| 单词 | paling |
| 例句 | “No, Master Arwyl,” she responded, paling a little at his tone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And when Katie came in and lit the gas, chasing the shadows away and paling the light in the stove windows, it was like a great sin that she committed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you both crazy?” the doctor cried shrilly, backing away in paling confusion. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z By the Common, the almshouse yard was thick that morning with Tory refugees fled to the city, groping now through the palings of the fence and clamoring for coin. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Thick black smoke curls up from the other side of the Quarter, paling as it rises into the hot sky. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the fading light, the trees along the banks were slowly losing their dimensions, flattening into silhouettes clipped from black paper and pasted to the paling sky. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Anya, face paling, then back at the torchbearer. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I absolutely must go in by myself, though I hate being stuck up in the barouche-landau without a companion; but Augusta, I believe, with her own good-will, would never stir beyond the park paling.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Everything was sort of violet and still, the sky green paling into gold beyond the gable of the house and a plume of smoke rising from the chimney without any wind. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a wooden paling around it, broken by a small wooden gate, and at length—there being nobody in sight to ask—we walked through to the garden and so to the house. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z All round him was the quiet summer night, luminous with starlight but paling to dawn on one side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then I would grab the paling of one of the picket fences lining the street to steady myself against the wind. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Piggy bumped into him and a twin grabbed him as he made tor the oblong of paling stars. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He raised his face to the paling day. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Frightened and bewildered, she stood biting her lip while Will did as his father told him, his face close up to the knifepoint in the paling dragonfly light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He looked back at the camp through the black palings of the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Yes, well, I meant, ah, more for personal emergencies,” Gwystyl explained, paling. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Already the eastern horizon was paling and they would fall dead at the first appearance of the sun. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I raised my eyes then, and saw Doreen's head silhouetted against the paling window, her blonde hair lit at the tips from behind like a halo of gold. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They began to appear in public dressed alike, with Edie deliberately paling her skin. Edie Sedgwick, eternal It Girl: 50 years after “Poor Little Rich Girl,” she remains an icon 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Relating to those walls is a rustic wooden fence 6 feet high and 16 feet wide made of palings stained barn-red and painted with black, fragmentary silhouettes of deer. Review: Nathaniel Robinson’s Sculptures Tease Perceptions 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z The first time I flew on Air France, knuckles paling well in advance per usual, a friend tried to calm me by invoking the comparative chic of the flight attendants. Unveiling Dior’s Cruise Collection 2014-05-08T18:26:04Z Writing with a buoyancy belying the play’s undertow of sadness, Mr. Harmon captures with acute sensitivity that perilous period in young adulthood when friends from college and work begin paling into mere acquaintances. Times Critics’ Guide: What to Do This Week 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z If there’s a more inspiring bellwether of hope for the future than the latest Pirates and Transformers movie’s grosses paling in comparison to those of previous installments, I’d love to see it. Box office massacre: how Hollywood flopped this summer 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z A house like a shoddy wooden crate inside a paling fence abuts on one of the plutocratic palaces; pavements alternate with dusty stretches of unmade road. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Currently, however, it’s a mess and a maze, and, with its palings and barriers, it looks like a no man’s land. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival Dots Lower Manhattan 2013-08-13T21:41:40Z Writing with a buoyancy belying the play’s undertow of sadness, Mr. Harmon acutely captures that perilous period in young adulthood when friends from college and work begin paling into mere acquaintances. Review: In ‘Significant Other,’ a Young Man Pines as His Pals Pair Off 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z What, you might ask, prompted this remark from the paling former personality? The 6 worst moments in Fox News' anti-Black History Month marathon 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z No medicine is risk-free, but complications are rare and most are not serious, paling in comparison with the potential harm caused by Covid, even to younger people. Covid: Conspiracy and untruths drive Europe's Covid protests 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The move also generated headlines in Australia, where baseball is far from the nation’s pastime, paling in popularity to Aussie Rules Football, rugby, cricket, tennis, soccer and basketball, among other sports. Red Sox. White Sox. Blue Sox? Manny Is Still Manny. 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Long a deep if somewhat paling red, Texas might be in play this year, and a defeat in the Lone Star State would doom Trump’s reelection bid. With caravans and outdoor rallies that some see as intimidation, Trump supporters step up public promotion 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z But he said many activists see it as paling in comparison to Trump’s race baiting. Biden’s ties to Obama could hamper appeal to Latino voters 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Others say the project is outdated and unnecessary, paling before other pressing needs, such as new schools to address overcrowding. With Amazon watching, Md. politicians debate whether roads or schools are most in demand 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z A few minutes passed before fatigue and weakness overtook White, forcing him to sit and lean against the vehicle, his complexion paling, his breathing altered. Ohio officer shot 4 times grateful to be alive this holiday 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The new companies are small, paling in audience size to their gargantuan, mainstream counterparts. Squeezed out by Silicon Valley, the far-right is creating its own corporate world 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The changes in the District aren’t simply about the paling of Chocolate City. Perspective | Craft coffee, million-dollar condos and D.C.’s relentless gentrification 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Knotted to the vertical palings above are a length of curled yellow ribbon and, tied in place with the same kind of ribbon, a bunch of dirty plastic daisies turned brittle by the sun. Life and death on the Mexican border 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z According to his mother, Tyrone required surgery after being hit in the jaw with a fence paling. Australia boy's death reignites focus on LGBT bullying - BBC News 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Previous generations were comparatively limited by availability and variety, with the differences between a Playboy magazine and an erotic ancient Grecian vase paling in comparison with what is available today on smartphones. Internet porn addicts behave like drug abusers as enjoyment turns into compulsion 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Only 28 out of 206 House Democrats lingered to protest the Republicans’ move to adjourn the session, and the occupation lasted less than three hours, paling in comparison to this week’s protest. Sit-Ins in Congress Are Rare, but Not Unheard-Of 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Lester also posted videos of the pig, now named “Cherry,” sharing a pen with “Delilah the Goat” and paling around with fellow rescued animals: How a Cherry Danish Saved an Abandoned Piglet 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z There was a circular enclosure, about seventy-five feet in diameter, fenced with bamboo palings. The Rise of the Artisanal Funeral 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z If Smith did that to someone on the street, he'd be paling with a few less fingers or a shattered kneecap. Rex Ryan Aims Jab at Opponent and Lands Squarely on N.F.L. 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z On CNN, the day before the event, Cruz was specifically asked about the propriety of paling around with a guy like Swanson. Judging candidates by the company they keep 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Cipolla would be sitting there on a bench in shorts and a white T-shirt, close-cropped hair paling, a man of no particular outward distinction except that he was the youngest around. Taking It Slow, Until She Took Charge 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z However, Comcast visited the Obama White House about 20 times in the last few years, paling in comparison to Mountain View's efforts. Google meets with White House officials once a week on average 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Hawke compares paling around with the newly famous Bernstein to “taking Greta Garbo to the mall.” After ‘Boyhood,’ Hawke finds an unlikely fountain of youth 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It is winter, which means ’tis the season for adorable photos and videos of zoo animals paling around in white stuff. These Red Pandas Had the Best Snow Day Ever 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z He's in the owner box, paling around with a rich guy. Yes, Chris Christie's Cowboys Cheering Matters 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Benitez claimed the Club World Cup and the Italian Super Cup but his brief stay in Milan is regarded as a failure, paling in comparison to his old adversary Mourinho. Benitez back in business 2012-11-21T20:45:08Z But no matter how many accolades Harvard rakes in or how much praise it garners, its graduates are paling in comparison to their peers at lesser institutions in one crucial field: starting salary. The School Ranking List Harvard Doesn't Top 2012-09-23T05:35:26Z Adding the 200m, long jump and 4x100m golds ensured Owens' place in the pantheon of Olympic greats and left future champions paling by comparison until Lewis matched his achievement 48 years later. Athletics: History of men's 100 meters 2012-07-31T14:45:55Z The canyon walls were dark maroon, monolithic silhouettes against a gradually paling sky. BASE Jumpers Double the Dare 2012-06-15T15:18:18Z It was dawn when at last they parted, and the sky was paling over the shores of Maryland, past which the Comet was speeding on her southward way. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z By and by she was to be found squatted down by the sand-blown palings, surrounded by the Llanyglo children, keeping a shop, of which the commodities were shells, pebbles, starfish and the like. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z It is a low mound, with a plain headstone, around which an American sea captain had placed a wooden paling to guard the sacred spot. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Rupert's star was paling, and his successes were well-nigh at an end. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z By this time they had sauntered up to the little garden in front of the cottage, within the paling of which Josephine was busily engaged in training a japonica. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z For at my bedside lie no dainty slippers; And, save my own, Under the paling lamp I hear no breathing:— I am alone! One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The only persons that pass The Cottage palings are men who stop to ask their way. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z He sprang over the paling in an instant, and by the broad moonlight beheld a man carrying a female towards a boat, and the other assisting to stop her cries. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The giant gum is rich in a peculiar volatile oil, and it supplies a splendid timber for shingles, palings, &c. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The others knew that he had caught a wireless message and feared from the sudden flushing and paling of his face that it was a call for help. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z There was no moon, and the paling stars gave but little light as the two boatmen, standing up facing the bow, moved the heavily laden boat across the smooth swart water. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z I was drawn by the agreeable odor of the incense to the paling of the high altar. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z She was now convinced that it was Laud who came to the back-kitchen door, and that he must have gone over the garden palings towards the Woodbridge Road, instead of going into the street. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z “Well, however I may feel toward myself, I certainly have nothing but contempt for a man like you,” Pasha snapped back, paling. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The hydroplane was skimming along at such an enormous speed that they could no more have taken good aim at it through the trees than if they had been park palings. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z His chilly blue eyes watched her face, and saw it paling slowly under his gaze. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z It is painted in fresco, above an altar surrounded with a paling of bronze and marble projecting into the body of the church. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z His garden adjoined the felons’ walk, and was only separated from it by a very low paling. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Pievakin raised his glance, paling as he did so, but was so overawed by the sight that he forthwith dropped his eyes, a sickly expression on his lips. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Vesuvius was grim and black; a pillar of dark smoke mounted slowly from its summit, and stretched across the paling sky like a banner floating defiantly from some tall citadel. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z I took a short, heavy stick from the rack and, crossing the stackyard, vaulted over the palings into the park, purposely avoiding the gate. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z At last the glare outside the window commenced to die away, and he could see an odd palm tuft cut with a restful greenness against the paling sky. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z At one time she thought of pulling up a portion of the paling for a ladder. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The next thing is to arrange a footpath round this paling, carefully protected by posts and rails, so that this unavoidable invasion of the ordinary foot-path may be productive of as little inconvenience as possible. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z Immediately opposite lay the bare headland of the Bell, bathed in golden sunlight, and the rocky coast towards Amalfi, purple and brown beneath the paling sky. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z “And you who are only a layman, should not dare to so accuse and abuse me—one of the clergy!” exclaimed Coote wrathfully, yet paling visibly as he spoke. Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z The roofs were growing black against the paling sky. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z As the turnkey passed the palings she cried out to him, “You have not put out the horses for us to-night?” The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Coming nearer we smelled black birch burning, and we saw the long thread of aromatic smoke mounting steadily to the paling stars. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It struck me first to throw them over the palings upon the little lawn, but second thoughts determined me to carry them in-doors for a sketch, or something. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z A crazy wooden paling afforded little or no protection from intrusion. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z By the Restoration the majority of the parks in England had for the time being been destroyed, the palings pulled down, the trees felled, and the deer stolen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The prestige due to wholesome fear was paling. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Bitter-sweet on porch and paling, woodbine and white-starred clematis, and the deep hum of bees; and in the sunlit garden poppies, red as the blood of martyrs. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It happened that Mr. Shuck was standing in the strip of garden before his house, carrying on a wordy war over the palings with Mrs. Quale, when Darby came up. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Not far off is the little family grave-yard of the Haleys, with the palings falling in decay, and the mounds overgrown with a tangle of rank grass. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Here the flower garden or lawn is separated by a wooden paling from the orchard, where a man is busy pruning. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z The drive too ran close by the water, deep water as Andy was well aware, and was fenced from it by a wooden paling, green from damp. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Their house lay upon a little green height, encircled by a pretty ring of paling, which likewise enclosed their fruit and flower garden. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z She stood facing the men, her arms resting on the palings that divided the gardens. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Here Mary's anxious eyes saw a glass fruit jar turned upside down on a fence paling. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Then he stood up again and mopped his face with his handkerchief, leaning against the palings of the garden fence. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Stob, stob, n. a small post for supporting paling: a wedge in coal-mining. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z By a lamp, which stood not far from the gate of my house, she stopped again, leaned back against the paling, and began to seek for something among her petticoats with awkward, frozen hands. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z He had come into the garden unperceived by Sam, who was lounging on the side palings, his back to the gate. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z I looked into it over a little paling, and saw that it was furnished as a kitchen. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z There was a freshness in the air, a paling of the stars above my head. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The slim offerings in the Istanbul section of the Archaeological Museums here reflect that, paling in comparison with the riches on display from Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Lebanon. Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea 2012-01-23T23:12:54Z She leaned with her shoulder against the paling and vainly tried to light a match on it. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z The stars were paling overhead, and the snow that cut against the sky was growing white again; but it was very cold among the pines where Leger was busy about the crackling fire. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z “How did you get up there?” demanded Ruth, her face paling as she saw the danger of her little sisters, for Tess and Dot were too high up for safety. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z The children stood with large awful eyes and paling lips, listening. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Opening her gate and going out, paling by paling she went along past her house and her yard, to the little boy at the gate of his house and his yard. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z I crouched down speechless against the paling in my disgust and astonishment, and motioned with my hand to the negro in the hut to remain perfectly quiet. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Then the fence will go along here—palings, you know, painted white; a good clean American white, with none of these yellows in it, you may depend. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Once more the college students were drawn up at the palings to see them pass. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Insensible to everything but the project on which he was bent, he tore up the palings from the garden, and when these were exhausted he broke up the chairs and tables. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The Chancellor wriggled on his chair, his face flushing and paling by turns; all eyes were bent upon him in anxious suspense. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Mine was the grief of Change and Death, Of fair things gone beyond recall, The paling light of dawns, and all The flowers' vanished hues and breath. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z There was nothing to see but a paling fence; she was unoccupied, unless a basket with Souvenir de Lucerne on one side, and & flat bouquet of artificial flowers on the other, represented occupation. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Before he had reached the palings of the yard fence, the angle of his black hat and the tilt of his chin proclaimed him the Deacon. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z They came into the slovenly precincts of the court, and the pigs stared at them from the palings as they had stared years before, at Frank Hazeldean. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Finally the fire, spending its force, dulled and died, the ruddy flames slowly paling like the fading roses of a summer sunset. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z He bounded across the road to squint through the wooden paling that surrounds the Manor park, and Mr. Amber gave a little sigh and turned to Aunt Maggie. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Overhead, beyond the crests of the towering trees, a cloudless evening sky was paling into transparent orange, opal, mother of pearl. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Ah, yes! the green paling, to be sure; how could I have forgotten that? Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z At last, as the moon was paling, I could endure it no longer, and, rising from my bed, began to pace the room. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z “Dear me! how very curious it is: he insists on sticking to his idea about a dream!” whispered Mrs. Antipova to the now slightly paling Maria Alexandrovna. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z The dog watched his master till he disappeared over the little bridge and up the glen, and then he went and lay down by the paling which surrounded the bit of field. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z I have before me as I write the picture of a square, brick house, with outside shutters hooked back, a white paling half encircling it, and a couple of bare, leafless trees before it. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z And as he did so he saw the cold, cold light of the morning paling the tops of the distant trees. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z When the stars were paling, the long howl of a wolf rang out into the stillness. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Four Knights of the Shire trying to look like Baronets and horridly bruised by the palings in their attempts. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The moonlight fell softly on Prudence’s bright hair, touching the curls lovingly with a wan brilliance that, paling their shining gold, added a purer sheen to replace the beauty stolen by the night. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z She looked at him in silence for a moment, her face flushing and paling in turns. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z How shall I all my heart's dear burden speak, Or how keep silence at thy paling cheek? Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z The silence of the evening or midnight walk in June is occasionally broken by a deep churr-churr-err which seemingly proceeds from the lower bough of a tree, a hedge, or paling. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Seven Sarsens of granite grim, As he ran them by they looked at him; As he leaped the lip of their earthen paling The hounds were gaining and he was failing. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Already the stars in the East were paling perceptibly, and in another hour, at most, day would be born. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Not far from the Windmill, on the Wimbledon side, there is a sort of small hamlet, with cottages and alleys and split-oak palings, and a refreshment house at the end of a garden. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z The first consisted of a number of hillocks inclosed by rough palings, and decorated with sticks with little bits of coloured stuff and feathers fluttering from them. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z But those young villains make their own gates; they breach the defences by simply tearing down a few palings, and pass through the hole. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z With some pains and no little violence to his hands, he wrenched one of the new palings off the fence, and let himself in. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z As she spoke she stretched her arms out to where the stars were paling in anticipation of the rising moon. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The settlement was very still, and the lamp-light paling as the chilly dawn crept in, when at last he opened a book that recorded Slocum's dealings several years back. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Hawthorn above, as pale as frost, Against the paling sky is lost: On the pool's dark sheet below, The candid water-daisies glow. Poems 2011-10-14T02:00:29.763Z Elijah comes—Elijah, he whose rays Bespeak the Lord of Glory, from whose light All splendors, paling, hide their tapers dim. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z The wood-stacks stood next to the neighbour's paling; but to the right leaned up against a shed into which Ole went. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z When, at any time, they left us for a space, and stone fences or wooden palings took their place, we were never happy until they again appeared. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Men sprang to their feet from under the trees and listened eagerly, their faces paling a little; some lips uncontrollably twitching. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z He led me to the clergyman’s house, which stood at the south-west end of the village within a garden p. 391fenced with iron paling. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z On Sunday Maida walked with us, and in jumping the paling at the Greentongue park contrived to hang himself up by the hind leg. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Kallem was pleased to see a row of shady trees by the paling; he knew that in about a fortnight he would have some American tents there for the use of the patients in summer-time. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z She put out her hand and paling asked him to give her his that she might tell his fortune. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Quite near the old building, a paling of half-rotten laths surrounded a small garden, shaded at one end by a clump of pines and large oaks. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z At last the visitors came within sight of the sea again, and then, having interrogated a gardener over the paling of a villa, turned into an open gate. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Behold a cautious man!" cried the young Pole, paling with wrath; "the sentiments of your race can be expressed in two words,--self-interest and logic. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Away to the east the stars were paling under the influence of the dawn. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z She was sitting on a bench under the palings of Ken Wood, watching a saffron sunset. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Presently, the long, white palings comprising the front fence at the Chesters' appeared into view, and the dark, moving figure of the girl outlined against it could be seen more clearly. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The young men wandered through the adjoining square—that queer place without palings and with marble walks arranged in black and white lozenges. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z By the torch-light unsteady, The dead and the dying seem one; What? trembling and paling already, Before your mission’s begun? Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Gangs of convicts were sent to level the ways in the fortress, smooth away hummocks in the ground, paint the palings and other wood-work, to plaster, do up, and generally repair everything that was conspicuous. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z As if gently propelled by an invisible hand, the paling circle of light 237 was creeping slowly nearer, moving steadily toward his chair. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The stars are not yet paling in the west, but Bat's quick eye detects fresh hoof-prints not two hours old in the springy soil of the hillside, half a mile out from camp. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Across the empty street in the pale gold of the spring sunshine, the vaporous young green of the Luxembourg showed like a mist through the tall iron palings. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z “Then it was very dangerous for us, was it?” gasped Mrs. Alexander, paling under the rouge on her face. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z The stars were paling, a light, icy mist was rising from the earth, and spirals of smoke were ascending in curls from the chimneys. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In the rear of the buildings, a circular sweep of wall and paling reached as far as a group of stables, kennels and sheds. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z "On that ivory throne Shalt thou be alone, If my thoughts are a-wing to thee; If upon thy brow That is paling now, My lips mark where the crown shall be?" The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z It will save us equally from needless fears, as if the stars were going out, when it is only men-made lamps that are paling. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Jess nodded, while the whole class watched her now paling face. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z She leaned back in the chair, her face paling; and for a second or so neither spoke. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z The stars were paling to whiteness and falling away into lemon-tinted distance. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z So now With paling brow And set Hard lips, we two are met To kill! The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z But even the paling days of stage-coaches were then long past; and the ancient coachman had long been shorn of his glory. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The outermost borders of the Rainbow ranch were enclosed by a high paling fence to prevent the escape of the cattle. The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire 2011-08-31T02:01:23.303Z Miss Summers had withdrawn her hand from Vinton's arm as he took the note, and with deep anxiety in her paling face stood watching him as he opened and read it under the lamp. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z It shed no light at all, but just hovered there, peering, paling the light of the stars, and etching into view things that had better have been left hidden. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The dancers flew by on swift and swifter feet, with paling cheeks and gleaming eyes. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z The lovely, celandine-yellow morning of the open sea, paling towards a rare, sweet blue! Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Ruth was no longer blushing one instant and paling the next, for a vivid flush of crimson swept her whole face. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Augusta paused, drew herself up, leant against the nearest paling, crossed her legs, and in a provokingly petulant voice began to speak. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Oh, Cythera, the trembling blood Upon one petal's paling mouth Before thee and this noon must rise While thou remember Adon's eyes! Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z The first sign that came to us was the paling of the larger stars in the east; this was followed by a long thin streak of silver-grey, just balanced on the edge of the horizon. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z He looked for a boy to hold his horse, but, seeing none, dismounted at the bridge over the mill-pool, and threw the reins across the palings. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Fires were trodden out, wagons and tents overturned, palings broken to pieces, men trampled and suffocated. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "But you lean way over the fence," charged Blackie with a knowing nod, "and some of these days the palings will break." Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z “Bless me!” gasped the hardware dealer, paling under his tan. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Not a plank or rail or post or paling was left anywhere upon the grounds, while fruit trees, vines, and shrubbery were wantonly destroyed. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z By-and-by, when every stalk is tipped like a sceptre, the lower stalk leaves are still green, but the stems have a faint bluish tinge, and the ears are paling into yellow. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The stars were paling a little when we saw them suddenly bunch together and run towards the long tiled roofs of the fitting-sheds, filled with valuable new machinery. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z It was a sight, and no mistake, to see her clearing the paling round that place they called the Gum Paddock—and she not more than fourteen or fifteen, or thereabouts.' Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z It was as if a chill had passed over her, stiffening her limbs and paling her face, yet her eyes did not fall from his face, and she tried to speak as usual. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z She was moving like an unearthly spirit along the garden palings, cautiously examining every bush, when he presented himself before her. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z The place had a garden, fruit trees and vines, all enclosed by palings. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Shortly afterwards the Confederate army marched up, looked over the Squire’s back palings, and also fell back to reflect. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z “I did not know,” answered the maiden paling. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Next to the great, came the near great: a row of pleasant cottages, each one with its little garden separated from its neighbor’s by neat whitewashed palings. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z "Your interdict, sir," said Colonel Harrington, "does not, I hope, extend beyond Mowbray Park paling?—I trust I may be permitted to take care of these young ladies as far as the lodges?" The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Each had its garden and was enclosed with palings. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z A day or two afterwards, the Union army, figuratively speaking, marched up, looked over Squire Fambrough’s front palings, and then fell back to reflect over the situation. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Horses and vehicles were tied up outside the grey palings of the cemetery on the Warria road. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z An officer ripped off the palings from the picket fence beside the building and sent a squad of his men to the rear. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z He has got his foot—perhaps you may think it a cloven one, but, such as it is, he seems to have got it pretty firmly planted within the paling of Mowbray Park. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z At last a bigger breaker than ever came along, rearing its hoary crest against the paling sky. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z A bow's shot from the gate was a wood enclosed by a goodly paling, and beside it her friend awaited their coming. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z He was already flying past the garden palings, at the full speed of his trotter, towards the causeway and the Market Street road, on his errand of reclamation and perhaps of vengeance. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z And as Eustace Ingelow regained the high road, it seemed that five years had been added to his life since he leaped that low paling into Cranston Park, barely an hour before. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z We have got thus far on dry land," said Helmer, looking around him; "we are without the town paling, and are scarce a hundred paces distant from the king's castle. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z Other palings back of the settlement were erected and within the fenced areas corn was planted. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The gnu must have jumped the palings of the west park. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z She seated herself on the bench not far from the paling under an immense linden-tree. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z He vaulted over the low paling, advanced a step, and then stood irresolute. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The new suburban railway from London to Bexley Heath crosses the road, and has a station—a waste of sand, stones, and white palings—here. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z There they would have seen a long dark line standing out against the paling sky—it was the entire brigade of lions and bears, under Sammy! Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z They had reached a high paling with the upper part bent over inward. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z I seized hold of the paling and looked on the road. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The old woodman was leaning over its paling, and he nodded to them as they passed. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z Already the sky was paling preparatory to the dawn, and I knew that, if we did not hasten, we should scarcely be clear of the coast by daylight. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z She bowed her head and wiped away the tears that moistened her now paling cheeks. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z “Of course I knew you,” she faltered, paling a little but gathering herself rather haughtily—a fact that Erskine seemed not to notice. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Repa's wife repeated the "Angel of the Lord," at the paling; and then she thought how Pan Skorabevski would save her. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z "There is a strange woman smiling at me across the palings," she said. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z With cheeks flushing and paling, and voice tremulous with the excitement of some new, strange thought, she described to him the scene in the Francoises’ house. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The walls had been decorated to simulate ancient Greenwich village; the floor, fenced off with green palings, affording convenient nooks. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z She lifted her head quickly, leaned back with hands caught tight in front of her, looked up into his face—her own crimsoning and paling as she took in the full meaning of it all. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z On that side the garden ended at a paling; beyond that was a road toward a sheepfold in the field. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Merrily the camp-fires blazed up, paling the shimmer of a myriad of soaring fire-flies, and sparkling through the murk like a broken lava stream. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z For relief he turned his paling face to the window. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The hours rang from some unseen clock, and in the end the paling dawn filtered across the white roofs of Christmas morning. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The woodsman drew himself up with quick 156 breath—paling without, flaming within—but before he could speak there was a quick step and an astonished cry within the hall and Harry sprang out. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z We were roused out in the morning in time to see the twinkling lights of Cairns just paling to the first faint streaks of dawn. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z It is indeed a cup of humbling you would hold to my lips," said Ellen, paling suddenly—"yet doubtless I need to drink of that very cup. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Her beautiful eyes were startled and embarrassed, her scarlet lips parted and paling rapidly, her whole figure and manner agitated and discomposed. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z It was three o'clock by the paling of the dawn in the east, and the slinking scavengers in the streets, when they returned. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z One of my boundaries to a road is a fence about nine feet high, wall below and close oak paling above. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z A fence built of boards set up in this way is called a paling fence, and the boards are called palings. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Little Isle of Cispangou, Half a thousand ships are sailing; Captain Death commands each crew; Lo! the ruddy moon is paling! The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z A certain number of sentries were at our disposal for explorations, shopping, etc., but we were not allowed to go out alone except within the palings, and there was a guard on the gate. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z The Rabbit, with a gun under his arm, and his stubby briar glowing red in the paling light. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z After the posts and palings had been taken down, Mr. Hansell intimated that Mr. Birkbeck was prepared to take the matter into the law courts, and to the House of Lords, if necessary. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z He jumped over the palings, and dashed up to the Lodge shouting: "Mr. Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are killed!" The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Every one had dismounted and tied his beast to a paling, and all were eating merrily. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Don't cross the railing, Keep to the paling; Place for two more, Sirs, Go on before, Sirs; List to the roar, Sirs—ain't it sublime! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:12.120Z Poppy sat paling and reddening before her, speechless with confusion. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Mr. William Birkbeck, as lord of the manor, announced that if the palings, &c., were not removed by noon on this day they would be forcibly taken down. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The close-shaven green, which sloped down from the hatch-door of the schoolroom, was paled round with a rude paling, which, though decayed in some parts by time, was not in any place broken by violence. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z But she had not heard him, or she did not heed: her back was turned, and bent, for she was leaning over the iron paling which he had grasped before. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The paling lips had moved to reply in vain. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Then leaping the opposite palings, he tore away across the fields. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Germany, Europe's largest economy, grew by a startling 1.5 percent in the first three months of the year, data showed on Friday, with France only paling a little in comparison, growing by 1.0 percent. German, French growth soars, signals above-par euro GDP 2011-05-13T07:22:44Z Mavis and Merle, walking back from Bridge House about 2.15, passed the corner of the Earnshaws' garden, and saw Opal's face peeping over the paling. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z She had given a little cry; she was stooping lower over the paling; her voice was unmistakable. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z A heavy bank of clouds covered the eastern sky almost to the zenith, its upper edges paling in the glare of the full moon slowly ascending beyond. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Mr. Jim Sanders was right: it was a wonder, for the palings were high. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z When a tree is cut down, the main body is sold or used for lumber, railing or paling, the stump for matches and shoepegs, the knees for ship-building, and the branches for fuel. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z All through the moonless night he tramped with eager eyes fixed toward the east where the hills piled higher and higher, and penciled a sable, ragged border against the paling, myriad stars. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z He had wriggled out of one of his gloves, and was twisting it round the iron paling at the corner where they stood. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The palings of those fences may be sharp, and connected with barbed wire; but the American citizens of the hour walk through them, or vault them, as easily as if they were not there. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z When Rupert leaped the palings and flew away over the field, he was totally incapable of self-government for the time being. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Beside de house was a big garden, and it had palings 'round it. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Then came houses more scattered—large handsome houses, with beautiful gardens and grounds, and handsome palings along the road-side. Little Nettie or, Home Sunshine 2011-04-29T02:00:07.153Z She knew that her friend would probably be at work in the garden, so she tacked into the wood and climbed the palings at the back. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z A white, still light of triumph rested on his paling face. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z It was lying close to the spot where Rupert had leaped the palings. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z It is where the canal, traversing along the borders of the Park, but inside its palings, runs between deep embankments, on both sides densely wooded. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Then the distant peaks stood out in sharper contour against the paling blueness of the western sky, and Tony, marching outside man of one four, glanced over his shoulder. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z This time she did not venture to climb over the palings, but knocked at the door in orthodox fashion. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z At the back was a mountain, whilst in front they had made a trench; fortified by a kind of palisade, made with paling and pieces of rock, in the genuine Hunnic fashion. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z He couldn't jump over them palings with that there puppy in his arms. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Even while reflecting, a paean of spasmodic revelry, heard on the other side of the paling, sounded suggestive in his ears? The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Her gown was of silver lace, a moonlight shimmer that lent a paling sheen to her shoulders and arms. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z And climbing over the palings she scrambled into the wood among the bracken. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Acres and acres of ripening grain lay beyond, and here and there, through breaks in the foliage, he could discern the tint of yellow amid the paling carpet of green. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z "He dashed into the yard across to them palings, and leaped 'em clean," responded Jim. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Stupefied, Dalmorov gazed paling at Adrian, who leaned tranquilly against the table, his lips curved in a very slight cold smile. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z His head drooped and three distinct series of flushes and palings swept his good-looking countenance. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z Instead, she went to the palings and scrambled over into the high road. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Striking the river some distance up-stream, they made a rough raft from wooden palings, and putting their food and clothes on it swam it across. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z He stood leaning over the palings, biting a bit of straw as he gazed at Squire Trevlyn; but he did not say a word to the Squire or the Squire to him. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z After exchanging a mutual good-night, the two travellers parted—Walter entering the gate of the park—while the cavalier continued along the highway, that ran parallel to its palings. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Instead of paling before consciousness and reason, the ghastly picture gained in breadth, colour, and conviction with each waking minute. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z "I'm keeping my eyes particularly wide open, and my mouth tight shut," replied Pamela, as she kissed her friend good-bye and helped her to climb the palings. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Houses were deserted by their tenants, windows shattered, palings pulled down, the ground stained with blood; guns, petronels, swords, hats, and missiles of various descriptions lay scattered about in strange confusion. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z At the side of the house the fold-yard palings and a five-barred gate separated it from the public road, and behind the house were the barns and other outdoor buildings belonging to the farm. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z A noble park is in sight, with a road that runs parallel to its palings. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The sheds, the negro-cabins, the offices, even the palings had disappeared. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Neither spoke a word till they reached the palings. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z The justice's gate loomed up like fate—the poor little palings to be the journey's end of hope or despair! The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z I looked out the window, and in the moonlight could see Love and Bliss leaping over the paling fence. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Perhaps it’s that which lures me beyond the palings of the park! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z I spring across the paling, and rush through the orangery, causing the branches to crackle and the fruit to fall. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Leaning upon the paling, she suffered me to talk on, smiling from time to time, by way of thanks; for, as the evening wore away, she lacked courage to answer me. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z The small thing, whatever it might be, was but two steps from the spot where Emmie stood leaning against the paling. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Behold: consumed under the ruby shine In which its glory's arid flame exhausts itself, The chandelier is paling at the breath of Death, And burns its throes out in the face of the Sun. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Through this the path ran direct to a rustic stile—which permitted a passage over, the palings. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The sun had dropped below the ocean; only a bar of paling green lay on the horizon. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z The furnace fires were paling; a few milky clouds sailed in the vast pallid blue. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Cleve shook the little wooden gate, which was locked; so he climbed the paling, and knocked and rang loud and long at the hall-door. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z The leaves are paling in the twilight chill: A mystic something in the air is swimming; Our eyes with happy tears are over-brimming; And now the source grows timid, and is still. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z The walls were still farther continued towards the town by a wooden paling, which separated the road from the adjoining meadows. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Thorpe felt that his dark face was visibly paling. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z "Why do you accuse me of such a desire?" asks he, paling beneath her indignation, and losing courage because of the unshed tears that are gleaming in her eyes. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z There was a faint light coming in the east, and the stars were paling, as the gas grew sickly-hued and dim. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z "Good morning, Vont," she said briskly, as she reached the paling. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Instinctively Kirkwood likened it to a boy rasping a stick along a row of iron palings. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z When meal-time draws near, and hotels are many miles away, you ride boldly up to the nearest farm, dismount, throw your horse's rein over the paling, and walk in. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z A boy connected with the service department found it stuck between the palings of a fence near the delivery entrance. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z The little garden a-bloom in front was encircled by a white paling fence and a quickset hedge. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z The Marquis drew close to the side of the palings. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z In front, a dwarf stone wall with a light wooden paling surrounded a lawn, on which grew tall acacias or locusts. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z He is buried at Round Island, in lake Huron, where a neat paling has been placed over his grave. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z The paling fence in the flat has been carried away.' The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z About a mile from Natchez, we passed, close by the road-side, a family cemetery, whose white paling was bursting with shrubbery. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z The Marquis stretched out his hand and leaned a little upon the paling. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z There were red-roofed cottages smothered in orchards of plum blossom, and simple palings set across gaps in the hedges, with gardens beyond filled with spring flowers. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z The seat upon which she was resting stood close to the white palings of the garden, and under a leafy chestnut, now in the full glory of its summer foliage. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z A swallow, flashing like visible wind across the paling sky of pink and gold, went past him. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The first object which struck me as worthy of notice was a small brick octagon church, enclosed by a white paling, on the corner of Bourbon-street. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z He stepped over the palings, leaned for a single moment over the body of the man to whom he had been talking, and laid the palm of his hand over the lifeless eyes. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Curb stones were unknown, and the footway was exposed to the carriage-way, except in some of the principal streets, where a line of posts and chains, or wooden paling, afforded occasional protection. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z He mechanically brushed his clothes, and bent over the palings to speak with Cyril. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z It came from her lips, but it sounded everywhere about him, as though delivered by the air itself, as though it dropped from the unravelling clouds, as though it fell singing from the paling stars. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z And the enclosed being a violet, had "hinted" so sweetly that a sort of blissful misery of anticipation had been thrilling her nerves and flushing and paling her cheeks all the day. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z David Thain, on a great black horse, had come galloping across the park from Broomleys, and had brought his restive horse with some difficulty up to the side of the paling. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z At half-past five two prisoners were set to arranging a long table by the palings that separated the cells from the guard-room proper. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z She was therefore extremely ill-pleased when a dark figure halted at the palings and, leaning over, removed its hat to reveal the delicate features of Silas Pence. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z He paused for an instant, paling at the recollection. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z The approaching dawn is paling the stars, and tingeing the eastern horizon purple. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Then he dismounted, and with his arm through the reins, leaned against the paling. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z It was strange to see Frieda with her face paling; her full, red lips closed tight and her blue eyes dark and strained. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z Stepping up to the palings with his face distorted with anger, he spoke in low tones of hate. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z A couple of long-eared steeds were also meditating in the shade of the garden paling, stretching out their necks for the overhanging sprays of barberry, just out of their reach. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z The dead of the Pennsylvania Reserves laid under the palings of the garden fence. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z David paused with his foot in the stirrup, withdrew it and returned to the paling. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The lord-lieutenant's carriage had by this time advanced to the park palings, where the schoolboys and the peasantry greeted its arrival with maddening "Eljens!" The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z There appeared about a hundred little pigs in a portion of the field adjoining the sties, and railed in from the other part by wooden palings and hurdles. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z "You ride late, Master Miller," said Shakespeare, as he clambered over the palings. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z His grave is near the roadside, marked by a rude paling. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Well," she continued, leaning slightly against the paling and looking down at him, "I came down here to say a few words to you, and I shall say them, unless you run away. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z A woman always attends the cattle, which are not driven home at night, nor when milked, but enclosed within a moveable paling or pen. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z A road, paling at back, parallel to front of stage, with gate supposed to be leading into farmyard. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z He says that rabbits are exceedingly fond of the bark, and it may be that they destroy any young trees that are unprotected by palings or netting. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Parkinson was still engrossed in his book, the only change being that his back was now turned towards the high paling of clinker-built oak that separated the two gardens. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z The Marquis advanced with his usual leisurely and aristocratic walk to the edge of the palings. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The wall, or paling, was overshadowed by high trees on that side. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z When they came to the ramshackle house of grey palings, with a roof of corrugated iron, on the top of the hill, two or three dogs flew out, barking furiously. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z In the Apostle's creed the quick and the dead are referred to, and a quick set hedge is one of growing plants as contrasted with a mere fencing or line of palings. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources He wrenched off his fur coverings and, jumping out, tied the horse's reins to the palings that surrounded the ferry-house. The Undying Past This park is mine so far as your paling, just as your garden is yours where you are. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Reinhold cast a shy glance towards the left, upon the division between the two gardens, which he now perceived to be a high paling. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z He got off his horse and led her into the deep shadow the paling fence threw. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z “A gift to a bride,” she whispered, and the flush faded, even as the sunbeams were paling fast in the trees above her head. The Parson O' Dumford It was a hundred and fifty paces in length, and had balustrades of black and white palings, on which he had always said that he wanted to climb when he was "big enough." The Undying Past “And kill us, father,” said Perry, with his lips paling in the firelight. Real Gold A Story of Adventure “This is the time—heaven’s maiden sentinel Hath quitted her high watch—the lesser spangles Are paling one by one.” The Great Mogul It may be found at rest on tree trunks and palings during the daytime throughout the summer. Butterflies and Moths (British) We would see Jesus: other lights are paling, Which for long years we have rejoiced to see; The blessings of our pilgrimage are failing: We would not mourn them, for we go to Thee. The Story of Our Hymns Then, instead of taking the road home to Wengern, he skirted the park palings in the deep snow and went to the dower-house. The Undying Past He clambered over the low paling, and, pushing back the boughs of the shrubs which grew between them, made his way up the bank to her side. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 He left his horse at the gate, securing him to one of the iron palings, and went up the drive afoot. The Man from Jericho They may be searched for on palings and the bark of trees by day, at which time they repose with their wings sloping like the sides of the roof of a house. Butterflies and Moths (British) There was a garden in front, with tall Mary-lilies and pink-and-white phlox and roses and carnations and thrift that grew down to the palings. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Dawn was paling the guttering candle and streaking the sky outside before she composed herself. The Valiants of Virginia Across the front a paling fence corresponding in style to that across the street was built, entrance being through a swinging gate that leads directly to the outside porch. Remodeled Farmhouses The Alien said never a word; each looked the other hard in the eyes, paling. The Unknown Sea Geometr� and Micros fall off very considerably this month, but these, as well as moths of the other groups, may be taken from tree trunks and palings. Butterflies and Moths (British) Then about a mile further down we'd see a red brick house in a clump of trees, with a big garden and green palings on to the road. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The judge beckoned to the others and they trooped inside the paling. The Valiants of Virginia Across the front, defining the estate, was once a neat paling fence that had been torn down until only a small portion remained. Remodeled Farmhouses Flashing, assiduous, full of free spaces, brooding, crimson in my veins, paling slightly at the horizon, departing in the starless wind, and returning in haste to my limbs. Woman The chrysalis is of a dull pinkish colour, and may be found on tree trunks, palings, and walls, about the end of June, suspended from a silken carpet by means of its anal hooks. Butterflies and Moths (British) Here we stood on the dusty road under the elms, with the man's bicycle leaning up against the white palings. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune I have seen her of mornings clearing the front yard, washing the windows and the stoop, and even white-washing the palings. The Home Life of Poe She had caught a glimpse of an easel fixed in a field, she had found a tube of paint lying in the road, and had noticed upon a paling the scrapings of a palette. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Light and heat waned from the sighing year; winds, charged with the memory of roses, took the paling skies; the swallows whispered together of the southern tour. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath During the day they may be seen at rest on palings. Butterflies and Moths (British) The voice came over the palings between our garden and that of No. 44. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune "The Huns have to rest their gun somewhere, and you—Say, Jack!" he suddenly exclaimed, his face paling slightly, "you don't suppose they have broken through, do you?" Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds This task brought him near the tall privet-hedge, reinforced by a four-foot paling, which sheltered the vicarage garden from the road. The Gay Adventure A Romance Although not yet the night is wholly gone, The paling torch-light in the court below Gives token that the hours swift-footed go. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches Monotonous, whitening them o'er with rime; It falls on the sheds and their palings below. Poems of Emile Verhaeren The palings of the grandstand inclosure creaked in protest under the pressure. The Key to Yesterday He wanted to see the stars come up out of a paling lemon afterglow, across peaks ragged with hardwood and fringed with pine. The Tempering But at last I was roused by the hoarse call of birds passing high overhead, and saw the sky was paling in the east. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec She broke off, her all but etherealized face paling and growing more rigid. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Having gone over a paling, one of the horses came up to him, putting its mouth close to his breast, and seemingly delighted with the sounds which he continued to produce. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The human tide began flowing back toward the betting shed, and left them alone in a cleared space by the palings. The Key to Yesterday He let go his hold on the paling, and made for the tram lines. Stand Up, Ye Dead Meanwhile Mayfair had leaped over the low paling of the little front garden, and stood now close to the house. Tony Butler And from behind Sergeant Cardono marked his cheek, alternately paling and reddening, his stammering tongue and altered demeanour, with the utmost satisfaction. The Firebrand Then he rose, heavily, and stood looking out of the window at the paling east, his pendulous under lip aquiver. The Moonlit Way The wagon halted within some short distance of the paling, and the coffin was now committed to the shoulders of the troopers. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency With his right hand he gripped the paling, while he swayed gently from side to side. Stand Up, Ye Dead On the tree-trunks, walls, and palings grew a great quantity of climbing Pothos plants, with large, glossy, heart-shaped leaves. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Rollo moved slowly along the path, and presently he came in sight of a pretty damsel on the farther side of the trellis paling, deeply engaged in a most interesting conversation. The Firebrand At last he arrived at the tall oak paling which fenced the grounds of the cottage, and where it was his wont to halt and fasten his horse. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) From this position there was to be seen, at no great distance, a small inclosure of not above ten feet square, constructed with a dark paling, above which a venerable willow drooped its branches. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency It is not in the spirit of Pharisaic censoriousness that we must judge that brawny workman swaying on the paling, and all that he represents. Stand Up, Ye Dead There 's little more worth the seeing on yonder side of the paling, sir. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Shelter.—If some sort of shelter is absolutely imperative, there are various ways of producing it without putting up an unsightly paling, or building a costly wall in the garden. Roses and Rose Growing Curtis was in undress uniform, and in the midst of the slouching crowd of weather-beaten loafers he seemed a man of velvet-green parade grounds and whitewashed palings, commanding lines of polished bayonets. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop When they arrived here, they leaned across the paling to read the inscription upon a stone that seemed but recently to have been placed there. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Austere and fine the trees stand bare And moveless in the frosty air, Against the pure and paling light Before the threshold of the night. Later Poems Less interested by these patchwork devices, Cashel stood gazing on a beautiful white bull, who grazed in a little paddock carefully fenced by a strong oak paling. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Full and the tune, a shaking of the ends is not paling in the more and then if there is no exercise there must be that and anyhow why should there be an implacable substitute. Geography and Plays It will be an interesting world for those who survive; a dusk chaos just paling eastward. The Book of Susan A Novel In the dooryard fronting an old farmhouse near the whitewash’d palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love. The Vagabond in Literature Peace fills the mighty minster, Tranquil and gray and old, And all the chancel of the west Is bright with paling gold. Later Poems "Is there no danger of the creature springing over the paling?" said Olivia, drawing closer to Cashel, and looking at him with a most trustful dependence. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Diana, tired of her ceaseless watch, is paling, fading, dying imperceptibly, as though feeling herself soon to be conquered by the sturdy morn. Faith and Unfaith "Are you his mother?" queried Paula, paling at the thought but keeping her ground with an air of unconscious authority. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The elderly man had finished his sermon, but instead of at once announcing the closing hymn to be followed by the benediction, he stood clearing his throat, his little worn face paling with emotion. The Loves of Ambrose Then letting her voice drop off into silence she stood very, very still, with ever-widening eyes, lips parted, and a look of great seriousness steadily settling down over her paling countenance. The Riddle of the Night Suddenly the bull stopped, and retiring till his haunches-touched the paling, he seemed surveying the field, and contemplating another and more successful mode of attack. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Sir James turns away, and, paling visibly,—had she cared to see it,—plucks a tiny piece of bark from the old tree against which he is leaning. Faith and Unfaith As a grim sarcasm on this neglect, somebody had flung three human skulls, picked up in the woods, over the paling, into the cemetery, where they lay blanching among the graves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Limber Tim closed his mouth and unscrewed himself from the palings on the fence without as Sandy appeared, and the two took their way to their cabin. First Fam'lies of the Sierras To right and left of the front of the small building a high wooden paling ran for a distance of an hundred paces or so enclosing a rough yard with a shed in the rear. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "Is he tired?" said Miss Kennyfeck, as Cashel stood close to the paling, and breathed his horse, for what he foresaw might be a sharp encounter. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) She had noticed his sudden paling when she had begged for some delay before actually naming her "brydale day." Faith and Unfaith Where elder and the sumach creep Above your garden's paling, Whereon at noon the lizards sleep Like lichens on the railing. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue Then there was another painful silence, and Limber Tim twisted a paling off the fence with his arms, and kicked half the bark off his right shin with his left boot-heel. First Fam'lies of the Sierras And to-day for thirty cents I had that paling in the garden fence fixed, too. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole He then rode up to the paling, where in unfeigned terror the two girls sat, silently following him in every motion. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) A paling surrounds Mary's Sycamore, under whose shade, tradition says, she washed the infant's clothes, and that wherever a drop of water fell a Balsam tree sprang up. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 Eaton felt he was paling as he faced the blustering smaller man. The Blind Man's Eyes A new paling fence painted gray enclosed the lot; the house was not a new one, but its coat of gray matched the fence, and a fresh green roof crowned its walls. Clover and Blue Grass I, alone, followed with fascination the paling to dusk of a bright and useful career. Bye-Ways Her nose, Mrs. Raeburn observed with pleasure, did not drip like palings on a wet day. Carnival Browne felt that his face was visibly paling, and that guilt must be written on every inch of it. The Red Rat's Daughter The lights inside were paling to an unwholesome yellow. Ewing\\'s Lady She pushed aside some loose palings and crept through the opening into the pasture that lay back of the garden. Clover and Blue Grass Even the indispensable knot of hangers-on stood at a distance, and behind a paling, in this most rustic country residence. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In Deptford High Street the gray dawn was beginning to define the houses, and in a rift of the heavy clouds stars were paling. Carnival “I’ve seen them from the train—hundreds of them—exactly alike, with sunflowers in the front garden, and the washing in the back, and such nice, sociable neighbours over the palings!” The Daughters of a Genius Mind the palings as you go out; they are a bit inclined to scratch yer.” With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War The sky was just paling in the east, and already the world was astir in this remote wilderness. Tales of South Africa Outwardly deadly calm, Lamont is superintending, directing everything, yet when the head of a savage shows itself above the palings it drops back, drilled by a soft-nosed bullet from the unerring magazine rifle. In the Whirl of the Rising It was ten o'clock, and the fire was already paling behind the fluted bars of the slab. Carnival The village was reached, a low place was found in the palings, and Leopard, as quick as you could wink, was over and among the goats. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Overhead was darkness, paling into twilight near the ground, so that when he looked up he was staring into bottomless deeps of starless night. The Tree of Life Off now to see some folks burned their own barn up——” “W-h-a-t?” demanded Abel, with paling face. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Who could have recognized the young and handsome youth in the broken-down, feeble, careworn man who now leaned over the palings of a little flower-garden, and gazed mournfully at a rustic bench beneath a lime-tree? One Of Them The palings on either side of the steps became invalid, unsubstantial, deliquescent like material objects in a nightmare. Carnival Rainsford," said Antony, paling, "if you had made me this offer the day before I left Nut Street, I would have been in France by this. Fairfax and His Pride Jacob vaulted lightly over the paling and clambered up by her side. Jacob's Ladder He's a-comin' now, and it's all they can do to keep him going over the park paling. That Boy Of Norcott's And both our morning-glories strew With loveliness the railing, And thrust their starry faces through The vines about the paling. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks Already the evening star was rising above the paling horizon. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Suddenly I saw the servants running to the palings, and I walked to the door, when I saw such a stampede as I never witnessed before. A Woman's Wartime Journal An account of the passage over a Georgia plantation of Sherman's army on the march to the sea, as recorded in the diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt "How absolutely topping!" exclaimed Lorraine, scaling the palings with scant consideration for her skirt and less for her fingers. The Head Girl at the Gables He was conscious of a slight paling, but hoped it had not been observed. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The whole clump of huts is surrounded by high palings. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa The new paling of the manor-house garden is being painted green. Black Forest Village Stories On the N. and W. where the banks are very steep, no wall or mound is discoverable, paling being the only fence that would stand on such ground. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) The stars were paling more and more rapidly; only the bright constellation of the Parrot could still he picked out without doubt. The Thing in the Attic Brooding thus, he gazed at the distance of ever paling blue, and mechanically counted the ranges and peaks below him. The Mountain Girl Give them a good run, and they would nearly leap over the palings that there surround them. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Outside its high palings, there are thickly peopled, fusty streets, for this is the very heart of the city. Seeds of Pine Aloft the sentinel stars were paling, their night watch ended. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade "I've been having a very pleasant time, sir," said Jack, whose heart was beating faster than was quite comfortable, and whose cheeks were flushing and paling by turns. The Children of the Top Floor It is enough," said he, "the stars are paling. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The bottom is bounded half by an old wall and half by an old paling, over which we see a pretty distance of woody hills. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The paling cheek, the wasting form, the decaying strength told how deep the love, how bitter the anguish of the mother for her lost son. The Indian Captive A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of Matthew Brayton in his thirty-four years of captivity among the Indians of north-western America Petals the same, very dark at base, paling to a greenish centre; all closely spotted with the dark crimson tone. The Woodlands Orchids Champe was to remove some of the palings in the garden fence and replace them so slightly that they could be easily, quietly, and quickly taken out when desired. Elsie on the Hudson Oh, how soon Vanish grace and beauty's bloom; Dost thou boast of cheeks ne'er paling, Glowing red and white unfailing? Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace There was a paling between the side of the garden and a lane, and over the top of these wooden boards faces that seemed somehow familiar would peep for a moment and then vanish. Loyal to the School Jock landed on his head in the kitchen garden where the precious cabbages were growing behind high wooden palings. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North "The execution was to be this morning; did you not know?" he said, fixing his wild eyes upon the young man's paling face. A Life Sentence A Novel She scanned the page hurriedly, her face paling as she read. The Song of the Wolf The dawn presently began paling the stars; and still Harl did not come. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The narrow windows of the massive walls were guarded by strong iron palings and iron casements, and two gigantic dogs, which would have tackled the most strongly armed intruder, ran loose in the courtyard. Pretty Michal I looked and saw a ruddy glow in the sky to northward,—a flickering glow, now paling, now flashing up vividly and showing luminous clouds of smoke,—the glow of a great fire. The Red Symbol The secret of the matter I discovered to be that poachers, with no burglarious intentions towards me, used the shrubbery as a hiding-place before getting over the opposite paling into the wood. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" Tom, if you want a job, there's one of the palings of the pigsty broken away. Better than Play We watched it come up in all its rosy loveliness, paling the dying moon and setting the waters of the Bay ablaze. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia On the tops of the palings the hides of various kinds of animals were hanging out to dry. Pretty Michal Inside this willow paling is a lower hedge, so to say, two feet distant from the other, made of willow work twisted—like a continuous hurdle. The Hills and the Vale It was a beautiful night, just paling into a false dawn in the east. Robots of the World! Arise! Mr. Muller came down and put his chin across the paling in the dark. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) He stiffened slowly in the saddle, his face gradually paling. The Coming of the Law There the stars are paling, but a planet, Jupiter, perhaps, stands out in brilliance on the fast lightening sky. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Over a high wooden paling could be seen mountains of old rusty iron: springs and empty tins, bent iron beds, dented coal-boxes red with rust, and pails. Ditte: Girl Alive! Leone, with a sudden paling of her beautiful face, with a keen sense of sharp pain, and Lady Chandos with a bright, happy flush. A Mad Love The stars were paling in the firmament when I opened my window. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Not that he was merry; as his horse started he set his teeth, smote in the spurs, and cleared the paling fence at a bound. John March, Southerner He had leaped into the small court-yard, with a wooden paling round it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The definition of this lightning-like picture is truly wonderful, the details of the mechanism on the flying locomotive standing out as sharply as the immovable telegraph posts and palings beside the line. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years These palings have since been removed, and an iron fence substituted. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land A bit further the lord's wall gave way to iron palings, and not far beyond was the open country and the road to the hills. An Isle in the Water Beyond a paling fence and a sandy, careworn garden of altheas and dwarf-box stood broadside to them a very plain, two-story house of uncoursed gray rubble, whose open door sent forth no welcoming gleam. John March, Southerner There are many internal reflexes: movements of the stomach and intestines, swallowing and hiccoughing, widening and narrowing of the arteries resulting in flushing and paling of the skin. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life This was lined on each side with a row of two-storied villas behind low wooden palings, of which the owner, in describing them, had taken liberties with the name of Queen Anne. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons "Tell him," said Elizabeth, flushing and then paling again, "that I shall not be happy until he comes back and takes what is his own." Under False Pretences A Novel Nan stood for a minute paling out under his eyes, and then drew away from him and left the room, her braid-crowned head high. Old Crow He had to stop and shake hands with Parson Tombs over his front palings, and make an honest effort to feel annoyed by the old man's laughter-laden compliments on his energy, enterprise, and perspicacity. John March, Southerner Occasionally the sun evidenced itself against the paling of mists hundreds of feet above. One Purple Hope! From time to time, at long intervals, we came upon a village with its sheds, dunghills and gardens, surrounded with palings. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 "It costs nothing," she mused and her hand fell away from the paling. Aliens The face of the moon, as it rose, lost the ruddy hue which had coloured it nearer the horizon, and its paling disc was swept by black and ragged storm clouds. The House by the Lock Here, the emperor and one of his marshals are depicted leaping out of window, at the very moment when a Cossack with his lance appears outside the palings. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. During the silence and gloom of night he succeeded in scaling the palings of the walls, and secretly and successfully made his way into the very heart of the fortress. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 I wanted to blaze away at a dog out there trying to scratch under the palings; but the dog's done gone. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches She put her hand on the paling and the basket slid down her arm. Aliens The heavy gate was quickly barred, while bullets pattered against the close-set palings. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters And once outside the shabby little palings, she returned no more for hours. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories A few days earlier an infantry regiment had moved into the neighbouring barracks; and looking through the palings of their parade-ground they could see the battalions exercising. Jena or Sedan? She looked at him for a minute as if she could, turning a paling face to him, with the mask off and the eyes miserable, then she tried to laugh. The Wishing Moon |
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