| 单词 | mew |
| 例句 | The red-tailed hawk in the next mews moved, and Frightful flew at her, hit the wire, and dropped to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Susan smiled, stepped into the mews, and took Frightful on her gloved hand. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The golden monkey was tenderly smoothing the fur between the sleeping dæmon’s ears, and as Ama looked, the mongoose creature stirred uneasily and uttered a hoarse little mew. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They had been hunting gophers in the dark, and although the four cats were full of gopher meat, they sat in a semi-circle at the back door and mewed piteously for milk. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He closed the mews door and walked to the pigeon cote to refresh the pigeons’ water. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A cat mewed and coaxed her, rubbing against her skirts. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z All the hawks were silent as Merlyn carried their new companion into the mews, and silent for some time afterward when they had been left in the dark. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger mewed in so lifelike a fashion that several cats answered, but nothing moved behind the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The kennel was on the ground floor, near the mews, with a loft above it, so that it should be cool in summer and warm in winter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm half asleep, dreaming a cat is in the other room, mewing for milk, and I'm still thinking about that cat when something tugs me. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He tried a combination of whimpering, mewing, and chuffing, stopping every now and then to listen. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She pulled on her falconer’s glove and stepped inside the mews. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They crawled back a bit farther, and Neel tried mewing, but that didn’t work either. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Saddened and angry, he drove home, parked near his barn, and walked to a large bird mews. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A ceiling protected the mews from rain and snow, but more importantly from the wild hawks and owls for whom anything that moves is fair game. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z By late afternoon the Woods had returned all the birds to their perches and mews. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Another time, as I was sitting on the Peak, I heard a strange mewing sound. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Her long confinement in the mews, while she moulted, had got her into a sulky and temperamental state. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitten stretches up on its hind legs with a soft mew and licks Poppet’s fingers before turning its attention to Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cathy made a little mewing sound from the bed, and Adam went to her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I circled the castle mews and followed the hedgerows past the fields and beyond the village. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She mewed at me again and tried to get a paw up. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But there was no sign of the cub—no sound of mewing and no pugmarks anywhere. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He won’t look at me, he looks down at the floor, w here the cat is rubbing itself against his legs, mewing and mewing plaintively. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitten Small Bob mewed and began to purr, rubbing against Bob’s chin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "You mew like a suckling babe," his brother hissed at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rupa’s body was blocking most of his view, but to Neel’s amazement, he heard an answering mew, and then a soft sucking sound. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The mews are empty, save for thee: Property of the master’s son. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “The world today is in a state of grave unrest,” Ignatius screamed against the mewing and hissing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom made a sound that could have been the mewing of a kitten. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A “mew” sound, but kind of, I don’t know, maybe a hurt kitten. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Have you seen the place where they keep the falcons at the university—the peregrine mew?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could be a hawk in Hob’s mews,” said the Wart stoutly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The cub lifted her head, twitched her ears, and answered her mother with a soft mew. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Three sides of the big mews were wooden. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I say and my voice comes out all mewing like a kitten but I can’t help it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z So my mother brought kittens home, soft and purring inside of empty boxes mewing and mewing until my grandmother fell in love. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The lemur uttered a soft mewing sound and clambered slowly up behind the man’s head, to peer out at her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z How the cry of joy went up at the first weak wail—“no louder than a kitten’s mew.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Freya’s cats mewed and hissed, and they fled beneath a chest of furs and would not come out. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Biding her time until the moment returned—with all its mewing hurt or overboard rage—and she could turn away from the door, the cup to step toward the limitlessness beckoning from the well. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes there were long silences, when he heard nothing but the mewing of the cat Millicent, or the squeaking of a mouse she had caught. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The gulls wheeled overhead, mewing like hungry cats; some of them settled on the ledges of the cliff, while others, bolder, rode the surface of the water beside the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The mews are all but emptied now, The great birds auctioned, one by one — One single sparrowhawk is left: The one tamed by the falconer’s son. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z There was a stair beyond the mews, seldom used; it was there his feet took him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Van Helsing and I tried to make inquiry at the back of the house; but the mews was deserted and no one had seen him depart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In retaliation, he gives a helpless kitten mew that brings my sister immediately to his defense. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It covered the mountains and roads, the fields and the mews on Jon’s mountainside. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In the morning, he sits stoically as I clean the cuts, but digging the thorn from his paw brings on a round of those kitten mews. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I was carrying the hamper, and mews came from within. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Jon held her against a padded board that stretched from one side of the mews to the other. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And Lyra stirred and in her sleep uttered a little whimpering mew, which Alice quickly muffled. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We know every avenue, road, street, terrace, mews, place, close, lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Neel strained to hear the sound of a soft mew of a cub, but the chatter of the rhesus monkeys and Headmaster’s loud panting made it impossible to hear anything else. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Quiet as a shadow, she flitted across the middle bai-ley, around the Tower of Dread, and through the empty mews, where people said the spirits of dead falcons stirred the air with ghostly wings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I watched him load the back of the car with bobbing, mewing bags. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Jon went from one mews to another, hooding each occupant and carrying it to his tour van. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Fig slogged into the room with a soft “mew” and then rubbed up against my leg. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Neel held his breath as his sister mewed, waited, mewed, and waited again. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z After Scipio's outburst the kitchen fell so silent they could all hear the mewing of cats outside in the garden. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be left alone with Pip, so I shoved the book under the covers with Jesse James, who mewed in protest. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Her mews faced the cote, and she watched the birds long hours. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He hugged the cat, who uttered a surprised mew, and released her with a rushed “Bye, kitty.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Some of them even managed a cuddly, kittenish mew. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The two naturalists began hooting, grunting, squawking, squealing, crowing, mooing, growling, snuffling, quacking, snarling and mewing at one another, until they were red in the face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he was stone-still; the white cat bounded past him and leaped upon the desk; it sat looking at him with large placid eyes and mewed plaintively. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh—can I help you?” he says in response to the small alien’s mewed greeting. Review: In 'Keanu,' Key and Peele Let a Cat Steal the Show 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z "Now, doesn't that look normal?" she mews to the studio audience as the camera zooms in on her creation. Martha Stewart's brand has always been subversive 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z But because Olivia is so friendly — making her way from lap to lap, purring and mewing and begging for a scratch behind the ears — she may well be adopted before then. Inside D.C.’s first cat cafe, where you can cuddle by the hour 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z They called for ketchup like my lungs call for air, like a cat mews for milk, like my Absolute Best Tests narration calls for human company and/or psychiatric intervention. The absolute best way to cook potatoes, according to so many tests 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Then left on to Princes Consort Road, crossing Exhibition Road, continuing to Princes Gardens, before needling through the quiet back mews till they reach Brompton Road. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z And there’s a high risk of sentimentality here: the precious Messiah child mewing his little Whitmanesque profundities at us about the unity of all life. Review | Fresh off a Pulitzer win for ‘The Overstory,’ Richard Powers delivers another environmental ode 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z From Chelsea through Camden and Shoreditch to the docks, there are terraces, mews and warehouses saved in the nick of time from the bulldozer, offering acceptable homes for rich and poor. Excalibur's castles built from postwar dreams must not be demolished 2011-01-06T21:00:04Z During a recent performance at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, the mispronunciations circulating around the historic venue included "moo," "mew" and "mo." Danish songstress MO ready to break out in America 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z In those years the mews still served its traditional function: two of the six stables in the alley leading away from our back door were occupied by working animals. Tony Judt: My London 2010-08-13T23:05:00Z “A young girl whimpering could be mistaken for the mewing sound from a lion cub, which in turn could explain why they didn’t eat her,” wildlife expert, Stuart Williams, in 2005, told the Associated Press. Are wolves and lions man’s best friends? 2013-04-07T14:00:00Z Spot your favourite products at the Museum of Brands, London The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is up a cobbled mews in Notting Hill. The Museum of Brands, Notting Hill, London 2012-09-28T21:45:02Z But the clock hasn’t run backward: Frankie and her fellow birds of prey live not in a medieval mews but in modern aviaries. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways A pair of kittens mewed in the corner, and a rabbit sat in a cage on the counter. How Malaysia Got in on the Secondhand Clothing Boom 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z On one occasion, a red-tailed hawk named Kean was found to be sitting on top of and crushing other birds in the mew, a large birdhouse designed to hold several raptors. Life Is Hazardous for Urban Raptors. These Women Offer Hope. 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z I spent a good deal of my time at Owl Moon in and around the mew, where many of the hawks are held. Life Is Hazardous for Urban Raptors. These Women Offer Hope. 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Winter sun is cold and low,mew the kite and crake the crow,bird of flame, bird of shadow,ballad of blood on snow. Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z Ewan says "he mewed and he cried, and in the end, he got out and came home under his own steam." "Succession" mourns the Roy "family way" in all its tragic glory 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z He was just on my lap, he was just sleeping next to me while I worked, he was just mewing at me when I talked to him. My cat died and I feel blinded 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z The loudest noise you normally hear is the call of the curlews or the mewing of buzzards overhead. Burning grand pianos on the Scottish border 2012-05-22T13:39:00Z Now scaled back to a total of 8,000 homes, the "legacy communities" will be formed from familiar things: terraces and squares, mansion blocks and mews houses. London's Olympics legacy faces early disqualification 2013-07-21T18:30:01Z What I did not expect was Strout’s disarming warble of a laugh, which filled the Friedrich Agency’s book-lined mews house on the Upper West Side and triggered a dimple on her right cheek. At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z This other kind of pet story is full of animal peril and animal pathos, often underscored by piteous whimpers or forlorn mewing. Are You a Dog Person or a Cat Person? Or Hamster, or Turtle, or ... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Secreted in the basement of a mews house in a pop-up neighborhood called the Brompton Design District was a show of sneaky objects by several Britain-based designers. The Details: In Praise of British Design 2012-09-26T22:11:26Z Chandler Investments Limited claimed the embassy left a rented Wellington mews house without covering cleaning and other costs. New Zealand landlord loses rubbish row with Chinese embassy 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z He thinks bunnies say ‘meow,’ so it’ll be hilariously sweet to hear him mewing about as we stroll.” What You Love About Spring in California 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Raspy grunts, high-pitched mews, guttural barks and the occasional roar bellowed toward my group of hikers at Año Nuevo State Park, a remote strip of coastal bluffs about 60 miles south of San Francisco. How California’s Elephant Seals Made a Remarkable Recovery 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It is one of four properties they are believed to own, including a four-bedroom mews house in London, where the couple have lived with their two daughters. Akshata Murty: Who is Rishi Sunak's wife? 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z President Theodore Roosevelt griped that his made him look like “a mewing cat.” The presidents who hated their presidential portraits 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z One afternoon I hoisted Momo off the floor and, when she mewed, glanced at my phone: “Hey baby, let’s go somewhere private!” Did My Cat Just Hit On Me? An Adventure in Pet Translation 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The poor creature mewed and yowled so piteously that he could not help feeling sorry for it. Opinion | If Trump has nuclear documents at home, I’m sure it’s for good reason 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z A hawk and a falcon in the mews where Erik Swanson keeps some of his five hawks and 12 falcons. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Not to mention three yipping puppies, two mewing kittens and a fake partridge on the fake twig of a fake pear tree. Opinion | Why this is still the most wonderful time of the year 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Yet as he lay horizontally watching the show in his red bunk bed, those same yips and mews and zings never got old. For NFL player Cassius Marsh, the magic came with gathering of nerds 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Apprentices must trap, train, and care for them in home enclosures called mews during the season, which generally runs from late fall to spring. Falconry, an ancient form of hunting, finds new devotees 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Ollie Rose III, 61, of Pleasant Hill faces multiple charges, including conspiring to use a facility in interstate commerce in furtherance of unlawful activity. according to a mews release from the U.S. North Carolina prison official accused of bribery smuggling 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z The raptors live in spacious mews that take up much of the small property’s side yard; the pool was filled in to make room. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In a popular video, the Golden One explained to his 100,000 subscribers how “mewing” could help return vigor and good looks to modern men. How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z “I landed funny,” the girl mews in pain, a femur jutting out of her thigh, as some unseen honcho barks to a stage manager: “Hey Miranda? Can you bring some paper towels?” In ‘Dance Nation,’ a teen competitive dance team (portrayed by adults) invites us into the secret world of tweendom 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z He was crying with pain, making a terrible mewing sound. The Strangeness of Grief 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Compact mew gulls, with their yellow legs and beaks, are abundant in winter along the shores of Puget Sound. Gulls are the feathered fabric of our very landscape — and they are a lot like us 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Often, but not always, mew occurs while the bird walks forward. What’s that gull saying? Scientists think they know what gulls are talking about — sometimes. 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z After the British Orthodontic Society expelled Mike, the Golden One rallied his followers to spread mewing videos in order to combat Mike’s orthodontic “adversaries,” who he said had a “vested interest” in silencing the Mews. How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z His metaphors buckle to contain this extraordinary, delicate sight: the fawn endangered by the plow, a common pastoral motif, is also “like a tan seashell” and a mewing “kitten.” Poetry That Bears Witness to a Changing Natural World 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z "She was making this really terrible mewing, moaning noise — like a kind of repetitive ... it was like a weak cry," McCall told Fox 12 of her newborn's symptoms prior to her untimely death. Oregon mom slams hospital for allegedly discharging 'dying' baby with rare infection: 'Every minute' mattered 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The practice of mewing involves keeping the tongue on the roof of the mouth, the maxilla. Mewing: what is the YouTube craze that claims to reshape your face? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z It often is preceded by the mew call and uttered as a warning to intruders: “Get out now, or you’ll be attacked!” What’s that gull saying? Scientists think they know what gulls are talking about — sometimes. 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s up a small mews and sprawls so casually across two floors that it still feels like the 60s inside. David Bailey: 'Deneuve said it's great we're divorced – now we can be lovers!' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Photos and video showed the tiny animal drenched, mewing and clinging to Simmons. Kitten named Survivor clings to owner amid flood rescue 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z “We’ve had huge dumper trucks blocking the mews. There’s still work going on. I fear the demand will go on and on.” What lies beneath: the subterranean secrets of London's super-rich 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The latter is most associated with the popularity of mewing, a result of his YouTube videos. Mewing: what is the YouTube craze that claims to reshape your face? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z These newcomers were buying up the “shabby, modest mews and cottages” and turning them into “elegant, expensive residences.” When ‘Gentrification’ Isn’t About Housing 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z It's small, tiny body is topped by two faces, each with separate, individually mewing mouths and wiggling noses. Watch a Rare Video of Two-Faced Kitten 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Instead of a ferocious roar or a dainty mew, the calls made by these majestic creatures sound more like a squeaky door hinge. These Wild Cats Make the Weirdest Sound 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z This past Tuesday, Capitol security became aware of a constant mewing sound in the parking lot, and they located the animal under a parked car. Stray kitten at state capitol finds home 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Saavedra says mewing for looks is a misuse of the technique. Mewing: what is the YouTube craze that claims to reshape your face? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Cookie has voted fur the many not the mew... UK Election: Photos of Dogs in Polling Stations Go Viral 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z XL’s offices are in Notting Hill, in a mews a block and a half away from the colorful street markets of Portobello Road. Richard Russell’s XL Recordings Empire 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z In 2010, a video showed two lynx sitting face-to-face at night and mewing at each other for nearly five minutes before one walked off. These Wild Cats Make the Weirdest Sound 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z We would often hear a faint mewing after we parked the car. Our cat in Havana - BBC News 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z When he opened his mouth to mew, the food went in. Two Rooms, 300 Kittens 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Its call notes are also distinctive: they mew like kittens. Feds say gnatcatcher needs to stay on the endangered list 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z "Yes", says Karen Edwards, who lives in a mews in Brighton where one in eight properties are party houses. What is it like to live near a party house? - BBC News 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Sometimes one of them gets separated from the group and mewing piteously, scrambles to catch up. Singapore's celebrity urban otter family - BBC News 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z A mews is a British term for houses located off the main street and around a courtyard or garden. A historic D.C. church building anchors a cluster of multilevel Parkview condos 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Bespectacled, rangy and calm, Elliott comes across as the very opposite of a flame-eyed ideologue – more as a prosperous investment banker who has not let his mews house in Chelsea go to his head. Brexit: how a fringe idea took hold of the Tory party | Matthew d’Ancona 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z On the side nearest Old Georgetown Road, eight of the houses will face an English garden-style mews, scheduled to be completed this summer. Bethesda homes give owners a break on outdoor maintenance 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z What a great dad, the world mewed, when the first baseman tweeted #FamilyFirst after quitting because his bosses wanted to see less of his son at work. Adam LaRoche’s #FamilyFirst doesn’t work for most of us 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The bird is then taken back to a mews, usually an enclosed building for housing it. Select few allowed to hunt with falcons, birds of prey 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The label still occupies the same tumbledown office it always did, on a mews in west London. Adele: ‘I can finally reach out a hand to my ex. Let him know I’m over it’ 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Tippy mewed and stopped moving just long enough for Halterman to snap a few pictures. Photos help connect pets up for adoption with new owners 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Eventually, the animal’s mewing from beyond the grave leads investigators to the woman’s body. This Is What It Looks Like When 152 Black Cats Audition for a Movie 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z "I wasn't best pleased," Johns said during an interview at his airy London mews house. Rock Soundman Glyn Johns talks Beatles, Stones 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps unsurprisingly I'm calmer on the back streets, walking through a beautiful mews, a cobbled alleyway and a park, than in the hustle and bustle. The scenic route to your happy place 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z About five feet in front of my kayak, the little beaver crawled up into the mud, and perched there, letting out a darling, but slightly heartbreaking mew. Disoriented Baby Beaver Meets Midstream Kayaker... 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z The Ecurie Ecosse team was started by accountant David Murray, who ran the team from a garage in an Edinburgh mews. Racing team's cars sold for £8.8m 2013-12-02T14:58:03Z Apartment doors opened to the outside rather than onto hallways; the units had communal mews and private backyards. Big City: In Marcus Garvey Village, a Housing Solution Gone Awry 2013-06-01T05:16:17Z The designs show views of the green streets, residential mews and the proposed new footbridge linking the riverside park with Caerau. £100m housing designs unveiled 2012-08-20T11:38:29Z More than three quarters of the terraced and mews houses, set within tree-lined avenues alongside a new health centre and nurseries, will be family homes with three or more bedrooms. Taylor Wimpey wins bid to develop Olympic Park neighbourhood 2012-08-05T16:46:48Z "Yeah!!" the crowd screamed back, as she howled and mewed and stood finally in a star jump of triumph. Olympic weightlifting is a triumph of grunts, wails, jerks and mews 2012-07-30T16:09:11Z One of the funds is run by US billionaire Ray Dalio, while another is managed from a south London mews house by British multimillionaire David Harding. Church of England risks vicars' pensions in hedge funds 2012-07-29T11:52:02Z Maria mewed at the sound of his mistress’s voice. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z A word from the old woman caused the animal to jump towards her, and, climbing on her shoulders, it mewed and purred with a fearsome delight. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z What stupidity, this crawling, mewing, kneeling, this unresurrectable world, with weeds that smell of dust. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z In one pen were a number of kittens, that mewed and cried for their mothers, though they had a plentiful supply of milk for their poor little emaciated bodies. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z And, in truth, the soul of Yorick was mewed in the cage of his breast very near his heart, and never stretched her wings out of that close atmosphere. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Arthur caught her work-basket, and a faint protesting mew floated away on the darkness. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z And it was glorious, after all, to be alone—the only human thing on these wide moors, where the curlews mewed as if the place belonged to them. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Ere we were ten days old at sea I had written several scenes—writing in the sun and spray, sitting on coils of rope, a gun lashed in front of me, gulls mewing. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z ‘I had rather hear my mother’s cat mew, or a wheel grate on the axletree, than one of these same metre-ballad-mongers’ chaunt his incondite, retrograde lays, without rhyme and without reason. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The servant was puzzled until she heard a faint mew from beneath her feet. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Maria began to mew and Sylvia let her out of the basket. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z At that moment I plainly heard the banging of a door and the mew of a cat. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The diamond on her velvet blouse winked at me; I put my head on her lap: pain melted: seagulls mewed as our boat rocked gently. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Shemuel scurried back into the mews; Foxcroft followed, and in a moment his portly figure was lost to sight in the dusky alley. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The kitten, meantime, unused to strong meats, for it was not a week-old mite, mewed and whined in antiphon to the savage lamentations of another cat in the closet, its maternal parent. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z "True, not without being well whopped; but they can block up the entrance, and keep us mewed up until we must either yield or starve, or perish of thirst." With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The only words he could possibly understand without such aids are some such onomatopoetic words as the cries of animals—“mew,” “chirrup,” &c., and a few more like “bang” or “swish.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Eight times emerging from the flood, She mewed to every watery god Some speedy aid to send: No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirred, Nor cruel Tom nor Susan heard,— A favorite has no friend! The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z A moment later, in the mews, I heard a shrill whinny, and the tattoo of shod hoofs dancing. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z But in England, though we hold Nature in duress, we leave her unbound; if we mew her up for cultivation, we leave her inviolate, with a chance of vagrant liberty and a way of escape. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z In the mews round about the Potteries are the remnants of the Italian colony that drifted here some years ago, when Little Italy in Clerkenwell began to be encroached upon by the modern builder. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Tess and Dot were on the verge of tears, while the kittens began to mew and refused to be pacified. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Eagerly she called to them, with a harsh but poignant mew, and in two prodigious leaps she was leaning over them. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z There were torches lighted in the mews; an hostler took Warlock; I swung out of the saddle and stepped back to a shelter from the storm. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "And here are you," he said, "who could journey east and west, and never sleep twice beneath the same roof, breaking your back mewed up over a copy of Horace!" The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Here, in a large coach-house in a mews, is a proprietor of ice-cream barrows hard at work repainting his stock in gorgeous colours. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Old Sandy-face just “mewed” a little, but did not offer to jump out. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z The mews aforesaid is now superseded by a factory. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z I seized his arm, drew him along the wall, and into the dusky mews. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Lo, the serpent's mottled skin Cast, new lease of years doth win: Lo, the phœnix in the fire Leaps immortal from its pyre, The mystic plumage mewing, And life by death renewing. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z A little farther down the mews we climb the crazy staircase that leads to the loft, and find a middle-aged widow occupying it with five children. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z He was managing director and helped to create the Cinnamon Kitchen -- serving the financial district -- before leaving to open Roti Chai, an Indian street-food restaurant on a quiet mews off London’s Oxford Street. Goldman Trader Who Quit City Likes It Hot at London Restaurant 2012-01-10T00:40:26Z As Mrs. B. herself candidly pointed out, “The arching leads to a mews; mewses must exist.” Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z "There's one back way tew every mews, and half a dozen to this!" Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It is an admirable satire upon half the labored criticisms of Shakspeare with which the world has been deluged: "Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed; Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined!" Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Finally, the mewing was heard no more; from which they concluded that the kitten had either succumbed to hunger, or else, being fairly able to provide for itself, had departed for other fields. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z Now you must know, dear sir and father, if I happened to take this profane pleasure at any time, I doubtless endeavoured to amuse myself by making these cats mew, but I never laughed. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Nuzzling under the net and coverlets, she deposited the mewing atom in my bed, and then trotted off after another. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z In the dark mews behind the "Wild Goose Tavern" had gathered a shadowy company of horsemen, unfortunate patriots who had not been quick enough to leave the city before the troops shut its landward gates. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The most learned commentators upon Shakspeare have given the passage thus: "Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed; Thrice; and once the hedge-pig whined." Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z If one nest should be disturbed in May or June, when the birds are raising their families, all the catbird neighbours join in the outcry of mews and cat-calls. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z And the beasts of the earth, lions, serpents, bears, stags, bucks, wolves, dogs, and cats roared, hissed, belled, howled, barked, and mewed terribly. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z I thought the earth had opened and swallowed us all up, and mewed in terror. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z A dark cloaked figure came swiftly out of the mews, swinging two unlighted lanthorns. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It appears from the text that the cat mewed three times. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z It was merely to interest and touch the heart of her master that she described him mewing in the cellar. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z There was no need to confess to a cat in the bag until the brute mewed. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z I ran hither and thither, mewing and crying in terror and anguish, but no one came near me. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Through reeking lanes, foul alleys, and muddy mews where gaunt dogs battled over scraps with gaunter children, we ran, 433 or lurked to listen, shunning the bleared lanthorn-light, shining through the storm. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Were all the best years of her life to be wasted, mewed up in a lonely old country corner! The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The note of the young bird is a loud mewing and seems to be intended as a petition to its parents for a supply of food. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z I held up one of two kittens lapping spilt milk, and the girls began 287 to mew and say "Cat! ah, pretty." Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z I went to the door and mewed, I jumped up into the window-sill, and examined the fastening of the jalousies. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Again and again I went out into the mews, leaving my food untasted, only to find Mount standing quietly at the horses' heads and the Weasel pacing up and down, plunged in reverie. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z A mewing call and a tapping accompanied by a humming sound. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z It has a catlike mew, though it often makes a louder cry more resembling the noise of the jaguar. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Behind me was a mews, with horses that moved their feet in their litter and dragged at chains from time to time. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Outside a pitiful mew was heard, and as soon as the lady opened the door in rushed the Czar on three legs. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z The post-chaise, loaded and ready for a three weeks' journey, stood in the mews with the four strong horses harnessed, 294 and Jack Mount at their heads. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Call, a faint mew; song, "a harsh ditty of five notes, something like a Wren's song with notes like those of a Swallow." Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Helena could have found it in her heart to mew in answer. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z She daintily sounded the snow with her fore-paw, mewed piteously, and in the end went back to the kitchen and left the kittens to their fate. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z I soon spied my master’s boots, and mewed at the door. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z There were lights moving in Governor's Alley and the mews; through the sleet great snow-flakes whirled into the 431 slush of the filthy street. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Call, a high, thin kitten-like mew; song, musical, suggesting that of the Thick-billed Sparrow. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z She looked frightened, and began hunting around the room, mewing piteously. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z In a nursery he operates in what was once a mews and greenhouse for the archetypal Newport mansion, the Breakers, he grows European beeches grafted to rootstock from the American beech. Trouble for Gilded-Age Beech Trees in Newport, Rhode Island 2011-10-24T20:35:38Z Hamlet goes off, but maintains his extravagance of language to the last: "Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z The post-chaise had driven off into the mews when I returned to the street, but Jack Mount was waiting for me, patting Warlock, whose beautiful head had swung around to watch for my coming. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z A clear ringing cleur repeated; a low snarling cry resembling mew of Catbird. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z This aroused the kittens, and they climbed up the side of the basket and mewed for their dinner. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Sea mews were wheeling and calling among the uncouth hummocked gorse, which crowded up on either side of the white poppy-edged road. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The truth is, in other countries they have opportunities of courtship, which we have not; they are not mewed up with double locks and grated windows; but may receive addresses at their leisure. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Is this a better explanation of the English word mews than has generally been given by writers? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:34.553Z The kitten, too, looked unusually blue, and mewed disconsolately—felt bored, then purred, stretched its little self on the coverlet, and fell asleep again. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z She would take it up the two flights of stairs, then put it down at her friend's door, while she mewed and scratched till it was opened to her. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z The sea mews, flapping slowly past with their feet hanging, cried them good luck; and the thyme clinging close as moss to the ground, sent them delicate greeting, "like dawn in Paradise." Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z He held in the establishment what might be termed the double post of master of the mews and keeper of the fox hounds, being principal falconer and huntsman of the household. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z In common with others, she had heard the high, shrill mewing of a kitten; but cats were a special aversion of her Ladyship's. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z The room took more findin'; but there's an old pal o' mine a shover in the mews. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z She said the cat was taken away at ten o'clock, and at four she saw a shadow on the window and heard a loud mew, and on her opening the door, Sim walked in. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z When she had kittens, and they were able to eat, she used to bring all the mice to them, and present them with that fond “murring” mew which all cat lovers know so well. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z And, with that, Black Angus louped into the green water, and the hoarse wild laugh of him sprang into the air and fell dead upon the shore like a wind-spent mew. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z They were shouting at us, and mewing, and calling on us to come out. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z We have at least two eating their bonnets off in our mews. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z He knew where it was kept, and would go and mew before the closet door till he got his catmint. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Piteously the little kit had mewed to her mother: “Mother, mother, come and help me?” The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z As I put out my light I thought I heard Snowie mewing again. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z How cleverly he changed gear, so that the automobile mewed and purred comfortably, like a live thing enjoying itself. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z It is good for these boys to be together, not to live solitary lives; and to keep them mewed up at home, as they are now, is a positive cruelty. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z She mewed out her thanks when they petted her and praised her. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z When Kate wishes to get out at night she goes to her master’s bedside, and mews loudly and entreatingly. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z She essayed to mew, almost as if she had something to tell; but no sound came from the broken jaws gummed together with matter and dried blood. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Ah! at last she touched the mewing kitten, and gripping it turned to fly. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Over the heads of the travellers flew millions of water-birds,--pelicans, wild geese, storks, ducks, gulls, curlews, and mews. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z They had laid down the body of Mossy on the grass while they went to dig a grave for her, when a mewing, shrill but feeble, greeted their ears. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Then I thought of the mews, and I ran back there. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z But the little devil only mewed the louder, and tried the harder to escape, gazing at me imploringly. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z One of the kittens, mewing plaintively, crawled to Grimalkin, and thrust its minute pink nose into his side. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z They cry and musically mew from their high place; and beneath them the cuckoo answers. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z Then she would go back and mew piteously, if the door was closed, to get in to her little mistress. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Then we listened, but it was nothing—the mewing of a cat, the noise of the running water—and I went on digging. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z It was a bedraggled kitten that he had discovered wandering about in the fog and mewing piteously. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z “I like not to be mewed up like this,” objected Harriet when there came a chance for speech. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z The creature mewed like a cat, ducked suddenly and ran at the yeoman, gripping him round the waist with long, thin arms. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z I mewed and mewed, for I knew I should never see my dear ones again. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Try being mewed up in a wretched garrison, where you have lost interest in what amuses others, because you have learned to wish for something better and higher. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z ‘Here is the stone you wanted,’ said he, when the cat started up with a loud mew; ‘if you will hold up your paws I will drop it down.’ The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z Shortly one separated from the rest—turned into the mews at the corner of the street, and immediately returned with a bench that he had borrowed at a public-house. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z For instance, there are terraces at the end of the garden made to hide the mews at the back from overlooking the grounds. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z A feeble mew greeted me, and I found, in place of my five beautiful kittens, only one. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z At length she entered the kitchen, followed by four of her offspring, well-grown, all mewing in chorus. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Mew.—A hawk is said to “mew” when she moults. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Oliver was in a bad fix, and his piteous mews as he clung to the pipe showed that he realized it. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z Abner said they purred and snarled and gave a mewing sort of cry; but which it was now he could not tell, having unfortunately been half asleep. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Just then I mewed, and he exclaimed, 'Poor little orphan! Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z "I live in a mews," he used to say. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z The place where a hawk was kept to moult was in olden times called her “mew.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Be violets, in their secret mews, The flowers the wanton Zephyrs choose; Proud be the Rose, with rains and dews Her head impearling; * * * * Thou art the poet’s darling. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z The Toffs at last, have had compassion on us, Within the house, or office, mewed too long, And bring our music forth into the air. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 5th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.440Z But to me his face looked like the face of an angel, and I crawled up on his boot, with one little mew. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z This meant more than a figure of speech merely, though the "mews" in question is very different from a London street mews. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Buildings where establishments of hawks were kept were called “mews.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z It represents a monkey using the paw of a cat to push hot chestnuts from the top of a heated stove; the struggles of the cat are useless and her kittens mew to no purpose. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z "Here we shall be mewed up in this stupid nursery all the afternoon with nothing to do." Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story 2011-05-03T02:00:18.093Z Flossy hung around her, mewing till she got out her work-basket. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Pshaw! what does the old fellow mean by mewing me up here with a couple of green girls?—Come, The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z Then they went round to the kennels and looked at the hounds, and to the mews, where Hawksworth and his fellows were feeding the falcons. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z I am a tame cat and I should scratch and mew at the door directly I got outside of things. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z The poor old animal hung thus suspended in the air; screeching and mewing pitifully; whilst Heribald rocked it gently to and fro, talking Latin to it. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Topsy looked at her for one moment, then, with a piteous mew, she rushed out of the room and never returned till Miss Milly found her, and, taking her in her arms, comforted her. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Some of them scream, thin and peevishly, like a baby fretting; some howl like a hyena, some mew like a kitten. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z The Lady Betty sat at his bedside, at work with her needle upon a piece of tapestry; Drusilla, seated on a low stool at her mother's feet, was nursing a litter of mewing kittens. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z By day the jarring yet cheering cry of the blue jay and the red cardinal; the mewing of the catbird, or the “hew-hew” of hawk in pursuit of his victim. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z The bark of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the hinny of mules, the neighing of horses, even the tones of the human voice, are all imitated by this versatile and incomparable songster. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The chattering, laughing voices of Wells and Grover were blended with a faint mewing. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The development will be a mixture of flats, mews houses and town houses, with 35% reserved for affordable housing. West Ham's Olympic Stadium move will happen 'as quickly as we can' 2011-03-09T10:38:11Z The gray kitten that had mewed before, called a second time. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z According as he beat the time so the cats mewed; and the historian of the fact relates that the diversity of the tones which they emitted produced a very ludicrous effect. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z He was quite oblivious of his surroundings till a starved-looking cat crept through the area railings and mewed at him. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z And his body did swing, a horrible thing, At the sport of the wild sea mew! Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z What do you know of the world, you who live mewed up in a Board School? Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z They stood before it, voicing little mews of anticipation and so eager that their heads alternately raised and dipped, then turned, as though on swivels. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z For this purpose he engaged a man famous for his skill in mimicking the mewing of the cat. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z They made you hear the mewing of sea gulls. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z I detest being mewed up, and I don’t like to wander off alone. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z "You mew me up here with not a soul to speak to from morning till night," her mother burst forth one day. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The sun burned hotly and the gray kitten that had mewed before, cried again. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Here is Hamlet's opinion: The cat will mew, the dog will have his day. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The closer they were mewed in prison, the more they longed for liberty,—and only waited to be free, to plunge in deepest revelry. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z All the dowagers are mewing for blood, all the male old women who teach classics and dream of re-action at Oxford and Cambridge, are having the time of their lives. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z She could hear the "cats" who had already been "horrid" in England, and the cats awaiting their chance to be horrid in New York, mewing with joy over this creamy dish of scandal. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The weakening gray kitten mewed again and Frosty twisted uncomfortably. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Milenko, who perceived him, uttered a loud cry, almost a raucous cry of joy, just as mews do as they pounce upon their prey. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "Will you assure me that the rabbit did not mew at the prospect of being turned into a ragout?" inquired Tournay, holding out his plate while Gaillard heaped it with the stew. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z And she will accompany herself on it when she mews. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z When the little kitten Poetry mews in her tenderest tones, the dog Prose begins to bark furiously and the little enthusiast is silenced. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The mews outside had come to life again. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Ming, then a mewing, 20-pound ball of fur, rode back quietly in the Explorer and moved in with little fuss. The Trouble With Tigers 2010-07-28T15:15:00Z Here, the outcry over the spill — barking, whimpering and mewing — amounts to little more than muted protest. Pet Owners, Squeezed by Oil Spill, Turn to Shelters 2010-07-22T19:38:00Z She sits down on chair R.C. and pretends to tune her instrument, mewing the note and turning the pegs. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z This compound silence was suddenly interrupted by a noise from the hall, upon which the door opened, the mewing of a cat, and immediately afterwards the angry bark of a dog. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Not a suspicion did he seem to have that he had made similar confidences before, in his rooms in Cambridge Circus, in that loft over a South Kensington mews. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Profiteering spread as people scavenged for survival, and a mew moneyed class emerged in what was supposed to be a classless society. 2010-02-11T13:17:00Z Before long the cat rushed upstairs, mewing and making signs for the cook to come down, then she jumped up and seized her apron, and tried to pull her along. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners "Every dog has his day"; we say: every man his chance, so in "Hamlet" we find— "Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources I could not live mewed up in a house, however grand. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 High over the roofs of the mews, as if suspended at random in the sky, the oblongs of light of the South Kensington backs showed. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z I had as lief dine upon dried veal as be mewed up a day with such society. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 “Some impudent person once observed,” continued the butler, “that when a footman married he took a room in a mews for his wife, and furnished it with a tub and a looking-glass.” Lady Maude's Mania Your love for the castle couldn't, of course, long continue to keep you mewed up here; and you'll be shortly discovered. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode "You don't see that I'm absolutely desperate, mewed up with a man who doesn't care a rap for me!" Witching Hill Three minutes further walking brought us to a high stone archway with a heavily carved and moulded entablature, beneath which a cobbled way sloped slightly down into a mews. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z It wasn't a lynx—one of those curiosity-devoured little felines that will mew all day on a trail and never dare come near. The Voice of the Pack Midnight had sounded from the stable clock in the mews when he stole up into the boys' room and cautiously approached the yellow iron bed where Tommy lay. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Outside, the yellow cat was still mewing; but the cab was gone and down the gray street that led to Neptune Crescent here and there sad-gaited wayfarers were visible. Sinister Street, vol. 2 After a while, I heard him mewing under the house. A Yankee from the West A Novel I passed up Queen's Gate and turned into the mews where I had arranged to meet Trenchard. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Some of them mew much, some of them scratch, some of them have days when they will only wave their naughty little tails in anger. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Not long after this, the mewing became so piteous, that I could no longer resist going to see what was the matter. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom He walked the length of the long hall a few times, because there seemed nothing else to do, and the Doctor’s cat, locked in the office, mewed piteously. The Master's Violin It was deserted, save by a cat who shivered and crouched under the archway of the mews. A Bed of Roses He should write any book he wanted, do anything on earth he liked, so long as that loft in a South Kensington mews became an upper room in Cremorne Road all over again. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The cat, leaning like a ship in a stiff wind, walked to and fro across her dress, looking up at her as it still plaintively, interrogatively mewed. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of the passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom He crawled about on all fours, barked like a dog, mewed like a cat, jumped and howled, laughed and sang. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Opposite was the archway of the mews out of which came most of the traffic of the street. A Bed of Roses No one was awake but Fifine, and again, and again came that pitiful mew. Five Minutes' Stories A thin, stray cat rubbed against the area railings and mewed as Allida stood, pausing for a moment, on the steps. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece When the kite was at its greatest height, some two hundred feet or more, the mewing of the kitten could be distinctly heard by those holding the string. Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 The call note sounds like the mew of a cat. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 It was not long before she heard the plaintive call of a camp bird mewing for something to eat, and she mimicked it, saying to herself, "camp bird and Colorow all same." Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Yes, it was a mew, and up jumped Fifine at last. Five Minutes' Stories My place is there, and yet here I am mewed up like a girl! A Daughter of the Union The cats had been mewing about me all this time. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. "Has that rabbit never mewed, do you think?" Round the World in Eighty Days A camp bird, in subdued autumn plumage of black and pearl gray, mewed plaintively as the old warrior came forth from the tepee. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The mad folly of doctors to allow a man in that condition to start out on such a crack-brained expedition, mewed up among hundreds of people, scattering poison wherever he goes! An Unknown Lover The police have gone on down the mews, but I dare not look round to see if they are on our track.” Blind Policy One rushed out and began to mew loudly. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The feeding call of the adults is a soft slurred chee, while that of the nestlings has a mewing quality. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon She hates to be mewed up in a cottage, or between brick walls; she does so love the Springs! International Short Stories American There she met with the feeble-winged Didunculus scratching the soft earth for seeds, and with a purr and a mew soon scraped acquaintance with the stranger. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Now then, out in the mews, and walk together. Blind Policy I waited, hoping the cats might settle again; but they began mewing louder than ever, looking up to my face, and then rubbing themselves against the meat-screen. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. London has 10,500 distinct streets, squares, circuses, crescents, terraces, villas, rows, buildings, places, lanes, courts, alleys, mews, yards, rents. The Night Side of London She showed the kitten to Eric, handling its tiny paws gently, hushing its plaintive mews with ridiculous pet names. The Medici Boots The old Burbhrie cat turned to her master at sound of her name, put up her tufted paw towards Nod, and mewed. The Three Mulla-mulgars There was no back exit, but constables were stationed in the mews all the same so as to keep an eye upon the stabling to right and left. Blind Policy There was a litter of them in the house and a jealous terrier dog to boot, whose one aim in life was to get rid of its mewing rivals. The Children of the Poor In proper sentences of purr And monosyllables of mews When I have told my news to her, My kitten tells me kitten news. A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse It contained over forty rooms and dormitories, with a large playground at the back extending the whole length of the mews. Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant One Moona-mulgar, indeed, mewing like a cat in his extreme fear, when he had heard Thumb's sudden bark, had turned lean shanks and hairy arms and fled down by the way they had come. The Three Mulla-mulgars Once out in the mews, make for the street, and you are safe. Blind Policy It was a bitter recollection; and, as I recalled the scene, I hid my face in my paws and mewed aloud. The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! How did he like being mewed up in one wing of his own home? The Brightener The cat was mewing plaintively on the kitchen doorstep. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls Knights of the Garter.—The queen's gallery.—The queen's plate.—The royal mews.—The wicker baby-wagons.—The state equipages. An American Girl Abroad "Every dog has its day" is commonly attributed to Shakespeare, in Hamlet's speech, "The cat will mew and dog will have his day." The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Here he was again, mewing like a kitten for somebody to come and open the door, instead of taking hold and mastering the situation. Command You tore it—after I'd been mewed up in the old rat-warren for a week, and everything was working just right! The Brightener Then he fell a-wondering how long he was to remain thus mewed up. Barclay of the Guides Curled up on the back of one, fast asleep, lay a Maltese kitten; the "royal mew" some one called it. An American Girl Abroad I was surprised to see fowls with tails so long that they had to be wound up into brown-paper parcels; the dogs that mewed like cats; miniature trees hundreds of years old. Japan A Record in Colour When I opened the door, she would give a funny little mew, something like the mew cats make when they call their kittens. Letters from a Cat A skin of a wild beast? a stone pipe? the mocking-bird that mews for all the world like a cat? the cardinal-bird that is as red as blood?—take your pick and say your pleasure.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) Elisha stopped to stroke the old cat again, as she ran by his side and mewed. Strangers and Wayfarers Knights of the Garter.—The queen's gallery.—The queen's plate.—The royal mews.—The wicker baby-wagons.—The state equipages. An American Girl Abroad In an instant all the cats began screaming, and mewing, and flying, as if they were mad, about the yard, searching every corner, and peeping under every tombstone. Irish Fairy Tales Then I made a great effort and mewed still more piteously. Letters from a Cat The waves murmur, the sea mews scream, Old recollections possess me; Forgotten dreams, banished visions, Tormentingly sweet, uprise. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine Algol, who was in considerably deeper than his ankles, mewed fretfully. Collector's Item We waited before a great gate until the striking of some forgotten hour, to visit the royal mews. An American Girl Abroad In a very short time he heard all the cats purring and mewing about the yard, whisking over the tombstones, and playing all sorts of pranks among the graves. Irish Fairy Tales He is still possessed with the idea of singing arias, accompanying himself by torturing a wretched guitar, which has to groan and sigh in support of his mewing and caterwauling. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II "It will probably turn out to be an Egyptian space cat mewing for milk from the Milky Way." The Egyptian Cat Mystery We do not wish to be mewed up here. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch He bit her ear; How she did mew! The First Little Pet Book with Ten Short Stories in Words of Three and Four Letters This speech was wonderfully applauded by all the cats, and presently after, the whole crew scampered off, jumping, and mewing, and purring, down the hill. Irish Fairy Tales He tore open the door of the cab, roaring to the driver: “Round that corner to the right—quick—then into the mews at the back!” Cynthia's Chauffeur Yes, there is a barmaid at the 'Cheese,' mewed up in a box not much bigger than a birdcage, surrounded by groves of lemons, 'ones' of cheese, punch-bowls, and cruets of mushroom-catsup. Old and New London Volume I In this fabric devoted to certain destruction, there was no living thing except a white cat, which sat on the red-painted shingle roof and mewed piteously. Timar's Two Worlds He'll whistle for the dog or cat, Will squeak like chicken, hurt, And cluck and crow and bark and mew, So comical and curt. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children Call up auditory images of: the sound of your friend's voice, a familiar song, an automobile horn, the mewing of a cat. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Hiddigeigei once has felt his heart glow, When the fairest of cats he was wooing; And just as a troubadour's love-songs flow, Rang nightly his spirited mewing. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Their minds are mewed within a closed garden. The Forerunners Many other birds I startled, and at last came a chat's "mew" from a wild jungle of ailantus and brambles, which nothing less effective than an axe could pass through. Upon The Tree-Tops After the encounter with the metal monster, he felt his theory of the hermit scientists a bit inadequate. resently his attention was attracted by the unmistakable mew of a kitten. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 "The cat will mew, the dog will have its day." A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing And yet, we must bear this insult, That when nightly in sweet mewing We our love-pangs are outpouring, Men will only laugh and mock us, And our finest compositions Rudely brand as caterwauling. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. “Mimi” stretches her full length, extending and retracting her claws, rolls on her back, turns her big yellow eyes to Céleste and mews. The Real Latin Quarter Now listen; you will hear a rustle as of dead leaves, a low utterance like a hoarse "mew," then an instant's pause, and the bell song again. Upon The Tree-Tops Another time I mew like a cat, then again I give some soft sweet notes different from those of any bird you ever heard. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 She didn't like bottles great or small; Ink to her was worse than gall, And so she did nothing but spit, mew, and squall. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 And if, perchance, I do not come at my usual time in the train, she shows her disappointment by mewing. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Amelia shared with me a night nursery and a nursery-living room in this house, the latter overlooking the mews, through the curving iron rails of a tiny balcony. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography She sat calmly on the fence, as I passed, or dressed her plumage on the branch of a tree, uttering no sound except, rarely, the common mewing call. Upon The Tree-Tops The mewing of a cat, the barking of a dog, and the whistling sound produced by a Duck’s wings when flying, though much louder, are common imitations with him. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 But night has come down, And I hear a loud "mew"; I open the door, and my Kitten comes through; My white kitten! ah me! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Mr. Catbird, who loved to play jokes on everybody, started mewing from his hiding place under the lilac bushes. The Tale of Old Dog Spot Near by is a select livery stable and mews of sub-rural aspect, with Virginia creeper climbing over a horse's head in stucco. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Not the cat, who came mewing out of the coal-cellar the minute she unlocked the door. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock Cuchulain I thought he had come from one of you Out of some Connaught rath, and would lap up milk and mew; But if he so loved water I have the tale awry. The Green Helmet and Other Poems She talked like a Parrot, She quacked like a Drake, She mewed like a Cat, She hissed like a Snake—Oh yes! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 "I hope the sheep haven't scrambled over the stone wall," Miss Kitty Cat mewed. The Tale of Old Dog Spot Hang him! he is no worse; but as ill-used as ever—mewed up, kept in solitary confinement. Shirley The little things never were heard to mew; so it may be supposed they liked his society. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock Resisting a dastardly impulse to forswear my bargain, I tucked the mewing kitten under my coat, where it clawed me unobserved by any jeering boy in the street. The Romance of a Plain Man The children looked dismayed; the little kitten stood looking up at its unsociable host with a sweet, questioning little face, uttering mild little mews of protest in answer to his thunderous growls. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades He heard it mewing from the road, and he went in after it without stopping to think. The Phantom Lover Two were struggling around the mother cat, mewing piteously and trying to nibble at the biscuit she had brought. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. An appealing feline mew is her characteristic note. Under the Maples She called her nurse and a soft mewing was the only response. Old French Fairy Tales He was tired of being mewed up in a flat, and he wanted the baby to get its feet on the ground, when it began to walk. The Quality of Mercy The groom thought it was to be taken in the Park, and was himself on his way back to the mews when the riderless horse overtook him. The Camera Fiend Monty set forth his political and social views, and the cat, listening with attention, mewed assent, or more rarely expressed an opposite opinion by the short, sharp mew, or an unmistakable oath. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales One noontime by the unusual mewing of a parent catbird I felt sure that the critical time had come. Under the Maples Beau-Minon followed her in spite of some rude rebuffs which he received with plaintive mews. Old French Fairy Tales The water was already rising to the roofs of the houses, and on one roof stood a cat, arching her back and mewing pitifully. The Chinese Fairy Book "I know that; but I cannot be mewed up here in the old house and deprived of my afternoon ride," exclaimed Capitola decidedly. Hidden Hand A low, inquiring mew drew his attention for a moment from his woes. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales The faint mew became a regular and sustained cry. A Great Man A Frolic Henry had just uttered these words when an enormous Cat appeared before him and began to mew so horribly that he was almost deafened by the sound. Old French Fairy Tales Hardly had he uttered these words before he saw an enormous cat, who, giving a loud "mew," by way of clearing her voice, asked him what he wanted there. The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series And before he could put another question a low, soft mew was heard at the door. Hidden Hand By way of comment upon this explanation, there came from the bag another half-strangled mew that was not at all suggestive of cheerfulness. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales He scarcely touched it, yet the baby stirred and mewed faintly. A Great Man A Frolic Astonished and almost frightened, she looked around and saw at her feet a superb white cat, looking gently upon her and continuing to mew plaintively. Old French Fairy Tales At the rear of the palace, concealed from view by a high mound, are the queen's stables or mews, so called because the royal stables were formerly built in a place used for keeping falcons. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The creature stopped, gibbering with surprise, and then rushed forward, mewing like a cat. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 It was a faint miserable mew—that told of cat despair! Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales As we came away from the low adobe cabin, the bird was mewing in imitation of another domestic pet which belonged to the same woman. Aztec Land Whenever she was lost in these reflections, Beau-Minon, who seemed to comprehend what was passing in her heart, mewed plaintively, pulled her robe and tried to draw her from the pavilion. Old French Fairy Tales You can’t expect a fellow to stay mewed up at home all the time. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic "Gull Lup," the monster—said wasn't the right word, but it was not a bark, growl, mew, cheep, squawk or snarl. Martians Never Die Whilst she was taking the last, she heard the cat mew. The Fairchild Family Lyon's Place, a straggling mews, preserves the name of the benefactor who left the estate he had bought here to found Harrow School; and the names Aberdeen, Cunningham, Northwick, etc., are associated with the school. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London Before he fell to, he shredded a chunk of meat and put it on the floor for the cat, which left off its sniffing inspection of the walls and ran up eagerly mewing. The Moon is Green Black Tex dismissed the drummer with an impatient gesture and was pondering solemnly upon his grievances when a big, square-jowled cat rushed out from behind the bar and set up a hoarse, raucous mewing. Hidden Water After a moment it halted the operation long enough to rub its jaw against a bar of its cage, and gave vent to a sociable mew! Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Bobby could hear the kitten mewing now and he was as eager to find it as Meg was. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm Oh, how they struggled and mewed in their fright! Funny Little Socks Being the Fourth Book As he started to close the window, there was a little mew. The Moon is Green In the adjoining cot he could hear Jeff stripping slivers from a length of jerked beef, and Tommy mewing for his share. Hidden Water She came at me, hands clutching and clawing, making odd murmuring or mewing sounds in her throat. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 And after they had gone on she would shrug her fine, broad shoulders and call them cats, going out to a scratching, with all the kittens mewing along. Rim o' the World A lean black cat followed him, mewing, and now and then he stopped his work to stroke it. Olive in Italy The man of science reached in and dragged out a mewing cat, placing it in the right-hand cage on the strange table. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Grainger replied in a pamphlet; and in the next number of the Review we find him threatened with “castigation”, as an “owl that has broken from his mew”! Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges To my summons at the portal, there came no response, save the mewing of the cat within. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo From time to time his ear detected suspicious sounds, and when night fell he distinctly heard the hoarse mewing of the lynxes, the roar of the pumas, and the melancholy howling of the coyotes. Sielanka: An Idyll All he saw was a large bird that flapped out and winged across the clearing, mewing angrily. The Bluff of the Hawk The cat, on the right, squatted on its haunches, mewing in pique and looking up at its tormentor. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 The old bird was fluttering from bush to bush, continually "mewing," and seeming to be in great distress. Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly But as the mouse was squeaking one day, He met a cat, Very fat, And she mewed, And she mewed, And she mewed. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. Charley and George would have run too, had not their ears caught the sound of a stifled piteous mewing, which seemed to issue out of the very middle of the ash heap. Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The cat did not mew in the passage that night. Captain Dieppe As for the monkey, it was squatting on the floor of its cage, and it made a strange sound in its throat, almost a mew, and it hissed several times at the professor. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 He never mews unless he wants a drink, or to run out-of-doors. Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly But as the cat was mewing one day, She met a dog, Named Gog, And he barked, And he barked, And he barked. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. And here Mr. O'Brien thumped the arm of his chair so emphatically, that Sam woke and uttered a reproachful mew. Lover or Friend "But," he declared to himself, virtuously, "the cat may mew till it's hoarse—I won't open that door again." Captain Dieppe The sparks crackled madly, the monkey mewed, the cat chattered. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 “They won’t bite you,” said Charlie scornfully, thinking he was afraid of the kittens––they could be heard mewing inside the bag. Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School You might have thought that cat and dog were paying good money for their board, the way they would mew and whine if a meal were late. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full It was as we went out of the mews that we first saw the Goat. Oswald Bastable and Others And then there came—the Captain was really not surprised, he had been almost expecting it—a mew, a peevish, plaintive mew. Captain Dieppe The cat, having hastily left the dining room, went to the dog, and mewed uncommonly loud, and in different tones of voice, which the dog from time to time answered with a short bark. Minnie's Pet Cat Betty Mason was complaining of being so mewed up all winter. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia At that moment a series of pathetic mews was heard in the entry, followed by a violent scratching on the oil-cloth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 I promised to do so, and went round to the mews immediately. The Man Who Drove the Car But," said the Count, beginning to walk about again, "she shuts her door: the animal mews at it; my wife ignores the appeal. Captain Dieppe She was continually running from the shed to my chamber, as if she were half distracted, mewing and crying in the most heart-rending manner.” Minnie's Pet Cat Daisy Watson rejoiced in her part, and had learned the miauw, the mew, the hiss, the dash forward, the howl of rage, and the purr to perfection. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief The gulls and mews clamored rapturously, and squabbled with gay zest over the choicer prizes of their fishing. Kings in Exile So I hired a loafer who was hanging about the mews, and set him to the work while I read the papers and smoked a cigarette. The Man Who Drove the Car There wakes me, When from the wave he comes, Every morning the mew.” Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas So they each began again to knock, and bark, and mew, and squeak, and chirp, and gabble, as hard as ever they could; all crowding round the door in a bunch. Baby Nightcaps As sad singing is blended with the noise of stormy elements, so with the wild noise of the mob of children, insulting, mewing, howling, and laughing, the sobbing words were mingled. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Ellen gave a longing look at her black-and-white favourite, which was uneasily endeavouring to find out the height of the basket, and mewing at the same time with a most ungratified expression. The Wide, Wide World Gave a pounce, and quickly caught it, with a happy mew, Ere the frightened little wanderer quite knew what to do. Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly As long as you hear the bark of a dog or the mew of a cat the city holds. Birdseye Views of Far Lands I have been so tired of waiting for you, mewed up in there." �sop answered her, roughly: "That’s my business. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama Even the tiniest mew of farewell would have been welcome, but it was not vouchsafed. Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Three tabbies took out their cats to tea, As well-behaved tabbies as well could be: Each sat in the chair that each preferred, They mewed for their milk, and they sipped and purred. Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Then, pursing up her red lips, she mewed like a cat-bird, three times. The Gay Rebellion Eagerly she seized it and placed it before the cat; the starving creature gnawed greedily at the bone an instant, then looked up with a hopeless mew. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others It has also a cry like the mewing of a cat, from which it derives its name. The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers At the same time a piteous little mew pervaded the sanctuary. Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Alice gave her some milk; but Kitty Bell was not hungry, and mewed still more. The Nursery, November 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 5 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers When she cannot frolic, she mews; but, as she is frolicking all the time when she is not asleep, she does not make much of an outcry, after all. The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers The cat and her kittens recline in the sun, Mew! mew! mew! The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers She would like to say, "Good morning!" but she only says, "Mew, mew!" The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Then dear mamma, in desperation, put in both her hands, and then the imprisoned Fluff began to mew indeed. Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly No footprint leading to that horrid mews,135 None out of it. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Gramercy!” he broke forth his lips curling with scorn, “am I to stay here mewed up like a girl when every son of England should be in arms against the Spaniard?” In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls She wash'd all their faces and put them to bed, And now what do you think was the last thing they said; Mew! mew! mew! . . . The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers "You are sacrificing the lives of all of us," mewed the Cat. The Blue Bird for Children The Wonderful Adventures of Tyltyl and Mytyl in Search of Happiness |
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