| 单词 | noisome |
| 例句 | The question of bridesmaids’ dresses became moot when the engagement was broken. noisome. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For cold they seemed to Sam after the noisome darkness behind; but the breath of them revived him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then they broke the evil bridge and set red flames in the noisome fields and departed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Mists curled and smoked from dark and noisome pools. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then his eyes shone with a green-white light, reflecting the noisome Morgul-sheen perhaps, or kindled by some answering mood within. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And the other animals in the dark, noisome caves under the ground sensed it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The smaller cub doesn’t even manage to struggle—he is enclosed in a dark, noisome place, and swung upward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Let us rid ourselves,” he said, “of this noisome object.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He and Bono sat by my side, though clearly their senses were assaulted by the noisome sheets and the breath of myself and those around me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Often they floundered, stepping or falling hands-first into waters as noisome as a cesspool, till they were slimed and fouled almost up to their necks and stank in one another’s nostrils. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I also became aware of the noisome stench arising from it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The noisome fumes of the stink bomb forced officials to evacuate the school. nonplussed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a faint hiss, a noisome smell went up, the lights flickered and danced and swirled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A dam across the Missouri River in Nebraska silted up so disastrously that a noisome ooze began to pour into the town of Niobrara, eventually forcing its permanent abandonment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Witness the noisome “Sherlock Holmes” period pictures he’s made with Robert Downey Jr., or his more recent live-action consideration of Disney’s “Aladdin.” ‘Wrath of Man’ Review: ‘H’ Has Some Fury 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z It got rave reviews, at least from those critics who were not perturbed by the noisome lifts you had to take to get there and the sometimes happy-go-lucky service. Britain's best young architects 2011-01-09T00:04:06Z It has a great performance from Michel Simon as the eponymous noisome clochard rescued from a suicide attempt in the Seine by a kindly Parisian bookseller. Boudu Saved from Drowning - review 2010-12-19T00:05:54Z “Musicians, if they choose to, can drive a tonal wedge through the noisome pestilence; the stench that often accompanies our contemporary societal lifestyles,” he said. Junie Morrison, a Funk Mastermind, Dies at 62 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Their passion was a noisome parody of mutual need; when he cut his arm on glass, she broke a bottle and gave herself a corresponding wound. “Amy,” Back from Black 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z It's hard not to feel sorry for the folkies: first, years of gags about beards, sandals and real ale in tankards; now, the noisome attentions of the far right. Alexis Petridis on folk and the BNP 2010-03-31T20:45:00Z Originating in a senseless freak of language, it has by dint of circumstances become so noisome and offensive … Dirty drunkards hiccup it as they wallow on ale-house floors. The modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words come from 2013-05-11T12:30:00Z In a moment of disability farce, it dumps noisome gags about bathroom stalls; the menstrual cycle is also a key concern. “Sally4Ever” and “The Bisexual,” Reviewed: Women in Crisis, In and Out of the Bedroom 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z But in the 17th century Leiden was also an industrial town, noisome and crowded. On the Pilgrims? Path Through England and the Netherlands 2011-11-17T20:41:15Z And there is no question of any noisome compromise, such as that by which ex-President Clinton technically avoided "relations" with Monica Lewinsky. Pure hell 2010-07-08T21:09:00Z “You want truthful sentences?” she asks in the new novel, after a noisome litany of them rolls off her tongue. Elizabeth Strout’s Lovely New Novel Is a Requiem for Small-Town Pain 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z This is followed by a noisome scene of Roman citizens baying and rutting to celebrate the feast of Lupercal and the return of Caesar. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z From a commercial standpoint, the companies have been reluctant to get in the way of the torrent, unless it’s so noisome that it crosses an inescapable line. Column: The Supreme Court holds the internet's fate in its hands, and you should be terrified 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Because he personally led this fetid, noisome, pawing frat house, that’s why. Perspective | This new Daniel Snyder seems an awful lot like the old one 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Yet another in our series of noisome parasites that we offer as second prizes. Style Invitational Week 1494: Put it in bee-verse 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z This is my new spiritual home, and the more I learn about it, the more I find myself unable to bear the noisome sunlight of the United States. Opinion | Forget Hungary. Tucker Carlson is all about Mordor now. 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Laboring alongside her co-workers, sometimes for 11 hours a day in a loud, noisome environment, she’d built valued relationships. Trump’s Carrier deal fades as economic reality intervenes 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z From there, the hunt was afforded a rare treat: the sight of the fox sprinting ahead, followed a few minutes later by the pack of hounds in noisome pursuit. Will a new generation of fox hunters save their controversial sport? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Media scholar Tim Wu plunges into the noisome history of “attention harvesting” — the commodification of human attention by industry and government. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Later he described the sting as “immediate, noisome, visceral, debilitating. For 10 minutes, life is not worth living.” This Is the Worst Insect Sting in the World First, I opened and loudly slammed the front door, a fail-proof tactic with noisome squirrels in New Jersey. How to Repel a Bear—Or Not 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z If paychecks stop and workers go home, it could create a cacophony so noisome it could exacerbate any further negotiations, said Sen. Bill Haine, an Alton Democrat who favors an override. Top Senate Democrats push to override Rauner’s budget veto 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The addiction returned two years ago, without warning, in the days after my daughter was born into the noisome cauldron that is midsummer New York City. 13½ Life Lessons from 'Married…With Children' Here’s several more toilets, feeding their noisome output into Parliament. The Sedition Files 2012-09-21T19:25:00Z For they went from the slaying of noisome wild beasts, to kill the harmless beasts, and such as did no hurt at all. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z In the harsher confinement, or “murus strictus,” the prisoner was thrust into the smallest, darkest, and most noisome of cells, with chains on his feet—in some cases chained to the wall. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Thank God, he had left behind him the heavy air and noisome scent of the yews. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The causes are, in the majority of instances, the bad styes in which the pigs are lodged, and the noisome food which they often contain. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z At their feet the candles burned dull before the window that should have been open, but was shut; as the thick noisome air of the room, that turned him sick and faint, told him. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Fr�ulein certainly thought that she saw him smile in his sleep, while through her careful lips "Conte Ukolino," in the thirty-third canto of the "Inferno," gnawed noisomely at the Archbishop's ravaged skull. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z You could open a noisome can of air freshener in the Capitol Rotunda. Going to Extreme Lengths to Purge Household Toxins 2012-03-15T03:27:18Z And he fell to polishing his furry, old-fashioned top-hat with a tail of the scanty, ill-fitting frock-coat he had donned along with a noisome waistcoat in honour of the occasion. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The invasion of this terrific disorder was generally preceded by a thick noisome fog, especially in Shropshire. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As you have lived, foul, noisome, corrupt, you will die! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The mists, due to the great heat and excessive evaporation, and the noxious miasmata, especially of the southern region, were exaggerated into the noisome vapours that the “black and stinking” waters ever exhaled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z There are noisome cells on the level of the water-line that may at will be flooded. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z But His Excellency hated tortuous groping; he abhorred the Irish peers; begged that he might not be asked even to sniff the noisome broth. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z It pleased God to preserve me and mine from this noisome pestilence. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z It could not be that he wished to return to the crowded Jewish quarter, noisome with the reek of rancid cookery, where the gates were locked on its inhabitants at six o'clock of the night! The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the water in the stream was turned into blood, and the fish died, and the water became foul and noisome. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Busy in Verona—first, amphitheatre, with its numerous cells, those of the wild beasts wholesomely lighted and aired, those of the prisoners, dark and noisome and often without light of any kind.... Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The paled candles dim and wan through a mist of collected breath--a stifling, noisome atmosphere of clammy heat which made the temples of all to throb, the ears to sing. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z For when imposture, folly, and humbug grow too rank and noisome, there arise, it can scarcely be by accident, men like Lucian, Rabelais, and Voltaire, whose calling it is to cut them down. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z The odors were noisome, and a foot rise of water would have swamped out the dweller in this strange abode. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Though Khayyam strings no pearls of righteous deeds, Nor sweeps from off his soul sin's noisome weeds, Yet will he not despair of heavenly grace, Seeing that ONE as two he ne'er misreads. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The place was ill lit and worse drained, and the noisome atmosphere of some of the alleys which we passed and the mess through which we trudged, were horribly repulsive. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z She can no longer cast a Roger Bacon into a noisome dungeon because of his scientific investigations. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z How he would prize the fragrance of a little flower, condemned as he was to smell nothing but the dank, noisome effluvia of the soap boiler’s factory. The Herriges Horror in Philadelphia A Full History of the Whole Affair. A Man Kept in a Dark Cage Like a Wild Beast for Twenty Years, As Alleged, in His Own Mother's and Brother's House 2011-12-14T03:00:19.043Z After twelve days of much discomfort, and twelve noisome nights, passed in broken slumbers under the decks of that galley, which only too well deserved its name, our little fleet entered the port of Zara. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Real water, a noisome pool of stagnant liquid lies at the bottom of a slight depression, the dregs of a larger pool concentrated by evaporation. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The rear buildings abound even back of the tall factories, reached by dark, noisome alleys. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z It was for Her that he had sailed the multitudinous seas, it was for Her that he had traversed noisome caverns measureless to man. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z After his face was cleaned off, the peculiar pallor of his countenance, resulting from the great length of time he was imprisoned in his noisome cell, was almost unearthly and strangely striking. The Herriges Horror in Philadelphia A Full History of the Whole Affair. A Man Kept in a Dark Cage Like a Wild Beast for Twenty Years, As Alleged, in His Own Mother's and Brother's House 2011-12-14T03:00:19.043Z He sows no rank or noisome weeds for his children’s children to reap a gruesome harvest. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z The expired air is cold, and of a noisome odor. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Indeed the land groans by reason of the sin of witchcraft,—a noisome plague now infesting this afflicted realm, and a grievous scandal to the members and ministers of our Reformed Church. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Meanwhile, the allies awaited reinforcements and supplies in the noisome swamps, dying meantime by thousands of fever. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z At night his fingers were soiled by contact with the coins, the counting-room had become noisome with the day's heat and the unhappy humanity that had come and gone through the busy hours. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It was as if the noisome prison-house of his soul were flung open once and forever to the blessed life-giving air. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Maybe one drink—one little sip would revive him—counteract the poison of the noisome air, and stimulate him against the dull apathy that was creeping upon him. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z The score of vultures fought and tore and slid about in the black noisome mud exposed by the low tide. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z They crept forward a few steps, but the ground was noisome mire after the passage of this creature, and the boys were covered with filth at every step they took. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z Up and down through the wards where the fever Stalks noisome and gaunt and impure, You must go with your steadfast endeavor To comfort, to counsel, to cure! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z In the eyes of a true lover of truffles a puff-ball is a noisome, obscene thing; it is a false truffle. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z South of him lay the broad city moat, a noisome antediluvian defence. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z In one of those dark, noisome cells, The wretched call their home, she lies All motionless; the icy spells Of death, have closed those weary eyes; She speaks not now. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z Each day, before or after lunch, depending on one's lunch schedule, we would assemble in our respective "homerooms"; here we could talk among ourselves if we did not become noisome or in any way obnoxious. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z They passed the water-parsnip, unaware of its pernicious qualities, looking for noisome hemlock. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The unaccustomed noise and noisome atmosphere gave but little promise of rest for the tired father and mother. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Up and down through the wards where the fever Stalks, noisome, and gaunt, and impure; You must go with your steadfast endeavor To comfort, to counsel, to cure. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Go and exist, and grovel like a toad or a slug, or any other noisome creature; you are not fit for the society of men!” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z These four sore judgments were about to fall upon Jerusalem and the land—famine, noisome beasts, Gentile invasion, the sword and pestilence. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Reaching down she lifted it, holding it away from her as though it were a noisome weed. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z It carries you away from the noisome word-jugglery of the conventional pulpits, and brings you face to face with nature. The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.300Z And Laskóy proceeded to conduct the imperial guest to the dungeons, even to the most noisome, regardless of the pestilential atmosphere which met the visitor. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Here was discovered a strongly-barred door, which was soon broken open, and revealed a low narrow passage, leading to a dark and noisome hole between the double convent-walls. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Then the noisome beasts would pass through the land, to spoil it and make it desolate. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z If only he could make his presence known—but that noisome gag rendered all sound as impossible as his bonds rendered movement. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z This den of darkness seems swarming with noisome reptiles. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z She hastened across the street and up the narrow, dark and noisome stairway.... Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The coarsest ribaldry assailed your ears, and noisome odours afflicted your sense of smell. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z These Lucinda haled forth from the noisome morass of the newest divorce scandal. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z It had wakened life, and ripened real fruits of heaven in many places, and it had revealed evil and noisome things in their true forms. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Even when a hairdo-guessing contest led its hostess to screech “Yeaaaahhh!” at 105 decibels — high-pitched sounds in that range can be particularly noisome to human ears — the crowd got only louder to compensate. Stoking Excitement, Arenas Pump Up the Volume 2011-06-06T15:30:29Z The noisome matter into which I had fallen up to the chin, being disturbed and agitated, had emitted exhalations which fairly suffocated me. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Every thing about her was in a condition noisome and detestable. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z To the rest of mankind she is a noisome weed that cannot be shunned too cautiously, nor trampled on too much. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z The poor, are not only driven to unhealthy, but also to noisome, dwellings. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z But the rippling water laughed with joy because their voices sounded dead in the forest lake, and seemed afraid to venture out into the damp, noisome darkness. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z In contrast to the noisome atmosphere of the prison, faint perfumes, borne from some flowery slope of the distant shore, swept languorously in and out the open aisles and passages of the Mount. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z His senses had not been assailed by any noisome effluvia. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Deep red scars, crisscrossed with heavy, unhealed, blue-rimmed cuts, feverish and noisome. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The dank, noisome atmosphere of the place, and its subterraneous position beneath the chancel, filled him with awe and fear. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z It befell in times past that the gods, being angry with the inhabitants of Thebes, sent into their land a very noisome beast which men called the Sphinx. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z The proposal which His Majesty placed before me awhile ago, that same letter which you still hold in your hand, are such vile and noisome things that actual contact with them is pollution. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Back in medieval times, many complaints concerned misdirected, leaking or otherwise noisome privies, as medieval cities had no infrastructure to cope with the disposal of human waste. Anatomy of a 14th Century Asbo 2011-04-05T07:10:28Z Instead, not only have EFCA's chances -- for the immediate future at least -- vanished, but labor has become the GOP's most prominent target -- especially when noisome Muslim clerics aren't readily at hand. Labor pains and the GOP 2011-04-02T01:01:00Z Alcala, in his noisome prison, might well have envied Lucius his couch on the earth, and the pure fresh breezes which fanned the slumberer's brow. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z That is a vulgar squeamishness which leaves it to poison the atmosphere and offend the senses on the assumption that it is too noisome to be dealt with or utilized. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Awhile ago she had hardly been able to think or to act coherently while she felt the contact of that noisome paper against her flesh. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The body of one of these adventurous men is even now rotting in the bowels of the mountain, preyed upon by its blind and noisome worms; that of his brother was extricated. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z They went up the hollow-sounding stairs, and the the odor became thick and noisome, stifling the breath; and a vapor, sickening as the smell of the chamber of death, choked them. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Into the melting-pot when Dryden comes, What horrid stench will rise, what noisome fumes! The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z She holds it out to him at arm's length, as though it is some noisome reptile, as doubtless indeed she considers it. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z In the filthy purlieus of the palace, and close to the outer gate, stands a mound of ashes and rubbish, mingled with the noisome lees that stream over the road from the adjacent royal breweries. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z And the man stopped, gazing up the black noisome channel before him as if it possessed some attraction. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z And in the darkness on the bridge, there crawled and lurked and squatted the noisome creatures of the night. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z I was glad when the noisome thing was out of sight. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Now he was in the gloom of the noisome dungeon, with no hope of ever again looking upon the light of day, doomed to drag out an existence worse than death, and all for what? The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z That awful cry, Yvonne heard it as she was being dragged through the noisome crowd. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z If the most fashionable parts of the capital could be placed before us, such as they then were, we should be disgusted with their squalid appearance, and poisoned by their noisome atmosphere. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z How beautiful was this great free place of sun and wind, of water and forest, after the noisome Jew-street! Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Better any open risk than the fall of perhaps the whole party into a pit of dead wood choked with fœtid and noisome fungus growths. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Truckloads of oranges were going bad, and Xi Xinli was nervously eyeing his cargo of 30 hogs, a noisome pile of pink complaining flesh that was bound for the slaughterhouse. Hetaocun Journal: In China, Traffic Jam Is Windfall for Enterprising Villagers 2011-01-19T03:28:11Z Thou hast shielded me against the terrors of the night, the snares of the devil, the noisome pestilence, that walketh in the darkness, manifold illness and disease. Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions 2011-01-19T03:00:21.137Z We roasted our boots at the range, and Bernard, with all a sailor's gift for exploration and theft, prowled in noisome purlieus and emerged with a jug of milk and a lump of salt butter. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Sleep may rarely visit your eyes; your homes are noisome styes; your children perish around you; ye go down in sorrow to the grave. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z As I was bracing myself to meet all alarms, real or imaginary, associated with this noisome place, I beheld a sudden figure emerge from the opening and hastily approach us. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z But as noisome as the vuvuzela is for so many outside of South Africa, inside that country it is a longstanding feature of fan culture. Song of the Vuvuzela: Can You Stand It? 2010-06-14T20:28:00Z A noisome damp pervaded the atmosphere; and a creeping sensation ran over his flesh, which, co-operating with his fear and solitude, made him shiver. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 But this hope grew, a pure, white flower, and it banished the noisome weeds of grosser birth. The Man from Jericho All emerged from the noisome place at the end of the experiment in perfect health. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 The air still bore the scent of dead bodies which had either been left exposed, or so meagrely covered with earth as to taint the breeze with noisome exhalations. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency A face at a window would have been a relief; even the sight of a customer in the noisome groggery that occupied the ground floor. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The noisome mixture of mud and water stank abominably, but the two barrels were empty, and had to be recruited against the journey ahead of them. Tales of South Africa Even then the act of descending into that noisome pit, with the almost certainty of a hand-to-hand struggle with a raging lunatic of enormous strength, was an ordeal calculated to daunt the stoutest of hearts. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence. The Bible Story In her hole of a room in a certain noisome street, she imparted to me those terrible secrets of the Black Arts which were deep in her soul. The Medici Boots The prince also had a habit of giving Théophile Belais all sorts of things to take care of—mechanical contrivances, chemicals, bits of old iron, powders, and liquids which gave off noisome smells. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels It was indescribably strong and noisome, and more than once they were almost compelled to cease their work. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin What a sight the grizzly denizen of that appalling hell-pit—crouching there, mopping and mowing among the gliding, noisome reptiles, among the indescribable filth and the grinning human skulls! 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And an enemy may be likened to a swamp with its miasmatic vapors and noisome vermin. Waldfried A Novel When the atmosphere surrounding us is heavy with noisome vapors, Nature can relieve herself only by a thunder-storm. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Led to a drab underground city, dimly lit, dank, noisome with mold and mildew. Voyage To Eternity On no account should it be allowed to remain about, and the animal to blow upon it till it either becomes stale or noisome in the creature's eyes. The Dog The opinion was general among the Goths that men who died natural deaths went into vast caves underground, all dark and miry, full of noisome creatures, and there for ever grovelled in stench and misery. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Then on the men which bore The mark upon their foreheads of the beast, Or fell down to his image, noisome sores And plague-spots fell. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 No prisoner was ever more exultant to escape," Heath went on, "than I was to get out of that dark, noisome hole into clean sunlight. Eleven Possible Cases "This," Martin said urbanely, "is the most noisome movie ever put on film." The Ego Machine But from the wondrous churning streamed A poison fierce and dread, Burning like fire: where'er it streamed Thick noisome mists were spread. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa It was a momentary excursion out of a noisome dungeon into an old-fashioned garden, where roses nod and illusions bloom. The Portal of Dreams This was the Temple,—the ancient castle of the knights whose cruelties were written in the dark obbliettes and the noisome dungeons of that dread abode. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I It is about 2 in. long, with wings 3 in. in expanse, and forms one of the most noisome and injurious of insect pests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It seemed to Martin that he was watching the most noisome movie ever put upon film. The Ego Machine There, on his open palm, lies a very serpent, a noisome reptile, a box of chocolate creams! Portia or By Passions Rocked As the eastern part of the South and the administration of the laws improved, this element was to some extent forced out, and spread in a noisome trail over Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri. The Struggle for Missouri They are fed with a running stream, but, being no man's property, the pond becomes choked with mud and manure, and the small inflow of pure water is not enough to overcome the noisome exhalations. The Hills and the Vale In a solitary cell, small, damp and noisome, lighted by a dim lamp, an aged man sat alone. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 Why are you always creeping across my life like a dark, noisome shadow? A Monk of Cruta What a hell upon earth was that sordid, stifling, noisome, gloomy keep, with its crowds of starving sore-covered inmates. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Simultaneously every neighbouring boulder blossomed forth in tufts of creamy white that writhed and widened till they melted in thin air like noisome, dark-grown fungi that wilt in the light of day. The Blue Goose In 1620 the hall was wainscoted instead of whitewashed; and in 1646 it was paved with red tile, rushes or earthen floors having "been found inconvenient, and oftentimes noisome." Old and New London Volume I For she alone knew the noisome perils of her way. Old Crow But don't think that I have yet "rifled all your sweetness," or am yet about to "fling you like a noisome weed away." Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. A noisome exhalation mounted to the heavens and darkened the sky; from the stables came the desperate cries of the confined animals. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 And though the day be white with heat, Their ancient yards are dim and cold; Where now the toad makes its retreat, 'Mid flower-pots green-caked with mold, And naught but noisome weeds unfold. Weeds by the Wall Verses They were clapped into prison as a natural course, into a dark, noisome cell, which would have been but indifferent accommodation for some malefactor. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front But if the noisome birds of prey Shall vanish from the sky some morning, The blessed sunlight still will stay. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View The judge was indefatigable in his determination to penetrate to every dreary corner, every noisome alley of the place, although the young stranger seemed to think that he had had enough at the first glance. Clark's Field In his mind projects were taking form, though vague as yet, for renovating those noisome places of the city where human nature, undiluted by space, stews corrosion and corruption for its souls and bodies. The Fate of Felix Brand He had been lowered in a basket into a noisome pit, where he lay all summer, gnawing hard crusts and railing upon fate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) They took him back Into his noisome den, His tiny face Concealed as if he wept, So helpless to resist. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The captains Martin had met were particular men; one would not find them in such a noisome hole. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Such people are great nuisances—half the discomforts of life are bred by them; they contaminate and poison the air they breathe, with their noisome breath, like the odor of the Upas tree. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes La Frochard led the way to their dank and noisome den, opening from a street trap-door and giving at the other extremity on a sort of water-rat exit underneath the pier. Orphans of the Storm He dwelt all his life in a pit more noisome than the dungeon at M�un. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) The farther one penetrates the more intolerable its noisome atmosphere becomes. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It He saw the beginning of a vast and noisome morass, over which lay a thick haze as of a stream raised by the sun. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 We were aware of him climbing over the noisome litter of the dead giant's body which blocked the tunnel's further end. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 For instance, the beds were prison beds, but they were clean and the dormitories fairly well ventilated,—luxury to one who was accustomed to sleep in a noisome cellar on filthy and envermined straw. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Have we not given orders to hang, impale, and exterminate like noisome vermin, all those who dare in any way to think or have an opinion? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Let me tell you the "code Napoleon" carried light not only into the Ghettos, but into many another noisome spider-clot of feudalism. Dreamers of the Ghetto “Rather strange, by the by, some of nature’s best restoratives should be rank and noisome, while her poisons, like the Upas tree, are often sweet-smelling and agreeable?” The Strollers That huge, noisome mass of pulp which once had been human shoulders— I shoved Glora away. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Miss Kingsley says: "All travelers in West Africa find it necessary very soon to accustom themselves to most noisome odors of many kinds and to all sorts of revolting uncleanliness." The Negro Farmer Within this noisome lair the sorceress squatted and practised her unholy arts upon all comers without mercy or distinction as to race, caste, sex, age, colour, or previous condition of servitude. Nobody He had no communion with the bulk of his brethren, save in religious ceremonies, and for these he would go to the poorest houses in the most noisome courts. Dreamers of the Ghetto Nothing therein was washed, and the savor of Professor No No and his camp blew noisomely across the taboo line as one walked to leeward. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Nearby, whitening, dead, lay the fresh-water fry, tench, for the most part, insufferably noisome, glittering with the subdued metallic luster of poisonous tropical fruit. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Forgive me, Lord, that I so long have dwelt In noisome cities, whence Thy sacred works Are ever banished from my sight; where lurks Each baleful passion man has ever felt. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 It was as if I stood helpless while a noisome reptile coiled its folds around me. The First Violin A Novel Rough, untutored, a son of the soil, he saw no harm in sweeping out of the way a noisome creature who spreads evil and misery. A Bride of the Plains If a room be swarming with these noisome insects, the most ready way of expelling them is to fumigate the apartment with the dried leaves of the gourd. 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 We shouted for help, or to be liberated from our noisome prison. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI As the air became exhausted in the confined space the noisome odour of the beast caught her by the throat.... A Nest of Spies Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Thence opens out a squalid hall of noisome odors. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character I do not believe they appreciate the perfume of flowers, and I am sure that they never mind the most noisome stench or the most loathsome sight. A Boy's Town He folded his arms and resettled his legs; and the noisome hatefulness of his laugh filled me with regret for the wet-eyed Mowry. Red Men and White In this splendid model institution there are noisome, slimy cells, where daylight never enters, in which human beings are literally buried alive. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science The very cage which imprisoned them shriveled and retreated from the hellish, devouring breath that struck its noisome rot into the heart of the wood and the metal, reducing both to revolting ruin. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 You thus employ'd, I would go root away The noisome weeds, which without profit suck The soil's fertility from wholesome flowers. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare In that noisome lair of the bandits a horrible scene ensued. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas I forgot the sticky, wet clay in which I had floundered for nine hours, forgot the noisome stench which at times we were forced to breathe, forgot my lame hands and back. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America You never quailed before any scaly horror, you never spared a truculent robber or a noisome beast, nor avoided a laborious act—— Heracles. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy The great movement of the eighteenth century seemed to him a mere stirring and splashing in a noisome pool, in that cloaca maxima, as he had called it. The Countess of Albany Here was this army crowding into the great city, packed away in noisome tenement houses, ignorant, blind, stupid, incompetent in every fibre, and yet there as factors in the problem no man has yet solved. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome pestilence.... In Orchard Glen It is safe, because it is too filthy to handle, and too noisome even to approach. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Looking down now into the noisome tunnel of his own tragedy, he could only wonder that its wretched walls and exit did not carry the red current of blood mingled with its own foul streaks. The Art of Disappearing By her battened hatch I leaned and caught Sounds from the noisome hold,— Cursing and sighing of souls distraught And cries too sad to be told. Gloucester Moors and Other Poems Already had the air of that small, confined place become fetid and noisome; and the burglar began to pant with agony, while the hot blood swelled his veins almost to bursting. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston To have borne that noisome atmosphere and heat would have tested the constitutions of salamanders, and engineers were only human. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Beyond the fact that it was neither noisome nor full of uproar, Miss French derived no consolation from an atmosphere to which she had confidently carried her troubles for at least twenty years. Anthony Lyveden On the moist and noisome floor is a mat; on the mat an old man dying. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere I looked with rather changed sentiments, for example, upon the noisome pigsties—for were they not a survival of a venerable thrift? Change in the Village Under the influence of the sunshine, the violets in the vase droop and become noisome; the living lilies under my window unfold and assume an even statelier grace. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds A shiver ran through his frame as he beat to death the great noisome insect—and his blood seemed to chill with a superstitious fear. The Sign of the Spider The close line of hitched teams disappeared about an elbow of the thicket; groups of men gathered in the noisome shadows, bottles were passed, heads thrown back and arms bent aloft. Mountain Blood A Novel Sending the launch back to the cutter, I picked my way across this noisome place to the shelter of the trees along the road. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China The water of this lake was entirely stagnant, covered with a thick scum, and sent forth a noisome smell. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West I wondered how any one could live in such noisome places even for a day. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France Almost instantaneously—so it seemed—I found myself transported to a place of durance vile, deep down in the intricate confines of the noisome cellars beneath the building where the inquisition had taken place. Fibble, D.D. In vain does the farmer eradicate from his fields the last vestige of the noisome thistle, while the neighboring grounds are given up to its dominion, and every wind scatters the seed where it listeth. Select Temperance Tracts The effect of the vial is “a noisome and grievous sore;” and the only things analogous, are mental maladies. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse The atmosphere of the room seemed to become heavy and noisome. Uncanny Tales Seized at length as with panic, he hurried on with every mark of agitation, until he had plunged into one of the most noisome and pestilential quarters, or rather suburbs of the town. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Then, as the flotilla steamed on, this fair prospect would disappear, and be replaced by noisome cypress brakes, hung thick with the funereal Spanish moss, and harboring beneath the black water many a noxious reptile. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 In the harsher confinement, or murus strictus, the prisoner was thrust into the smallest, darkest, and most noisome of cells, with chains on his feet,—in some cases chained to the wall. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church The fire had burned very low, the cheerless room was dense with smoke and noisome with the smell of dead tobacco. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The floor is a noisome kedgeree of broken china and glass, sea water, pickles, chutney, condensed milk, and other articles of food. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories For the sake of all parties, readers, critics, publishers and the author himself, it should be buried, at once, out of sight, with other things noisome and corruptible. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. She sat on Witta’s shoulder and screamed in that noisome, silent darkness. Puck of Pook’s Hill The hypnotism of horror lured them on to where twelve houses lay spread about in smoking chaos, a plateau of blazing and noisome havoc. World's War Events, Vol. I The air was noisome with dead tobacco smoke and the fumes of stale beer. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time For the moment his anger toward Wainwright was forgotten, though he could hear the swaggering tones from the deck above, and the noisome laughter of Wurtz in response. The Search Says the revelator, in describing those terrific scourges: “There fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Anything to be finally rid of the dangerous woman, done with the whole noisome story. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg To witness the sporadic dry showers of crumbs falling onto the recently mopped but still noisome floor seemed cathartic. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Volumes of noisome vapor rolled slowly past them. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Even the cheery Dan succumbed to the poison of the noisome night mists, and whilst the fever was on him his songs and jests were sorely missed. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The air was delicious, scented with freshness, and after the noisome fumes of wine, beer, victuals, and tobacco in the banqueting-hall, she thought the night air was laden with rose fragrance. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg It is a chamber cut out of the rock of the little island, dark, damp, and noisome. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 But "that rejuvenated old dame," and "that old Zattiany woman" crawled like reeking vapors across some fair landscape a man had spent his life seeking, blotting out its loveliness, turning it to a noisome morass. Black Oxen In one prison he found a cell so narrow and noisome that the poor wretch who inhabited it begged as a mercy for hanging. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 Here the noisome smell of decaying vegetation nauseated us, for the air in those forest depths is deadly. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason And neither lad expressed any great anxiety to go exploring the noisome Cherokee swamp and to challenge the ghost of Blackbeard. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Of these sins one lies buried deepest but most noisome, and though it is stifled, stinks: the true story of the relations of the rich man and the poor in England. Eugenics and Other Evils “For he is a noisome leaven that will pollute all of space that he touches.” Hunters Out of Space Indeed the land groans by reason of the sin of witchcraft—a noisome plague now infesting this afflicted realm, and a grievous scandal to the members and ministers of our Reformed Church. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 In the middle of the square still smoked, in a heavy volume of cloud, the last gleaming ashes of a lately blazing pile, still filling the air with a noisome stench. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Under the ardent rays of the tropical sun, noisome vapors exhaled from the rank soil and sluggish waters, poisoning the breezes from the southern seas, and corrupting them into the breath of pestilence. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) And into this noisome sepulchre living men, women, and children went down to die; to pillow upon the rotten straw, the grave clothes vacated by preceding victims and festering with their fever. A Journal of a Visit of Three Days to Skibbereen, and its Neighbourhood Like surly slaves, obeying unwillingly, the yellow mists sank back into the Pit, lower and lower, till they were seen no more, and with them went their noisome breath, leaving the air pure and clean. The Shadow Witch “Well, my dear fellow, mind you don’t go to sleep,” observed Adair, as with the crew, Queerface, and the two parrots, he dived down into the noisome little cabin. The Three Midshipmen "It would be well that Her Majesty came hither to dwell," said one of the burghers eagerly; "and the Prince—because of the noisome air and water of Famagosta." The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Unconsciously he strained his ears, then shuddered at the night noises that issued from the noisome wilderness. Faithfully Yours They are situated in the most densely crowded and dirtiest quarters of the town, and are approached through lanes of the most noisome filth. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Any budding romance the name may suggest will not survive a walk of a few yards up its narrow and noisome recesses. The Story of Rouen It is accompanied with such a hellish crowd of noisome lusts. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Thou poisonous laurel leaf, that in the soil Of life, which I am doomed to till full sore, Spring’st like a noisome weed! Poems If only to keep from sharing his quarters with all the refuge-hunting vermin of the noisome wilderness, the one human must move on. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana He pulled a battered veteran out of his pocket, and peered into its noisome bowl. No Man's Land They went out the way they had come, through the noisome court, up the narrow flight of rotten, slippery stairs into the pure icy air. A Girl of the Klondike Nature begins within to probe among the superfluous and noisome humours which abound in the body, and desolate the members, and doth not think it sufficient to apply external plasters. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning So"—as he grasped the money the fool gave him and stretched himself luxuriously beneath a noisome litter of cast-off clothes and rubbish—"I languish in ecstasies! Under the Rose Carpets of Arctic lichen sometimes clothed their nakedness, and even wide wastes of noisome fungus. The Heart of Unaga At one time the reputation of this street was most noisome; indeed, it was officially known as the worst street in London. Nights in London A family of ten children born and reared in a noisome Ghetto, and all strong and healthy? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen If a man had his lusts subdued, and his affections composed unto moderation and sobriety, O what a multitude of noisome and hurtful cares should he then be freed from! The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The animal paused, put its head on one side, and turning slowly round waddled away into the noisome recesses of its native swamp. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication This is what our fast decomposing and wholly noisome contemporary is now doing. Pickwickian Studies They forget that in this same city the worker, with his wife and children, suffocates in a noisome garret, while from his window he sees the rich man's palace. The Conquest of Bread He looked pale and careworn, but no one would have guessed from his appearance that he had just spent four nights and the better part of five days in the most noisome dungeon in Ferrara. Stradella The man who is fed on “the bread of life” is endowed with powers of resistance against “the noisome pestilence.” My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year “The noisome poison is still wet upon his face.” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Many died, some from terror; many were drowned, manacled as they lay in the noisome hold. Old Jack The greatest annoyance to a stranger is the noisome smell of the mud when uncovered; and all plated or silver articles, even in the course of one night, get black and discolored. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Then she broke Once more fierce-footed through the noisome press; But ere she reached the goal of her distress, Her pierced heart seemed to shatter, and she woke. Alcyone He brought them out into the light one by one, as though he were emptying a noisome kennel. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Again the foul tracks of the monster were found where it had padded softly back to its noisome fens. A Book of Myths It is very unhealthy, as on the east side there is a swamp; and in the harbour, at low tide, a wide extent of black slimy mud is exposed, exhaling noisome vapours. Old Jack In the district crowded with the poorer classes, who are dependent on their daily labor for their daily bread, the fever stalks gaunt and noisome, marking his victims and seldom in vain. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death That huge noisome mass of pulp which once had been human shoulders no longer expanded. Beyond the Vanishing Point I felt assured he would not live long, unless removed from that noisome place. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The bad air, and the noisome room which I was in, contributed hereto. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon She had entered into noisome places, but so had the marsh-hawk poising grandly on motionless wing there above. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Instantly the darkness all about—the clinging noisome darkness of Orcon at night—was shattered. The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette Feeble moschetoes, residents in the boat, whose health suffers from the noisome airs they are nightly compelled to breathe, do their worst to annoy you; and then, Phœbus Apollo! how the sleepers snore! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 With the noisome details I do not concern myself. A Book of Burlesques He did not like the thought of Rose standing among the sort of people who were lingering, like noisome flies round a honey-pot, under the great portico. Good Old Anna The entrance was some thirty feet above the ground—dank, noisome, and forbidding; the end was near the roots. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character He tried his best, but the serpents he made were all noisome and poisonous, and he saw that he had failed again. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian In that atmosphere of corruption the thought of the girl was intolerably sweet, as of a ray of sunshine penetrating a noisome dungeon. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Stuart and the Cuban, the boy riding ahead, were picking their away across this noisome tract of land. Plotting in Pirate Seas Again the single word dropped out upon the stillness, marking the flight of the seconds; again the hoot of the cicada echoed it, laughing hideously from its noisome marsh. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The men were crowded into a number of shaky old cars, reeking with filth, and redolent of most noisome odors. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Why do we not forbid the renting of rooms in which putrid, damp and noisome vapors are working as sure destruction as the worst food? Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American The whole place, dusty and musty, with a faded smell of the oil in birds' feathers, was almost more noisome than curious. The Mark Of Cain A fountain in the middle kept the floor damp and seemed to prove an attraction to various centipedes, scorpions, and other noisome creatures which were crawling about. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story The key of the oak chest was about his mother’s person, and he must obtain it; he must search for it in corruption and death, amongst creeping worms and noisome stench. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend And the abolitionists of New England were as noisome to him as were the radical secessionists to Henry Clay. Expansion and Conflict Their condition had been bad before, but they knew now that they were to be shut down and crowded together in the dark noisome hold of the slave ship. The African Trader The Adventures of Harry Bayford When he returned to consciousness, it was to find himself in a narrow, dark, and noisome cell, which he well knew must be one of the secret prisons of that fearful institution, the Inquisition. The Last Look A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition “I meant for us, sir,” he said bitterly, “for I suppose it is possible that you and your men are sufficiently at home in these noisome passages to find hiding-places, and finally escape.” !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War He who thus simply brings sweet food from noisome carrion, has all power in heaven and in earth; His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. The Parables of Our Lord “No, with me,” said Mark, quickly; and he stepped to the mouth of the noisome pit. The Black Bar For the green ferny patch was a thin covering over a noisome hole full of black boiling mud, into which the poor fellow was settling as he was dragged out. The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens Its noisome condition was mainly owing to the presence of various fakirs, who, though still alive, were in advanced stages of putrefaction. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Her tomb is in a small chapel, dark, damp, and even noisome: it is indicated only by a flat unadorned stone. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 I’ve been right trembling in my shoes this three days, lest them noisome pests should think to come and take possession—turn out all. All's Well Alice's Victory “Here, stand aside!” cried the lieutenant, as he stepped down into the noisome hold, followed by Tom Fillot and a couple of the crew, each man with sword or cutlass in hand. The Black Bar Like cankered brass, it only eats itself, nay, discolours and renders it noisome. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources Some did not hesitate to obtain followers of the Catholic Church by the use of the scourge, and fasting and imprisonment in noisome dungeons. Heroes of Modern Europe The feeble gleam of the lantern seemed only to call attention to the inky blackness, and the air was so close and noisome, that she breathed in heavy pants. Sisters Three Underneath the rug, mashed against the floor, lay a great, noisome, semi-liquid mass of brown and white. The Girl in the Golden Atom Before the atrocious sentence could be commuted by the home authorities, the fiery heat and noisome vapours of his prison killed him. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Captain Staunton and Lance at once emerged from their dark noisome prison and glanced eagerly around them. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Here, at any rate, in the midst of this noisome babel, seemed to come a whiff from the old country, and I felt like a castaway in sight of land. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Small wonder if complaints were made to the Court of Aldermen of noisome smells arising from the churchyard of St. Mary's Bethlem. London and the Kingdom - Volume II Must all the purity of Guelph be so Impaired and ruined by this noisome flow? The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic Everything delighted them, and they even gathered up the long skirts of their cassocks, and grasped their birettas firmly in one hand, preparatory to descending into the noisome cable-tanks, should it be demanded of them. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route With a shudder I cast the noisome thing away. Wandl the Invader Judge Thayer appeared to be the only man in town who was genuinely happy over the result of Morgan's sweeping out the encumbering rubbish that blocked the country's progress by its noisome notoriety. Trail's End Love Divine will hear his prayer, Be his refuge and defense; Save him from the fowler's snare, And the noisome pestilence. The Kentucky Ranger Peace? 367A brutal lethargy is peaceable, the noisome grave is peaceable. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Many met a harder fate—a living death in the noisome prisons of the unbelievers. Legends of the Rhine He is decided to stay at last by opening the Bible at random and coming upon the text, 'He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.' Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The noisome exhalations of carcasses, and the very winds, which should have purified the air, loaded with infection and pestilential vapors from the Nile, increased the evil. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March He said it with a deep breath, and an exhalation, as one who pants to be free of the city's noisome fumes. Gigolo All church yards, gardens, and unnecessary vacuities, and all trades that use great fires or yield noisome smells to be placed out of town.' Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money He pauses at the threshold, and seems to respire even the noisome air of the metropolis as if it were Eden. The Young Duke His great soul could not support him under these noisome and degrading incidents. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity These law-abiding, stay-at-home people had deliberately grown in Villa Elsa this robust plant of contempt, so full-blossomed now and ready to exhale its noisome fumes which at moments almost stifled Kirtley with their poison. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Dislodged, it swayed, then rolled heavily down the bank, to plunge noisily into the stream, disturb its noisome depths. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) "To cleanse the earth of noisome things To draw from life its poison-stings; To give free play to Freedom's wings." Winning a Cause World War Stories It doth bestow great gifts and graces On such as well deserve; And borne about in noisome places, From peril doth preserve. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales When may I quit this dark and noisome cell? Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity ‘I would not sully the purity of my heavenly garments with the noisome vapour of this sin-corrupted earth.’ ambrosial, heavenly; also used by Milton in the sense of ‘conferring immortality’: comp. l. Milton's Comus I am not, in the practical sense, seaman enough to determine if this noisome den be the precise part of the ship alluded to by the poet under the name of Orlop. The Mayor of Troy Women fought for the chance to sit in the noisome little court-room, to see the eight men caught like rats in the nets of Justice. One Woman's Life He was thrown into prison, and there he had to face a mortal foe in the gaol-fever that was then raging in that noisome den. A Book of Quaker Saints Some of them are capable of emitting a noisome smell. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The strong wind had partly dissipated the noisome odor, but it was still perceptible. The Stowaway Girl Tragedy has this of comfort in it: its fateful lightnings burn out of the atmosphere of life all the noisome littlenesses which have seemed worthy of concern. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain They could ride while others must plod along behind them on foot, blinded by their dust and sickened by their noisome odor of gasoline. The Tangled Threads The place was chill and damp, filthy, fever-stricken, infested with vermin, and filled with a noisome stench. God Passes By The country was flat; the road sandy, but even; and the cool night air was exhilarating, indeed, after the confinement in the dark and noisome dungeon at Lima. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main The Elysian plain, near the Catacombs in Egypt, stood upon the foul Charonian canal; which was so noisome, that every fetid ditch and cavern was from it called Charonian. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. But he set to work slapping the fringe of the noisome mop back and forth to sop up what he could. Star Hunter Only a thorn zareeba as yet enclosed that noisome prison and the space about it. The Four Feathers Of all the fair flowers that have sprung from a dark and noisome soil, that of religious liberty sprouting from religious war has been the fairest. The Age of the Reformation Tongue so noisome as yours, come chance, might surely on order Bend to the mire, or lick dirt from a beggarly shoe. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Ah noisome life that hath no weal in keep! Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia Now noisome pleasures and delights are the concern of temperance rather than of fortitude. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province But he could do nothing more, and even to him, crouched as he was close to the ground, the noisome heat was almost beyond endurance. The Four Feathers Summoned to the Council of Constance, he went thither, under safe-conduct from the Emperor Sigismund, and was immediately cast into a noisome dungeon. The Age of the Reformation Vast and gloomy cypress, bay, swamp palm, ironwood, and other tropical woods reared their columnar trunks, from out a dark and noisome undergrowth, to an immense height. Ralph Granger's Fortunes He walked the noisome sidewalk trying to decide what he should do next. The Fourth R Such pleasures need not to be curbed as though they were noisome. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He tried to see, knowing that in that black and noisome hovel sight was impossible. The Four Feathers Never had I smelt so noisome an odour, or surveyed faces so begrimed with filth and misery. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 But if evil conquers, good with its truth is borne to the side and becomes turbid and noisome like unfermented wine or unfermented strong drink. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence It was only too evident that there had been no time as yet, in the hustle of battle, to search these ghastly, noisome dug-outs for the Germans who had been bombed there. Letters from France That the Serpent Arum should elaborate a powerful essence which impregnates the atmosphere and makes it noisome is perfectly simple and comprehensible. Social Life in the Insect World I may say that one felt far from satisfied after swallowing the noisome greasy wash. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben A vapour, noisome and contagious, hovered over him. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Maybe the truth is that one pipe is wholesome, two pipes toothsome, three pipes noisome, four pipes fulsome, five pipes quarrelsome, and that's the sum on't. The Social History of Smoking Hence, all persons are obliged to submit to gross injustice and to a certain amount of blackmail if they wish to avoid the noisome experiences of a Portuguese gaol. Spanish Life in Town and Country Others smelt of turnips, of sour cabbage; some were fetid, sufficiently so to make the house of the collector noisome. Social Life in the Insect World But we never glanced at this noisome liquid. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben We have chased the brood of the werewolf back to their noisome cave. Days of the Discoverers The sanitation was truly medieval; on either side of the cobbled streets noisome gutters formed an open sewer into which housewives emptied their slop-pails every morning, while mongrel dogs nosed among the garbage. Leaves from a Field Note-Book The thought of Kâramaneh having been dragged through this noisome hole was one I dared not dwell upon. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor Oft, by my fireside's ruddy glow, I think, how in some noisome den, Bred up with curses and with blows, He lives unblest of gods or men. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors To obviate the necessity of wading through the noisome water we secured a plank gangway upon boxes and barrels. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben The owner of it got little or no rental from the tenant farmer who carried on his noisome business but he was well aware of its nuisance value to his new neighbor. If You're Going to Live in the Country Inland, the creek, all white sand and golden sunny water at its opening, spread out far and near into noisome swamps overgrown with mangroves. Pieces of Eight I would avoid you as one infected with the most noisome of plagues—the plague of slavery. Dialogues of the Dead There, dreaming still of liberty to come, I spent my summers in this noisome gloom; Yet still a dubious joy my grief controll'd, To spy such numbers in that darksome hold. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch This was now a noisome muddy carpet some two inches in thickness. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben From the moment household wastes enter the tank, fermentation begins its work of reducing them from noisome sewage to harmless water. If You're Going to Live in the Country He pulled me along the noisome, black warren of passages, slamming the inner door viciously behind him. Romance Whether the all-cheering sun be free to shed His beams around thee, or thou rest thy head Pillowed in some dark dungeon's noisome den O, miserable chieftain! where and when Wilt thou find patience! The History of Napoleon Buonaparte So, they arose and dressed themselves, and descended to the noisome bar-room. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life I tasted this repast, but it was even more noisome than the dinner, so I placed it beside the bowl which I had first received, and which with its spoon was left with me. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben When once lodged, they are frequently left to their fate until they become fairly noisome, for is there anything more offensive to æsthetic taste than blackened and decaying flowers soaking in stagnant water? The Garden, You, and I Here he was thrown into an underground dungeon foul with water that seeped through the old masonry from the moat, and alive with every noisome thing that creeps. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth I know not why; the vision of a basin filled with noisome water, the water which should have been applied to that poll. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 They descended the stone stairway, and as they passed the men's ward, noisy and more noisome even than the woman's ward, scores of eyes followed them from behind the gratings. The Awakening The Resurrection His mind seems like a palace of marble with splendid galleries and library and banqueting hall, yet in this palace the spider spins its web and vermin make the foundations to be a noisome place. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service The writer, in his extreme youth, learned, through dear experience, the putrid qualities of this noisome quadruped. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making If the most fashionable parts of the capital could be placed before us, such as they then were, we should be disgusted by their squalid appearance, and poisoned by their noisome atmosphere. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses It informs us of that of which we have always been ignorant; it makes us comprehend that the realities of our dreams are but noisome ordures. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 A rattling of chains was heard, and a familiar noisome air was wafted from the doorway. The Awakening The Resurrection Their first work lay in the noisome lazar-houses; it was amongst the lepers that they commonly chose the site of their homes. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 In the noisome lazar houses, amongst the lepers, in the shambles of Newgate, here on the swamps between the walls and the Thames, where men live and suffer. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars He was a noisome heap, but I knew that I must overcome my repugnance and bury him, or I should have to explain the whole tale to the camp at dawn. Montlivet As the pair moved along the dark, noisome streets, Father Urban spoke again in his quick, imperious way. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot The tongue and throat grew black; the lungs exhaled a noisome odor; an insatiable thirst was produced. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German They said brief good nights, unlocked the door—they heard Allen lock it behind them—and left their disgruntled friends, glad to be out of the noisome odor of the room. The Plastic Age All the loving heart of Hubert went before him to the rescue of the friend of his boyish days; suffering, he doubted not, cruel wrong and unmerited imprisonment in a noisome dungeon. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars I will, myself, essay To drive the noisome swarms which on the slain35 In battle feed voracious. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The places once occupied by glittering chandeliers were now shrouded with immense spider webs, in which a whole colony of spiders lived subsisting on the noisome vapors of this gloomy charnel like abode. The Home in the Valley A noisome little street in the lower quarters of Barcelona—who could tell what might happen after one had plunged into it? The Summons The foul air of these noisome streets sickened him. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel This noisome beast always lurks in thick bush, whence it barks chains of shell at the unsuspecting stranger. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War We shall not always be rank with noisome weeds and thistles; here and there, the better thought is swelling toward the germination; the cotyledons of a fairer hope are rising through the mould. The Other Girls This mistress had a cancer in her left breast, and Lilly had much noisome work to do for her; which he did faithfully and kindly. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Even such a noisome thing as a collection of postage stamps may be used by the teacher as an inciter of interest in the geographical and historical information which she desires to impart. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals In the noisome cellar Locke lay as though fascinated by the dread form that confronted him, as well as by its more dreadful purpose. The Master Mystery An hour later they came to an aquatic jungle haunted by noisome reptiles. Diane of the Green Van Pavements were blistering hot; watering carts went lumbering round only to send up a reek of noisome mist and to leave the streets whitening again a few yards behind them. The Other Girls There are not many of them, all told, but they are noisy as well as noisome. A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire We were clapped under hatches, and confined in the hold, a noisome close place, lit by a single oil lamp that stunk horribly. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow One of our colleagues, a lusty genial in respect of tobacco, has told us of a magnificent way to remove an evil and noisome taste from an old pipe that hath been smoked overlong. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Or there were the good priests from a turbulent larruping island, who with cheeks blushing with health and plump waistcoats came ambling, smiling, to their thirty ounces of noisome liquor. An Unpardonable Liar When the sparking began, and noisome smoke poured from the exhaust, the workmen again yelled, but as the machine, after a short run, sailed noisily into the air, they fell prostrate in utter consternation. Round the World in Seven Days The ladies shudder with terror as they trail their dainty skirts up noisome stairs; but their genteel cackle never ceases. Side Lights Brought ashore, this noisome mass was boiled in huge kettles, and the resulting oil sent to lighten the night in all civilized lands. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Jack and Solomon lay for weeks in this dirty, noisome jail, where their treatment was well calculated to change opinions not deeply rooted in firm soil. In the Days of Poor Richard The smell of burning flesh and hair rose from the branding-pen and mingled with the stench of the herds in one noisome compound. Judith of the Plains The noisome, squat, and nameless animal, to which I refer, is not a proper model for an American Senator. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Both their smell and taste, which are active enough to make a sensible impression upon those organs, are unpleasant and noisome. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon "If they will sell you I certainly will buy you," he answered, and soon the kidnapped kidnapper was in irons and thrust below in the noisome hold with the unhappy being he had sent there. American Merchant Ships and Sailors In a few minutes he was delivered at the jail--a noisome, ill-smelling, badly ventilated place. In the Days of Poor Richard Overspread with bones and hair, it was noisome with worms and insects. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 I was oppressed by a noisome, suffocating smell; and perceiving that the grated door was unfastened, I thought that I might possibly effect my escape. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Upon stately avenues and noisome alleys it fell with the like blackness of darkness. What Answer? The noisome, squat, and nameless animal, to which I now refer, is not a proper model for an American Senator. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) By the most minute, sedulous, and perpetual attention to cleanliness, all noisome stench and all vermin are prevented, by which doubtless diseases are in a great measure lessened.E. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Plague or the most noisome pestilence would have been a visitation of mercy compared to the miseries caused by so dark a superstition. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 She refused obstinately, and as a last resort he had her imprisoned in a noisome dungeon. Myths and Legends of China The packages are never sent to this country in the hold of the ship, as their contents are easily tainted by noisome effluvia, of sugar, &c. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations It befell in times past that the Gods, being angry with the inhabitants of Thebes, sent into their land a very noisome beast which men called the Sphinx. Stories from the Greek Tragedians He has leapt over the fairies' ring and run through the old house at Gozlewood, and no harm has befallen him; but he is now ta'en from me,—cast out, maybe, into some noisome pit. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The most incredulous ran hastily to take up the corpse; far from finding any the least sign of life, they perceived it began to putrify with a noisome scent. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 Indeed, like certain other labourers, who work by night, they have toiled in the foulest air,—have profited by the most noisome labour. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841 The Tories increased in confidence and strength with every new assault; whilst the battered Whigs, from their sheer pusillanimity, became noisome in the nostrils of the country. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 A volume of murky vapor arose that nearly suffocated them by the first whiff of its noisome fumes. The Wings of the Morning Around my pretty, cherished book, The odor vile, the noisome taint Of horrid, stale tobacco-smoke Yet lingers! Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry Rachel, meanwhile, was looking fixedly at Mr. Tristram from her bedroom window with that dispassionate scrutiny to avoid which the vainest would do well to take refuge in noisome caves. Red Pottage Yet Clarke lay still in his noisome prison, excommunicate, and in danger of death at the stake, whilst they stood free men, reconciled to the church, and restored to her favour. For the Faith The second floor of the jail was crowded with a noisy and noisome crew. Copper Streak Trail And my discourse no less Must evermore sound noisome to thine ear. The Seven Plays in English Verse In this dismal, noisome spot was a wretched hut built of purau saplings, as crude a dwelling as the shelter a trapper builds for a few days' habitation. White Shadows in the South Seas O dull, gray grub, unsightly and noisome, unable to roam, Days pass, God's at work, the slow chemistry's going on, Behold! What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness It was hard to read its look; yet I thought there came a gleam of anger into it when I spoke of the peril they lay in from death by sickness in that noisome prison. For the Faith In that case, why mightn't we turn about and go a real walk—cease picking our way through the noisome hum of commerce and set brisk evening faces toward the open road—and all that? Queed Let these be, Lest they be burdened with the noisome smell Before the time. The Seven Plays in English Verse They crowded to congratulate him as people at the pit-mouth congratulate the entombed miner, who, after many days of breathing noisome gases, drinks the pure air. The Congo and Coasts of Africa A noisome smell seems to be esteemed the most appropriate offering to the memory of ancient Rome, and I am not sure that the moderns are mistaken in this. Italian Journeys It was a room of small dimensions, down a small flight of steps from the courtyard, noisome to the only two senses to which it appealed—gloomy and cold. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance From wronged Poerio's noisome den, From iron limbs and tortured nails! The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson A noisome enemy; but his life was great. The Seven Plays in English Verse In one the ugly snout of a small crocodile protruded from the muddy, noisome water, and the cold, unwinking eyes stared at elephant and man as they passed. The Elephant God The flags and reeds are coated with slime and noisome to the touch; there is one place where even these do not grow, and where there is nothing but an oily liquid, green and rank. After London Or, Wild England Here, too, is Thomas's cousin, Adam Rutledge, fresh from an adventure at Carlisle, where he has tasted the luxury of Doomsdale, a noisome dungeon reserved for witches and murderers, but sometimes tenanted by obstreperous drunkards. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance The darkness settled down on them, denser and denser; the chill mists rose from the stream and enshrouded everything in a dank, noisome fog. The Downfall The back-room of a Chinese inn is nearly always a pigsty, and a noisome place on general principles. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama But the goddess saw our distress, and found a remedy; for she brought ambrosia and set it beneath our nostrils, and that heavenly perfume overpowered the noisome stench. Stories from the Odyssey When this happened he became either a "gallerian," rowing out his heart on the benches of the Moslem galleys, or he festered in some noisome dungeon in Algiers, Oran, or Tlemcen. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean West. such an exc�eding number and multitude of flies, so noisome and contagious, that much people died by reason thereof. Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8) It was a welcome draft, for it differed in many features from the noisome, dank and earthy exhalations to which he had luckily become accustomed in his indefinite sojourn. The Son of Clemenceau Are we surprised that God permitted him to quench the noisome spark? Sketches of the Covenanters Upon the Womb side it had a Cavity full of white and thick Pus, without any noisome Smell. Tractus de Hermaphrodites Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites The air was cold and noisome; the walls to the touch of Gaydon's hand were greasy with slime. Clementina We were struck by the dirty, narrow, ill-paved or unpaved streets of the suburbs, and overpowered by the noisome vapour arising from a deep open fosse that ran along the street behind the wharf. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Lentulus was hurried into this noisome den, where the executioners strangled him. Roman life in the days of Cicero The atmosphere, though not noisome, was heavy, and charged with an influence that worked an extraordinary effect upon my brain and nerves. Aylwin The most noisome offenders are those who come late on purpose, because they are anxious to draw public attention to their existence. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" She led me thus, in fruitless pursuit, further and further into space; inciting me on by her taunts and ringing laugh, until I found myself in a dark and noisome pit, when she suddenly vanished. Strange Visitors But there is also another chapter to the dark history of this "noisome and grievous sore." The Revelation Explained Antonyms: liberal, generous. stink, n. stench, fetor. stinking, a. fetid, malodorous, offensive, noisome, ill-smelling. stinkstone, n. anthraconite, swinestone. stint, n. limit, restraint, restriction; assignment, allotment. stint, v. limit, restrict, restrain, confine, stent, straiten. stipend, n. Putnam's Word Book It had three churches and an hospital, but is seated among fens and marshes, which send forth a noisome scent, and render it very unhealthy. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. It is rocking its body back and forth, back and forth, ingratiatingly, in the noisome filth. Profiles from China They had been taken from the bosom of their families, stripped of their possessions, given food without finger-bowls, and cast into captivity in a noisome dungeon. A Diversity of Creatures This system of infidelity is well symbolized by a noisome, grevious ulcer, which is loathsome to the sight, offensive to the smell, corrupting to the body, and productive of awful pain. The Revelation Explained Antonyms: refuse, disallow, prohibit, resist. permit, n. warrant, license, leave, permission. pernicious, a. deleterious, harmful, noisome, baleful, vicious. pernickety, a. Putnam's Word Book The sick man was brought out of the noisome dungeon, and was laid upon his mat in the fresh air. Far Off They were almost omnivorous, and specially delighted in putrid or noisome substances from which a European would turn in loathing, and from the eating of which he might conceivably die. Pioneers in Canada My lower deck isn't noisome, and I saw to the finger-bowls myself.' A Diversity of Creatures For six long days and nights no food had passed his lips, and had it not been that his frame was of uncommon strength he must have died in that noisome cell. The Thirsty Sword Jesus drew nearer, and thereon he found A noisome creature, a bedraggled wreck,— A dead dog with a halter round his neck. Voices for the Speechless For a long time she lay there, thinking, weeping, and thinking again, of the noisome grave through which she must pass, and from which she instinctively shrank, it was so dark, so cold, and dreary. 'Lena Rivers The tender light pours up streets dank and ill-paved,—into noisome and cavernous dens called houses, where the peasantry of to-day vegetate in contented subservience. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 Because the air which proceedeth from the mouth doth savour badly, because of the vapours which rise from the stomach, but that which we breathe from the nose is not noisome. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy His wounds were of small account; but the six days spent in the noisome dungeon of Breacacha had weakened him and given him a fever, which was slow to leave him. The Thirsty Sword The vital spirit once withdrawn, out sprang the noisome creatures from their lurking-places to feast upon the corpse. Landmarks in French Literature We waste our future resources to get this strength, while we leave all the living fuel to burn itself out in mere pestiferous breath, and production of its variously noisome forms of ashes! The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm Any evil spirit buzzing from outside in his ear; a noisome fly of the abyss. The Man Who Laughs The key of the oak chest was about his mother's person and he must obtain it, he must search for it in corruption and death, amongst creeping worms and noisome stench. Snarleyyow Haunted castles, ruined battlements, and noisome caverns, are the chosen abodes of these noctural maurauders, and it is to such associations that these animals are indebted for the unamiable character they have obtained. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 Zara took it, with infinite disdain, and, touching it as though it were some noisome reptile, she opened it and read aloud, "Beautiful Comtesse, when can I see you again?" The Reason Why But among these scattered débris of former life and habitation there was no noisome or unclean suggestion of decay. Frontier Stories The traveller found it not easy to dwell on the dignity, poetry and bravery of a race which contemned washing, and lived, for the most part, in noisome hovels. 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