing from his war experience. Endless war: Trump and the fantasy of cost-free conflict 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z China will be hoping that the Congress brings a refocus on economic reform and a mellowing of bellicose rhetoric. What to Know About North Korea's Workers' Party Congress 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Their aging happened publicly; fans got to witness them mellowing out in real time. The Guns N' Roses reunion and the future of angry young men 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Finally, we share a simple kitchen tip for mellowing raw onions, along with a favorite Nancy Silverton salad recipe. In the kitchen: Vegan Passover options and seasonal strawberries 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z That is a hell of a long goodbye, but he shows no signs of mellowing. Tokyo: the city that came out of the shadows 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z In the Seoul Sausage grilled cheese, the traditional Korean dish of spiced, fermented cabbage is diced, then caramelized, giving it a hint of sweetness and mellowing the spice. Great food mash-ups: The kimchi grilled cheese at Seoul Sausage in Little Tokyo 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z But he also mellowed and grew as a person, and that mellowing coincided with the best part of his career. Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I knew isn't in this movie 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Sting Speaking of songs I could listen to all day, can't you just picture Tiger mellowing out listening to "Fields of Gold" after a particularly stressful week? Ranking the 17 best musical acts to ever perform at 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z The former president recently told Town & Country magazine that he was not sure he was any good at campaigning any more because “I’m not mad at anybody,” citing the mellowing effects of being a grandfather. A contest, or a coronation? 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z That "locomotive agitation" will be a bigger selling point than any charcoal mellowing, he said. Distillers: Stiff whiskey law stifles town's boozy revival 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Later, there was the mellowing tang of tomatoes and a profound aroma from smoked shrimp powder, a West African flavor staple that tastes as if you somehow barbecued fish sauce. A Spicy Spinach Stew from Ghana 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z As he approaches his 79th year, Klein shows no sign of mellowing. Edward Klein: the difference between the truth and a lie 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z If passed, the new law would likely define Tennessee Whiskey as any whiskey manufactured, distilled and stored in Tennessee and do away with regulations requiring new charred oak barrels and charcoal mellowing. Everything You Need to Know About Jack Daniel’s and the Fight Over Tennessee Whiskey 2014-03-20T01:59:12Z Yet as the push to legalize pot migrates from the margins to the mainstream, it is mellowing some Republicans in the process. Up in Smoke: GOP Views on Pot Show Signs of a Shift 2013-02-14T13:35:23Z Accounts of mellowing baby boomers tend to be anecdotal. Question Mark: Some Baby Boomers Feel Less Irritated as They Age 2013-01-17T16:29:40Z There are also signs of mellowing in the state that pioneered tough incarceration policies. Ballot measures: Land of the freer? 2012-11-01T16:03:14Z There was no sign of any mellowing at Lord's, but in these circumstances we would not expect any. Alastair Cook as England captain is easy choice. But who will now open? 2012-08-29T16:03:47Z She puts the easing of the trauma, and the mellowing of the memories down to the passing of time, but only in part. Martine Wright: from 7 July victim to Paralympic athlete 2012-08-27T15:45:50Z Even after mellowing slightly as the week wore on, the former Bradford prop said: "No one at this club will ever be content with conceding 40 points in a game." Back to basics for Leeds Rhinos defence before Castleford game 2012-06-23T19:00:01Z "I think even Frank agreed the timing wasn't right," Roy chipped in back in the studio, providing ITV with the revelation of the night – the rumours of Keane's mellowing have been greatly exaggerated. Sky Sports make early impact but ITV hit back with Roy Keane's steel 2012-05-19T21:31:15Z I prefer the normal and kindly, an intimate Scot voice, a man’s educated speech, someone mouthing thoughtfully, an older person whose words show profound mellowing. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Beyond a green and level lawn, Its porch and roof of roses dawn Through arching trees that lend a mellowing shade. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z On the walls a number of mellowing oil-portraits, depicting stout, brown, benevolent monarchs, uncomfortable but doubtless impressive in the tight fashions of the Victorian age, mutely testified to the splendours of the past. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z And not a flower that gems its mellowing soil But thriveth well beneath the holy dew Of tears, that ease a nation’s straining heart When the Lord of Battles smites it through and through. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z And when the cluster's mellowing dews Their warm, enchanting balm infuse Our feet shall catch th' elastic bound, And reel us through the dance's round. The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z At least five-and-thirty years had rounded her figure into soft exuberance, mellowing but scarcely marring its past harmonies. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z There had been of late years a certain mellowing of his disposition, which Charlotte had dwelt upon with hopeful joy, as her one comfort in her lonely life at Haworth. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The grand effect of the Cathedral is due in a measure to the mellowing of the white marble, which the sun has seemingly baked to a beautiful warm yellow and light red. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z In the mellowing days of life's late afternoon this confidence gave him comfort and peace. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z Its hilly streets and comfortable old houses mellowing each year into a softer, deeper gray came back to them now with a pang. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Relaxation is something we adapt to quickly, and people looking to lower stress levels might benefit more from a handful of chilling-outs rather than one long mellowing. Post Vacation Blues? Don't Worry -- You'll Get Used to It 2011-09-07T18:31:07Z He made some good instruments which, in his book he says he "proved" by a machine which played them in thirds, fourths, and fifths for a continued period, thus mellowing and perfecting the tone. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z Evidence mounts that some things just aren’t meant to be: ice at the Equator, Milton Bradley mellowing and the Cubs in joyous celebration of a World Series victory. Chicago News Cooperative: With Hendry Gone, the Next Step Is Clear 2011-08-28T00:56:19Z I think she will exercise a mellowing and restraining influence on the ripping and snorting age just ahead of us—the rattling and groaning age of electricity. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z It changes the aspect of the blackest deed, and under its mellowing influence rank rebellion, it is well known, comes out oftentimes, if not always, in the pure and beautiful light of patriotism. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z "He was born that way, and so is ripe for membership without any closet mellowing." The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Much as the Soviet expert George F. Kennan had predicted in 1947, containment led to the “gradual mellowing” and peaceful demise of the Communist system. Did J.F.K. Lose Berlin? 2011-06-10T16:36:26Z The billions of stalks bobbed rhythmically to the ever-present current of winds, appearing collectively as a mellowing, unceasing pulse: America’s heartland. The Choice: An Overnight Train Ride to a Final Destination: College 2011-06-08T17:57:22Z Youth is always looked back upon with a sentiment of longing, In praise of mellowing years.but middle age does not deserve to be decried. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z It is under the mellowing influence of a smile that the hardest men fall. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z There was no mistaking October; even without the genial, gracious sun which shed over all the landscape such mellow and mellowing rays. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z It resembled other homes in Y—— as little as some gallery of brilliant, glaring impressionist pictures suggests a cabinet of exquisite miniatures, rich mosaics, and carved ivory, where the witching glamour of mellowing centuries hovers. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Political analysts are trying to determine whether Mr. Humala’s mellowing since his previous campaign is cosmetic or more profound. Ex-Military Officer Jolts Peru Presidential Race 2011-04-09T19:56:20Z Such wheats are Indians, Persians and hard Russians, and these require not only washing but also conditioning, by which is meant mellowing, before going to the rolls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Whence came the mellowing influence, seeing that we had been, as our custom is, very innocent of wine? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z There are other evidences that French Socialism is mellowing. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Three months of gradual, almost unnoticeable, mellowing kept us from getting excited and gave us plenty of time to plan. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z His insignificance was borne home upon him, mellowing all his spirit. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The roses were already shedding their honours on the mould, and the sear of autumn was mellowing the leaves of the old fruit-trees. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The bland spinach-ricotta filling in the jumbo ravioli needed more oomph, and the tomato sauce needed mellowing. Connecticut Dining South Woodstock: A Place for All Seasons, Especially This One 2010-12-19T00:54:16Z Now, in the mellowing afterglow of victory, they really don’t seem quite so fierce, favoring the seductive smile and the soft voice. The Female Factor: The Women Who Would Be Ms. Palin 2010-11-23T12:30:00Z And on Thursday, the price of wheat spiked again after mellowing in the last weeks on reports that Russia may have to import millions of tons of wheat. U.S. Farmers Wary of Benefiting From Russia?s Woes 2010-08-19T18:16:00Z But the group’s activities have been mellowing lately. Old-Style Visa Bureaucracy Stymies Pro-Kremlin Youth Retreat 2010-07-05T20:48:00Z There are no 12 years of "mellowing," no "complex vanilla notes." White Dog Rising: Why Moonshine is Having a Moment 2010-05-18T08:55:00Z It was pleasant to look upon her fair countenance, where sweetness gave a character to beauty, mellowing it and softening it, as though the soul of innocence there reflected its image. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 The skin stretched over his high cheek-bones till it shone like mellowing, yellowing ivory. The Trail of Conflict The mellowing passage of time has dealt gently with many of our old homes, and history and romance have woven about them an added fascination for every generation to enjoy. Remodeled Farmhouses It was a story-and-a-half cottage, of stucco, to which sun and wind and frost had offered their kind offices, mellowing pleasantly its original glare of white. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play A smooth rose bed means that the soil cakes hard, preventing the rain penetrating in summer, and the frost mellowing the ground in winter. Roses and Rose Growing In his character the mellowing process has continued to advance, and whatever he may have been thirty years ago, he is now a gentle and tender being. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) September waned and October dawned in grateful coolness: an exquisite month of crisp nights and enlivening days, of mellowing sunlight and early gloamings tenderly coloured. The Destroying Angel The sheen of a mighty mass of embattled peaks and pinnacles and feathery floating snow-points shone high up in the evening air, just mellowing under a magnificent sunset. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The two halted on the rising ground, and one of them, at least, gazed anxiously into the purple shadows now mellowing the gray monotony of the plateau. Cynthia's Chauffeur In the gardens, its mellowing strains died away among the shrubs and over-hanging boughs. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time His tenaciousness in argument is not so delightful as the relaxation of his logical severity, when he finds his fortune mellowing in the wintry smiles of Mrs. Tabitha Bramble. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The grain had been gathered in, but the unfallen fruit still weighed down the orchards, and absorbed the sunlight for its mellowing juices. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 At the approach of power the fiscal policy of the Liberals had moderated, and it was to moderate still further under the mellowing and conservative influences of power itself. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time All summer through the mellowing meadows thrill To his blithe music. Weeds by the Wall Verses The birds chirp merrily among the foliage; the flowers raise their drooping heads, and the thirsty ground drinks in with eager haste the mellowing rains. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World The cloudless day is richer at its close; A golden glory settles on the lea; Soft stealing shadows hint of cool repose To mellowing landscape, and to calming sea. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 As an instance Daniel’s patient would lose himself in reverie, long and deep and mellowing. The Missourian They will patronize the arts and literature, while at the same time mellowing them by eliminating that too urgent insistence upon contemporary fact which makes so much of what is done to-day harsh and displeasing. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism One lung had been deeply torn, his left shoulder was almost wholly disabled, and he walked with a stoop and shuffle; but his physical weakening was not more marked than his mental mellowing. Money Magic A Novel It was the voice of the rich world that lay around her—a world of flowers and lawns, and meadows and upland woods, and cool, deep shades and mellowing light. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Yes, it wanted the soft, mellowing airs of Italy. A Singer from the Sea The mellowing sorrow, which her vivacity could not hide, smote him again, as it had that evening in Mexico when he came to her for counsel. The Missourian He sailed over many seas, he visited many lands, mellowing by contact with many peoples the unyielding temper of his race. The Dominant Strain At last the apples were all picked and carried to the great bins in the cellar, there to lie mellowing and sweetening for the farmer's use during the long winter months. The Little Brown Hen Hears the Song of the Nightingale & The Golden Harvest It was a surging, a glowing, a mellowing. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Look how the long and level landscape gleams, And with a gradual pace goes mellowing up Into the blue. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 But the light blue flowering was modest enough, and there was even a cheery freshness about it that called up mellowing recollections of bright-eyed Missouri girls. The Missourian He compares his soul to a high, bare craig, without any crannies in which flowers may lurk, untouched by the mellowing influences of sun and shower. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 So day by day, as I walked my monotonous round upon the ever mellowing soil, the prairie spring unrolled its beauties before me. A Son of the Middle Border There is no mellowing of the harsh contrasts. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language But the dull red bricks of Sunset Hill with their white ornamentations mellowing in the keen Canadian winters, stood thereafter as a title clear to unquestionable social standing. 'Lizbeth of the Dale It was a sunny afternoon and a little hazy; every line softened, every colour made richer, under the mellowing atmosphere. Daisy These are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Folly's active rage, Nor Envy's self, shall blot the golden page; Time shall admire, his mellowing touch employ, And mend the immortal tablet, not destroy. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The tints of the trees are mellowing down From their summer green to a russet brown, And many a harvest is over and past, For Autumn has chas'd away Summer at last. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young Mr. Swinburne, in dealing with them, availed himself of the hypothesis of a mellowing, but at the same time weakening of power by age. A History of Elizabethan Literature All that had been crampedly hidden in his soul flowed into his face, warming and mellowing it, even beautifying it. The Pagan Madonna I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Like mellowing rain, Which enriches the soil of the soul and the brain, Should the sorrow of youth be; and not like the breath Of the cyclone, which carries destruction and death. Three Women The sunshine was flooding the treeless hills and mellowing the cool, clean air. Penny of Top Hill Trail Work in plenty of well-rotted manure, and during the winter the frost and snow will greatly improve conditions, killing the weeds, and mellowing the soil as nothing else can. Making a Lawn The inherent passion for beauty thus crystallized in the mellowing virility of the boy's finely wrought temperament went far toward satisfying his deep-rooted and well-nigh insatiable yearning for city splendour. Terribly Intimate Portraits The dawn was breaking, and the track leading to the settlement was just beginning to exhibit the mellowing influence of the first rays of the sun. Werwolves After that, silence, save for the faint mellowing vibrations of the Burmese gong. The Place of Honeymoons The mellowing touch of time has allayed animosities, subdued old asperities of character, given a larger and more tolerant judgment, cured the morbid sensitiveness that most embitters life. The Map of Life Conduct and Character The mellowing hand of time, the birth and death of many generations, had made it beautiful. Vixen, Volume II. There’s a touch of pity in your respect for him, a mellowing compassion, a little of the eternal mother mixed up with the eternal sweetheart. The Prairie Mother And if you add to all this the sound of the crier's bell mellowing softly up the long street, it will be understood that the excitement was considerably intensified. The Rapids Just now the voice was pathetically subdued, yet reached every part of the auditorium, kindling the ear with its singularly mellowing sweetness. The Place of Honeymoons They were relieved of caps and cloaks, and, under the mellowing influence of sherry and bitters, began to settle down. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions He was less sure about Keith's immunity, though; even in this brief a time, he could sense a sort of mellowing. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Life and matter become, as it were, a new creation, and one can believe anything when he sees how many forms life and matter can assume under the mellowing rays of the sun. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk A thin sweet haze of smoke hung constantly in the air mellowing the blue of the sky, softening the outlines of the hills, aromatic as an incensed cathedral. The Adventures of Bobby Orde This being the case, be content to leave the soil to the mellowing influences of the weather until seed-sowing time is at hand. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover Evening was fluttering gently down, mellowing line and tone. The Return of Blue Pete He looked down the winding driveway to the gate, all mellowing in the dying sunlight. Stubble She stood straight before him, tall and fair and pale, with the red maple light streaming in through the open door behind her, staining her light house-dress and mellowing the golden sheen of her hair. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Usually she walked with a long, determined stride, but to-day the drowsy, mellowing influence of the Autumn afternoon was strong upon her and filled her with placid content. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 Beyond stretched the gleaming blue waters, mellowing into a hundred fairy shades horizonward. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 The mellowing effect of the potato harvest upon the hearts of the people is manifest. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Thou art most fair, though sorrow’s chastening wing Hath past, and left its shadow on thy brow, And solemn thoughts are gently mellowing The splendour of thy beauty’s summer now. Poems Bright days followed, mellowing with each one to sunnier, calmer perfection. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy It had deepened and broadened a fine understanding of human nature, and finally it had succeeded in mellowing a tolerance that had always been his. The Heart of Unaga Landscape painting exerts a mellowing influence, and leads to the observation and love of nature, while historical pictures stimulate research, and nerve the mind to deeds of heroism and virtue. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Her pulses leaped, rejuvenated; the mellowing soil responded; bud and leaf put forth their effort to reach the sun and air. How Janice Day Won As the mellowing of the season brings with it its plague of aridity, recourse is had to the river at the bottom of the ravine, the Oued-Hamadouch. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 A call, not a song; A command, not a prayer; No mellowing moonlight, but dawn, Frail, fanciful, and fair In the east of my dream and desire. Sandhya Songs of Twilight Under the mellowing influence of our Curried Bully he unbent somewhat and encouraged the Ancient on his pet subject. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 He sups and betakes himself to the singing of comic songs with choruses, moistening and mellowing his vocal chords with plenteous burgundy. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Over the mellowing, detaining waters of the bay the long-drawn bugles echoed. Sonnie-Boy's People After dinner De Forest ordered up his horses, and the happy pair, rendered extremely sentimental by the mellowing influence of the wine, started on their homeward journey. The Expressman and the Detective There are people, however, too impatient to wait for such results from the mellowing influence of progressive civilisation. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author As by subtle saturations of its mellowing essence the tobacco had ripened the bowl, so it looked as if something similar of the interior spirit came rosily out on the cheek. The Confidence-Man The ruby curtains were closely drawn in the cosy parlour at Dingle Cottage; the flames leapt and danced in the polished grate, and the soft lamplight fell with mellowing gleam around. Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life The subdued twilight of that northern clime reigned over the face of nature, softening and mellowing all objects, but in no way obscuring them. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War It had been a wonderful experience, Darsie reflected, to watch the gradual mellowing of character, the patient endurance of suffering, the peaceful death which was so truly a “falling asleep.” A College Girl And I saw out upon the north the wide blue sky, just mellowing to rich purple, and flecked here and there with orange streaks prophetic of sunset. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians They gave it mellowing fruits to eat, And honey-combs to make it sweet. The New Morning Poems "You don't need mellowing—I do like you a lot, just exactly as you are." The Galaxy Primes But something startlingly new came to him in that exquisite "sound of gentle stillness," hushing, awing, mellowing, giving a new conception of the dominant heart of his God. Quiet Talks on Power The former is the harmony of striking diversities found in nature, and the other a mellowing of colors, or blending of similar hues, attributable to art. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It is autumn there now; so you see on the cellar door and under the front windows, crooked necked squashes and round yellow pumpkins, mellowing in the warm sunbeams. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends —Each bore some treasured picture of the past, Some graphic incident, by mellowing time Made beautiful, while ever and anon, Timbrel and harp broke forth, each pause between. Man of Uz, and Other Poems A kind of mellowing atmosphere 161surrounds all objects in his pages, and tinges them with poetical hues. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) "Levi, you're an awful good man, and time's mellowing you more than any one would have looked for." A Son of the Hills Cultivate music; its mellowing, harmonizing, refining influence is too great to be prudently withheld. Plain Facts for Old and Young A simple experiment will convince any farmer that the best means of permanently deepening and mellowing the soil is by thorough drainage, to afford a ready exit for all surplus moisture. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The first flush of dawn was mellowing the eastern sky when the girl was awakened from uneasy sleep by sounds in the yard in front of the ranch house. The Cow Puncher At last, in this drama of slow winning she was drawing closer, shyly melting, her whims and perversities mellowing to the rich, sweet yielding of the ultimate surrender. The Emigrant Trail The pleasant autumn months, mellowing and brightening all things, seemed also to soften and gild their memories of the life that had ended, ripely and beautifully, among them. Faith Gartney's Girlhood A hundred acres of plowed ground lay mellowing under the sun. The Settling of the Sage Under the mellowing influence of wine and good company, the judge, with Scotch curiosity, made bold to sound Burr in regard to the purpose of his Western trip. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Something of that colour played across her fine face, mellowing, softening, drawing as it seemed the very soul to cheeks and lips and eyes. The Cow Puncher Thoughts like these shed the mellowing influence of time over the volumes of press cuttings which no actor's library is without. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O It was a sunny afternoon and a little hazy; every line softened, every colour made richer under the mellowing atmosphere. Daisy This overcoat must once have been black, but it had faded to a green so conspicuous that it made him seem like a bronze figure touched with the mellowing patina of time. Never-Fail Blake On Lord Cromer, on the other hand, time produced a humanising and mellowing effect. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Our interest in Cairo, therefore, is centred in the native quarters, where miles of streets and alleys, rich in Arabesque buildings, are untouched except by the mellowing hand of Time. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt If we compare Kingsley's development, he was in a way a great "boy" to the end�but a boy with a deepening sense of mystery mellowing his character and his utterances. Nature Mysticism They are told after the mellowing lapse of half a century, which has been very full of satisfying labors in an ennobling profession... Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends And there it lay, and with the warmth grew strong And hearty, by the salt sea breezes fanned, Till Time with mellowing touches passed along, And changed the infant to a mighty land. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar —Without hate, without party affection, we now look back on the fray, Through the mellowing magic of time the phantoms emerging to day! The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History William attended a mixed school because his parents hoped that feminine influence might have a mellowing effect upon his character. More William Subtle suggestion slides in sound through the ear and falls with mellowing cadence into the heart. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar When the cigarette was lighted, the horseman ahead was a mere khaki-colored dot, rising and falling in the mellowing distance. Empire Builders No afternoon could have been more charming, with the summer lingering and mellowing the approaching winter. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 When she left them they ate and drank almost without speech, soberly delighted by the mellowing of the world that followed the dwindling of the sunset fires. The Judge At this time, too, the deep morality of his nature was growing into piety, and this sentiment was mellowing from his heart even the little of unkindness that had ever found a place there. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Such disinterested criticism is tolerated because it is evidently the result of the mellowing influence of time. Humanly Speaking There the flowers bloom, and the grain ripens, and the fruits drop mellowing to the earth, and the red wine is pressed from the luscious grape, every day the same. Hero Tales It stirred the pulses like some rare vintage, some subtle distillation of sun-warmed fruit that had been mellowing for centuries. Judith of the Plains Thus age had lent it beauty, by mellowing its freshness and toning its hues, while no decay was perceptible. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The evening was beautifully clear, the soft light which still lingered in the west mellowing every object, and the balmy southern breeze, fresh from "old ocean's bosom," rustling musically amidst the branches above. Inez A Tale of the Alamo "Never seen no occasion in which whiskey wasn't appropriate," said the cow-boy, mellowing at the sight of the flask. A Little Book for Christmas Food has such a mellowing effect on human nature. Kit of Greenacre Farm He made no answer, gazing out across the plain far below them, mellowing richly in the ever-softening light of the sunset. The Brimming Cup No nights in the world can be more clear, lustrous, and splendid than those of the mellowing autumn in the valleys of Mount Saint Helens, Mount Hood, and the Columbia. The Log School-House on the Columbia Even champagne and old brandy failed to exercise mellowing influences. Jaffery He has a mellowing effect upon the whole company. Around The Tea-Table Nor did he even care for the great bars of sunlight that fell in golden splendour across his bed, causing the old dog to wink, and sneeze, and smile beneath their mellowing beams. Lancashire Idylls (1898) It is nearly an hour since sunset, but the twilight still lingers in softened radiance, mellowing the mountain-scenery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 But the traces in him of endurance and of pain were like the weathering of a fine building; mellowing had come, and strength had not been lost. Lady Merton, Colonist There blows the warm west wind without ceasing, nursing the tender blossom, and mellowing the swelling fruit. Stories from the Odyssey "And as like smoked hams," cried Braid-Beard, "we veteran old smokers grow browner and browner; hugely do we admire to see our jolly noses and pipe-bowls mellowing together." Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II And there is no provision so abundant, so accessible to all, so permanent, so independent of fortune, and at once so mellowing and fortifying, as literature. Cambridge Essays on Education In the action of this stanza the seven dancers in the front row make seven ceremonial hills, mellowing the earth with the wooden hoes and gathering it into little hills made smooth on top. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs Just as in the room within, so the scene without was fused into a perfect harmony and keeping by the mellowing light. Lady Merton, Colonist The story is that of the gradual mellowing and final happy marriage of two young people who, with the best of hearts, are veritable firebrands of self-willed defiance to everything suggesting outside interference. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig It was six o'clock, the light was mellowing, and a thrush singing with all its own wonderful passion and rapture on the lawn. Five Nights Normally the homestead would be a large, and often a rambling, building of one storey, except where a tower served as a store-room for the mellowing wine or a loft for the mellowing fruit. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul And why should I not, blessed heart alive, Here mellowing myself, past sixty-five, To think o' the May-time o' pennoned young fellows This stripped old hulk here for years may survive. John Marr and Other Poems Sweet the strong wine can become only after it has long lain mellowing in the cask. Robert Browning The birds stilled their song for this new music in minor mellowing tone. Quiet Talks about Jesus That is to say, there may be the energy and keen mental life without the mellowing and sweetening influence of the Christian spirit. Quiet Talks with World Winners Under the burning satire and mellowing pathos of his tremendous appeal for heathendom, tears welled out from every eye in the house. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography In its place came a great mellowing sense of God's marvellous wisdom. Friday, the Thirteenth From a people thus sound at heart, amid the mellowing richness of civilization, we may well expect great things in religion. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible For Fritz these trials meant but the tempering of his wit, the mellowing of his humor, the deepening of his sympathies. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Mrs. Walton's life casts the shadow of divorce on her pathway, but it is only the warm, restful shadow of a ripening and mellowing sorrow. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters I beg to be considered, In a really mellowing friendship, Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel The full moon had just risen, softening and mellowing the beautiful scene, while beyond, over the tower of Frankfort, rose and fell the meteors that heralded the vintage. Views a-foot We doubt if a finer rhapsode ever recited at the Panathenaic festival; and the yet unforgotten Doric of his native Devon is not altogether without a mellowing effect in his utterance of Greek. Famous Reviews There he became interested in forestry, again to the disapproval of his parents, who looked upon forestry as an upstart institution, not hallowed by the mellowing traditions of church or navy. The Visioning So, almost before they could believe it, September came, filling the distance with tranquil haze, and mellowing the flats to dim orange, threaded with the keen blue inlets of the bay. The Happy Venture The day had been fine and warm; but at the coming on of night, the air grew cool, and in the mellowing distance smoke was rising gently from the cottage chimneys. Martin Chuzzlewit You are mellowing—losing body and colour already. Little Dorrit It was none of Alexander's doing, of course; those warm consonances of color had been blending and mellowing before he was born. Alexander's Bridge He said: At first her eye with slow dilation rolled Dry flame, she listening; after sank and sank And, into mournful twilight mellowing, dwelt Full on the child; she took it: 'Pretty bud! The Princess We are the clean, cool, mellowing atmosphere of September. The Happy Venture Lichen faces take on the brightest colours they ever wear, and rough, coarse mosses emerge in rank growth from their cover of snow and add another perfume to mellowing air. The Harvester Hence every vineyard teems with mellowing fruit, Till hollow vale o'erflows, and gorge profound, Where'er the god hath turned his comely head. The Georgics Long avenues lead to forgotten châteaux mellowing into ruin. The Conquest of Fear The peaceful and retired seclusion amid which the honoured evening of Dr Haynes' life was mellowing to its close was destined to be disturbed, nay, shattered, by a tragedy as appalling as it was unexpected. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories At its next pause its voice arose again, sweeter for the mellowing distance, and then another bird, not so far away, answered. Michael O'Halloran By nature he was a feeler and a thinker; over his emotions and his reflections spread a mellowing of melancholy; more than a mellowing: in trouble and bereavement it became a cloud. Villette It was in the pleasant season when summer is mellowing into autumn, and the first golden patches are seen amid the beeches and the ferns. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales All the mellowing effects of a good dinner passed away from Roland. A Man of Means Troubled by these ill omens, he comforted himself in the often intoxicated friendship of the bad men of the village, who under the mellowing influences of old ale roared applause as he recited his ballads. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript Buckwheat may be made profitable upon a piece of rough or newly cleared ground: No other crop is so effective in mellowing rough, cloddy land. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 "It was for one fellow, though," he continued, mellowing as he mused in his recollections. Blindfolded It had met the ancient requirement for the mellowing and perfecting of good Madeira, that it shall "voyage twice around the world's circumference," and it was a thing reserved for his friends. The Call of the Cumberlands Charles got less cautious as he got surer, and moreover, as I could not but observe, he was mellowing somewhat under the brandy he was drinking. The Yeoman Adventurer No one knew better than Horace that first-class work never wants such protracted mellowing. Horace He helped her down the step, his hand mellowing her arm and finding it ripe. We Can't Have Everything "I don't mean actual lawyers," said the young man, his acerbity mellowing a trifle under the influence of tobacco. The Clicking of Cuthbert But the other ingredients were wrongly apportioned—too much of the bitters and not enough of the mellowing spirit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 Across the valley the sand-hills were mellowing with the coming softness of twilight. The Ramblin' Kid When Time a mellowing tint has thrown O'er many a scene to mem'ry dear. Poems The spirit of the West was upon them, unifying, mellowing, harmonizing all conflicting emotions—the spirit of the West that calls on men everywhere to be brothers and lend a hand. The Black Creek Stopping-House Beck'ning pale starvelings with their fresh, green hands, "And with their ashes mellowing the earth, "That she may yield her increase willingly. Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Happily, by this time, Philosophy had come to my aid, and looking through its beautifying and mellowing mist, all was changed. Observations of a Retired Veteran Perched naked thus,—balancing in the sun, against the blue of sky or water, their slender bodies took such orange from the mellowing light as to seem made of some self-luminous substance,—flesh of sea-fairies…. Two Years in the French West Indies Dolores divined this last from the sudden mellowing of her mother's face. Out of the Primitive The books, furthermore, showed the mellowing evidence of frequent use; here was no patron of the instalment editions-de-luxe! The Voice on the Wire Is there any harm to vegetable growing to dig sufficient of wood ashes in for mellowing heavy soil? One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered This mellowing process was not sudden; no spirit of forgiveness was apparent in either of the pair. The Winds of Chance It was the outcome of what he had lived through during these last few days, the mellowing influence of his struggles during the night watches. Absalom's Hair The man exhibited no timidity in accepting the invitation, for having taken two or three swallows, he smacked his lips in approval, and said, he already felt it mellowing his temper. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter She had her boys, the sunsets and sunrises, the mellowing beauty of the year. The Heart of Rachael They also have a good mellowing effect on heavy soil. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered It was like moonlight to the earth, mellowing and softening all lines and angles. Dawn After dinner, however, under the mellowing influence of some excellent Roederer, Charles began to expand again, and grew lively and anecdotal. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay At fifty-one I feel myself either 'rusting' or mellowing; I wonder which you will judge the most fitting appellation for me when we next meet? God's Good Man His self-knowledge was expanding, his character mellowing, and his genius growing daily stronger. Percy Bysshe Shelley If you have stable manure available, nothing could be better for the feeding of the trees and for its mellowing effect upon your heavy soil. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered The road bridged the river; it brought him into Spain once more, and on as far as to the Spanish village of Vera, where he lingered in the mellowing afternoon. Will Warburton Even wealth and taste and foreign aids rarely attain that cozy, mellowing atmosphere that pervades not only the lowly birthplaces but the halls and manor houses of older lands. Winter Sunshine Be this our charm, mellowing Earth's ruder noise Of griefs and joys: That we may cling for ever to Thy breast In perfect rest! The Christian Year Indeed, the only change in her was a sudden ripening and mellowing of her beauty, by which its colors, its lines, its subtle undercurrents of expression were spiritualized, as if by some powerful clarifying process. Alice of Old Vincennes Walls lined with unvarnished wood which was mellowing already to a soft golden brown. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Will yielded and stole away into the mellowing sunshine. Will Warburton Just the foil which beauty—especially the crystallic beauty of architecture—needs has been given by this hazy, mellowing atmosphere. Winter Sunshine Oft he looks forth, and hopes, in vain, The blast may sink in mellowing rain; Till, dark above, and white below, Decided drives the flaky snow, And forth the hardy swain must go. Marmion A row of three large windows in the front of the house shew a mountain panorama, which is just now seen in one of its softest aspects in the mellowing afternoon light. Arms and the Man Then in the east the moon rises mellowing and softening the beautiful scene, while all about you is the eternal roar of the waters. See America First In an art that can leave no one to practise it in the future unless that one be perfect at the outset, of what avail are happy chances, atavistic tendencies, the mellowing hand of time? Bramble-Bees and Others He has nests of them in the haymow, mellowing, to which he makes frequent visits. Winter Sunshine The evanescent harvest apples were long since gone, the snows were past their best, the pippins were mellowing under the sharp persuasion of the nippy, frosty nights and the brave gallantry of the sunny days. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail He has nests of them in the hay-mow, mellowing, to which he makes frequent visits. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers When the day is clear how the sunshine dusts the water with purplish bloom, mellowing its hard, cold tint of greenish blue. See America First Above their heads a gun was hung, trigger upwards, and two hams were mellowing in the smoke. The Patrician It is manifest in the relaxing feature, in the penetrating glance, in the mellowing voice, in the engracing manners, and in the complete obliteration of time and distance, while with one's friend. Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes Unspeakably dreary as it was in shadow, the sunlight visited it in a blind, aching, purposeless way, as if despairing of mellowing its outlines or of even tanning it into color. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories The new society was composed largely of these parvenus, who were ambitious for a position and a life of which they had neither the spirit, the taste, the habits, nor the mellowing traditions. The Women of the French Salons Slowly the mellowing influence of the grape pronounced itself. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... His genius was mellowing, and a later work might have eclipsed Clinker. Travels through France and Italy The mellowing influences of the evening mellowed his feelings, and, putting his ambitions aside, he thought of the duty that was bringing him to Jerusalem. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ In the sky was a rosy sunset glow, melted above into saffron color, and this was reflected in the water, gilding and mellowing the foreground of sedge and water lilies. We Two, a novel Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy, Or bless the mellowing year, When the blasts of winter appear? Songs of Innocence and Experience Even the cold bubbling of the broken water changed its cheerless note, and softened on the ear as the mellowing flood of daylight poured warm over it from the rising sun. Armadale With their heads plunged into the heap and their sterns projecting, they doze gently, mellowing under the kisses of the sun. The Life of the Spider He needed mellowing, a woman in his life. Dangerous Days "Ha, ha!" laughed Mr. Gallosh, who was mellowing rapidly under the influence of his own champagne. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large In the golden afternoon, when the sun was deepening and mellowing towards its setting, they and their retinue entered Camylott. A Lady of Quality But instead of to woo, thou hast learnt to coo: Thy song is mute at the mellowing fruit, And the dirge of the flowers is sung by the hours In silence and twilight alone. Poems — Volume 1 He paused, and looked across the wide, mellowing plain with the expression of easy-going gravity so common with him. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains He had mellowed, somehow, a mellowing that had nothing to do with his new prosperity. Dangerous Days The little party in the cabin, so disastrously begun, finished, under the mellowing influence of wine and woman, in excellent feeling and with some hilarity. The Wrecker Till all the lingering deep-blooming splendour of sunset is over, And the one star shines mildly in mellowing hues, like a spirit Sent to assure us that light never dieth, tho' day is now buried. Poems — Volume 1 |
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