| 单词 | moth-eaten |
| 例句 | The dog struggled lamely to the side of the room and lay down, grunting softly to himself and licking his grizzled, moth-eaten coat. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Geisbert checked all the flasks, and most of them looked the same way, like moth-eaten carpet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the lobby was an intriguing jumble of mahogany and moth-eaten velvet, interspersed with deer heads, calendars from filling stations, and a large collection of Bicentennial commemorative trivets, mounted and hung upon the wall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Aunt Petunia found a few moldy blankets in the second room and made up a bed for Dudley on the moth-eaten sofa. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I walk through the red-eyed people, past the hunching walls, the graying paint, the collapsing furniture, the darkening windows, the moth-eaten air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z My father loaned me one of his three moth-eaten, gaudy ties, with a tongue so wide it spanned the width of my waist. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking that he should probably wait for Filch to come back, Harry sank into a moth-eaten chair next to the desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “You can draw it out of your own wallet. Any man with a wife who’ll pay fifteen dollars for an old preacher’s moth-eaten stovepipe hat has four bucks to spare.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Homer unfolded a moth-eaten quilt for them to sit on and distributed their portions on tin plates. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Much of the clothing is moth-eaten, but I can see what they once were. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The master of whisperers had been dressed as a begging brother, in a moth-eaten robe of brown roughspun with a cowl that shadowed his smooth fat cheeks and bald round head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A breeze stirred the heavy, moth-eaten velvet curtains, ruffling his hair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The curtain was moth-eaten but it had kept its old splendor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t showered that morning and was wearing my old moth-eaten Celtics sweatpants and a Captain America T-shirt. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Except for his moth-eaten coat, he looked almost distinguished. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The odor of old age, of dust, of unwashed clothes and stale food intensified as she unwound a moth-eaten black shawl, revealing a head of scant white hair through which the scalp showed clearly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "Somebody is up there, Chris, but nobody is there, just rich Mr. Westing, and he's dead. Dead as a squashed June bug and rotting away on a moth-eaten Oriental rug." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I found her there, smiling in her sleep, stretched out on the moth-eaten remnants of old Barrabas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Snape stumbled; he was wearing a long, lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a moth-eaten vulture, and he was swinging a huge crimson handbag. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Crow was buttoned up in a black moth-eaten winter coat; a black shawl covered her head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Their long, scraggly hair streamed behind them like raggedy, moth-eaten capes as they flew at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There’s a white sheet, which I spread on the mattress and tuck around the edges, and a moth-eaten quilt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Hawkers, girls much younger than I, defied the school gate men, edging closer and closer to the cars to offer peeled oranges and bananas and groundnuts, their moth-eaten blouses slipping off their shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Festooned like an Austrian queen, she wore a moth-eaten velvet dress and petticoats of yellow taffeta. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two broken washboards, piles of moth-eaten quilts, chairs with split seats. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the street, there were two moth-eaten donkeys searching for weeds in the cracks of a stone wall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His cloud of white hair made him look rather like an aged dandelion clock and was topped by a moth-eaten fez. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but there they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Tormented by the certainty that he was his wife’s brother, Aureliano ran out to the parish house to search through the moldy and moth-eaten archives for some clue to his parentage. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was dressed in striped black-and-scarlet robes trimmed with sable, but the fur looked more than a little patchy and moth-eaten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were two bedrooms, the larger of which Dad claimed, and a room that tripled as a kitchen, dining room, and living room, meaning that it contained one table, one moth-eaten sofa, and one hotplate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In the closet hang a few moth-eaten girl’s dresses and a sweater on which embroidered goats chew flowers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The small hours when a blanket of quiet smothers the city, but through the moth-eaten holes there’s the occasional lowing of a railroad in New Jersey, the distant Dopplered wail of an ambulance siren. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z A porbeagle shark, moth-eaten and reduced to just skin, is hanging from the ceiling. Aquatopia: art on the ocean wave 2013-07-22T17:25:00Z Certainly there was a period where no faux-shabby east London bar was complete without a moth-eaten stag's head on the wall. Polly Morgan's wings of desire 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z As Harry describes them, they're "like three old moth-eaten monkeys in a cage," yet the prospect of huge change naturally frightens them. Review: 'A Picture of Autumn' is bitersweet 2013-06-11T00:37:09Z "My memories are moth-eaten", she wrote recently, in a crabby hand, next to a beautiful, abstract drawing. Louise Bourgeois dies in New York, aged 98 2010-05-31T23:38:00Z In Christopher Sandford’s book, Springsteen: Point Blank, he described the furniture thusly: “Its centerpiece was a moth-eaten sofa salvaged from the alley.” The House Where Bruce Springsteen Wrote Born to Run is for Sale 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z But the implication that Ono’s new show comes down to V.I.P. pandering perpetuates moth-eaten sexism. Yoko Goes Solo 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Annihilation always looms and “no trick dispels” the fear of oblivion, though “Religion used to try,/That vast, moth-eaten musical brocade/Created to pretend we never die.” Books of The Times: Philip Larkin?s Complete Poems, Edited by Archie Burnett 2012-04-09T21:28:30Z Tightrope's cast of characters may be a little moth-eaten and their performing lives a tad past their sell-by dates, but they live and die by the rule that the show must go on. This week's new dance 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z From there it pulsates with such an oddball sweetness that every new episode invites the unsuspecting viewer further into its moth-eaten gothic shenanigans. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Part of the fascination of this murder was the window it opened on the offbeat, moth-eaten Worthington family. Books of The Times: A Murder Trial to Cover, Axes to Grind 2011-07-07T21:30:32Z We discover snippets of the author’s fascinating past, through the “moth-eaten” fabric of memory that makes certain events vividly recollected, while others recede as if they’d never happened. A rich portrait of Penelope Lively’s long and eventful life 2014-02-05T22:02:42Z Instead, they languished in the Spanish town of Pastrana: moth-eaten, faded and rarely seen. In Transit Blog: Woven Stories of War in Washington 2011-09-23T18:01:30Z The resulting dish is as cozy as my favorite moth-eaten thrift store sweater, a brown cashmere turtleneck I throw on whenever I need my clothing to feel like a warm blanket. Looking for Comfort? Turn to This Beef Stew 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z For decades this monument was a travesty — its fountains and watercourses barren, its lawns moth-eaten, its ancient palisades in peril of imminent collapse. India in One, Two or Three Weeks 2012-03-23T18:57:13Z But unfortunately, in the case of Mr. Shire’s entry, the moth-eaten “My History of Marriage,” names can also be ... not quite unmade, but tarnished a bit. Critic?s Notebook: Familiar Names Dot New York Musical Theater Festival 2011-10-13T22:04:06Z I am leaning on a fragment of history: the bar of the Rovers Return, albeit a reproduction, on top of which sits a moth-eaten stuffed ginger cat. Corrie on stage? Bless my hairnet! 2011-02-09T21:31:01Z They looked so shy, so endearingly perplexed in their green overcoats and silly moth-eaten caps, the long earflaps out at an angle, as if the air had lofted them mid-flight. Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z I was not one of those children who spent his childhood dragging around a grubby, moth-eaten teddy bear. It Took Me a Long Time to Come Out as a ‘Plushie’ Lover 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z He believes that “being a modern worrier is just…the moth-eaten sign of being human” and playfully suggests that people should refine Descartes’s famous dictum to: “I worry, therefore I am.” Did I lock the back door? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Any garret, no matter how grim, can be transformed into a nifty salon de chapeaux with a dollop of white paint and some moth-eaten Austrian drapes bought from the Salvation Army. Bill Cunningham: An Enigma in a Blue Sanitation Worker’s Jacket 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z After about four hours, he found his name on the last page of a moth-eaten book. Man uniting Indian families torn by colonialism 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z A tattered, moth-eaten construct that looks like it’s been cobbled together from the spare-parts bin at the $1.98 Special Effects House at the intersection of Shabby Lane and Threadbare Thoroughfare. ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ review: There’s no saving this joyless superhero movie 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Thousands of remarkable life stories like hers remain to be told, with scattered, moth-eaten archival records patiently waiting for a storyteller. Khurshedben Naoroji: The singer who preached nonviolence to bandits 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z A student, working for Sitel from home, told Reuters she had so much free time that she had sewn up all her housemates’ moth-eaten clothes and learned to knit. Special Report: 50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How Britain failed to stop the second wave 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Mpro in coronaviruses is made up of two identical subunits and looks like a moth-eaten heart, with an active enzyme site on each side of the structure. The sprint to solve coronavirus protein structures — and disarm them with drugs 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z I looked fine on the outside but was moth-eaten on the inside. Opinion | Is Pain a Sensation or an Emotion? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Long after the championship rings are boxed and forgotten and the gymnasium banners are dusty and moth-eaten, a good coach’s legacy lives on in the minds and hearts of players. Perspective | When colleges put winning football games above all else 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Though a bit moth-eaten, the parka still has “USNA 65” stitched in gold on the chest. Perspective | Love a man in uniform? Then you’ll love these stories of fabric survivors. 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s in a box in the attic, squashed and moth-eaten. Perspective | What’s the oldest piece of clothing that you own — and that you still wear? 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Angular and fierce, carelessly dressed in pants and moth-eaten sweaters, she could appear manly. Review | The fierce rebellion and compassion of Eunice Shriver 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z He might be rewarded with a moth-eaten blanket or a morsel of food. Kalman Aron, whose art spared him in the Holocaust, dies at 93 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z In life a restless politician, dangerous and quick, he lies on Red Square like a stuffed fox: moth-eaten and obviously dead. Putin’s Russia can’t celebrate its revolutionary past. It has to smother it | Catherine Merridale 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The size of a thumbnail, with dark, mottled wings folded straight back, N. neonata could be mistaken for a dishevelled roach or a tiny, moth-eaten butterfly. The Metaphorical Meaning of a Moth Named After Trump 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The moth-eaten cape of respectability afforded to demeaning words, teasing, bullying or harassment. Totes annoying: words that should be banned 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The same way Wes Anderson serves up elaborate set pieces — not to mention elaborate sets — Solondz revels in rusty minivans and moth-eaten couches. With ‘Wiener-Dog,’ filmmaker Todd Solondz serves up his usual fare 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z My older daughter wanted to borrow it for a weekend camping trip with a friend, and I thought I’d better inspect it to make sure it wasn’t moth-eaten and decayed. Like a modern madeleine, the smell of a tent brings a flood of memories 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z No moth-eaten muskrat coats up there, no old badminton rackets—but not much light, either. An Attic Renovation That Looks Original 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z A Jed Clampett fashion line would include moth-eaten jackets and rope belts—clothes for total losers, as Mr. Trump might say. The Donald vs. The Jed (Clampett) 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Here, a puzzlingly narrow entrance and staircase lead to a capacious property of three floors piled with moth-eaten books, no doubt from the family's Macmillan days. The fight to save Kolkata's heritage homes - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z But moisture, mice and moth-eaten heating and electrical systems, among other ills, are turning both structures into something of a nightmare for their illustrious inhabitants. Pair of palatial fixer-uppers pose challenge in Britain 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z With its feudal class system intact - if moth-eaten and vermiculated - British society exhibits small but crucial differences in its satiric temperament. What's the point of satire? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z His characters - moth-eaten grannies, yobbish teenagers and slovenly mothers - often came from the lower end of British society. Been and Gone: The woman who swam with sharks, and the man who booked the Beatles 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The backstop for the Marianao game had gaping holes, as though moth-eaten. In Cuba, Baseball Remains a Grand Preoccupation 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z As clichés go, the one about “the long arm of the law” is moth-eaten. Laying Out a Case for Deporting Human Rights Abusers 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z In Plaquemines Parish, the remaining land looks moth-eaten, chewed up by oil industry canals and the incoming waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Lost Louisiana: the race to reclaim vanished land back from the sea 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z His moth-eaten military jacket hangs limply on a hanger. French soldier’s room unchanged 96 years after his death in first world war 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps the strangest features of all are Miranda’s three visible “coronae”—relatively crater-free regions marked by ridges and valleys and slapped onto the surface “like mismatched patches on a moth-eaten coat,” in NASA’s words. The Mystery of the Solar System's Weirdest Moon, Explained 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z There are also moth-eaten, and now sodden, settees – not for collection, but for sitting on. Are British Muslim Schools Teaching Hatred? Water hyacinth shrouded the surface like a moth-eaten cloak. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z He is not the shaggy, moth-eaten object we see in the circus tent at home. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z A year ago the carol might have irritated him, and he would probably have laid the flattering unction to his soul, that he had outgrown a mouldy and moth-eaten superstition. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Ideologues have turned gun laws into moth-eaten jokes. Gotham: Reducing Crime, Squandering Good Will 2012-04-10T01:49:48Z The plateau was treeless, except for an occasional wind-threshed poplar, and an isolated moth-eaten poplar can be the final touch of desolation. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z I seized upon the old moth-eaten parchment volume with avidity. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z He walked across the room and gave the moth-eaten skin another kick. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z There ain't no occasion for you to go back to their moth-eaten ancestral abode for five minutes. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Surmounting the odd trophy was a stuffed eagle, rather the worse for being moth-eaten, and worn “to a frazzle,” as Tom said. Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z Many were moth-eaten and past redemption; those went to the ragman. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z I wondered that he found such satisfaction in his image, seeing that there was a gap in his chin, and an uncertain moth-eaten appearance in one cheek. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z From the Capitol to the said Church, which is a very considerable Distance, the Streets were hung with Tapestry furnish’d by the Jews, who had brought out a great many moth-eaten Rags for the Purpose. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z If you can get up an emotion by straining hard enough and find a real pleasure in looking at the moth-eaten chair, then you should follow the guide-book. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Time had defaced the pictures on the ceiling, and such furniture as there was, was old, and the coverings of the chairs and tables moth-eaten and wine stained. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The two girls sat on the moth-eaten velvet sofa. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z She was a little, bustling figure, rather dusty and moth-eaten, with a black frizette, always a little to one side, and eager, gentle, blue eyes. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z But for my dread of a mixed metaphor I would add that they are moth-eaten and threadbare. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z They ranged from an Italian Prince, with a time-worn title and a moth-eaten tumble-down palace, to an English millionaire of recent vintage. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z "You old villain!" she cried, in a voice hoarse with passion, making a dive at Bindle, who, dodging nimbly, took cover behind a moth-eaten evergreen in the centre of the diminutive front garden. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z In impatient haste he tossed out some old novels, caps, a blazer, a roll of moth-eaten bunting. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Hurriedly seizing his old, moth-eaten, army overcoat, he began to button it upon himself. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z One chirpy dame in a moth-eaten tabby hugged a little package of Bohea to her stomacher, unmindful of the fact that the luxury had grown much cheaper since she quitted this sphere. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z He sang in Gaelic as he drove his cart with its moth-eaten, calico horse,—songs that were now wildly sad, now wildly gay. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z He was a hoary, moth-eaten looking creature that might easily have been the first white horse born west of the Mississippi. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z “A blind moth-eaten law”: Strafford said on his trial that “it was two hundred and forty years since any man was touched for this crime.”—Scene ii. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I thought it was a moth-eaten hearthrug come to life. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z You’d deliberately let me risk my life by being tangled up in that moth-eaten bag o’ bones if it collapsed under me. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z The tarnished piece was drawn out of the theatrical wardrobe; once in vogue, and now neglected, the body, not yet moth-eaten, might be flounced with new scenes. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I was asked, as a compliment, to sit beside Monsieur Jean on the board seat which he covered with an old moth-eaten buffalo robe. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z She did not add that they were a home-made pair, fashioned by Miss Nancy out of an ancient and moth-eaten carpet satchel. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z With their heads close together they were looking into the moth-eaten and battered book Agnes had found in the old Corner House garret. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Go and try; the uniform is in the chest, and not much moth-eaten. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z It was generally supposed that she was, in the slang of the day, either "moth-eaten," or "cracked." Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z “Just a moth-eaten old lion dreaming of his native jungle and talking in his sleep.” Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z The Fiver has never been one of those who sneer listlessly at the moth-eaten, beige-suited, strictly Paul Daniels-era "magic" of the FA Cup. The Fiver 2011-03-14T16:41:09Z This valued relic is now preserved in a place of honor in the State Capitol building at Salem—more accordant with the spirit of the times than rusty armor or moth-eaten banners. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Shabby, moth-eaten through and through, fairly obvious; but it works—most of the time. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The poor old horse driven by Aaih, the farm hand, looked moth-eaten and worn. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z The walls had not been decorated in many years, upholstered furniture had assumed a moth-eaten appearance, and the entire room seemed spiritless. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z This is partly because Ponting is as Australian as they come with that faintly ridiculous baggy green cap, looking ever more moth-eaten, perched on his head. Vic Marks: Ponting focused on cricket, not legacy 2010-12-01T12:15:00Z Even those "vintage" moth-eaten woolies or your dodgy leggings riddled with holes will not be wasted. Marks and Spencer wardrobe clearout: a help for hoarders to declutter? 2010-09-08T10:14:00Z Now we perch on a park bench, a tartan throw over our knees, spearing empty crisp packets with our moth-eaten umbrella in a desperate attempt to find some tittle tattle within. Football transfer rumours: Karim Benzema to Manchester United? 2010-09-07T08:31:00Z One slightly moth-eaten flag of St George, a World Cup relic, adorned the shoulders of Gary Forcer, 41, a former jockey from Newmarket. Andy Murray gives fans something to dream about 2010-07-01T00:24:00Z His black eyes were as keen as ever, his little mustache had the same moth-eaten effect, the network of veins on his slightly bulbous nose were redder perhaps, and he was in civilian clothes. The Trail of Conflict Abreast of the car he removed a moth-eaten cap. The Valiants of Virginia Anna Maria was just in the mood for it; she sat down in an arm-chair and leaned her head against the moth-eaten cushion, her eyes half-closed, her hands folded in her lap. A Sister's Love A Novel There once was a room with a flowered quilt, a moth-eaten carpet and a rickety door which opened like the lid of a devil-in-the-bandbox on the mahogany wig and scarlet smile of Mme. Woman These very fair girls fall to pieces like moth-eaten dolls. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Besides, you are an old fogy, Sam—you are out of date, moth-eaten. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The vaulting which they had broken through so rudely, enabled them to scramble downward amongst great beams and wheels to a raised platform covered with moth-eaten black. The Firebrand The three chairs were all straight-backed, the carpet was moth-eaten and dusty, and a small table still bore a vase filled with shriveled flowers which someone had forgotten to throw away. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery The sultan's tomb was once covered with a rich embroidered covering, but this was faded and moth-eaten when we saw it. What We Saw in Egypt Her furs were no common, moth-eaten things, but sable, which makes people look beautiful. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) She brought a lot of them from home, and put them up with her furs this spring, and was horrified to find them—the furs—all moth-eaten this fall. Hildegarde's Harvest What a sweet atmosphere of womanly gracefulness spread itself like a perfume through those old salons, whose dusty curtains and moth-eaten chairs looked like the fossils of some antediluvian furniture! Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Though my rime be ragged, Tattered and jagged, Rudely raine-beaten, Rusty and moth-eaten; If ye take wel therewith, It hath in it some pith. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His wife wouldn’t live anywhere but in Paris, until the estate was like a moth-eaten garment. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl The cap, said to be moth-eaten, and the other articles had been cast into the fire at Mrs. Ellis's orders. The Lamplighter It was moth-eaten in one or two places, and I made them let me have it at half-price;—made exactly as good a dress. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine They paddled over here this morning and dressed up in those old moth-eaten buffalo robes they had over there, on the island, and managed to frighten us nicely.” Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Imitation antique chairs stood about, and in front of the fireplace, which was certainly never intended to contain a fire, was spread a somewhat moth-eaten polar bear skin. The Deaves Affair Perhaps if it had been a very full list it would have gone on:— "Containing unique specimen of dappled fawn trilby headwear slightly moth-eaten in the crown." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 Wherefore I maintain I do humanity a service when I beat it to that moth-eaten joke. The Bandbox Nothing older with the show, I guess, except Monolith, the moth-eaten old elephant, and the big tortoise in the sideshow. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended When she mounted the rise from the shore, there was a circle of giggling youths about the open fireplace and a pile of moth-eaten buffalo hides near by. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club First they took turns sweeping, as best they could, with a very ancient and frowsy broom, the thick, moth-eaten carpet. The Boarded-Up House If there are any clothes which are being kept which, after all, are not needed, it is always best to give them away before they are out of style or moth-eaten. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings There I dared not step with my full weight, lest I should ruthlessly tread on a sentiment, or bring down a moth-eaten tradition upon my head. The Romance of a Plain Man I was about to try to make an escape when a momentary cessation of hostilities was caused by the entrance of a moth-eaten, abstracted-looking man. Our Next-Door Neighbors “Did you boys really think you had scared us with those moth-eaten old robes?” Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club This argument satisfied Edna and she followed along through the deserted rooms, catching sight of a moth-eaten cover here, a bunch of withered flowers there. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays That morning the old woman had crept out of prison in her moth-eaten garments, and a little charity money in her bosom. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Here there was nothing to bar his progress except some moth-eaten portieres. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The old ones are in the process of the spring moulting; their thick, matted hair is peeling off in large flakes, like fragments of a ragged, moth-eaten coat. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit There's Clayt Mink, for instance, the worst little moth-eaten scrap in the state, and yet he'll kill at the drop of a hat. They of the High Trails BLANKETS, if not in constant use, are liable to be moth-eaten. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The moon glimmering in pale white rays of splendor through the moth-eaten holes upon the finger and the white tomb-stone! Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Some broken chairs with moth-eaten seats were piled together, and some ancient boxes lay full of rubbish. The Madcap of the School The cows were faded and moth-eaten, but well fed. Kings in Exile Road number one: he stays with my moth-eaten old practice, he refurbishes it, he earns a partnership; and so to conservative clients and, probably, to genuine success.” The Readjustment Everything seemed impregnated with decay, more desolate than an actual ruin, because of its moth-eaten vitality, which left nothing to hope for. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Out of a dirty little Spanish shop two men's saddles of antiquated English make, with rolls, were unearthed, and hired in preference to some prehistoric side-saddles, with moth-eaten doe-skin seats and horned third pommels. In the Tail of the Peacock The same moth-eaten tune for three or four thousand years. The Rhodesian Often, to amuse her, he would take down a moth-eaten costume from his wardrobe and try to remember a fragment of some part that had gone from his memory. Germinie Lacerteux The little pest, the moth, had made its appearance in Virginia, for in goods accounted for, are four pairs of moth-eaten hose and a piece of moth-eaten kersey. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Doctor Jones' Picnic Close by is a large glass case containing specimens of the taxidermist's art, including a number of badly moth-eaten birds of paradise. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China There was one stepping along, proud of his purse, another of the key he carried at his girdle, though he had nothing to unlock; one proud of his moth-eaten coat, another of his wasted body. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales A uniform, though but the moth-eaten undress of a militia ensign, would have been a powerful auxiliary to their projects of aggrandisement. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 With violent hands she dragged out the moth-eaten clothes and threw them behind her upon the floor, and seized the books, opening them desperately one after the other. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 On the railing of the porch a moth-eaten cat—the only animal for whom Cyrus entertained the remotest respect—was contentedly licking the shabby fur on her side. Virginia He was shot at dawn, and, less lucky than Denis, reached England in a stuffed and rather moth-eaten condition. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories Are you going to stand outside in this moth-eaten passage the rest of the night, or will you come in with me and have a whisky and soda? The Dark Tower Come one, come all—all you moth-eaten, lousy stiffs from Stiffville. American Sketches 1908 Then the publishers would make him offers; he would be famous, perhaps a member of the Academy—though, to be sure, that institution was mildewed, moth-eaten, and ready to fall. Jack 1877 The furniture was dilapidated, and the coverings of it were worn and moth-eaten. Rollo in Scotland There were seven Rep Rho Betas on seven moth-eaten ponies which they had dug up from goodness knows where. At Good Old Siwash A Filipino family in a rickety cart, tilted at an impossible angle, are drawn by a moth-eaten pony, mostly bones. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia He laid his hat among the breakfast cups and crossed the room softly to look down at the little old man crumpled, sleeping, in the folds of the moth-eaten coat, the doll on one arm. The Rich Little Poor Boy As he cantered up the road, Billy Underwood, mounted on a moth-eaten pony, saluted with dignity. Still Jim He wanted his clasps of gold, but it did not matter if the stuff did shine with grease, or the trimming was moth-eaten. Peter the Priest In one corner stood a bedstead covered by a moth-eaten blanket, while all over the floor crumbling sandbags and old clothes and equipment gave it the appearance of a rag-and-bone shop. No Man's Land Seeing real live animals was so different from the stuffed and moth-eaten ones at Barnum's. A Little Girl of Long Ago This vast estate was mostly frittered away, honeycombed and moth-eaten, by hungry attorneys. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen It is often weak and reluctant, riddled with timidities, or moth-eaten with worldly ease. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year In his faded, tarnished, moth-eaten finery he, indeed, looked like a fantastic apparition, a picturesque ghost of the past. Monte-Cristo's Daughter If it had only been her own little moth-eaten trunk that had belonged to her mother, and filled with her own things—and if he had only been her own husband! Marcia Schuyler For years she had been copying some moth-eaten fragments of Stuart tapestry, and at her death left the work still uncompleted. The Nebuly Coat And for armour he had a rough jerkin, old and moth-eaten, and for arms he had a handful of sharp-pointed sticks of hard wood. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls He sprang forward and the arm swung round again in a swift and graceful gesture. p. 218Daddy was a moth-eaten cricketer of sorts, and he took it in with a critical eye. Danger! and Other Stories From some unknown source O'Mally had produced a concierge's hat and coat, a little moth-eaten, a little tarnished, but serviceable. The Lure of the Mask To his mind everything gained in sanctity by its age: the moth-eaten furniture was hallowed by tradition. The Tyranny of Weakness Yet for a time the association was no burden to the fair trader, who in anticipation had doubled his orders, or sold "old, moth-eaten goods" at high prices. Beginnings of the American People The Indian motioned to his squaw, sitting on a dilapidated little moth-eaten burro with a small papoose in her arms and looking both dirty and miserable. A Voice in the Wilderness Of all our earthly goods, our neighbor has chosen for salvation a dented bandbox containing a moth-eaten bonnet from my mother's happier days! The Promised Land Fatima answers: "If Emin Effendi had not been tired of you, old moth-eaten parrot, he would not have brought me to his harem." From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It's all stuffy and moth-eaten, and the gold is nearly black. Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy I also saw the clerk busy folding up a moth-eaten velvet pall—not a sight for Christmas Day. A Thin Ghost and Others Your riches are corrupted, and your garments moth-eaten! The Coming of the King Of course there will be a few moth-eaten old cannibals. Grace Harlowe's Problem Then came an old uniform, moth-eaten long before Dame Alison's careful hands had folded it away. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Charlie was wearing flannel trousers and a khaki tunic, while Fred was attired in a black and somewhat moth-eaten suit, which was too short for him both in arms and legs. Chatterbox, 1905. The French army is being moth-eaten by the Socialists, the British navy has dry rot. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life "I am like a garment that is moth-eaten." A Hero and Some Other Folks I wish I had the gray suit that's probably getting all moldy and moth-eaten at the Pine River cabin. North of Fifty-Three The band is moth-eaten, the wheel laid away, And the fingers that turned it are mold'ring in clay. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two "I'd rather be a spiteful little cat, which is what she once called me, than to be moth-eaten on the inside, like that!" she commented. The Price Same evening An old chap has just climbed over the rail, who looks like an early patriarch, but his dignity is impaired by the moth-eaten high silk hat which surmounts his white hair. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour I found her in the back garden, forcibly separating the family pet, a somewhat moth-eaten duck, from the yellow cat whose mouse he had just annexed by violence. My Friend the Chauffeur It is easy for them to get the feeling that the old people's ideas are rather moth-eaten and of not much account. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post Mother, you could have knocked me down with the shadow of a moth-eaten feather! Set in Silver But the missing of privileges and the neglecting of duties will leave days and years marred and blemished and make the life at last like a moth-eaten garment. Making the Most of Life She indicated a small humpbacked trunk covered with moth-eaten horsehair. Ralestone Luck "Nay! uncle," he cried, "let us have done with these follies! the rats of your garret are very welcome to these moth-eaten parchments for me." The Well of Saint Clare To the proprietors of five-legged kittens, mangy lynxes, moth-eaten coyotes, and dancing bears I returned courteous but uncompromising refusals—of course, first submitting all such letters, together with my replies, to Professor Farrago. In Search of the Unknown A desert of saw-palmetto stretched away before us to the base of the hills; game trails ran through it in every direction like sheep paths; a few moth-eaten Florida deer trotted away as we appeared. Police!!! He nodded, not trusting his voice, seeing the outlines of Grad’s face, outlined in moth-eaten blanket. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Examine the damper felts to see if they are moth-eaten, or have become hardened or in any way impaired. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The ladies of the party sniffed audibly, and raised their somewhat moth-eaten eyebrows at each other in virtuous disapproval of a young female who provoked such remarks from strangers. The Motor Maid The frock coat went badly with the damaged tan boots and the moth-eaten rag cap Nicholas was wearing. The Missing Link And right there in the early dawn, almost in front of the garage that contained his touring Chauvinnais and my gray roadster, father stood in his velvet dressing-gown and admired the two moth-eaten old animals. The Golden Bird "Why, it's all dust and rust inside; its cushions moth-eaten and fallen to pieces." Elster's Folly The wardrobe, like her own, was merely a pair of moth-eaten tartan curtains, concealing both pegs and garments from her curiosity. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Here he came upon a very old, moth-eaten, feeble-looking woodchuck, who was very busy in a half-hearted way digging himself a hole. Children of the Wild In a word, Brimberly," pursued his master, seating himself upon the escritoire and swinging his leg, "I want some old clothes, shabby clothes—moth-eaten, stained, battered, and torn. The Definite Object A Romance of New York I could hear the moth-eaten string of steeds munching noisily over at one end of the huge darkness, and the odor that arose from their repast was of corn and not of suffocating gasoline. The Golden Bird One fuming, perspiring man, looking too fat to ever get cool, found the prize he had drawn was a moth-eaten fur overcoat. Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent She put her hand on the moth-eaten cushion of the old bath-chair, bent forward, and looked into Mrs. Church's face. The Rebel of the School There were handsome young men whose thighs had never felt the touch of steel; elderly men in faded, moth-eaten uniforms and wigs. In the Days of Poor Richard He should have declared how he became possessed of that old moth-eaten, blood-stained, monkish gown, or I would have unfrocked him, even if he had proved to be a skeleton. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest This moth-eaten crowd of canting hypocrites were no match for the forces who believed that they were backed by the Lord of Hosts, and they were completely routed. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon Pete and Shoofly were happy on the floor enveloping themselves and each other in long wisps of moth-eaten yarn that Miss Amandy had unearthed in a bureau drawer and donated to their amusement. Rose of Old Harpeth And look at these walls!—papered with two or three kinds of paper, the bare spots hung with tapestry moth-eaten and filled with spiders! Lazarre The only one I've ever met was stuffed, and rather moth-eaten. The Princess Passes The animal was moth-eaten and its eyes had fallen out. Children of the Mist If there has been one it must have got moth-eaten, like many of the other birds there, and been destroyed. Birds of Guernsey (1879) And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands The young girl who admired her own facile adjectives said to a casual acquaintance: "How can you go about with that moth-eaten, squint-eyed, bag of a girl!" Etiquette Every question is settled when some moth-eaten ne'er-do-well lets out what is known as a 'rebel yell.' Queed The body of Cuckoo then contains a soul that's cankered with disease, moth-eaten with corruption, worn away to an atom not bigger than a grain of dust. Flames The animal was lean and tall, and had a moth-eaten mane, rough hoofs and loose shoes; a seton bobbed up and down on its breast. Over Strand and Field There is no specimen in the Museum at present, though I think there used to be one, but I suppose it has got moth-eaten and been thrown away. Birds of Guernsey (1879) And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands Printed bookes he contemnes, as a novelty of this latter age; but a manuscript he pores on everlastingly; especially if the cover be all moth-eaten, and the dust make a parenthesis between every syllable. Bracebridge Hall The old four-posted beds with funereal canopies and moth-eaten curtains had probably been brought from England a hundred years before. The Elephant God Let's hire an old moth-eaten sailboat—" "Nothing doing, Sweet Youth! The Adventure Club Afloat "I think it's delightful," said Julie, standing absently before a case of stuffed birds, somewhat moth-eaten, which took up a good deal of space in the little hall. Lady Rose's Daughter It was, indeed, a small room in itself, and was furnished with a few huge old chairs with moth-eaten frames and tattered seats. Marcella The curious moth-eaten and shabby appearance that captive camels always exhibit was accurately recorded in his addressing one of them as "poor old horsie." Mince Pie Asceticism to the verge of hardship, frankness bordering on rudeness, and a stolidity that was impolite; or soft, luxurious hypocrisy in a moth-eaten society—which shall it be? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors The mildewed walls and partially dismantled rooms, with their moth-eaten furniture and threadbare carpets, had no damping effect upon her spirits. The Rocks of Valpre Printed bookes he contemnes, as a novelty of this latter age; but a manuscript he pores on everlastingly; especially if the cover be all moth-eaten, and the dust make a parenthesis betweene every syllable. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists It was strange how much rough-hewn vitality had poured into her embrace from the moth-eaten civilization of the Old World. Broken to the Plow Some moth-eaten tapestry hung from a mildewed wall. The Italians We started down the Moika, past that faded picture-shop where there are always large moth-eaten canvases of cornfields under the moon and Russian weddings and Italian lakes. The Secret City Old curtains, moth-eaten and ragged with age, but of a rich material, covered the windows. A Roman Singer The mightiest men of centuries are gathered together here, perishable as these moth-eaten flags—mute and yet so eloquent. Pictures of Sweden No man packs in this moth-eaten stuff for love of labor. The Maid-At-Arms The moth-eaten state of the blue cloth cushions seemed to suggest that it had been long out of regular use; the oil-cloth floor-covering was worn into holes; ordinary internal fittings there were none. The Mystery of 31 New Inn Lumber and moth-eaten furniture were carelessly scattered around. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 The landscape had the moth-eaten look that landscapes do when they make the transition from countryside to paved streets. The Blood Red Dawn Trying to shut up that poor girl like a nun to conform to some moth-eaten ideas of hers! The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers He made him describe many times the tomb of the saint, the only one in the transept of the cathedral, the moth-eaten tapestries that perpetuated his miracles, the silver bust which guarded his heart…. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Their blood thrilled to old sentiments and old traditions which had seemed to belong to the lumber-room of history, with the moth-eaten garments of their ancestors. The Soul of the War Old tom-cats went wooing; old spinsters got out old letters; old husbands thought to return and kiss their wives before venturing down to old, moth-eaten clubs. The Sky Line of Spruce They gave him a big rag-bag to sit on, and an old, moth-eaten fur coat off the nail on the door to keep him warm. The Story of the Amulet When Shakespeare's played you hold a chair, And some defunct, moth-eaten star Enchants the mental prig you are... This Side of Paradise "There is a crimson curtain in a trunk above stairs,—a little faded and moth-eaten, I'm afraid,—but Phoebe and I will do wonders with it." House of the Seven Gables Once again the women disappear to return this time with a moth-eaten wallet containing a few Huerta bills. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution But he had evidently been "going some" for several days; the sour, worn, haggard face rising above his elegantly fitting collar suggested a moth-eaten jaguar that has been for weeks on short rations or none. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise There was the cosy corner with the rag-bag, and the moth-eaten fur coat—but the cosy corner was empty. The Story of the Amulet They pick up old, moth-eaten London accents that are down on their luck and have to be used by some one. This Side of Paradise As wooden as an Indian while talking about a million-a-year deal, and lyrical over a combination of electric sign, sunset, and moth-eaten park. Fanny Herself I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten. Dracula Some bad child—and I don't think she's a boy—has clipped that poor beastie in spots, until he looks like a mangy, moth-eaten checkerboard. Dear Enemy The coat was somewhat moth-eaten, and the odd hat would have seemed very much out of date if it had not recalled such precious memories. The Court of the Empress Josephine At thirty an organ-grinder is a more or less moth-eaten man who grinds an organ—and once he was an organ-grinder! The Beautiful and Damned He would climb upon the roof and lower a make-believe wildcat, fashioned out of an old moth-eaten skin Jim had thrown away. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods One or two small rooms near the hall were open, but there was nothing to see in them except old furniture, dusty with age and moth-eaten. Dracula Lucifer, I grieve to say, looks very moth-eaten. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others If there were a God anywhere, this universe could be nothing more than his forsaken moth-eaten garment. Wilfrid Cumbermede Many a man, many a woman, fair and flourishing to see, is going about with a rusty moth-eaten heart within that form of strength or beauty. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. The counterpane was very dusty; and oh, such moth-eaten blankets! A Rough Shaking The scanty, moth-eaten furniture of the rooms was very different from the luxury and elegance to which Angelina had been accustomed in the apartments of Lady Diana Chillingworth. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Somebody bought the antiquated harness and moth-eaten trappings. The Mountebank You set a bound to the soles of my feet, 13:28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. The World English Bible (WEB): Job But it would redeem them by redeeming the conquest-ridden conqueror too, the stripe-giving jailer, the unjust judge, the devouring Pharisee himself with the insatiable moth-eaten heart. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. I have carefully guarded, all the way through, against using hackneyed and moth-eaten facts. Remarks There is Gossom, the little moth-eaten, fat man at the door. Together Their existence would have been mildewed and moth-eaten with misery. The Mountebank Even to this day he has that half-scorched, moth-eaten pelt, and his claws are only those of a coyote. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Sometimes an old Johnny comes in with a moth-eaten fur collar and blows a dime for a wedding ring. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago That is the hotel where you find the moth-eaten towel and the bed-ridden coffee. Remarks From rusted metal hooks a few warped fragments of skins still hung, moth-eaten, riddled with holes, ready to crumble at the merest touch. Darkness and Dawn There is one immediately below me, a moth-eaten desiccated tortoiseshell; its eyes are closed and a red tongue hangs out of the mouth. Alone As a last expedient one fell back upon a standing column, a moth-eaten collection of alleged jests which had been set up years ago to meet the worst emergencies. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel The house was dilapidated, and the brownstone front had the moth-eaten look of the plush furniture within. We Can't Have Everything This was "Tiger's Island," named evidently from the one moth-eaten specimen that had once been landed here by a passing circus. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond A foxhound rose from the moth-eaten leopard-skin by the hearth as they came in. Gone to Earth Sometimes the chairs were covered with the skin of the same, minus the hair, which was missing and moth-eaten in spots. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Has he invited himself to my party, that moth-eaten old thing? Chantecler Play in Four Acts They tried the moth-eaten device of arresting our witnesses for alleged perjury, hoping to discredit those witnesses thus in your eyes because they knew they couldn't discredit them in any regular nor legitimate way. The Centralia Conspiracy Indeed, I should have said, if anything, that he was looking rather more moth-eaten than when I had seen him last. Right Ho, Jeeves Very familiarly: for they must know of me, forsooth, how every idle word is written in all the musty moth-eaten manuscripts, kept in all the old libraries in every city betwixt England and Peru. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The drably ancient and moth-eaten story with which every unsuccessful gambler seeks to establish an alibi. The Heart of the Range A heap of folded moth-eaten rugs and wraps disfigured a side-table, and beneath it stood a row of clogs and goloshes. Peter's Mother He addressed his remarks to his late guests: "You fragrant old he-goat, you will give orders to me, will you—you are sure some diplomat—you poor old moth-eaten gander, with your cow-like duplicity." Purple Springs The fabric was stained and rotten, in places moth-eaten. The Spanish Chest Moreover, there is little danger up here of being slugged by our moth-eaten acquaintance of this afternoon. The Prince and Betty He reserves his most biting condemnation for those second-hand critics who accept other people's opinions for their criteria, and rave over "beauty," "soul," "character," "expression" and "tone" in wretched, dingy, moth-eaten pictures. Mark Twain They were actually going into dinner when we came, a mournful procession of three moth-eaten men and three whiskered women. Queen Lucia What fun we all had airing our moth-eaten French. The Log of the Empire State Some of them are so old as to be moth-eaten. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe He was a cadaverous little man, incredibly dirty, with mustaches and beard of a moth-eaten tow-color, and a purple flush on his cheeks. Three Soldiers Still in his moth-eaten high hat, he shuffled about to fetch from the sideboard a fat decanter with a silver chain and label around its neck, and two tumblers. The Awakening of Helena Richie They were a motley crowd clad in every kind of garment, ranging from a moth-eaten General's tunic to practically nothing at all. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Hanging from one of the hooks was a moth-eaten vicuna smoking jacket of blue. Quill's Window Her eyes blazed with wrath, but as she saw the faded and bedraggled dress and moth-eaten shawl and looked into the tear-stained motherly old face she burst into hysterical laughter. The One Woman I picked you up because of your moth-eaten morals, I dare say. The Silver Horde He put out his hand stealthily and lifted the book;—rust and moth-eaten rags. The Awakening of Helena Richie Felicia limped to the window across the moth-eaten carpet with its faded doves and roses. Little Miss By-The-Day Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten! They Call Me Carpenter The broken effigy of a crusading Sedhurst, devoid of arms, feet, and nose was stowed away in the eastern sepulchre, in company with funeral apparatus, torn books, and moth-eaten cushions. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Then that hand plucked a palmbreadth away of the rotten and moth-eaten fabric. The Lilac Sunbonnet The purple grapes had also moved and peeped coyly from a thicket of moth-eaten rosebuds. Galusha the Magnificent Now when I think of the New Willard, I see frumpily dressed dowagers talking through their lorgnettes to moth-eaten senators. Vignettes of San Francisco I believe I may have some by me in an old chest of draws, with some exploded red-heel shoes and full-bottom wigs; but they would come out so yellow and moth-eaten! The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 The hearth yawned dark and dull, and by it stood one chair with a moth-eaten cushion. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Since you left America, however, a document has come into my hands, which, had it reached me earlier, would have saved you a long and tedious search among mouldy and moth-eaten papers. The Allen House On a divan lay a pile of "properties"—limp draperies, an Algerian scarf, a moth-eaten fan of peacock feathers. The Hermit and the Wild Woman He beheld a stumpy and pompous-looking personage, flushed in the face, with a moth-eaten grey beard and shifty grey eyes, clothed in a flannel shirt, tweed knickerbockers, brown stockings, white spats and shoes. South Wind So the king, having nothing more to live for, died suddenly and left a ten-year-old son to inherit the dismantled kingdom, the moth-eaten robe and the jewel-stripped crown. American Fairy Tales They are demanding of the pulpit and of the church editor something more than the time-worn and moth-eaten excuses for not teaching a deeper work of grace. The Heart-Cry of Jesus All of the tapestry hangings and coverings were moth-eaten and in tatters; nothing seemed left but the dust-covered woodwork of the chairs and sofas. File No. 113 The old dilapidated cab from Clinton with its ricketty windows and moth-eaten seats that smelt of straw and beer was standing at the door, the horse puffing great breaths of steam into the frozen air. The Captives It dangled over the water, waning, sickly, moth-eaten, top-heavy, and altogether out of condition—as if it had been on duty for weeks on end. South Wind With this thought in her mind, she raised the moth-eaten tapestry and stood looking at him with a face full of generous indignation. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest It was an old moth-eaten great-coat, heavily trimmed with fur; and in removing it a companion cap of sealskin was disclosed. Two on a Tower At eight o'clock the next evening Aunt Ellen took a quaint old gold ring from a moth-eaten case and gave it to Richard. The Four Million Moreover, there is little danger up here of being slugged by our moth-eaten acquaintance of this morning. Psmith, Journalist It was of fur, flat at the top, flat as a pie tin, with the moth-eaten earlaps turned up at the sides and looking exactly like small furry ears. The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment A little opening of long fastened windows; a lighting of chill grates; a little mending of moth-eaten curtains, a sweeping away of long-gathered dust and cobwebs. All Roads Lead to Calvary There was a very old bagatelle-table in one room, all moth-eaten, and a few old pictures still on the walls—a knight and his lady with Elizabethan ruffs, and a portrait of a greyhound. The Slowcoach It is dusty with age; the paint on it is cracked; the ropes are tangled; the sails are moth-eaten and yellow. The Queen of Hearts Family pride is a thing of many constructions—it may show itself by maintaining a moth-eaten arrogance in a cobwebbed Colonial mansion or by the prompt paying of one's debts. Options It was attached to a moth-eaten sash of thick-woven crimson silk from which hung heavy silk tassels. The Valley of the Moon He had two left—a moth-eaten overcoat and a black alpaca, out at the elbows. The Story of an African Farm, a novel His getting on his box, which I remember to have been decorated with an old weather-stained pea-green hammercloth moth-eaten into rags, was quite a work of time. Great Expectations "H'm," said he again; and becoming thoughtful, he laid back his moth-eaten sly head, and spoke no further with Mr. Bolles. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories On the basis of that recalled incident I satisfied myself by means of the practical judgment that she was wearing moth-eaten clothing. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business In these two rooms were the latticed windows seen in the front of the chateau, and over them still hung long sweeping curtains, so tattered and moth-eaten that they were almost falling to pieces. Captain Fracasse A smaller room opened out of this one, hung round with faded, moth-eaten tapestry. Captain Fracasse |
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