| 单词 | milk-white |
| 例句 | Her face was slender and milk-white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He was riding a milk-white horse, so white the animal blended into the snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he remembered the milk-white face of the screaming boy and realized with a jolt that he had died a year later. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Imperial servants line both sides of the entrance, heads bowed, hands resting in front of them; their faces are angular with peach lips, rosy cheeks, brown eyes, and milk-white skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Is it true about the baby? People say he is milk-white!” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They ask us to reset their milk-white bones. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Ser Meryn entered from the west side of the yard, clad in gleaming white plate chased with gold and mounted on a milk-white charger with a flowing grey mane. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was shivering, his straw-colored hair all over his face, his freckled skin milk-white. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They saw instead a most lovely milk-white hind springing into the forest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No, he stands crookedly, like a humble farmer, out of place in this city, out of place on the milk-white tile floor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed inconceivable that a spectacular streak of milk-white flame, rising and setting with the stars night after night, was not there for a reason, did not hold some portent for human affairs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something richly appealing in her color combination, the ginger snaps floating in the milk-white skin, the gold highlights in the strawberry hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Koolhaas’s new, 200-foot-tall milk-white concrete tower — which broke ground when the other buildings were almost finished — rises up from the far corner of the campus, and soars over the low-lying surrounding neighborhood. The Prada Foundation’s New, Rem Koolhaas-Designed Tower 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In the altarpiece panel depicting the nude Adam, moved to the MSK, you can see a dusting of individual black hairs on his milk-white thighs and calves, and even his toenails have been meticulously curved. Jan Van Eyck’s Diamond-Hard Brilliance, as You’ll Never See It Again 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The stirring aphorisms, which trim the upper-level halls and stairwells, shine some additional light on an already bright decor — artichoke-green exterior, milk-white interior, fetching artworks. Affirmative: The Charlotte Hotel’s a delight It’s ”a little western flower, / Before milk-white, now purple with love’s wound, / And maidens call it love-in-idleness,” he explains. Shakespeare on drugs: The secret narcotic history of the world’s greatest playwright 2014-04-23T15:15:00Z Lunch was served on milk-white tablecloths in the restaurant’s leafy cobblestone courtyard between the red brick walls of the former school. The $2,000-a-Day Berlin 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z From the east, the elevation presents a slim, unadorned, milk-white concrete block, nine stories high, punctured by loggias — a signpost, like the traditional village bell tower, rising above a low, scruffy neighborhood. Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The courtesan pictures are all poignant in their different ways, none more so than the images of the newest arrivals from the country, with voluptuous milk-white bodies and the fresh faces of children. Artists have always glamorised prostitution. Manet savaged all their delusions 2011-02-06T22:36:01Z Jane Bruce brings an Op Art eye to her milk-white sculptures accented in primary colors. Aussie-U.S. glass-art ties made clear at Museum of Glass 2013-07-31T22:35:09Z As they found respite from the scorching heat in the lush garden, full of pale pink roses and sprigs of milk-white cow parsley, Simone reflected on the significance of the moment. For Simone and Max Rocha, Family Has Always Been a Source of Inspiration 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z It’s important to remember that he wasn’t thinking only of the milk-white flawless flesh of Titian courtesans but also flesh that bruised, bled, rotted away. Art Review: ?De Kooning: A Retrospective? at MoMA - Review 2011-09-15T11:00:58Z She was born months later at midnight, with colors vivid and shining: the milk-white cord, the bright maroon blood, the deepest purple of the placenta. Where Are All the Wild Things, Daddy? 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Opening a closet, I felt around until I discovered the remnant of a housewarming gift: a milk-white candle. Letter of Recommendation: Candle Hour 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The body, once built, is submerged in a milk-white liquid, forming a hard, glossy shell that splinters open to reveal the impeccably sculpted form and features of Scarlett Johansson. The ravishing sci-fi noir 'Ghost in the Shell' is fascinating, and not without its glitches 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The milk-white skin was dry to the touch, brownish and rough in places. Emma Donoghue’s Art of Starvation 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z It’s a sensibility that defines all of their products, from notebooks and candles to the elegant milk-white ceramics for which they’re... Astier de Villatte Releases a New Guide to Paris 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The massive, milk-white blimps can be grounded by bad weather and, if deployed in combat zones, would be especially vulnerable to enemy attack. How a $2.7 billion air-defense system became a 'zombie' program 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Most of them are sporting candy-red polo shirts and milk-white slacks. D.C.’s Rare Essence becomes the first go-go band to play at SXSW 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z He took it down to the studs and built a modern box, with contemporary furniture and milk-white surfaces. The King of the Megamansion 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z They looked, and saw a great fat cow, followed by seven milk-white heifers, moving on the smooth surface of the lake towards the meadow. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z First galloped Satan into the lists, in black harness, on a milk-white steed. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z An elegant, though not a richly coloured bird; remarkable for the bright red of the skin above the eyes, and the milk-white collar at the back of the head. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z From beneath it a milk-white stream issues and crawls off amid the rocky desolation. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z But he had also a coal-black moustache and chin tuft, and milk-white hair; and this contrast won him recognition everywhere. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z The wall of the arcade gleams with lustrous faience, purple and red, azure and milk-white, and with patterns of great flowers with green centers and turquoise leaves. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Hissar produces a breed of large milk-white oxen, which are in great request for the carriages of natives. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Part of her leg was exposed, but the other was encased with milk-white stockings, tied up with scarlet garters, the ribbons extending to her feet, or flying about her person. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z How glad am aw that fate while roaming, Where milk-white Hawthorns’ blossoms blooming, As sent me footsteps ere the gloaming Into this dell. Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z Her hair, hastily knotted up in the hurry of the previous night, hung in a thick plait to the curve of her waist; the nape of her neck showed beside it milk-white. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z This differs from the above in its longer, more cylindrical, milk-white flowers, and its salmon-colored berries. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The flowers are green, and hang in umbels; they are succeeded by nuts, with the outward covering green, and containing an oblong kernel, separated by two milk-white leaves, of a perfect shape. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z He may be lame for a few days, and his milk-white face may not be so fair at the feast, but that will be all the better for him. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Thy banner is blood-red, and thy symbol is a milk-white lamb, and thy crown is of pure gold. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z Thus rise, O Muse, O rise, a milk-white queen, Out of the midst of vileness rise serene. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z From July to September we may look for the milk-white rein-orchis in moist meadows. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z "I am the forester's foster-daughter lost in the woods until the prince pursuing the milk-white doe finds her," said Alice. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z Exceedingly fine canes of milk-white glass play an important part in the masterpieces produced by the Venetian glass-makers of the 16th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Hildegarde, with her shoulders elevated and her long chin run out, began to blush painfully, until her milk-white face was dyed red. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Softer this eye which smiles in ruddy face; This milk-white brow, thrice, four times is its grace. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z The inclosure, now, succeeds the shepherd's care, Yet milk-white flocks adorn the well stock'd farm, And court the attention of the industrious swain.— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z And here in the murky city Those milk-white peacocks seem To follow and follow me ever Like ghosts of a haunting dream. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Ye set your milk-white foot on board, Cry, 'Hail ye, Domine!' English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV 2011-12-28T03:00:36.217Z They were sisters, the eldest not quite sixteen, all three having the same lank figures with sloping shoulders and long thin throats, and the same curiously white, milk-white skin. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z There was the milk-white rose of England and the blood-red thistle of Scotland side by side, and fondly twining around them the shamrock of old Ireland—all in black. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z I must go, Travelling the surge to its great boundary; Far, far away beyond the reach of men, Where never galley spread her milk-white sail Or weary pilgrim bore the Christian name! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z The fountain sang and sang While on the marble rim The milk-white peacocks slept, And their dreams were strange and dim. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z She set her milk-white foot on board, Cried, "Hail ye, Domine!" English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV 2011-12-28T03:00:36.217Z At Botany Bay I was astonished to find the swans were black, thereby demolishing our beautiful ideas about "milk-white" swans. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z How many months have passed, how many months and years, While with my milk-white breasts I sweep, and waste my life in tears! The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z She rode upon a charming milk-white steed, with tail and mane dyed crimson, and was attended by many armed horsemen. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Then up the marble terrace Below the cypress trees Came a flock of milk-white peacocks With fans spread to the breeze. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z On our starboard hand a wide expanse of milk-white foam betokened the presence of the dreaded Race of Portland, the bluff headland that gives it its name being plainly visible over our lee bow. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Don Anto�ico rode a milk-white Cuban pony, whose gait was soft, swift, and stealthy as that of a phantom horse. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z The deck thrilled and throbbed; the water right astern was churned into milk-white foam, while the shore seemed to be moving. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z She took him by the milk-white han', An' led him through many a hall, Until they came to one stone chamber,15 Where no man might hear his call. English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z To glide in a steady wind, to the farthest horizon, to the milk-white and opal region, which she saw in her dreams, to the uttermost parts of the earth! Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The chaplain, fresh from the navy, was promised a milk-white palfrey for his especial use, if he would wear his ice-cream suit for the occasion. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Where the margin lay upon the lands numerous streams issued from beneath the ice, milk-white with rock flour, and built up great outwash plains and valley trains of gravel and sand. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Broad on the port bow could be discerned the long, low beach fringed with a quavering line of milk-white foam and backed by the waving coco-palms and the picturesque bungalows of Kilba's principal port. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z When she gathered her first posy of lady's-smock in the long water meadow near the mill, the little milk-white flowers said, "Why have you been away from us so long?" Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z And some they mounted the black steed, And some mounted the brown; But Janet mounted the milk-white steed,85 To ride foremost through the town. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z There she was, buried in all her furs! and he undid everything and dragged her out, plump, milk-white, and bewitching. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Here the danger arose of being spotted by the Turks on the cliff, for even in the darkness the milk-white foam showed up distinctly and made a bad background to the moving seamen. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Scattering the dew from the grass and the milk-white clover with his naked feet, the lad went trotting on, and very quickly reached the farm. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Pew, pew, My mimmie me slew, My daddy me chew, My sister gathered my banes, And put them between two milk-white stanes. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z He's mounted her on a milk-white steed, And himself on a dapple grey,10 With a bugelet horn hung down by his side, And lightly they rode away. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z He presented a black horse to the one who knew the dictionary and the daily paper by heart, and the other, who was so clever at corporation law, received a milk-white steed. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z Hence he thought and thought, smoothed with his palm the whole length of his crown which was milk-white, and then he asked finally,-- "Didst thou know of that letter which Pan Gideon wrote to Yatsek?" On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z She is represented as seated in a golden chariot drawn by milk-white horses; her countenance is brilliant, and her fingers are red like roses. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Pew, pew, My mimmie me slew, My daddy me chew, My sister gathered my banes, And put them between two milk-white stanes. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z "Bloody, bloody were his hawks, And bloody were his hounds;70 But milk-white was the gallant steed That bore him from the bounds." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Her skin was milk-white, with a rosy flush on the cheeks, while her glorious golden hair never came out of crimp, but rippled from the roots to her very feet. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z I drive nearer—the stones move and grow horns; they become a herd of milk-white goats. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z The brown jeans against the milk-white paint of the house threw his figure in sharp relief. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z Pew, pew, My mimmie me slew, My daddy me chew, My sister gathered my banes, And put them between two milk-white stanes. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z Yes, bloody, bloody were his hawks, And bloody were his hounds; And milk-white was the gallant steed75 That bore him from the bounds. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z A train of milk-white bears with golden chains around their necks came out to receive the king and Ethelinda. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Such milk-white doves as you never harm anything. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The green blinds of the milk-white residency building, that was patterned as closely as tropical conditions would permit after the quaint architecture of rural Overysel, were tightly closed. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z And, lo and behold! those poor bones, which she buried with such care: "Grew and grew, To a milk-white Doo, That took its wings, And away it flew." The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z "Ye'll mount me quickly on a steed,5 A milk-white steed or gray; And carry me on to gude greenwood Before that it be day." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z So it befell that in the dusk of that fair day Elbert, the forester, did lead home to Pelham Wood a goodly, milk-white heifer. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z His child—his Ruth, his milk-white lamb—where was she? Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The prince himself, dressed in mourning, rode behind the hearse in a gilded carriage, drawn by eight milk-white horses with purple-stained manes and tails, and tufts of black ostrich feathers on their heads. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z And I upon a milk-white steed, With a gold star in my crown; Because I am an earthly man, I'm next the Queen in renown. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z "O master, master, set your mill," Hey wi' the gay and the grinding;30 "There is a fish, or a milk-white swan," At the bonny, bonny bows o' London. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Thy milk-white brow outshone the snow: Thy lustrous eyes outglanced the stars: Thy cherry lips, with love aglow, Burned ruddier than the blood-red Mars. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z Most commonly, it is bluish-white, or milk-white. d. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Here the standard-bearer rested his milk-white head on his hand, and fell into deep thought. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z He's ta'en her by the milk-white hand, Among the leaves sae green; And what they did, I cannot tell— 40 The green leaves were between. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z At early morning of the following day, the queen's travelling-car, with six milk-white steeds attached, stood before the castle-steps, attended by many smartly dressed outriders and grooms. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He rode a tall milk-white horse, which seemed proud of its burden, and often fell into the artificial dancing-pace to which it was used in the tilt and tournay. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z Arrayed in his most splendid knight's attire, with a rose-coloured shoulder-scarf over his shoulder, and with white ostrich feathers in his hat, he rode a spirited milk-white palfrey. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z But what is this milk-white carpet spread in snowy sheen over the meadows, covering the green of the adjoining slopes to a considerable height? Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z First let pass the black, Janet, 150 And syne let pass the brown; But grip ye to the milk-white steed, And pu' the rider down. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z All that could be seen was a long, irregular line of coral reefs against which the ground-swell broke with a sullen roar into masses of milk-white foam. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z My Lord Dunmore was long in sad flight, as Erskine later learned, and not in his coach with its six milk-white horses. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Gleams in the Sun, the milk-white heifer lows, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z It is full of the most charming refinement, with its milk-white bloom and grey-blue leaf and neat habit of growth. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z For I ride on the milk-white steed, And aye nearest the town; 155 Because I was a christen'd knight, They gave me that renown. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z "The milk-white steed that brought me here," As the primrose spreads so sweetly. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z At the close of the opera a carriage with four milk-white steeds which I had arranged for was standing to convey its precious burthen to her hotel. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Like yellow mosses on the rocks, Dashed with the ocean's milk-white spray, The softness of his golden locks About his cheek and forehead lay. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The flowers of this pretty old kind are of a delicate milk-white, and the lower petals are generously spotted with a rosy-scarlet of the loveliest quality. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z The grass is full of honey-dew; The crescent moon, that glimmers through The unrippled leaves, is faint and new: And the milk-white almond blossoms All night long fall on their bosoms. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z The black velvet sailor was exactly right for her, throwing into pleasing contrast her milk-white skin, and bringing out the wonderful tints in her ripe-wheat hair. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z There was a crimson silk sash about her waist and a milk-white ruffle round her neck, and her cheeks were rosy with glowing health. 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 "Da boys make him fly," said another, grinning, and showing an even row of milk-white teeth. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z The Himalayan Rosa Brunonii is loaded with its clusters of milk-white bloom, that are so perfectly in harmony with its very long, almost blue leaves. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z The singing of birds was showered forth from every bush and blossoming hedgerow, and a milk-white heifer came lowing up a lane, and stood placid and ruminating in the warmth beside me. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z On these occasions dogs are offered as sacrifices, and those which are very fat, and milk-white, are preferred. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z It poured with rain, but we reached the place where the eighty wild milk-white cattle were feeding together. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z In its place was a vast ocean of frothy milk-white fog. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z The white of the bark is here silvery-white and there milk-white, and sometimes shows the faintest tinge of rosy flush. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z The prevailing color of this huge Jelly-fish is a dark brownish-red, with a light, milk-white margin, tinged with blue, the tentacles and other pendent appendages having a somewhat different hue from the disk. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z "Oh, how lovely!" said Mrs. Percival, as we swept round a point and came suddenly upon a fairy-like nook, a tiny bay with milk-white strand and fantastic sandstone rocks. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Before them stood their sister, the Fante of the milk-white rocks, but no longer humble, no longer to be restrained even within the bounds of the greatest palace upon earth. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z And now the king approached on a milk-white steed with scarlet velvet, gold-embroidered housings. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z And by her in a line a milk-white lamb she lad. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The exquisite sentiment of these lines is worthy of him who sung of "heavenly Una and her milk-white lamb." The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z There it lay steaming, milk-white, this luxury of New Year,—luxurious even to the touch! A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Here were many kinds of birds, known and unknown, and great herds of milk-white cattle were scattered over the rich pasture lands. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z O Child, why wilt thou reach thine arms to me, As yearns the milk-white swan, when old swans die? The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Her hair was up again to-day—for bodily comfort, I judge—and damp, curled strands clung flat to her milk-white neck. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Mr. Premble lifted one arm and shook a milk-white fist in air. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Tonight she was wearing a white silk which looked just the least bit countrified and yet was singularly becoming to Mollie's milk-white skin, pink cheeks and shining black hair. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z Left to stand half a day longer, the harmless beverage changes to a thick milk-white fluid with a pungent odor and a slightly acid taste. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z There he heard a Lady talking, To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,— “’Tis the Lady Jingly Jones! The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses 2011-01-12T03:00:33.643Z I gazed on the round, gleaming column of her young throat, milk-white and firm, and a subtle, primal call stirred in my breast. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Horses of all colours, which only the richness of the Hungarian language can find names for: bay, grey, black, white-faced, piebald, dappled, chestnut, flea-bitten, strawberry, skewbald, roan, cream-coloured, and, what is rarest among foals, milk-white. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z The prunifolia is unfolding its delicate milk-white petals; roses are opening their tinted leaves. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Then mounting at the break of day Her milk-white palfrey, leaves her home Behind her, and away! away! Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z He played with them: Constant toddled to him on shaky legs; Addie held Jetje on his arm and rubbed his moustache against her milk-white little face, to make her laugh and crow. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z And Léonie could sit smiling, milk-white, tranquil, in the great circle, around the marble table, with at least two or three men who knew her secret. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Such calves, such milk, such butter and cheese, as came from the milk-white cow never had been seen in Wales before, nor ever will be seen again. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z "His kindness weighs me to the earth," she replied, pressing her milk-white face against the cushions. The Undying Past Earl Douglas on his milk-white steed, Most like a baron bold, Rode foremost of his company, Whose armor shone like gold. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) The long line of milk-white combers, after expending their force upon the shore, rushed swiftly back, drawn by a mysterious undertow towards the deep waters. The Story of Malta Her sleeves were rolled back to the elbow and her arms showed milk-white as far as the reddened wrists and the big, work-roughened hands that held a hazel switch across her thighs. Beggars on Horseback The milk-white milch cow gave enough of milk to every one who desired it; and however frequently milked, or by whatever number of persons, she was never found deficient. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z And then I closed my eyes and dreamt that a troop of knights were coming riding along at full speed--led by a fair, handsome prince, mounted on a milk-white charger. The Wish A Novel Well mounted on a milk-white steed, His armor white as snow, As well beseemed a virgin knight, Who ne'er had fought a foe— 22. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) A closer view, however, shows it to be very distinct from all the other "Whites;" its decided black veinings on a milk-white ground, in conjunction with its large size, being sufficient for its immediate recognition. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species Nothing was wanting,—even the milk-white heifer, Musette, her future pet, was peacefully grazing as she had been described. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 It was their habit to make their appearance at dusk clad all in green, accompanied by their milk-white hounds. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z These were of all colors—some milk-white, some jet-black; others were sorrel, and bay, and cream color; and many were of an iron-gray. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom His palace was filled with the rarest of curiosities, and his garden with the sweetest flowers, while the marble stalls of his stables stood a row of milk-white Arabs, with big brown eyes. The Grey Fairy Book The milk-white sap immediately begins to exude into pieces of bamboo tied below, over little clay cups set under the gashes to prevent their trickling down the stems. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 It sometimes passes into milk-white chert, which forms beds. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea There appeared to be two armies, one of which was mounted on milk-white steeds, and the other on horses of jet-black. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Clouds of lung-choking dust, milk-white as the moon's full rays played upon them, rolled over us—the subdued crowd that gathered slowly, oblivious of further danger. The Book of Susan A Novel Yes, and it was on that stone I sat; it has a milk-white cushion now; and there is where you stood, looking so tall and grand to my childish eyes! The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life On an ancient stand a sun-dial reposed, and next to it a large and milk-white glass ball. The Eye of Wilbur Mook The Hind and the Panther, published in 1687, is an ingenious argument for Roman Catholicism, put into the mouth of “a milk-white hind, immortal and unchanged.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" "What do you know about that, boys!" shouted the red-faced individual, pointing with his milk-white whip at a poster on the barn-door. Sube Cane Small features, narrow cheeks, delicate lips, and little milk-white teeth, like a child's, completed this face which never had a red tint, even the lips being but faintly colored. Anne Then, with her small, clumsy fingers, she tied up the sleeping milk-white Wonderstone in the hem of his woolly sheep's coat, and lay back in her bed, too feeble to speak again. The Three Mulla-mulgars She was dressed in ermine, and rode a milk-white palfrey, which she managed with an easy grace that delighted the multitude. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Where from the rocks the bubbling founts distil, The milk-white lambs come bleating down the hill; The dappled heifer seeks the vales below, And from the thicket springs the bounding doe. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem And when he led the parade, no common milk-white horses for him; he would train and drive a pair of good ol' blood-sweaters! Sube Cane Ammata, my darling, my heart's treasure," cried Gelimer, tenderly, stroking the lad's long golden locks with a loving touch, "I have brought you from the booty a little milk-white horse as swift as the wind. The Scarlet Banner She had milk-white skin with a soft touch of rose on the cheek bones; a few freckles which were like the dust from tiger-lily petals, and a charming, sensitive mouth, full and red. The Brightener Noblemen and beautiful ladies, who guided milk-white llamas with fresh green boughs. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchanged, Fed on the lawns and in the forest ranged; Without unspotted, innocent within, She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 He thought it a tremendously interesting neck, slender, not thin, and straight and strong, a milk-white column from the frilled collar of her bathing-cloak to the shimmering tendrils that clustered behind her ears. The Destroying Angel And the ponies!—the dear little shaggy browns, with sweeping tails, and wonderful eyes peeping out from beneath moppy manes, the milk-white, tiny steeds, with hair like softest silk,—they won our hearts. An American Girl Abroad "She had dark-red hair, and a milk-white skin, and black eyebrows." A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 She sleeps and dreams; one milk-white, lawny arm Pillowing her heavy hair, as might cold Night Meeting her sister Day, with glory warm, Subside in languor on her bosom's white. Blooms of the Berry One time he saw the rajah riding on a milk-white steed on the hill; but this procession, unfortunately, proved to be no other than little white clouds riding in the sky. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment “He sat her on a milk-white steed, And himself upon a grey; He never turned his face again, But he bore her quite away.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The royal carriage, with its milk-white horses, its splendid outriders and appointments, and its military escort, made a great impression on him, but the fair, girlish face of the young, radiant queen he never forgot. Prisoners of Conscience Down this side of the gravel walk She went while her robe's edge brushed the box: And here she paused in her gracious talk To point me a moth on the milk-white phlox. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation Under the microscope a tolerably thin section shows the outlines of felspar crystals, lying in a hazy milk-white semi-opaque granular matrix. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions The milk-white egrets, and jabirus, are distinguished at a great distance; and in the æta and coucourito trees you may observe flocks of scarlet and blue aras feeding on the seeds. Wanderings in South America With her milk-white skin and chestnut hair, with her red lips and starry eyes there should have belonged to her a pride and a young dignity. The House of Fulfilment I noticed the little tendrils of hair upon her milk-white neck. Francezka God! she is like a milk-white lamb that bleats For man’s protection. Life of John Keats Yes, Billy! thou art a poet—and canst work more wonders with thine oar than could he with his pen who painted "heavenly Una with her milk-white lamb," wandering by herself in Fairyland. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Soon every flowing skirt began Its milk-white spinning plane to keep, Each brother of the holy band Spun in and out with lifted hand, A Teetotem no longer man. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise The milk-white Lily is not less beautiful than the crimson Rose; let them flourish side by side in the garden of Ireland. University Education in Ireland While she stood for an instant before, puppy-like, precipitating herself upon Raven, her eyes crinkled up like Mary Seraskier's, and she showed a line of milk-white teeth. Old Crow But facing southward, his hands shading his eyes carefully from the glare, he spied, on the eastern bank, and at not a great distance, the approach of a familiar milk-white horse, drawing a heavy pung. The Plow-Woman Some eastern specimens show stipes melanopodous, black below; specimens from Ohio and Nicaragua show stipes milk-white throughout. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species So many milk-white knees were never before simultaneously exhibited in public, and, to judge 117 by the prevalence of “Royal Stewart” and the number of eagles’ feathers, we were a high-born company. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) For me the milk-white domes that blow Their bubbles to the orient air. Memoirs of Life and Literature Now he understood its deeper meaning for the first time: Art thou now with fair cheeks prancing, Cheeks milk-white, through rose-light glancing? The Son of His Mother A pung was passing the grocery—a green pung drawn by a milk-white horse. The Plow-Woman Alone, in the first, with the blood on her breast, and her milk-white crown, She stood. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems True it is that the milk-white sacrificial oxen and the gay garlands of antiquity have been omitted; nevertheless, there remain the music, the incense and the unrestrained jollity of the people. The Naples Riviera Silver bells on a milk-white mule, Rose-red sails on an emerald sea! Collected Poems Volume Two Finn's milk-white teeth, and his toe-nails, too, were sharp as pins, and used with great strength and vigour. Finn The Wolfhound He was almost concealed by quilts, his arms being wrapped close to his body, and the milk-white horse was taking his leisurely way unguided. The Plow-Woman Holy was that glen where she glided, Making her wild garland as Merlin had bidden her, Breaking off the milk-white horns of the honey-suckle, Sweetly dripped the dew upon her small white Feet. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems Breathe into lime-water, and in a few minutes it will become of a milk-white color. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Her name, too, was Elizabeth, he said, As if it proved that she, too, was a queen, Though crowned with milk-white Devon may alone, And queen but of one plot of meadow-sweet. Collected Poems Volume One But you Will see him, and will like him too, I hope, With his milk-white Snowdonian Antelope Matched with his Camelopard. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 There was a wagon, with red wheels, a green box, and drawn by a milk-white horse. The Plow-Woman Along its edges the lake shone milk-white in the sun, while farther out the ice glinted a clear, watery blue that made a gleaming jewel set in the sparkling snow around it. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author Then there were beautiful half-moons made of milk-white flowers lying on beds of purple flowers, but there was no other color on that altar. Phemie Frost's Experiences It was milk-white against the dull gray metal beyond, the white of death itself, until returning circulation brought a flush of pink that crept slowly to the rounded cheeks. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 There was pointed out to us a specimen of the frangipanni, a tall and nearly leafless plant bearing a milk-white flower, and resembling the tuberose in fragrance, but in form much like our Cherokee rose. Due South or Cuba Past and Present With toilsome step next walked the captive queen; And then the victor, in his car of state, With milk-white horses of Thessalian breed, And in his retinue a splendid train Of Rome's nobility. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 It was the face of that seated figure that riveted his attention, a white face, milk-white, so white it seemed almost chalky! or one breathless second Rawson was filled with a wordless hope. Two Thousand Miles Below Along each vein is a wide milk-white band or mottling. The Mayflower, January, 1905 Isabella herself at last appeared, seated on a superb milk-white charger, with the ease and elegance of a perfect equestrian. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. "I will thank you for a posset," she said, taking off her bonnet and smoothing her milk-white hair with both hands. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Certainly it was not the heaping of coils, milk-white and ghastly, that took shape before his staring eyes. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Two men, their milk-white bodies naked but for the thick folds of their loin cloths, were beside Rawson, helping him along. Two Thousand Miles Below Our superstitious forefathers believed that a drop of the Virgin Mary's milk fell on its leaves, which ever after bore milk-white markings because of it. The Mayflower, January, 1905 First of all there was the beautiful Harriet with her milk-white thighs, stretched widely apart and her pouting bijou, covered with its downy moss, staring me right in the face. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Into the ring she dashed on a milk-white horse, and, throwing off her drapery, stood bowing. Melomaniacs The yucca palm, fifteen to twenty feet in height, with its large milk-white cluster of blossoms, resembling huge crocuses, dotted the expanse here and there. Aztec Land He lifted her on a milk-white steed, And himself on a dapple grey, With a buglet horn hung down by his side, And slowly they both rade away. The Balladists Famous Scots Series “I’m a damsel in distress waiting for a rescuing knight with a white banner and a milk-white steed––” went on the laughing voice in stilted declamation. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine One of her milk-white breasts was entirely bare and her chemise was raised sufficiently high for me to see a portion of her lovely thighs. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware I have seen water emerging from glaciers, milk-white with its load of ground-up rocks. A Mountain Boyhood One of these was the milk-white aigrette; superior in size to the common heron. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 All winter I had breathed upon The clos-ed bud of love; Its milk-white petals, one by one At last unfolded in the sun My heart had longed to prove. The Loom of Life Eve is a dear little milk-white dove, Her eyes and feet are of coral red. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad A milk-white fawn, on account of its rarity, was given him by a peasant. A Short History of Spain Growing on wood, membranaceous, clothed with stiff hair, more or less furrowed, milk-white, as its specific name indicates. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pyramid in the winter sunlight, with its coating of milk-white ice, seemed an immense half-buried diamond; and we within its heart were not more considerate of the starving, surging mass at its base. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight In a few minutes the interlocked mass stretched from bank to bank, with the torrent spurting and spouting through it in furious milk-white jets. The Backwoodsmen See those mahogany-coloured boatmen in their brilliant scarlet and white striped jerseys and blue petticoats, grinning so as to show all their milk-white teeth. Round the Wonderful World The star 65, while lacking the peculiar charm of contrasted colors so finely displayed in 55, possesses an attraction in the equality of its components which are both of the sixth magnitude and milk-white. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers After a lapse of ten or fifteen minutes, the green rind embrowns and cracks, showing through the fissures in its sides the milk-white interior. Typee When all was ready, he came out from the castle mounted upon a milk-white charger. Richard III Makers of History She had selected them herself, and the little ridiculous milk-white things were more fitted for the mouth of a Titania than for the great cavern in which Aunt Anniky's tongue moved and had its being. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Wibberley-Stimpson had taken their seats, the sixteen milk-white horses began to pull and strain till eventually the great coach was on the way. In Brief Authority Here it was a Deutzia, with starry cup-like blossoms; there a Spiræa, with spikes of milk-white plumes; here sprays of creamy Lantanas, and yonder clusters of tasselled Ageratum. Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Very occasionally, indeed, even up to my twentieth year, a certain interest was aroused in me by any youth with a truly girlish, milk-white countenance. The Sexual Life of the Child This word, suitable for little children, sounded strangely, softly, and solemnly from the withered, yellow lips of Saul, moving from the midst of his milk-white beard. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story In the slight form, with the milk-white skin, delicate profile and exquisite hands, there was a distinction that struck her employer as quite absurdly out of keeping with her position. In Brief Authority He quickly put his right hand into the sack, and brought forth unhurt, from the very midst of sabres and boxes, the double row of large milk-white pearls, which he respectfully presented to the Caliph. Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Then will I raise aloft the milk-white Rose, With whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumed. 2nd Henry VI, act i, sc. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Celestial shapes in gold and purple rose up in the gilded dust, chariots of silver, milk-white horses plumed with fire. The Maids of Paradise First rode the doctor on a tall steed, decently caparisoned in dark gray; next, ambled Mrs. Rolt on a hackney horse; . . . then followed your humble servant on a milk-white palfrey. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Following them was a State Coach, a huge, cumbrous vehicle with unglazed windows; it seemed to be of pure gold, and was drawn by sixteen milk-white horses in blue trappings. In Brief Authority This little milk-white flower, with the drop of wine in it.... Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Far away and all around were yellow rice fields, heavy with the milk-white grain, the broad acres undulating gracefully beneath the pressure of the passing breezes. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months And he hoped that he and Milly, in their different ways, had found and were both wearing the milk-white flower. The Invader A Novel With every passing wind that blows Comes scattered down a milk-white rose, In leaves like scented flakes of snow, Upon the little pigs below. The Nursery, October 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers She sank softly into a low chair, softly rustling her sumptuous black silk dress, and delicately nestling her milk-white neck and broad shoulders in a costly cashmere shawl. The Brothers Karamazov Down this side of the gravel-walk She went while her robe's edge brushed the box;10 And here she paused in her gracious talk To point me a moth on the milk-white phlox. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning To hold the porch-roof slender girls Of milk-white marble stand arow; Doubt never blurs a single brow, And never the noon's faintness curls From their expectant hush of pride The lips the god has glorified. Gloucester Moors and Other Poems Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature At this stage we see floating motionless on the honey a milk-white atom, oval, flat and a twelfth of an inch long. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles So I picked up the green, dartlike end of the pod, and took careful aim at the brown face and milk-white teeth. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines How glad am I that fate while roaming, Where milk-white hawthorn’s blossom’s blooming, Has sent my footsteps ere the gloaming Into this dell, To stop some murdering hand fra dooming Thy bonny sel’. Revised Edition of Poems After these a gilded car drawn by the eight sacred horses, each milk-white, and on the car an altar bearing the eternal fire of Mazda. A Victor of Salamis The gentle Lady married to the Moor, And heavenly Una with her milk-white lamb. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature One river was milk-white with sulphur precipitate, the other had red water, probably owing to iron deposits. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific He had milk-white hair and beard, rosy cheeks, "thin white hands, and long transparent fingers." Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young Floating so buoyant with milk-white foam on the waters. The Patriotic Poems of Walt Whitman There were a few brown freckles on the milk-white neck. Love of Brothers She mounted her on her milk-white steed, He on the dapple grey; They rode till they came unto the sea-side, Three hours before it was day. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Well, Gracie, I reckon you’d run double-quick to pull me off the milk-white steed. Fairy Book The throne itself was made of milk-white glass, and the cushions were little black mice, each biting the other's tail. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen His color was dark red, except for a milk-white face, two white feet, a white tassel on his tail, and a little belt of white under his body. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Now Master-Cook it must be so, Do that which I thee tell; You needs must dress the milk-white Doe, Which you do know full well. Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6 She mounted on her milk-white steed, And led the dapple grey. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets THE silvern mistress of the golden Sun, The milk-white sister to the wine-red Earth, My lord still smiles upon me, nor will shun My face for hers of younger, fairer birth. The Masque of the Elements The youth who knew the dictionary and newspaper by heart had a black horse, and he who knew all about the corporation laws received a milk-white steed. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Next a dog-cart, which carried milk-white terriers, and beautiful gray-hounds; these were all sheeted and embroidered with the different matches they had won: the novelty of this appeared to excite particular gratification. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Now, Barmaid was the milk-white mare that was only less notorious than her lawless rider. Stingaree But most of all it makes you wish you were a milk-white pony with diamond hoofs! Fairy Prince and Other Stories "What is this?" asked Jussuf, after he had opened it, and saw in it a rather opaque milk-white stone, at the bottom of which a red spark seemed to shine. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers And when she had dressed herself the hazel tree opened and from it came a coach all made of copper with four milk-white horses, with coachman and footmen all complete. Europa's Fairy Book But one day there came from out of the dark depths of the forest a prince in a splendid chariot, with six milk-white steeds, and the sound of many trumpets blowing. As We Sweep Through The Deep The real milk-white mare affected the imitation in its turn as the coach-horses never had; and Oswald swayed and swam upon a whinnying steed. . . . Stingaree It was time for the monster to awake, and down the road from the castle came riding the King and all his court, and the Princess Gemlovely rode among them on a milk-white horse. Tales of Folk and Fairies It was a milk-white stone, like an ordinary fragment of white porcelain: then he breathed on it with a deep sigh, and with his lips said, "Haschanascha!" Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers On either side of it a gnarled and stunted growth of alders and birches fringed the foot of the steep slopes, and between them the stream spread out across a stretch of milk-white stones. The Long Portage I thank thee, milk-white bird, that guides My path. Indian Legends of Minnesota Stingaree swept through the trees at a gallop, the milk-white mare flashing in the moonlit patches. Stingaree She had smiled back at her reflection in her mirror, showing two rows of little milk-white teeth, and being well enough satisfied with being a charming young person with a secure complexion and enviable self-poise. Vagabondia 1884 Suddenly, as the sun went down behind the city walls, there were seen in the Forum two horsemen on milk-white steeds, taller and fairer than the tallest and fairest of men. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The milk-white current, laden with chalky washings from the land, swept by in a mighty flood. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea So the merry little old woman in Robin's tunic and Robin's green cloak was set gently on a milk-white steed. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes He took her by the milk-white hand, And laid her on the ground, And whan he got his will o’ her He lift her up again. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Earl Douglas on his milk-white steed, Most like a baron bold, Rode foremost of his company, Whose armour shone like gold. The Book of Brave Old Ballads It is my milk-white steed, and he has rose-coloured reins and he eats out of my hand. Honey-Bee 1911 Every one we met had snow-white locks, no matter how youthful the face, and, whatever was the colour of our horses at starting, we always drove milk-white steeds at the close of the post. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland A restless night wind was moaning through the pines that fringed the bank behind him; the moon shone down radiantly, turning the calm expanse of the bay into a milk-white sheen. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 She turned about her milk-white steed, And took True Thomas up behind, And aye whene’er her bridle rang, The steed flew swifter than the wind. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series The clash of words when they met electrified the whole street; the mouths of the rival muleteers, now mere onlookers, grinned all together, showing milk-white teeth. The Valley of the Kings At thee she snarled, disdaining half, to sheathe ’Neath thy soft pleading eyes her milk-white teeth. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Glinda came, later, in her aerial chariot drawn by twenty milk-white swans, and she also seemed worried and unhappy. The Lost Princess of Oz They sat on Major Hill's verandah and watched the moon rising over the bluffs and making milk-white reflections in the prairie lakes. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 First she let the black pass by, And syne she let the brown; But quickly she ran to the milk-white steed, And pu’d the rider down. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series With its blinding milk-white hide, on which it is seldom possible to discover a spot, wrinkle, or scratch, the full-grown white whale is an animal of extraordinary beauty. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II To dally with my lord I was not meant; To soothe his idle whims, above him bent, Warm in my milk-white arms, lull his repose, Nor deep in subtle kisses drown his woes. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman For another half hour the stamps rose and fell, then the water running through them was no longer milk-white, and the stamps were stopped. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek Mr Hope took the opportunity of its being at some little distance, to open the rushes, and show where a fine milk-white egg lay in a large round nest. Deerbrook ‘O first let pass the black, lady, And syne let pass the brown, But quickly run to the milk-white steed, Pu’ ye his rider down. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series The King Charles spaniels were very like lovely English blondes, with their golden-brown ears hanging like long curls on each side of their innocent, milk-white faces. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated They saddled a hundred milk-white steeds, They hae saddled a hundred black, With a chafron of steel on each horse's head, And a good knight upon his back. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 We saw another very beautiful little bird, with an extremely long flowing tail of pure milk-white. In the Wilds of Africa From the end of the lake out of which it flowed, to the head of the fiord or firth into which it ran, the river was one boiling, roaring mass of milk-white foam. Chasing the Sun She brought the jewels down in an old blue velvet box—milk-white against a yellowed satin lining. Mistress Anne Return and carry in thy bosom the milk-white dove, and never let it flee from thy dwelling.’ Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Wave those airy, milk-white branches in the spring? Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State With her milk-white skin, her vivid crimson lips so exquisitely turned, and the superb vitality of her youth, Joyce bloomed in the sordid hut like a flower in a rubbage heap. The Highgrader A gentleman's land-steward came through the lot of cattle with a milk-white horse, and his eyes looked first to the right and then to the left with wonderful quickness. Cattle and Cattle-breeders Not such pearls as Nancy had shown her, but milk-white none the less, with shining lovely lights. Mistress Anne He "There is nobody but Rees Hopkin's cow Watching, the dusk on the milk-white sea; 'Tis the time and the place for a life-long? vow, Such as I owe you, and you owe me." Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse Their clustering locks are of gold, and of gold their attire; their striped cloaks glitter, and their milk-white necks are entwined with gold. The Aeneid of Virgil When the shades of evening began to enfold the earth, the two milk-white steeds of Selene rose out of the mysterious depths of Oceanus. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome But when he met a fat and perfumed man, riding upon a milk-white mule, with servants before and behind him, and beasts of burden bearing hampers,—then Nicanor could not understand. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Bill replied, biting at the coin with her milk-white teeth, and then bestowing it in her pocket. Despair's Last Journey The mounted attendant acted as outrider to clear the way, while he of the milk-white steed, the caid's son, rode gallantly by my side. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Even then her tender hand hurled childish darts, and whirled about her head the twisted thong of her sling, and struck down the crane from Strymon or the milk-white swan. The Aeneid of Virgil Earl Douglas, on his milk-white steed, Most like a baron bold, Rode foremost of his company, Whose armour shone like gold. English Songs and Ballads I had a fancy of roofs of pearl below, turrets of milk-white coral, pavements of rainbow lustre like to the shootings and dartings of the hues of shells inclined and trembled to the sun. The Frozen Pirate But as the milk-white steed goes by, seize ye the bridle, Janet, and pull me down, and keep your arms ever around me. Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children This sumptuous chariot was drawn by milk-white horses, with caparisons of crimson velvet, embroidered with pearls. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Then the pages came up, leading milk-white steeds with golden bridles, and the king, ordering Enda to mount one of them, lifted Mave on to his own, and mounted behind her. The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales They tell us that whenever the holy saint David, of Wales, stood up to preach, there came a milk-white dove, and sat upon his shoulder. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles From another direction, out of the filmy and amethyst haze that closed each forest vista, came a milk-white horse, stepping high over the fallen leaves. The Long Roll Ah, Janet had seized the bridle of the milk-white steed and pulled the little rider off into her strong young arms. Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children Apollo, passing that way, marked the blunder, and resolved to avenge the theft of his milk-white herds which had led him such a weary chase through Tempe. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Where is every piping lad That the fields are not yclad With their milk-white sheep? Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) Out of her milk-white innocency no confession was to be made. Kept in the Dark "It's the solemn truth I'm telling you," Knight insisted, "—I swear it by the mane of my milk-white steed!" Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Is the temple, new and of milk-white marble, now as clean and white in its priesthood? Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century Then she saw a great company of knights and ladies, dressed in green, ride up to the castle; and one knight rode apart from the rest, on a milk-white steed. The Gold Of Fairnilee When cut or bruised, or where the fibrous roots are broken or rubbed off, there exudes a thick, somewhat viscous fluid, nearly flavorless, and of a milk-white color. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Patty gazed down dreamily with half-shut eyes, and imagined that presently a band of troubadours and ladies would come riding out on milk-white mules. When Patty Went to College It was all right, and Bristles' reputation had been cleared; for in that little cardboard box which Gabe Larkins had secreted so carefully lay seven milk-white opals, doubtless of considerable value. Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School Birds of all sorts, and of magnificent plumage, flew amid the branches, or stood on the fallen trunks floating near the margin—beautiful milk-white herons, scarlet spoonbills, flamingoes, and various other water-fowl. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela After this she pointed out to him a pond of crystal water, on which swam six milk-white swans, with crowns of gold upon their heads. The Seven Champions of Christendom Their woolly hair was combed out, and raised up from the forehead and over their ears by a broad band from the skin of a milk-white, cow, which contrasted strangely with their transparent, light-copper skins. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Here and there, too, we found boulders of opaque, milk-white quartz. In the Eastern Seas The downy ruff around the breast and neck is milk-white, and the naked wrinkled skin of the neck and head is of a blackish red or claret colour, while the legs are ashy blue. The Boy Hunters The colours are chiefly of a bronze-green, with wings of a purple-brown; while the feet, just appearing below its milk-white ruffs, are yellow. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela It is the fashion to pave the courts of the country-houses here with dark pebbles, and to form in the pavement a sort of mosaic with milk-white shells. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 On the 22nd of September the chief counsellor of Mansong, Modibinne, and four grandees, arrived by a canoe, bringing a fat milk-white bullock as a present. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Of course, we looked forward with pleasant hopes to the period when the first cackle should announce the milk-white egg, warmly deposited in the hay which we had provided bountifully. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I She has a timorous, shrinking nature, and prefers a milk-white charger to her sister’s untamed steed. A Houseful of Girls Going over the hills, Through the milk-white snow, Heard I ewes bleat While the winds did blow. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV A gentleman in this neighbourhood had two milk-white rooks in one nest. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Pearl was placidly purring in the last rays of the sinking sun, her milk-white paws tucked under her soft breast, the only unexcited member of the family. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date We could see nothing but the milk-white inferno of glare. Wandl the Invader The “milk-white doe” is the Church of Rome. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 There was a great car drawn by milk-white oxen; in the front were ranged sheaves of golden grain, while at the back shepherds and shepherdesses posed with scenic graces. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre Tell us where haply dwell'st thou, speak outright, Be bold and risk it, trusting truth to light, Say do these milk-white girls thy steps detain? The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Most lasting are the bow-shaped northern lights, which sometimes stretch their milk-white arches high above the horizon. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People ‘O pity me, fair maid,’ he said, ‘Take pity upon me; O pity me, and my milk-white steed That’s trembling at yon tree.’ Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series The young beholders Gazing on the handsome bridegroom, Gazing on the nuptial carriage, Where the milk-white horses sported Knots of evergreen and myrtle, Felt a pleasure mix'd with envy At a happiness so perfect. Man of Uz, and Other Poems She set her milk-white foot on board, Cried ‘Hail ye, Domine!’ Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series To complete the Indian ceremony, her two milk-white ponies were killed and their heads and tails nailed on the coffin. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Finally, the event of June is the fields ruddy with clover and milk-white with daisies. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Bienville, with his Frenchmen, battered down the gates, and before many minutes the proud Castilian pennon lowered to the milk-white flag of France. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV We were sitting on a luxurious divan and he held my milk-white hand in his. Fair to Look Upon He’s mounted her on a milk-white steed, And himself on a dapple grey, With a bugelet horn hung down by his side, And lightly they rode away. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Only the milk-white steed will be immediately hitched to a delivery wagon of his worldly goods, for distribution to the poor. Jane Journeys On Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell; It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness. Shakespeare's Christmas Gift to Queen Bess Beside the road a small stream chattered, milk-white from the silica deposits of the mines, like the waters of Clear Creek, which it was hastening to join. The Cross-Cut The moon, ringed by a halo, shone like an opal in the milk-white sky. The Child of Pleasure She held his steed in her milk-white hand, And never shed one tear, Until that she saw her seven brethren fa’, And her father hard fighting, who lov’d her so dear. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Upon a milk-white charger, and followed by a glittering train of warriors, amid the shouts of the vast multitude, Alroy galloped up to the gates. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Still the notion is a popular one, and how exquisitely has Spenser changed it into the divinest poetry in the character of the attendant lion of "Heavenly Una, with her milk-white lamb!" Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 What doth invest a bishop's breast But a milk-white spreading hair? At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History "Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell; It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound." The Affectionate Shepherd Lord Lovel he stood at his castle-gate, Combing his milk-white steed, When up came Lady Nancy Belle, To wish her lover good speed, speed, To wish her lover good speed. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Four footmen, armed, followed their master, who rode behind the pages on a milk-white mule. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity It was brought to him by a Capuchin friar, a soft-spoken, aged man, with a long milk-white beard, who said he would wait for an answer. The Lady Paramount I know nothing more picturesque than the carts laden with grapes, and drawn by milk-white steers.' Henrietta Temple A Love Story Granville would certainly not have felt more surprised at meeting a wolf, than at seeing a milk-white bull sacrificed to Phœbus on the banks of the Thames. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series So he rode, and he rode, on his milk-white steed, Till he came to London town, And there he heard St. Pancras’ bells, And the people all mourning round. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series This is the parent flower of our graceful, sweet-scented scape of pendent, milk-white little floral bells, enshrined within two broad leafy blades of dark green, and finding general favour for the jardinière, or the button-hole. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure They saddled a hundred milk-white steeds, They hae bridled a hundred black, With a chafron of steel on each horse's head And a good knight upon his back. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys Of course I know they can keep a circus horse milk-white, but it isn't practical for princes or heroes. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas How sweetly they ring, the silver bells on the neck of the milk-white palfrey; not so sweetly, though, as her low, musical tones. Sword and Gown A Novel And some they mounted the black steed, And some mounted the brown; But Janet mounted the milk-white steed, To ride foremost throw the town. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Because of its milk-white sap the Wood Spurge bears the name in Somersetshire of Virgin Mary's Nipple: and yet in other parts, for the like reason, this plant is known as Devil's Milk. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Above the collar of her blouse a strip of neck, untouched by tan, showed in a milk-white band. The Emigrant Trail You're a dear, nice, sweet, romantic sister, and some day I hope the Fairy Prince will come riding past on his milk-white steed—and, say, Ruth, why should a prince always ride a milk-white steed? The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas Marian's cheeks mantled with rich and wine-like tints, her hair took a halo from the sunbeams, her lips parted over the little milk-white teeth; she looked at us with her mother's eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Its milk-white flowers, which, though very simple, are richly effective, are produced on tall, nude stems, 18in. high, round, wiry, and nearly amber-coloured. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Holpen are all folk on earth, Born is God's Son so dear Going over the hills, Through the milk-white snow, Heard I ewes bleat While the wind did blow. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Ah roses, love's fair roses, do not languish; Blush through the milk-white veil that holds you covered. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia All the novels and fairy stories have milk-white steeds for the hero to prance up on when he rescues the doleful maiden. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas When they left the tables to stroll by the milk-white terraces of the Casino, there was a flush in her cheeks and iridescence in her speech very different from a couple of hours before. Swirling Waters Her ruff was of the finest lace, and a row of milk-white pearls clasped her slender throat. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World Only the all-night drug-store on the opposite corner kept up an appearance of wakefulness by means of a corona of milk-white lights that made a brilliant spot in the comparative obscurity of the long thoroughfare. The Mayor of Warwick I would be changèd to a milk-white bull, When midst the gladsome fields she should appear, By pleasant fineness to surprise my dear, Whilst from their stalks, she pleasant flowers did pull. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia Not for nothing had Alice laughed at her sister's longing for a prince, on a milk-white steed, to come riding by. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas There must be neglect somewhere, or else the wool with its milk-white hairs would long before now have imbibed the precious quality of the adorable murex. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Thy daughters bright thy walks adorn, Gay as the gilded summer sky, Sweet as the dewy milk-white thorn, Dear as the raptur’d thrill of joy! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Gifford had stepped over the low box border to a stately bunch of milk-white phlox. John Ward, Preacher So gleams the ivory, inlaid with care In chest of terebinth, or boxwood scrine; And o'er his milk-white neck and shoulders fair, 172 Twined with the pliant gold, streams down the warrior's hair. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Isn't it unusual in one so young and—er—tender and timid that she recalls Keats' dissertation on woman, "she is like a milk-white lamb that bleats for man's protection." Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel There came a night when I leant at ease Against the galley's railing; My thought flew onward to Norway's leas, With the milk-white seagulls sailing. The Feast at Solhoug The princely revel may survey Our rustic dance wi’ scorn; But are their hearts as light as ours, Beneath the milk-white thorn? The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham See how the milk-white hills do gently rise, And beat the silken skies! History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour "Great Gods of Ocean! on whose waves I ride, A milk-white bull upon the shore I vow, And with its entrails will I strew the tide, And on your altars make the wine outflow." The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Yes, I have seen the ghostly policeman and his milk-white horse. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter And it might be depended on he would bring the bride home on the milk-white palfrey, which one of his squires had led by a silver bridle. The Children's Portion Lydia stood watching the carryall, as it moved away from under the milk-white pillars of the restored portico. An Alabaster Box But in a month the chromatic diplomat arrived and entered Madrid at the head of his company, wearing one of the velvet suits, and riding a milk-white charger. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Against the sombre mountains the isolated citadel glowed inly, like a milk-white opal shot with rose. Roads from Rome A regiment of Amazons was drawn up on the green of the parade and a superb gilded coach, drawn by six milk-white horses, stood before them, while two gorgeously apparelled heralds sounded a fanfare. Olympian Nights Once upon a time, there was a fair, forlorn princess on a milk-white steed. Honey-Sweet About this time Lucina's father bought her a beautiful little white horse, like the milk-white palfrey of a princess in a fairy tale, and she rode every day over the county. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Then amid the shouting of the people there appeared, on a milk-white palfrey, Margaret, the Earl's only sister, already famous over all Scotland as "The Fair Maid of Galloway." The Black Douglas A tight little bodice, and a milk-white frock, set off the charms of her person in the best manner. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales The daisy, too, presents you Innocence, "companion of the milk-white lamb," Mr. Miller calls it. Certain Personal Matters We'll go under the elm-tree in the far corner.—And the fair, forlorn princess got off her milk-white steed to pick some berries—and whizz! gallop! off he went and left her. Honey-Sweet My milk-white skin," he said, "has been defaced. Berry And Co. "I am indeed well content to be Thomas Rhymer," he answered, submitting himself to the wooing glamour of her eyes, "so be that you are the Lady of the milk-white hind!" The Black Douglas Rings of short, curly brown hair covered her round head; and small, twinkling blue eyes shone oddly bright in her deeply tanned face, while her frequent smile displayed small, milk-white teeth. The Black Pearl The broad river, milk-white under a dappled sky, stretched south and west. The Mormon Prophet I have seen a beautiful specimen, nearly all milk-white, in Cairo.—Ed. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government "He has mounted her on a milk-white steed, Himself on a dappled gray; And a bugelet-horn hung down by his side As lightly they rode away." Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' Half lost in the hazy horizon, a dim fairy island hung between sky and ocean; while overhead flew the milk-white birds, whose presence inland is said to presage stormy weather. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses There she sate down and plaited herself an overall of rushes and a cap to match, so as to hide her fine clothes, and her beautiful golden hair that was all set with milk-white pearls. English Fairy Tales Where is the purple of my amethysts, the yellow of my topaz, the inimitable sheen of my milk-white pearls? A String of Amber Beads He had hardly got seated when, from the farther side of the tent, there entered a gorgeous carriage drawn by a pair of milk-white horses. The Circus Comes to Town What doth invest a bishop’s breast, But a milk-white spreading hair? Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers "Now for my distinguished friend on the milk-white steed," said Jack, proceeding to adjust his telescopic sight to that individual. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring The gentle Lady married to the Moor, And heavenly Una with her milk-white Lamb. Familiar Quotations He had his face painted with vermilion and his car drawn by milk-white horses. Young Folks' History of Rome A ship, representing the Ship of State, was drawn through the streets of the city by ten milk-white horses. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 60, December 30, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Drusilla looked up quickly, and there was the milk-white face and golden horns of the cow peering through the vines in the window. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories A splendid coach drawn by milk-white horses appeared in the palace grounds. Jewel's Story Book If requisite, strain through cotton wool, but it must not be filtered, as it should have the appearance of a milk-white emulsion. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants "Ah, Leo, you imagine not why?" she said, also laughing, and when she laughed her milk-white teeth shone merrily. Prince Fortunatus Spring goeth all in white, Crowned with milk-white May; In fleecy flocks of light, O'er heaven the white clouds stray. The Hoyden Though she lives in the belt of sunburn, she is white as snow,—milk-white, with hazel eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Beyond in a curling milk-white mist lay the pansy, half a flower—half a face. Kenny Their eyebrows are milk-white, as is likewise the hair of their heads, which is very fine.... The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 We saw a great number of beautiful parakeets, as well as a remarkable hawk of a bright cinnamon colour, with a milk-white head and neck. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 It is far from my purpose to represent Mary of Guise as a kind of stainless Una with a milk-white lamb. A Short History of Scotland She stood looking at a crystal vase on the chimney-piece in which were some winter roses, Christmas roses, fresh and milk-white, that had been sent as a souvenir from yonder Dauphiny. His Excellency the Minister To the right from the dank water of a quarry pool abandoned long since to catfish and willows, a milk-white mist was rising eerily into the moonlight. Kenny Her hair, hastily knotted up in the hurry of the previous night, hung in a thick plait to the curve of her waist; the nape of her neck showed beside it milk-white. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Its body was quite transparent, with the exception of the central canal, which was of a milk-white colour, and terminated in a small sac of the same hue. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 Some milk-white and onyx-eyed, some black and insolent, they sauntered among the open shop fronts, levying toll and obstructing traffic—assured, arrogant, immune.... Far to Seek A Romance of England and India By his side stood a great, tall, milk-white horse, with a long tail and mane tied with party-colored ribbons. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk The turpentine which exudes freely from the bark, is of a milk-white glutinous substance; but it is rather remarkable, that there is none in the timber. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island This was Gertrude White—speaking, walking, smiling, a fire of beauty in her clear eyes; her parted lips when she laughed letting the brilliant light just touch for an instant the milk-white teeth. Macleod of Dare The beads of some substances, for instance those of the alkaline earths, are clear while hot; but upon cooling, are milk-white and enamelled. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations As he spoke a milk-white bull ambled by, plundering at will; his privileged nose adventuring near and nearer to the savoury smell. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India They saw Lord Walter put a great ring on Griselda's finger, and lift her on to a milk-white steed. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories "A milk-white cake hot off the hearthstone, such as my lord the baron loveth so well," and they passed through the stone-flagged passage into the banqueting-room beyond to see the wonders of the Hall. Heiress of Haddon He was presently joined by one as light-footed, but milk-white and slimmer, and both turned their heads as if in question of their master, who had followed close behind them. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Borax and microcosmic salt dissolve glucina and its compounds to a colorless bead which, when overcharged with glucina, or heated with the intermittent flame appears, after cooling, turbid or milk-white. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Often, it is said, on the eve of All-Hallows, do the hound and the milk-white doe meet on the crag—a spectre huntsman in full chase. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He knew the well-dressed man with his milk-white face and overbearing way. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel They gave her a milk-white pony to ride, and sent many servants to take care of her. All About Johnnie Jones In my dreams he was always dressed like a knight, and rode a milk-white steed, waved his hand toward me, and then I always waked up. The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors Fluoride of aluminium melts with carbonate of soda to a clear bead, spreads by cooling, and appears then milk-white. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The Church of Rome is thus represented: A milk-white hind, immortal and unchanged, Fed on the lawns, and in the forest ranged; Without unspotted, innocent within, She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction "And then," went on Willie, frowning at the interruption, "the beautiful queen sends for her milk-white palfrey, and she flies to the distant bedside of the sufferin' knight." Heart's Desire But who, O aged man, is this, who guides his milk-white steeds seated in his chariot? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Two milk-white hands parted the leaves, and a flushed pink-and-white face appeared at the opening. Idle Hour Stories As in borax, but the saturated bead is milk-white. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations That lilac's cleaving cones have burst, The milk-white flowers revealing; Even now upon my senses first Methinks their sweets are stealing. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader They know that in the milk-white fawn they pursue there is an enchanted maiden, and they defend her from the other hounds till Finn arrives. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland In color, he was milk-white, while his nose and the inside of his pointed ears were of a delicate pink. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies Adam's tent was set in the arena of an amphitheatre of hills, upon close, smooth sward sloping down to the lake-margin of milk-white sand. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Heated still more strongly, it becomes milk-white, oxygen is expelled, and it is converted into tellurous acid. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations He was clothed in a robe of white silk, and mounted on a milk-white steed—a circumstance of great importance in the French ceremonial, white being considered as the emblem of sovereignty. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 On our way we went, I upon my horse, and he on another milk-white beast After much travel I asked him where he dwelt and what his name was. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft She opened the case, and taking a diamond necklace of great beauty and value from it, clasped it about the girl's milk-white neck. Mona She was mounted on a milk-white horse, which, she reined with peculiar grace and dignity, and in the whole of her stately and noble carriage you saw the daughter of a hundred kings. From John O'Groats to Land's End If the bead is nearly saturated with the cadmium oxide, it appears milk-white when intermittingly heated. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations It was milk-white, and became translucent in water, like that beautiful variety of opal, the hydrophane. White Shadows in the South Seas Her milk-white hands, both palms and backs, Like ivory dry, and soft as wax. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 Her face was like a flawless pearl, and he had begun to think the soft ruddy rings that crowned her milk-white brow and made her look so youthful, the most beautiful hair in the world. Mona Enormous, freckled with blotches of orange, and terminating in milk-white nails cut to the quick, the fingers were covered with huge rings, the sets of which formed a phalanx. Là-bas If the bead is heated with the intermittent flame, it is milk-white when cold. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations And I shall ride by her side upon a milk-white steed with a star in my crown; they give me this honour as being a christened knight. More English Fairy Tales Here grew narcissus and hyacinths, violets and creeping thyme, and crocus and the crimson rose, as they blossomed on the day when the milk-white bull carried off Europa. In the Wrong Paradise It is in his fine ornamental moods that Tennyson means most to our imaginations nowadays—in the moods of such lines as: Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost. The Art of Letters Some of these gaudy turn-outs are drawn by richly caparisoned, milk-white oxen, with gilded horns. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The sulphate of strontia melts in the oxidation flame upon platinum foil, or upon charcoal, to a milk-white globule. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations But in the third court, all on milk-white steeds, she saw the Queen of Elfland, and by her side a knight with a star in his crown, with right hand gloved and the left bare. More English Fairy Tales A jeweled turban-tiara, milk-white, surmounted his brow, over which waved a copse of Pintado plumes. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The coat is big medicine; moreover thar's the milk-white big medicine bronco with red eyes. Wolfville Nights Broad flights of red sandstone steps lead up to handsome gateways surmounted by rows of small milk-white marble domes or cupolas. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The carbonate and sulphate of strontia melt with soda upon platinum foil to a bead, which is milk-white when cold, but fused upon charcoal they are absorbed. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Then she knew this was her own Tamlane, and springing forward she seized the bridle of the milk-white steed and pulled its rider down. More English Fairy Tales It looked like one of many birds; for half intercepting our view, fell showers of plumage: a flight of milk-white noddies flying downward to the sea. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I There was a military company, a brass band, and a six-horse wagon-load of beautiful damsels in milk-white dresses, representing all the States in the Union. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 I should not have been surprised to see sleek leopards come fawning about our feet, and milk-white deer confront us with human eyes. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 Carbonate of Soda dissolves it upon platinum wire in the oxidation flame with intumescence, to a clear bead, which appears milk-white after cooling. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations "And this, from the same jeweler's," continued madame, while the dressmaker was unfastening the frock, aided by Miriam, anxious that no scratch should mar that milk-white skin. The Fortieth Door The noiseless cloud stole on; its advancing shadow lowering over a distinct and prominent milk-white crest upon the surface of the ocean. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I So Halpin understands the "western flower, before milk-white," that is, innocent, but "now purple with love's wound," as referring to the lady's fall, or to the deeper blush of her husband's murder. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Bees murmured in the milk-white bloom, As babes will sigh for deep content When their sweet hearts for peace make room, As given, not lent. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. |
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