| 单词 | pendent |
| 例句 | No one answered; but a form emerged from the closet; it took the light, held it aloft, and surveyed the garments pendent from the portmanteau. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Separatists pendent their own groups who seek to become independent of the nation that has power over them and to form their own government. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z From a single, pendent stalk, pollinated female flowers are forming the familiar bunches of bananas, but they’re small and green. Amid the beautiful, strange treasures of the U.S. Botanic Garden, a young painter blossoms 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z To complete the ensemble, Spears wore a beaded necklace with an arrowhead-shaped pendent. Britney Spears reveals '5 most important' beach day essentials 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z “The more zealous among the officers … were continually crying out that ‘atonements’ must be made, insurgents must be seized, examples must be exhibited pendent from the limbs of trees,” he wrote. ‘Whiskey Rebellion’ tourism eyed for Pennsylvania county 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Appropriately, her necklace had a pendent of scissors dangling from it. Waite Park costumer channels artistic background 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Where Washington wanted to focus on self-determination through independent black schools and businesses, Du Bois argued that civil rights are more important because political power is necessary to protect any economic gains. Black Politics--An Excerpt From 'Please Stop Helping Us' By Jason L. Riley 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Darakjian said his customers like layering pieces, such as wearing a 26-inch gold chain with a shorter chain with a pendent in the center. US Gold-Jewelry Purchases Rise As Some Consumers Seek Luxury 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z They arranged elaborate hedging strategies for airlines de- pendent on cheap jet fuel, charging fees for their advice along the way, and they lent capital to hedge-fund traders, pocketing inter- est and fees in return. An excerpt from Kate Kelly's 'The Secret Club That Runs the World' 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z They believe the 16th Century gold coin was used as a sequin or pendent, similar to those worn by wealthy aristocrats and royalty. Humans lived on Thames 'in 7,000 BC' 2013-08-08T04:33:00Z Most of the ornaments of the Egyptians—whether the adornments of sarcophagi, of water-vessels, or mere charms to be worn pendent from the neck—were symbols of some truth or dogma inculcated by the priests. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z The small buds had developed into branches a foot long; great double peerless roses had been hanging pendent from the original stocks—roses with regal names and titles. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Latham, who first described this bird, says, "it makes its nest on the extreme pendent branches of low trees or shrubs, and by this means escapes the plunder of smaller quadrupeds." Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Corolla elongated, expanded at the throat, somewhat 2-lipped, the tube with a bearded ring within; the 4 upper lobes nearly equal, but the lower much larger and longer, pendent, toothed or lacerate-fringed. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z They were very lofty, though pendent, and in the month of June, might be justly styled magnificent. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z A necklace of eight medals or plates of gold, with a small pendent image of St. Michael, which together were "worth a city," encircled her white neck. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z It is doubtful if royalty ever poised itself on a rickety chair, or reached for cherries so deftly as that school girl, who read her graduating essay, with pendent blue ribbons, last month. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The dark and gloomy appearance of the tree impresses itself upon the spectator, and so, if he camps near it at night, does the melancholy moaning of the wind through its pendent whip-like branchlets. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Their long, pendent, drowsy ears, and the highly artificial posterior developments, are characteristic of no wild or recently domesticated race. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Frothing from the mouth is exceptional in rabies, and the flow of saliva is rarely seen unless when the jaw is paralyzed and pendent. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z They pop their heads out of a round hole in one of the wigwams like prairie dogs, and seem to stand on their hind legs, with the others pendent, as if just going to bark. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The air was sweet with the honeyed fragrance of the lovely pendent clusters of bloom, and bird and bee and butterfly hovered around,—it was paradise. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z O. coccinea, 1 ft., has erect racemes of pendent crimson flowers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The seals of Despencer, Basset, and Baddlesmere, pendent to the same instrument, have each two wiverns, or dragons, for supporters; and that of Gilbert de Clare, three lions, placed in the form above mentioned. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z It fully merits its specific name, for it is a plant of elegant form throughout, from its shapely divided leaves to its graceful clusters of pendent hearts. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z He moves with dignity and deliberation, his "writer's inkhorn" pendent from his girdle, and his physiognomy has been trained to that reticent, semi-mysterious expression common to successful solicitors in England. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The accoutrements of the horses are in keeping, and at marriages and other festivities the head-stalls, bridles, and breast-plates are completely covered with pendent silver coins. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Here a magnificent Salisburia mocked the foliage of the maiden-hair; and here an old cedar swept the grass with its large pendent branches. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z It has been frequently and truthfully stated that Paine was de- pendent on Christian charity for the attentions he received in his last days, and so he was. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z When the plant is about to flower, the bulb sends up a tall stalk, with here and there a whorl of shining leaves, hanging at the summit its string of pendent bronze-bells. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Their faces were broad and coarse, their heads large and round, their breasts pendent, their teeth beautiful and white, their hands and feet small and delicate. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The face likewise of this Temple is adorned with arms, not with gems, and the wall, instead of the ancient golden chapiters, is covered around with pendent shields. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z Through occasional openings in the dense fringe of pendent boughs, glimpses can be had of park-like glades, studded with columnar oaks, and stretching upward to hazel-grown knolls, which rise in irregular succession beyond the bank. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z On a single tree we counted more than forty such pendent nests, constructed in a very singular manner. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Sabra, bewitchingly radiant in white Arabian silk, stood under the orange-tree where the pendent fruit was labelled three a penny. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z After this he lit up a huge meerschaum pipe, “hoping there was no offence,” cleared his throat, turning his face upwards at the pendent compass, as if seeking help there. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The necklace consisted of a narrow chain of gold, plain, or set with pearls, and bearing table diamonds in two rows, one fixed and the other pendent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The blue gum-trees, with stripes of pendent bark, that Fred and Frank used to admire and marvel at, gave place to lighter timber. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z On our way from Genaaden Dal to Caledon, to which there is an excellent level road, we perceived a large number of silver poplars, with pendent nests of finches. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z By tangled brake and pendent steep, With weary foot I panting flew, My brow was chill with drops of dew. The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z All the while one of their number chatters volubly in the Japanese dialect, directing attention to the achievements of the two pendent heroes. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The ears are more or less upright, sometimes horizontal, but never actually pendent, as in some Asiatic breeds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In the ears, which are those of a bull, are pendent ear-rings. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The mongrel of the third generation barks: it has pendent ears, raised tail: it is no longer wild. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z The cones are always pendent and there is an annual crop. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z She stands in the middle of the picture, upon a mass of clouds, which two pendent cherubs deliciously loop up. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In height it is about seventy feet, vase-topped, with a pendent border. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z His eyes were bloodshot, his lips livid and pendent, his cheeks swollen by the cauterization he had undergone. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z It has the straight ears, the pendent tail; it does not bark; it is wild. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z An abundance of pendent cones is borne annually. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The flowers are fragrant, white or cream-colored, and appear in early spring in graceful pendent racemes. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Some of the pendent branches, which drooped within a few feet of the ground, I judged to be forty feet in length. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z It was that of a young man in a tasseled dressing-gown, with an ornate meerschaum pipe pendent between the bushy black whiskers of the day. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The mongrel of the second generation does not bark yet, but it has the ears pendent at the tip: it is less wild. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Northern trees are so clean-limbed and so regular about shedding their leaves when they fade, that these patient hosts, loaded down with the pendent skeins of the tillandsia, seem to be imposed upon. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The room was illuminated with astral lamps, whose silver rays shone out from clusters of blue and purple flowers, and with crystal chandeliers, whose pendent drops sparkled amid festoons of roses. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z To the right is part of a pendent wing. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z This sight caused him no little surprise; especially, when with a sad foreboding he approached the couch of that being he adored above all mundane objects, to find her pendent form though insensible was scathless. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Why is it that the delirious dreams of the famine-stricken, are of tables loaded with the richest viands, or groves, whose pendent boughs droop with their delicious burdens of luscious fruit? Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z All the rest of the conifers have pendent cones, except the small-fruited cypresses and arbor-vitaes. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Now, for two silver bracelets, with long pendent ear-rings of the same, such as you sold to Cardarani in the sturgeon month last year,—how much will you demand? The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z She is dressed in black velvet trimmed with fur; her bodice is of black silk, and she wears a large turned-down collar, and round her neck a gold chain with a pendent jewel. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z A swinging pole, hung under the ridge-pole of the tent, constituted the wardrobe or clothes-closet of the occupant, and from this several garments were pendent. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z Occasionally we brushed a projecting spray, or a vine pendent from a cornice. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Long pendent mustaches lent it a stern expression, and altogether in its strength and size it was as if struck out of marble with great blows of a hammer. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The leaves are borne on drooping branches; the cones are pendent; the white spruce grows higher than any other spruce. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z Upon this, a young man hastened forward to hold up before the throne a diamond chain of rare purity, that absorbed the lustre of the ruby's splendor, and twinkled like pendent dew-drops. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z The hybrid of the second generation does not yet bark, but has already the ears pendent at the ends, and is less savage. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z They were hung about with fruit, pendent lamps lit with a pale greenish light. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Thus the seed may be erect while the fruit itself is pendent, in the ordinary meaning of that term. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Like a bullet the cartridge sang through between the ashpoles, and cut a small pendent bough of willow in twain, not two feet in front of Valentine’s face. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The eaves of houses were ornamented with hanged men, for the greater part Jews; and here and there the crowd amused themselves by clinging to the feet of pendent corpses and swinging on them. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z What matters it, whether a bright eye laugh from beneath a drapery of pendent curls, or is raised to heaven with no twisted meshes to obscure its upward ray? The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z They rode some distance into the forest, the low-growing pendent shrubs of which, the product of a damp climate and constant rainfall, were sufficiently dense to shield them from observation. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The effect of the whole, seen through the gloom of pendent trees, is undoubtedly striking; though, it must be confessed, the sheet of water presenting the formality of an unbroken square is somewhat unpicturesque. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z Such icicles may be sometimes seen a yard long, pendent from any eave or ledge. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z Encircling her body, under her thin and pendent breasts, was a girdle made of the dried skins of snakes, twisted together. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z There, among the trees, immediately before the cave, stood the erect, rigid figure of Nomandewu—the head bent forward and the open hands pendent. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z She stood upon a pedestal of pink stone laden with pendent treasures. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z To be sure, it was half out of exasperation against this so tasteless crab's-tail of the head, against this telescope-like shortening and elongating spinal pendent to the fourth, thought-full cerebral chamber. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z He carries a bunch of cedar in his hand, and an eagle bone whistle from which an eagle feather is pendent. Notes on the Kiowa Sun Dance 2011-05-30T02:00:17.057Z The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, going to visit Solomon, formed a pendent to the preceding figure, which it resembles in its dimensions. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z The black veil, through whose almost impenetrable meshes light seldom gleams, has long been pendent over their eyes, and there, with fiendish jealousy, the slave-driving ruffians sedulously guard it. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z With both hands thrust into her big flat muff, which was trimmed with pendent tails, she carried her notebook pressed to her side with her elbow. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Casting my eye around, I saw a hemlock tree, with pendent limbs, some thirty or more rods away. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z In front is a deep ravine of stupendous rocks partly bare and partly covered with bushes and pendent creepers. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The Sun also gave him a necklace, in the center of which were strung two small shells and a pendent lock of hair, flanked on either side by four beads. The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians 2011-04-26T02:00:23.287Z The rich color of the pendent blossoms made a splendid background for a group of wicker chairs and a table; hither the entire company now repaired for tea. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z Singleton, with some display of muscle, had dragged out from behind the pendent draperies a square, canvas box. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Immense trees stretch their ponderous boughs far across the path, and they droop so low that the pendent foliage almost sweeps the water. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Their heads are magnificent, solemn sagacious eyes, pendent jowls, and flapping ears that brush away the dew. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z The prevailing color of this huge Jelly-fish is a dark brownish-red, with a light, milk-white margin, tinged with blue, the tentacles and other pendent appendages having a somewhat different hue from the disk. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Characteristics of the Tree: Height, 150'-200'; diameter, 6'-10'; branches, pendent, slender; bark, reddish gray, deep, longitudinal fissures between, broad, oblique, flat ridges; leaves, dark green, two-ranked; cones, small, like Eastern Hemlock. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z He tucked his thumbs into the lower pockets of his waistcoat, supporting the revolver pendent on one forefinger, and smiled broadly. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z A cool breeze that fluttered the pendent smilax. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z As a modern pendent to this well-known legend, the following is current in Quebec. Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada 2011-02-01T03:00:13.163Z Along the whole length of this kind of tentacle are attached little pendent knobs at even distances; Fig. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Characteristics of the Tree: Height, 100'-150' and even 200' high; diameter 3'-4' and even 15'; trunk base enlarged; bark, thick, red-brown, scaly; leaves, standing out in all directions; cones, 2½"-4" long, pendent, cylindrical, oval. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z ELECTROLIER, a fixture, usually pendent from the ceiling, for holding electric lamps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The dwarf gave a short laugh that made her pendent earrings oscillate. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Golden Italian gourds pendent from the pergolas; standard currant bushes bordering a path and covered with red berries as late as September; dwarf fruit trees too, used decoratively, are among the happy points of interest. Beautiful Gardens in America 2011-01-11T03:00:36.140Z Many of these Sertularian Hydroids assume the most graceful forms, hanging like long pendent streamers from the Laminaria, or in other instances resembling miniature trees. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z In some cases this feature of Assyrian costume is shown in double rows, one pendent, while the other stands out in a horizontal direction. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z The edifice was a substantial, ancient structure, with a mahogany pulpit of the old style, a broad aisle, chandelier pendent from the arched roof, filagree and panel-work around the galleries. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The diminutive kneeling donors on the quarry-panes below are very interesting; note the pendent sleeves, and especially the tiny gift window held up by one of these little people. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z All these roses are dwarfed by the excessive size of the pendent lancets: it is all the more unfortunate, because considered separately the roses as well as the lancets are excellent. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Cluster of Medusæ with tentacles having pendent knobs. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z In some cases the roof had broken away, and revealed rows of icicles of great length and transparency pendent from the edges. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Their long, pendent, drowsy ears, and the highly artificial posterior developments, are characteristic of no wild or recently-domesticated race. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Maude called, but he took no notice, only walked solemnly about the room with his vanquished enemy pendent from his grinning mouth. Lady Maude's Mania Another was fixing a leather apron with pendent thongs; he stood up and tried it on. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Fig. 8 has a hood easier of comprehension, but no whit better in point of elegance than her predecessors; it fits the head closely, having pendent jewels round the bottom and crossing the brow. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress And pendent in the purple Of heaven, like fireflies, Bubbles of gold the great stars blew From windows of the skies. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems And under the light of a great red cluster of grapes, pendent from the mouth of a grinning Bacchus, I recognized with horror the yellow mat of hair and freckled face of Billings' cub brother. The Haunted Pajamas It was a long and lofty apartment, with festoons of white and red coral pendent from the arched roof. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The grasses p. 8have long pendent stamens, and versatile anthers, from which the pollen is easily shaken out by the wind. Springtime and Other Essays CHANDELIER, a frame of metal, wood, crystal, glass or china, pendent from roof or ceiling for the purpose of holding lights. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The first group of this section comprises alpine forms of the Andes, without any armature, and with a very broad and pendent lower lip. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Thy hundred-gated capitals! or those Where three days’ travel left us much to ride; Gazing on miracles by mortals wrought, Arches triumphal, theatres immense, Or nodding gardens pendent in mid-air! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes And still the flower glowed, and still the arm hung pendent and quasi-paralyzed at his side. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes And before him, with both her small hands clinched and pendent, and in her exquisite face an expression of relentless indignation, stood Miss Raritan. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Almost in the midst of the green, he saw what seemed to be a brilliant but monstrous diamond, pendent from a branch. A Modern Wizard These have pendent racemes of fruits, varying in colour from the typical orange scarlet to white, purple, and black. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens His hair was curly and brushed back in the prevailing mode, and he wore eyeglasses mounted in tortoise-shell with a pendent black ribbon, albeit his eyesight was excellent. The Competitive Nephew A light groining sprang from six stout columns, and hung down in two rich pendents from the center of the vault. International Short Stories English He calls them "marine," but whether on any other evidence than the pendent processes of the cheeks, which he calls "fins," does not appear. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series But, of course, sunset came again—with the same pendent threat as before. Asteroid of Fear Its flowers resemble those of the Berberis, but are much larger, have pendent stalks, and are of the brightest coral-red or blood colour. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The English mastiff is a huge and powerful dog with pendent ears but short and silky coat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Her breasts were pendent promises of—further disappointment? Fly By Night Let a large piece of cork be pendent from one end of a balance beam, and a small piece of lead from the other; the lead should rather preponderate. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments The bed furnishings would consist of a drapery, pendent from an odd roof, rather than a canopy, over the bed. Women of England In the variety pendula, the pendent character of the branches is not unduly marked, but is sufficient to add greatly to the beauty of the tree. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The sheepdogs and collies are still further removed from the wolf type, and have the tip of the ear pendent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" And see the pendent caskets of the cornfield filled with the wine of life, and see the silken fringes that set a form for fashion and for art. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 The golden groining is quadripartite, the ribs meeting in great colored bosses and pendents, added at periods of less simple taste. Cathedrals of Spain Stalactites, resplendent with seeming jewels, hung pendent from the ceiling. An Artist in Crime By craning his neck the officer could look between the pendent icicles of rock and see a fire burning on a huge oblong block of stone. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The ears, naturally pendent at the tips, are always cropped. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" As he approached his house, he saw that all the white oaks, bare in winter, were in leaf; large soft young green leaves, that almost hid the pendent sad green moss. Ancestors A Novel This variety forms a large tree with somewhat pendent boughs, and is a profitable sort for orchards and marketing over a large territory. The Apple From the sides of black granite hung pendent icicles, sometimes slender and isolated, sometimes grouped in fanciful clusters. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Here was no water; but in its place was a floor of alabaster, from which arose a great variety of pure white stalagmites, to meet each its twin stalactite pendent from above. Cudjo's Cave The Tibetan mastiff is equally powerful, but has still larger pendent ears, a shaggy coat and a long brush-like tail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" There was a glint of dancing water in the heavier shades, a rosy light beyond the farthest of the trees in the little wood where the delicate pendent leaves hung asleep in the sweet peace. Ancestors A Novel No "pendent masses of ivy" or "creeper" cover it. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land By some chance they found themselves in a deserted stalactite cave, where the gas-jets gleamed softly from within emerald cones of glass and spread a strange magic glamour under the pendent arches. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 Pins are extremely fashionable, and are made in the Italian style, with large heads, and pendent ornaments attached by small gold chains. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The number of breeds is very large, the two extreme types being the smooth fox-terrier with compact shape, relatively long legs, and the long-bodied, short-legged Skye terrier, with long hair and pendent ears. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The large soft leaves and the pendent moss of the oaks were gray with dust, but the shade was cool and delicious. Ancestors A Novel Mercury, represented as wearing a pendent cap, and holding a book: he is supported by three children in reclining attitudes, representing his houses Gemini and Virgo. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), It still wanted ten or fifteen minutes of the appointed time; the rain fell heavily, and the adventurers sheltered themselves below some pendent ivy, and spoke in low tones of the approaching trial. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) There's poetry in every pendent leaf If we could read them truly; but our hearts Grow strange to nature's language in the world, Nor can translate their heaven lore. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems The muzzle is short, the ears large and pendent, the limbs relatively short and heavy, and the coat thick and frequently long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Around the pavilion, too, there was a fringe or net-work of golden lace, to the pendents of which were attached bells, which tolled continually, with a mournful sound, as the carriage moved along. Alexander the Great Makers of History Jupiter, in his houses Sagittarius and Pisces, represented throned, with an upper dress disposed in radiating folds about his neck, and hanging down upon his breast, ornamented by small pendent trefoiled studs or bosses. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), The objects are of small size, rarely reaching a pound in weight, and they are almost exclusively pendent ornaments. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 He leaped a step higher, swung 278 his broken sword against the pendent chandelier, knocked the only burning candle from its socket, and threw the hall into darkness. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Tiny forest gems, the infinitely variegated colibrí, whirred across the stream and followed its margins until attracted by the gorgeous pendent flowers. Carmen Ariza In a loose, pendent abdomen in the latter months of gestation the skin may often be seen pushed out at a sharp angle, irrespective of the period of drinking. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Elsewhere could be seen daffodils, irises, peonies just bursting into bloom, and long, drooping curves of bleeding-heart hung with rose-and-white pendents. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Attached to one side of the basin is a pendent head resembling that of a serpent or a turtle. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 It is the most unlikely place imaginable for any but a pendent nest, woven to half a dozen or more slender, vertical49 twigs, and swaying freely in the wind. Under the Maples The trunks of trees, the great, pendent leaves of plants, the trailing vines, slimy with dank vegetation, afford footing and housing to countless myriads of them, keenly alert, ferociously resistive. Carmen Ariza If there is nothing pendent the urachus must be seized, covered by the skin, and a curved needle being passed through the skin and above the duct, it may be tied along with this skin. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle He brushed shoulders with brown men whose hats askew, and the loose sleeves of whose pendent jackets, made them resemble melancholy maskers. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II A kind of hood overhangs the head and extends in a ridge around the sides of the vessel, connecting with the tail of the creature, which is also pendent and hooded. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Our orchard oriole also makes a pendent nest, but not so deep and pocketlike as that of the Baltimore oriole, and showing no such elaborate use of strings and hairs. Under the Maples A little drip, drip from the leaves only told how heavily they had been surcharged; the long pendent branches of the elm hung moveless, as if they were resting after last night's thrashing about. Diana Over the rocks, amid the mosses, hang the long pendent ferns, in richer, darker green. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Guttæ, small pendent features in Greek and Roman Doric cornices, resembling rows of wooden pegs. Architecture Classic and Early Christian From hedge and pendent branch and vine, Recounted still that deed of thine; Still sang thy praises o'er and o'er, Gladly—more heartily, be sure, Were praises never sung before. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 When cones or catkins hang downward, they are pendent. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination And then to every pendent branch he hung A glittering sword,—the tyrant's right to rule,— Demanding greater homage than ever warrior sought. The Loom of Life Then sudden, o'er the western waters pendent, An Image comes, with gold and flames resplendent, O'er Balder's grove it hovers, night's clouds under, Like gold crown resting on a bed of green. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas Threads of the capillitium pendent from a discoid membrane at the apex of the columella. The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio They kneel beneath the three-and-forty pendent lamps of gold and silver. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Leaves usually but little flattened, but jointed to a short, brown petiole which is attached to a somewhat grooved twig; cones pendent, of lapping scales 94. Picea. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Each horn ends in a silver plaque, studded with bits of colored glass or stone, and supports a pendent braid like a riding quirt. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The newly unfolded leaves were still a tender green, and the sycamores were covered with pendent blossoms, in the golden pollen of which the bees revelled like drunkards. The Manor House School Godron also has remarked that "the pigs of the ancient Egyptians had not their ears enlarged and pendent." The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Hahn's horse was standing there obediently with pendent reins anchoring it! Rimrock Trail Cones abundant; 1� in. long, short-peduncled, conical, obtuse, terminal, somewhat pendent; scales linear-oblong, woody, with a small prickle which soon falls off. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination With broad hands seizing on the pendent clouds He press'd them—with a mighty crash they burst, And thick and constant floods from heaven pour down. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II And see that man with the olive complexion, keen features, and ringlets of black hair and pendent ear-rings under his dark barrette. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Then sudden, o’er the western waters pendent, An Image comes, with gold and flames resplendent, O’er Balder’s grove it hovers, night’s clouds under, Like gold crown resting on a bed of green. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas There on the pendent boughs her coronet weeds Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Cones 5 to 7 in. long, and pendent at maturity, with the scales slightly incurved. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The season of grapes was shortly past; but here and there large clusters were still pendent on the bough. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge There were also pendent nests built by a species of wasp in the trees, which indicated a nefarious design to infringe upon bird architecture. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Shakspeare uses the word in five places, but, though he knew that this "pendent world" was spherical, his Antipodes were not Australasian. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Sometime we see a cloud that 's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon 't. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Var. pendula has long, pendent branches, and forms a very fine weeping tree. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Around his neck, suspended like a priest's stole, hung a steel chain with pendent manacles or handcuffs that jangled unmusically as he moved. The Doomsman Ferry boats must not have pendent or any other colour flying or ring a bell on board so as to affrighten the horses and thereby endanger the lives of the passengers. A Portrait of Old George Town Above the window openings rises a dome-shaped ceiling, in carved marble, with a pendent canopy in the center. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 And fast by, hanging in a golden chain, This pendent world, in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude, close by the moon. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature He carries a tin whistle pendent to his necklace. The Vanishing Race The most common results of a Hindu woman's toilet are the smooth hair, the blackened eyebrow, the reddened finger-nails, the pendent nose jewels, the bulky ear-rings, the heavy bangles for ankles and arms. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ This represents a knight in a hauberk of mail covered by a surcoat, and drawing his sword slightly out of its sheath, pendent on his left. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The pavement, of black and white marbles, radiates from the center of the sides of this polygonal structure, and a large white urn, delicately draped after Sibbel's designs, stands under the pendent canopy. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 And hand in hand the betrothed pair wandered under the fresh pendent ocean of leaves, where the rays of the sun gleamed through the interstices in lovely, changing hues. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales I am full late with my pendent, I am tempted to add the instance of "Kyme God Knows," well known to all explorers of the Fens. Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The heads of wheat ears instead of carved cornices and pendents; and if the lights were dim, which they certainly were, it did not seem at all a religious light. The Old Helmet, Volume I A remarkable Pine with long pendent bright green foliage, confined to the western states of Mexico and ranging on the mountains from southern Jalisco to the latitude of the city of Chihuahua. The Genus Pinus The pendent branches were freighted with soft, white tufts and cushions, and just as Miss Clairville met Ringfield, under his heavier tread there broke a large arm of larch stretched across the path. Ringfield A Novel The top string was much thicker than these pendent strings, and consisted of two doubly twisted threads, over which two single threads were wound. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests When at what he judges a safe distance he again hangs pendent, bending his head back to look earnestly at us. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The eye of the poor but high-spirited dog, which had hung pendent during the chase, was removed by a pair of scissors after the fox was dead. Anecdotes of Dogs Leaves in fascicles of 3, the sheath deciduous, from 20 to 30 cm. long, absolutely pendent; resin-ducts medial and internal. The Genus Pinus Then such a Gothic hall, with pendent fretwork in imitation of the old, and with a chimney-piece like mine in the library. The Dukeries This love of pendent ornament was common to all antique necklaces, from the days of ancient Greece to the end of the sixteenth century. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture His pendent cheeks puffed out like those of a man blowing a horn. No Clue A Mystery Story As a pendent to the Report of the Parliamentary Committee, Mr. Ewart brought forward a bill for the establishment of libraries and museums in country towns. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Such a pretty spot she chose, too,—the pendent cradle formed by the interlaced sprays of two parallel branches of a Norway spruce. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The bird was first seen flitting about in the trees bordering the street; then it flew to its little pendent nest in the twigs. Birds of the Rockies This fashion was evidently borrowed from the East, where people delight in pendent ornaments, and even affix them to articles of utility. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture "You may never see to-morrow," she murmured, and she drew up the cross, from its pendent position, pressing it to her red lips with reverence. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play Here and there the panelled walls were ornamented with stands of Indian arms and armour, conical helmets, once worn by Eastern chiefs, with pendent curtains, and suits of chain mail. The Dark House A Knot Unravelled On his bureau a flaming bit of color greeted him from the somber mass of his pendent neckties. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World We shall not be so lucky as a late traveller in finding the "occasional pine" still pendent on the poetic villa. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Ultimately other chains with pendent jewels were attached to the chain that passed across the breast, and completely covered that part of the person with decoration. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture The ear, too, is cumbrously ornamented with showy pendents, and the tuft of hair on the crown of the head is interwoven with feathers, the wings of birds, shells, and many fantastic ornaments. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) Covered with awnings fore and after she showed no sign of life, and rested-as motionless as were the pendent branches of the lofty cocos on the shore. The Call Of The South 1908 Far on the princely brothers pressed, And stayed their feet at length to rest Beneath a fig tree's mighty shade With countless pendent shoots displayed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Once, years and years and years ago, some one trapped a buzzard, and before freeing it clamped about its skinny neck a copper band with a cowbell pendent from it. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Nothing can exceed the elegance of its movements as it probes the pendent blossoms, searching to their inmost depths. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The road from Gubbio, immediately after leaving the city, enters a narrow Alpine ravine, where a thin stream dashes over dark, red rocks, and pendent saxifrages wave to the winds. New Italian sketches Old it is, and worn and battered, As I lift it from the stall; And the leaves are frayed and tattered, And the pendent sides are shattered, Pierced and blackened by a ball. Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II To yon high lands thy glances turn: With pendent fire they flash and burn, Where in their vernal glory blaze Paláśa flowers on leafless sprays. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse For example: the corolla of a rhododendron falls from its position, leaving the interior of the flower pendent to the stem. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling Its name is derived from the length of its beak, which is nearly as long as its body, and enables it to seek its food from the long pendent corollas of the Brugmansae. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America If my dwindling time holds out, perhaps I shall institute or assist at such a renewal of old conveniences, in spite of sharp contrast of purposes, adding to home costume a grace of pendent color. The Development of Embroidery in America Mary Nally, pulling aside a curtain of pendent shirts, looked out through the window of the little shop. Lady Bountiful They gazed on many a tree that showed The glory of its pendent load, And brook and limpid rill that made Sweet murmurs as they seaward strayed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The pendent flowers give great ease and elegance to a bouquet, and should be placed in first. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling It is remarkable not only for its bright colour, but for its curious pendent nests, of which frequently fifty are seen hanging together from the branch of a single tree. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Miss Suffern, a plump peering little woman, with prim hair and a conciliatory smile, nervously adjusted the pendent bugles of her elaborate black dress. Autres Temps... 1916 The stars hung pendent and sparkling like diamonds from a canopy of "living sapphires," and were reflected back with vivid brilliance from the dark surface of the waters. Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman The pendent ornament called a tassel is a diminutive of Mid. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) But should you lure From his dark haunt, beneath the tangled roots Of pendent trees, the monarch of the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The syagrus palm has a greenish fruit, not unlike the olive in appearance, which hangs in large pendent bunches just below the leaves. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America He follows his theme as an absorbing plot, engaging enough in itself, without gorgeous digressions and pendent pictures. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions This curved band from which they hang may take the form of a circle with two pendent feathers as in plate cxli, d. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 A head-dress, heart-shaped, held her hair in its close confines; the gown of cloth-of-silver damask fitted closely to her figure, and, from the girdle, hung a long pendent end, elaborately enriched. Under the Rose By the side of the King stood two pages, one holding a red shield with a border of gilt and jewels, and a drawn sword, having a hilt ornamented with gold and pendent pearls. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold The mid-rib, which is strong, and sometimes four or five yards long, is set across to serve as a support, and bind down the pendent leaves. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The pendent branches waved along the fluid glades until every vista seemed to break through half-lucent ranks of many-coloured drooping silken pennons. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories In returning the womb the standing is preferable to the recumbent position, as the abdomen is more pendent and there is less obstruction to the return. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Junkie dropped his cap, and, rolling behind a mass of rock, squeezed himself into a crevice which was pretty well covered with pendent bracken. The Eagle Cliff His horse was snorting steam like a locomotive and icicles of frozen breath were pendent from its nostrils. The Dude Wrangler A lady’s sleeve with a long pendent lappet, worn in the time of Henry I., and borne as an armorial charge by the families of Hastings, Conyers, and some others. The Handbook to English Heraldry To our astonishment the pendent hide of the buffalo was raised by an invisible hand; and underneath appeared, protruding through a hole in the side of the carcass, the unmistakable physiognomy of the earless trapper! The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Ay, he's the featest humming-bird, On airiest of wings He poises pendent o'er the poem That blossoms as it sings— God friend him as he dips his beak In such delicious things! Riley Songs of Friendship I covered the deal table with a blanket, beneath whose pendent folds I concealed a keg of powder with the head out. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The efforts made for hanging the pendent wreaths to each capital have been of no special interest to any large number of the worshippers. Orley Farm A pallid, black-haired woman with pendent earrings—a woman who rather resembled Anna Zanidov—was playing a sea-piece by MacDowell in the light of a tall lamp. Sacrifice Besides these, there were the wagtails, the black and white widow finches, the hang-nests, or Japé, as they are called here, with their pendent bag-like dwellings, and the familiar "Bem ti vi." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 On the heads of the lights of this window were pendent bosses, like those of the door in the choir-screen, which, as has been said, was also the work of Prior de Estria. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See At the present time the designer has drawn his picture showing it as a pendent bag from the "shirtwaist," like the pouch of the bird pelican. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home And none spoke Among them, for there stood not woman there But mourned her dead, or sensed not in the air Her pendent doom of death, or worse than death. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems His nose is sharp, thin, pendent, and exceedingly ample in its proportions, and it comes inquiringly out from his face as if employed by the rest of his features as a sort of picket sentinel. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life The side of the rood-loft facing the choir has pendents with grotesque carvings of allegorical signification. Brittany & Its Byways His dress consists of a high-crowned hat, and a pendent frill. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. Opening his eyes with a start, they settle upon the crucifix pendent from the neck of the sweet-faced nun. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 The Angræcum also affords in this long pendent nectary a most lucid illustration of the present workings of natural selection. My Studio Neighbors Before half-an-hour had elapsed, a gay young pig visited the scene of its former festivities, saw the pendent bait, smelt it, took it in its mouth, and straightway filled the woods with frantic lamentations. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue The dogs resembled those of the Newfoundland breed in some respects, but were scarcely so large or good-looking, and had erect instead of pendent ears. Ungava He has on a large hat with a broad brim, a coat buttoned in front, and a pendent frill. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. Descending the pendent rope, Paul disappears in the darkness. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 On reaching a turn of the road at the brow of an eminence the mule stopped, and, letting its head droop till almost as pendent as its tail, silently expressed a desire for repose. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America The instant the torch flared up the girl stuck it into a crevice in the wall, and quickly grasping the little table, pushed it under the pendent rock. The Prairie Chief One awkward result of this was that the upper ear-rings pulled the ears down, and made them pendent like those of a poodle! The Pirate City An Algerine Tale A Bust of a Man, seen in a profile view, having on a cap with pendent ear straps; the shoulders are covered with a mantle, relieved by a small frill. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. He then cut off the pendent thumb, and applied a dressing of salve composed of Canadian balsam, wax, and tallow dropped from a burning candle into the water. The Pioneers The Gourd succeeds best when provided with a trellis, or other support, to keep the plant from the ground; as the fruit is best developed in a pendent or hanging position. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Yet in the Second Book Satan, after a long and perilous journey from Hell, comes in view of This pendent World, in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude close by the moon. Milton This creature, with its bell-shaped body and pendent stem, bears a striking resemblance to an umbrella; noting this resemblance, naturalists have given the name manubrium, "handle," to the stem. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals I felt a desire “to be imprisoned in the viewless winds, and blown with restless violence about the pendent world.” The Pacha of Many Tales These nests are equally secure from snakes or monkeys, as neither can descend the delicate boughs to which they are pendent—nor can, indeed, climb the smooth stems of the trees. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela The pods, which are remarkably large, and often measure nearly four inches deep and three inches in diameter, are pendent, broadest at the stem, slightly tapering, and generally terminate in four obtuse, cone-like points. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. “There’s the last on her just going down;” and he pointed to a spot a few yards away, where, dividing the pendent branches of their shelter, was the attap roof of their sampan. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris The animal was shaped like a common dog; was of a reddish-brown colour, with a sharp muzzle, and ears short and erect, its tail pendent and bushy, and its eyes small and cunning. Twice Lost Then there was another palm, bearing a greenish fruit not unlike the olive in appearance, which hung in large pendent bunches just below the leaves. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Long gray threads of Spanish moss hang pendent from the extremity of their limbs and cover the lower leaves. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited A variety occurs with larger, more conical, and pendent pods. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. “Why, he’s going to run her head right into the bank,” cried Rob, though the said bank was rendered invisible by the curtain of pendent boughs and vines which hung right down to the water. Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco We found three to five seeds in pods of considerable size, growing solitary and pendent. Twice Lost Suddenly their countenances brightened; and immediately afterwards we observed Quacko swinging himself amid the pendent vines, and running along the branches, making his way rapidly towards us! The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco One in particular was so open that Smith stopped short, heedless of the presence of three fierce-looking Chinamen, with showy robes and long pendent moustachios. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser Pods pendent, long, and tapering, three to four inches in length, and about an inch in their greatest diameter. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. I laid my hand upon a pendent limb; a clammy object struggled under my touch, with a terrified yet spiteful violence, and, freeing itself, sprang over my shoulder, and scampered off among the fallen leaves. The Rifle Rangers A pendent mass, called the Bell, has been unfortunately broken, by being struck too powerfully. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 A curious feature about these cellars is that the roots of the larger trees in the garden above have penetrated through 137 the roof of the upper story and hang pendent overhead like innumerable stalactites. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines The long measuring-worms hung pendent from their gossamer threads, as we passed through the Park, as they have done, destroying the foliage, in almost every city of the Northern States. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Her hair, not long, but thick, like a bundle of silken flax, lay motionless on her narrow shoulders; her pendent hands seemed like two rose-buds falling from a bush. The Argonauts One limb, cased in silk, had fallen over the selvage of her pendent couch, and hung negligently down. The Rifle Rangers At the top, is a perennial fountain of sweet and cool water, which trickles down continually from the centre of the arch, through the pendent foliage, and is caught in a vessel below. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 This pendent Earth Hangs on his word,—in gathering clouds he binds The ponderous waters, till at his command They rend their filmy prison. Man of Uz, and Other Poems All this time young Wychecombe was making his own preparations on the ledge, and quite out of view; but the tension on the halyards soon announced that his weight was now pendent from them. The Two Admirals Fruit.—Cones, 4-6 inches long, short-stalked, narrow-cylindrical, often curved, finally pendent, green, maturing the second year; scales rather loose, scarcely thickened at the apex, not spiny; seeds winged, smooth. Handbook of the Trees of New England Belgians, French, and Italians attract the inconsiderate by 'facile obsequiousness,' which, however, is a pendent of 'impudence and insincerity. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The entire cluster at first appears pendent in this manner, the stalk bending round on purpose to put it into that position. Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers Sir," says the herald, "'tis two rampant trees, One couchant; and, to give it further scope, A ladder passant, and a pendent rope. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Behind its pendent curtain folds We know not what the future holds; We only know that worlds have gone Since Chu Chin Chow was first put on. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 In all forms short, irregular, pendent branchlets are occasional along the trunks. Handbook of the Trees of New England She had the heavy, slightly pendent lower lip that goes with much pouting. The Winning Clue There was a reception at which three cavaliers appeared in blue and gold, with medals on their broad chests, great braids and loops of glittering cord pendent from their armored shoulders. Under Fire She had one foot uplifted as if she did not know whether it was safe to put it down, and in her mouth, pendent, was a Calico Kitten. The Calico Cat Having accomplished their undertaking, they were returning, each bringing, pendent by the legs, a flopping fowl. The Drummer Boy Fruit.—Pods dull red, 1-1½ feet long, flat, pendent, and often twisted, containing several flat brown seeds. Handbook of the Trees of New England Then he chuckled a little, gutturally, deep in his pendent and flaccid throat. Phantom Wires A Novel The dogs of the Konzas are generally of a mixed breed, between our dogs with pendent ears and the native dogs, whose ears are universally erect. The Siouan Indians The squire was a large, fat man, clothed in rusty black, with a carelessly knotted string tie pendent beneath a rumpled turn-down collar. The Calico Cat The recumbent figure of the Bishop is fully vested with a mitra pretiosa with pendent fillets. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See A thin plate of copper, probably intended for a pendent ornament, as two perforations have been made at one end. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 Berberis is the barberry, so well known by its beautiful pendent berries. The Amateur Garden This is the parent flower of our graceful, sweet-scented scape of pendent, milk-white little floral bells, enshrined within two broad leafy blades of dark green, and finding general favour for the jardinière, or the button-hole. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure As tone, or vocalized breath, issues from the larynx, it is divided into two streams or currents by the pendent veil of the soft palate. Resonance in Singing and Speaking The peak is a pinnacle of bamboos, with a Dutch flag pendent in the still atmosphere of the hall. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Their strange capitals, bristling with a fantastic vegetation of pinnacles, canopies, foliated niches and statues, are like venerable trunks crowned with delicate and pendent mosses. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Lanyards, chain pendents, runners and tackles for tricing up, and bars and keys for securing lower deck ports In place. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. To the same pin is attached the forked end of a long pendent handle, which was held by the sexton. The Customs of Old England He stood mute, lips pendent, his eyes bulging forward as if gazing at an apparition. The Substitute Prisoner On the sixth early dawn, with shuddering awe And horror, in the last defile they saw Ten pendent heads, from which the gore still run, All gashed, and grim, and blackening in the sun. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan The flowers are bell-shaped, pendent, blue, and produced in racemes of many flowers. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. It's mighty hard to be 'pendent on others for your daily rations, even if them others is your own bone and flesh. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 At this the door flew open and a skinny woman appeared, her homespun frock pendent with tow-headed urchins. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War Tortoise shell with pendent rattles, used us a dance ornament. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466 Near the grim circle, pendent from the wood, Twelve hundred Spanish heads are dripping blood. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan The erect habit, and abundant azure flowers produced in pendent form, which, moreover, last for several weeks, go to make this a capital border plant. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. You notice, gentlemen, that I speak of the mind as grasping the error, and I suppose it to do so inde pendently of the free will’s command. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Where drops are formed, a small, pendent cone grows downward from the ceiling, over which the water flows, and on which it evaporates. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography With copper wire attach a good-sized ring on top of the bag, wire it through the handle of the pendent hook and weld them together. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls A bush of yellow-flowered hibiscus clothes the banks that are less level; and, higher still, grows a tall and beautiful mimosa with feathery web and pendent pods of brightest green and yellow. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Whether open or shut, they are a pure white, and their pendent habit adds not a little to their beauty, as also does the leafy involucre. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. By stately tow’r, or palace fair, Or ruins pendent in the air, Bold stems of heroes, here and there, I could discern; Some seem’d to muse, some seem’d to dare, With feature stern. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham In other cases the weight of the pendent stalactite drags the ill-supported masses of the roof to the floor. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Have strong draw-strings in the bottom of the bag, and fasten a pendent hook at the top to hold the meat hanging free inside of the bag. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls With joy from out the hollow wood they bound; First, dire Ulysses, with his captains two, Thessander bold and Sthenelus renowned, 298 Down by a pendent rope come sliding to the ground. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The panicles are lax and bending; the flowers, too, are pendent; calyx, five-parted and sharply toothed; stamens, four, and long as petals; anthers, large and cream coloured, style long and protruding. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. How gayly are the young ladies of this race attired, as they trip up and down the side-walks, and in and out through the pendent garments at the shop-doors! The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) The former's battered helmet was tilted at a comfortable angle and an ancient cutty hung pendent from his teeth, an idle wisp of smoke hovering over the blackened bowl. Parrot & Co. They also built their pendent nests in the orange and lime trees, and it is not always safe to gather the fruit. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. These, horsed astride A surge's crest, rock pendent o'er the deep; To those the wave's huge hollow, yawning wide, 127 Lays bare the ground below; dark swells the sandy tide. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The entire flower is long and bell-shaped; the pendent clusters of bloom are well held out from the main stem by leafy branches, each being terminated by two racemes. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. The custard-apples are ripening; the cork trees are white with pendent jasmine-like flowers, and the loquat trees—the happy hunting ground of flocks of blithe little white-eyes—put forth their inconspicuous but strongly scented blossoms. A Bird Calendar for Northern India There was also a remarkable collection of lamps and lanterns pendent from the ceilings, consisting—these lamps and lanterns—of glass, transparent horn, and coloured gauze or paper, ornamented with glass beads, fringe, and tassels. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands And his kindly shrewd eyes, his ruddy face, his lofty brow and his thick, gray, pendent moustache were also very typical of his kind. Tales Of Hearsay A feather decked basket made by the northwest coast Indians is embellished with pendent ornaments consisting of strings of beads tipped with bits of bright shell. A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) Where pendent, deep blue flowers are needed, there are very few good blues so suitable. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Here and there an energetic little hen is busily constructing her wonderful pendent nest. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Cliff over cliff for its sides, with rowan and pendent birch-boughs, Here it lies, unthought of above at the bridge and pathway, Still more concealed from below by wood and rocky projection. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art In a small library wall brackets may serve as decorative spots of light and if the shades are pendent they may serve as lamps for reading purposes. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Basket with pendent buckskin strands tipped with bits of tin. A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) She comes in with a tender and languid mien, her pendent arms indicating soft yielding, and the right hand loosely holds a handkerchief, ready to apply in case of overpowering emotion. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Then shall gay streamers, pendent from rejuvenated bonnets, float, as of yore, across our promenades, and on the shoulders of Earth's fairest daughters the variegated mantle be again displayed. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse The long pendent lobes of her ears crimsoned, and her opulent bosom heaved. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy Overhead hang rows of baskets, lessening in perspective, with pendent sprays of bloom. About Orchids A Chat Why the submarine must have been flying a kite, with a pendent wire, to catch messages from Blake and the wireless machine at Castle Skrae. The Disentanglers Both hands, with spread and slightly curved fingers, are held pendent about two feet apart before the thighs; then draw them toward one another, horizontally, drawing them upward as they come together. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Oh, how solemn was the inner aspect at that dread hour, lighted only by the seven lamps, which, typical of the Seven Spirits of God, burned in the choir, pendent from the roof. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars I pulled aside a pendent curtain, and entered a room of large dimensions, faded decorations, and a broad red divan, the cushions of which were considerably the worse for wear. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. The spike inclines almost at a right angle, and the pendent half is hung with golden bells, nearly two inches in length. About Orchids A Chat He had several hooks pendent from his line, upon each of which he shoved the wriggling worms, spitting upon them during the operation, as if to make them more tractable. Oonomoo the Huron Two watched yon oriole's pendent dome, That now is void, and dank with rain, And one,—oh, hope more frail than foam! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation I would have a pendent to it; and that should be of Pharo's sons, where might be introduced a great many of our friends, and acquaintance, from the other side of the Street. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life The young girl went into the parlor, where the amber light from the west was beginning to fall upon the old Wainwright portraits, the candelabra with their prisms pendent, and the faded cushions and rugs. Holiday Stories for Young People She shook her head till the emeralds pendent from the fillet on her forehead clinked together. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt There is a drawer in the table, empty, which added to the vibration, and also pendent brass handles. The Alleged Haunting of B—— House If, when walking along, there flashes on you an idea that creates great surprise, hope, or alarm, you stop; or if sitting cross-legged, swinging your pendent foot, the movement is at once arrested. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Lying on the bunk in the close cabin, lighted by a dirty lantern pendent from the roof, the Reverend Manetho began to fear that not his worst misfortune was the having been thrown overboard. Idolatry A Romance And for Jan, as he caught sight in the gloaming of his ancient enemy, his hackles had risen very stiffly, his pendent lips had twitched ominously. Jan A Dog and a Romance By the annulets over his temples and the fringed ribbons pendent therefrom, the Israelite knew him to be royal. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt "So you come here, eh, Kid?" drawled Soapy, pendent cigarette smouldering. The Definite Object A Romance of New York The impatient man beats a tattoo with his fingers on the table, swings his pendent leg with increasing rapidity, gives needless pokings to the fire, and presently paces with hasty strides about the room. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Fred's eye was quick, and his hand steady, and as the snake hung full length, pendent from the finger, he struck at it with the knife and severed it in two parts. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia And set deep in these pouched and pendent folds of skin—tattered, blood-stained banners of the hound's past glories—the face of Jan was as a wedge, incredibly long and narrow. Jan A Dog and a Romance He buckled on the marquis's shoulder a worn baldric pendent to which was the famous basket-sword which had earned for its owner the sobriquet of "Prince of a hundred duels." The Grey Cloak M'Ginnis's heavy hand descended on his shrinking shoulder and next moment he was out on the sidewalk where Soapy lounged, a smouldering cigarette pendent from his thin, pallid lips as usual. The Definite Object A Romance of New York With trembling fingers she clasped around Polly's white neck the exquisite little gold chain, with its pendent locket, which had been Mrs. Leonard's farewell gift when Burton left the hospital. Polly of the Hospital Staff The man at the "weather earing," or eye for the reef pendent, has to sit astride the yard, and pull the sail towards him. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat It contains two bits and three cutters pendent from a movable steel frame situated above the stock. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Innumerable weapons, again, O Bharata, still retained in the grasp of the soldiers, seemed in their pendent attitude, to resemble falling meteors in the sky. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 At these he stared, waiting, and presently found the pallid youth at his elbow, who also stared upon the tomato pyramid with half-closed eyes and with smouldering cigarette pendent from thin-lipped mouth. The Definite Object A Romance of New York All at once the swamp changed and chilled to a dull grayness; tall, dull trees started down upon the murky waters; and long pendent streamings of moss-like tears dripped from tree to earth. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel On each side of the sail, at the end of each reef band, was a cringle, or eye, in which the reef pendent was fastened. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat The spot was a favourite one with Dicky, for between the pendent willow boughs, as through a frame, it overlooked the shipping and the broad bosom of the Charles. Lady Good-for-Nothing Its centre was filled with a triangular table, over which, pendent from the skylight, was an oil-lamp in chains. London River Soapy's eyes grew narrower, and the pendent cigarette stirred slightly. The Definite Object A Romance of New York Fast by hanging in a golden chain, This pendent world, in bigness as a star. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations In the interior you are surrounded by brilliant crystallizations, various kinds of metallic ores, spars, &c., with petrifactions hanging from the roof, pendent as icicles. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 Laced bodies were also sometimes seen, and tight sleeves with pendent cuffs, like those mentioned in the reign of Louis the Seventh of France. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 At its point were two, or three, or more pendent bannerets like streamers or pennants, and on them the hair of the dead foes. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The snow at evening, glowing with a sunset flush, is not more rosy-pure than this cascade of pendent blossoms. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series He was a powerful beast, black and tan, with a quaintly wrinkled, anxious countenance and long, pendent ears. The Silent Places Here is another Spanish store, conspicuous for its painted tambourines with pendent webs of red and yellow worsted, and for its spreading fans, color-dashed with exciting pictures of bull-fights and spangled matadors. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees An impression on green wax of his seal still exists, pendent from a charter in the possession of the Earl of Ormonde. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Then they home conveyed a lass with pendent keys, and goatskin kirtle; married her to Karl. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Close to the little house were two old nut-trees and a weeping willow, with thick pendent branches, and behind, far away into the distance, stretched the soft green meadows. Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country Only Mack, the hound with the wrinkled face and long, pendent ears, unendowed with such protection, crept craftily between his sleeping masters. The Silent Places The first line is covered with a pendent seal of red wax, the size of a consecrated wafer. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55 1599-1602 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century It contained three perches, and also a pendent hoop. A Christmas Garland She had arisen and stood gently swaying pendent by its crook her gay parasol, with her head on one side, and seeming for once to be choosing her words judicially. Unleavened Bread The duchess presented her son to the king with the ribbon thrown gracefully over his left shoulder, and the George pendent on the right side. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Undid the pendent noose, and on the ground Lay the ill-starred queen. The Seven Plays in English Verse When thus engaged, he is always standing upright, his head uplifted, his hands pendent, or holding the staff and baton of command. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt From behind the pendent lace smiled the composite features of the unknown and of Mme. Là-bas She was almost plump and she wore a single short fat curl pendent behind her ear. Unleavened Bread The Cross that some call Holy hangs like a pendent upon its tip. Through stained glass The flowers, growing in clusters, are exquisite, of a rich golden tint veined with red; while the fruit hangs pendent, like bean-pods strung all over the branches of the mammoth tree. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Like the Horus, this Mos� stands upright, his left foot advanced, and his left arm pendent. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt He sat with one leg thrown over the other, and the pendent foot swung almost to the floor. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him In contrast Lyons's moon-shaped face, emphasized by its smooth-shaven mobile mouth, below which his almost white chin beard hung pendent, expressed a curious interplay of emotional sanctity, urbane shrewdness, and solemn self-importance. Unleavened Bread It has pendent from each leaf a natural pitcher or elongated cup, growing perfectly upright and capable of holding a pint or more of liquid. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 With hasty knock, or twang of pendent cord. Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) One arm hangs pendent; the other is brought round to the front; the feet are lost. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt They wear a profusion of bracelets, necklaces of rupees, head-ornaments, ear-rings, and pendent charms, and a massive gold or brass ring in the left nostril. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama About her forehead glittered a jeweled band with pendent gems which, at her moving, were like noon sun upon water. Romance Island The middle cartilage of his nose was slightly pendent, peaked, and Gothic, and perforated with a hole; in which, like a Newfoundland dog carrying a cane, Samoa sported a trinket: a well polished nail. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I I felt a desire "to be imprisoned in the viewless winds, and blown with restless violence about the pendent world." The Pacha of Many Tales This does not gather its imagery from gray, mossy rock or pendent leaf or flower, but draws into its enfolding arms the wide vault of the cerulean sky. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 My mouth is fairly large, with thick red lips, the lower pendent; they tell me I have the Austrian mouth. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion The berries are rather of a long oval, and of a brilliant scarlet, and when just touched by the frosts are semi-transparent, and look like pendent bunches of scarlet grapes. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America The tall sycamores or pendent willows shaded the houses, with caterpillars swinging, in long silken strings, from their branches, or moths, fluttering about like coxcombs, in joy at their gay transformation. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists All these dogs had erect ears, except the brach, in which these organs were pendent, and this proves that the animal had already undergone the effects of domestication to a greater degree than the others. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Two watched yon oriole's pendent dome, That now is void, and dank with rain, And one,—oh, hope more frail than foam! The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell As Dacres growled out this Hawbury elevated his eyebrows, and stroked his long, pendent whiskers lazily with his left hand, while 19b with his right he drummed on the table near him. The American Baron It hangs limp and pendent in this state, retired and in evidence not at all. Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise The nest, like that of the Oriole, is built pendent in a fork. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Sometimes they were forced to crawl many paces on their hands and knees under the pendent snow-covered bushes. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Stretching ourselves on the benches surrounding the fire, so as to avoid the drippings from the pendent salmon, we slept until morning. What I Saw in California And Hawbury stroked away the preposterous idea through his long, pendent whiskers. The American Baron For example, the pipe is smoked, and we saw some curious specimens in brass, much decorated with pendent chains; others were of wood, some double-bowled on the same stem. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon It builds in March, constructing a very neat pendent nest, which is artfully concealed, and supported by sewing one or two leaves round it. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Or haply 'twas the cannonade Of the pent and darkened lake, Cooled by the pendent mountain's shade, Whose deeps, till beams of noonday break, Afflicted moan, and latest hold Even into May the iceberg cold. Poems Household Edition His ambivalent finger remained pendent over a button that would keep the nearest door open if pressed. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America He merely sat and smoked and passed his fingers through his pendent whiskers. The American Baron A band of silk cord hanging round the body from one shoulder, is generally filled with pendent leather or cloth bags, containing charms. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Sometimes these nests are long and purse-like, and sometimes globular, either attached to, or pendent from, two or more twigs. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 In all directions we saw large herds of sheep and goats; the latter generally of a black or brown colour, with long pendent ears. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy “How calm you look,—how I envy you!” she said, as she came to borrow some tape of Eleonora Vivian, who was fastening the pendent articles to the drapery of her sister’s stall. The Three Brides Hereupon Hawbury stretched his head and shoulders back, and pulled away with each hand at his long yellow pendent whiskers. The American Baron It was looped about the tips of her two upright thumbs; part of it had slipped through the palms and flashed like a pendent arc of light below. The Mettle of the Pasture It builds a neat pendent nest in long grass on the Nilgiris. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 We shall have returned to dust, while the pendent mass will still see generation after generation roll on. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy The gilded butterfly was not afraid To trust its gold to that so gentle hand, The bluebird fled not from the pendent spray. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Lord Hawbury was tall and slim, with straight flaxen hair and flaxen whiskers, whose long, pendent points hung down to his shoulders. The American Baron At the head of the path above the orchard grows an old ash tree, and so leans that its boughs, now bursting into leaf, droop pendent almost as a weeping willow. True Tilda Suddenly Yvette saw a splash of leaves in the top of a tree below us and a big brown monkey swung out on a pendent vine. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China When presented upright, it says, "Think of me;" and when pendent, "Forget me." Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Every articulation which has no action, must remain absolutely pendent, or become stiff. Delsarte System of Oratory It was the very fellow of the weapon I had used on the pendent calf in the kitchen. Red Axe The moss, everywhere pendent from the limbs of the trees, covers them like a shroud, and in some localities shuts out the sunlight. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation A few weeks back, each pendent bough, The fields, the groves, the mountain's brow, Were bare and leafless all, but now How verdant ev'ry feature! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 They are quite hardy, and flower in the spring, bearing clusters of pendent bell-shaped flowers surrounded with tufts of fresh green leaves. Gardening for the Million What in the world most fair appears, Yea, even laughter, turns to tears: And all the jewels which we prize, Melt in these pendents of the eyes. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 568, September 29, 1832 Everywhere the glitter of glass, mirrors over the mantelpieces, mirrors let into panels, glass chiffoniers, and pendent prisms of glass round the ornamental candlesticks. Hodge and His Masters While Clotilde amused herself by gathering the blossoms, and turning aside the pendent boughs of the willows that hung over the celebrated stream. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 There she lay dead; here is her room, and there is her book-case; there are the photographs of the Miss Austins, here is the fuchsia with the pendent blossoms falling, and her canary is singing. A Mere Accident F. Meleagris are of dwarf, slender growth, and bear in early spring elegant pendent flowers of various shades netted and marked with darker colours. Gardening for the Million It is a pendent to Faust, or, rather, to Don Juan. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes On each side of the sphere there are two pendent beacons. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 The customer firmly pushed back a pendent lock of hair and became impressive. The Wrong Twin The first represents the river or back front of the Hall of the Fishmongers' Company: the second cut, the arms of the Company, is added by way of an illustrative pendent. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 A hardy, summer-flowering, bulbous plant 3 ft. to 4 ft. in height, gracefully surmounted with from twenty to fifty pendent, bell-shaped snow-white flowers. Gardening for the Million The chandelier, a design of originality in its day, gave light by what purported to be wax candles standing each in a circlet of pendent crystals. Balcony Stories The long straight road dips across them gallantly, a silver band of travel to tie them to the city, with little cities or towns pendent from it at wide intervals. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 For every branch, every twig, every stone and rail had its pendent ice and icicle, and the strong sun smote the world with flakes of flame. The Nine-Tenths At one minute you are struggling for space, and suddenly you emerge upon a Gothic-looking hall, full of gracefully pendent stalactites. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada It produces lovely pale pendent flowers from June to August, will grow in almost any soil, and can be increased by seed or division. Gardening for the Million A passing vehicle in the street, however, now and then drew a shiver of sound from the pendent prisms of the chandelier. Balcony Stories The poles are now entirely covered with verdure, and the pendent flowers appear in clusters and light festoons. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 In the interior were columns engaged in the wall of the nave, with the capitals elaborately and heavily foliated with pendent bunches of flowers and fruit, much more in accordance with English than French taste. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Even Heath Wilson, for instance, writes: "The massive shoulders are thrown back, the right arm is pendent, and the right hand grasps resolutely the stone with which the adversary is to be slain." The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti The graceful, pendent branches are laden with beautiful red or purple heart-shaped flowers; these, combined with the delicate green of the foliage, give them a conspicuous place among plants. Gardening for the Million A lean mother-cat came and rubbed her thin, pendent flanks against their legs, purring and whining. The Bent Twig She now directed her steps to a little rustic seat, almost hidden from view by the pendent branches of an old willow-tree, and close under a hawthorn-hedge, now in full, fragrant bloom. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 A faded flower, an althea-bud, was still pendent from my coat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Mr. Soule has given another beautiful view of it, when stripped of its leaves, equally remarkable for the delicacy of its pendent, hair-like spray. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 The pendent white flowers are produced close to the branches in June. Gardening for the Million Above or about the pictures lay mossy, gnarled, and twisted branches, gray and green, framing them in a forest arabesque; and great pine cones, pendent from their boughs, crowned and canopied the mirror. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. Tall, whispering trees their shadows fling Athwart the trellised path I tread, And incense-breathing roses swing Their pendent censers o'er my head. Poems The young man here, is modestly brooding behind a damp apron pendent from a clothes-line. The Uncommercial Traveller They were garish in taste and colour, but were expensive articles of drawing-room furniture that had a very odd look beside the settles and the flaring gaslight pendent from the ceiling. Our Mutual Friend The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver. Wuthering Heights Then crowns would tumble down like nuts, And wastrels hide in water-butts; Each lamp-post as an epilogue: Would hold a pendent demagogue: Then would the world be for the wise!— The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W I thrust a pin through the nose and hang the animal thereby to a support, so that it can move its pendent legs without any difficulty. Ponkapog Papers Their robes and rings were mine to draw from shimmering trays — Brocades and broidered silks, topaz and tourmaline — Their turban-cloths to wind in proud capricious ways, And fasten plumes and pearls and pendent sapphires in. Poems Even the pendent world was not visible from our position! Pellucidar Orioles swing their pendent purses from the branches, and with the tanagers picnic on mulberries and insects. The Song of the Cardinal Each pendent twig and leafy festoon was in a blaze. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories This creature used to be seen in his garden of an afternoon, with both hands in his waistcoat pockets, eating peaches from a pendent bough. Ponkapog Papers But he saw neither the lady watching the Rhine nor the target with its bullet holes all in the bull's-eye ring, and its pendent festoon of medals. The Fortune Hunter "Thank you," she said haughtily; "I don't care that mine should be a pendent to the great tidings about the little widow and curate." Frivolous Cupid Then comes the pool; pendent gray moss and brackish waters appear, and forests filled with wildfowl. The Souls of Black Folk But the prowess of the game is unchanged; for the skill to strike those pendent rings is no less than was the skill to strike armor-joint, visor, or plumed crest. A Knight of the Cumberland Their lips were less flabby and pendent, and their eye-teeth did not look so much like fangs. Before Adam Bathsheba's feeling was always to some extent de- pendent upon her whim, as is the case with many other women. Far from the Madding Crowd Mrs. Hooven had pendent earrings of imitation jet in her ears. The Octopus : A story of California Orbed, and glittering, and pendent, Apples of Hesperides! A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass Large areas are covered by the kussa, a hardy member of the rose family, which grows from 8 to 10 ft. high and has abundant pendent red blossoms. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 |
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