单词 | painted cup |
例句 | It is in every way a larger, more showy flower than the closely allied species—C. coccinea, Spreng.—of the East, commonly known as the "painted cup." The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z It seemed very strange to Isobel to find herself sitting in the comfortable basket-chair, talking to the colonel while he poured the tea from the silver teapot into the pretty painted cups. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story "This," he says, "is the prayer-book I was in the habit of using; here is the painted cup in which I used to drink tea," and so on through the whole list. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Then there were painted cups, and flowered goblets and tumblers, and flasks wonderfully cut, and bowls, large and beautiful, but clearly not for toilet use, that excited Matilda's wonderment. The House in Town "What do you think of solid silver dishes to hold the vegetables on the table, and solid silver pudding dishes, and gold teaspoons, in the most delicate little painted cups?" Nobody The bright flame of the painted cup and the purple of the asters still lighted up the aisles of the pines in sheltered places. The Spirit of Sweetwater Then come the meadow lilies and the painted cup and so on, until in late October you can not see the old fence for the goldenrod, asters and gentians. Green Valley The painted cup has faded from rosy pink to a dull, ashy color, and the few wild roses which are still to be seen in the shaded places have paled to a pastel shade. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder She drinks out of a painted cup of birch-bark, and neither more nor less than the quantity it holds. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul In his early years he never tasted wine; nor would he drink out of a painted cup. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler For who e'er drank without alloy, From the painted cup of joy? Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland In the foreground, to the left, stands a china closet, filled with painted cups, glasses, etc. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II The roots of our painted cup occasionally break in and steal from the roots of its neighbors such juices as the plant must work over into vegetable tissue. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Then she searched among the flowers of the prairie, until she found the blossom of a painted cup. Story Hour Readers — Book Three They had now left the woods and were going toward the timothy meadow to get the painted cups. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) In the painted cup the bracts, which enfold the insignificant yellowish cloistered flowers like a cape, render them great service in attracting the ruby-throated hummingbird by donning his favorite color. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors "I saw painted cups along the edge of the timothy meadow yesterday," said Donald. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) Among the wild flowers, only the columbine, with an almost parallel blooming season, rivals the painted cup for the bird's beneficent attentions. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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