| 单词 | picture postcard |
| 例句 | It stopped and hung in mid-air, hovering like a helicopter, hovering over the factory and over the very town itself which lay spread out below them like a picture postcard! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z One gorgeous autumn day when all the mountain aspens looked like a picture postcard from heaven, Amarante had a conversation with Sally. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perry, his eyes glitteringly immense in a face now almost phosphorescently pale, studied the ceiling; and presently, after placing a picture postcard on the patient’s bedside table, the rebuffed visitor departed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z By the late afternoon, everything was as quiet as a picture postcard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I received later a picture postcard, the picture in vivid colors being of a chimpanzee at the Monkey Jungle in Miami. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Bep had a picture postcard of the entire Royal Family copied for me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "When you see the movie, notice the strength of the background, because it made a difference. It wasn't just a picture postcard all the time." TCM Fest: Andrews, Plummer reunite for 'Sound of Music's' 50th 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z "It's just a rumor that was spread around town, a telegram or a picture postcard," sang Costello. Elvis Costello, Ben Folds harness the L.A. Phil at the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Places have sounds as distinct as fingerprints and as memorable as any picture postcard. Even when you can’t travel, you can still bring the sounds of a far-off city to you. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z This city, devastated by bombing during World War II, has meticulously refashioned itself into a prewar picture postcard. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z Poring over picture postcards, or suppressing the urge to book a plane ticket? These epic travel disasters will take the edge off your wanderlust 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “Vendors circulated through the mobs with refreshments. Photographs of corpses hanging from nooses were sold, and mailed, as picture postcards.” The True Story of the Texas Rangers 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Highlights and high points: Mo’orea is a perfect picture postcard of a South Pacific island. Enchantment under the sea — with whales — in Tahiti 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “Like picture postcards… Orchards of every kind corresponding to the nationality that brought them here.” Sam Shepard's dual-voiced farewell 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z In “Snap+Share,” perhaps the most prescient example of mail art is Kawara’s “I Got Up …,” a set of touristy picture postcards he mailed on a daily basis to friends or colleagues from different locations. Tracing the Roots of Photo Sharing, From Mail Art to Instagram 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “I carry the past inside me like an accordion, like a book of picture postcards that people bring home as souvenirs from foreign cities, small and neat,” she wrote in her memoir. Heda Kovaly, Czech Who Wrote of Totalitarianism, Is Dead at 91 2010-12-09T05:29:00Z It's a real picture postcard of his life, and I'm proud of it. 30 minutes with Idris Elba 2013-03-28T13:20:00Z He adds an eye-catching selection of archival film footage along with still photographs and tinted picture postcards, as if reaching into a collective memory that is also his own virtual past. A Jewish-Refugee Filmmaker’s Urban American Vision 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z With the arrival of the full-color picture postcard in the 1890s, they also became a popular art form. Art in Review: ?Postcards of the Wiener Werkst?tte?: ?Selections From the Leonard A. Lauder Collection? 2011-01-06T22:11:22Z “On the Town” has long been looked upon with the amused but distant fondness reserved for fading picture postcards. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Each shot is as conventionally framed as a picture postcard. Letters to Juliet is corny as Kansas. Great! 2010-06-14T09:45:00Z Though Ms. O’Hara has a lust-worthy leading man in Steven Pasquale, most of what surrounds her has the depth of a shiny picture postcard, one that bears a disproportionately long and repetitive message. Theater Review: ‘Bridges of Madison County’ Brings Iowa to Broadway 2014-02-21T03:00:02Z It is the fate of actors to leave only picture postcards behind them. Lynne Truss: rereading Four Lectures on Shakespeare by Ellen Terry 2012-07-27T21:55:01Z Actors leave only picture postcards behind them, and Terry left more picture postcards than most. Lynne Truss: rereading Four Lectures on Shakespeare by Ellen Terry 2012-07-27T21:55:01Z To me, everything about his dynamic debut album, from its picture postcard cover to its enigmatic song titles, seemed novel and intriguing. The inauspicious arrival of Bruce Springsteen 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z This was generous enough for a banal picture that looks like an enlarged picture postcard handled in the Pointillist style. 2010-02-07T05:26:00Z She valued her friends highly, which was typified by the montage of picture postcards that adorned her office, sent from across the world. Gillian Hush 2012-07-13T15:07:44Z Liszt, Mr. Lortie revealed, wasn’t merely composing picture postcards; the “Années” are profound explorations of memory, the way past and present interact to create art. Music Review: Liszt Suites of Travel, United as a Journey 2011-03-11T23:45:19Z And in other cases, you get the sense that you’re seeing a picture postcard that is not representative of the hardship, health issues and other problems that surely afflict people living in these conditions. | 'Human Planet': Where Eagles Dare, and Other Workscapes 2011-04-08T23:26:16Z “In Paris, I’m living in my own picture postcard,” he said. Baryshnikov in the Tragic Love Story ?In Paris? 2011-09-14T13:58:08Z Viewed through a sepia gauze painted with an Edwardian-style picture postcard, one critic hailed the "brilliantly designed" seaside shenanigans "that could stand comparison even with Glyndebourne's virtually definitive staging". Roger Butlin obituary 2011-08-17T17:52:04Z The back story is mostly transmitted through picture postcard imagery, her handsome engineer husband's untimely death, the grief-stricken young widow skidding off the road in a freak snowstorm. 'The Age of Adaline' a stylish affair of the heart and chance 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Whether on reclaimed ledger paper or vintage picture postcards, the images he constructs are something like found details themselves — singular and mysterious, if occasionally a little on the nose. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z There are still calls for moderation though, so as not to disrupt biodiversity or blight the picture postcard Swiss Alps. Swiss pursue home-grown energy panacea - reluctantly 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z It is a picture postcard kind of place, with homes painted ocher and red, yards bursting with purple bougainvillea and long breakers rolling ashore. An active adventure across the Azores’ volcanic islands 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Drive four hours east of Moscow and you'll reach a picture postcard place. Russia-Ukraine crisis far from minds in idyllic Vladimir 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Things are as idyllic as a picture postcard for a little while, until illness — both physical and mental — changes the course of their lives. ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ review: Actors — human and feline — add spark to wistful biopic 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Patricia Williams is no different, even after years spent behind a lens, capturing thousands of picture postcard scenes. Northern Ireland landscape: Searching for the perfect picture 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z There are reminders here and there of the lurking danger that overshadows the picture postcard scenery: army vehicles carry supplies and soldiers frequent the newly-laid single lane road to the fortified forward areas. China-India clashes: No change a year after Ladakh stand-off 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Pueblo lies almost two hours south of Denver and a world away from the Colorado of picture postcards. Column: 'Pleasantly boring,' or how Joe Biden succeeds by not being Donald Trump 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Now something unusual has happened in this picture postcard town, the home of Wensleydale cheese. A new bank branch opening! What's going on? 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Every time the holy city is mentioned, the sisters whip around to gaze at an enlarged picture postcard that glimmers, like a mirage, on the back wall. A Millennial Reboot of Chekhov, and “Moulin Rouge!” on Broadway 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The surprising composition recalls Ellsworth Kelly’s little collages, small studies for big, resolutely abstract paintings made by gluing torn papers onto picture postcards, blown up to monumental scale. Review: In ‘COLA 2019,’ the city of L.A. gives its artists a place to sound off 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z But while Pebble Beach might stand as the picture postcard for American golf, the fact is for mere mortals it is much more beast than beauty. U.S. Open 2019: We used real data to showcase the stark difference between how average and pro golfers play Pebble Beach - Golf Digest 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z "When you're flying around, they look picture postcard perfect. But on the ground they can be very tropical, windswept and absolutely torrential. We have to waterproof everything." Australia’s most remote polling stations 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Magnum Photos asked young unemployed people to capture their London, to offer an alternative view of the capital to that seen on picture postcards. In pictures: What is your London? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The photographer Guido Guidi rarely travels far from his home near Bologna, but his everyday images are an unmatched record of life in an Italy beyond the edges of the picture postcard. Monday US briefing: Trump v Obama, Iran sanctions and Kris Kobach 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z In the early 20th Century, picture postcards served as a kind of Instagram, giving Europeans a glimpse of the life their family and friends led in British colonial India. Racism and stereotypes in colonial India’s 'Instagram' 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z He explained how an associate bought a box of old picture postcards at an auction only to find the bundle of letters. Wartime love letters rediscovered 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z You can send gifts to friends, which include a picture postcard from wherever the gift was collected. Harsh headlines, failed festivals and, finally, friends: Pokémon Go, two years on 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The historic area of Bo-Kaap with its picture postcard pastel-coloured houses, rich cultural heritage and beautiful location overlooking Cape Town's city centre has always been a favourite stop for tourists. Cape Town anger over slave quarter gentrification 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Even picture postcards, Igo relates in one of many humorous and eye-opening vignettes, came under fire for enabling, one magazine’s editors wrote, “servants and landladies to have the full benefit of our private matters.” Review | How we balance our right to privacy with our collective need for information 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z "Photographs were not affordable back then but picture postcards were much cheaper and mass produced." Racism and stereotypes in colonial India’s 'Instagram' 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z It was a picture postcard California beach wedding. I toke thee to be my wife: inside a cannabis wedding in California 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z We rode up to the eighth floor and stepped into a picture postcard: There was a giant train, and trains are my son’s favorite thing in the world. Seeing Santa in Black and White 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z From the station, it’s a short walk to Main Street, a picture postcard of 19th- and early 20th-century commercial facades with an alluring mix of antique shops, art galleries and restaurants. Visiting Cold Spring, Where the Path to Ruins Goes Uphill 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The pleasing urban tableau beyond the outfield walls is a picture postcard. The Most Pleasing Campaign of 2016 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “There are photos you see all the time that were made into picture postcards, as terrible as that seems,” he said. Haskell professor wins Emmy for Tulsa documentary 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z About 20 minutes by train along the edge of Lake Zurich is the picture postcard perfect town of Maennedorf. Will the Swiss introduce limits to immigration from the EU? - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Their deaths contrast with the picture postcard image of Switzerland as one of the world's wealthiest and most stable countries. Executive suicides scratch Switzerland's picture perfect veneer 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z It is a picture postcard half-timbered building and is widely believed to have been where Shakespeare was educated. Shakespeare's birthday: Where can you get close to the Bard? - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park is picture postcard elephant habitat. Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants? 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Rio de Janeiro is almost as famous for its violence as for its gorgeous beaches and picture postcard landmarks of Sugarloaf mountain and the statue of Christ the Redeemer. Rio de Janeiro beefs up security with Olympics a year away 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Lavish yes, but unlike the boorish, bulldozing golf course design preferences of Trump, nary a tree was removed in the design of this picture postcard layout spread over canyons and coastline. Golf needs to dump Trump's courses; play here instead: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Mayor Philip Levine, who spearheaded the rule, says the street has marred the city's picture postcard image of pastel-colored Art Deco hotels under swaying palm trees lining the seafront. A margarita too far: Miami Beach bans late night outdoor liquor 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z After all, the reader has an imagination, too, and merely to write the word “Bologna” or “Southend” or “42nd Street” will call up an image from the innumerable mental picture postcards we carry with us. David Nicholls: Google v old-fashioned legwork - how to research a novel 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z The lagoon is one of Rio de Janeiro's picture postcard settings and will host canoeing and rowing events during the 2016 Olympics. Thirty-two tons of dead fish cleared out of Olympic rowing venue 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z The hospital is as quaint as a picture postcard. Second-Chance Med School 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Rocinha is home to around 180,000 people crammed into a valley a stone's throw from picture postcard sites of Rio de Janeiro. Rio motorbike ride through favela backstreets 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “There are even colored picture postcards showing scenes of it.” Lens Blog: A Veteran Reporter Reflects on a Distant War 2013-09-05T04:05:29Z But now the focus of expansion is on the picture postcard areas of dark forest and lush green hills in the central and southern areas of Germany. Wind power battle in fairy tale land 2013-07-11T02:05:39Z Vine describes itself as a sort of video picture postcard, an impressionistic document of a moment. Was Vine The Reason Twitter Banned Animated Avatars? 2013-01-24T21:40:33Z Take Lucy's Tea Rooms in the picture postcard village of Burnham Market in Norfolk. Churches help tackle internet blackspots 2012-12-13T00:30:19Z Overlooking the Malacca Straits, with palm trees and golden sands all around, it's a picture postcard paradise. The rise of the halal traveller 2012-08-20T00:54:46Z All the newspapers had asked him to write the cricket and football news for them, and his picture postcards were to be seen in every shop window. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie 2012-05-22T15:16:50.277Z It was just a picture postcard for the start of the event, which lasts for 70 days and ends with the lighting of the cauldron to start the games on July 27. Torch starts its 8,000 mile journey 2012-05-19T14:23:09Z Later, a good deal later, when the picture postcard was invented, Howell did rather well out of that too. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z In the best constructed brains there are always spongy surfaces that are sensitive to picture postcards and Little Nelly and the End of a Perfect Day. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z They wanted beer and champagne and cognac, chocolate, cake, crackers, pears, apples, cherries, picture postcards, sardines, rings, cigarettes, and books of French and English phrases. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z One day, in he came with a package of picture postcards, showing the river, the church, the bridge, the schoolhouse, Crook Mountain where the river turned—all the pretty spots in the town of Hyatt. Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z The high-flying U-2 spy plane was first designed during the Eisenhower administration to breach the iron curtain and, as engineers said, snap "picture postcards for Ike" of hidden military strongholds in the Soviet Union. U.S. may rely on aging U-2 spy planes longer than expected 2012-01-28T06:00:00Z They gave us small gifts of welcome — lapel pins, bead necklaces, picture postcards. U.S. Softball Ambassadors to Cuba 2011-11-25T19:35:19Z "Look here—scissors, hanky, some bits of string, my match-box, jack-knife, picture postcard of an aeroplane—wish we had an aeroplane!—and——" The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z The shops had hard work in keeping up with more commodities than picture postcards. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z I prefer the second engineer’s sweet-hearts, who are in colours, and are Dutch picture postcards and cuttings from French comic papers; and he calls them his recollections of Sundays at home. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z At present there is little to see at Northern Petroleum's Markwells Wood facility A £500m battle is welling up over a picture postcard piece of English countryside. Green and black 2011-07-06T23:00:16Z "I want to send Robert a picture postcard." The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The motto on a picture postcard is often a whole day's work. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z One of the few who remain is a man who keeps a picture postcard shop in a building next door to the newspaper office. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z I stood in Para, outside a picture postcard shop. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Plaid did not want to preserve a "picture postcard countryside". Plaid pledge to 'connect Wales' 2011-03-26T14:25:05Z "For heaven's sake don't talk about Robert," he exclaimed, getting up quickly; the idea of the picture postcard profoundly shocked him. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z It is a picture postcard village blighted only by a steady stream of violent crimes that are all reassuringly solved by Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. VIDEO: How 'English' is Midsomer village? 2011-03-16T11:09:26Z The tells of another woman - trapped in a collapsed building - who rang her children to say goodbye. before the disaster, Christchurch was a "picture postcard" city "more English than England". Newspaper review 2011-02-23T06:00:18Z Veteran souvenir merchants told us the picture postcard business is doing fine. F.Y.I.: Questions About New York 2011-01-22T02:21:51Z It was also of stone, but the floor had a number of bright rag rugs as covering and the walls were lined with pictures cut from papers and magazines, and with picture postcards. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z His correspondence is enormous; it weighs him down: but he would not relinquish a single picture postcard of it. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z No matter that the land in question lends itself more to old mattresses and discarded supermarket trolleys than a picture postcard idyll, the nimby attitude prevails. Bristol City 2-0 Derby County 2010-12-11T19:45:00Z Within a month you will receive ___ picture postcards.” Numberplay: The Pyramid of Shame 2010-07-12T17:15:00Z At the counter, as my mother paid for her groceries, I was given a picture postcard of one of the players, with a printed autograph. World Cup 2010: Why the Dutch aren't buying the Holland hype 2010-06-29T12:56:00Z On the beach beyond, tourists apply more suntan lotion as the midday rays reflect off the white sand beach - a picture postcard scene straight out of the brochures. 2009-12-26T01:46:00Z This has been especially the case since the introduction of the picture postcard. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study She had interminably walked in London, gazed at shop windows, read hundreds of imbecile picture postcards on bookstalls, gone continually to many places in omnibuses. A Bed of Roses I dutifully sent off a picture postcard and mailed the list to five friends. Numberplay: The Pyramid of Shame 2010-07-12T17:15:00Z "Everybody must agree to send everybody else at least two picture postcards," said Linda, "and then we can compare them when we come back to school." The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story I wrote a long, explanatory letter to the Cynic, an apologetic one to Rose, and a picture postcard, promising a longer communication, to Mother Hubbard, and then turned in and slept like a top. Windyridge The introduction of the picture postcard gave a great impetus to the use of this means of correspondence. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study A bill from the stores, and a picture postcard from an old nurse. An Unknown Lover I did not receive even a single picture postcard. Numberplay: The Pyramid of Shame 2010-07-12T17:15:00Z They have a splendid set of picture postcards, and some nice Goss china. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story It has been popularly formulated on picture postcards touchingly inscribed, "No gun, no girl." The Intelligence of Woman And more than that, Ellen writes him a picture postcard every week. The Rosie World Besides, I am all behindhand with my letters, and my father will be telegraphing something emphatic if I don’t go beyond ‘Much love’ on a picture postcard.” Cynthia's Chauffeur In a few weeks the couple became deadly bored with Venice and its picture postcard replica of life. Clark's Field I did buy some picture postcards, but not until we'd seen everything they represented. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America I knew him at once from the picture postcards as Bluteisen, head of the secret service. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 He's sending her picture postcards every day or every other day. The Rosie World What between judicious extracts and a sheaf of picture postcards scribbled at each place I’ll try and keep my friends in good humor.” Cynthia's Chauffeur Instead, she sent him picture postcards of the monuments of southern France and northern Italy. Clark's Field "And a place for picture postcards," added Nora Proctor; "I can see a whole tray full of them standing outside that door." The Manor House School To begin with, there is a dainty book of picture postcards, the first one giving portraits of a very handsome and dignified bridegroom with his dainty bride. Home Life in Germany One such yew, standing by the door of what the picture postcards vaguely designate "old cottage, West Horsley," is an extraordinarily elaborate piece of rustic topiary. Highways and Byways in Surrey The next day picture postcards of the execution were hawked about the streets. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China I drew from my pocket a packet of picture postcards and showed him one. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 Each window gave a picture postcard view of the city he was leaving. Jerry's Charge Account It acts rather well as a draw for painters and that sort of person, and it makes some pretty picture postcards that are certain to sell. The Wooden Horse Then I sent a couple of picture postcards to Tommy and Jack, wishing them luck, and explaining that I had not returned to join them because Myra was ill. The Mystery of the Green Ray He raced out, bought a set of picture postcards showing the village and the Tudor mansion, and dispatched them to the editor of News in Pictures with his compliments. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley People go to places now not to exhaust themselves by seeing them, but to buy picture postcards of them. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Breakfast finished, the pots and the pans washed up, the Pack invades the post office, and, armed with picture postcards and pencils, the Cubs squat along the sea-wall and write to their mothers. Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light Another and more welcome visitor was a youth of French extraction, who sold very fine picture postcards at a reasonable rate and would also undertake commissions for purchases in the city. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Mary Ellen is to be rigged out as a traditional Irish colleen, the sort you see on the picture postcards they sell to tourists in Dublin. General John Regan Sometimes letters came from him and picture postcards showing strange countries and people in foreign dress. Carl and the Cotton Gin The rest of the party, as I said, were deep in picture postcards. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol They rushed in at the door of a miniature shop, with a few picture postcards and sweets in glass jars displayed in a dark window. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Margot took refuge in the picture postcards, which afforded a good excuse for deliberation. Big Game A Story for Girls An English tourist accustomed to buy the coloured picture postcards with which the Germans obligingly supply our shops, would have recognised her at once as an Irish colleen. General John Regan Janet Willoughby sent Claire a picture postcard, all white snow and strong shadow, and dazzling blue sky, and little black figures pirouetting on one leg with the other raised perilously in the rear. The Independence of Claire The man who invented picture postcards ought to have his statue on the top of the Eiffel Tower. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Though many moons have passed since we saw anything of Captain Noble except picture postcards, we were not taken entirely by surprise when we heard that he had left us a large legacy. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon One of Beatty's friends travelling with him up from Three Rivers once bought him a picture postcard with the legend, "No mother ever picks her son to be a Vice-President." The Masques of Ottawa Then sometimes I do bits of general information—computations as to the height of a column of the picture postcards sold in London in a year, and all that. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton They were gone about twenty minutes and returned with a supply of picture postcards to mail to their friends. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation We often promenaded outside when the others were buying picture postcards,” he remarked, with an extra twinkle in his bright eyes. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol The packet contained letters and postcards from Phil, principally picture postcards from different Continental places he had visited after leaving Cambridge. The Hand in the Dark The boarding-house keeper had her own pleasant little note, occasionally, and Emma Ellis had three conscientious picture postcards, but it was to Michael Daragh that the letters came in a steady stream. Jane Journeys On There were picture postcards, a few photographs, and a good many restaurant bills, but they were all from places in Germany and Austria. A Maker of History I brought back some picture postcards of the place. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand It was while the others were addressing their packages and also some picture postcards, that Dave saw a sight that interested him greatly. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret Down into Arizona, where Grandma had to admit that the colors she'd seen on the picture postcards of it were not too bright. Across the Fruited Plain It was one morning when she had gone out alone to buy some picture postcards. Honey-Sweet She noticed a wet scrap of a picture postcard, with the word "Selby" printed in the corner. None Other Gods He sent me a lovely picture postcard once—it was to Timmy Tosswill, Esq.—and then I asked Betty whether she meant to marry him, as he was such a nice sort of man. What Timmy Did You may sell things along the road for some dealer, or for yourself—plaster casts, mosaic brooches, picture postcards, needlework of divers colours. The Lee Shore "I knew him by his mustache," and he produced an old picture postcard from his breast showing the Kaiser with his characteristic mustache. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Then she turned—picture postcards had lost all their charm—and went back to the hotel. Honey-Sweet She had not heard from Frank for nearly three weeks; his last communication had been a picture postcard of Selby Abbey, with the initial "F" neatly printed at the back. None Other Gods He did not find much, however, only a few letters and picture postcards until he came to a deep trouser pocket from which he drew a big German pipe. Combed Out He's a corker, wi' a face like yin o' they pented cupids that the lasses send to the young men on picture postcards. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Raymond found that picture postcards were a great feature of these galleries, and they contained also, of course, many private jests and allusions lost upon the visitor. The Spinners She wandered over to the cigar-stand at one of their hotels, one afternoon, a week before the arrival in Dubuque, to look at a rack of picture postcards. The Real Adventure Judged by that new short-cut to a nation’s moral tone, the picture postcard, the Dutch are quite sound. A Wanderer in Holland A French interpreter, with the Sphinxes' heads on his collar, showed me a picture postcard with a photograph of the chancel as it was five years ago. Unhappy Far-Off Things Please, madam, whose statue is it? and where can I buy a picture postcard of it? Back to Methuselah The spectacle of yesterday and that of to-day are as identical as two picture postcards. Light The picture postcards from him of the Statue of Liberty! The Vertical City Only those who have seen the virulence of the caricatures, circulated by picture postcard, can have any idea of the horrible material on which the German child is fed. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War Thereafter, with shells whistling over his head, he will decorate the parapet in his immediate vicinity with picture postcards and cigarette photographs. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand They say, yell ken, that I was playing in a theatre once, and that when the engagement was ended I gie'd photographs o' masel to all the stage hands picture postcards. Between You and Me An exceedingly ugly little chapel it was, according to the picture postcards. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front And a very old man was harmlessly spreading a stock of picture postcards on the parapet of the bridge. Sacred and Profane Love Of course we have sent a lot of picture postcards to Mother and Dora and Hella; we sent one to Oswald too. A Young Girl's Diary First there are men selling picture postcards; then there are wretched little shop-girls with round bandboxes; then there are bank clerks in tail coats; and then—any number of dressmakers. The Voyage Out The soda fountain, fountain pen, the picture postcard, the umbrella, and the face-powder demonstrator had not yet invaded here. Star-Dust "George is in Paris, at least he was three days ago," and Crosland produced a picture postcard sent to his mother. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles Meanwhile, she covered the wall of her parlour with picture postcards, to bring the outer world of cities and industries into her house. Twilight in Italy He came back with a pile of picture postcards in his hand. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 It was this figure that her husband saw when, having reached the polished Sphinx, having entangled himself with a man selling picture postcards, he turned; the stanza instantly stopped. The Voyage Out "Now, if we wanted a gentleman guest or two more at any time, a picture postcard of her like this, just slightly tinted, in answer to inquiries?" The Far Horizon Her eyes were of the lagoon blue found in picture postcards of Venice and her hair was a curly yellow brush-heap. Ptomaine Street And she used to give him some of the multi-colored sweets that filled the two glass jars in the shop-window: and they would pore over picture postcards together. Jean-Christophe Journey's End If he bought a picture postcard to send home, there was sure to be an olive grove in one corner of it. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Then she went into the movies, and her face became the rage; it was on all the picture postcards. The Nest Builder She moved across to the centre-table where Mr. Lovegrove's books of picture postcards, the miscellaneous consequences of many charity bazaars, and kindred aesthetic treasures reposed, and deposited her work- bag in their company. The Far Horizon Illuminated calendars, gramophones, corsets, picture postcards, Manilla cigars, bridge-scorers, chocolate, exotic fruit, and commodious mansions--these seemed to be the principal objects offered for sale in High Street. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days He wrote a letter to Mr. Drury that night, having thus far used picture postcards until he was ashamed. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment They came, they saw, they conquered, and they tried to buy picture postcards of me. A Fool and His Money But don't you send me any picture postcards of yourself lost in a perilous mountain fastness,—'cause I won't come and rescue you. Patty's Butterfly Days And I roamed about, feeling happily excited, examining the drawing-room, in which nothing was changed except the incandescent light and the picture postcards on the mantelpiece. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns He fumbled out a picture postcard from his inside pocket which seemed to be in its way a species of repository and pushed it along the table. Ulysses "Why," said Joan, halting for a moment on her way to the steps of the old hotel, "this looks like a picture postcard of a bit of Paris." Who Cares? a story of adolescence Its ostensible purpose was to complain of the picture postcards. Where Angels Fear to Tread Kathleen and her sister sent Irish picture postcards to their friends and these friends sent back other Irish picture postcards. Dubliners I do not now travel much out of my way to see the original of the picture postcard. The Angel and the Author, and others Everybody knows Pasquale, the shabby old fellow who, shuffling between the tables, offers for sale cigars, cigarettes, picture postcards, and matches to the clients of the cafe. A Set of Six Stratford-on-Avon, I may tell you, exists almost entirely on the sale of picture postcards and Shakespeare relics, and there was therefore no difficulty in finding seven shops, each with a first-class assortment. The Slowcoach At breakfast that morning Mary had found on her plate a picture postcard of Gobley Great Park. Crome Yellow He took from his pocket a picture postcard that had been sent him by a well-meaning American acquaintance from America. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war The view from the mountain top is less extensive than represented by the picture postcard. The Angel and the Author, and others It must also be clearer than a picture postcard, cleverer than a Limerick competition, quicker than the tram, and kindlier than the tavern. What's Wrong with the World After dinner they sat down to the serious task of writing on the picture postcards which they had bought for themselves, while Gregory earned sixpence by sticking stamps on Mr. Imber's vast supply. The Slowcoach It was evident, on the other hand, from the poem on the back of the picture postcard, that Ivor could very well do without her. Crome Yellow At one corner, which gives the favourite picture postcard from Montana, the rocks project so sharply above the water that the passenger on the gangway must crouch down upon the bending plank as he walks. The Research Magnificent Maybe others have had like experience and the picture postcard as a guide to the Continent has lost its value. The Angel and the Author, and others The lover of quaint architecture travels out of his way to see it, and when he finds it and contrasts it with the picture postcard he gets mad. The Angel and the Author, and others Collins collected picture postcards and adored the family. The Slowcoach I have scores of nephews and nieces, and also many friends, in America, to whom I want to send picture postcards. The Slowcoach Kink skinned the rabbits and Janet and Mary put them in, while Jack and Robert and Horace walked into Cirencester to buy eatables and picture postcards and send off the telegram. The Slowcoach Then, again, maybe, the picture postcard led to disappointment. The Angel and the Author, and others |
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