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单词 rooftree
例句 rooftree
But even while he pondered and decided, the god of earthquake heaved a wave against him high as a rooftree and of awful gloom. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wanted to go to the rooftree of Maine to start my trip before turning west. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The roof was gone--burned off; but the rooftree, charred and soot-begrimed, still ran from gable to gable. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z
Storks have been known to have abandoned the rooftree on which for years they had built their nest, and in every case the forsaken house was burnt during the summer. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z
Another is that the rooftree bends above an unbroken band, and that disease with its fell touch lingers the other side of the threshold of the little home. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z
But my rooftree stands where it always did. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z
And o'er the humblest rooftree, lo, A star is dancing on the snow. Later Poems
For two lively years a brace of graduate students, Cherub and Seraph, folded their wings beneath the Scarab rooftree. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road
This particular rooftree was blocked ahead by the cupola, to which Jack earlier had referred. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards
The homely rooftree covers a critical scene in the history of the Revolution. Lafayette
She turned and gazed with childish eyes up at the 383 decent beams of her rooftree, glad that they still sheltered her a maid, glad that the arms of her home were about her. Judith of the Cumberlands
He had served it in the Cabinet and field, he had been pressed for the position of its chief magistracy, and now in the shadow of his own rooftree its concluding council was held. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage
Elizabethan London was a musical city, and part-singing was cultivated beneath the rooftree of every well-to-do burgher. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea
Both the wanderers were filled with inexpressible joy at the prospect of living under their own rooftree, and at once plunged with ardour into the business of furnishing and gardening. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
Men and women gathered in knots and huddled into groups on the corners and doorsteps, and the black shadow of some dreadful calamity seemed brooding over every rooftree. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
Young families often remain under the grandfather's rooftree until another house or two becomes absolutely necessary to accommodate the overflow. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919
It ceased, and it was evident that the gaol from dungeon to rooftree was in the power of the "Lads of the Heather." Patsy
She had seen the photograph of the place hanging in Betty's room, and had heard scraps of information about the various house-parties that had frolicked under the hospitable rooftree of the fine old mansion. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor
Settled under their own rooftree in the golden land of California, the family for a time were measurably happy. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
Sailors, rustics, and fishermen, were seated round him in a kind of ring, the rooftree rung with laughter and song; and Morland, with manifest reluctance, left their company for the conversation of his friend. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)
Through a silent, sleeping house Georgiana and Stuart stole, the only member of the family up to see them off being Mr. Thomas Crofton himself, the oldest person under the great rooftree. Under the Country Sky
The rooftree sagged from each gable down to the crazy chimney in the centre, and the smoke curled up between the clapboard shingles or, as the wind listed, out through the cracks of any wall. In Happy Valley
When there were always guests under the spreading rooftree of the great house, and laughter and plenty in the servants' quarters. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor
Ye have riven the thack off seven cottar houses; look if your ain rooftree stand the faster. Thackeray
It forced one to contrast the wooden walls in p. 63which the Saint’s-day’s service was held, with the high rooftree and the deep buttresses, which this year would not echo the chanting procession.  Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth
Sometimes lodging in an inn, Cosey as a dormouse-- Sometimes sleeping on a knoll With no rooftree but the Pole-- Sometimes halely welcomed in At an old-time farmhouse. More Songs From Vagabondia
Here it revelled in unwonted fury, ripping up the loose shingles from the moss-grown rooftree, and forcing an entrance through many a yawning crevice. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales
As some one has said, "It is not hospitality to ask a guest to your rooftree and expect her to find sufficient delight in being there and doing as you do." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
He was alone under his own rooftree, alone with an oppressive silence and his own thoughts. Poor Man's Rock
How many of our honest rooftrees would not that sum keep standing? The Young Priest's Keepsake
It goes up over the rooftrees of the rural hamlet on the wings of its song, as if to train the human soul to trial flights heavenward. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
Only that week she had been reading in one of the Dean's early English histories of real rooftrees. Kit of Greenacre Farm
He never broke down a rooftree during or since the terrible famine. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times
Sitting under your hospitable rooftree, I render you a greater service by my calm and dispassionate insight than I could possibly do by any ill-judged activity. Copper Streak Trail
The district was very lonely and only the rooftree of a solitary farmhouse appeared a mile or more distant to the west. The Red Redmaynes
His rooftree was the Arizona sky, and his home the place where his adopted master camped at night. Partners of Chance
Nevertheless I long day and night to see her face, and to sit beneath the shadow of my own rooftree. Stories from the Odyssey
"Nay," said Clelia Alba, "if the earth opened, and took us, it would be kinder; it would bury us at least under our own rooftree." The Waters of Edera
O an I knew she woke   I could not look, the sacred moon sheds out So many blessings on her rooftree low, Each more pathetic that she nought doth know. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.
It was under the family rooftree that I now set up my literary shop. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography
The little white-throated sparrows came familiarly about the palm cabins and whitewashed houses and trilled on the rooftrees. Through the Brazilian Wilderness
I could have crawled out of the window to the rain gutter, but before I had reached the rooftree I would have been shot. With the Allies
She had seen a framework erected, a rooftree set, and joists and rafters and beams swinging into place. Her Father's Daughter
Economise as he would, the money would still slip away in the countless little claims which a man never understands until he lives under a rooftree of his own. Round the Red Lamp
And so along the base of a round hill, Rolling in fern, He bent His way until He neared the little hut which Adam made, And saw its dusky rooftree overlaid With greenest leaves. Georgian Poetry 1911-12
But, with each rooftree's knell, Vows deep of vengeance fell,     Fire soul and eye! War Poetry of the South
I saw the Gobelin tapestries, more precious than spun gold, intact, while sparks fell about them, and lying beneath them were iron bolts twisted by fire, broken rooftrees and beams still smouldering. With the Allies
Its rooftree was leaning askew under rotting shingles. The Call of the Cumberlands
The first house in the city was erected to the roof, and the builders had hung up a great garland, glittering with tinsel, upon the rooftree. O. T. a Danish Romance
Aix will have gone to bed, and in bed it will peacefully stay unless a military Zeppelin sails over its rooftrees, making a noise like ten million locusts all buzzing at once. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
The people who paid for its construction saw in its growing walls and rooftree only the few hundred dollars they hoped to gain. Making the House a Home
But landowners were not content with one process alone; they closed on the people with ejectments, turned them out on the roads, and plucked down their rooftrees. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
At that one of the women, mad with anger, made as if to catch him by his beard, but she forbore, and said: "Liar—the men shall hang you to your own rooftree!" Parables of a Province
How cross those long, shadowy fields between us and our rooftree? The Story Girl
My father and Allan Cunninghame drew the evil numbers, and Kerr hung them up to the old tree on the green and put fire to the rooftrees of all the others. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce
A million burning rooftrees light The world-wide path of Israel's flight. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations
Moreover, as has been said, dread sat upon that rooftree like a croaking raven, nor could they escape from the shadow of its wing. The Brethren
Further, it produces sufficient for stores and granaries to be filled to the rooftree for years ahead. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography
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