| 单词 | moss-trooper |
| 例句 | The old moss-trooper had looked much the same—lean and dour and grim; and the observer could recognize the same baleful light in his wolfish eyes. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z I daresay it was fanciful, but, when he rode away, he reminded me of the picture the Acres have of the moss-trooper. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z He had failed to remove the blot of the court-martial from his name, and, denied the soldier’s ethical place, he had become a sort of moss-trooper of finance. The Law of Hemlock Mountain His imagination was fed with the legends of the district and tales of his remote moss-trooper ancestors told to him of an evening by his father. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine “I suspect there is some very weary cattle by the road,” said I. “If I had known you were such a moss-trooper you should have tasted longer of the Bass,” says he. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) He was the very type of a grim, calm old Border moss-trooper. Memoirs The Lairds of Staneholme had wild moss-trooper blood in their veins, and they had vindicated it to the last generation by unsettled lives, reckless intermeddling with public affairs, and inveterate feuds with their brother lairds. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The stark moss-trooper, and the clanking stride of the warrior, had not again started into life; nor had the light blazed gloriously in the sepulchre of the wizard with the mighty book. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 It was strange to find a well-organized fraternity of poachers in a quiet, law-keeping country, but one must allow something for habits inherited from moss-trooper ancestors. Carmen's Messenger Homer was a stark moss-trooper, and so was Scott; but the Germans want the cry of "boot and saddle" consumedly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Thus, every distinguished moss-trooper had, what is here called, a to-name, or nom de guerre, in addition to his family name. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 Moss in Scotland is bog in Ireland, and moss-trooper is bog-trotter: there was, however, one hut built of loose stones, piled up with great thickness into a strong though not solid wall. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) He covered country like a moss-trooper, sometimes on a rusty bicycle, oftener on foot, and you couldn't tire him. Mr. Standfast They were marked by a stern independence, inherited from their moss-trooper ancestors, and he thought Pete was a typical specimen of the virile race. Carmen's Messenger Moss in Scotland is bog in Ireland, and moss-trooper is bog-trotter; there was, however, one hut built of loose stones, piled up, with great thickness, into a strong, though not solid wall. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes He was almost as great a moss-trooper as myself, and, with Elspeth for company, had visited near every settlement in the dominion. Salute to Adventurers "Within thirty hours, so he have not crossed the Lothian firth—If it is to do you a pleasure, I will set off directly, and wind him as a sleuth-dog tracks the moss-trooper," answered Christie. The Monastery "Such peace as ye give such shall you have," answered the moss-trooper, first pointing with his lance towards the burned village, and then almost instantly levelling it against Lord Lacy. Waverley |
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