| 单词 | perambulate |
| 例句 | In the middle of this perambulating he showed up in Patuxet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I was just curious if any of the reigning ‘champions’ knew when the first perambulating library appeared in the rural villages of Cumbria County, England.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Fairchild, who created his own choreography, morphs into a monster of delicate, disarming beauty, an innocent perambulating through a world he flounders to understand. Review: In ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,’ a Monster to Love 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z There’s an orchard of fruit trees and emus perambulate right out your back door. Detroit: The Most Exciting City in America? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Dear Jane Austen fans: Run, don’t perambulate, to see “Lovers’ Vows.” Review | Bravo for reviving the play that scandalized Jane Austen’s world 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s a dance that pretends to be just walking: people perambulating in a wide circle with a sinking, drumlike tread. Review: ‘Run Mary Run’ Features Rashida Bumbray at SummerStage 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The audience perambulates around the building following the six singers and three versatile musicians: cello, violin and harpsichord. Dido and Aeneas; Aurora Percussion Duo, Bartosz Glowacki; Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien – review 2013-01-13T00:06:16Z We are wandering the streets of Dublin discussing O’Mara’s new book, In Praise of Walking, a backstage tour of what happens in our brains while we perambulate. ‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Holding your DSi like a book, this is a point'n'click adventure where stabs of the stylus let you investigate rooms, question suspects and perambulate around the environment. This week's new games 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z It was the first day of his retirement and he was puffing on a Cohiba while perambulating down West 55th street. Ta-Ta to ‘Teetering Tabloids’: Keith Kelly Signs Off 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z Stalked by Catherine’s perambulating ghost, and infused with live music by Ian Ross that feels somehow like earth and air, this is a show with a gloriously untamed spirit. Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z "It was then reported, that a mad woman was in the habit of disturbing the neighbours, by perambulating the church-yard and other walks, in strange and uncouth dresses," the magazine article added. Why do we wear bedsheets as a ghost costume? A closer look at its creepy, yet practical origins 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z There's the perfection of the rose garden, the tranquillity of the lily-clad boating lake and the perambulating white clouds of the sheep in the fields. The Cunning Little Vixen brings animal magic to Glyndebourne 2012-05-17T19:00:08Z Watching Johnson perambulate around London is an upside to this novel’s plot. Books of The Times: Marcel Theroux’s Eccentric ‘Strange Bodies’ 2014-02-13T20:41:07Z Those dialect-coached Boston inflections predominate in “Shutter Island,” but are not the only voices heard on the grounds of the asylum, where the patients perambulate like zombies and the orderlies lurk like vengeful specters. Movie Review | 'Shutter Island': All at Sea, Surrounded by Red Herrings 2010-02-18T15:49:00Z It ends with its perambulating audience gathered in a dank cellar, trying to figure out the code that will open a locked trunk. The Human Comedy; Blood and Gifts; Accomplice 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z When she perambulates at night, she uses a flashlight. ‘Milkman’ Slogs Through Political and Cultural Tensions in Northern Ireland 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The country is laced with a national network of cycling paths — known as PCs, for the French term pistes cyclables — which perambulate through a pretty, undulating landscape with only the occasional, briefly daunting incline. In Luxembourg, a Long Ride Across a Small Country 2012-09-21T18:37:43Z Plain navy stripes, like so many perambulating beach umbrellas? Going to the Max: Dolce & Gabbana 2012-09-23T17:57:26Z The first edition of the Sherlock Holmes' adventure Hound Of The Baskervilles is signed with the comment: "I perambulated Dartmoor before I wrote this book," a reference to the book's setting. Charlie Watts' book collection to be auctioned 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Scaling Southern California’s tallest peaks provides a purer rush than perambulating its most famous streets, but the streets stick with you. Walking all 25 miles of Sunset Boulevard in a day reminded us why we love L.A. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s a terse thesis statement for such an expansive, witty, perambulating book. Capitol Hill’s Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore searches Seattle for human connection in sharp new memoir ‘The Freezer Door’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Why would a perambulating soul wish to miss any of it? Opinion | Look Up 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Cleese’s habitual sardonicism notwithstanding, it’s a gentle sort of farce, tenderly played and set mostly to the speed at which the elder cast members perambulate. The 10 best streaming TV shows you probably aren't watching 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But other, real-world studies and observations indicate that people rarely perambulate at their most efficient pace. Faster. Slower. How We Walk Depends on Who We Walk With, and Where We Live. 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z They in turn are part of a broader florescence of nature-writing in Britain led by Robert Macfarlane, whose book, “The Old Ways”, perambulates around the country’s ancient byways. Brexit is reverberating in British literature 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z It doesn’t perambulate, but plummets with the graceful inevitability of a shot bird. Read Any Antisocial Novels Lately? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Smith is now so ruthlessly methodical that it’s possible to perambulate the outside of this vast arena and still picture every stroke he plays. Drama of Warner's Ashes century ignites Boxing Day of Australian control 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z I follow Nietzsche’s dictum that “only ideas won by walking have any value” and need to perambulate to really get my mind working. Jake Arnott: ‘I fear the sack every day from the best job I’ve ever had’ 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Then Simone Zaza brought the house down by mimicking a man perambulating down a walkway constructed of hot coals, broken glass and bricks of Lego, before blazing the ball way over the bar. The Fiver Christmas Awards 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Humans begin as one fertilised cell but develop into perambulating structures of a hundred trillion cells of around 300 different varieties. 'Bioprinter' creates bespoke lab-grown body parts for transplant 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z His design for his hotel in Bali encourages guests to perambulate a courtyard upon arrival, rather than enter a typical interior check-in area. Architect Soo K. Chan’s inspiration is his childhood home in a Unesco World Heritage Site 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Muhammad ended many ancient rituals at the Kaaba in Mecca, but continued to let worshippers perambulate around the granite cube. Save our stones 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z So the owner of the chickens addressed the matter by building a wire fence in her backyard, corralling the perambulating poultry. Midterm madness: the politics of snowmobiles and chickens 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z To adapt them to thought control, a group of able-bodied people will first don the cap and perambulate in the legs around a laboratory, to refine the process. Bionics (I): A mind to walk again 2012-05-17T15:05:40Z They are perambulating the streets and visiting every shop that lies in their way, and almost demanding from each their accustomed toll of one cash each. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z On working days let perambulating bands come out for air and exercise, only let them take care that their "air" be always in tune. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z The sober rooks perambulated the green sward in pairs. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z It seemed to me that the population never slept; they were perambulating the streets chanting "Viva Pio Nono" all night; and, at 8 o'clock this morning, there was the same crowd, with the same excitement. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Are there not as many charming men and women perambulating the rind of the planet as there were in the days when Jane Austen, or Howells, or Turgenev wrote? Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z I began to perambulate the crowd, seeking furtively for a face; and was entirely determined what I would do if I found it. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z In that rough age crimes of violence predominated, and the king’s justiciars regularly perambulated the land in search of offenders, and decimated every village which refused to surrender fugitive criminals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Many still remember hearing him preach from the depths of this cravat, while the sexton perambulated the aisles with a staff to stir up the sleepers and threaten the lads. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Next he anoints with chrism the twelve internal and twelve external wall-crosses, afterwards perambulating the church thrice inside and outside, censing it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The shopkeepers seem to have nothing to do, p. 149and the pigs perambulate the streets, evidently enjoying the fine freedom allowed them in this part of the world. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z Bands of boys carrying black flags perambulated the town, singing one of the chants of 159 the Passion Play. 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 Upon the day of this important undertaking, a red flag is hoisted before the house, and the bellman perambulates the streets, announcing that “the sale is just begun.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The barber pointed out that it was no longer easy, as in the past, to perambulate the city without exciting suspicion. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Sand′wich-man, a man who perambulates the streets between two advertising boards. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Mr. Binney wondered how these latter could walk along so unconcernedly when they might at any corner run straight into the arms of a perambulating Proctor. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z He found that his mother had left her shabby tenement for a place in Richardson’s show troupe, then perambulating the country. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Certain it is that the perambulating pie business in London fell very much into disrepute and contempt for several years before the abolition of the corn-laws and the advent of free trade. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z On some occasions, however, they gave the town a lesson of humility by perambulating on their own legs. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z If you want to know what drink can do for a man, I recommend you to go and look at your husband--there is a drunkard, if you like; he's like a perambulating sponge. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z When the cat had been sufficiently tortured it was dismissed, to its evident satisfaction, to the basket which served as green-room to the perambulating theatre. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z In locomotion the orang disdains the earth and perambulates the vernal terraces of the forest trees. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z In perambulating the city one pleasant evening about sunset, he found that the street in which he was walking terminated abruptly against a mass of wretched tenements, apparently the lurking places of vice and beggary. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z They seem to regard themselves as perambulating shop window models on which to hang things, and if you take away that subject from their conversation they are bankrupt. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Then at length, with Khartoum hung round with meat and looking like a perambulating butcher's shop, we move on again. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z It is almost worth while going to Palermo in order to perambulate her fascinating streets and observe the ever-changing crowd that peoples them. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z At this Augustus III blushed, turned his back and continued to perambulate the room. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z In 1648, he publicly propagated his opinions, commencing as public preacher at Manchester, which place he frequently left to perambulate the adjacent towns, preaching in the market-houses. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z You might perambulate around Until you'd hear the trumpet sound— No better quarters could be found To pitch your earthly tent. By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z Maids-of-all-work perambulate arm-in-arm, exchanging airy badinage with youths of their acquaintance, though the latter seem to prefer the society of their own sex. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z At this moment some perambulating singers came into the street. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z VIII., perambulated the English counties, viewing arms and registering pedigrees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Because some of the perambulating bands play very nearly in tune. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z And right away at the back a beautiful garden was disclosed, in which happy young couples were seen perambulating arm-in-arm, talking soft nothings to each other. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z To tell the truth the Spirit of Art was rather weary of perambulating the streets of London—not even the advertisements of Buffalo Bill on the hoardings gave her lasting satisfaction. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.103Z The fact that the fields are regularly perambulated by keepers and their assistants night and day cannot but act as a check upon acts of this kind. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z In the carnival processions of the fifteenth century which issued from the Capitol to perambulate the city, the caporioni, surrounded by fifty mounted grooms wearing their distinctive livery, preceded the Senators. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Our talk is not of pointers or of setters; neither do we think it incumbent upon us to perambulate Princes Street in a shooting-jacket, or with the dissonance of hobnailed shoes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z It resembled the chariots on which mountebanks and jugglers perambulated the country, but was of larger size and more tastefully constructed. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z I set out, and perambulated the streets and squares, but night came on again without my finding a purchaser. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z In the evening, a torch-light procession perambulated the streets of the Federal Capital. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Accordingly, they perambulate Parliament-street with exemplary perseverance, and then return to the country, to tell tales of the fashionables they have seen. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z Now as a vigilant historian of the social scene this matter of the gallant relations of traffic policemen to perambulating ladies of somewhat fashionable, even patrician aspect, I find highly interesting. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z One night he was by an oversight locked out of his house, and had to pass the night perambulating the streets. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Any perambulating mesmeriser can show you scores of strapping, fellows, reduced by a single wave of his hand to the unhappy condition of the young Prince whose lower extremities were stone. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Presently she heard his steps returning; he was perambulating a beat. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z No one remarking his erect and firmly-knit figure, his jauntiness of step, and his keenness of glance, as he perambulates our streets, would readily believe that he is rapidly approaching his sixty-eighth birthday. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Day and night, long processions of all classes and ages, headed by priests carrying crosses and banners, perambulated the streets in double file, reciting prayers and drawing the blood from their bodies with leathern thongs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z A casual observer would have thought that De la Pailleterie had no other earthly vocation than to perambulate Paris as a mere votary of pleasure. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z On one occasion he left her, wrapt in the profoundest sleep, in his chamber, and proceeded to perambulate the Boulevards on his own secular affairs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Me to go off into the bush for months and rustle new diggings, and then tell a lot of perambulating carrion like you where I struck it! The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z I have observed that those who perambulate our native flagstones appear perpetually to be absorbed in the contemplation of what lies at their feet. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z You turn from the Boulevard des Italiens into the Rue de la Michodière, which you perambulate until you come to number six, where you will stop and take an observation. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z After I had finished my letter I perambulated the dining-room round and round, for the day was wet and boisterous, and I could not go out of doors. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z My perambulating box of tricks and petrol is out of action somewhere in the hills. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z A body of clouds floated seawards, the wind veered about, and he again perambulated the shore in search of something for fuel. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The whole apparatus of caucuses and canvasses was put in operation, and the candidates nominated on both Republican and Democratic "tickets" perambulated the county, and addressed audiences in every precinct from the "stump." Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z That is more than enough to secure the enmity of the perambulating mass of vanity which we know by the name of Julia Darrow. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Yonge Street, which we purpose duly to perambulate hereafter, has its name from Sir George Yonge, a member of the Imperial Government in the reign of George III. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z A second Act gave power to Commissioners to perambulate the whole realm and divide it into shires as they thought convenient, without further reference to Parliament. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z These functionaries, accompanied by a policeman in plain clothes, perambulated every part of Paris by day, and by night frequented all the theatres, from the Grand Opéra downward, the low cafés and wine-shops. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z Agriculture in itself holds the farmer apart, and preserves him in lonely ignorance to be the victim of the perambulating money-lender. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z After a couple of hours of feverish dozing, I began to understand what had driven Great-Uncle McCarthy to perambulate the house by night. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z The history of another of Mr. Howard's erections on Yonge Street, which we are perambulating, illustrates the rapid advance and expansion of architectural ideas amongst us. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Next in order was the arrival of Jeff Davis and the perambulating government of the Confederacy, to tarry a few days in Richmond before proceeding to Washington. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z William’s surprise and perplexity at seeing this perambulating forest approaching him can well be imagined. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The justice perambulated the cell with a show of great dignity, and a futile attempt to examine into the condition of the walls. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z I remember perambulating round the ground, taking in the performance of my idol from as many angles as possible. Steven Finn: How watching Glenn McGrath spurred me on 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z They will furnish a view of the great thoroughfare which we are beginning to perambulate, as it appeared a few years after Jones' expedition. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It was the duty of this magistrate to perambulate the streets at night, attended by a body of his officers, including an executioner; for he often inflicted capital punishment on criminals immediately after their detection. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments In "Rogation Week" the clergy in their richest vestments, and carrying crosses, banners, and relics, perambulate the fields, followed by crowds of men and women. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster He resumed his pacing to and fro, sometimes perambulating the studio to vary his movement. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel The chieftains of progress, perambulating the ground with an air of triumph, bestowed friendly nods of recognition on all sides, and condescendingly engaged in conversation with some of the rank and file. The Progressionists, and Angela. A woman in his eyes was a sort of perambulating store-house of cake, crackers, apples, sugar, etc.; only his love for children was disinterested. Life on the Stage I have merely tried to rehabilitate the pariahs of the great mercantile world by reviving the lost art of perambulating publicity. H. R. Day and night they perambulate the streets of the city, armed with a great whip, and re-establish order wherever their interposition has become necessary. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 He scampered out of one railway into another like a rabbit perambulating a warren, and was the wonder of the brokers and the glory of the Stock Exchange. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 What else causes the perambulating dealers in artificial spiders suspended from threads to command so great a patronage from the juvenile population of Paris and London? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Pratt choked; he felt blind; then the railings seemed to be dancing with the trees, and the little children to be transformed into cherubs, attended by angels, with triumphant perambulating cars. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One In a little while he retired from business, the shop in Fleet Street was shut up, the Reasoner reasoned no more—Mr. Holyoake ceased perambulating. The Religious Life of London Here an artistic group of singers, clad in classic robes in soft colors, perambulated, singing as they went a refrain of penetrating sweetness. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar With the same end in view, probably, he was taking nightly writing-lessons in his mother-tongue from one of the perambulating schoolmasters who circulate in the Italian colony, peddling education cheap in lots to suit. The Children of the Poor In perambulating the streets at this period, what a number of little ragamuffins I observe trundling their hoops! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Having roused the old couple and got them to put on some clothes, a search-party of four perambulated the house. The Brightener Listening to their scraps of conversation Smaly gathered that the Wigs held some stranger captive, and that this prisoner lived in a perambulating prison which travelled about the country. The City Curious Whether promenading the shady walks of a wood or perambulating the dusty streets of the city, Leixner constantly thinks about the works he has in hand. Methods of Authors For three months, gentlemen, all my spare time was employed in perambulating Broadway, and standing at the entrance of the theatre, in hopes of meeting my deliverer. The History and Records of the Elephant Club Your crowd will perambulate the locality, and I may remind you that you are no lightfooted Cinderellas. Lord Stranleigh Abroad Patrols and police parties perambulated the town night and day. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia While perambulating the lower part of the house, he noticed some bales, containing Minghal Khan's possessions, which had been laid against the wall of the compound, in readiness for instant removal. Barclay of the Guides She invents dialogues most easily when she is perambulating the room. Methods of Authors Since then, as a clairvoyant, a mesmerist, a medium, she has perambulated the country, professing in her handbills to predict future events and to cure all manner of diseases by her occult arts. The Spiritualists and the Detectives The women walk together on one side, all dressed in white; they are so taciturn, and so perfectly placid, that they might be taken for perambulating ghosts. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Not that I was; but I was perambulating the country for an object and determined to accomplish it. Ancestors A Novel He lives neither in house nor camp, but perambulates his large estate and when night comes lies down wherever he may happen to be. Our Southern Highlanders He perambulated up and down the office shouting through the wicket at people to whom he had never spoken before. A Canadian Bankclerk At Culross a custom prevailed from time immemorial for the young men to perambulate the streets in procession, carrying green boughs, on the 1st of July each year. A Calendar of Scottish Saints And so Robert was bowed out, to perambulate the streets in rather bitter humour. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement She got out of a skylight, for example, and perambulated the roof in the moonshine to see how it felt and did one or two other little things of a similar kind. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Lecturing has become quite a fashionable science—and now, instead of using the old style phrases for illustrating facts, we call travelling preachers perambulating showmen, and floating politicians, lecturers. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes He appeared mildly conscious that he had performed a solemn duty in making a perambulating tailor's block of himself, and ready to receive any amount of feminine admiration without resistance. A Noble Woman With joyful countenance and conscious dignity, Pompey perambulated the market, inspecting what the hucksters had for sale. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance So far from taking an interest in the great events of that period, he devoted himself entirely to literary studies, and improved his time by perambulating Italy. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 In the vicinity of the cemetery gathered many colored marchandes, their 369 heads and shoulders draped in shawls and fichus of bright, diversified hues; before them, perambulating booths with baskets of molasses candy or pain-patate. The Strollers This bill is a blow aimed at the drive-well patent agents, and others of that ilk who are perambulating the country to the annoyance of farmers. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside El Malojero is a dark young gentleman who perambulates the town on the back of a mule—or more correctly on the summit of a small mountain of long, freshly-gathered grass. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Clara wanted to touch him, to make certain that he was really a man and not a mere perambulating mind, and she laid her hand on his arm. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists He was then little more than a soft, fluffy, black-and-white ball, awkwardly perambulating on four absurdly bowed legs. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys Could their spirits perambulate this church at the hour when the dead only are said to be awake, and we could muster the courage to listen to their whispered communings, what should we hear? Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches So also are the degrees of comparison for adjectives, like circular, and the tenses, &c. for verbs, like perambulate. A Handbook of the English Language The Reverend Henry perambulated the room with knitted brow. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 You are a perambulating dry plate upon which outside objects produce their images. Applied Psychology: Making Your Own World Being the Second of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency Yet here have I been perambulating the Public Garden for an indefinite period, without seeing the first trace of a field-mouse or a shrew. Birds in the Bush Perhaps no people in the world have been more accustomed to spectacular surprises than they who perambulate the streets of the Mexican metropolis. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The female, painfully dragging her big abdomen, perambulates all the nooks and corners of her makeshift dwelling, exploring them with her palpi, which she passes everywhere. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The municipal administration was therefore obliged, especially in populous quarters, to tolerate perambulating peddlers, who carried their wares in hand carts. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 What will strike the visitor as he perambulates these miles of sculptured terraces is the complete absence of any offensive or indecent figure. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java The only persons I met, were the soldiers composing the Turkish guard, which perambulates the streets every hour. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 When we had finished we descended in haste and perambulated the tower without, counting up our tale of towels in some excitement. Border Ghost Stories Like living syringes, these heads were; perambulating bulbs filled with some defensive or offensive liquid to be squirted out at the owner's will. The Raid on the Termites As a perambulating interpreter of literature, ancient as well as modern, this has especially been borne in upon me. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations There are, of course, black spots in the towns; but they are as nothing to the traveller who has perambulated the native quarters of any British Colony in the Far East. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java This was my first visit to the latter city, and I enjoyed perambulating through its streets. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 This morning we perambulated the curtilage of the villa, alternately yelling like demoniacs and mewing like cats, without the slightest result. Jonah and Co. Eventually, I believe, wars will be quite bloodless; rival armies will perambulate, and whenever one side has got into a good position, the other will surrender wholesale. The Hero Grobey was a traveller in the employment of the noted house of Barnacles, Deadeye, and Company, and perambulated the country for the benevolent purpose of administering to deficiency of vision. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 To exercise the former, he perambulated the streets of the city; his brain was busy with the latter constantly, whenever its energies were not devoted to seeing and hearing. A Red Wallflower At the termination of the mass, troops of women perambulate the streets, during the remainder of the night. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests They were all used up before my perambulating show reached Vicksburg, Miss., and I was a confirmed disciple of the blood theory. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages He rotch down, an' he raise up de pumpkin, an' he perambulate right quick to he ma's shack, an' he lift up de latch, an' he open de do', an' he yenter in. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories And certainly, if the indictment contained a true statement of the facts, James M'Wilkin, or Wilkinson, or Wilson was about as thoroughpaced a marauder as ever perambulated a common. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Each horse and mule resembled a perambulating haystack, for it was loaded with two big sacks filled with corn on each side and as many bundles of fodder as could be tied on with ropes. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. Ice is hawked about the streets of Lima for sale, and all day long Indians, carrying pails on their heads, perambulate the streets, crying helado. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Gangs of armed fanatics, who had openly renounced their allegiance, perambulated the country, committing every sort of atrocity, and directing their attacks promiscuously against the clerical incumbents and the civil magistracy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Soon they were back in the perambulating crowd, chattering, laughing, listening to the band upon the river. A Sheaf of Corn The last week of his work was marked by a midnight Church Army procession, which, with brass band and torches, perambulated the most squalid quarters of Westminster and Pimlico. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade Captain Sangster used to perambulate here, a telescope in hand, watching for the annual Hudson’s Bay Company’s ship, the signal being two guns. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria In one of the cable tramway cars which, at a reverential pace, perambulate the city of Edinburgh, two citizens conversed. The Prodigal Father “Come, poor fellow,” she said then in a gentle tone, and Annie and the dog began to perambulate round the tents. A World of Girls The Story of a School In his own domain he was as Jove on Olympus, and when he moved abroad he was a perambulating reminder of the strong arm of the law. The Rapids He arranged his best pictures in the most visible situations, cast those he thought less of into corners, and perambulated his splendid rooms, looking at himself each minute in the mirrors. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 It was a district of which he knew little, and for half an hour he perambulated its streets, wondering at the distinctly foreign atmosphere. The Herapath Property He was constantly on exhibition; M. Moronval showed him at theatres and concerts, and along the boulevards, reminding one of those perambulating advertisements that are to be seen in all large cities. Jack 1877 At first glance you wouldn't have taken Smith for a perambulating national bank, with a wheelbarrow of spending-money every month. At Good Old Siwash The land of Kumaoun was the scene and with him was a camp which included twenty-five hundred persons without counting a perambulating army of provision carriers. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Sometimes she was dancing gracefully like an embodied zephyr on the floor; frequently walking in mid-air; occasionally perambulating the ceiling of the cave. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Its boundaries as thus defined were perambulated in due ancient form, commencing on the 10th of September. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Having amused ourselves thus for a while, and laid in a tolerable breakfast, we sallied forth, under the guidance of a valet-du-place, to perambulate the town. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II On each occasion when the lass was seen perambulating, The little quadruped likewise was there a gallivating. The Book of Humorous Verse It is better by far to be the butt of jokes concerning "walking shoestrings" or "perambulating umbrella cases" than to waddle through life burdened to death with an excessive amount of flesh. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Considerable merriment and not a few immodest expressions were elicited at Washington, one day, by the action of the patrol, who perambulate the Avenue on horseback, a terror to all fast riders. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive “Job Trotter,” thin plant o’ ooman natur; something between a servant and a friend to Jingle; a kind of perambulating hydraulic. Pickwickian Studies Such an observer, however, on looking but a little more intently, will see the higher vertebrata as perambulating vegetables planted upside down. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin He got out of bed and perambulated the room for some minutes. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois On that evening parties of young people perambulate the parishes in which the custom is retained, exclaiming as they throw the sherds,— "Paul's eve, And here's a heave!" Notes and Queries, Number 74, March 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. When I hear these sounds, so strangely different, and look at the speakers, I fancy them a living polyglot of the languages, a perambulating picture-gallery illustrative of national variety in form and feature. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 He ascertained that during the winter season this class of entertainment perambulated the South of France and Northern Italy. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective But wouldn't he look bewildered upon a cranium and a pelvis which perambulated the earth without any osseous connection? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 A Te Deum was chanted in the churches, the bells tolled, and musicians perambulated the streets, which were illuminated and draped with bunting. The Philippine Islands The people do not pay taxes for their clergy, nor do these literally free kirk ministers perambulate the country, and ask children for their Saturday pennies for a Sustentation Fund. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Republicans, Democrats, Prohibitionists, Socialists, etc., all had their perambulating orators. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 The kaleidoscopic patterns sorted themselves and turned into a circle of perambulating couples, and Gay and her partner passed the two men in the doorway. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Father and mother, And three little brothers, And all rambling aimless, like little perambulating pebbles scattered in the garden, Not knowing each other from bits of earth or old tins. Tortoises The city was gaily decorated, the houses were garlanded with ivy-leaves, crowds perambulated the streets, everything wore its holiday garb, and wine was freely indulged in. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome As I was perambulating slowly the border of Loch Ness I met a tall, gaunt-looking man, who eyed me rather suspiciously, and stretched forth his hands in the attitude of one interrupting a stray sheep. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Those people, with their vast memory, are like perambulating libraries; they instruct, they amuse, they edify. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Later, Mrs. Ozanne's nurse appeared regularly in the Public Gardens with only one baby, where once she had perambulated two. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa "Why, it is enough to raise the dead," exclaimed a solitary traveler, a stranger in town, perambulating a neighboring bluff. Hubert's Wife A Story for You Mrs. Hemphill, Rachel's mother, also perambulating through with great curiosity, and three small children clinging to her skirts, pronounced it "fine enough, goodness knows, but wait till you see them teachers!" Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls The bride then perambulates a small spot marked out in the centre of the orchard. Folklore as an Historical Science I do like perambulating London streets by gaslight—of course with a gentleman to take care of one. Kate Coventry An Autobiography "The Honourable Member for Bletherum was at that time perambulating the district with very great activity, and, I need not say, with very great ability." Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography My friend Tomkins lived at a short distance from the premises, in a small house, surrounded with half an acre of garden, chiefly filled with gooseberry-bushes, and perambulated by means of four straight gravel walks. Jacob Faithful After having perambulated the principal markets of the other leading American cities, I must pronounce it facile princeps among New-World markets. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Where he hides himself when winter, dark and drear, approaches, I’m sure I cannot tell; but I’ve never seen him then perambulating the streets. She and I, Volume 1 Label it—"Sometimes he would join the crowd, watching an exhibition of perambulating puppets." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 I perambulated the pool, whistling a cheerful tune, and looking attentively at the rooks overhead. Tom, Dick and Harry On receiving three or four hours' notice from the Rector, the Promotor, with a staff of servants, perambulated the streets at night, and he and his "bulldogs" received a fine from anyone whom they apprehended. Life in the Medieval University On this occasion a stately car called the chariot of the sun was brought from Rāma’s temple, and the Mahārāja ascending into it perambulated his capital. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala It also includes perambulating the shrines of departed saints. The Faith of Islam A vision of cockroaches, however, dispelled the appetite for a dessert, and we perambulated our way to the Monument. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland But never a salary day that the "white specter" did not perambulate. Watch Yourself Go By He passed much of his time in perambulating the aisles of the House, holding short conferences with leading Republicans, and casting frequent glances into the ladies' gallery. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis This idea would have been contradicted, however, by the fact that subsequently, after the latter had quitted him, he continued to perambulate. The Tragic Muse In and out of crowded thoroughfares the two perambulated. Sue, A Little Heroine After perambulating the town till weary, we came to the bridge of boats, sixteen hundred and sixty-six feet long, and which connects Mayence with Cassel, a strongly fortified place, where the railroad depot is located. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland There are times when that boy appears to be nothing but one frightful, perambulating cold! Cape Cod Folks She invented Bar Harbor, and while electrified Europe held its breath perambulated Paris alone and climbed Mont Blanc with a single man. The Opinions of a Philosopher The monks, leaving the choir, perambulated the church. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey Davies helps us, as we perambulate York to-day, to mark where the old pageants were performed in 1399, at twelve stations, which were fixed and stated beforehand. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays For a few months he perambulated the western highlands and islands, and returned to Edinburgh bringing with him Fingal, a complete epic poem in six books. Romance Two Lectures One day they perambulated the Lincoln line, the next day the Bedford line, the next day the Carlisle line, and so on, and kept on their rounds for a week. The Last Harvest But the modern grenadier, as he perambulates the London pavement, is for the most part a fresh-colored lad of moderate stature, who hardly strikes one as offering the elements of a very solid national defence. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 The parish boundaries were perambulated every Ascension Day. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century "Do you imagine that she perambulates about the sacred precincts of 'Five Points,' or the purlieus of Chatham Street?" Infelice His pleasing way is to perambulate the cars, leaving samples of his wares on all the seats and afterwards calling for orders. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin At one time he was chosen among the selectmen to perambulate the town lines—an old annual custom. The Last Harvest In perambulating about the town, in the course of the day, which was very hot, I got affected by a coup de soleil, which gave me a violent fever and head-ache. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy They perambulated Europe, and were familiar figures in the great University towns, and especially Paris. Practical Essays Also we engaged six rustics to perambulate the fair and cry the loss of the Sealyham for all to hear. Berry And Co. He had to be wheeled from Committee Room to Committee Room in a perambulating chair, and was allowed to remain seated when addressing Committees. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland Soon after dawn children possess the town—bootblacks, paper-sellers, perambulating drapers' shops; all children crying their wares noisily. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Once a year, the Freemen of Huntingdon used to meet on the Market Hill, they then proceeded in procession dragging a horse's skull with them and perambulated the bounds of the Freemen's lands. Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District If that be so, we multiply schools of art and County Council lectures perambulate the realm, in vain. About Orchids A Chat The Bear is led out of his cage, a rope is thrown round his neck, and he is perambulated round the neighbourhood of the hut. Ancient Art and Ritual There was another scribe of quite an elegant sort: a perambulating tailor’s dummy; a young man, well under thirty. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland The same medley of races perambulated the streets. The Half-Hearted Contrary to the Vidame’s wish, Mrs. Brown-Smith, in an ulster and a veil, insisted on perambulating the platform, buying the whole of Mr. Hall Caine’s works as far as they exist in sixpenny editions. The Disentanglers And then, think of the poesy wherewithal we should overflow, from Venice to Vesuvius, to say nothing of Greece, through all which—God willing—we might perambulate in one twelve months. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals He had also an unusual neighbour, in the person of a young woman whose unconventionality led her to perambulate the common at midnight, playing the first bars of Solveig's Song upon the flute. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Next morning she was conducted by her pupils round the spring woods, the same walk that Dutton and his cousin had perambulated eighteen months ago. Bluebell A Novel In perambulating this town, one cannot but be surprised at the absence of Fountains--those charming pieces of architecture and of street embellishment. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One Towards evening I heard her footsteps perambulating the long passage, and softly turned the key in the lock without Gladys noticing the movement. Uncle Max Having thus perambulated the town, he returned to the market-cross, which, as we have said, stood immediately in front of his inn. The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two But it does not much matter; it is enough to say that he was caught, about three o'clock, perambulating the streets, considerably the worse for liquor, and not in the best society. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One What struck me on the ride up through the city was the perambulating bath. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') She marched across the yard and addressed the "perambulating merchant." The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week I had never before seen callers on their first visit perambulating the room like polar bears, or throwing out curious feelers everywhere. Uncle Max In a moment or two all the visitors were perambulating about the garden. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town He left the perambulating candle to itself, and proceeded to the inner hall by the light of his own electric lamp. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Meantime no mocking of that perambulating and capricious instrument! Children of the Market Place They departed to look at a litter of puppies and the others perambulated the gardens. The Spinners In a high state of enjoyment the gypsies dispersed in order to prepare for the forthcoming festivity, and Chaldea, weary but victorious, stood alone by the steps of the caravan, which was her perambulating home. Red Money The slain of battlefields were at least motionless; they did not gape and grin at you with the dreadful humour of these perambulating dead. Out To Win The Story of America in France A perambulating Circus has pitched its tent on the Village Green! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892 Mr. Bonbon was the envied owner of a perambulating exhibition: he counted among his riches a Spotted Boy, a New Zealand Cannibal, and a Madagascar Cow. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 4, 1841 Acton walked round the corner, and Jack perambulated about, peering into the faces of the idlers to see if he could spot the well-known and much-detested face of Raffles. Acton's Feud A Public School Story Libations of milk were also poured out on the hills, ruined chapels were perambulated, wells and stones worshipped, and divination practised. The Religion of the Ancient Celts There was, moreover, a high court of justice, which perambulated the kingdom, and exercised an absolute authority over life and property greater than even Strafford's Court of Star Chamber had pretended to. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times We spent several days rather agreeably, perambulating the ranges of hills between Kilfademore and Templenoe, embracing a district about fifteen miles square. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 As they sauntered along, they came to a group of half-starved, perambulating performers, who were giving an entertainment to a crowd of bystanders. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 12, 1891 "Do you think I am like you, perambulating streets trying to make conquests?" she said, with a smile. Gordon Keith But it was vain to think of this resource, as William had no voice, and knew no hymns, while I had no means of access to a perambulating harmonium. In the Wrong Paradise People sometimes stop and hold conversations across the street, and perambulating nurses, lingering at the shop windows, hold up the traffic. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Let us perambulate the parish from the bottom of Digbeth, thirty yards north of the bridge. An History of Birmingham (1783) In the centre of the grassy quadrangle about which the cloisters perambulate is a small, mean, brick building, with a locked door. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 The only perambulating resident was very drunk and manifested a desire to embrace me, but as I did not know his language and could not claim relationship I declined the honor. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Large numbers of them perambulated to and fro, keeping nicely out of rifle range. The Siege of Kimberley All that day I perambulated over them hills, and I will say I wasn't enjoying the stroll none. The Happy Family Almost I was persuaded to leave my own black satin bonnet, and perambulate the streets of New York in my travelling-calash, which looked exactly like, and was nearly of the size of, a "bellows-top shay." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 And here let me remark, that I am an enthusiastic admirer of the perambulating gentleman who outwitted the pastie purchaser; in fact, "I go solid for the Simonian." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 She used to perambulate the church armed with a long rod, like a fishing-rod, which had a "bob" fastened to the end of it. The Parish Clerk Mr Chucks, the boatswain, called it "the first lieutenant's perambulating spitting-pan." Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 How strange that we, perambulating dust, Should be the vessels of eternal fire, That such unfading passion of desire Should be within our fading bodies thrust. The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala It was a sunny, dustless apartment, with snow-white muslins, white enamel, and a frieze of grotesque Noah's Ark animals perambulating round the wall. The "Goldfish" November.—Good joke still to be made in the quieter suburbs about having special appointments for the 5th, when one has to take the chair at a meeting which perambulates the streets. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 3, 1891 The English nobleman of your imagination is the gentleman who perambulates the pages of Miss Burney's novels. What Dreams May Come Think of Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton in the train of George Francis Train, perambulating the country in favor of the ballot in Kansas. True Woman, The A Series of Discourses And he added angrily: "She seems to regard me as a sort of cicerone, a perambulating, vocal Baedeker!" The Purple Heights In one part of the square was a court of justice having three judges, and their inferior officers were employed in perambulating the market, preserving order, and inspecting the various articles. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time To-day, she has come down to the sand, where, with base distended, as if in caricature of crinoline, she perambulates the crowded thoroughfare. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 When I called on Mrs. Jones to furnish her share of the perambulating schoolmaster's provisions, she remarked, "I can eat you, but I can't sleep you, because I have no spare bedroom." The Gentleman from Everywhere Within the town the lamps were being lit in the booths, the folks busy marketing, and the watchmen already perambulating the city and crying the hours at the street corners. Red Axe The Rebels wisely considered that a perambulating Governor was not entitled to great respect, and were particularly anxious to see the proclamations of His Excellency issued from the established capital. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation They were not lost sight of by the jealous guardians of the place, one of whom perambulated the hall throughout the interview; but though he could see all that passed, he could hear nothing. Bred in the Bone Our nights were miserable, owing to the general opinion among pioneers that a certain species of insect must necessarily perambulate the beds in a young civilization. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 All the little villages had their daguerreotype shops except one, and there the deficiency was supplied by a perambulating artist in a tented cart. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada A dustman perambulates the road on the Braintree side, and canned food becomes possible and convenient therefore. What is Coming? Do not forget that the Bokhariot soldiers, who perambulate the streets in white breeches, black tunics, astrakan caps, and enormous boots, are commanded by Russian officers freely decorated with golden embroidery. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent One night, as he told Sir Joshua Reynolds in later years, they thus perambulated St. James's Square, warming themselves by declaiming against Walpole, and nobly resolved that they would stand by their country. Samuel Johnson Bordeaux is a queer old town, with its innumerable soldiers and priests perambulating in all directions. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Charing women wait; Cafes drop their shutters; Rats perambulate Up and down the gutters. Ballads of a Bohemian Bishop, mentally perambulating among paths of peace, was altogether swallowed up in absence of mind. Little Dorrit Trade is flourishing, and as we walked through the principal streets we noticed the well-stocked shops, to say nothing of the perambulating pedlars. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent He also says that the menstruating women in Cappadocia were perambulated about the fields to preserve the vegetation from worms and caterpillars. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The editor knows that half the people who pretend to be filled to overflowing with the grace of God are only perambulating pillars of pure Gall. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Take, for instance, one of the most wretched classes of the community, the poor fellows who perambulate the streets as Sandwich Men. In Darkest England and the Way Out Twice a day, he had to traverse a park frequented by perambulating nursemaids, and he became romantically involved with one of them. The Blue Lagoon: a romance They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us. Before Adam Walking—riding—yachting—I suppose the most momentous conversations of my life took place while perambulating the great court at Trinity. The Voyage Out That night I gravely perambulated the little café in my waiter's clothes, and endeavored to learn from Karl my new duties. The Great Secret "If the gentleman wishes to perambulate America, it is probable he will get there with a little patience." Homeward Bound or, the Chase It means mud and dust; it means unpaved streets pervaded by perambulating pigs and contemplative cows, and rendered still more rural in its aspect by the gambolings of frolicsome kids around grave goats. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 Patrols began to be formed, and to perambulate the streets. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 Was permanently in evidences—or wasn't it, rather, in eclipse?—as a shadowy parasitic entity perambulating the hinterland of his domestic life. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The ordinary practice of the professors of the magical art is to perambulate the villages in parties of three or four, accompanied by a considerable number of acolytes and assistants. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain The dandy of the clubs had become a perambulating mass of rags. Run to Earth A Novel Miss Pew was engaged in receiving people, and ushering them to their seats, always assisted by Miss Dulcibella—an image of limp gracefulness—and the three governesses—all as stiff as perambulating black-boards. The Golden Calf On those days, you may perambulate in the different rooms of this magnificent establishment; on the other days, walking is here prohibited, in order that students may not be interrupted. Paris as It Was and as It Is There is a good deal of Spain that has not been perambulated. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 At night they are patronized to such an extent by streetwalkers seeking custom, that the city press has styled them "perambulating assignation houses." The Secrets of the Great City Happy fathers, too, with their wives and children in Sunday best, perambulate the grounds or rest on the seats amongst the trees and listen to the 'Bosch-muziek.' Dutch Life in Town and Country While I perambulated the staircase with her bonnet on my head, and more wearing apparel than would stock a magazine, Shaugh was roaring himself hoarse in the street, calling Mrs. Rogers' coach. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 One of these was to proceed to Tortola, and join a band of strolling players that were perambulating the islands, and attracting admiration, if not money, by the excellence of their dramatic representations. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale The project of becoming a perambulating bookseller, hawker of his own poetical ware, came upon Clare in a startling manner. The Life of John Clare When the perambulating monks have returned to their place, while the sprinkler continues his duties, the monks repeat the words: "We put our trust in the sweet dew kings, Bodhisattvas and Mahâsattvas." Buddhism and Buddhists in China Never since the world began has there been a traveller in the grandiose style of Hadrian; he perambulated his world like a god, crowned with a halo of benevolence and omnipotence. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia In the centre of the grassy quadrangle about which the cloisters perambulate is a small, mean brick building, with a locked door. Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches She is not permitted to perambulate the place, but in winter, when she forsakes the rich pasture, a well-built house is provided for her, well painted, and maintained in the most perfect order. The Crayon Papers It was the greatest fault he committed in his whole career of perambulating bookseller, and fatal, in a sense, to his future prospects. The Life of John Clare All night parties in disguise were perambulating the different wards, watching each other's tactics; masks, wigs, false noses, gentles in livery coats, men in female attire, a silent carnival of manoeuvre, vigilance, anxiety, and trepidation. Coningsby I perambulated Spezzano in the gathering twilight; it was now fairly alive with people. Old Calabria In the company of one who knows, I perambulated the cemetery of Olevano and was astonished at the frequency of tombstones erected to the young. Alone She had met him in the street that afternoon, and they had perambulated the pavement of Beacon Street for more than an hour in the discussion of the future. An American Politician His criticism was based on the rather violent assumption "that, as a literary people, we are one vast perambulating humbug." Poets of the South Foxy was allowed in, and perambulated the room, to Mrs. Marston's supreme discomfort; every time Foxy drew near she gave a smothered scream. Gone to Earth Its charms do not appeal to the eye of romance, and the man who would perambulate Magna Graecia as he does the Alps would soon regret his choice. Old Calabria On grand, on gala days, in election times, some of the sons of St. Patrick used to perambulate the historical street, flourishing treenails, or shillaleghs—in order to preserve the peace!!! of course. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Most I met in the interior looked, a little distance off, like perambulating masses of dirty rags; but all, even the filthiest and most ragged, carried a bright, sharp tulwar. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán In perambulating the streets in search of his house, I was pleased to see but one shop open. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States True, he did not have occasion to perambulate what he would doubtless have called the 'phalansterian' streets of new South Wimbledon. With Zola in England He says that perambulating it hand in hand with another person, the two are sure to remain friends for life. Old Calabria In 1858, however, this 'perambulating system' having proved expensive and inconvenient, the Queen was asked to designate a permanent abode for the Legislature. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin We might show how he perambulated the town of Winchester on his noble steed, like a second Don Quixote, mounted for the nonce upon the courser of Sancho Panza, while Rosinante recovered from his bruises. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier Under the branches of that solitary but mute historian of the pensive plain, let us now rest; it stands at the very extreme northern edge of that garden which we have just perambulated. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 326, August 9, 1828 I wanted to see the station-master, to obtain permission to perambulate the platform till the arrival of the train. Twixt France and Spain Weary but not yet satiated, I took leave of the citizens and perambulated the more ignoble quarters, all of which are decently lighted with electricity. Old Calabria Fifteen merchants were introduced, and the ceremony of presentation lasted about twenty minutes; this being concluded, the merchants were permitted to perambulate the gardens of the Emperor, and to pluck a little fruit. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. I am already come to be known by my vacant face and careless gesture, perambulating at no fixed pace, nor with any settled purpose. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia It was a grassy, briery, moist defile, affording some shelter to any person who had sought it; but the party perambulated it in vain, and ascended on the other side. The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 The burnished glow of gold, the chaste sheen of silver, the dance and sparkle of light in multitudinous gems, arrested his attention as he one evening perambulated the streets of a great city. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales He had also previously perambulated the temple, and with a full heart surveyed the offerings of those whose sickness had departed from them. Thaumaturgia He perambulates when he walks through, perhaps for observation or inspection. The Century Vocabulary Builder A hard-featured, swarthy spinster of forty, with a roving, inquisitive, yet not unkindly eye, she perambulated—or rather percycled—the district, taking stock of every incident. The Secret of the Tower To Bailey, his strong-minded relative was a perpetual menace, a sort of perambulating yellow peril, and the fact that she often alluded to him as a worm consolidated his distaste for her. The Coming of Bill His attitude towards a member of the peerage was that of the terrier to the perambulating cat. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories His children could not be educated, because they were wanted, almost from their infancy, to help in keeping the family from starving, as stonepickers, or perambulating scarecrows. Lectures and Essays It was a grassy, briery, moist channel, affording some shelter to any person who had sought it; but the party perambulated it in vain, and ascended on the other side. Stories by English Authors: England But we were too sure of our whereabouts to give up the game so easily, and after some more perambulating we struck the fence. Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria "Lor' bless me!" snapped Mrs. Pepper, as he slowly perambulated the parlour that afternoon. Many Cargoes Then she set out on her day's work, crossing the river, and perambulating the Latin Quarter from the Rue Saint Jacques to the Rue Dauphine, and even to the Luxembourg. The Fat and the Thin It was in fact the real guardian of the night, who was carefully perambulating his beat, in innocent unconsciousness of any offence. Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 A ceremony performed on boys perambulating the bounds of the parish on Whit-monday, when they have their posteriors bumped against the stones marking the boundaries, in order to fix them in their memory. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue My dear Dohrn, I suppose that you are now back in Naples, perambulating the Chiaja, and looking ruefully on the accumulation of ashes on the foundations of the aquarium! Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 In the fall, a perambulating skeleton, he came back over the Pass in a blizzard, with a rag of shirt, tattered overalls, and a handful of raw flour. Revolution, and Other Essays Panamanian girls gaudily dressed and suggesting to the nostrils perambulating drug-stores shuttle back and forth with their perfumed dandies. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers This last fact I make mine by perambulating a certain great street every three months, and observing how name succeeds to name as wave to wave. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Thus, with soundless footfalls, they perambulated the streets and outskirts of the town, gathering fresh recruits as they went. South Wind On land, meridional, a bispherical moon, revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female, a pillar of the cloud by day. Ulysses In the far distance were disappearing two huge balls of colour, orange and yellow, for all the world like perambulating poppies of cyclopean breed. Revolution, and Other Essays The streets in Sydney are, as in Melbourne, built at right angles with one another; they are macadamized, well lighted with gas, and perambulated by a number of policemen during the night. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 Who ever saw such a ridiculous structure as this headdress, that makes me look like a perambulating castle on a chessboard? Joseph II. and His Court Never had he been more happy and triumphant; and Dr. May used to accuse him of perambulating the lower streets snuffing the deodorized air. The Trial The last survivor of these perambulating English giants lingered at Salisbury, where an antiquary found him mouldering to decay in the neglected hall of the Tailors’ Company about the year 1844. The Golden Bough They attend the college lectures, they row in a boat, and they perambulate the High Street. My Discovery of England It was a grassy, briery, moist defile, affording some shelter to any person who had sought it; but the party perambulated it in vain, and ascended on the other side. Wessex Tales "It is not true," thundered Mr. Wilberfloss, hopping to avoid a perambulating cat. Psmith, Journalist What kind of improvised sovereigns are these who have instituted perambulating brigandage? The French Revolution - Volume 2 But still the heavy steps perambulating the apartment over my head were distinctly heard amid the roar and fury of the elements. Redgauntlet He was a perambulating skeleton, and could just drag along; but he got there. Lost Face You go through life like a perambulating prayer-wheel, a friend of nobody but the righteous, and the righteous are those who agree with you as to what is right. The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii Scarcely can I call him a perambulating skeleton, because he is too weak to walk. The Mutiny of the Elsinore With how superior a dignity the monarch perambulates on all fours! The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 This was the favorite amusement; and after breakfast, on a morning ten days after Joan and Ashe had formed their compact, the terraces were full of perambulating couples. Something New These living advertisements, these perambulating articles, soon set up Madame Schontz as the most agreeable woman to be found in the borderland which separates the thirteenth arrondissement from the twelve others. Beatrix The night was starlit; the patrols had perambulated the street without noticing anything suspicious, when two foot passengers, who were following in their rear, observed a dark-colored stream traversing the causeway. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Next, after this perambulating skeleton, came the weirdest creature I have ever beheld. The Mutiny of the Elsinore I perambulated down the cliff again, and escorted up a man six foot three, with a sandy beard and no other dimension that you could notice. The Gentle Grafter A wild laugh, almost a howl, disturbed the talk of the most adjacent of the perambulating relations. Something New He this evening recommended to me to perambulate Spain. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood "As a literary people," you wrote, "we are one vast perambulating humbug." Letters to Dead Authors We know that when the shades of night fall she will be perambulating the streets, and he like a beast of prey will be watching not far away. London's Underworld And Megaera women perambulate the streets, with flags, with lamentable alleleu. The French Revolution George Emerson continued to perambulate and Aline continued to watch him. Something New She liked to perambulate the room with a duster in her hand, with which she stopped to polish the backs of already lustrous books, musing and romancing as she did so. Night and Day It happened more than once that they would thus perambulate three or four times the distance, each seeing the other on board his ship out of pure and disinterested affection. The Mirror of the Sea You are a chimney, a living volcano, a perambulating smoke-stack, and you are a perfect disgrace, Martin dear, you know you are.” Martin Eden Heemskirk would land on the point and perambulate silently every part of the plantation as if the whole place belonged to him, before her went to the house. 'Twixt Land and Sea She proceeded, gazing down the while at the perambulating George, to give it thought. Something New He saw the perambulating corpses, the ghastly death's heads of men who labored in the dye-rooms. The Night-Born When I had perambulated the length and breadth of the classes, M. Pelet turned and said to me— "Would you object to taking the boys as they are, and testing their proficiency in English?" The Professor |
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