单词 | red ash |
例句 | From his hand the pipe dangled and then fell, spilling sparks of red ash so that for a moment the earth floor glowed like a deep, star-filled sky. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Rose o' the world, they may talk their fill, For dreams are good, and my life stands still While their lives' red ashes the gossips stir, But my fiddle knows: and I talk to her. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z The red ash follows the courses of streams and lake margins from New Brunswick to the Black Hills and south into Florida, Alabama, and Nebraska. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The hairy form of this tree is known as the red ash. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Yellow violets' gold, Burnt with a rare tint— Violets like red ash Among tufts of grass. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z For one moment the chimney-gap is completely darkened: Gl�mr is looking down it; the flash of the red ash is reflected in the two lustreless eyes. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z A dark cloud of stifling steam shot aloft, and a thick crust of red ashes, which strewed the board, remained the sole memento of the unwelcome intrusion. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Some one got up awkwardly, with muttering, and flung wood upon the red ashes, and presently all that had passed was re-experienced. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z As I protruded my head, a swoop of wind caught me and sent the red ashes of my pipe sparkling and dancing through the darkness. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Smacking the surface, the rock sends a blush of glowing red ash into the air. 2008-09-05T17:14:00Z In America there are several species—such as Fraxinus americana, the white ash; F. pubescens, the red ash; and F. sambucifolia, the black ash. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" As he stared at the red ashes, an earnest of how his future was to shape itself made him feel as if a cool hand were laid soothingly on his brow. The Undying Past But Jeremy stood gazing fixedly at the burning fiddle till the last clear flame died out, and in the great fireplace only a double couch of red ashes preserved the shape of a violin. Deep Moat Grange The fire was now a heap of smouldering red ashes, so that the place was almost in darkness, which, though favouring my efforts, was all against me should these meet with success. A Veldt Vendetta She then fashioned it into a thick bannock, and placing it on the hearth, covered it with the red ashes of the peats. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative An indication of the character of the ash of a coal is afforded by its colour, white ash coals being generally freer from sulphur than those containing iron pyrites, which yield a red ash. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Edward went in-doors; he had no more desire to reckon his stores; he sat by the fire, looking gloomily at the red ashes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 There were farrels of oat-cake, crisp and curly, with just the proper amount of browning on the side where the red ashes of the fire had toasted it. Deep Moat Grange How dark and still it was, for the fires had died down into beds of red ash, and only the stars glimmered along the surface of the river. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West The fire on the height above the lake had died down, the one on the strand was a bed of red ashes. The Wild Geese Yellow violets' gold, burnt with a rare tint— violets like red ash among tufts of grass. Sea Garden In quality it is known as "red ash" and "white ash," the former being the superior. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Bridget entered with a saucepan in her hand, which, before she deigned to take any notice of her husband, she pushed upon the red ashes in the grate. The Dew of Their Youth Or a woman, say—a woman's twisted and naked body, the breasts yet horribly heaving, in the red ashes of some village? or the already dripping hoofs which will presently crush this body? Chivalry As I protruded my head, a swoop of wind caught me and sent the red ashes of my pipe sparkling and dancing through the darkness. Danger! and Other Stories Several potatoes for each scout were duly placed in the red ashes of the fire, and jealously watched, in order that they might not scorch too badly before being thoroughly roasted. Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps A wretched fire was dying out in the grate, almost choked by the red ashes of the very cheapest coal. A Crooked Path A Novel I held the flaming splinter aloft, anxiously scanning the few feet thus revealed, but as it sputtered out, the red ash dropping to the floor, I felt renewed confidence that I was alone, unobserved. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune Lying on his face by the fireplace, in which red ashes still glowed, Gerald Carron lay dead, a revolver near him, his face in a small pool of blood. The Halo The red ashes of the sunset lingered after the fires of the long day had gone down, and the stars came out slowly. The Log School-House on the Columbia By substituting your red ashes from stove coal, an inferior representative of the foregoing paste will be produced. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 On the hearth the fire burned low, and, slipping out of her chair, she sat upon the rug and held her hands out shiveringly to the red ashes slowly turning gray. The Man in Lonely Land Or a woman, say—a woman’s twisted and naked body, the breasts yet horribly heaving, in the red ashes of some village, or the already dripping hoofs which will presently crush this body. Chivalry The red ash is very much like the white, but the wood is less valuable. Among the Trees at Elmridge There are only a few red ashes now. Wuthering Heights Sheaves of sparks and red ashes flew from the funnels, shining in the atmosphere like stars. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The oak and the red ash were consecrated to Donar. Outline of Universal History It seemed useless to argue with her, and he looked at the great red ash of the tallow candle. Esther Waters But his face was pale and sad, and a new fear sprang up in my heart, like a sudden live flame among red ashes. The Powers and Maxine This summit is a group of six red tufa cones, with very little apparent difference in their altitude, and with deep valleys filled with red ash between them. The Hawaiian Archipelago In turning away her face from the vain and glittering world she has adorned, the chase and plaything of men, one pure white flower will bloom from the red ashes of her dead life. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Only it wouldn't be the same thing at all as when it's done in a fire of gum logs, the nuts covered with red ashes, and then peeled and washed down with quartpot tea....' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The ruins of the long dry season were crumbling everywhere: everywhere the dying summer had strewn its red ashes a foot deep, or exhaled its last breath in a red cloud above the troubled highways. Tales of the Argonauts Rose o' the World, they may talk their fill, For dreams are good, and my life stands still While their lives' red ashes the gossips stir; But my fiddle knows—and I talk to her. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 It is called the “Garden Island,” and has no great wastes of black lava and red ash like its neighbours. The Hawaiian Archipelago It was a splendid day, with foam crests on the wonderfully blue water, and the red ashes of the volcano, which forms the south point of the bay, glowed in the sunlight. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan It was Bill the Bargeman, who had knocked his pipe out and the red ash had fallen on the hearth-rug and smouldered there and at last broken into flame. The Railway Children The end of a piece of wood that the fire had eaten through fell on to the red ashes and flamed up brightly. Finished |
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