| 单词 | runnel |
| 例句 | Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z At the side of the school facing away from the street is a hill, with wooden steps going up it and eroded runnels worn down the side, and a few stunted evergreens on top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the daubs and streaks and runnels of red, and this newest mystery, it wasn’t a pathway of light burning lines through his mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Tears ran down her dirty cheeks, leaving gray runnels. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I should like to take your head apart, put a fact in it, and watch it go its way through the runnels of your brain until it comes out of your mouth. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The tip of her cane shudders as it knocks against the runnels, finding every storm drain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Water clung to their eyelashes and streamed in runnels down their open faces. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On a previous visit to the Amazon I had seen runnels just like these on a rubber tree in an abandoned plantation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He made little runnels that the tide filled and tried to crowd them with creatures. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Dribbling down some of the tree trunks were little runnels that looked like dried sap. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A light rain falls on rooftops, trickles through runnels, beads up on her scarf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ice cold in runnels from a high rock ran the spring, and over it there stood an altar stone to the cool nymphs, where all men going by laid offerings. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels, a river of mortal red, and one last kick upset his table knocking the bread and meat to soak in dusty blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Cars splash along streets, and snowmelt drums through runnels; she can hear snowflakes tick and patter through the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “There’s a passage there. Steep and twisty at first, a runnel through the rock. If you can reach it, you’ll be safe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Through the runnels of sweat and the sticky tufts of his own hair, he could see a figure, looking down at him from one of the top windows of the house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z So I draw that line Laia spoke of, a deep runnel in the earth of my mind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He envisions her running her cane along the runnels. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Shy time that dives into the wings, too embarrassed to acknowledge the applause, dense, like a runnel attacking. Read John Ashbery’s Poetry 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z My sturdy vélo de ville rolled over every type of surface, and complained only when I steered it into runnels of mud. Colliders, Sundials and Wonder: When Science Is Your Destination 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Vendors kept their booths battened with plastic as runnels of rainwater intermittently poured from their overhead tarps. Young bands breathe new life into acoustic roots music at Northwest Folklife Festival 2010-05-29T03:55:00Z Every runnel was a Rubicon where every ditch was a last ditch. Paul Muldoon Collects His Poetic, Allusive, Satirical Thoughts 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z A few rickety huts were plunked onto the mud, far from the runnels of the dropping tide. Taking the scenic route to Aveiro, on Portugal’s Atlantic coast 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s outfitted with grooves known as runnels, for bicyclists to roll their tires. New U District light-rail station reorders how people move through the neighborhood 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z All this lethal offal seeped and oozed into the ground, into the rills and runnels that flowed beneath our town, where we all drank well-water. Toxic Ghosts 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Reported the San Francisco Chronicle: “The sidewalks and runnels were strewn with the relics of a torturous month.” California lessons from the 1918 pandemic: One city dithered; another acted and saved lives 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z My sturdy vélo de ville rolled over every type of surface and complained only when I steered it into runnels of mud. Wonder is the destination 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z It seems like the wettest, boggiest slope ever, with scores of crisscrossing rainwater runnels, turning everything into a churn of mud and sheep droppings. A Veritable No Man’s Land, Off the Coast of Scotland 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z It was at Sóller, that district of piquant contrasts, that we saw the delicate greenhouse maidenhair-fern growing in masses with English ivy along walls, or draping the moist sides of the water runnels. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z A little runnel of water, flowing uncomfortably near, brought Peggy to her feet with a sudden cry. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Clear water trickled through a wooden runnel into a great stone trough outside near the door. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z LIV Then spake the Chief of Trony, "Ye noble knights and bold, I know just to our wishes a runnel clear and cold Close by, so be not angry, but thither let us go." The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z In the garden, the paths were flanked with yellow, turbid runnels; the lawn alone looked happy and healthy; the life seemed drowned out of everything else—in this single night after Ascot. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z The cry of "Water-cresses" used to be heard from some barefoot nymph of the brook, who at sunrise had dipped her feet into the bubbling runnel, to carry the green luxury to the citizens' breakfast-tables. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The bell, set ringing through the clear March air with every motion of the mule's head, brought William leaping over runnel, ridge and furrow, and dividing fence to greet his old and true friend. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z A runnel of water trickled down a stony course, partly under the stones; in hot weather it was dry. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z XC Of that same little runnel where Siegfried murder'd fell, The true and rightful story you now shall hear me tell. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z We had now arrived at the plateau above the cliffs—a place of brown, low-growing ling, complicated by boggy runnels, and heavily sprinkled with round stones. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Why do the roots of trees flow through the ground like "runnels of molten metal," often separating and uniting again while the branches are thrust out in right lines or curves? Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Into this was poured lime from the other panniers, and then a man carrying a pail brought water from a wayside runnel and poured it on the lime. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z The clear sea-green water flows over the eastern rim of the basin in little runnels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z LXV Cool was the little runnel, and sparkled clear as glass. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z The white runnels of foam which laced the contours of the piled boulders gave the barrier the appearance of being miraculously uplifted, as though one saw thin daylight through its interstices. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The cry of “Water-cresses” used to be heard from some barefoot nymph of the brook, who at sunrise had dipped her foot into the bubbling runnel, to carry the green luxury to the citizens’ breakfast-tables. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z A runnel near is singing A song of liquid glee, A saucy, joyous blackbird Tilts bubbling notes at me. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z They manage to leap the runnels, and the shepherd is aware when danger threatens, and they must be driven off. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z A small runnel of water coursed along at their feet, shining and glowing in the moonlight, and she was standing on the single plank that spanned it. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Clouds of an indigo darkness, of immense bulk, and motionless, reduced the sunset to mere runnels of opaline light about the bases of dark mountains inverted in the heavens. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z As they stood looking gloomily over the wreck big tears slowly forced themselves out of Billy’s inflamed eyes and washed white runnels down the soot. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z A runnel of sweat curled down her calf. Sam Lipsyte: “Deniers.” 2011-04-25T04:00:00Z Leaving the mountain Telleno on our left, we passed along the eastern skirts of the land of the Maragatos, over broken uneven ground, enlivened here and there by small green valleys and runnels of water. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z And in silence they retraced the bush path and entered the little gate, then through the orange garden over the runnel of water where they had stood that night when accidentally watched by Ethel. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Had the boy gone to the rabbit warren, he would not have seen the village again until after eight o’clock, and, possibly, the current of his life might have entered a different runnel. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z "Again, a grand mass of gneiss and granite, eleven hundred feet high, would present itself, feathered with beautiful evergreens, with every runnel and rivulet in its clefts fringed with graceful wild date trees." The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Jostling rain-crowds, clamorous and vital, struggle in runnels through the afternoon. Derek Mahon: “The Thunder Shower.” 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z On our left was the gorge, down which tumbled the runnel of water which I have before mentioned. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z No, there it is distinctly, a mere runnel, but echoing with a cavernous boom through that grim silence. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z And in the vale a runnel, That dripped from shelf to shelf, Seemed, in the night, a woodland witch Who muttered to herself. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems A wan light was spreading in the northeastern sky, and presently the snowy brow of the hill revealed its wrinkled front, its frozen runnels. A Man in the Open One has to be continually on guard for these runnels. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The hunter did as she bade him, but left unbridged one tidy runnel. Custom and Myth New Edition They came to the gate, entering the garden along a flagged path on either side of which runnels flowed between borders of trim box. Plashers Mead A Novel Rising, she went over to the runnel of water which trickled down the rocks just behind their resting-place, and bathed her face in one of its clear basins. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising “Shall we lunch here, Verna?” said Denham, as they came out upon a small open space where a runnel of water flowed into a pool. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion At the "Scheubuss," at Paul's Garden, he found several women seated on the little bridge by the weeping willow which droops its green arches over the runnel. Black Forest Village Stories Channels, broader than runnels, hardly as wide as a ditch, have been cut connecting pool with pool, marsh with lake. The Story of the Trapper He was lying face upward and his forehead had been gouged open above the left eye with some jagged edge and was bleeding in thick, slow runnels that disappeared into his curly hair. Captain Macedoine's Daughter But the runnel, bubbling, dripping, Seems to bid him to be gone; As with crystal words, and tripping Steps of sparkle luring on. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses The runnels at the sides of the footways were full of creams, which you might have ladled up with a spoon if you had chosen. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Every hollow of the neighbouring hill had its little runnel, formed by the rains of the previous night, that now splashed and glistened to the sun. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III The swampy beaver-runs narrowed, the shores rose higher and higher into rampart walls, and the dark-shadowed waters came leaping down in the lumpy, uneven runnels of a small ca�on. The Story of the Trapper She swallowed quickly, and heard a little runnel of moisture in her dry throat. Coquette He had a narrow thread of solid path, and he forced me into a runnel. Miss Cayley's Adventures There was an ancient ruin beside them, separated, however, from the mossy bank on which they sat, by a slender runnel, across which there lay, immediately over a miniature cascade, a few withered grass stalks. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. In this “Butts” field rises a spring, which is the source of a small runnel, called “Daubeny’s Beck.” A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time In these rich pastures, all intersected with clear streams, runnels and water-courses, full at this season of rich water-plants, the cattle graze peacefully. The Thread of Gold In the middle were large stones and clayey gravel, with a little runnel soaking through them. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Lydia went at once to the door whence there came to Anne, listening with a worried intensity, a subdued runnel of talk. The Prisoner Mud and filth cumber the door-steps, runnels of malodorous water ooze along the rows, ragged and ill-kempt bairns tumble about like little savages. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland If a man has opened his runnel for watering and has left it open, and the water has flooded his neighbor's field, he shall pay him an average crop. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters He walked stiffly, as if on the way to his execution, and runnels of sweat poured down his rigid face. Deathworld I travelled blindly to Oxford and tramped through soggy, steaming lanes, through sheets of drizzle, through icy runnels and marshy grass. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty I can see a little rivulet of water that flows sparkling down the asphalted runnel of the curb. The Prairie Mother He sank in his chair, while runnels of sweat coursed down his cheeks. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland I thrust my head into a pool until the water ran into my ears, and then sat with my bare feet upon the cool stones where the runnel lapped them, and read "Richard Feverel." Chimney-Pot Papers "Very feeble folk are poor folk; money lost takes wit away: All their doings fail like runnels, wasting through the summer day." Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. Dust marks were streaked now with tear runnels, but the gray eyes which turned fiercely on him said that their owner cried more in rage than fear. The Defiant Agents They were entering the shade of evergreens that bordered the ravine road, where there were striated cliffs, and little runnels came trickling down to join the stream below. Country Neighbors The topmost mountain-snows are melting fast, See, how the swollen waters hurry down In perpendicular runnels from the crown Of every wreathéd hill. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland They come down laden thick with silt, at times foaming torrents, at times merely trickling watercourses that seam with numerous small runnels the wide deltas at their mouths. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska I pushed p. 76forward, but had scarcely crossed the ruined wall and runnel, when the party nearest to me gave way, and in great confusion came running in my direction. Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) Only the runnel rejoiced In his rushy hollow apart To see her beauty flash up White and red as the dawn. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems The runnel, like the greater stream below, had many voices. Despair's Last Journey We outflanked the rich scene of fruit plantations belonging to the town, but picked blackberries, hips, and haws, from their hedges alongside the runnels of water which supply those gardens. Byeways in Palestine Every day the hillside runnels grew in strength. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Lords have lashed and poets have pondered, Blood has flowed in the runnels deep, Beacons have broken and faiths been squandered; Through dank forests these songs have wandered Quietly crooning our babes to sleep. The Bay and Padie Book Kiddie Songs There was no sign of life in the water; at the end nearest the cliff he found a little cool runnel of water that bubbled into the pool from the cliffs. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset The runnel at the tent-door had barely a voice of its own. Despair's Last Journey And then the path grew steeper and runnels of water dripped down the rocks, all covered with ferns and saxifrage. Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others The vast flanks of the animal, all rich yellows and browns, streamed with grease, some of which fell noisily on the almost invisible flames, while the rest was ingeniously caught in a system of runnels. Clayhanger A runnel of water trickled across it in a stone channel that widened in the centre into a shallow pool. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The group descending poured past them a summer-coloured runnel down the little glen, and left them face to face with Eunice, who had lingered, her dress caught on a point of the rustic chair. The Lovely Lady Finally, when the work was two-thirds done, he made search for a pen-knife, and, having found it, severed the remaining knots, and threw the cords away into the runnel. Despair's Last Journey Here he lay awhile, half stunned, small runnels of water trickling from his clothing. The Great Amulet It might be that one of those hunters had leaned out over the runnel of the cave entrance, was flashing his torch down into the water there. Key Out of Time How the streams and runnels gurgle, and leap, and laugh! The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway On a staircase near the east bastion, on the lower part of the slope, a stone runnel for carrying off the surface water follows the line of the steps. The Sea-Kings of Crete And there were narrow paths of hard sand, the colour of old gold, which rounded up to the centre, and had little runnels of water on either side. The Golden Silence Come, and where these runnels fall, Listen to my madrigal! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan There was quite a little runnel of blood on the palm; but Akbar, even when he was a baby, was proud. The Adventures of Akbar Three million kay ahead, the Slingshot terminals appeared as just another unblinking light in a runnel of multicolored jewels. The Universe — or Nothing In places the rocks were glazed with ice and scored with runnels of water. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark In the bottom of the golden bowl, there was a river bed to cross, on a bridge of planks, but among the burning stones trickled a mere runnel of water, bright as spilt mercury. The Golden Silence Come, and where these runnels fall, Listen to my madrigal! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan Gurgling waters curled from the prow in corrugated runnels. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade His shirt was perforated close to the collar, and the blood flowing beneath had stained it to his waist, and dripped in a runnel from his boots. Tales of the Chesapeake The birds' sweet wail, their renovated song, At break of morn, make all the vales resound; With lapse of crystal waters pouring round, In clear, swift runnels, the fresh shores among. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch The water raised by rude machinery from the wells is always dancing along in little runnels. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government If a man has opened his runnel to water and has neglected it, and the field of his neighbour the waters have carried away, he shall pay corn like his neighbour. The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 The water of the heavy rains soaks into the level forest lands: one never sees runnels leading it off, unless occasionally a footpath is turned to that use. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 She measured its ocean-wide greatness, by the little artificial runnels of her own morbid emotions. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century The lanes became little runnels of darkness and night slowly silted up the broader streets. The Judge There are little groves of bamboo and chestnut and willow; and a runnel of water is somewhere—I can hear it. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters And I stood on the curb watching the iridescent ooze of the sewage in a runnel of the street seep along like a sick snake. Children of the Market Place We passed a fine flowing rivulet, called Levizé, going into the Lake, and many smaller runnels of delicious cold water. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 She looked at the streaks of dust and blood on his face, through which his tears had made blurred runnels. Captivity Banneker, puzzled by a vague suspicion which he sought to formulate, was aware of a low runnel of commentary at his ear. Success A Novel But the weather changed suddenly from frost to thaw, and he woke one morning to find little runnels of dirty water coursing down his window and dismally dripping into the muddy street below. Different Girls His almond blossoms must be honey-ripe By this; to welcome him, fresh runnels stripe The thawed ravines; because of him, the wind Walks like a herald. The Poetry Of Robert Browning Southward, for warmth, should my hermitage face, With a runnel across its floor, In a choice land gifted with every grace, And good for all manner of store. A Celtic Psaltery The colour of the sunlight was caught in the cups and runnels of the stiff frozen roads and a horse's hoofs echoed, sharp and ringing, over fields and hedges. The Golden Scarecrow The hunter did as she bade him, but left unbridged one tiny runnel. Custom and Myth At last I spied him, his back to a rock, his hand dabbled for coolness in a little runnel that trickled at his side. At a Winter's Fire So saying, he took his way back through the low, overgrown cavity of the runnel. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Where a finished spillway irrigated a mountainside, all the steep incline between the runnels showed lines on lines of diminutive trees, pluckily taking root-hold. The Rim of the Desert Streamlets pure as crystal ran bubbling down beside them in marble runnels; statues of gods and goddesses balanced each other, on pedestals, at the angles where the steps turned. The Italians Imagine a groove a foot broad and twenty feet deep, with a runnel of water trickling at the bottom of it and a fleck of dust floating down the rivulet. Overland The road to Fairfax Court House was deep in red mud, set with runnels and pools of gold reflecting corners of blue sky. Ailsa Paige Then we drove away through the lanes draped with birch tassels and willow wands, while bloodroot and marshmarigold kept pace in the runnels, and I heard the twitter of the first barn-swallow of the year. People of the Whirlpool He was descending a broken stairway below two granite pillars that topped a semi-circular bluff and, springing from a knob to avoid a dry runnel, he shaped his way diagonally to abridge the distance. The Rim of the Desert We stood by the window and hearkened To the voice of the runnels sea-driven, While, northward, the mountain-heads darkened, Girt round with the clamours of heaven. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Crouching low in the runnels of the bog, I ran till the sweat blinded my eyes. The Thirty-Nine Steps I made my way slowly up the long ascent from Muker, stumbling frequently on the loose stones and in the water-worn runnels that were scarcely visible in the dim twilight. Yorkshire My cap dripped moisture, the folds of the rug held it in pools or sluiced it away in runnels, and the salt-rime stuck to my lips. Traffics and Discoveries Temple blushed through the runnels of water that trickled from his hair. The Incomplete Amorist May Now sings a cool, bland wind, where falls and flows The runnel by the grave of last year's rose; Now, underneath the strong perennial leaves, The first slow voice of wintering torrent grieves. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens And now, where the garden bed's light soil drinks in the runnels of water, rises for me Corycian kale and low-growing mallow, and the poppy that grants easy slumber. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal But we had not followed it very far before we came upon the poor mare lying upon her back in a deep runnel, in which the snow was very soft. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood For this purpose wooden runnels are placed beneath the rollers, through which the cloth passes in the scouring machine, so as to collect the suds after they have been spent. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Faster and yet faster it flowed, falling, with the sound as of many showers, into the runnel below, which rushed splashing and gurgling away from the foot of the vanishing wall. Wilfrid Cumbermede Thou my Bible art, With holy leaves of rock, and flower, and tree, And moss, and shining runnel. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The moisture condensing on the sides trickled into these runnels and supplied the basins with drinking water. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Preferred Habitat—Wet or low ground, beside streams, ditches, and meadow runnels. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Down every furrow, drain, watercourse, ditch, runnel, and watercut, the turbid waters were hurrying, all with one common flow, all with increasing speed, to the Thames. The Naturalist on the Thames All down the smooth white walls evermore was stealing a thin veil of dissolution; while here and there little runnels of the purest water were tumbling in tiny cataracts from top to bottom. Wilfrid Cumbermede Sounds that move us like enthralling Accents, where the runnel falling, Sends out flute-like voices calling, Where the sweet wild moss-bed lies. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens There was a bare rock forming the back wall of the house, and down it a runnel of water gently trickled. Two Summers in Guyenne And now back to the runnel for more. The Path of Life A certain little runnel of verse flowed no more through the pages of "The Firefly," and in a month there was not the shadow of Tom upon his age. Mary Marston The gray walls yet rose about me, and ever the film of dissolution flowed along their glassy faces to the runnel below; still before me opened the depth of blue atmosphere, deepening as I went. Wilfrid Cumbermede The bell-birds direct him to spring and to river, With ring and with ripple, like runnels whose torrents Are toned by the pebbles and leaves in the currents. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens I stopped beside a little runnel that came down from the wooded heights to pick some flowers of yellow balsam, and while there my eye fell upon a splendid green lizard basking in the sun. Two Summers in Guyenne Catkins were swaying lightly on the willows, somewhere out of sight a tiny runnel of water gurgled, the horse ate noisily, the grass had a vividness of green like the concentrated thought of spring. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing A little runnel of water, half ditch, half sewer, flowed beside the old plank walk. The Web of Life I had pulled my shoes and stockings off, and was paddling in the runnel, sheltered by the deep rim of the wheel, and enjoying the water. Erema — My Father's Sin Blood ran in runnels, and the slain they lay in heaps. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut How constant a stream is the runnel of men's small affairs! Gaslight Sonatas The great difficulty was how to supply this enormous consumption with so slender a runnel of water as the one at their disposal. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals He was wading to the waist, and his coat and trousers streamed with runnels of orange-coloured light. A Prisoner in Fairyland Within fifteen yards, on the edge of the plantation, was a little spruit or runnel of water, and of this he drank copiously, and bathed his wounded head and face. Jess You keep the nest: I love the rural scene, Fresh runnels, moss-grown rocks, and woodland green. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry The searching runnels from the canvas were really more unpleasant than the sudden definite douches of the sprays. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition By a similar artifice the engineer would change his meagre little runnel into an inexhaustible fountain. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals And they were great big smiles, that went into creases all over her fat red face, forming runnels for the great big tears which dropped off at unexpected angles. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Their quick breath and the trickling of fifty runnels of water from Gavin's drenched clothes into the bottom of the once-tidy boat alone broke the tense stillness of sky and bay. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Thus it is possible that a runnel of the blood of "le grand monarque" tripped through Burton's veins. The Life of Sir Richard Burton But I know of a runnel, cold and clear, that is hard by. Heroes Every Child Should Know She stooped her by the runnel's side, But in abhorrence backward drew; For, oozing from the mountain's side, Where raged the war, a dark-red tide Was curdling in the streamlet blue. Marmion And he raised his sword so that little yellow runnels of light sped down the livid blade. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza After him came a dozen black-robed janissaries with scimitars along which the light of the torches rippled in little runnels as of blood. The Sea-Hawk Midmost thereof was a fountain of gold, whence the water ran two ways in gold-lined runnels, spanned twice with little bridges of silver. Wood Beyond the World "Let us race from hence to the runnel." Heroes Every Child Should Know Its preference is for moist thickets such as border swamps and meadow runnels. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Amid the fairest things that grow My lady hath her dwelling-place; Where runnels flow, and frail buds blow As shy and pallid as her face. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 A runnel tamed to a bamboo duct did them Ganymede service. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan Besides, near the runnels, following whose borders the cattle have tracked out graded paths, there grows that species of immortelle called Edelweiss, an object of covetousness to every guest at the Baths. Samuel Brohl and Company I had a long, quiet day alone in the beech-wood, close below our cottage, sitting by the little runnel, now worn to a thread with the summer weather, but singing still. John Halifax, Gentleman Preferred Habitat - Wet or low ground, beside streams, ditches, and meadow runnels. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Her silver speech is like the singing flight Of runnels rippling o'er the jewelled sand; Her kiss a dream of delicate delight; For me her favor glorifies the land. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 All around the land echoed with the steady drum of it, and the rumour of swollen runnels. The Path of the King Cool was the little runnel, and sparkled clear as glass. Song and Legend from the Middle Ages He knelt with the child in his arms by a little runnel in the ditch-bank. John Halifax, Gentleman It took me the whole day to reach the patch,—which I found indeed a forest—but not a rudiment of brook or runnel had I crossed! Lilith, a romance The circular pools were the hollows dug by the German shells in the limy, non-porous soil which preserved all the runnels of rain. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse When he came again it was on a dark day in November, and every runnel of the fens was swollen. The Path of the King Soon as was Sir Siegfried of the mortal wound aware, Up he from the runnel started, as he were wood Out from betwixt his shoulders his own hugh boar-spear stood. Song and Legend from the Middle Ages Thou my Bible art With holy leaves of rock, and flower, and tree, And moss, and shining runnel. An Anthology of Australian Verse And I to him: "If so the present runnel Doth take its rise in this way from our world, Why only on this verge appears it to us?" Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete |
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