| 单词 | shuttlecock |
| 例句 | From a distance it looked like I had been playing badminton and had a shuttlecock jammed up my nostril. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He swatted the shuttlecock the length of the locker room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He meant a shuttlecock burqa, which covers the whole face, with only a mesh grille to see through. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Badminton/” “At least it’s not as bad as the seniors,” I said, handing him the fragile racquet and the fey shuttlecock. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Thick ribbons of smoke stripe the valley; occasional flares of ordnance fly like shuttlecocks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He dropped the ball and proceeded to pick the feathers out of the shuttlecock, distastefully, as though removing ticks from a dog. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When he hurled the bird up at the treetops it didn’t fly at first but only sailed across the clearing like a red-tailed badminton shuttlecock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adèle and Pilot—ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Thom Browne created a fanciful garden in which models posed as flowers and shuttlecocks. At Proenza Schouler show, all rules about leather in spring melt away Sports are represented in the form of tiny windsurfers and badminton shuttlecocks, and he has acquired some oddities, like helicopters, pencil stubs, abacuses and matchbooks. When Form Meets Function: Cuff Links Throughout the Centuries 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z With its straight-man-in-drag conceit, and quips flying like shuttlecocks between Tracy and Rexy, the play sometimes assumes the artificial air of a sitcom. Review: ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride,’ From Elvis Impersonator to Drag Queen 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The famous “shuttlecock sequence”, which depicts a sporting match of a game that’s a cross between soccer and hack sack, is composed of dozens of shots, unlike other sequences on this list. Let's try that again … the most difficult scenes to film in cinema history 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z In rotating each new scene toward Nora on the turntable, Lloyd highlights the transfer of information from character to character as if it were a shuttlecock — or contraband. Review: Jessica Chastain Plots an Escape From ‘A Doll’s House’ 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In a poem called “Apology” she writes: I thought you were born to privilege, some inherited advantage — like an estate framed in privet hedge, or a better-feathered shuttlecock for badinage, or other French pretensions. Books of The Times: Stealthy Insights Amid Short Phrases 2010-03-05T00:07:00Z Or when a Mad Hatter’s garden party is held, complete with girls dressed as shuttlecocks and badminton rackets and daisy chains, as it was at Thom Browne. Donna Karan, Maria Cornejo, Rodarte, Thom Browne, Vera Wang And More Show at Fashion Week 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z We turned off onto a small street where two girls were hitting a shuttlecock back and forth, watched by a third girl who was texting while eating sugar cane. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z In some winning cities, the best picnic spots offer uniquely local settings, whether you’re next to a natural spring, in front of an iconic band shell, or in the shade of an 80-foot-tall shuttlecock. These Are America's Best Cities for Picnics 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The roughly one in 12 who get tossed from the run's infamous Shuttlecock curve receive a complementary shuttlecock tie to remember the occasion. Don't Try This At Home 2010-03-11T21:00:00Z It takes practice to get good at hitting the shuttlecock with the racket, especially when you’re on the run. With a ball or a hoop, you’ve got the makings of summer fun 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z In the first scene she wore a white cage crinoline over billowy polka-dot pants; a twist of the torso made her look like a shuttlecock attending a Madonna concert in 1985. Dance Review: ?Mandorla? by Jenny Rocha at Here Arts Center 2012-04-15T21:25:28Z Least likely to: Shove a shuttlecock down their shorts. New band of the day ? No 1,082: Zooey 2011-08-11T16:15:30Z For her piece, Badminton Cloche, Ms Shillingford combined a cloche hat with its badminton shuttlecock inspiration. Luton exhibition aims to get people to 'fall in love' with hats 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Bawdminton: The shuttlecock has a different function in this party version. Style Invitational Week 1495: We all need a break 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z There are several different ways to hit the ball / shuttlecock with varying speeds and trajectories, and the game refuses to explain how to affect the direction or speed you may want. Nintendo Switch Sports isn’t a must-own, but it’s a great party game 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The independent contractor vs. employee debate has been a political shuttlecock for years. Column: You may be mad at truck drivers, but they're the victims of an abusive system 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z I have often thought of those double acrostics, their letters tossed through the air like shuttlecocks, in trying to understand how Mr. Sondheim managed to do what he did. The Essential Musical Dramatist Who Taught Us to Hear 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In badminton, when players need to replace a damaged shuttlecock, they now get a new one themselves from a dispenser, so they are no longer handled by the match official who used to distribute them. Clean, repeat: At Tokyo Games, virus is Olympians’ chief foe 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z “During this phase of spaceflight the vehicle acts like a shuttlecock or birdie, orienting the ship to the proper re-entry attitude,” Virgin Galactic says. Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew are safely back from space, ushering in a new era 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z “I said I had hard time getting the ‘shuttlecock’ over the net.” Perspective | There’s a word for that. It may just not be the word you learned growing up. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Badminton, the modern iteration, is typically played by either two or four players, who bat a shuttlecock or birdie, usually made of plastic, across a net. This Spring, Get the Balls Rolling 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z After the brief warm-up, the girls each grabbed a badminton racket and shuttlecock and paired up in twos. 'Kids will be kids': Furtive hugs, complex logistics on South Korea's first day back at school 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Farms are the badminton shuttlecock being pushed back and forth over the net.” ‘Not as Wisconsin Nice as We Used to Be’: The Divisions in Dairyland 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z “The vision is to ensure the long-term sustainability of badminton and become less dependent of using natural feathers for shuttlecocks,” Lund added. BWF approves synthetic feather shuttlecocks from 2021 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Comforting to know that our shuttlecock heroes, at least, aren’t tainted. Sideline Chatter: It also seems like a responsible part of having a ‘step-back’ 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Give him a racket and a shuttlecock and he'll probably dominate you in Badminton too. Odell Beckham Jr. has a beautiful golf swing, is good at literally every sport he tries - Golf Digest 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He delivers a line like a shuttlecock just barely clearing a badminton net. Review: In Fox’s ‘The Cool Kids,’ old pros have a blast at the retirement home - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z When they were raised perpendicular to the fuselage, the craft slowed down and started descending like a shuttlecock. Virgin Galactic’s Rocket Man 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Roughly translated as “flier,” it’s also the Spanish word for “steering wheel” or “shuttlecock,” which sounds right. 2019 Aston Martin DB11 Volante: A Six-Figure Car That’s Worth Every Penny 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “The fan shape of the coral acts like a badminton shuttlecock and slows the descent, allowing a good landing,” said Maria Montseny, at the University of Barcelona. New lab-bred super corals could help avert global reef wipeout 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z At the centre of it all rises an observation tower, a golden orb at the top of a splayed white steel tree, like a Ferrero Rocher chocolate nestling in an upturned shuttlecock. 'Norman said the president wants a pyramid': how starchitects built Astana 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Inside was a storage space with a bunch of cardboard boxes holding the shuttlecocks. Reflections From Rio 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The elder Chew, who grew up playing badminton in Thailand before emigrating to America, started hitting shuttlecocks to his grandson before he was even 2. Badminton Patron and His Grandson Seek an Elusive Medal for the U.S. 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z If you get whacked in the nose by a Frisbee or badminton shuttlecock and it starts bleeding, you've probably ruptured blood vessels in the front of the nose along the cartilage. Are Your First-Aid Skills Up to Date? 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z He travels with about a dozen shuttles, or shuttlecocks, in a tube, and about eight to 10 rackets strung to specific tensions. A U.S. Olympic Badminton Star Is Ready for Rio 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Meet Champion Robot - a machine designed to master the badminton court with racquets as arms, electronic eyes to focus on the shuttlecock and sensors to help it find its way around the court. The robot that can play badminton - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z He stopped making mistakes and started putting away the shuttlecock with dink shots that barely cleared the net. Reflections From Rio 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The 1930s Nelson-Atkins Museum, for one, is known for its collection of Chinese paintings, as well as the 17-foot-tall shuttlecocks on its lawn. An Insider’s Guide to Kansas City 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The "feathers" — a term derived from the design of a badminton shuttlecock — are tail structures that extend rearward from each wingtip. Virgin Galactic will roll out a new copy of its SpaceShipTwo space-tourism rocket as it prepares to resume flight testing for the first time since a 2014 accident destroyed the original and killed one of its two pilots 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z That is meant to create drag and stability, allowing the plane to descend gently back into the atmosphere, much like a badminton shuttlecock. Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crash Traced to Co-Pilot Error 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z But the possibility of shuttlecock diplomacy fell apart when the Iranian Foreign Ministry said there wasn’t enough time to approve the visas. Is Obama’s Iran overture like Nixon’s opening to China? 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z He had brought a sketchbook, and he opened it to a page where he’d drawn simple outlines: shuttlecock, light bulb, thundercloud, tree. Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Organizers would have to manage a bloated spectacle while trying to explain exactly why it made sense to spend $15 billion on shuttlecocks. Boston Welcomes 2024 Olympic Bid With Trepidation 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z A birdie—or shuttlecock—however, flies in varied trajectories, so just tracking and swatting it is an accomplishment. Robot Athletes Got Game [Video] 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The idea, inspired by a badminton shuttlecock, is to increase drag and allow the spaceship to descend safely. Fledgling space industry resolute after fatal crash 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The company calls the system's action "feathering" because it was modeled on the birdie or shuttlecock used in badminton, which is aerodynamically stable because of the way it resists air. Investigators scrutinize pilot actions in Virgin Galactic crash That creates more drag and stability, allowing the plane to descend gently back into the atmosphere, much like a badminton shuttlecock. Investigators Focus on Tail Booms in Crash of Space Plane 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z “They move back and forth across the border like shuttlecocks,” said George W. Grayson, a professor at the College of William & Mary who studies drug trafficking groups. Suspected Leader of Mexican Drug Cartel Arrested in Texas 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z All manner of madcap hats, including one shaped like a shuttlecock and another like a sail. New York Fashion Week: At Thom Browne, a garden of delights 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Some mitigation for Vidal here: Neymar is made of feathers and weighs less than a shuttlecock. Brazil’s Neymar steps up against Chile to keep World Cup dream alive 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z "The first thing they brought us was a shuttlecock, which they stole while watching the neighbour's children playing badminton," Mrs Boddy said. Copycat cat burglar brothers' spree 2014-01-09T14:29:18Z And, as Fatou passes the Embassy of Cambodia, on her way to the pool, over the high wall she sees a shuttlecock, passed back and forth between two unseen players. Zadie Smith: “The Embassy of Cambodia.” 2013-02-04T05:00:00Z But others got creative. put up by the China News Service news agency showed people playing a Chinese version of hacky-sack - keeping a shuttlecock in the air using their feet - to pass the time. Killing time on China's holiday highways 2012-10-06T07:06:39Z On Tuesday, they thought smashing the shuttlecock into the net was the best way to do that. Shuttlecocks and Misplaced Rage at the Olympics 2012-08-02T13:01:13Z The spectacle of players deliberately hitting shuttlecocks out of court and dumping serves into the net drew jeers from the fans at Wembley Arena. All set for Phelps v Lochte - the final duel 2012-08-02T02:20:37Z The latest Olympic scandal — involving shuttlecocks and dumped badminton matches — was pretty much hiding in plain sight. Badminton scandal: Eight players kicked out for trying to lose 2012-08-02T02:42:27Z At one point it seemed to Fatou that the next lob would blow southward, sending the shuttlecock over the wall to land lightly in her own hands. Zadie Smith: “The Embassy of Cambodia.” 2013-02-04T05:00:00Z The birdie — pardon me, shuttlecock — can move at speeds of 200 mph. Olympic badminton players kicked out of London Games. Really? 2012-08-01T23:01:37Z HOW IT'S PLAYED: Similar to tennis but with a taller net and no bounces, players use rackets to hit a shuttlecock back and forth. A glance at the Olympic sport of badminton 2012-08-01T19:12:08Z Inside the jam-packed the CP Badminton Club in College Point, Queens, on Saturday, 28 players spread across seven courts lunged, dived, stabbed and slammed at shuttlecocks, sending them back and forth in spirited doubles matches. City Room: Lee Chong Wei's Olympic Hopes Are Focus of Malaysian Badminton Players in Queens 2012-07-30T17:36:42Z A pulled curtain separates the two narrow courts, but the shuttlecock from the spirited game of badminton somehow still strays to interrupt the youth basketball camp. Payback time for grateful Deng 2012-07-30T04:24:00Z And back and forth, cresting this wall horizontally, flies a shuttlecock. Zadie Smith: “The Embassy of Cambodia.” 2013-02-04T05:00:00Z So now the shuttlecock contingent has rewritten the motto, Swifter, Higher, Stronger. Olympic badminton players kicked out of London Games. Really? 2012-08-01T23:01:37Z Grunts fill the air as coaches whack the delicate white shuttlecock back and forth to players on the other side of the net, in what seem like endless rallies. Indonesian athletes look beyond Olympic glory 2012-07-28T01:57:38Z A battle of speed and tactics as players fire shuttlecocks at each other's heads at speeds over 200mph. London 2012: Unfamiliar Olympic sports explained 2012-07-21T21:01:01Z “We got it so we could play international badminton in here and the air wouldn’t move the shuttlecock.” Wimbledon’s Guardians of Grass Face Olympics, Too 2012-06-25T00:23:33Z Its stubby wings will then be pointed upwards to turn the craft into a giant shuttlecock that will "flutter" back to Earth. Space tourism: to infinity and beyond? 2012-06-16T23:05:23Z But I didn’t laugh at the time, I can tell you, because it meant two aunts playing battledore and shuttlecock. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z You may see adults gravely flying kites, while the youngsters look on; shuttlecocks are battledored by the heel. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z When they came back to the palace later in the day the King was playing at battledore and shuttlecock with some of his gentlemen, and was very angry at being interrupted in his game. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z Sampei, tossed like a shuttlecock, formed, as usual, a dozen resolutions daily, and broke them all. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z He is the very sport and shuttlecock of disaster. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z And this shuttlecock process is called "getting religion," while, if they had lived in a country where only one form of religion exists, they would be as hard to convert as Mahomedans and Hindoos. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The game of shuttlecock and battledoor has been going on in this dark and awesome gorge since Heaven knows when. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z He liked each bout to be a trial of strength, and to aim the shuttlecock where it would be difficult for his opponent to deal with it. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Among his simpler designs is the scene in the apartment of Frederick the Great when his heir presumptive demanded if the monarch would return his shuttlecock. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z In spite of their mutual hostility, this game of battledore and shuttlecock between Chiari and Goldoni enabled the literary Conservatives to regard both playwrights as flying under one flag. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z She was asked by her mother one day whether she had not played battledore and shuttlecock before breakfast. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Between the two perplexed I go, A shuttlecock, tossed to and fro. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z The feathery shuttlecock zips and hovers and drops like a stone. Stay quick on your toes with indoor badminton 2011-11-02T22:01:04Z However this may be, Berwick was a bone of contention and a shuttlecock for many a century. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Accordingly they dragged the groaning seaman into the deck-house, and, wedging him up with cushions to prevent him from playing the part of Neptune's shuttlecock, they left him. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Kruger, rakishly arrayed in tennis garb, is extracting infinite enjoyment from the congenial exercise of volleying English soldiers, dressed up as shuttlecocks, over the "Transvaal net" into the watery ditch beyond. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z The whole looks much like the white boy’s shuttlecock. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z “Not too much gaslight, some practice, and plenty of battledore and shuttlecock,” is the proper recipe for little Master Josef. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.103Z He was, he further declared, "the shuttlecock of fortune ... the very but for villany to shoot at, or the continued mark for slander and her imps to spit their venom upon." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Logic then was jargon, controversy chicane, and truth a shuttlecock, with which the disputants respectively played, or the object which they mutually disguised. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z A giant shuttlecock is unveiled to promote the World Badminton Championships next month in London. Day in pictures 2011-07-13T12:03:28Z I shall look like a walking hammer-cloth, at Christmas, and an upright shuttlecock, in the dog days. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z He made his characters play a game of verbal battledore and shuttlecock. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z It was like a game of battledore and shuttlecock. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z I think every fibre of me, moral, physical, mental, spiritual, revolted then and there against being made longer a mere shuttlecock for the battledores of Fate. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z No other shuttlecock was to be had, and their play was stopped. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z I wish now that I had thought to cut into the rapid battledore and shuttlecock of the conversation to learn why he had not been. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Then the fates, who seemed to use the boy as a shuttlecock, brought him an unexpected turn of good fortune. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z Wooden-Leg, my friend, this is like playing battledore and shuttlecock; what is knocked forward with one hand is knocked back with the other. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z But he paid them no heed, for he had become full of a very strange desire for the shuttlecock he had lost. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z I had better go back, and just tell them that I'm very sorry I can't get their shuttlecock;—do come back with me.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z The night had done nothing but toss him hither and thither like a shuttlecock in mockery and sport. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z These, and a dozen other like calamities, were bandied about, and pitched like shuttlecocks from side to side, as the impatient traveller descended the stairs. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z This officer made the royal shuttlecock his aide-de-camp, and took him with him to Italy. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z “Battledore and shuttlecock for me,” says a little girl. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z No sound of merriment was now to be heard—no battledore and shuttlecock—no ball, no marbles. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Thank Heaven we were both unhurt, save for the few bruises and slight cuts caused by the shuttlecock shaking we had experienced. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z He excels in the battledore and shuttlecock of love-making; he tells us far more of the manner of well-bred contemporary society than Massinger. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z Girls play out-of-doors with battledore and shuttlecock; they also play with cotton-balls, which they toss with their dainty hands against hard floors. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z And sure enough there they are, a battledore of the best, and twenty shuttlecocks, meetly feathered and gilded. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Her welfare was but a shuttlecock, beaten back and forth between great nations. Serbia: A Sketch 2011-02-11T03:00:25.893Z They stood there in the midst of the land they so arrogantly claimed, ready to toss her away once more in the everlasting game of battledore and shuttlecock. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z In the game of battledore and shuttlecock, the latter has no chance except to take the thing coolly, without temper. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z If you can glance at a shuttlecock without being sick, I will never truly like you. Charlie Brooker 2010-09-27T05:59:00Z Then his companions cried, “Stay, Hagiwara; here we have more than a dozen shuttlecocks.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z They soon got into a discussion upon the merits of different composers, whose names served them to bandy to and fro in the battledore and shuttlecock of conversation. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 A shrill whistle echoed back and forth among the hills like a shuttlecock. The Trail of Conflict And this shuttlecock,"---she picked it up as she saw it lying forgotten in the grass, "I will not leave behind. The Dead Lake and Other Tales These discussions amused Michael most when he was able to break the rhythm of the battledores by knocking down whatever liturgical or theological shuttlecock was being used. Sinister Street, vol. 1 “Foolish one!” answered his friends; “here we have six shuttlecocks all dove-coloured and gilded.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Books and dresses for Anna and me, a kaleidoscope, large cornucopias of candy, and games, one of them being battledore and shuttlecock. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl And this shuttlecock,"--she picked it up as she saw it lying forgotten in the grass, "I will not leave behind. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales A humming-top, whose key had departed, lay side by side with a shuttlecock that had been shorn of half its feathers. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves Jesus therefore was not going to make revelations about Himself which He saw would only make Him once again a shuttlecock driven between the two contending parties. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II She beckoned him with her right hand, and in her left she held a gilded shuttlecock with dove-coloured feathers. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z These shuttlecock letters were tossed backward and forward between Wychford and London throughout the rest of June and most of July, and sometimes Guy thought they were as unreal as his own poetry. Plashers Mead A Novel At the New Year the popular out-of-door games are battledoor and shuttlecock, and ball. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition To this shuttlecock state of existence the easiness of my nature made me submit tamely enough, and I never dreamed of rebellion. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands During nearly the whole of the 18th century Courland, devastated by continual wars, was a shuttlecock between Russia and Poland; until eventually in 1795 the assembly of the nobles placed it under the Russian sceptre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" “After all, I have left behind me my shuttlecock,” said Hagiwara the samurai. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z "Once, twice, thrice, and away;" up he went like a shuttlecock, but not quite up to the ceiling. Tom Brown's School Day's To listen to her, you would swear that she had never played shuttlecock with anything under an Earl, nor trundled a hoop with aught below a Lord in Waiting! The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life When discharged from the grasp, it flies with such velocity that you can scarcely see it, and when in the air it looks like a shuttlecock violently struck. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Here have I been buffeting about the world for years, the shuttlecock of fate, hunting fortune in every corner of the world, and I return home, poor and penniless as the day I left it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 He could not come upon the garden where his shuttlecock was lost, nor yet upon the Lady of the Morning Dew. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Yes, the fluttering thing, of a sudden taking to flight again, was now playing shuttlecock, feathered shuttlecock, to the battledore of a broad sunbeam which batted it wildly hither and yon. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl A forceful gust, too sudden to withstand, would drive them, blind, groping, from their path; and a moment later they would be hurled like shuttlecocks in the opposite direction. In the Brooding Wild It is like battledore and shuttlecock, is it not? Rollo in Society A Guide for Youth The shuttlecock of religious intolerance will fall to the ground, if there be no battledores to fling it back and forth. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Now he had marked the very spot where the shuttlecock should have fallen, but it was not there; so he searched along the foot of the bamboo fence—but no, he could not find it. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z In the sketch Maclise has characteristically put in a shuttlecock just over the wall, as though the little ones were playing in the garden. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land To carry out the character, she held a battledore and shuttlecock in her hand. Under False Pretences A Novel The most absurd rumors have been flying about all the forenoon, the members of the Twenty-Third having nothing to do in their yawning idleness but to toss them back and forth like shuttlecocks. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 The only game to be played is to see how long the shuttlecock can be kept in the air. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes One bright and wintry day during the Festival of the New Year he found himself with a company of laughing youths and maidens playing at battledore and shuttlecock. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z He can thrust at the tenderest heart, as though it was adamant, and deal with human excellencies as so many shuttlecocks to be played with by his slanderous words. Talkers With Illustrations I am going to play at battledore and shuttlecock with the boys in the dining-room. Under False Pretences A Novel If two P. R.’s have contradictory orders they will continue to play battledoor and shuttlecock with an unhappy epistle, which will never get farther afield but perish there miserably. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Among the best toys with which to play alone are bricks, soldiers, balls, battledore and shuttlecock, and dolls. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes “Shall it be a golden fan, or a roll of silk, or a new obi of red brocade, or a great battledore with images upon it and many light-feathered shuttlecocks?” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z It continued foggy all day, and the children had to content themselves with skating and battledore and shuttlecock in the verandahs. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The two went on until eight hundred and twenty had been reached; then the shuttlecock fell to the ground. Under False Pretences A Novel There was "a charming large hall" with an organ and harpsichord, where all the company met when they had a mind to be together, and where "music, dancing, draughts, shuttlecock and prayers took their turn." Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Out sprang a splendid battledore and a shower of shuttlecocks. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales In the terrible conflict between principle and passion, the soul of the priest was tossed to and fro like the feathered seed-ball of a shuttlecock. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan That creature was originally "a nadder": then the two words took to bandying the poor "n" backwards and forwards like a shuttlecock, the final state of the game being "an adder." A Tangled Tale His own sacrifice neither stirred nor shamed her into equal generosity; the volley was over, and the shuttlecock had dropped to the ground. The Education of Eric Lane Conversation is light, brilliant, and tossed back and forth from one to another with the grace and ease of the feathered shuttlecock. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Resting thereon were a shuttlecock of coral, another pin of a tiny red lobster and a green pine sprig made of silk. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories "Don't touch me till I get out of the rain!"—which prohibition Faith might consider useless, or might think that—shuttlecock fashion—it had got turned round in the air. Say and Seal, Volume II That the little Frenchwoman never lost; but it takes two to keep up a shuttlecock, and Faith was welcome in that house. Say and Seal, Volume I His sisters played battledore and shuttlecock in the school-room sometimes, or out in the passages on a winter’s afternoon. Not Like Other Girls The assured “yes” and the positive “no” were as two 332 shuttlecocks tossed over her strained mind by the breath of circumstance. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker They spent most of the day playing with their pretty new battledores, striking with its plain side the airy little shuttlecock whose head is made of a black seed. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories He had landed from England a day before we did, and had, by his own account, been tossed about northern France like a shuttlecock, the different R.T.O.’s he dealt with being the battledores. A Padre in France It's the humour of the battledore and the shuttlecock. The Dop Doctor The shuttlecocks had become entangled, and fallen to the ground. Not Like Other Girls “I’ve got a whole ball of new string, and two battledores and a shuttlecock, and a ball, and a bow and arrows.” In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers The shuttlecock is a small seed, often gilded, stuck round with feathers arranged like the petals of a flower. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories The scent from the wet weeds on either side of him, heavy with the yester rains, brought back his boyhood insistently, and his memory leaped between then and now like a shuttlecock. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The old men fly kites while the boys look on; shuttlecock is their favorite game; it is played, however, not with the hands, but with the feet. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands I propose we go out in the garden and have a game of battledore and shuttlecock;” for this had been a winter pastime with them at the cottage. Not Like Other Girls Rowing a boat, fencing, quoits, shuttlecock, the proper use of skipping the rope, dumb-bells, and gymnastics are of this description, and have been recommended for this purpose. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The boys sing a song that the wind will blow, the girls sing that it may be calm so that their shuttlecocks may fly straight. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories On the fine summer evenings, at the time when the close streets are empty, when the servants are playing shuttlecock at the doors, he opened his window and leaned out. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life BADMINTON, a game played with rackets and shuttlecocks, its name being taken from the duke of Beaufort's seat in Gloucestershire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Battledore and shuttlecock was played constantly in the garden at Devonshire Terrace, though I do not remember my father ever playing it elsewhere. My Father as I Recall Him "My sons have plenty of business on hand; they are playing at shuttlecock with the clouds up yonder in the king's hall," and she pointed upwards. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Ned was terrified at first, as it was with great difficulty that he kept his body from playing battledore and shuttlecock. The Magic Soap Bubble Why they would toss you over their heads like a shuttlecock. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians After about three years of fool’s paradise, people began to reflect that the shuttlecock could not be knocked about in the air forever, and that when it came down somebody would be hurt. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Go and have a game of battledore and shuttlecock then. The Light of Scarthey But the friends were in a section where they had never been before, and were playing battledore and shuttlecock with a warlike tribe of whom they knew nothing. Footprints in the Forest The difference is that instead of racquet and ball, battledore and shuttlecock are used. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men I must have a game at battledore and shuttlecock, I can play that alone.” Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good There are pens and ink upon the premises; orange trees, gardens, battledores and shuttlecocks, rousing wood-fires for evenings, and a welcome worth having. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Molly, with a pettish "battledore and shuttlecock indeed!" had taken her sister by the arm and left the room. The Light of Scarthey Their boat was tossed like a shuttlecock in the great waves, and they knew that unless the shipwrecked persons could aid them it would be impossible to return to the lighthouse. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. I never learned to skip till I was thirty, and at thirty-five my greatest delight was a game of battledore and shuttlecock. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly As she found that Norman was not disposed to garden, she invited him to have a game of battledore and shuttlecock on the lawn. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good Her mind had vacillated like a shuttlecock, but no one had seen the vacillation. An Old Man's Love He disappeared inside to emerge again in a moment with a badminton racket and a shuttlecock. Mufti White was one of those financial shuttlecocks which shrewd moneylenders toss from one to the other. The Green Rust Then, in a trice, both church and clock Vanish'd before ... a shuttlecock. Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II Come down with me into the garden, we will have a game of battledore and shuttlecock on the lawn, the fresh air will do you good.” Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good It was like battledore and shuttlecock, these huge masses whirling through the evening far above his head, now from one side, now from the other. One Man's Initiation—1917 After a long spell of work, the battledore is seized and the shuttlecock bounces up to the glass roof. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Then Cléry took Louis to his aunt’s room, where they played at ball, and battledore and shuttlecock, till Louis’s supper-time, at eight o’clock. The Peasant and the Prince You have been making a shuttlecock of it till it is doubtful whether you have not banged it to pieces. Orley Farm Then he thought that he must take out a battledore and shuttlecock and play with it, or what he proposed doing would be suspected. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good "Why, it's all crumpled up, as if you had been playing shuttlecock with it!" exclaimed Mrs. Lorton indignantly. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden So it was that reason made a shuttlecock of his present resolve, and half a dozen times he stopped in the road meaning to abandon his purpose, and turn back to Cullerne. The Nebuly Coat Great matches were played between the experts of various sections, and this sport, a game really for small children, after the fashion of battledore and shuttlecock, ran its course among young and old. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home The head of the prisoner becomes a shuttlecock between the advocate and magistrate. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Tossed from Federal to Confederate possession—a very shuttlecock of war—it had been harassed, robbed and pillaged by the one; drained of the very dregs by free gifts to the other. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Our souls were kept in constant perturbation, as we accounted ourselves the shuttlecock of rival powers, now God's, now man's. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. Hear him thump on the leaves; and here comes the other, fluttering round and round like a shuttlecock. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 I only knew we were southbound, and at long last I might fairly consider myself to be the shuttlecock of fortune. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Earnest thought, or a yearning for truth, and worldly folly, were playing a game of battledore and shuttlecock, and I was the feathered cork. Memoirs Or it is like the children's game of shuttlecock. Preventable Diseases "I thought you could recommend me the best establishment in the metropolis, Mr. Furlong, for buying shuttlecocks," continued the lady, unmindful of the interruption. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes It is not possible to play, and see anything but the shuttlecock. Gryll Grange “Why, it’s like playing shuttlecock and battledore,” said Esau grimly. To The West “We may chance to see the waves running mountains high when we get there, and all the things tumbling about like shuttlecocks.” Paddy Finn I had no strength to hold on or to grasp the stick, and might have been thrown helplessly about like a shuttlecock till life was extinct. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures The eagle, at the day’s end, flieth to his nest, and the lion hath his den; to all toil cometh an evensong, save to the shuttlecocks of Aeolus.” Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess She paused a moment, and then, afraid of trusting herself to carry on the dialogue, she said: 'Come into the hall, and play at battledore and shuttlecock.' Gryll Grange The unfortunate town of Winchester seems to have been made a regular shuttlecock of by the contending armies. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 One day there were many strangers with us; and in the afternoon I played at shuttlecock with young cousin Emil, to whom we were so kind, and who deserved our kindness so well. The Home Should the house be full and the weather prove wet, what games of battledore and shuttlecock, "bean-bags," &c., were played in it in the daytime, and what a ball-room it made at night! Belles and Ringers Never dropping to the earth, it has been maintained as a shuttlecock in spiritual regions by the dynamics of the soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 He therefore, instead of returning the shuttlecock, struck it upward, caught it in his hand, and presented it to her, saying, 'I give in. Gryll Grange "The story that's in it May be told in a minute; But par parenthèse chatting, On this thing and that thing, Keeps the shuttlecock flying, And attention from dying." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 I'm quite content to play battledore and shuttlecock in the hall, and I didn't want a rink, really.' Sarah's School Friend "Well, I declare, here's Little Abe tipping about in the wind like a shuttlecock." Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow The question was asked of Mr. Beckett, and thrown lightly as a shuttlecock over the old man's head to us in the next room. Everyman's Land You saw only two things: the shuttlecock, and your partner in the game. Gryll Grange The American Ambassador stood behind her, and, as permitted by his greater age, he tossed back the shuttlecock of her playful talk with chaff and laughter. The Eternal City More than dominoes or Halma, lead soldiers appealed to me, and tops, marbles, and battledore and shuttlecock. The Joyful Heart They either yield to the strain, and lapse into unconsciousness, or their minds become the arena of minor emotions, wherein trivialities play battledore and shuttlecock with the tremendous issues of the moment. The Captain of the Kansas Like a shuttlecock, Jasper was tossed from clerk to clerk, until by the time he reached his destination he was confused, breathless, and cross. The Tangled Threads And so the game proceeded, the questions and answers being tossed from one to another, like ball or shuttlecock, so that the general interest was kept up. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside At any rate, he passed on; and the children—the brief battledore over in which they had been the shuttlecocks—crept back, compliant with the second order, much amazed, toward the stove. Faith Gartney's Girlhood I am tired of going death-hunting, and not fool enough to play a game of shuttlecock with a lump of gold. Dr. Dumany's Wife Then began a most extraordinary game of battledore and shuttlecock. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Church played at shuttlecock with men's credulousness; the law, with their purses; the medical profession, with their lives; the military, with their liberties and hopes. Queechy, Volume I All the next day Nanking played ball and bandy with the Susquehannock boys, and taught them jack-stones and how to make a shuttlecock. Tales of the Chesapeake He and Ben jumped into the air like shuttlecocks, and seemed to like it. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life The echoes played battledore and shuttlecock with the sound. The Adventures of Kathlyn It was a glorious howl, but the rock walls seemed to catch it as a battledore catches a shuttlecock, and send it bounding back to me. The Motor Maid Most thinking men in this country resent the idea of Indian interests being made a shuttlecock in the strife of party. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 It takes two to do more things than make a bargain, and to battledore love without having it shuttlecocked back isn't much fun. Kitty Canary And though she's been foolish and treated life rather as though it were a game of battledore and shuttlecock, she's never done anything to unfit herself to be my wife. The Moon out of Reach An English outdoor game similar to lawn tennis but played with shuttlecocks. Outdoor Sports and Games My football's laid upon the shelf; I am a shuttlecock, myself The world knocks to and fro;— My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My sorrow and my bow! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827 The child, who was but seven years of age, was bandied to and fro like a shuttlecock between rival adventurers. A Short History of Scotland The two alternatives flew back and forth in her mind like shuttlecocks. The Vehement Flame My football's laid upon the shelf; I am a shuttlecock myself The world knocks to and fro;— My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood The shuttlecock is served and returned as in tennis and either two or four may play. Outdoor Sports and Games He went up a little way, like a baby's shuttlecock, and came down again feebly and dull. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Presently the battledores of both batteries were at work, and rapid compliments of shuttlecocks were very promptly exchanged. Israel Potter Well, my dear, I'll come, and we will play at battledore and shuttlecock to your heart's content. The Keeper of the Door I knew a nervously-inclined woman who told me that when she was losing self-control she was accustomed to seek her own room, and see how long she could keep up a shuttlecock without a failure. Doctor and Patient The shuttlecock is a cork in which feathers have been inserted. Outdoor Sports and Games But to lie for sport is to play at shuttlecock with your soul, and load your conscience for the mere sake of being a fool. Daniel Defoe The shot whizzed across the broad interval like shuttlecocks across a great hall. Israel Potter To this suggestion the Boy made no response, save to tighten his lips, resolving, I supposed, that if hearts were flying about like shuttlecocks, his battledore should be ready to catch the Contessa's. The Princess Passes Even in our winters and in-doors, she can try to encourage active games such as shuttlecock and graces. Doctor and Patient In a vague and childish way, she felt herself to be the sport of mysterious powers, a little shuttlecock between the battledores of Fortune. The Redemption of David Corson They do this so fast that the shuttlecock hardly ever falls to the ground. Big People and Little People of Other Lands "Isn't it?" said the doctor, and for a few moments more we bandied quick questions and replies like children playing at battledore and shuttlecock. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill Some men do not get beyond this very low level, but for ever remain mere shuttlecocks driven hither and thither by more or less contradictory impulses. Rudolph Eucken : a philosophy of life Battledore and shuttlecock were favourite games for the girls, which they played singing quaint rhymes— "Great A, little A; This is pancake day!" and the men also indulged in tip-cat, or billet. Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs I saw the oranges flung about in a great game of battledore and shuttlecock—as if the hurricane remembered to play in its fury! The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories They use their feet to strike the shuttlecock. Big People and Little People of Other Lands Yes; but many a woman's heart has been treated as a shuttlecock. Hints for Lovers Across her knee, under her clasped hands, lay a light racket, for she had strayed this way from battledore and shuttlecock and the sprightly company of maids of honor and gentlemen pensioners engaged thereat. Sir Mortimer On another day, “one of the ladies has been playing a harpsichord, while I, with the other, have been playing at battledore and shuttlecock.” The Art of Letters Peg-tops and hoops they account, I think, as a sort of hail; shuttlecocks, as rain, or dew. The Bed-Book of Happiness Hope and Despair were playing at shuttlecock with my soul. Aylwin No one knows it at all until after it has played battledore and shuttlecock with them, and they have been tossed to and fro for a long time. Sweetapple Cove He whom she addressed loved not the shuttlecock, thought one woman but falser than another, and made parade of blunt speech. Sir Mortimer I'm fond of Robin, but of late she's been even more energetic and emphatic than usual, and I feel like I'm being battledored and shuttlecocked whenever I see her. The Man in Lonely Land But as our conversation was rarely concluded when we got back to his door, he returned with me, and then I went back with him, this game of battledore and shuttlecock being renewed several times. Recollections of My Youth They would rather play gobs or shuttlecock or hopscotch than read about the 'Forty Thieves.' Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People I made a few inquiries, and found it was nothing but a shuttlecock of the departments. The Pretty Lady The maid of honor gave him no answer; stood smiling, the plumed fan waving, her eyes fixed upon Black Darrell, who scorned to budge an inch for any court favorite and friend of the shuttlecock's. Sir Mortimer All day long she had been tossed back and forth like a shuttlecock by the battledore of emotion. Spanish Doubloons France, in the person of the Ambassador Mancini, bent the knee to Oliver Cromwell; and Cromwell played with Calais and Dunkirk as with two shuttlecocks on a battledore. The Man Who Laughs I make her play at shuttlecock with me, and she is the veriest bungler at it ever you saw. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 Once, when they were tired of foot-ball, and the shuttlecock had grown heavy on their hands, the cry was, "What shall we play next?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 The courtiers drew together in groups, and it seemed that a man's name was being bandied to and fro, dark shuttlecock to this painted throng. Sir Mortimer "To-morrow he is to teach me battledore and shuttlecock in the library." Mistress Penwick They were mere shuttlecocks between the battledoors of Jersey City and New York. Round the Block Conversation, like a shuttlecock, should not be suffered to remain with one person, but ought to pass in turn to all. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 There would be no more battledore and shuttlecock with my poor brain on that subject. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy The room is attractive, the accessories well painted, and a second girl just coming through the door and turning her eyes up to the shuttlecock is an interesting figure. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Almost every night my brain was at battledore and shuttlecock with weird thoughts. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography He pictured his country ravaged, broken, desolate, buffeted like a shuttlecock between the rackets of fate. The Blood Red Dawn The buffaloes instantly commenced hostilities, and made complete shuttlecocks of the bears, who, however, finally escaped by climbing up the bamboos beyond the reach of their horned antagonists. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) "And Your Grace's unhappy daughter is to be the shuttlecock, my lord?" suggested Hymbercourt. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy The children played about with unconcern throughout the ceremony, one of them throwing high in the air, and again catching in his hands, a loaded feather, a kind of shuttlecock. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Soon after this contract expired the asiento itself was converted from an item of Spanish internal policy into a shuttlecock of international politics. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime From that time until now, the commodity has been a political shuttlecock, the object of government bounties and the subject of taxation. Cuba, Old and New Anger had set her going, just as a blow from a battledoor sends off a shuttlecock. Little Folks Astray It racks a man's brain to play shuttlecock with it in that fashion. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy They also play shuttlecock, but they have no battledore. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father At the farthest end of the lawn from the house were some fine trees, under the shelter of which two girls were playing at battledore and shuttlecock, and very well they played too. Brotherly Love Shewing That as Merely Human It May Not Always Be Depended Upon Every minute or two the bow was swept by the sea, and they were pounded and buffeted about like a pair of shuttlecocks. The Cruise of the Dazzler And, once being started, the poor little shuttlecock couldn't stop. Little Folks Astray Doubtful which might be the clarionet-stop, he was considering the point, when a shuttlecock flew out of the parlour window, and alighted on his hat. Little Dorrit They kick the shuttlecock with the sides of their feet. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father Peg-tops and hoops they account, I think, as a sort of hail; shuttlecocks, as rain, or dew. The Uncommercial Traveller The girl's plight was like a shuttlecock driven hither and yon by the battledores of many tongues. Within the Law II Battledore and Shuttlecock The shuttlecock soars upward In a parabola of whiteness, Turns, And sinks to a perfect arc. Men, Women and Ghosts The window being accessible from the footway, he looked in over the blind, returned the shuttlecock, and put his question. Little Dorrit Kind service cannot be chucked from hand to hand like a shuttlecock or stool-ball. Ivanhoe It was funny, she didn't know any games but battledore and shuttlecock and les graces. The Story of the Treasure Seekers We found two in a cupboard, among a heap of old toys, tops, and hoops, and battledores and shuttlecocks. Wuthering Heights Then the shuttlecock relinquishes, Bows, Descends; And the sharp blue spears of the air Thrust it to earth. Men, Women and Ghosts The royal shuttlecock being three-and-twenty, the battledores were very anxious to get him married. A Child's History of England I was flung back and forwards like a shuttlecock. Prester John Our national game is the shuttlecock, which we toss from one to another over our shoulders, hitting the shuttlecock with the flat soles of the shoes we are wearing. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat It was the first time she had been present at a game of battledore and shuttlecock with what she regarded as fundamental morals. The Cost The shuttlecock drops zigzagedly, Out of orbit, Hits the path, And rolls over quite still. Men, Women and Ghosts Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks. The Parasite A life like a shuttlecock may be toss'd With the hand of fate for a battledore; But it matters much for your sweet soul lost, As much as a million souls and more. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon When young Diamond found this, he thought he might venture to take up the dropt shuttlecock of the conversation. At the Back of the North Wind And shuttlecock, now—I don't know a finer game than shuttlecock for the daytime. Middlemarch Savages who go naked, with their noddles dressed like a shuttlecock, with a club in their paws, are less of brutes than those bachelors of arts! Les Misérables A shuttlecock, the helpless sport of his own failings, a vain thing alternately strutting and stumbling, now swaggering in the guise of an avenger self-appointed, now sneaking in the shameful habiliments of a felon self-condemned. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Disaster was in the air, and Monmouth was but the shuttlecock of unscrupulous men. The Brown Mask "What shall it be, my lady?" smiled Walter; "what shall be the shuttlecock--the May races, the ball, the Klock scandal, the--" If it was rude, it is too late to be helped now. In the Valley The family party seemed now more promising than before, and the fugitive Prince was weary of playing battledore and shuttlecock with his conscience, and much disposed to let matters go as chance should determine. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier And organs were played, and bells rang, and shuttlecocks and kites flew up the blue sky, and there was laughter, laughter, in all the streets of Pastime! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 It was an exercise she loved, as indeed she loved all out-of-door exercises, from riding with hawks and hounds to battledore and shuttlecock. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Close by, where the alley opened on to the greensward, Marcolina was stretched on the grass, her hands clasped beneath her head, looking skyward while the shuttlecocks flew to and fro. Casanova's Homecoming I won't say with Romeo that I am fortune's fool—but I am fortune's shuttlecock; and I suppose that means pretty much the same.' The Golden Calf The Church played at shuttlecock with men's credulousness, the law with their purses, the medical profession with their lives, the military with their liberties and hopes. Queechy But wildest shuttlecock of criticism though he is, he has never yet been charged with looking only on the dark side of things. Drum Taps They played battledore and shuttlecock in the picture-gallery, and my lady laughed when her volant struck some reverend judge or venerable bishop a rap on the nose. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Marcolina, who led the way, ran across the sunlit greensward to join the children in their game of battledore and shuttlecock. Casanova's Homecoming The shuttlecock is like our own, but the battledore is the sole of the foot. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Then, in the midst of the empty, echoing courtyard, Nana, Pauline and other big girls engaged in games of battledore and shuttlecock. L'Assommoir And all the while, as he talked and jested and argued and laughed and drank, his brain was playing with the question of right and wrong as a child with a shuttlecock. The Philistines Is it companionship, do you think, for me to look on while she walks a coranto or tosses shuttlecocks with De Malfort? London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Meanwhile, so much as remained of the Invincible Armada was buffeted to and fro by the resistless gale, like a shuttlecock between two invisible players. Ten Great Events in History Imitation rackets, battledoor and shuttlecock, hoops and sticks, castanets, cup and ball, tambourines, guitars, violins, hand-organs, banjos, and drums, all have their little day as fashionable favors. Manners and Social Usages So it paints the wretchedness of anxiety as ever shuttlecocked about between hopes and fears, sometimes up on the crest of a vain dream of good, sometimes down in the trough of an imaginary evil. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Besides this, the little girls had what is called a flag-race, and a contest with battledores and shuttlecocks. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lucifer himself could not be more arrogant or more audacious than this bewitching boy-lover of mine, who writes verses in English or Latin as easy as I can toss a shuttlecock. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger So it is that the shuttlecock of Beauty is ever kept in living movement. Impressions and Comments "I wouldn't;"—and da capo goes the conversation—the shuttlecock of wrath being briskly battled from one sister to another. The Virginians As George Herbert says, sorrows and joys are like battledores that drive a shuttlecock, and they may all 'toss us to His breast.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV The shuttlecock of conversation was lightly bandied to and fro across the round table. America To-day, Observations and Reflections No hour of the day but offered some variety of recreation, from battledore and shuttlecock in the plaisance to long days with the hounds or the hawks. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger His strong arms no longer wanted to play battledore and shuttlecock, they longed to throw stones. Married "Yes, if the phrase is to be shuttlecocked between us!" The Virginians In both towns and villages the streets are the playground, and here they play ball, or battledore and shuttlecock, or fly kites. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan The Italians of the Middle Ages were the superiors of the French and Germans in every branch of culture, and yet this did not prevent Italy being made the shuttlecock of northern politicians and free-booters. Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 A new commission was given him, and back he went; but this shuttlecock experience seems to have quelled his spirit, and we hear no more of quarrels with the Virginia council. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 And I observed that many of these insects, though extremely minute, were very beautiful, coming out of their holes in a circle of fine threads, and having the form of a shuttlecock. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean Crudely as they had calculated they were at first justified by the event: she was the little feathered shuttlecock they could fiercely keep flying between them. What Maisie Knew The girls play battledore and shuttlecock and bounce balls, and the boys spin tops and make them fight. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan A good supply of balls, battledores, shuttlecocks, tops, whips, skipping-ropes, hoops, sticks, and wheelbarrows, was, therefore, obtained, and we flattered ourselves that this must produce universal happiness. The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age Everybody knows the story of the early life of Joseph Haydn, one of the twelve children of a journeyman wheelwright, and throughout his youth a shuttlecock of ill treatment and contempt. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 So that I, poor wretch, am like A shuttlecock betwixt two battledoors. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 His metal hook had touched the live wire and he was thrown down like a shuttlecock. Topsy-Turvy Spinning a top is second to no exercise which I have yet mentioned, unless it is playing at shuttlecock. The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health Its furniture was still standing—even to the tarnished gilt leather battledores, and crumbling feathers of shuttlecocks in the nursery, which told that children had once played there. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia In turning, it struck the Halbrane and carried it off just as a battledore catches a shuttlecock, and now here we are, stranded at certainly one hundred feet above the level of the Antarctic Sea.” An Antarctic Mystery The picture of the little girl with a lamb seems to have made an equal impression on both their minds; and both mention the shuttlecocks on the table. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children In the last Kaiser maneuvers over half a million men were concentrated and massed; in fact, shuttlecocked from one end of the Empire to the other without a hitch. The Secrets of the German War Office Neither shuttlecock nor any other amusement will secure their attention long enough to injure them very much. The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health Put on your dress and we'll have a game of battledore and shuttlecock in the hall. Sleeping Fires: a Novel "I am afraid you think me very childish," I stammered, for I remembered that game of battledore and shuttlecock, and how excited I had been when I had achieved two hundred. Esther : a book for girls Once we were playing, when thy shuttlecock Glanced off and struck my aunt, Bohemia's queen, Full in the face! Don Carlos Throughout this century, as in the reign of Henry VII., royal betrothals and royal marriages play an immense part in international negotiations: princesses are the shuttlecocks of statesmen. England under the Tudors She had no battledore light enough to return an airy shuttlecock. Once Aboard the Lugger "Poor little kiddie," said he, and from his tone I gathered that all was not rosy in the life of the infant in this game of battledore and shuttlecock. A Fool and His Money I was only seventeen, in spite of my pronounce features, and I could still enter into the delights of a good drawn battle of battledore and shuttlecock. Esther : a book for girls She found it impossible to pursue any one line of thought to its logical outcome; her mind flew like a shuttlecock between a dozen plans for William King's defeat. The Awakening of Helena Richie The ice gives the one, and brandy the other, like shuttlecock and battledore. Nature and Human Nature Firmly she banged the shuttlecock out of sight. Once Aboard the Lugger Perhaps you don’t know that Jack, this morning, knocked his shuttlecock through his bedroom window. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures They toss their vanities about as the boys toss their shuttlecocks in the air, till their foot slips, and themselves descend into the pit. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 That in words she has been obedient, I know well; but what I doubt is this,—that she has in truth been able so to chuck her heart about like a shuttlecock. Castle Richmond But this battledore and shuttlecock of legislation does not represent the far more gradual changes in public opinion. Problems of Conduct The two kept up a battledore and shuttlecock of agitated conversation. Once Aboard the Lugger We are your mere hangers-on, camp-followers, satellites—your things, your playthings—we are the mere shuttlecocks which you toss hither and thither with your battledores, as the wanton mood impels you. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box She has been thrown to and fro like a shuttlecock a dozen times. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition But in those days in which he had been beaten like a shuttlecock between the Stanburys and the Frenches, he had lost his head and had done,—he knew not what. He Knew He Was Right It seemed to him that fortune was playing at shuttlecock with him, and that just for the present, at any rate, his star was in the ascendant. The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Love and the Low Latitudes. At Eton he had made a splendid showing at battledore and shuttlecock, and at Cambridge had been first in his class at needlework. Nonsense Novels He was at the beck and call of forty rough voices; he was the one shuttlecock among eighty brawny battledores. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days A bandy child, asquat on the doorstep with a paper shuttlecock, crawls sidling after her in spurts, clutches her skirt, scrambles up. Ulysses Walk and use exercise, sirrahs both; and get somebody to play at shuttlecock with you, Madam Stella, and walk to the Dean's and Donnybrook. The Journal to Stella We're all playing a sort of battledore and shuttlecock game—tossed about between drought and plenty—boom and slump. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Halloo!" said he, looking from one flaming girl to the other; "am I to be a shuttlecock, and your discreet tongues the battledoors? A Woman-Hater No other shuttlecock was to be had and their play was stopped. The Parent's Assistant You saw, in a moment, that his mind, like a shuttlecock, might be urged in any direction by the efforts of others, but was utterly incapable of volition by itself. Antonina Why then, twelvepenny weather; sirrahs, why don't you play at shuttlecock? The Journal to Stella My mother sent me last week a new battledore and shuttlecock, but I can never learn to play with it. Old Fritz and the New Era It seemed to her that the count and Sir Norman were before her, in her chamber in the old house on London Bridge, tossing her heart between them like a sort of shuttlecock. The Midnight Queen No sound of merriment was now to be heard—no battledore and shuttlecock- -no ball, no marbles. The Parent's Assistant All that day and night the wind blew, driving us out of our course, and by dawn we were as a shuttlecock between it and the sea. To Have and to Hold And she repeated the word "shuttlecocks" three times. The Good Soldier It was the second time the shuttlecock fell upon the paper. Old Fritz and the New Era His leisure hours he spent in the writing of edifying novels, the composition of acrostics in Latin Verse, and in playing battledore and shuttlecock with his little nieces. Eminent Victorians The Ubussu has erect, uncut leaves, twenty-five feet long, and six feet wide, all arranged round the top of a four-foot high stem, so as to form a figure like that of a colossal shuttlecock. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Then he said, still more slowly:— "Perfectly conceivable—dictionary—red oak—amenable—cause—retaining— shuttlecock—alone." The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition And the odd thing was that Edward himself considered that those two women used him like a shuttlecock. The Good Soldier The shuttlecock fell, at this instant, upon the paper upon which the king was writing. Old Fritz and the New Era Then he might have played foot-ball with the man, or battledore and shuttlecock as he pleased; and the twenty or thirty people who had rushed forward to assist would have only applauded. Three Men on the Bummel The Ubussu, lower in height, showed only its shuttlecock shaped crowns of huge undivided fronds, which, being of a vivid pale-green, contrasted forcibly against the sombre hues of the surrounding foliage. The Naturalist on the River Amazons As for me, dear Sister, I am like a shuttlecock whom the Kings of Prussia and of England hit with their rackets, and knock to and fro. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 There is a game of shuttlecock, without the battledore, for which the feet are used as a substitute; and "diavolo," recently introduced into Europe, is an ancient Chinese pastime. The Civilization of China Herr Behnisch will be very angry when you tell him about the shuttlecock. Old Fritz and the New Era He was known to have played battledore and shuttlecock in a moonlit garden with Mr. Previt� and some other gentlemen. The Works of Max Beerbohm Then he said, still more slowly:— "Perfectly conceivable—dictionary—red oak—amenable—cause—retaining—shuttlecock—alone." Plain Tales from the Hills It was as though the South, North, East, and West winds were all playing battledore and shuttlecock with it at once. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original To be a shuttlecock between two racquets—one called the hulks, and the other the police—is a life in which success means never-ending toil, and peace and quiet seem quite impossible. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life "Here it is, your majesty," shouted the prince, as he held up triumphantly the battledoor and shuttlecock high in the air. Old Fritz and the New Era Up he went like a shuttlecock, but not quite up to the ceiling. Tom Brown's School Days He turned to the frowning and perplexed Duke—whose mind was being tossed this way and that, like a shuttlecock upon the battledore of these men's words. Mistress Wilding It was more on the style of the present game of badminton or battledore and shuttlecock. The Art of Lawn Tennis Materialism and spiritualism are a fine pair of battledores with which charlatans in long gowns keep a shuttlecock a-going. The Magic Skin The prince smiled as he saw the pocket open and the feathers of the shuttlecock peeping out. Old Fritz and the New Era Back in the Palace again, there was still time for a little more fun before dinner—a game of battledore and shuttlecock perhaps, or a romp along the galleries with some children. Queen Victoria But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adèle and Pilot—ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock. Jane Eyre Anything and everything serves to keep up a game of battledore and shuttlecock with words and ideas. Father Goriot I have latterly been a shuttlecock betwixt two big battledores — New York and Florida. A Biography of Sidney Lanier "My dear lord and king," began the prince again, "I beg you will have the goodness to give me my shuttlecock." Old Fritz and the New Era He was knocked about like a shuttlecock, until, finally, like Johnson, he was beaten and kicked as he lay helpless on the deck. The Sea Wolf Both the aeroplanes were tossed like shuttlecocks, hurled high and sideways and the steersman, with gleaming eyes and set teeth, fought in great banking curves for a balance. The World Set Free |
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