| 单词 | reedy |
| 例句 | The reedy guy grinned in a now we can be pals way. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s get this over with,” said the reedy voice of the Committee member from inside Hagrid’s cabin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The bullfrog spoke again, and from behind them, far back in some reedy, secret place, another bullfrog answered. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra wandered away on her own, and went to the reedy bank to sit and throw mud into the water. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her voice turned reedy and high-pitched as she imagined what might happen if Permian didn’t make the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The proboscis of the death’s-head hawk moth is used as a kind of reed instrument, blown through to make high-pitched, reedy notes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bronchettes, no longer duty-bound to cheer and serve up those reedy, screechy screams, started dancing away with abandon, their faces fresh and unvarnished by lipstick or rouge powder. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood at the mouth of the alley, all reedy pulse and ravaged spirit, wondering what it all meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The bunk above belongs to Frederick: a reedy boy, thin as a blade of grass, skin as pale as cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “This is great!” she chirruped in her reedy voice, lips wet with anticipation. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The cat’s voice, though cultured, was a high reedy tenor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The creek it crossed was only a reedy trickle, narrow enough to step across, so I decided to go that way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z With a stick broken from a nearby willow she searched through the reedy water, poking around and around the spot where the bag had gone down, working in bigger and bigger circles. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His throat had begun to bother him; his voice had gone hoarse and reedy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In his reedy, piping voice he urged them on to revolution. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a woman’s voice, reedy and low in the darkness of the corridor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They would hear his reedy voice, the one he’d had in the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear his reedy snore through the canvas. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then he straddled his driver’s seat backward and, in his reedy but modulated tenor voice, gave us the new installment of “The Laughing Man.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z When one middle-aged banker with a receding chin, thinning hair, and reedy fingers showed up for dinner one time too many, she heard the doors of her future slamming all around her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Is this faint and reedy tune the only voice for thousands of light-years? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He pondered Mr. Ludsbury’s exclusion from the plot of the fat old men as we watched his figure, reedy even in his winter wraps, move away from us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A little of his voice came back, so that he no longer had to whisper but could bring out his words in a slightly reedy whine. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover’s voice was high and reedy, as if he were terrified, but Jason suspected the satyr had more steel than he let on. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After a time the tumbling sack sank into the reedy water, and all was still. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall and reedy with thinning hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That is believed to be some sort of monster, which the Heir of Slytherin alone can control,” said Professor Binns in his dry, reedy voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Otto avoided the matter entirely by taking to the overhanging vegetation, but the reedy swamp trees weren’t nearly sturdy enough to carry my weight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Because often old men’s voices grow high and reedy and they take on a mincing walk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Yes, and for this he weeps in the night, and this is why he is so pale and so reedy a lad,” answered the eldest son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The male student, reedy and tall with a healthy smattering of acne across both cheeks, looked up and smiled. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Teens are shooting baskets on a cracked court amid a reedy field that stretches to a patch of woods, and a 1¼-mile loop of purpose-built single track. In Roanoke, Va., discovering a gateway to outdoor adventure 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The choir included male altos, with a whiteish, trumpeting tone; the Trinity Baroque Orchestra was composed of period instruments, with a reedy tang. This Is the Best ‘Messiah’ in New York 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z His Lincoln speaks in a reedy drawl that provides a notable counterpoint to the bombastic bellowing of some of his allies and adversaries. Movie Review: ‘Lincoln,’ by Steven Spielberg, Stars Daniel Day-Lewis 2012-11-08T13:00:00Z A horn solo seemed to grow three dimensional as it shifted from full toned to reedy to flutter tongued and was then echoed by the much sharper trumpet. Music Review: Axiom, a Juilliard Ensemble, at Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-13T21:26:23Z “Get in line,” a reedy patron said, indicating the informal queue of unfortunates around him. In Miami, the Brainy Side of the Beach 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z With her reedy, tremulous voice and a piano-centered band, Shires works mostly for high drama. 13 Albums That Revisit (and Redefine!) Holiday Classics 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z As one critic put it, Shear's "reedy singing" probably kept him from solar stardom despite his "uncommon gift for memorable pop hooks and laugh-out-loud-clever lyrics". Old music: Jules Shear and Pal Shazar ? Dreams Dissolve in Tears 2012-05-17T08:10:23Z The other voice — pitched about half an octave higher, blunt, reedy, very winning — pops up in the essays. In ‘Serious Noticing,’ James Wood Closely Reads Chekhov and Others — Including Himself 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Although the instrumentation of the Glass Ensemble remains the same, the keyboards have grown in sophistication, replacing the endearing but reedy sounds of the original Farfisa electric organs. ‘Einstein on the Beach’ Revival at BAM Raises Questions 2012-08-31T14:06:50Z There’s a lot of Sting — reedy tenor, modal melody, hint of reggae — in the song, but it’s a pop treat with a brilliant twist. ArtsBeat Blog: Gotye Fans Turn Out to Sing Along 2011-10-23T18:39:52Z But the sounds were amazing, from hurdy-gurdy bass lines; to mellow, reedy harmonies; to ballpark-organ brassy swells; to alluring melodic lines with the richness of strings. Music Review: Cameron Carpenter Performs on His Touring Instrument 2014-03-10T20:12:51Z “If you fall for me,” Mr. Cruz sings in his high, reedy voice, “I’m not easy to please/I might tear you apart.” Critics? Choice: New CD?s by Christina Aguilera and Lil Jon 2010-06-06T22:04:00Z But despite a somewhat reedy voice, Harris puts across the songs with disarming sincerity and a stirring sense of self-examination. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z An ominous, reedy bass sound brings drama from below. Friday Favorites: USF, Sax G Whiz, ????? 2010-08-27T17:09:00Z "It's a little reedy and gravelly, right?" he asks Dorn, who is sitting behind a mixing board. Sound of the White Buffalo can be found between tenderness and a growl 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z And she sings in a wiry, reedy voice that’s by no means as guileless as it sounds; there’s always an intellectual superstructure. Jenny Hval Makes Ideas Sing 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Krowl describes his voice as “high-pitched and reedy” in a Library of Congress blog post. 10 things you may not know about Abraham Lincoln 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The reedy woodwinds, mellow brass and velvety strings have such distinctive colorings that strange inner voices and fitful contrapuntal crosscurrents in the music emerged anew. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z The Children’s Chorus of Washington offered reedy innocence juxtaposed with the worldlier sound of soprano soloist Amy Owens. Review | Noseda, NSO find the fun in a sacred and profane program 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z In the midst of these swirling sights and sounds stands a reedy, bearded man, whose angular postures suggest both unusual pliability and fragility. Review: Listening (Yes, Listening) to the Beauty of van Gogh 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Halfway through the episode, District Attorney Jack McCoy appears — his voice reedier, his hair and eyebrows more silver — telling a younger colleague, “Like it or not, the big bad police department is our partner.” Sam Waterston Is Still the Face of ‘Law & Order’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z You and Axel Rose and David Lee Roth all have this high-pitched, reedy delivery. MÖtley CrÜe's Vince Neil on Sex, Drugs and Rock' N' Roll 2010-10-04T08:30:00Z There is uncanny richness in the reedy woodwinds, mellow brass and, especially, the russet strings. Music Review: St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Denis Kozhukhin Perform 2014-02-14T22:30:29Z He tempered his more grating tendencies in the show, easing up on the nasal twinge of “Matilda” and striking an accord between reedy and soothing on “Dissolve Me.” Music Review: Alt-J, From England, Makes Its Brooklyn Debut at Glasslands 2012-08-08T22:14:11Z Minnelli's husky intonations contrasted dramatically with Cumming's reedy tenor for their duets, which were augmented by little waltzes and plenty of banter and embracing. Liza Minnelli, Alan Cumming turn friendship into hit show 2013-03-14T05:30:17Z But for me, it was still highly enjoyable to watch Mr. Jobim, with that soft, reedy Jobim voice, singing his grandfather’s famous songs. Pursuits: Moving to the Rhythms of Rio 2013-07-12T17:36:49Z Mr. Nelsons drew vivid colors — dark strings, reedy woodwinds, mellow brasses — and impressive clarity from the orchestra. Review: Jonas Kaufmann Takes a Big Step Toward ‘Tristan’ 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Her reedy, determined voice and her subtly accomplished guitar parts defy any thoughts of fragility. Music Review: Laura Marling Brings Folk Traditions to City Winery 2010-05-16T22:35:00Z Opener Where Did She Go, with a reedy organ line wobbling over bashed guitar and wide-eyed harmonies, is one of the pop excursions – See Emily Play perhaps. The Sufis: S.U.F.I. – review 2012-07-05T21:00:02Z The songs are built around delicate guitar syncopations and hints of Celtic modes and bossa nova, with Mr. Watt lingering over the melodies in his tender, reedy croon. Ben Watt, Mournful but Optimistic, at Joe’s Pub 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Krotov, who is reedy of build and light of beard, looked at his shoes. Turning the Torture Report Into a Book 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Between rapids, we paddled through stretches of calm water that sometimes widened into small, reedy lakes. Explorer: On Quebec Fur Traders? Trail, With a Paddle 2011-07-01T17:00:00Z Her singing voice is reedy and at times off-key. Review: That ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Close-Up, Finely Focused 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Down a corridor, we spotted his reedy frame bent close to a descriptive panel. Urban bourbon: A whiskey lover’s jaunt through Louisville 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In the video game Dante is no longer a reedy, introspective poet but a knight who returns home from the Crusades to find that his beloved Beatrice has been brutally murdered. 2010-01-30T05:20:00Z Ms. Ballard and the performers have fleshed out a playing edition of seductive, varied textures: mellow recorders, reedy strings and shuddering percussion, with tightly massed choral harmonies. Music Review: ‘The Play of Daniel’ at the Cloisters 2013-01-13T21:22:12Z At Saks, reedy shapes and flared minis, and more vanguard looks like Marc Jacobs’s sports-inspired skirts embellished with a racing stripe, are projected best sellers. Spring Fashion: Only the Half of It: The Skirt, and Its Shape, Are in Play This Season 2012-03-21T22:05:04Z The orchestra's lithe strings, reedy woodwinds and mellow brass were his allies in clarification. Under Gatti, French National Orchestra focuses on style, color 2011-04-14T17:25:00Z Dressed in black, scowly as hell, and with that creepy, reedy intonation, Olivier's interpretation defined Richard as evil Crookback, of whom we should be grateful to Henry Tudor that we are rid. Richard III – a career in clips 2013-02-04T17:28:00Z And yes, it doesn’t quite seem like a sport—although it’s worth noting that the Associated Press started running spelling bee stories on its sports wire recently—and yes, these are reedy, brace-faced, terrified tweens. Spelling bees make trolls of us all 2013-06-01T15:00:00Z On Monday, there were times when he pulled you in with his reedy sound and charisma. Review: The Met’s New ‘Samson’ Succeeds Only as Kitsch 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Cuénod's suave, reedy tone and immaculate diction made him an exquisite, sensitive interpreter of mélodies. Hugues Cu?nod obituary 2010-12-08T19:10:00Z Rousset uses one of the oldest surviving French harpsichords for the recording, too – a recently restored instrument from 1658, with a beautifully reedy sound that suits these pieces perfectly. Couperin: Suites 2010-07-15T21:45:00Z He’s got a reedy voice that is typically made even more needling with digital manipulation. Critic’s Notebook: K-Pop’s Antic Emissary Raids the Cupboard 2013-09-15T22:01:32Z “Its color ranges from a darkly resonant chest register to a brilliantly focused top with a middle register that she makes velvet soft or reedy according to her expressive intent.” Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79 2010-06-18T03:55:00Z It’s an awkward pose, but it suits Ms. Kotze’s reedy, articulate body. Dance Review: ‘Devouring Devouring’ at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theater 2012-12-16T19:57:04Z Vogue said he was a “boyishly cute heavy-metal-looking dude,” while The New York Post called him “a reedy peacock of a rock boy.” Rocking on His Own, Lady Gaga?s Ex 2012-03-07T20:50:25Z It’s doleful and insistent, a reedy high tenor that sails up to a plummy, androgynous falsetto. Sam Smith’s Sold-Out Show at Madison Square Garden 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The demo "Fear and Trembling" shows off his reedy tenor voice, ringing almost completely unadorned save for foggy background vocals and a loop that sounds like several clocks softly whisper-clicking. Friday Favorites: I Low, USF, Fatal Lucciauno 2010-06-18T16:42:00Z That slightly reedy tone, telling in bel canto, sounds severe when he turns to Mozart's Tito. Juan Diego Fl?rez - review 2011-01-21T18:07:28Z Its Bigger, played by Ashton Sanders, is a reedy figure with a husky voice, an alt-rock dandy with his hair dyed toxic green and his nails painted goth black. A New Adaptation of “Native Son” Reaches the Limits of What the Text Has to Offer 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z It was in his voice, a reedy, quavering high tenor that could sound like he was pondering every line he sang. David Crosby’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “How do you say to my face, ‘Time heals?’” he sings in a reedy, vulnerable falsetto, “Then go and leave me again, unreal.” Drake Looks for Love, Repeatedly, and 9 More New Songs 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Still, what was left was hardly conventional: Whirlwind, from 1975's Siren, pitches the hiccups, tics and weird stresses than constituted Bryan Ferry's vocal style against a ferociously distorted, effect-laden guitar and reedy garage-rock organ. Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 – review 2012-08-02T14:30:02Z Mr. Leleux’s rich, reedy sound and slightly cool allure combined beautifully with Ms. Batiashvili’s melting lyricism and articulate grace in the bantering exchanges and interplay. Review: With Bach as a Catalyst, Thierry Escaich’s Lavish Concerto 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Moore’s personal charm, her reedy, earnest, sometimes quavering voice, and the confidence and heart she brought to the role had plenty to do with it. Postscript: Mary Tyler Moore 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z His voice was reedy, grainy and prematurely grizzled; decades later, his tone hasn’t changed. Review: It’s a Wild, but Peaceful, World for the Former Cat Stevens 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Dermota’s singing, though lyrical and tender, is sometimes a little reedy and pinched at the top. Classical Playlist: Puccini, Messiaen, Schubert and More 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z McShee's voice is still girlish and reedy, requiring a sound system that permits her to soar above the intricate arrangements. Pentangle ? review 2011-08-03T17:26:04Z The lead music and orchestration is by Ada Westfall, whose reedy vocals sometimes overtake the content, and whose lyrics occasionally steer the production into oversentimentality. ‘Remnant’ Review: A Digital Fog of War, and Its Aftermath 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z During that stay at home, he found his sound — warm piano ballads filled with artful chord transitions and arrangements that didn't disguise his reedy but earnest vocals. Tobias Jesso Jr. has new album, 'Goon,' and rising cred as songwriter 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “He would drop in, and I always had a big stack of paper by my typewriter,” Mr. O’Brien said in his reedy voice, which sounds perpetually amused, perpetually detached. Glenn O’Brien Reinvents Himself (Yet Again) 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The six singers of Delitiae Musicae clearly relish those musical risks, occasionally perhaps just a little too much: passing dissonances are sometimes emphasised rather obviously and the voices sometimes acquire a reedy edge. Gesualdo: Madrigals Book 3 ? review 2011-07-14T21:30:01Z Day and night, a reedy, nagging, muffled voice wafting through the walls, rising from the floorboards: “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He imposes a reedy, naïve-sounding voice and strong ideas about aural space on sturdy American traditions, from Georgia Sea Island songs to R. Kelly. Redrawing Rhythmic Strategies 2010-12-17T14:43:11Z Despite the toxic military interlude, much living goes on out there, from sea sponges to swamp rabbits, amid brackish lagoons, pine flats and reedy wetlands. An Untamed Island Meets Its Match 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z In his reedy, rumbling voice, he said, “I don’t become the most pleasant guy to live with.” Doc Severinsen Recalls High Notes, Low Notes and Everything in Between 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z As he plays his acoustic and electric guitars left-handed, Mr. Howard’s songs seem to cascade from his fingers, gathering words and melodies as they go, carrying his reedy, tremulous voice as their crescendos surge. Music Review: Ben Howard at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-04-03T21:27:26Z But Eilish has a husky, slurring voice that she can thin out to reedy. Billie Eilish and the Changing Face of Pop 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Her voice, in real time, is a reedy soprano that hints at a higher register Stevie Nicks, seizing attention a with fluttering vibrato that sharpens the emotional peaks. CMJ 2014: Make That R-Y-N Weaver 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The hyperactive pipa and the spacious komungo, as string instruments, made relative peace with each other, but the unearthly, reedy sho seemed hard put to enter the conversation. Review: Music From Japan Brings In Some Neighbors as Well 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The winds were almost wild in a grinding, grim account of the introduction to “Siegfried” on Saturday, and gawkily reedy — at once sinister and whimsical — as Hagen and Gutrune plotted in “Götterdämmerung” on Monday. At Bayreuth, the Work on Wagner’s Operas Is Never Done 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z "Here we are at this fair in Iowa in the middle of nowhere," Adkins recalls, his reedy speaking voice rattling through a small, comfortable second-floor room at his publicist's Music Row office in Nashville. Trace Adkins "Back in Town" with renewed energy 2010-07-17T02:02:00Z The symphony’s five movements use reedy synthetic tones in fast, jittery, nearly nonstop pulsations, repeating and arpeggiating, coalescing into sustained chords or ricocheting from ear to ear, with melodies emerging to defy the surrounding hyperactivity. Playlistjon Pareles: A Symphony on a Chip Packed in a Jewel Box, And Visions of Love 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z It’s disorienting to hear C-3PO’s voice, which is higher and reedier than Daniels’ own, emerging from the lips of this gentle white-haired man in jeans and a checked shirt. 'The secrecy has been ludicrous': Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels on the new film and his life as C-3PO 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Structured as a palindrome, the Trio stretches the typically pointillist sounds of Serialism into washes of reedy color. La Monte Young Is Still Patiently Working on a Glacial Scale 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Vasquez plays the role of a train-hopping hobo, his reedy voice evoking images of a drifter wandering from town to town. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z These musicians cultivate the characteristic Russian orchestral sound, with dark, mellow strings, reedy, plaintive woodwinds and weighty, soft-edged brasses. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-07T21:24:21Z If reedy organ samples and insistent, repetitive rhythms suggested an inheritance from Mr. Glass, concision and a holistic integration of digital media indicated Mr. Muhly’s divergent path. Music Review: Tune-In Music Festival Salutes Philip Glass 2012-02-28T23:15:03Z Mr. Roth, who read narrative passages from “Letting Go” in a gentle, reedy voice, kicked into high gear rendering the Yiddish-inflected dialogue of Levy and Korngold, two old men in a run-down rooming house. Hearing Genuine Voices of Midcentury Fiction 2014-01-19T22:40:18Z We even enjoy the later numbers in which Zegler, launched into fame as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” downshifts her Broadway pipes into a reedy, expressive Dolly Parton twang. ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Review: Fallen Snow 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z He has a distinctive sound with a reedy coloring. Critic?s Notebook: A Blizzard This Summer at Glimmerglass 2011-08-02T16:06:03Z The night’s central revelation was just how good Sting sounded as a harmony vocalist, his reedy voice blending beautifully with Simon’s more delicate, workmanlike phrasing on Sting’s “Fragile” and Simon’s eternal “The Boxer.” Paul Simon and Sting at the United Center 2014-02-26T06:48:00Z A reedy man with a long, sandy mullet presses a chain saw to the base of a tree trunk. The New Generation of Self-Created Utopias 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z It begins mysteriously, with Mr. Wu playing reedy, sustained tones that keep splitting into pungent chords or pinging clusters. Review: Susanna Malkki Returns to the New York Philharmonic 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z In certain arrangements, the lead part is delegated to a single, harmony-supported voice, be it Lambert’s tart timbre or Monroe and Presley’s willowy and reedy textures. Country’s Fierce Supergroup Pistol Annies Returns, Humor Intact (and Baby on the Way) 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It begins with what seems a disorienting call to attention: thin, reedy chords, sometimes sustained and sometimes slippery, are played in high registers by woodwinds and percussion. Review: With ‘Tao,’ Philharmonic Dives Deeper Into Andriessen 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Slumberous of eye and softly reedy along the lines of Veronica Lake, she acts in the quiet way of catnip and sings a song from deep down in her throat. In The Times: Remembering Lauren Bacall 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z His light baritone was, fittingly, reedy and could sometimes fail him in the upper registers. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z The orchestra’s clear, transparent textures emphasized the work’s debt to the Baroque, and Ms. Josefowicz’s reedy tone blended in beautifully. Music in Review: ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY 2011-03-07T21:45:11Z But Mr. Glass, in those early days, did not want just any keyboards: he was fond of the reedy sound of the Farfisa organ. In a Forest of Instruments, Signs of Evolution 2010-09-03T17:20:00Z Handel's setting of the same text was another matter, displaying Bostridge's reedy tenor – admirably focused and flawlessly tuned – and expressive intelligence to advantage. With tenor Bostridge, rare Baroque arias sound newly minted 2011-05-08T12:35:00Z Soon he was composing his own melodies and, with his reedy tenor, singing songs beloved by the sect for their tenderness, gracefulness and fervor. Ben Zion Shenker, Rabbi Who Wrote Prayer Melodies, Dies at 91 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z In certain episodes, he sounded like an avant-garde jazz clarinetist, all reedy lines, rude bleats and banshee shrieks. Review: A Composer’s Mystical Music Gets the Space It Demands 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Blending with the strings but with a reedy brightness that complemented the winds and brasses, her sitar was a persuasive orchestral chameleon. Review: A Concerto in Which East Meets West, and Peace Reigns 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z While he croons in his reedy near-whistle, his friends titter and offer occasional grunts of approval and excitement, feeding Lamar’s own satisfied glee. Kendrick Lamar’s Latest Restless Innovation 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z His singing voice, as usual, was reedy and resilient, satiny along the edges but flinty at its core. Music Review: Sting at Roseland Ballroom - Review 2011-11-09T22:11:10Z Mr. Galouzine’s sound was sometimes raw and leathery, and his tone had the slightly nasal, reedy colors of many Russian tenors, which is not to all tastes. Music Review: Betting on Not-So-Sure Things: Love and a Trick to Win at Cards 2011-03-13T22:08:17Z And yes, some of the young soloists’ voices — that of the Eurydice, Francesca Aspromonte, in particular — had that typical straight, slightly reedy, almost folk-singer quality that comes when trained singers perform without vibrato. Gardiner leads pastoral celebration with memorable ‘Orfeo’ 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z After “Raw Nerves,” an interlude with Ms. Morrison, whose reedy elegance enhanced the idea of intersecting lines as she toe-heeled her way across the floor, “Blue Room” resumed. Dance Review: Elena Demyanenko and Dai Jian Collaborate 2014-02-16T21:32:46Z From the quiet plucked opening onward he sounded more in his element in Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata, in which his reedy, slender tone better served the work’s austerely expressive purpose. Music Review: A Viola and a Piano in Search of Common Ground 2011-05-01T21:13:51Z Choirs of reedy woodwinds and delicate, sometimes scratchy string sounds permeated the space. A New Work by John Luther Adams Debuts at Lincoln Center 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z “What am I supposed to do about it? Dying day,” Mr. Schatz sang, confronting mortality with confidence and exasperation in his piquantly reedy voice. Landlady Previews Its First Album at Rough Trade NYC 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z They both have shoulder-length brown hair, freckles and the reedy physicality of young athletes. ‘It’s hard to put the brakes on it. We doubled down’: Charli D’Amelio and the first family of TikTok 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z The state has bused thousands of migrants to East Coast cities like New York and lined the reedy banks of the Rio Grande with concertina wire. Texas Patrols Its Own Border, Pushing Legal Limits 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Buried under this cloudy pork-based broth is a tangle of noodles so thin and reedy, they look like they might break under questioning. Review | Seven restaurant soups to transport you far from home this winter 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Despite a reedy 6-2 frame, Miller has a fastball that can hit 100 mph and a power slider. J.P. Crawford struggling thanks to injuries, timing but still key player for Mariners 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z In the act of gathering major experience, this reedy blond with a sturdy mind has been gathering major experience like mad. ‘This one stings,’ but Will Zalatoris keeps the faith after latest close call 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Driving south from Kyiv, the highway leaves behind the dense pine forests and reedy swamps of northern Ukraine, and the landscape opens into expansive plains. Russia’s grave miscalculation: Ukrainians would collaborate 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Using mostly a fastball that ranged from 96-98 mph and a biting slider, he showed power stuff despite a reedy frame that looks more like a backup infielder. Mariners catch glimpse of pitching future in George Kirby, Matt Brash 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z How does such a reedy guy carry so much weight? As Riff, Mike Faist runs wild on 'West Side Story.' With Spielberg's blessing 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z He had a reedy, nasal voice with little resonance or range, but he became an engaging and laconic interpreter of his own songs. Dave Frishberg, composer and performer of inventive, witty jazz songs, dies at 88 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z As Don Ramiro, South African tenor Levy Sekgapane possessed the reedy lyric voice that one hears a lot in Rossini; the highest notes didn’t exactly ring, but they were there. Review: LA Opera stages an incongruous albeit successful ‘La Cenerentola’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z While Collins’s vocals got stronger as the night went on, his voice seemed reedy and thin at the beginning of the show. Review | A frail but in command Phil Collins guides Genesis in a potential farewell 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z He was slow-spoken and old-timey, with a deep, reedy voice like Uncle Jonah, who had died in Sissy’s childhood, who they said was 110 and had lived through the worst and best of everything. On a Summer Night in Selma, an Eerie Carnival Comes to Town 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z When I visited him there last March, he ushered me across a reedy moat and into the kitchen. How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Recorded at the same session as Transmission, it is off-key and strangely tinny, features a reedy garage rock organ, and is notable mainly for Stephen Morris’s hyperactive drumming. Joy Division: all of their songs, ranked! 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z All is well, they exclaim in a reedy wail. The bubblicious Trump campaign 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z She also noted that they appear “thin and reedy,” and “if one were to categorize these structures, one would dub them a type of archeological minimalism.” Deere foundry cast huge sculptures for acclaimed artist 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The reedy and redheaded rising actor Oscar-nominated for “Manchester by the Sea” looks nothing like LaBeouf yet nails his mannerisms, his voice, his physicality and restless energy. Review: Shia LaBeouf bares a tortured soul in autobiographical 'Honey Boy' 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Gross, a shy, slender man with a reedy voice and a creeping wit, is recessive in the ways that Gray is dominant. James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The most famous recording, of “Ave Maria,” was made in 1904, when Moreschi was past his prime; his voice, thin and reedy, sounds less blissfully celestial than tragically spectral. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z His reedy voice cracked and rose and his eyes welled as he talked about Trump. The Life of Reilly: From celebrity sportswriter to Internet punchline to Trump antagonist 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z When I saw Bolton in his office, on a frigid winter day, he was mild-mannered and spoke in a reedy voice that belied his ferocious opinions. John Bolton on the Warpath 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Short and slight with neat hair and a slightly reedy voice, he speaks earnestly, beginning by rattling off his extremely impressive resumé. ‘Pete! Pete! Pete!’ Buttigieg fever hits New Hampshire – can he keep up the pace? 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z As we listened, Sam Amidon’s reedy tenor began to hum, and then another voice joined him, and another. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z His precise pronunciation seemed at odds with his strange, reedy voice. In the "The Hod King," a man goes on a mystical quest when his wife vanishes on their steampunkish honeymoon 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z One was a tall, reedy man named Song Hai; the other, a slight, older woman named Shi Yumei, whose protracted weeping on the long flight from Beijing had concerned an attendant. The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z As the performance progressed Perlman loosened up, and despite the now reedy tone and effortful intonation, you could sense the Perlman of legend. Review: Itzhak Perlman shows his staying power at 50th Hollywood Bowl anniversary 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service is planning a prescribed burn this spring to reduce an invasive, reedy plant in part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. Prescribed burn to reduce phragmites in wildlife refuge 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Some are a little broad, but high-as-a-kite Coleman sounds a delightful idiot, and Serge, with his reedy voice and brisk tone, comes across as both brilliant and impatient. With days like these, take time to listen and laugh 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z It was high-pitched and reedy, like a pin scratching metal. This Hummingbird Chirps Like an Insect. Can It Hear Its Own Sound? 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Sting’s reedy voice provides a nice corollary to Young’s, while his bass lines flirt with a fine electric piano solo by Gerry Richardson. From Kurt Cobain to Adele: early demos from the biggest names in music 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z As his reedy legs wobbled, his 13-year-old son thrust a cane into his hand. Recalling a Tortured Past, Iraqi Kurds to Vote on Independence 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z And from photographs of this boyish, reedy, bespectacled figure, one would scarcely guess his importance in at multiple key intersections of twentieth-century science and politics. History: Of chemistry and conflict : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The mother of all destruction: too tall, too dense, a reedy conqueror of plant life and human serenity. Invasion of the Garden Snatcher and Other Tales of Suburban Apocalypse 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The call in this case is a unique sound that is reedy, lush, blood-stirring and dense with harmonics. He’s there for people who hear the call of the bagpipes 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The first few bites are unmemorable – it’s a turnip! – but at the very center there is a bite or two in which the shiso, the licorice-y hoja santa and the vegetable sing in reedy harmony. Jonathan Gold's 10 best dishes of 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The performance is halting and the tone reedy. Listening to the music of Turing's computer - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Celebratory balloons had been strung from the rafters at Nirmal Hriday Home for the Dying Destitute, and they bounced around merrily under the overhead fans while nuns sang hymns in reedy voices. Kolkata Testifies to the Grace of Mother Teresa, Its New Saint 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z He looks strong, but so do the reedy kids around him, dancing back and forth, peppering pads with sharp jabs, getting ready for competitions that could be their shot at a glorious career in MMA. The battle to protect fighters in the fastest-growing, least-regulated sport in America 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Ehrlich managed to juggle his duties as the band’s lead singer and drummer, his reedy, lovelorn falsetto emerging from behind a full kit; Kakacek unspooled sweet, intricate guitar melodies a few steps to his right. What it's like to be a band on the SXSW grind, as told by Whitney 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z As I listened to the reedy murmurings of my patient’s breath, I tried to sort through my own feelings. A Doctor in the Neighborhood 1462-04-06T05:00:00Z The band’s new LP Thought Rock Fish Scale is hitting shelves in February, and it’s full of songs like "Roll It": wistful, reedy, and recorded live to tape. This is your next jam: Brandy, Yeasayer, and more 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z So sad!” she says, her voice high and reedy. Diana Athill: ‘I expected to be shattered at the loss of my baby, and I wasn't' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z He speaks in a slow baritone, not the reedy twang of many rural Kansans. The Kansas Experiment 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z His right hand man was Ali, a reedy twenty-something with green eyes. A walk through the monumental ruins of ancient Palmyra--before Islamic State swept in 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z At thirty-six, Palacios has an undergraduate’s reedy build and a gentle way of speaking that makes wildly ambitious notions seem plausible. Graphene: Fast, Strong, Cheap, and Impossible to Use | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to be here,” Warren says in a reedy voice. Daughters tend to aging parents more often than sons, but some are seeking a change Balanced on a reedy bluff overlooking the Columbia River, the replica Stonehenge was designed to line its central archway directly with the rising sun on the solstice. Dozens mark summer solstice at replica Stonehenge 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Kellen, who is a reedy 150 pounds, acknowledged that his decision not to play this season was made easier because, as he said, “I knew I wasn’t going to be a college basketball player.” Midwest: Kellen Marshall Is Enjoying His Time on Wichita State’s Bench 2014-03-22T20:30:59Z Woods was faster and more fluid when he was a thinner, reedy player. Jenkins: Tiger Woods faces major decisions about his health and future 2014-03-19T23:36:14Z “You know, lad, this love business is a powerful thing,” he says in Merlin’s reedy, old man’s voice. Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney 2014-03-07T16:11:44Z Arbos inexplicably wound up in the top three of the remaining contestants, despite a reedy, squirm-inducing rendition of Queen’s “We Are the Champions” the night before. Idol Tweets: Mapping the Social Space with Twitter 2013-05-13T12:15:06.753Z It reports on a study of nearly 800 male leaders of US companies that found those with the deepest voices earned more on average than those with reedier tones. Papers examine EU referendum row 2013-05-13T05:21:45Z Yet when he spoke, a high and reedy voice twanged forth incongruously. Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z Increasingly, people are turning to "softer" measures like rebuilding oyster beds, cultivating reedy buffers along a city's coastal edges, building natural earth systems like dunes and using zoning to restrict development on shorelines. Green Blog: How Should New York Rebuild? 2012-12-06T16:09:17Z Honestly, what could a scrawny, liberal-intellectual girly-man with a reedy voice really tell us about such a close election, relying on something as magically intangible as numerical wizardry? Why Math is Like the Honey Badger: Nate Silver Ascendant 2012-11-08T02:15:00.237Z But by the ’50s, hockey was starting to be dominated by sturdier, more physical types, like Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau and Bobby Hull, and the days of small, reedy stars like Raleigh were ending. An Appraisal: Don Raleigh, the Rangers’ Renaissance Man 2012-08-25T15:52:10Z How sweet the frogs by reedy Mantuan marges Cried in the broken moonlight round the barges, Where, glib decline of glass, the Mincio's march Flaws in a riot at the Causeway arch! Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z The shores abreast of us were still low and reedy, but ahead the slopes of green wooded hills rose gently from the stream. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Pan!—how he did weep to find Naught but a lovely sighing of the wind Along the reedy stream; a half-heard strain Full of sweet desolation—balmy pain.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Near the inn, and a hundred yards or so from the road, was a reedy pool. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The song of the male is very pleasing, the voice having more depth and mellowness than is usual with the smaller fringilline singers, which, as a rule, have thin, reedy, and tremulous notes. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Bushy and reedy some--some tawny with the paled glories of dead water-lilies. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Windswallows that hover Towards the rainclouds of the horizon, Out of the reedy harbours Rocking, swaying, falling, Blown to sea and parted Yesterday, Yesterday. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z These marshes are overspread with a luxuriant growth of tall reedy cane grass. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z After the inundations reedy grass grows in the hollows. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The road follows the western branch of the Euphrates, the Frat, a reedy and winding stream. 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 Rhyme on, rhyme on in reedy flow, O river, rhymer ever sweet! Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z Beyond it stretched a dim vista of more rock and reedy pines that shut in the sound. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z At this moment he was on the edge of a reedy swamp, like those which he had skirted more than once since he left the tell. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Then the beasts were driven in batches to the reedy pool, and came flying back helter-skelter through the archway, some fighting, others playing, many rolling. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z From a reedy swamp near it ducks rose in such numbers as literally to darken the air. 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 On an islet in the middle of a reedy mere, some half-mile to the east, a pair of great white trumpeter swans had their nest, scornful of concealment. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The frogs croak dismally in the reedy shallows. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "You mustn't meddle with it," said the man in the same reedy, oboe voice. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Near the south-east end is a shallow reedy mere, fringed by a fertile swampiness, which produces extraordinary crops of grass far out into the middle of the level. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Along the eastern horizon a dark forest-girt ridge hemmed in the reedy 153 widespread, through which the gleaming Fox twisted and doubled upon itself like a silvery serpent in agony. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z From the rear of the apartment came Ede's voice, reedy and with a bit of a whine. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z It is nine years ago since he wrought it Where reedy old Tiber is king, And chapter by chapter he brought it— And read her the Rose and the Ring. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Past the olive plantations lay a stretch of low-lying reedy marsh. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The reedy marshes, the haunts of pelicans and pigs, are left behind at Aimarah, and tamarisk scrub and liquorice appear on the banks. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Darting under a quaint rustic foot-bridge made of rough poles, which on its high trestles stalks over a wide expanse of reedy bog like a giant "stick-bug," we emerged into First Lake. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Did giant Lizards come and couch before you on the reedy banks? Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z In complete amity we reached the lake, a reedy strip of water that twisted in and out between low hills, its indeterminate shores cloaked with reeds. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z It is a shy bird, like the last species, confining itself exclusively to reedy marshes, and building its nest close to the water's edge. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z For, indeed, the only water is a brackish reedy pool, with its slime well stirred by the feet of animals, and every man's hand is against his brother. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The Bitterns are usually solitary birds inhabiting grassy or reedy marshes where their colors harmonize with their surroundings and render them difficult to see. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The roof and walls are thatched with arundinaria, but so imperfectly that wind and rain find easy access through their reedy covering. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Diss, dis, n. an Algerian reedy grass used for cordage. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The nest is usually placed near the edge of a reedy lake or large river, having a well-beaten track leading to it from the water's edge. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The lake isn’t so deep — reedy near the shore and less than 70 feet at its deepest — but still. Green Blog: For 3 Boys, an Excellent Adventure 2011-10-05T11:04:00Z Call, chip; song, a reedy warble resembling in tone that of a Long-billed Marsh Wren. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The baronet came on a tricycle, looking reedy in his light suit, but very dignified. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Smoke from the camp fires of the Continentals made a haze all along the reedy waterfront. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The bellies are nearly always of a fine reedy nature. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z The clumsy catfish floundered along the shallows and reedy bayous in company with the solemn red-horse and a long line of other fishes of present and past generations. Fly Fishing in Wonderland 2011-09-01T02:00:22.230Z A hoarse, nasal, reedy car resembling the call of the young of No. 488. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Oh wonderful Orosei with your almonds and your reedy river, throbbing, throbbing with light and the sea's nearness, and all so lost, in a world long gone by, lingering as legends linger on. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Almost at the same moment, a voice at once reedy and nasal, was heard snarling some directions to a servant, and evidently approaching. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z Shipping his paddle, he lay back in the boat and plunged his arms up to the elbow in the cool, reedy water. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z "I warrant she will na," piped up old Ned Saddler, in his reedy voice. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z Abraham Lincoln possessed a reedy speaking voice and a distracting accent associated at the time with the uneducated; in today’s politics, he would be a miserable failure. Baseball, Tim Pawlenty and Celebrity Politics: Stephen L. Carter 2011-08-18T00:24:01Z For about two miles I followed the torrent which wound through loose blocks of granite, and frequently could scarce get through the tall ferns and reedy plants which grew between the wildly scattered boulders. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Then there is a knock at the door, and together in quavering, reedy voices, they call, "Come in," as before. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z While it was a-building David had explained that if the stream overflowed here it would be over the reedy meadows near the river, which would be none the worse for a soaking. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Her name was Gretchen, but we used to call her Clarionette, for that seemed to suit best with her horrid, reedy, croaky voice. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z Noiseless as ghosts, paddler and shooter glide along the even path till, alarmed by some keener sense than is given us, up rise wood duck, dusky duck, and teal from their reedy cover. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The sweat poured down his face, his knees failed him; he sank down in the tall, reedy grass, sobbing as he cooled his burning face in the moist, dewy earth. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z You will meet there, by a reedy lagoon, a man with two horses. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z A quiet reedy call replaces the "peep" note. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z As she heard the few reedy notes of this little tune, she felt something which she had never known before. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z Perhaps a great heron too intent on his fishing or frogging, or dozing in the fancied seclusion of his reedy bower, springs up within short range and goes lagging away on his broad vans. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z After about two miles the bush thins off, and gives place to gorse, and reedy ponds in the hollows, and short turf on which cattle and sheep are grazing. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z But his light, reedy voice lacks the zest and heft that can turn Loesser’s songs into occasions. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Are Musicals Losing Their Voices? 2011-04-14T17:20:27Z Only once they had taken the plunge, the little fellows decided to swim out to a reedy islet where they could rest. The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns 2011-04-03T02:00:18.337Z “I like this reedy, weedy part,” laughed Katherine, her feet dipping in up to her ankles. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z As he crossed the reedy and moist soil of the moat, the noise of a falling object directed his steps towards a part of the wall where a ladder of cords awaited him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z The sun was setting across an expanse of marshy water surrounded by low, reedy shores when we unspanned. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Riga and the line of the river south of it were defended by great stretches of bogland, and the patches of dry ground were cut up by many sluggish streams flowing in reedy channels. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z One hand shakes constantly and his reedy voice is tremulous. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z The earth beneath us was a black, rich vegetable mould, into which the cart-wheels sank a foot deep; a rank, reedy grass grew round the roots of the trees, and sheltered rattlesnakes and reptiles. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Here and there, upon the river's brink, are pairs of what seem lovers, strolling by the reedy marge, or sitting upon the low tombs, in the Sabbath quiet. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z I, well content, where Thames with refluent tide My native city laves, meantime reside, Nor zeal, nor duty, now my steps impel To reedy Cam, and my forbidden cell. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z When Miss Barnes passed the door later she heard the twang of a guitar and Amelia's reedy voice raised in song. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z We took Fan and Bruno with us, and went slowly along the left bank of the lake, winding our way among reedy thickets, which frequently turned us aside a considerable distance from the water. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Innumerable flocks of wild fowl were disporting among the reedy islets, and here and there the great black loon was seen diving and dipping, or skimming over the waters. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z At that point the river ran past the mouth of a backwater, an old channel, now an almost currentless little lake, reedy, with shores of floating bog and bottomed with ooze of unknown depth. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z The reitbok, as its name implies, inhabits the reedy bottoms by the margins of streams and rivers, and its food consists of plants growing in humid and marshy situations. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Looking like tall, reedy sprouts amid the jumping spots they call Jungle and Capone’s Chair, the shirtless boys scanned the horizon, searching for someone to impress. | The Cliffs: A Long Jump to Manhood in the Bronx 2010-07-18T01:08:00Z With his jumbled syntax, reedy voice and wiry frame, Paul is the opposite of a state-of-the-art jut-jawed pol like Mitt Romney. Rand and Ron 2010-05-27T08:10:00Z She laughed, and springing up, threw back her head and began a bird song, her slender throat pulsing to the shake and reedy trill. The Valiants of Virginia While Katrine, Gladwin, and perhaps Diana could manage a sketch of trees, hayfield, or reedy river, the others demanded something more palpable in the way of drawing. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life It was impossible to face the scud and spoondrift from the furious sea; but to leeward he caught a glimpse of a marsh flooded with salt water, its reedy vegetation beaten flat by the storm. Into the Primitive And clever modern men have seen A Faun a-peeping through the green, And felt the Classics were not dead, To glimpse a Naiad's reedy head, Or hear the Goat-foot piping low:... 1914 and Other Poems All true words fly, as from yon reedy marsh The crane rings o'er the wild its screaming harsh. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches Breathe in the strong salt," he said, "and let your eyes rest on the green, reedy expanse. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches On the west side the lake ends in a reedy marsh, very froggy that afternoon, and starred with the snowy cotton flower. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Their tone is described as “soft and slightly reedy or nasal, but very penetrating.” Springtime and Other Essays And, mournfully responsive to the reedy complaint of a homeless wanderer from a nation without a home, the homeless dogs of Islam wailed their miserere under the Prophet’s moon. The Moonlit Way These columns of reedy slenderness, so well described by juncea proceritas, are said to be found in the cathedral of Montreal in Sicily, built in the eighth century. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass.—Bryant. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Where the river winds through grassy meadows, as sure as the south wind brings the rain, Sounding his reedy note in the alders, the redwing comes back to his nest again. Later Poems From the reedy banks of the lake, where the water-ousel and the reed-sparrow were chirping their song, there flew up a flock of wild ducks, twittering while on the wing. On the Heights A Novel They were in a wide salt-marsh, a flat reedy sea; the horizon line, unbroken by so much as a bush, formed an even circle round them. East Angels The reedy marshes are beloved by the redwings. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Fort Mifflin, which we have already mentioned, was erected on a low, green, reedy island in the Delaware, a few miles below Philadelphia, and below the mouth of the Schuylkill. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools And so he follows down the block, A troop of children in his train, The light-foot dancers of the street Enamored of the reedy strain. Later Poems The shore was flat, a mere reedy swamp. On the Heights A Novel This elevated position was of further advantage in that a reedy swamp wound through the valley bottom; two water-holes of oval formation, gleaming like a pair of great eyes from its midst. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Beneath us, a level flat, where the sullen verdure of the vegetation betrays the marshy, reedy, sterile character of the soil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Yet even these places are stored with chestnuts, chinkapins, acorns of the shrub oak, and a reedy grass in summer, very good for cattle. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts They say that he is dead, and now no more The reedy syrinx sounds among the hills, When the long summer heat is on the land. Later Poems They made no answer, though their friends called and called, again and again, in their shrill reedy voices. The Three Mulla-mulgars Valleys, narrow and winding, intersect this chaotic mass, swampy withal in parts, and harbouring reedy water-holes where, beneath the broad leaves and fair blossoms of radiant lilies, the demon crocodile lurks unsuspected. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Breathe in the strong salt," he said, "and let your eyes rest on the green, reedy waste. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. It flows through woods and prairies, through rocky passes and reedy flats. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Gillian Murray had the reedy voice common to so many elderly spinsters. Rich Living On gold in vain the naked savage treads; Low, clay-built huts, behold, and reedy sheds, Their dreary towns. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem His voice was a thin reedy treble, scarcely deep enough for a child. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Along the reedy river's shore, Fleet fauns will frolic unafraid, The bonnie bluebirds sing once more. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History They must have hundreds of nests in the reedy forests. A Captive of the Roman Eagles It is a perfect picture of the reedy river banks, the wet marshes, and the lonely lakes over which the bird hovered, and it is full of the charm of nature herself. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Thy polished limbs are rounded out As is the Autumn fruit, And full and reedy is the voice That slumber hath made mute. Fugitive Poetry Then I hid me close to the reedy tarn, Where the Mammoth came to drink;— Through brawn and bone I drave the stone, And slew him upon the brink. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 The voices, too, are either husky and unnatural, or reduced to a thin, reedy treble, like the wail of an infant. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas And at the earliest dawn of morning, Saturninus, I will search the two reedy lakes for you. A Captive of the Roman Eagles The nose, quite a noble and aquiline affair once, was red at the end, and querulous, like the long lean chin and reedy neck. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Quick on the dying note a new syren throws out a powerful reedy blast, sounding from astern. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war No birds are more characteristic of such a reedy tract than the blackbirds, of which there are several more or less common species in different parts of the country. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Up they rose with cry and clamor, With a whir and beat of pinions, Rose up from the reedy islands, From the water-flags and lilies. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow Out of the past the dim leaves spoke to me The thoughts of Pindar with a voice so sweet Hybl�an bees seemed swarming my retreat Around the reedy well of Poesy. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses Saadi relates, that Lokman, in his last years, dwelt on the border of a reedy marsh, where he constructed a cabin, and busied himself with making osier baskets. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 It may be only a bit of boggy marshland, it may be a reedy lakeside, but water there will surely be. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season They were soon at the spot where the animal had disappeared and pushing the boat upon the reedy shore, Pierre plunged forward through the marsh. A Daughter of the Forest Several boats are sometimes within a short distance of each other, and perpetual cracking of musketry prevails along the whole reedy shores of the river. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 A handful of reedy green stalks was stuffed between the bars. Youth Poor nymph-poor Pan-how he did weep to find Naught but a lovely sighing of the wind Along the reedy stream; a half heard strain, Full of sweet desolation, balmy pain. Old Plymouth Trails He laughed, a high, reedy cackle that seemed familiar, rose stiffly out of his place and stepped down as though he had cramp. Aliens Swinging about precariously on these reedy legs, he made his way back slowly, back along the upper hall. The Monster and Other Stories I was much surprised when I found first how individual it was, by a Pre-Raphaelite painter's declaring a piece of unwholesome reedy fen to be more beautiful than Benvenue. Frondes Agrestes Readings in 'Modern Painters' Up they rose with cry and clamor, With a whirr and beat of pinions, Rose up from the reedy islands, 215From the water-flags and lilies. The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem Beyond lay Wallop's Island, and their speed had to be considerably reduced while navigating the tortuous and narrow channel lying between that body of reedy land and the main shore. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida Then a duck, which had lazily swum For hours in a reedy pool, Seeing the shadows come, And feeling the air grow cool. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 We have loved of Yore Berried brake and reedy island 226 XIII. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) I was aware of every sound, the faint hum of the gas tubes and transformers, the whir of the gyros, the reedy buzz of hydraulic actuators, the periodic clicking of the oxygen reclaim unit. Last Resort We now approached the low, reedy banks of Butler's Island, and passed the rice-mill and buildings surrounding it, all of which, it being Sunday, were closed. Records of Later Life III Ah yet, incline, dear Sisters, or my song That with the light wings of the skimming swallow Must range the reedy slopes, will work him wrong! Collected Poems Volume Two The particular diplodocus of which I speak probably died of old age in the act of drinking, and was engulfed in a pool of the great curdling, reedy river that ran lazily through the forest. The Thread of Gold Berried brake and reedy island, Heaven below, and only heaven above, Through the sky’s inverted azure Softly swam the boat that bore our love. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) At a piping cry from the leader, several of the gangling figures picked them up in reedy arms and began to walk across the square, away from the ship. The Red Hell of Jupiter On either side lay the low, reedy swamps, yellow, withered Lilliputian forests, rattling their brittle canes in the morning breeze.... Records of Later Life As he did so, from out of the darkness a score or more of his fellows rushed up, gathering around him, and blocking the exit with their reedy legs. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Through what wild forests, filled with curious vegetation, may it not flow, and how strange, perhaps, are the people who, together with wild beasts and unknown birds, inhabit its reedy margins! Burma Peeps at Many Lands The tall, reedy grass came down to the edge of the water, and the nodding plumes showed for some distance out in the stream. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America As they advanced, the banks lowered to reedy swamps and mosquitoes appeared in clouds. Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters This region now is drained and dyked, but in earlier times it was a wilderness of shallow waters and reedy islets, with frequent "islands" of firmer and more elevated ground. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel This done, she stepped down to the water’s edge, and, pushing the reedy vegetation on one side, filled the kettle. The Hound From The North Wild-fowl dotted the glassy expanse; white cranes and pink flamingoes graced the reedy bars; red-breasted kingfishers flew over with friendly screech. Tales of Fishes He closed his eyes and tried not to listen to the distant screams, pipings and reedy cries filtering down from the street above his head. Small World It was a reedy woman in a housecoat, her hair in curlers, her eyes red and swollen. Dream Town The report of musketry along the reedy shores of the Delaware and Schuylkill is almost incessant, resembling a running fire. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Unmistakably the howl of a riotous mob was approaching, mingled with the reedy strains of an accordion. Ghetto Comedies "How lovely!" cried Nell, rapturously, as one moment we caught the glitter of a distant lake, the next the twinkle of a reedy pool overhung with hazel and alder bushes. Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The low piping of its reedy notes made an accompaniment of surpassing sweetness when she sat before it and sang her wordless melodies. Tharon of Lost Valley She answered to the peculiar, reedy twang in his penetrating voice. The Rainbow Grôm was presently able to make out that the water was a wide, reedy lake or the arm of a shallow river. In the Morning of Time A tale of boy life in the old Lincolnshire Fens, when the first attempts were made to reclaim them and turn the reedy swamps, and wild-fowl and fish haunted pools into dry land. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California It lay in the middle of the moat, a reedy little domain covered with willows and bushes. The Madcap of the School The darted spear not: nor the leaden ball “Hurl'd from the whirling sling;—nor reedy dart “Shot from the Cretan bow. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II But only once the other man turned and looked back again, and then I was beside a rock, with a reedy swamp behind me. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. On the outermost skirts of this playground, to be sure, just where the reedy pools and the dense bamboo thickets began, there was a fire kept burning. In the Morning of Time "There might be a duck or two in that reedy cove below here." The Black Buccaneer His mocking-bird is very fair; his thrush, passable; but his canary less successful, being rather too reedy and harsh. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 "Ah, ha! ye haven't forgotten, I see!" he exclaimed proudly, as the strong young hands gave the vessel a wide sweep around a little reedy island. The End of the Rainbow The eggs of the common trout also require to be deposited in running fresh water; while other fresh water fishes, such as the tench and carp, are reared most successfully in still, reedy ponds. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed As they rowed back again, Giles described the habits of the birds which frequented this reedy spot. A Vanished Hand You come suddenly out from the wood on the border of a reedy field, and see dozens of scampering bodies cleaving paths through the shaking rushes. Highways and Byways in Surrey The cloven feet of Pan are on the hill, His reedy musics sadder than all rains, Since none will seek—pipe ever as he will— Those unanointed and neglected fanes. Ships in Harbour There, beside him, sat Artemis, his sister, whose days were spent in chasing the beasts of the earth and in sporting with the nymphs on the reedy banks of Eurotas. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Brawny right hands that could have choked the reedy crow out of the little bantam gamecock, clenched in the baggy pockets of old shooting-jackets. The Dop Doctor But slow progress in a native boat, alongside the mud-banks and reedy swamps of many Indian rivers, was about as sure a way of getting, or increasing, malaria as they could have devised. India and the Indians It consists only of a few cottages, shy and red-roofed, deep among high hedges, bushy dells and reedy meadows, with wheatfields and barleyfields clothing the chalky slopes above. Highways and Byways in Surrey The succession of sheltered prairies, rounded sand-hills, and reedy marches cut by sluggish streams widening into lakes, made a good haunt for all game, especially beaver. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The quality of tone is less reedy in the bass clarinet than in the higher instruments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Yes, sir," he said, his reedy voice unsteady; "as you wish, sir. The Orchard of Tears "I've heard it all before," Rat said, with a note of boredom in his reedy voice. Starman's Quest Chilworth stands last on the bright little stream, hardly a village; not much more than a station, some powdermills, and reedy ponds. Highways and Byways in Surrey In the long interval the moon shone out again, between the stems of the trees on the ridge, sending two great bars of light and a bar of darkness across the reedy waste. Tales of Space and Time The performer, an old man with bronzed face, was squatting on his haunches playing a weird tune on a reedy instrument resembling a flute. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour No matter how good a swimmer, a reedy swamp is more than one can contend with, therefore I gave up the idea. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany The great stronghold of the otter is the broads of Norfolk, where, in the sluggish, reedy water, he can get p. 56plenty of eels, snails, and so forth. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Behind, a reedy marsh, covered with red cattle, paves the valley till it closes in; the steep sides of the hill are clothed in oak and ash covert.... The Cornwall Coast Left alone, the man by the reedy lake stood watching 321 them until they were out of view. Northern Lights My heart misgave me at sight of her face; indeed the whole sweep of her lithesome reedy figure was pregnant with Highland scorn and pride. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The market, bounded on the east and west by vast reedy swamps, is the haunt of numerous flocks of ducks, storks, and vultures, which act as scavengers to the town. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century He glanced down between houses to the reedy shore of Joralemon Lake. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life A sharp, thin, freckled face rose slowly from behind the tiers of baskets and a reedy voice announced, "I do—want to buy anything?" Rainbow Hill Now on firm land they range, then in the flood They plunge tumultuous; or through reedy pools Rustling they work their way; no holt escapes Their curious search. Anecdotes of Dogs It was a wild ride along the grassy track, beside watery marshes and reedy pools that gleamed in the dim light of a new moon. Vixen, Volume II. "Ah!" she whispered to him one day, as they crept along the reedy margin in the summer evening, not long after their marriage. The Bertrams Thus the nest and its reedy pillars are firmly bound together. Birds of the Rockies If a bird sings in the meadow its tune is pitched to Pan's reedy obligato. Chimney-Pot Papers "A ship, Herr Kapitan?" he asked in a thin, reedy voice, and reached for a pair of long-toed, elastic-sided boots that he had kicked off, and which lay at the foot of his bunk. The Long Trick Who, for instance, on a gusty March day, has not watched the wind blowing lustily across a marsh or the reedy margin of a lake, compelling all the reeds to stoop in the same direction? John the Baptist With its flat, reedy shores it had more the characteristics of a prairie slough. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Guided by unerring instinct, the feathered tribes of the North pursue "through the boundless sky their certain flight" till the shallow waters of Currituck Sound and its reedy shores greet their eager sight. In Ancient Albemarle There was another gaunt figure of the party in a fur cap, who was playing the flute— His reedy pipe with music fills, To charm the God who loves the hills And rich Arcadian scenery. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I His sweet reedy tones thrilled the April air. Explorers of the Dawn Entering into the timber, he rode nearly across it, until the reedy shore of the lake came in view through the openings between the trees. The Tiger Hunter Upon the morning breeze the piercing twang Of taut-drawn bowstring ominously rang, While with a moan the noble creature sank In pain and terror on the reedy bank. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 At last they came out of the stifling heat of the thick jungle, and saw before them a great reedy swamp, the margin fringed by a scanty growth of cocoanut and pandanus palms. The Tapu Of Banderah 1901 Rather thy reedy brook —Taw's tributary— At midnight murmuring, Descried them, the delicate, The dark-eyed goddesses. From a Cornish Window A New Edition It depicted the assault and capture of a Maori pah, standing on a hill that rose gradually from the margin of a reedy swamp. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 The swamp came right up to the road and thrust its fringe of reedy, weedy undergrowth forward as though in challenge to the good farm lands that were spread beyond the barrier. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights He was a small, spare, undersized man, with little beady eyes, light complexion, red hair, and stubby beard, and when he spoke it was with a thin reedy voice. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude I have before spoken of the number of snakes that were everywhere to be seen in the vicinity of the water, particularly about pools with a reedy margin. "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 Now in the heat of summer well within its reedy banks, but often spreading itself in flood-time far and wide. Oxford Just think," said Ellen in her reedy voice, never loud enough to be heard at "teacher's desk" in school, "while we've been standing here three couples have gone by. Country Neighbors Everywhere, in grassy pampa, forest island, reedy marsh and in the streams and lagoons, life teemed and the creatures were filled with the joyousness of living. The Black Phantom It was an hour before they found a little mud-pool in a reedy hollow. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands It frequents the wooded and reedy banks of the great rivers. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Let us go on the moors again, and watch the coots and water-hens in the reedy pools near the aqueduct. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Somebody must have taken them down to the riverside to get a good feed a-piece of that strong reedy grass that they are so fond of. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Below, the occasional bellow of a crocodile hidden in the reedy bed of a marsh or the high-pitched wail of the great brown wolf added its note to the clamor of the multitude. The Black Phantom Up there the St. Charles river, here the majestic St. Lawrence, islands, coves, green points running out in the water where the reedy grass waved to and fro, tangles of vines and wild flowers. A Little Girl in Old Quebec The roof was thatched with reedy grass, bound down with thongs of rawhide to the sapling rafters. The Heart of Unaga He kept plunging on, staggering through brake and swamp, reedy pond and quaking morass, until I felt myself utterly unable to follow him a step farther. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication We both ran through some soft reedy ground, where the brute overtook us. The Eagle Cliff Suisun Bay was bordered with reedy marshes where the rushes grew higher than a man's head. Gold Seekers of '49 When half-way across the point, I came suddenly upon a magnificent male tropic bird, sitting in his nest behind a tussock of tall, reedy grass. The Island Home The swans, looking like snowballs, unconscious of cold were taking their last swim towards the reedy, brake-tangled islets where they nested, gossiping as they went. The Gypsies White as sea-foam her brows, And her hair reedy and gold: So she grew and waxt supple and fit to be spouse In a king's palace of old. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems But she still bore that heathen name, which she had received in the reedy thicket. Debts of Honor Seaside towns set aside for public use certain reedy lots between salt-marsh and low-water mark, where thatch could be freely cut. Home Life in Colonial Days If the pupil be not timid, and the kind referred to are not usually, and if loud singing has been customary, the tone will be coarse and reedy throughout. The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs They could now see long, soldier-like lines of herons stretched out along the reedy swales, standing still and solemn, like pickets on duty. Frank Merriwell Down South IN reedy swamp and lonely marsh, Where all is shade and gloom, The Bittern stalks, and you may hear His voice in sullen boom. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History It was a hot, moist country, where huge antediluvian animals lived in reedy swamps and dank forests. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria Owing to the almost impenetrable nature of the reedy jungle, however, it is impossible to follow them, and anxious though Disco was to kill one, he failed to obtain a single shot. Black Ivory The tone used in ascending the scale of C, singing loudly, will be reedy, thick and harsh—the thick register. The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs When the sun arose, a legion of living creatures came out from wood and swamp and reedy isle to welcome him. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America At last it moved off, and we followed till it approached a small pond with a reedy island towards one end of it. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory Innumerable varieties of birds are seen, some flying in flocks, and others stalking along the reedy shore. Mark Seaworth They had come right upon his home, which seemed to be upon a reedy island formed by the two creeks and the river. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel And on they walked, over what was now a plain covered with great coarse, reedy grass, such as would afford plenty of cover for game. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers He could almost fancy that the tiger was beneath the house, hiding in the reedy grass that had sprung up amidst the ruins. Middy and Ensign “He’s coming here, isn’t he?” said Tom, gazing out anxiously over the reedy waste. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp To the right, a couple of hundred yards away, was a rocky island, on one side of which was a reedy marsh. Winter Adventures of Three Boys On the side of the river on which they were was a shallow, reedy marsh, where the water was from a few inches to a foot in depth. By Canoe and Dog-Train They were in a very winding part of the river now, the serpentine curves being so sharp that the banks seemed to be a succession of muddy points and reedy bays. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers For us the English fowler set The ambush of his whirling net; And by green Rother's reedy side The blue kingfisher flashed and died. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds She thought of the lake, lying dull and grey within its reedy bank, and saw a vision of herself floating on the surface, with her unbound hair streaming round her face. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story Amongst the shrubs of the little reedy island opposite he had made his lair; there you could see him crouching down. A Hungarian Nabob Vanna was three and twenty, no more round but no less blooming in face and figure; still a reedy, golden-haired girl. Little Novels of Italy Before the principal altar stood quaint prayer stools of ebony carved to resemble kneeling human figures, and in the loft was a very good organ, though somewhat high-pitched and reedy in tone. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Tall and reedy they were, with enormous barrel chests, topped by heads which, though really large, appeared insignificant because of the prodigious chests and because of the huge, sail-like, flapping ears. Spacehounds of IPC "Come in!" called the Chief in his reedy voice. Rebels of the Red Planet By the light of the moon he saw the figure of the girl, already some distance from the house, swiftly making her way along the reedy canal path which threaded the oozing marshes. The Shrieking Pit He half rose, and with a face distorted with rage, shook his fist, and his high, reedy, querulous tenor could have been heard all over the house. Marion's Faith. The so-called Greek flute was a very reedy oboe or clarinet, a pipe played with a reed, the pitch determined by holes stopped by the fingers. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present It seemed at first as if that battle would be lost, and as if the name and fame of the Ostrogothic people would be swallowed up in the morasses of the reedy Hiulca. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation An Ox came down to a reedy pool to drink. The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter She had a wonderful voice, shrill, far-reaching, but strangely sweet and clear, with a certain vibrating, reedy, bird-like quality, which even yet thrills me as I recall it. Story-Tell Lib Over the reedy marsh upon his right, where a windmill waved its lazy arms, a score of larks were singing. The Blue Pavilions The lake has a reedy inlet and outlet, and the angler thinks of pike when he looks upon such harbours. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Then at last he saw a dark head, and a face, white in the moonlight, floating seemingly on the reedy surface of the lagoon, like a water lotus on its stem. The Castle Of The Shadows His voice was a sweet, reedy tenor; the quaint old melody delighted Caroline. While Caroline Was Growing Little angel faces and reedy flutings stood out round the fire-place of the children's room. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools The boom of breakers far out on the reefs was hushed to a soothing hum, and faintly, from the reedy little lake farther down on the southward slope came the quacking of wild ducks. Where the Sun Swings North In South Africa buffaloes frequent reedy swamps, where they associate in herds of from fifty to a hundred or more individuals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" There would be no more staying him than the flight of the wild goose to the reedy nesting grounds could be stayed. North of Fifty-Three Again the owls hooted along the stream and bullfrogs croaked from the reedy places. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers It grows on the edges of lakes and streams allover Europe, as a highly aromatic, reedy plant, with an erect flowering stem of yellowish green colour. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Near the arsenal and drill ground there is a large intramural swamp or reedy lake, the reeds of which have an economic value as wicks for Chinese candles. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Faintly he raised his feeble voice, like the gale of the reedy Lego. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Swamps and reedy lakes lurked in low places. North of Fifty-Three The place which Hannibal chose for his battle was close to lake Thrasymene, a reedy basin in the mountains not far from the city of Cortona. The Red Book of Heroes The archduke's bellow, for all his huge round bulk, was but a thin and reedy cry. The Terrible Twins As we advanced, the country becoming flatter, gradually opened to our view, and we at length arrived at a shallow, reedy lake, the direct course through which leads to the Hill Portage. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 Was it cliff of basalt, or was it reedy swamp, that was to receive us. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. They were silent again, and then they heard lifted at a distance a thin and reedy tenor. Then I'll Come Back to You "Thank you, Commander," replied Hardy, in a thin, reedy voice. The Space Pioneers For the first time a hint of pride was mingled with the humility in his reedy voice. The Swindler and Other Stories That a grown man, much more imposingly uniformed than an American general, should blow it to start a real train of cars was the source of patriotic sarcasm whenever its plaintive, reedy note was heard. A Little Swiss Sojourn What is strange, no wild animals show themselves, not even in these sedgy, reedy swamps. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government "Morning, Chief," he saluted, in that thin and reedy tenor which none but fat men have. Then I'll Come Back to You The place may be a glorious green field, with flowers and birds and little reedy pools, if you are two feet over the parapet. Letters from France Within a short distance of the house was a brook, almost hidden in places by overhanging bushes and long reedy grass. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. At first the walls took a beeline track up the hillside, but when they reached the higher ground, where scars of rock and patches of reedy swamp lay in their path, their progress became serpentine. Tales of the Ridings Some of the hollows were very deep, and enclosed stagnant reedy pools, of generally bad water, remaining from the past rains. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government The long noons turn the ribstons red, The pippins yellow; The wild duck from his reedy bed Summons his fellow. More Songs From Vagabondia MY boat is still in the reedy cove Where the rushes hinder its onward course, For I care not now if we rest or move O'er the slumberous tide to the river's source. Poems The fibres of the former plant are stained black; the reedy stems of the other plant are put in short bamboo stems filled with water, and then boiled. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Then through the open doorway came a voice piercing and reedy. The Black Douglas Then he moved his hand to the right, and the canoe, silently, without a ripple almost, skirted the island on that side, into whose reedy sides the men darted their glances. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa The voice came like a slender, reedy whistle from between her moveless, widened lips. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel The peculiarity of its mouth-piece gives its tone a reedy or vibrating quality totally unlike the clarinet's. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art They walked another half a mile, across a reedy swamp. The Black Box I crossed a hundred yards of slush waist deep in mid channel, and full of holes made by elephants' feet, the path hedged in by reedy grass, often intertwined and very tripping. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The boat hummed along, drew up to the nose of the island, skirted its reedy side, where stood a hippo eating at the rank grass, and then dropped it astern. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa "Won't you—that is, must I fix—" "That's all for to-night, and good night," he answered me with a laugh that was as reedy as the brisk wind in the trees. The Golden Bird Thus bellowed the strong voices of the men and the reedier tones of the women, while the clear little pipes of the children went up complacently. Secret Bread The river is deserted; on the shore No gaily bathing men and maidens leave Food for the swans; its reedy bowers no more Are vocal: seeing this, I can but grieve. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works The mouth is filled with large reedy sedgy islets: there are three branches, about twelve to fifteen yards broad, and one fathom deep, with a strong current of 2' per hour: water discoloured. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Some of the composite monsters of Babylonia may suggest the vague and exaggerated recollections of terror-stricken people who have had glimpses of unfamiliar wild beasts in the dusk or amidst reedy marshes. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Then I listened and I am not sure that I heard a reedy laugh under my window as just the two notes succeeding the ones I had given forth came in on the dawn beams. The Golden Bird We ate a delicious lunch on the battlements, our legs dangling 50 feet above the reedy water. Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front He was a poor little reedy piping old gentleman, like a worn-out bird, who had been in what he called the music-binding business. Charles Dickens and Music The north wind had risen and swept through the crevice between the hills with more than usual strength, adding its reedy music to the sound of the swiftly flowing waters. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Glimpses are being afforded us of its life and manners and customs for some thirty centuries before the captives of Judah uttered lamentations on the banks of its reedy canals. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The field extended from the cow-pen and the bright, green rows of vegetables that were raised for market to the reedy brook which divided his father's land from that belonging to General Battle. The Voice of the People That is a touch beyond the ear or the hand of Fletcher: a chord sounded from Apollo’s own harp after a somewhat hoarse and reedy wheeze from the scrannel-pipe of a lesser player than Pan. A Study of Shakespeare "Mr. Dutton," she said, in her somewhat reedy voice, "I understand a little about china, but cannot make out the date of that little yellow cup, the mark at the bottom is so defaced." Bluebell A Novel Directly opposite them the abrupt wall of the Arabian hills pushed down near to the Nile and the intervening space was a flat sandy stretch, ending in a reedy marsh at the water's edge. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt To-day great tracts of undulating moorland, which aforetime yielded two and three crops a year, are in summer partly barren wastes and partly jungle and reedy swamp. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Poems We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass; Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Mr. Wordsworth would remember Pan and Arcadian shepherds playing on reedy pipes, and Chaldæan shepherds studying the stars, and those on Judæa's hills who heard the angels singing. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Perhaps they ask her to dine; and she sings to them after; and Leo says to himself, Poor thing; no; her voice is not so reedy. Prince Fortunatus Along its centre lay a chain of reedy freshwater swamps, and native paths ran in from all quarters to one main line of communication leading to the southward. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 The Burgsdorf fish pond, a lonely, reedy sheet of water in the middle of the wood, lay glittering in the sun in the still morning hours. The Northern Light Ready?" asked the shepherd, "ain't I all reedy as I am? The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia A narrow paved quay, fringed with stately elm trees, separated the old-fashioned, many-colored houses from the reedy shore, where at high tide low great black barges, which apparently go nowhere, lie moored in picturesque array. In Friendship's Guise She began "When other lips . . ." in a whisper which gradually developed into a reedy soprano. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches Great reedy pools still remained from the thirteenth century floods, brackish on the flat seashore, where the staked keddle nets showed that the mackerel were beginning to come into Rye Bay. Joanna Godden The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted; And in the weedy moat the heron, fond Of solitude, alighted. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "Stop!" cried I, in a voice that wasn't mine, it was so sharp and thin and reedy. A Woman Named Smith The room, awakened to melody after the long years of silence, seemed transformed by Una's splendid gift, a fine, clear soprano, not big nor yet thin or reedy, but rounded, full-bodied and deep with feeling. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment They were singing his hymn—little Alice's reedy note lifted above the others—"God shall charge His angel legions—" Now! The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World The reedy marshes in which the Lachlan and the Macquarie appeared to end blocked Western exploration until the protracted drought of the twenties convinced Sturt and Hume that they would be passable. A Source Book of Australian History And as he drove down by the reedy river, he saw the Argo sliding up beneath the bank, and many a hero in her, like Immortals for beauty and strength. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) |
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