| 单词 | moss-grown |
| 例句 | They found a temple all slimy and moss-grown, but not quite in ruins, and there they gave thanks for their escape and prayed for help in their dreadful loneliness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We were sitting on the lowest step of a high, square tomb, moss-grown and lichen-covered. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z The kitchens were on the other hand, and before her an opening flanked by tall heraldic beasts broke a low wall, built of moss-grown brick. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z A moss-grown bank supplied a bed as comfortable as any spring mattress. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z Once more we were in the region of trees that seemed alive, not merely fossilized and moss-grown. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Immediately under the cliff, and sheltered like a swallow's nest, was the smallest of human habitations; so dark, and old, and moss-grown, that it seemed a part of the rock against which it rested. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z In this yard was a great octagonal basin, celebrated for its excellent tea water, with moss-grown spouts and chained wooden dippers. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In the open space in the centre was a moss-grown fish-pond, and near the house a dignified little company of clipped trees. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The underwood tripped him, the lissom branches of the alders whipped his face and blinded him; once he fell headlong over a moss-grown stone, and picked himself up groaning. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z And on the hill-side above, amidst moss-grown trees and blooming heath, a tall cross had been erected in memory of the recluse whose haven it once had been. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z At one side of the garden is a quaint little building with moss-grown roof and climbing hop-vine—the last slave kitchen left standing in New York—on the other side are rows of homely beehives. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z He sat over on the floor, silent, impassive—like a moss-grown stone. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Ten days later another nest was found saddled on the topmost horizontal limb of a dead and moss-grown stub; only about seven feet from the ground, and exposed to the full force of the sun. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Young pines, a foot high, are rooted in the cart-way; stone walls, moss-grown and tumbling down. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The more she pondered--a slow, tall figure pacing among the moss-grown tombs, under the stately criptomerias--the more plain her duty seemed. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z His trail was now an easy one, an old and moss-grown "tote-road" of the lumbermen. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z It was one of those noisy, rushing mountain torrents, brown with flowing over the peat, and full of great moss-grown boulders, with smooth round stones between. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z In some places the trees were of a great height and girth, making a gloom over the huge moss-grown granite rocks strewing the earth and edging the little stream.... Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z It is a dead-alive, moss-grown settlement, situated on a prairie, through which the river has cut a deep channel. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z It was a tight bit of work, struggling upwards under a tropical rain over the slippery moss-grown blocks, every cranny and projection thickly studded with creeping plants. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z They entered the road, dark with double hedge-rows, and with a moss-grown park-wall on the right, in which, in a little time, they reached a great iron gate with fluted pillars. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Vernon tied his horse to the gate of the garden, walked up the moss-grown path between clipped bushes of box, and knocking with the handle of his riding-whip on the heavy door, waited. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Well dear, it’s a rum world, and to quote another moss-grown chestnut—you never know your luck. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The current had torn for itself a jagged bed through the heart of a dense and moss-grown forest. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Julie walked across the intervening space and reached the moss-grown stone steps that led to a great arched doorway. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Until the extraordinarily dry season of 1893 the moss-grown block at the very head of the chimney had never been climbed. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z But even then, if the symbol of our redemption is there, 'the very stones will cry out,' and though time-worn and moss-grown, will declare that it is a Christian's burial-place. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z Through several ravines the water, pouring over moss-grown stones, fell in miniature cascades, with a musical murmur, over rocks shaded by low trees, and grey with variegated mosses and the elegant maiden's hair. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z S. Domenico may be entered by the door just visible on the left, to reach which one toils up a long flight of moss-grown steps. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Opening and shutting those ample lips, volumes of smoke roll out, like discharges from the side of a moss-grown battery, the very beau ideal of all that is exquisite in "tobaccoing." Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Here, instead of climbing out to the sky line on the left side, the ascent of the gill itself was completed by climbing the vertical moss-grown wall on the right. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z Here were found only a few circles of stones, the sites of tenting-places, but so moss-grown as to be of great age. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Seated on a moss-grown stone near the dry bed of the stream which had fed Ann's pool before the drought, she found herself taking the most morbid view of her condition. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z They were now so close to the cabin that if any one had been talking aloud inside those old moss-grown walls the boys could not have failed to hear the sounds. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z Annette's home, which the two tired little travellers reached at last, was a quaint cottage, the steep moss-grown roof looking twice the height of its walls. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z It was not uncommon to see a wretched tumble-down-looking house supporting itself against the palace of a grandee, displaying its checkered, moss-grown, weather-stained tiling in mockery of the marble and sculpture of its next-door neighbour. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z They found the coast still fringed with islets, and deeply indented; upon every point, moss-grown circles of stones indicated the abodes of Esquimaux in times long since gone by. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z It was built long ago when the Russians owned the country, and even now you may visit the moss-grown Castle, where the governors always lived. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z He was sitting on a damp, moss-grown boulder, and a stout woman, with strands of gray hair falling limply and dankly about her face, was addressing him in piteous tones. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z It is not moss-grown or decrepit in any way, which fact, considering its years, is perhaps remarkable. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Yes, dear, you may drag in those moss-grown and mouldering old officials as much as you please to show me that it isn't only a pack of women, but I'm not in the least impressed. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z And where the aged, moss-grown sundial lies, The peacock pert unfolds his wheel-rim tail, Showing a hundred jewelled Argus eyes: With harsh, shrill cry he bids the day "All hail." The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z Nothing in Lima is of more interest than this hoary, unique, moss-grown bridge. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A lonely moss-grown hatch, which stands in a quiet shady corner not far from the lake, is a favourite resort of the kingfishers. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z When the girls reached the wood with its cool, damp shade, moss-grown paths, and running brooklet, they set to work with renewed vigor to hunt for specimens. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z She stood on the moss-grown steps, shut out from her own house, and no voice answered her call. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Ancient Jewish tombs are there, moss-grown and half covered with sand. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Leland wondered vaguely how the harvesting and threshing were progressing in his own far distant country, as he leant on the moss-grown wall of the terrace beneath the old house of Barrock-holme. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z It was built of stone, and is very much moss-grown. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z There was a sun-dial in the center of the garden, and every now and then one spied an old stone bench, crumbling and moss-grown, through the tangle of vines and shrubs. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z The rough precipices, dripping with spray, pressed close about him, shutting him into the cool, moss-grown ravine, through which no patch of blue sky was visible, no sunbeam stole. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z A husband and wife, both young, are reflecting on the fact that they have each buried love under some tomb now moss-grown and forgotten. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z “Likely enough it’ll be my bounden duty to become moss-grown now,” he answered with a laugh. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z When I last saw it, the sunshine had glowed upon the gables and mullions of a goodly mansion; the clear starlight now only showed a moss-grown ruin. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Its moss-grown penthouse, crumbling walls, and ruinous porch, made it an interesting and picturesque object. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z A few detached trees come half-way down the valley bank to meet the gnarled, moss-grown Thorns and the silver-green Junipers. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z In this pastoral landscape there was no sound louder than the lap of the water, or the flowing gurgle of the pigeons straggling from one to another moss-grown ledge. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z When the days grew bleaker and the nights colder, he took refuge in a corner within the gray walls of the moss-grown castle of his ancestors, the old Seigneurs. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Pleasant cottages arose, like enchantment, all over her vast estates; school-houses reared their modern fronts among the moss-grown buildings of past times. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The son was very emphatic; it was what everyone did, the only way to keep up-to-date and advertise the business, and Eliphalet must not become moss-grown. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Then he climbed the steps, moss-grown and grey. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Then Romeias quickly turned round again, shouldered his spear,--dropped it, took it up again, then stumbled and finally managed to complete his retreat, after which he vanished behind the moss-grown stems. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Many a green grave lay there bathed in the sunbeams; and many a simple stone, moss-grown and discolored, looked brighter on this brilliant day. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z He could hear the familiar voice of the clown, the crack of the ringmaster's whip, and the clown's comical cry of pain, followed by the moss-grown jests Charles had heard hundreds of times. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z “I see a row of stones, broken images, grey, with moss-grown feet.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Before Mrs. Janney bought Grasslands the path had become moss-grown, almost obliterated. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Gramps laid his tackle on a moss-grown rock and turned to Bud. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z A veritable riot of dank undergrowth was massed beneath giant trees and around green, moss-grown boulders. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z He was almost startled by the intensity of his own feelings, as he bent down and kissed the little ungloved hand lying on the moss-grown stonework of the bridge. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Now when he came to his house he found four lonely walls, moss-grown. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z This short passage terminated in two tall brick piers, surmounted by worn and moss-grown balls of stone. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z From farm and castle full a mile away, Near to an ancient tree—a Druid oak— The old well stands—its waters deep and pure— Its moss-grown stones much worn by age and use. Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en 2011-02-28T03:00:33.577Z But, from his earliest remembrance, �thra used to go with little Theseus into a wood, and sit down upon a moss-grown rock, which was deeply sunk into the earth. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z The place was very still: and Roland Lansdell, lolling idly with his back against the moss-grown wall, had ample leisure for contemplation. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Hoary junipers stretch their moss-grown branches fantastically over the lawn; and at the further extremity of the enclosure rise the mouldering remains of the palace of Zára Yácoob. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z He passed through the rusty iron gate, which creaked mournfully, and then stood before the old place, which looked more gloomy, moss-grown, and damp than ever. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z And after that, beside a moss-grown well— Could that be Myra's?—kneeling on the curb, Her golden hair half-silvered by the moon, And violet eyes lit up by love divine, His Ada—his! Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en 2011-02-28T03:00:33.577Z Wanda had taken off her straw hat with its plain black ribbon, and sat down on one of the moss-grown stones. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z It formed a kind of natural park, to which the moss-grown rocks, detached from their mountain-home in some ancient avalanche, and lying scattered here and there, lent a romantic charm. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Under their influence the grey moss-grown figures about the Nixies' Well seemed to grow into life, to move to and fro behind their humid screen of falling water. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Fresher than his companion, the young coachman quickly overtook Laurence, and the two coursed along in the direction of the venerable moss-grown warning stone. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z Passing out of the door at the rear, one comes upon a courtyard with moss-grown flagging that leads directly to the garden itself, fragrant with the incense of old-time blooms. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The dentist murmured something about moss-grown jokes, and the hostess asked why husbands and lovers were excluded. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z In a little opening among the moss-grown trunks of the trees, I soon saw something that frightened me. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z At length we emerged on a large platform, where at first we saw no one among the tall grass and the moss-grown rocks. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z It wasn't recently; the stump was old and moss-grown. Stranded in Arcady While considering the subject of dampness, it is well to examine the roof and see how much it leaks under the moss-grown shingles. Remodeled Farmhouses As he rode up to the moss-grown ramparts, eight sounded from the belfries of Wartenstein, and he counted on being able to quit the town quite early, and so escape awkward questions. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers It was a dead world of surpassing beauty and refinement: a series of crumbling arches and moss-grown fragments of gigantic walls. Glories of Spain He found a great moss-grown boulder and half lay, half sat on it. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The old, low, moss-grown houses were still set in wide, green gardens, wherein grew beet-root and onions, while the hop twined itself and clustered thickly along the wooden fencing. Yiddish Tales It was twilight when they came away from the moss-grown altar in the forest, his arm around his sweetheart, and the faces of both wet with happy tears. The Master's Violin They made a curious trio as they covered the stretch of road that led to Orristown and passed between the heavy moss-grown piers of the big gate, entering the deep shade of the avenue. The Gambler A Novel Above the arches and pillars are walls of amazing thickness, with windows and projections, all ending in moss-grown, crumbling outlines. Glories of Spain This was quickly followed by burning indignation at being locked in, so that her sphere of usefulness was limited to the narrow confines of the mouldy moss-grown chamber. A Traitor's Wooing The great moss-grown rocks in the bed of the stream were covered with equal profusion. The Unveiling of Lhasa Weather-worn and moss-grown, it must have stood for the whole of the five and twenty years. The Master's Violin Every decayed stump and moss-grown stone and rush of the dead leaves of autumn are p. 95concealed by a clean napkin of snow. The Vagabond in Literature The cottages were thatched, and some were moss-grown, and all the canton wore the appearance of simple contentment, virtue, and thrift. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Come out to the stable—it is not far; The moss-grown door is hanging ajar. From Bull Run to Appomattox "Is not this better than ambition, love?" said I. "Are not leafy groves, these moss-grown paths, more peaceful than the high-roads of fame?" Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) "Yes—yes—the old mill has, I suppose, become an object of antiquity; we must think of it now as venerable, moss-grown." East Angels It was not very promising at first, but when I had passed the last row of houses and found myself hemmed in by green, moss-grown walls, my spirits rose. Windyridge The base of one of the towers, mouldering and moss-grown, now only remains. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia I stopped and sat down on a great moss-grown stone. Seven Frozen Sailors What in God’s name, Joe, possesses you to sing about moss-grown wells and cool English water, and that sort of thing? Tales of South Africa By the time they were off the moss-grown natural stairway it was nearly dark. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Its towers and pillared front of defaced and moss-grown stone call back associations of centuries gone by. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time On raising our eyes to the moss-grown parapet, we beheld a figure sitting upon it that bore a very striking resemblance to the pictures in the Spanish Museum at Madrid of the early Aztec princes. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Ivan laid her upon the soft turf, and pillowed her head upon the stump of a moss-grown tree. Black Diamonds The ground beneath the stiff branches and between the gray, ragged, twisted trunks was grotesquely humped with moss-grown roots and pitted with pools of black water. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life And suddenly I saw that there was a rock just beyond us—an enormous moss-grown rock. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself A rose vine, very ancient, covered the small porch and the black, old, moss-grown roof. The Mountain Girl The saint or moralist should tread This moss-grown alley, musing, slow, They seek like me the secret shade, But not, like me, to nourish woe! The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes At last �geus took �thra to a lonely glen in the woods, where, beside a little mountain stream, lay a great moss-grown boulder that an earthquake, long ago, had shaken from the rocky cliff above. Tales of Troy and Greece I had an ancient moss-grown magnolia chopped down and cut into slabs, some thirty of which I planted with orchid-seed and kept sprayed. The Woodlands Orchids It should have had a set of turbines, instead of the ancient, moss-grown, overshot waterwheels. Lord Stranleigh Abroad Everything betokened neglect and ruin; even the sundial had fallen across the walk, and lay moss-grown and forgotten; as though to say that Time had no need of a record there. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II The iron enclosure, of simple workmanship, was nearly overgrown by the green ivy, which had been planted there by Gertrude's hand, and the moss-grown rock was festooned by its tendrils. The Lamplighter There were two towers of the castle left standing, and they gave upon a broad terrace of which the escarpment was gone to soft decay, moss-grown and beautiful. Francezka It was built of rough stones, and covered with a moss-grown roof. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures "Your father says the spring has stopped flowing," he said, pushing aside the ferns where the rocks were yet slimy and moss-grown. Stories of the Foot-hills Through dell and brake; through endless twilight maze of black tree-trunks; over moss-grown patches, and roots and stumps reeking with the growth of rank fungus. In the Brooding Wild Here, finding a rustic seat at the foot of a gnarled and moss-grown apple-tree, they take possession of it. Rossmoyne At the very top was placed a statue of Petrarch, and on one side of it was a moss-grown marble bench, and on the other, an ancient sun-dial. Francezka Experience has taught you to make a small but hot fire, and when this is well under way you kick open a rotted, moss-grown cedar and scoop up handfuls of damp mould. The So-called Human Race He threw it open—not without a misgiving at the moss-grown wall overhead. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The water falls with pleasant cadence into a small basin set upon a base of moss-grown rockwork. The Sign of Silence Swiftly they climbed the moss-grown sides of church and convent, and glided over the dull white walls of prison and monastery alike. Carmen Ariza Their moss-grown remains, still visible here and there, are as unmistakable as the footprints of the huge wading birds in the red sandstone of Middletown and Chatham. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The cathedral of Havana, on Empedrado Street, is a structure of much interest, its rude pillared front of defaced and moss-grown stone plainly telling of the wear of time. Due South or Cuba Past and Present It was twisted, gnarled, and low; and its long branches, which would have reached the ground, were upheld, like the arms of some dying patriarch, by supports, themselves old and moss-grown. Robinetta While the suffragists were never in doubt of ratification they were genuinely surprised to find a few real enemies in the House and to hear some of the moss-grown arguments of 1911. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI Here and there were piles of rock, crimson and green and golden, resembling the moss-grown, ivy-covered castles of the olden time. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West Under his name and age, cut deep in the moss-grown stone, were the words: "Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear." Jan and Her Job There are a score, more or less, of broken, moss-grown statues, stone balustrades, and stone capitals lying among the luxuriant vegetation, indicating what was once here. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The Augustinians, legend says, were the first to cultivate the apple in Devonshire, and the ruins still disclose the moss-grown "apple-garth." England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel How these Mexican markets swarm with people and glow with color, backed by moss-grown walls and ruined archways! Aztec Land The party seemed in high spirits, as from his dormer window Mauville, adjusting his attire, peered through the lattice over the edge of the moss-grown roof and leaf-clogged gutters and surveyed their preparations for departure. The Strollers Many a fall he had over slippery, moss-grown logs, and his face was bleeding from scratches received while rushing through the bushes. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Grandly the great arch lifted over the old moss-grown roof. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 There was a priory at Ulverscroft, not far from Bradgate, and some picturesque moss-grown remains still exist, said to be the finest ruin in Leicestershire. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The crumbling stones of the balustrade were moss-grown, as was the slender body of the bronze Mercury, poised for flight and dark against the pale illimitable blue of the December sky. Olive in Italy A fox had his “earth” in the shrubbery beyond the moss-grown pathway leading from the door to the gate at the end of the drive. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Long, melancholy alleys and avenues, with huge, moss-grown stone figures and groups guarding the terraces or keeping fantastic watch over the stone tanks, on whose surfaces floated the lazy water-lilies. The First Violin A Novel She sat gazing out into the little moss-grown courtyard below, watching for Ralph’s coming. The White Lie These were old and moss-grown, and save for ourselves the valleys were deserted. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' "Let us pray," he said, and rising, knelt by the side of a moss-grown log. The Silver Maple Many were moss-grown and decayed, with their extremities snapped short off, and those in the immediate vicinity of the fall were slippery with moisture. Typee Great moss-grown gods and goddesses, and strange hybrid beasts, and fauns and satyrs, and all so silent and forlorn, with the lush grass and heavy fern growing rank and thick under the stately trees. The First Violin A Novel The voices outside were now raised, and he could hear the tramp of several other men over the moss-grown stones of the weedy courtyard. The White Lie Grass-grown cellar excavations, moss-grown stones and bits of walls; little else; but a number of those lying soft and sunny in the September light. Nobody At the end of one of the yew walks was a rusty astrolabe on a moss-grown marble pedestal, and by this he found her. In Brief Authority The first day they drove to the old mill and spent the entire forenoon gathering lilies and watching the great wheel that dripped and clattered between its moss-grown walls. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Good-by old Abo, with your ancient church, and your moss-grown streets, and deserts of houses—I feel sorry for you, but I can’t help it! The Land of Thor He knew her favourite spots here and presently came on her huddled up on an old moss-grown stone seat, her head in her arms. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker On the very tick of the minute he was there at the old moss-grown lych-gate, and there Miss Lorne found him when she drove up in Lady Drood's pony phaeton a little time afterward. Cleek, the Master Detective There was one there, an old moss-grown, wooden slab, once painted white. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Arched stone bridges, old and moss-grown, came into view, spanning small water-courses, on their way from the mountains to join more pretentious streams. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months I looked at the stone enclosure, partly moss-grown. The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit In the middle, the same stone benches topped a circle of four steps that ran down to a fish-pond with moss-grown flags. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin We now travelled with more briskness, not only lured by the chance of coming up with the herd of rein-deer, but pursued by the moss-grown phantom of a mountain couch. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Its wide weather-boards were broken and falling; the red paint they had once known had become a mere memory, its shingles were moss-grown and curling, the grass was uncut. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm The temple is built upon a lofty plateau, reached by climbing many broad stone steps, slippery, moss-grown, and of centuries in age. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Two or three of the birds were scolding earnestly right about my feet, as it were, and their cries redoubled, or so I imagined, when I approached a certain large, moss-grown stump. Birds in the Bush Next came a moss-grown wall, of a height above the ordinary, supported by buttresses and bristling with broken glass. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin The sun was low in the heavens, and long shadows lay across the brilliant patches of flowers, half wild, half cultivated, and on the moss-grown walks. The New Tenant Her Walt uttered a guttural greeting in the Taal, and displayed uncared-for and moss-grown teeth in the smile that Emigration Jane found strangely fascinating. The Dop Doctor Still further up, the hills are covered with dark, moss-grown gravestones, bearing curious characters engraven upon them, and marking the sleeping-places of bygone generations. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands To a long, gaunt, white, empty house, a circle of ancient moss-grown walls, a circle of old, wind-bent, leafless beeches, with the whole world of earliest Rome misty below, and thin clouds passing rapidly overhead. The Spirit of Rome In the afternoon of a glorious summer's day, exactly three weeks after leaving London, I stood beside the newly filled grave of my mother in the moss-grown old churchyard of Davenham Minster. The Message This was a private arrangement and very ingenious, and away we trotted merrily through the pines, the earth, moss-grown and fern-strewn, intersected here and there by massive boulders of rock. Through Finland in Carts Grumer, with his Brigade, was guarding the Drifts, and when the Relief might be expected was now a moss-grown topic of general conversation in Gueldersdorp. The Dop Doctor Here and there upon the roadsides moss-grown shrines bearing sacred emblems are observed, before which women, but rarely men, are seen bending. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Even the moss-grown roof had been swept by Fayette, standing barefooted and unsupported on the sloping shingles, while he vigorously attacked them. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life To the right, amongst the trees, you will find an old moss-grown bench, upon which I have often sat in happier days than these. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. When, on a clear day, the children climb to the top stage of the moss-grown and vine-clad church tower, there are joyous exclamations. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere The sunlight fell in shimmering, golden patches upon the moss-grown and leaf-covered ground. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Some of these, to be sure, are crumbling and deserted, with the word decay written in their aspect, but even in their moss-grown and neglected condition they are intensely interesting. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands From behind the gorse bushes, from between the moss-grown boulders, from beneath the dark foliage of the Scotch firs, there peeped at her a ghost. The Girls of St. Olave's A moss-grown and slippery stairway leads to the green twilight of a subterranean grotto, containing the richly-carved stone bedstead of the Sultan, who sought this cool retreat from the ardour of a tropical sun. Through the Malay Archipelago Here a spring of clear, cool, sparkling water gurgled out from underneath a moss-grown rock in the hill-side, and here they halted. Burl Even feudal and moss-grown England is not entirely ignorant of an occasional bath-tub in the home. What I Saw in America The mouldering and moss-grown base of one of its towers is all that now remains. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands For some moments, with grave faces and in silence, the two young men sat motionless, the mind of each trying to conceive what life must be behind those rusted bars and moss-grown walls. The White Mice A curious relic of primitive days remains in the al fresco Throne of Judgment, a block of stone beneath a rudely-tiled canopy, moss-grown and hoary. Through the Malay Archipelago The city visitors did not make proper allowance for the rapidity with which, in a damp, dense forest, everything made of wood becomes moss-grown and decays. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine It shades the city's paven way, Where redbreast knows the white moon's ray; It sentinels the moss-grown homestead, And waits the men of a coming day. Song-waves As they went on, the footing grew very rough; they were obliged to go over heaps and layers of the crumbling, moss-grown ruins. The Old Helmet, Volume I No special course of reading has been pursued, the thoughts being culled from foreign and native tongues—from the moss-grown tomes of ancient literature and the verdant fields of to-day. Pearls of Thought In places the water splashed over moss-grown rocks into deep pools. The Crack of Doom It was a ring, attached to a circular piece of wood, rusty and moss-grown, so that in appearance there was little to distinguish it from the undergrowth. The Hero of Garside School Vixen blindfolded him, asked him the usual question about his father's stable, and then sent him spinning amongst the moss-grown beeches, groping his way fearfully, with outstretched arms, amidst shrillest laughter and noisest delight. Vixen, Volume I. In the first ages after Christ, the newborn element of thought was a pure and beautiful spring, bubbling up from the moss-grown ruins of the temple of heathendom. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy They at least are to be had for 288 the buying, and I’ve decided there’s no excuse for letting the channels of my mind get moss-grown. The Prairie Mother They were moss-grown, much dilapidated, and apparently of great age. From Paris to New York by Land And again he settled himself comfortably on the moss-grown stump, and drew Joan's head into an easier position against his shoulder. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls The Duc de Bourbon added to the flanking wings of the Petit Chateau and cleaned up the débris which was fast becoming moss-grown, weed encumbered and altogether disgraceful. Royal Palaces and Parks of France They brought the canoe carefully in to the shore, landing on a sloping rock which was moss-grown above the mark of the last flood. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Slime from the moss-grown stones was on Wilhelmine's dress, and deep red marks of rust from the waterworks' lever had stained the breast of her gown where she had pressed on the bar. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Narrow paths full of dead leaves ran here and there through the woods, but he took none of these, keeping straight on toward the northwest until a high, moss-grown wall checked his progress. Barbarians He led me towards the object lying on the old moss-grown tomb, and I could not summon the words to ask him who it was. A Queen's Error The street begins with an excellent imitation of Bishopsgate, one of the City gates, with moss-grown walls, and statues of Bishop William the Norman, and of Alfred the Great and Aldred. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) He jumped into the ditch, climbed half up the mound, and began to cut away at one of the rods, leaning his left arm on the moss-grown stole. Wood Magic A Fable She was resting on a moss-grown seat, and the gentle breeze played over her brow. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Blind Sorrel was lying by the moss-grown horse-trough, at the gate. Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family On landing at the Anda monument, you find the gray walls and the moss-grown battlements of the old garrison—a winding driveway leading across the swampy moat and disappearing through the mediæval city gate. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia The lowly threshold worn, The moss-grown roof, the casements left forlorn. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Instead of a neat cottage the midwife perceives the large overhanging branches of an ancient oak, whose hollow and moss-grown trunk she had before mistaken for the fireplace, where glow-worms supplied the place of lamps. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology He took her up the moss-grown steps at the end of the courtyard, and out on to the rampart. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg I fought hard for life and held my breath, and when a spar of moss-grown bowlder loomed suddenly in front of me, I caught it with both arms and held it fast. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada Beau Rivage, old and moss-grown at the close of the war, fell into rapid decline after the tragedy of that April night. Waring's Peril "What did you see?" asked Billie, seating herself on a moss-grown log. The Fifth Ace There were two small windows in the gable ends, but in front the eaves overhung the doorway and the windows and were broken and moss-grown. A Little Girl in Old New York Now, I don't know what a Castellonian Spring is, but that was the word he used, and that he was turned into a live-oak tree, old and moss-grown. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills The road Luke chose was a rough, unfrequented lane, that skirted, for nearly a mile, the moss-grown palings of the park. Rookwood Jack had halted at the foot of a perpendicular wall of moss-grown rock, and set the example, after disturbing the grass and ferns at the foot, of sitting down, and Ned lay at full length. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy It is a branch, gathered from that prettiest feature of mountain scenery,—a moss-grown fir-tree. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 “And there, with awful rites, the hoary priest, Beside that moss-grown heathen altar stood, His dusky form in magic cincture dressed, And made the offering to his hideous god.” The Island Home Here moss-grown trees expand the smallest leaf, Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. To him the very mention of stone moss-grown walks, a sundial, roses, and green lawn conjures up a vision of delight. The Book-Hunter at Home He sits beneath his jasmined porch, His stick between his knees, His eyes fixed vacant On his moss-grown trees. The Listeners and Other Poems The crossings are formed of logs, often moss-grown. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 I thought of the moss-grown marae in the dark wood, with its hideous idols, its piles of human bones, and its hoary priest—fit minister of such a religion. The Island Home Patches of gold sunlight lay under the orchard trees, level rays flowed heavily through the branches and rested on the moss-grown stones. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport He moved moodily after her, and stood looking down at the pathway, tracing haphazard figures on its moss-grown surface with the cane he carried. Despair's Last Journey Soft, on the morrow, they are gone; His garden then will be Denser and shadier and greener, Greener the moss-grown tree. The Listeners and Other Poems Love flies the haunts of pomp and power, To find the calm retreat; Loathing he leaves the velvet couch, To seek the moss-grown seat. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Of the once graceful marble beauty and the incense-steeped stones of sacrifice nothing remained but moss-grown shapeless fragments, buried beneath a pall of leaves by twice a thousand autumns. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida She opened the gate, and by a narrow, moss-grown path through the bushes, came to the door. The Sins of Séverac Bablon In a minute or less he came upon a moss-grown way cut through the wood along the side of the mountain—the old Cariboo Track men used before the days of the railway. Despair's Last Journey All local and practical topics were to be dropped, as soon as the moss-grown griffins who guarded the Garden of Forgetfulness were passed. The Daughters of Danaus “Make mouth bad,” Quong said, and he climbed up to where a tiny spring trickled down over a moss-grown rock so slowly that it took ten minutes to fill our kettle. To The West Our peons having taken charge of our mules and horses, and led them to a shed adjoining the grey and moss-grown tambo, we entered the building. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas At last after many halts we reached the piled-up mass of rocks known as the Beacon—a huge heap of moss-grown grey fragments that stood on the very crest of the ridge. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore Now they had to climb over or round some mass of lava that looked comparatively new as seen beside fragments that were moss-grown and fringed with orchids and ferns. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle They accordingly seated themselves upon a great moss-grown rock, and partook of the contents of the basket with all the appetite of healthy people who had passed a long morning in the fresh pure air. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Still in silence he began to drop down the face of the hill, and sometimes climbing over moss-grown rocks, sometimes wading waist-high in the river itself, he made his way to the heap of debris. A Mating in the Wilds Its bare walls rose gaunt and black out of the ground, not out of a heap of tumbled moss-grown masonry, or covered over with ivy. Boycotted And Other Stories Must be some moss-grown, peaceful spot, where a man can grow up so innocent and simple, and yet have the stuff in him Uncle Jimmy must have had. Shorty McCabe on the Job Rabbi Jeiteles wiping his perspiring brow with a large red handkerchief, sat down upon a moss-grown log and bade the boy sit at his side. Rabbi and Priest A Story Huge areas of northern Siberia are occupied by tundras—moss-grown, marshy steppes, with little animal life, frozen hard as stone in winter and thawed during the short summer into dangerous swamps. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It106 was a pretty walk across a bit of moorland, through the heather and bracken, here and there a moss-grown rock, here and there across the path a tiny trickling stream with stepping-stones. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Page 319: 'isn't it a changed to 'Isn't it a Page 342: by a moss-grown wall. changed to by a moss-grown wall.' Chatterbox, 1905. Far as eye could scan were only domed rocks like petrified billows, dank valleys moss-grown and scrubby, hillsides bare as slate; "This land should not be called earth," remarked Cartier. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom In the churchyard were a few scattered tombstones, moss-grown, and very much awry. The Statesmen Snowbound My garden was very pleasant, and in it was a summer house at the end of a moss-grown walk. The Great War As I Saw It The salary advanced paid off the moss-grown debts of his disappointed past, but he never reached the scene of his new venture. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward But a Humble Bee Said, 'As for me, My love is true To the Cornflowers blue, And Violets hid by a moss-grown wall.' Chatterbox, 1905. A few minutes later Kayak Bill filled the coffee pot from a small crystal spring that trickled from the hillside into a sunken, moss-grown barrel, and placed it over a bonfire Boreland had made. Where the Sun Swings North "And a thing isn't romantic just because it's moss-grown!" continued the child of the studios, warming to his subject. Phantom Wires A Novel It was an ancient sarcophagus, placed there as a fountain, but the spring that had fed it was dry, and in its moss-grown mouth a bird had made its nest. The Eternal City The roof was of moss-grown red tiles, and Cairn could imagine how the moonlight would readily find access through the chinks which beyond doubt existed in the weather-worn structure. Brood of the Witch-Queen The Infanta watched her companions play hide and seek round the stone vases and the old moss-grown statues of the garden. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs It was old, so old that the Greek cross at the head was moss-grown, broken and decayed. Where the Sun Swings North How soothing was the ceaseless plash of that little stream, fretting its moss-grown banks and dashing in miniature surge against the stones in its path! Under the Trees and Elsewhere Then the people of France sprang to arms and overthrew the moss-grown tyranny of feudal times. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III This was immediately agreed to, and they took their seats on a moss-grown rock, a short distance from which a little streamlet descended in a murmuring cascade. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan As the traveller reached the old moss-grown bridge he paused for a minute or two, and looked down at the broad deep trench. Hayslope Grange A Tale of the Civil War Oh, I was telling you how We were looking for wintergreen berries; 'Twas one bright morning in May, And the moss-grown rocks were slippery With the rains of yesterday. Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" We discovered moss-grown paths which led into the very heart of the Forest, and we pressed on silently from one green recess to another until all memory of the sunnier world faded out of mind. Under the Trees and Elsewhere A moss-grown path led straight into the heart of a jungle where sweet olive, banana trees, and palms grew in a matted mass. Ralestone Luck But, to her surprise, she could find no door—nothing but the moss-grown wall of the cottage. The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories Good-by, pleasant pond and moss-grown log, we hope to see you often again. The Insect Folk He was unconscious of it, however, and strode on in silence, until they reached a rough-built, moss-grown bridge, and here they both stopped as if by mutual consent. By Berwen Banks God seemed nearer in the little church at home, which, nestled down among the grassy mounds and moss-grown headstones, seemed always pointing to a life beyond. Choice Readings for the Home Circle The covering between them was fashioned of layers of silk painted with a scene of the bayou country, with the moss-grown oaks and encroaching swamp all carefully depicted. Ralestone Luck O that that were grey and moss-grown like the others! Queechy, Volume II He leaned up against the moss-grown wall, looking back into the darkness of the lane. The Golden Scorpion The moss-grown aristocracy were aware in a lifeless, lofty way of Patrick Henry Hanway, and tolerating while they despised him as one without an origin, permitted him his place in the legislature. The President A novel The sunflowers nodded their heads so tall, The dahlias smiled 'neath the moss-grown wall, The three little maids outdid them all. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 The great belt of fir-trees beyond it, the sheltering evergreens on the nearer side, the tiers of grey, moss-grown steps that encompassed it about, all found their image again upon its smooth and untroubled surface. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance Almost in front of the house is a large boulder, moss-grown and venerable. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua The stranger looked up with a laugh from the moss-grown cattle trough beside which he was standing, and his eyes—of a peculiar dark blue—glanced merrily into the bleared ones of old Adam. The Miller Of Old Church The native State of Patrick Henry Hanway was a moss-grown member of the republic and had been one of the original thirteen. The President A novel Here," he said, indicating some dilapidated moss-grown stones, "are a number of totally-forgotten English graves. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Everything round one is unhurried, quiet, moss-grown, and orderly. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country A colossal red gateway and a flight of moss-grown steps lead to the main entrance flanked by the great stone foxes which guard every temple of Inari, and symbolize the goddess worshipped under their form. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The man stood a few paces away, watching these two beautiful creatures as they sat in the hazy autumn sunlight, with their background of weeds and moss-grown paling. A Dozen Ways Of Love The paths were all green and moss-grown, and the roses were almost choked with bindweed. Milly Darrell and Other Tales I roam the meadow where the violets grow, I watch the shadows o'er the mountain creep; I bathe my feet where sparkling fountains flow, Or bow my head on moss-grown rocks to sleep. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 Innocent of paint, its dingy shingles and moss-grown roof assimilated with the gray tint of the old stone fences and the granite boulders that rise from the surrounding pasture land. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales He ran down the dry bed of the stream, and past the silent moss-grown wheel, breathing a sigh of relief when he came out into an open field beyond. Ole Mammy's Torment We passed a moss-grown shrine where a quaint old image looked out across the lake rimmed with flaming azaleas, and on its waters a family of long-legged cranes consulted with each other. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan Passing down a shady lane my attention was arrested by a rotten moss-grown garden door, at the sight of which memory leaped backwards for four or five years. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Fastening his horse to the moss-grown paling, Algernon proceeded to knock at the door. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers Here it revelled in unwonted fury, ripping up the loose shingles from the moss-grown rooftree, and forcing an entrance through many a yawning crevice. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall, Nor ever lead the merry dance, Among the groves of Cumnor Hall. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Go to a lone house at Lambeth, with moss-grown steps down to the water's edge. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot Entering the gate, the judge followed the walk of moss-grown stones leading to the church steps, and paused within hearing of the voice, which went on in an abstracted drawl. The Voice of the People They strolled along the moss-grown path, past the house, aside into the garden, its tangle of flowers and shrubbery rich with neglected bloom and sweet with all manner of scents—sweet-william, larkspur, clove-pink. Mrs. Red Pepper Wait at the creek by the moss-grown log Till the blood of a slain day reddens the West. The Glugs of Gosh On his way he comes to a moss-grown bench at the foot of a mighty elm,—the bench on which he sat with Helen during the stirring moments of their last interview. Idolatry A Romance The outer walls still stood, completely encircled by a moat, the only entrance being by way of the drawbridge which, to judge by its moss-grown edges, had not been raised for many a day. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow The underwood tripped him, the lissom branches of the alders whipped his face and blinded him; once he fell headlong over a moss-grown stone, and picked himself up groaning. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Step by step they approached the decaying moss-grown door of the sacred inclosure; that silent, mournful march of spectres under the dim grey light of early morning was a gaunt and fearful sight. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales It is all covered with ivy, and the stones are moss-grown, and the gray walls show through in places, and in the setting sun they flame with crimson; you've no idea how beautiful it is! Gritli's Children Grey and moss-grown, it was deeply imbedded in the soil, and to all appearance had rested undisturbed for many a year. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Farther down, on the slope of the hill, was the well with its moss-grown 90 Bucket, fastened with iron, and near it a trough for the horses. Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study He clambered over a rugged, moss-grown wall, and stood, gazing expectantly down the dark, disused roadway; then, after a moment's hesitation, perceiving nobody, seated himself beneath the wall, on a projecting slab of stone. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship "Hullo, Chaldea," he said leisurely, and leaning against one of the moss-grown monoliths, "what are you doing here?" Red Money But he beheld nothing, save the wild features of nature, and the moss-grown roof of the old mill, almost hid by the intervening trees: he heard no sound except the uninterrupted roaring of the torrent. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times High stone walls, hoary and moss-grown, ran round the gardens and courts, except on the side of the river, where there was a terrace overlooking the stream, and forming a pleasant summer's walk. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest We had come to a lonely farm-house, its roofs moss-grown and sunken, the grass knee-high about it. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories In front of this wreck of a building stretched the overgrown remains of what once had been a terrace, bounded by large stone globes, now moss-grown and half hidden under long grass. Vanishing England The earlier pictures were studies in the forest of Fontainebleau, whose venerable tree-trunks, moss-grown; whose lichen-covered rocks, and gleaming pools reflecting the sky, he rendered with force of color and strength of effect. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 Some 'Old Mortality' might find as congenial employment in this field of sepulchral research as did the original in clearing up the decayed and moss-grown tombs of the Covenanters. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 In the wood above the gardens, reached by several flights of fine, but now moss-grown, steps, there stood a pavilion, once clearly very beautiful. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 A heavy door that might stand a siege admitted us to a small vestibule, and from this we passed into a paved court with a moss-grown fountain in the centre. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 He no longer wore the gray, moss-grown stone attire, but white, glittering silver. Invisible Links Everywhere was light, silence and, best boon of all, an unexpected solitude—a solitude that invested the white building with a glamour of unreality and converted the slight-stemmed, moss-grown trees into spellbound sentinels. Max Below the Converserie rose the slated steeple of Quatre-Champs church, looming dimly through the furious storm, which seemed as if it would sweep away bodily the few poor moss-grown cottages of the village. The Downfall Then arose the Angel of Sleep from his moss-grown couch, and strewed with a gentle hand the invisible grains of slumber. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Then we saw them turn back toward the group of thatched and moss-grown cottages which was all their world. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 She saw him so well that she could distinguish the moss-grown bracelets on his wrists and could see how his legs were bound with crossed bands, between which his calf muscles swelled. Invisible Links On the way one passes through charming little ravines, where tiny cataracts come tumbling down the sides of moss-grown precipices, a country of pretty thatched cottages, temples, groves, and purling rivulets. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama A long, low building with a moss-grown roof and tremendous broad eaves sheltering little galleries; and the barn under the same roof for greater warmth in winter. Shandygaff Therefore the stunted old oak on the verge—the moss-grown merestone by the pond marked the limit—was so favourite a perching-place. The Amateur Poacher I climbed over some of the moss-grown stairs, though, and I kept discovering something I hadn't seen before. Bertha Our Little German Cousin A rough stone wall surrounds the churchyard, as old and moss-grown as the building itself. Jean Francois Millet A second nest was placed in the thick foliage of a moss-grown fir-tree, and was about 7 feet above the ground. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Many steps of the Temple have been ascended, steps of purest alabaster, and of shining jasper, also of rough-brick, and slippery moss-grown stone. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II The view on one side was lost in the dark labyrinth of the moss-grown trunks of the forest. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Then to their great astonishment he left his moss-grown kennel for a moment, and, since his leash had become undone, tied himself fast again using his mouth as aid. Romance of the Rabbit Here is Littlebrain Castle, a Gothic, moss-grown structure, half bosomed in trees. Headlong Hall Travellers going and coming stopped at Miss Hitty's to drink from the moss-grown well, give their bit of news, and receive, in return, the scandal of the countryside. A Spinner in the Sun He very rarely described himself as inside a church, but he liked to wander among the graves in the churchyards and read the epitaphs on the moss-grown slabs. Yesterdays with Authors How Giorgione has revelled in the glories of the setting sun, the long shadows of the evening twilight, the tall-stemmed trees, the moss-grown rock! Giorgione Soft, on the morrow, they are gone; His garden then will be Denser and shadier and greener, Greener the moss-grown tree. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. Then they came to a gate that opened upon a red-tiled, box-bordered, moss-grown walk, leading to a small white house with blue and white striped awnings. By Advice of Counsel There was another solid Georgian house, with thick white casements and moss-grown tiling—all of them showing signs of neglect and fallen fortunes. The Silent Isle At last we came to an old moss-grown wall, and through a broken gateway entered what is called the Park of Chambord. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Were you unboxing one just from the maker would you not expect to find it moss-grown? Virginia: the Old Dominion He sits beneath his jasmined porch, His stick between his knees, His eyes fixed vacant On his moss-grown trees. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. There is true poetry in these lines: Two lovers by a moss-grown spring: They lean soft cheeks together there, Mingled the dark and sunny hair, And heard the wooing thrushes sing. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy At last, however, when they had ridden fully an hour, they passed a moss-grown abbey on the left-hand side of the road, a strange old place that Nick could not recall. Master Skylark Three hundred paces away the Gave rolls between marshaled banks, which it has covered with sand; in the midst of the waters may be seen the moss-grown piles of a ruined bridge. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 He wandered over the swamps and marshes, the moss-grown jungles, and the forests of the Gulf states, and spent the winter of 1541 near the Yazoo River. A School History of the United States Virginia Abbot sat there, her perfect form outlined against the dark, moss-grown rock that arose, rugged and grand, behind her. Virgie's Inheritance It really is a decomposing collection of half-hearted buildings and moss-grown rails, with an apology for a platform at one side. Bullets & Billets Oh! lay me where my Rosa lies, And love shall o'er the moss-grown bed, When dew-drops leave the weeping skies. Poems (1828) The moon was casting a ghastly light over the great moss-grown stone and the deserted wolds. A Cotswold Village Ah! the peaceful hut is burning; Stood its moss-grown walls for years; They for speedy help are yearning— And no rescue, none appears! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. The dark, moss-grown rock was behind her; the softly waving plumy boughs of the pine tree above her, a carpet of tender green beneath her feet. Virgie's Inheritance But, from his earliest remembrance, Aethra used to go with little Theseus into a wood, and sit down upon a moss-grown rock, which was deeply sunken into the earth. Tanglewood Tales The moss-grown gate, ill-poised upon its creaking hinges, crippled and decayed swings to and fro before its glass, like some fantastic dowager; while our own ghostly likeness travels on, Yoho! Martin Chuzzlewit And when thou stealest gently by, and night mists rise from off thy glassy face, be sure and drop a tear in silvery dew upon the moss-grown stone I know so well. A Cotswold Village I could see only three yards ahead; I had then good hopes of not being seen, as I crept along close under the damp, moss-grown masonry. The Prisoner of Zenda At the foot of the precipice all seemed dark and cold as in a tomb; the moss-grown jags of the rocks, hurled down by storm and time, were awaiting their prey. A Hero of Our Time The little Princess herself walked up and down the terrace with her companions, and played at hide and seek round the stone vases and the old moss-grown statues. A House of Pomegranates Wolf-in-the-Temple, who had climbed up on a big moss-grown boulder, stood, gun in hand, and peered in among the bushes. Boyhood in Norway Thence, swelling over the rim of moss-grown stones, the water stole away under the fence, through what we regret to call a gutter, rather than a channel. House of the Seven Gables The next remarkable object was a large edifice, constructed of moss-grown stone, but in a modern and airy style of architecture. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories When they did so they went out to stroll upon the moss-grown stone terrace and listened to the nightingales throwing 'm into the air silver fountains of trilling song. The Shuttle This distressingly new board house is his, and he has just moved out of yonder moss-grown cabin with its one square room. The Souls of Black Folk L. But you have been an enemy, my lord, With walls between us and with moss-grown moats, Now on a sudden must I kiss your mouth? Helen of Troy and Other Poems Of the other two one is a small tree, crooked and moss-grown, holding out its leaves to catch the light that filters down through the close-set spires of the great spruces. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon One of the gates is closed and moss-grown. The Ways of Men There were five or six small, scrubby trees, with moss-grown trunks and feeble branches, which put forth a few yellow leaves at springtime. The Count's Millions But the window-panes were gone, the pillars were worm-eaten, and the moss-grown roof was falling in. The Souls of Black Folk The rivers swell and rush with vociferous brawl out over the mountainsides, and a thousand tiny brooks join in the general clamor, and dance with noisy chatter over the moss-grown birch-roots. Tales from Two Hemispheres The moon rose at its full over the venerable wall, and scattered its bright cool light across the tall and moss-grown windows. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 After climbing down among the moist ferns and moss-grown stones, the gushing cascades appear suddenly set in a frame of such lavish beauty that they hold a high place among their rivals in the dale. Yorkshire She turned from the terrace and, passing through a low doorway from which the door had gone long ago, entered a wide space enclosed by ruinous and moss-grown walls. The Brown Mask Every decayed stump and moss-grown stone and rail, and the dead leaves of autumn, are concealed by a clean napkin of snow. Excursions To right and left moss-grown rides wound their way into the undulating cover, becoming tunnels in the distance as they vanished into blackness, for the day was almost spent. The Four Faces A Mystery Here and there brushwood grew among outcropping rock and moss-grown logs lay fallen among the brambles. Vane of the Timberlands We find our way to a decayed lych-gate, whose stones are very black and moss-grown, and then get a close view of the Perpendicular church. Yorkshire It was a little spot, screened by an old moss-grown paling, from the neighbouring garden on the one side and a lane on the other. Night and Morning, Complete Its trunk was grey and moss-grown; moss carpeted the ground between its protruding roots, but the bracken and heather held back, and left a half-circle beneath it, untenanted by their kind. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story There were earlier houses too, of brick and timber, with overhanging top stories and moss-grown roofs. Delia Blanchflower Every hedge-row and clump of trees from which the withered leaves were drifting in the autumn wind, every white-walled cottage with moss-grown thatch and rustic garden, woke a faint rapture in her breast. The Lovels of Arden What the gardener called the gravel path was black earth, moss-grown. The Incomplete Amorist As I approached, he hopped from the gate to the low moss-grown wall, and went on singing as I passed him. Birds of Prey Holland is so essentially a tidy country that nothing old or moss-grown is tolerated. Roden's Corner There was an old and grey porter's lodge, and an old and grey gateway, with two tall, moss-grown stone pillars, and an iron gate between them. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories He came towards the little group silently, his footfall making no sound upon the moss-grown earth. The Lovels of Arden It is another very common mistake, to suppose that Time wanders among old ruins, and sits on mouldering walls and moss-grown stones, meditating about matters which everybody else has forgotten. Time's Portraiture (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") When Christian left the drawing-room he walked quickly down the moss-grown path to the moat. The Slave of the Lamp Robert Audley leaned against one of the moss-grown posts and looked down at my lady's face, very pale in the chill winter twilight. Lady Audley's Secret On the two moss-grown pillars, reposed the well known crest of his family. A Love Story Oh that that were grey and moss-grown like the others! Queechy With some difficulty he succeeded in swinging the heavy bell suspended inside the door, so that it gave two curt clangs as of a rusty tongue against moss-grown metal. The Isle of Unrest Then he followed the direction of her eyes, and saw approaching them a young man and a maiden whose footsteps had been inaudible upon the moss-grown path. The Slave of the Lamp Presently she sat down on a moss-grown stump and thought deeply. A Little Bush Maid It was the height of summer, when the carriage which bore the long absent owner to his ancestral home, neared the ancient moss-grown lodge. A Love Story There was neither chapel nor convent, nor humble hermitage, to be seen; nothing but a moss-grown stone pinnacle, rising out of the centre of the area, surmounted by a cross. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies So the gates creaked open, the chariot glittered up the avenue to the deserted place; and a lady stepped out, went into the garden, and walked among its moss-grown paths and statues. Trivia It was a quiet moss-grown path, with poplar trees on either side, and appeared to be little used. The Slave of the Lamp After consulting gravely with his advisers, the monarch gave out this proclamation: “He who shall succeed in getting the golden egg from the moss-grown oak in yonder mountain shall be my son-in-law and heir.” Filipino Popular Tales He was not where he had fallen: he was sitting on a rustic bench, beneath a moss-grown rock. A Love Story Oft in my boyhood where the moss-grown pale Fenced quiet graves, a female form was seen; Each eve she sought the melancholy ground, And lingering paused, and wistful looked around. The Pilgrims of the Rhine Oxford, with the moss-grown, ivy-covered walls, with all the poetry of conservatism, fascinated me by its dignity and its country freshness; there the flower of the English nature was expressed in buildings and trees. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth I made them sit down on a moss-grown rock, close by the spot where we chose to believe that the death tree had stood. Sketches and Studies In a corner of the burial-ground, close under Dr. P——-'s garden fence, are the most ancient stones remaining in the graveyard; moss-grown, deeply sunken. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 One may choose the narrow street with its moss-grown steps, its curves, and turns; or one may have the broader path along the ramparts, with its glorious outlook over land and sea. In and out of Three Normady Inns In the centre of the village stood a windmill, placed on a little moss-grown slope: it was a landmark to all the level country round. A Dog of Flanders Alas, a few novels in the style of the seventies, a popular and amateurish criticism of such a moss-grown dogma as the Atonement! Shallow Soil But he must have meant this for a surprise to the spectator, who easily misses it under the trees overleaning the moss-grown walks which hardly kept themselves from running wild. Roman Holidays, and Others They had come to a point where some moss-grown, weather-beaten statues stood at the corners of the road that traversed the bosky stretch between the avenues of the Cascine. Indian Summer Of its original furniture there was nothing left but two moss-grown benches and a crooked table. The Precipice They walked up the great moss-grown steps to the hall-door, and a foreign attendant, with earrings and a gold-laced cap, pulled strenuously at the great bell-handle at the cracked and sculptured gate. The History of Pendennis The detached fragment still lies at a little distance from the base, gray and moss-grown, but corresponding, in its general outline, to the cavity from which it was rent. Fanshawe After passing one or two roofless and moss-grown cottages, I entered the narrow and rambling street which leads through the town. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales On the opposite side of the river was the walled city and the moss-grown walls of Fort Santiago, and on both banks were steamers and river-craft, making a colourful and noisy scene. The Devil's Admiral It is a shrunken and shrivelled remnant, a moss-grown ruin, a derelict ship. Concerning Animals and Other Matters There are also many rushing streams and great stretches of moss-grown swamp land; but all that is not river or swamp is forest. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils It was moss-grown and gray, but the supporting pillars had not deviated one inch from the perpendicular, although the weight upon them was tremendous. The White Waterfall I peered down through the yellow leaves to the rushing streams below, where I could see the great moss-grown boulders choking the narrow channels. Yorkshire—Coast and Moorland Scenes Wild hillside, moss-grown and ferny, overlooking a valley with scattered villages and winding river. Chantecler Play in Four Acts She saw it all as she walked along that moss-grown forest-road, her eyes fixed straight before her. The House of Whispers The houses had gray, moss-grown, leaning walls, which seemed ready to topple over. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The youngster was quickly jerked upward, and in a few minutes I was beside him on the moss-grown sloping surface of the immense stone. The White Waterfall Presently she came to a stretch of stone wall, partly broken down, in front of an old orchard whose trees were gnarled and moss-grown. Mercy Philbrick's Choice But to-day them canst lie at my feet, and polish thy teeth against the moss-grown tombs, for Satan has abandoned me, and a power unknown compels me to obey his will. Three short works The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul. The music of the rippling waters over the brown, moss-grown boulders mingled with the rustle of the leaves above, as now and then the soft wind swept up the narrow valley. The House of Whispers We saw many specimens in the interstices of the rocks surrounding a moss-grown pool, but they were quite unapproachable. Twixt France and Spain Climbing the moss-grown stone, he descended into a dark ravine to the spring. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story Inverted shrubs with pale wood weeds between Cling from the moss-grown rocks, a darksome green, Save where aloft the subtle sunbeams shine And its own twilight softens the whole scene. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 Statues stand here and there among the trees, in solitude, or in a long range, lifted high on pedestals, moss-grown, some of them shattered, all grown gray with the corrosion of the atmosphere. Hawthorne and His Circle He moved to a small moss-grown cairn, probably the resting-place of some Celtic chief of other times, and the call of "Officers to the front," soon brought them around their commander. Old Mortality, Volume 1. We were soon mounting the zigzags through the splendid pine woods, and enjoyed the delicious glimpses down the deep moss-grown glades, with the scent of the rising sap in our nostrils. Twixt France and Spain As I rose I gazed over the wild and flowering things, and saw the corner of the old moss-grown wall that enclosed the garden. The Story of a Child From the grand castle of Lismore the road wound along between low range walls, ivy-covered and moss-grown, that fenced in extensive woods, clothing bold hills and deep valleys with wild verdure. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland And so they walked slowly up and down the moss-grown terrace - alone in this wonderful tropic night - while he told her the little tragedy of his life. The Grey Lady I have a nice garden but it is untidy, moss-grown—a dilettante garden. Letters of Anton Chekhov Here on a moss-grown boulder sitting, Watching the graceful swallows flitting, Hearing the cuckoo's note. Twixt France and Spain He walked along the moss-grown path to the sun-dial, and stood for a moment looking down at the spot where Menendez had lain. Bat Wing The steep roofs were tiled and moss-grown, the pavements were of huge stone flags, set in between seams of mud, and so unevenly placed as to make traffic impossible save by the light of day. The Net He mouthed it as greedily and happily as though he was not sitting on the edge of a volcano instead of the moss-grown limestone on a hill above his own manor. The Money Master, Complete Here was the spring, at the foot of a perpendicular rock, moss-grown low down, and overrun with creeping ivy higher. The Life of the Fields Golden gleams lit up stern old Mount Orgueil and gray Fort Regent, and tenderly tinted the rugged outlines of the moss-grown Elizabeth Castle. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Here was a real old herbal garden, gay with flowers and intersected by tiled moss-grown paths. Bat Wing I can even spend an afternoon in an old cemetery copying dates from moss-grown gravestones, and not entirely lose my appetite for dinner— I mean, supper. Oh, Money! Money! Aurelia's first halt was in a moss-grown summer-house at the end of the garden, where she ventured to sit down to put on her stout leather shoes. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By the hedge here stands a moss-grown willow, and its slender branches extend over the sward. The Life of the Fields A whole encampment-city covered the surrounding hills, crowned by an old, creaking, moss-grown windmill—the Middle Ages looking in dismay upon these modern times. Jimmie Higgins As I watched, craning from the window, a tall figure appeared, and, slowly crossing the gravel path, descended the moss-grown steps to the Tudor garden. Bat Wing It was built of stone; and masses of stone, shapeless and moss-grown, were lying scattered about on the ground around it. Dreams and Dream Stories You keep the nest: I love the rural scene, Fresh runnels, moss-grown rocks, and woodland green. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry She would have fallen had not her cousin sprung to her aid, supporting her to a seat on a moss-grown log lying near. Miss Lou Their pretty gingham frocks were limp and stringy with dampness, and soiled and stained from contact with the buckets and the moss-grown sides of the well. Marjorie's Vacation He knew what was waiting for him on the other side of the spur, and when he reached the top, he sat down for a moment on a long-fallen, moss-grown log. The Heart of the Hills Then turning my gaze again towards the earth, I saw a vast circle of stones, moss-grown like that on which I sat, and ranged in a circle such as that of Stonehenge. Dreams and Dream Stories A pleasant ride along a splendid road, shaded for miles with rows of spreading elms, brings me to the charming old village of Dunchurch, where everything seems moss-grown and venerable with age. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran We were gathered in a kind of natural and moss-grown rocky pulpit, some thirty feet above the stream, and with an open view down its course to the distant riffles. The Hidden Children Leah slightly smiled as she obeyed this command, and sat down on the crumbling, moss-grown wood, saying: "Uncle Jack, are there any rivers in my way to the Queen City?" Leah Mordecai There was a brick walk leading from the front gate to the sitting-room entrance—red brick, all moss-grown, and with the tiny weeds and grasses pushing up between the bricks. The Long Ago The view from the moss-grown terrace at Shapley, high upon the Hog's back, was surely one of the finest within a couple of hundred miles of London. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo In place of the roaring thoroughfare that I had known, this silent, moss-grown desolation. Nonsense Novels Here, too, tufts of bluebells peeked forth from behind the moss-grown stems of several ancient oaks and elms, and purple pansies bordered the edge of the grass. God's Good Man The dark trees rustled solemnly as I stepped quickly yet softly along the familiar moss-grown path. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten A stone's-cast from the beach there was a fantastic rock, moss-grown and deep in a dell. Omoo For their framework they have around them a veritable architecture—a tree-architecture—to which those moss-grown balusters; termes, statues, fountains, are really but accessories. Imaginary Portraits Presently my eyes looked upward: dangling at the top of a moss-grown building I saw what seemed to be the remains of telephone wires. Nonsense Novels He disappeared behind a fringe of moss-grown trees, and Tom sat down, with his rifle across his knees. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land Louise lay with her elbow on the moss-grown roots of a tree; her eyes were heavy. Maurice Guest Over on the east side this ravager strode boldly, smiting his victims by scores, but his feet trod slowly through the maze of the narrow and moss-grown "places." The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million He bent down, kissed the moss-grown stones, and encircled them tenderly with his arms as though they were an altar before which he was uttering devout vows and prayers. Andreas Hofer Some path may chance to lead you where a few old lilac bushes, a mound or perhaps a gray and moss-grown house, still stands where some hardy pioneer builded. See America First On the west side of the courtyard a fountain issuing from the wall had once poured its water through a lion's head into a vast tank of moss-grown granite. Love-at-Arms Across the ditch and through the wide-open gate in the moss-grown palisade, and they came into a broad grassy space that was more like a lawn than a court. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest As drops this little weeping rill, Soft tinkling down the moss-grown hill; While, through the west, where sinks the crimson day, Meek Twilight slowly sails, and waves her banners gray? The Mysteries of Udolpho All at once, on the height above the cannon, where there was a clearing, and where the rocks were moss-grown and bare, the Tyrolese were seen rushing in dense masses from the forest. Andreas Hofer The crumbling moss-grown stones of the fences over which poison vines were clambering and the myriads of wild carrot, chicory, and ox-eye daisies added to the desolateness of the scene. See America First Soon he was gliding along the sides of the moss-grown walls. The Puppet Crown But the nun, left in the moss-grown garden, wrapped in the peace of the grave, saw her through a blur of tears. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest She stooped, and laid her hand on the cold moss-grown surface of the stone. The Return I could see where a moss-grown stone had been freshly turned over in the water-bed. Allan's Wife Like many another fabric of feudal war and splendor, the once vast and magnificent Castle of Barbazure is now a moss-grown ruin. Burlesques Two lovers by a moss-grown spring: They leaned soft cheeks together there, Mingled the dark and sunny hair, And heard the wooing thrashes sing. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 And then, issuing from the chase, he came upon a broad, moss-grown terrace. Under the Redwoods She passed through the door, with Miss Haldin following her, on to the terrace, and they descended side by side the moss-grown stone steps. Under Western Eyes It was a great Tudor house of mullioned windows, traceries, and battlements; of stately towers, moss-grown balustrades, and statues darkening with the fog that was already hiding the angles and wings of its huge bulk. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Daphne had wandered to the great stone gate that led out upon the highway, and was leaning her forehead against a moss-grown post, when she heard a sudden noise. Daphne, an autumn pastoral Night’s terrific ghostly hour Backward through time’s circle flies; No shrill clock from moss-grown tower Bids the dead men wake and rise. Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces For their framework they have around them a veritable architecture—a tree-architecture—to which those moss-grown balusters, termes, statues, fountains, are really but accessories. Imaginary Portraits Of course he was far from being a moss-grown reactionary. Under Western Eyes It was a cheerful picture he presented, when Tucker, dragging himself heavily from the house, came to the ragged edge of the field and sat down on an old moss-grown stump. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields The nearest of these was the hamlet of Tredannick Wollas, where the cottages of a couple of hundred inhabitants clustered round an ancient, moss-grown church. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot Trunks of trees, moss-grown and crumbling beneath the touch of the ponies' hoofs, lay in their path, and above it the branches of a younger generation had clasped hands. The Lost Road There were oozings of water from the old moss-grown roof, which continued dropping on the self-same spots with a monotonous sad splash. An Iceland Fisherman This temple was the first symptom of Japanese religion that I remember to have seen since leaving Hakodate, and worshippers have long since ebbed away from its shady and moss-grown courts. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan But such a gray, moss-grown tower as this, however valuable as an object of scenery, will certainly be quite as interesting inside as out. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni At a turn of the road where two grassy tracks forked, he passed a graven stone now chipped and moss-grown, set on noble eminence among reddening thorns. The Path of the King One July as he was walking in a suburban street which ended in some dusty fields, Agaric heard groans coming from a moss-grown well that had been abandoned by the gardeners. Penguin Island At last they arrived at home, that poor lodging, with its damp flooring and moss-grown roof. An Iceland Fisherman Not only the roof, but the walls—we have classical authority for wooden walls—were covered with rounded shingles, long since grey, and in spots, moss-grown. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 Then I noticed for the first time that the old path near the deadfall was getting moss-grown; a faint new path began to show among the alders. Secret of the Woods They drank from the running streams, for honey they explored the hollow tree-trunks, they sharpened their claws on moss-grown rocks, and among the fallen oak leaves scratched violently for acorns. The Nature Faker Above a foundation of moss-grown, crumbling stones was a trellis of rotten wood, half fallen from decay; over them clambered and intertwined at will a mass of clustering creepers. Eugenie Grandet The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall; Nor ever lead the merry dance, Among the groves of Cumnor Hall. Kenilworth The roof, covered with brown moss-grown tiles, had given way in several places, and looked as though it might break down altogether under the weight of the snow. An Episode under the Terror Then another nervous dash, a squeak which proclaims at once his escape, and his arrival, and he vanishes under the old moss-grown log where his fellows live, a whole colony of them. Secret of the Woods All that Edmond had been able to do was to drag himself about a dozen paces forward to lean against a moss-grown rock. The Count of Monte Cristo I've always had a kind of idea that English girls were just a mite moss-grown. Secret Adversary All the birds loved it in their season; quail nested on its edges; and you could kick a brown rabbit out of almost any of its decaying brush piles or hollow moss-grown logs. Secret of the Woods Yet the two logs were different; one was dry and hard, the other mouldy and moss-grown; and the drumcalls were as different as the two logs. Secret of the Woods A little way behind my tent was a great fallen log, mouldy and moss-grown, with twin-flowers shaking their bells along its length, under which lived a whole colony of wood mice. Secret of the Woods |
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