| 单词 | silver-grey |
| 例句 | Out of the shadows a ladder was let down: it was made of rope, silver-grey and glimmering in the dark, and though it looked slender it proved strong enough to bear many men. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They were clad in matching lambs-wool doublets, silver-grey with dark blue trim. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the yellow candlelight his silver-grey hair seemed almost golden, though the pouches underneath his eyes were etched as large as saddlebags. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Upon a towering barbed throne sat an old man in rich robes, an old man with dark eyes and long silver-grey hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Near the top of the hall stood a dozen men in the blue and silver-grey of House Frey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their banner bore twin towers, dark blue on a field of pale silver-grey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The silver-grey filly moved with a smooth and silken gait, and the crowd parted for her, every eye upon them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Age may have taken some edge off Debbie Harry’s formidable pipes but the trio of opening songs were predictably slick, fast, and dynamic, as gaunt guitarist Chris Stein matched Harry for silver-grey chic. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z One of them, a silver-grey female called Monique, soon developed what her owners described as “drop attacks” when she tried to play. Dreaming of a cure: the battle to beat narcolepsy 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z It was a three-piece, silver-grey, with black pinstripes. 'These are dangerous times': the man who sued George W Bush and the Iraq war 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Instead I found myself holding a silver-grey metallic object that looked more like a scientific instrument than any camera I'd ever seen. Why I love my Leica 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Sella pulls a silver-grey metallic-looking lump from a box by his side. The next silicon revolution? 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z He parked his silver-grey taxi at Cardigan Arms pub and paid a short visit to Village Inn pub and then went to his hotel room. Hotel death man's home burgled 2012-12-20T21:52:02Z When left to guard the apartment, he kept to a mat inside the door, gradually sheathing it with a coat of silver-grey hair. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z That section of the country lying round the great river is tolerably rich in fur-bearing animals, including sable, mink, black and silver-grey fox, beaver, and bear. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The olives wore their accustomed silver-grey, but the first pale blossoms of the year flecked the almond-trees with white. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It rises in a shrubby manner, from eight to ten feet in height, the main stem being covered with a silver-grey bark, and dividing into several branches at the top. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z And thus, though silver-grey her hair, And pale her cheek, yet is she fair As any Child of Heaven. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z She had little silver-grey corkscrew curls down the side of her face; and she wore a lace cap with a mauve ribbon on top, quite in the Early Victorian style. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z I know the land of the far, far away, Where the salt bush glistens in silver-grey; Where the emu stalks with her striped brood, Searching the plains for her daily food. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z The leaves of the gnarled olives shone silver-grey beside the dark, rich foliage of the carob-trees, and the white blossoms of a honey-scented weed thickly flecked the green of the six-inch high grain. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Only the first ghoul was left on the withered, silver-grey skeleton of the holly. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Here he suddenly heard fearful groans and cries, and on approaching the place from which they seemed to come, he saw a venerable old man with a silver-grey beard lying on the ground. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Mrs. Hoze’s pink face was lit up clearly, with its smooth and stately features; her hair gleamed silver-grey. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z The bees stumbled through the clover; a heron stood silver-grey upon the grey-blue stone; the continual wave was, as before, as one wave, and with the same hushed sighing. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z And, diving into his inside pocket he fished out a small shining silver-grey terrier which he slammed down rather roughly on the pewter counter. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z It has a handsome, silver-grey, long-haired skin, an enormous head for its size with tremendous tusks, and is remarkable for its extraordinary courage. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The first sign that came to us was the paling of the larger stars in the east; this was followed by a long thin streak of silver-grey, just balanced on the edge of the horizon. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z In sunlight the fabric was pale sea-green, bordering on silver-grey; but when the sky was dull there were faint purple tones in its folds, like the soft bloom on the fruit of the plum-tree. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z He sees he is but a half-man working in an atmosphere of silver-grey. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z How silent London was!—the broad street stretched out before them like a ribbon of silver-grey, but the tower of St. Botolph's was already solid stone, and no longer mystic purple. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Betty was still in slight mourning, so she chose a silver-grey cloth costume, with a black band about her waist, and a white straw hat, with a ribbon to match her gown. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The thought of thee is like the woods in spring, With silver-grey and silver-green o'erset; The thought of thee is what the four winds bring Over the banks of wild-blown mignonette. The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z The former—the sleeping-bag—I made of what remained of the bear-skins, to which I joined deer-skins, and I lined it with fox, silver-grey and black, of which I had quite a number. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Walking southward they are all green, but looking back they are silver-grey. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z The room, on whose threshold they had been talking, was small in comparison with its height, with a grey-blue carpet, and furnished with cheery-looking silver-grey furniture, the chairs of which were upholstered in blue silk. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z When I knew him his hair was a silver-grey, rather longer than it was the fashion to wear, and his eyes were a deep blue. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z It was only yesterday Dandelions flecked the field, starry-bright and gold and gay; You are but the ghost of one—little globe of silver-grey! The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z And the Queen Ellaline, most fair indeed to look upon, in thin silk of silver-grey, wherethrough showed under-silks of blue and violet, smiled happily at the life and eagerness of the maid her daughter. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z The ground has a warm carpet of pale rusty fern; tree-stem and branch and twig show tender colour-harmonies of grey bark and silver-grey lichen, only varied by the warm feathery masses of birch spray. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z He accordingly followed him thither, to discover him, brush in hand, at work upon his silver-grey hair. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z The startled and enraged lungur whisked about and thrust his black face, with its fringe of silver-grey whiskers, forward pugnaciously, pouring out a volley of simian oaths. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Tell me when the sun will set—tiny globe of silver-grey? The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z On that morning the Admiral rode a superb silver-grey Turkish horse that was wounded under him at Jarnac, and which he preferred to all other mounts. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z One sees greenish grey around Tavistock in West Devon; golden brown in the country just north of Oxford; silver-grey in many parts of Yorkshire, &c. &c. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Mats of silver-grey cobwebs, each weighted down with a burden of dew, were spread over the fields of high stubble. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The old grandmother sat mostly in the conservatory and looked out into the garden, sagely nodding her silver-grey head. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z It was rest to sit there, motionless, inert, will-less, with the wide silver-grey waters before him, waiting for what might happen. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z His Turkish silver-grey horse was cased at the neck, chest and crupper in light flexible sheets of chiseled and richly gilt steel. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The oaks across the lake were turning from gold to green, and the two big willows by the diving-stage were a ruffle of silver-grey. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Long-legged, hairy spiders sat in the corners, and disturbed silver-grey wood-lice ran out of the cracks in the floor. The Undying Past Seem to like those silver-grey dresses with a black-velvet jacket, they look so—There, what a muff I am, going right out of the way, while that little darling is getting wet as a sponge! By Birth a Lady Was it the neat woollen dress, or the new jacket with its silver-grey fur--kazabeika, as they called it in Poland--that was responsible for the transformation? Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Renoux nodded, but his keen eyes were fixed on the drive, shining silver-grey in the starlight. The Moonlit Way The light silver-grey, which was in high repute in England in the early ’seventies of the 19th century, is out of favour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" She desired above all things that her hair should fall away from her brow in little rippling waves, like those that shone in the silver-grey hair of Gabriel's grandmother. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction And the sides of that gulf were one wild welter of colour—crimson, emerald, cobalt, ochre, amber, honey splashed with port-wine, snow-white, vermilion, lemon, and silver-grey, in wide washes. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel It was of some thick, pretty, silver-grey cloth, lined and wadded, and delicately trimmed with silk. The House in Town And, mother dear, be sure you put on your silver-grey poplin, with the Mechlin cap. Name and Fame A Novel In the silver-grey between dawn and sunrise the river was filled with mist from bank to bank. The Backwoodsmen He looked handsome, with his silver-grey temples and black brows, and his imperturbable male solidity. The Rainbow The water, however, was not molten silver-grey, as she had imagined it, but bright dark sapphire blue, with crisp white crests to the waves, which were merry and tumbled. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius "You are beginning by forgetting your mother," said Mrs. Candy, with a significant glance at the silver-grey pelisse. The House in Town Last of all, she took out of a box a broad white straw hat, like an oyster shell, with a silver-grey ribbon, and a sweeping ostrich feather.. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 From this full description we see that silver-grey rabbits existed in England at this period; and, what is far more important, we see that the breeding or selection of rabbits was then carefully attended to. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. The next day she took the silver-grey silk to the Latimer dressmaker and picked out a fashionable design for it. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 There was nothing else save the silver-grey blur beneath them. The World Peril of 1910 The radiant gladness of the eyes; the outstretched hands; the graceful form, outlined in silver-grey; the diadem of honey-coloured hair; something delicate yet courageous, proud yet tender in her womanhood remained with him ever afterwards. Gulmore, The Boss He had never before seen her in that odd, sheathlike garment of silver-grey velvet. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Before long a silver-grey nose was nozzling in the old confiding way from the fourth button towards the jacket pocket where the biscuits used to be kept. Pushed and the Return Push But I am going to town and I am going to get a silver-grey silk for myself and a new hat. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The two men stopped beside the bole of a giant beech, silver-grey, splashed with lichens. The Long Roll Mr. Belford raced up the many stairs at a speed which belied the story of his silver-grey hair, and which left Inspector Sheffield hopelessly in the rear. The Sins of Séverac Bablon The insect possesses silk of two colours, silver-grey and yellow; one is used for the foundation-lines of the web, and the other for the interlacing threads. Wild Nature Won By Kindness His face was brown, as though from hot suns, his close-cropped hair was silver-grey, and he had the bold, clear-cut features of a man quick to make up his mind and accustomed to command. The Hand in the Dark She had little silver-grey corkscrew curls down the side of her face; and she wore a lace cap with a mauve ribbon on top, quite in the Early Victorian style. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends He wore a silver-grey dressing gown, trimmed with white swansdown, above which his ivory throat rose statuesque. Brood of the Witch-Queen Oh, yes, I see; they're mountains; thirty-seven miles high, some of them, they say; and the rest of the silver-grey will be clouds, I suppose. A Honeymoon in Space When looking down a Trinidad valley, richly planted with cacao, one sees in every direction the silver-grey trunks of the Immortel. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer Fresh from the coach-builder's, her touring body was painted silver-grey, while her bonnet was of polished aluminium. Berry And Co. The strange brilliance flickered to and fro, falling even on the further bank, and threading with a line of yellow the silver-grey of the moonlight. The Astonishing History of Troy Town He had taken off his hat, and his dark, handsome, excited face was distinctly visible under the untidy, slightly curly mass of peculiarly silky, silver-grey hair. The Halo High above in the zenith floated the great silver-grey disc of earth, a good deal smaller now. A Honeymoon in Space Oh, mamma," said Blue and Red, "we saw the Miss Browns driving on the road, and they had such pretty silver-grey frocks, with feathers in their hats to match. What Necessity Knows Some other fool followed a silver-grey Homburg twice round the Park this morning. Berry And Co. Every other colour meets others in harmony—tawny sand, silver-grey scrub, crimson-tufted flowers like heather, black ribs of rock, puce shoots of screes, violet mountains in the middle distance, blue fairy battlements guarding the horizon. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War His description of oysters, instantly furnished, was a little gem—a pearl, silver-grey, so much so that I too chose oysters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 She was shading her eyes with her hand from the almost intolerable brilliance of the Sun's rays, and looking straight ahead to catch the first glimpse of the silver-grey orb. A Honeymoon in Space But a great herd of dirty silver-grey Etruscan cattle came over the causeway, and to get ahead of them would have been impracticable without attracting the most unusual attention. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Materials: Grey kid; grey silk; steel-coloured glacé silk; purse silk of 5 shades of blue-green, 4 shades of brown, and silver-grey, scarlet, and white; grey silk cord; grey glacé silk ribbon. Beeton's Book of Needlework We seem to understand the clear calm majesty of Lionardo's manner, the silver-grey harmonies and smooth facility of Andrea's Madonnas, the better for looking at their faces drawn by their own hands at Florence. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series We journey thence to Tewkesbury and visit the grand silver-grey abbey that adorns the Severn banks. Vanishing England The band immediately below them was of a brilliant silver-grey, very much like the central zone of Jupiter. A Honeymoon in Space I dimly remembered that, in the first days of our journey in search of a mule, Molly had vaunted her friend's beauty, but the silver-grey mushroom prevented me from verifying or disproving this statement. The Princess Passes The screws of the lock are imitated in satin stitch embroidery with silver-grey silk. Beeton's Book of Needlework The "silver-grey" lights of dreamy autumn eve were never with more delicate insight rendered in terms of soul. Robert Browning But as a guest of this old house of fine timbers weathered to silver-grey I found the secret of Cha-no-yu. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People A pale, silver-grey crescent, with a little white spot near it, was rising out of the blackness beyond the edge of the solar ocean of flame. A Honeymoon in Space Mountains like cathedrals, with carved, graceful spires; mountains like frozen waves left by some great sea when the world was chaos; mountains like leaning towers of Pisa; mountains like sentinel Titans; mountains silver-grey; mountains dark-red. The Princess Passes As it soared, the figure in green tights in the basket diminished to a mere spot, and the balloon itself, in the brilliant light, looked like a big silver-grey bat, with its wings folded. Youth and the Bright Medusa All is silver-grey Placid and perfect with my art: the worse! Robert Browning The only drawback is if anyone makes the slightest mark on the cloth one of the silver-grey maids brings a saucer of water and wipes it off, and it is apt to make one nervous. Penny Plain And why did the Strategist look so grave all of a sudden, as he stood staring after the train, with his cap in his hand, so that the sunlight gleamed on his silver-grey hair? The Soul of the War His silver-grey harmonies and liquid blendings of hues cool, yet lustrous, have a charm peculiar to himself alone. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts He had taken off his three-cornered hat, and his high peaked head was barely covered with scanty silver-grey hair. Taquisara The grass on the bank of the stream trembled and a tremulous path of its shivering, silver-grey tops ran from the water to the beginning of the thicket. An Outcast of the Islands The night was fine, warm; the sky silver-grey with starlight. The Octopus : A story of California His hair was silver-grey, but he did not look old; it was worn longer than the common yet he did not look effeminate; it was curly but it did not look curled. The Wisdom of Father Brown And out of the silver-grey fog of darkness came sounds vague and hoarse: a corncrake not far off, sound of a train like a sigh, and distant shouts of men. Sons and Lovers The carved Christ upon His cross hung against a silver-grey sky. The Trespasser The wooden hood was silver-grey with age, and covered, on the top, with a thicket of lichen, which stuck up in hoary tufts. Twilight in Italy "There's a silver-grey poplin," said Aunt Charlotte, "at Marshall and Snelgrove's." Mary Olivier: a Life All is silver-grey Placid and perfect with my art: the worse! Robert Browning: How to Know Him It opened—and there stood the silver-grey night, fearful to him, after the tawny light of the lamp. Sons and Lovers Down he went, slithering on hands and tail, picked himself up towards the bottom, and ran away into the shade of the wood to find himself among silver-grey beech-stems. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea But the eyes of everybody with half an eye followed the two forms in silver-grey. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Tell me when the sun will set—tiny globe of silver-grey. The Miracle and Other Poems It was papered of a silver-grey colour, with a sky-blue ceiling, in the centre of which was the Imperial eagle in gold, holding a thunderbolt. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire Its hide, covered with a long beautifully soft fur, is striped alternately with brown and yellow, the ground being a sort of silver-grey. Across the Zodiac Another variety of the rabbit, however, called the "silver-grey," has been lately introduced to this country, and is still more valuable. The Book of Household Management Beyond the house were tall, lush-green poplars, through which glittered patches of silver-grey river and of yellow sand banks. Three Soldiers It was only yesterday Dandelions flecked the field, starry bright, and gold and gay; You are but the ghost of one—little globe of silver-grey! The Miracle and Other Poems By October 13, when a stray silver-grey petrel appeared, every one was on the qui vive for the coming of the penguins. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Sometimes it was a black- or brown- or bay-and-white, or a chestnut- or silver-grey- or strawberry-red-and-white, but the main point was the pleasing arrangement and shading of the dark colour. Far Away and Long Ago She was beautifully dressed in silver-grey silk, plentifully trimmed with black lace, and cut square back and front so as to show her rounded shoulders. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales I shall wear my silver-grey and take an armful of those black cushions from the drawing-room. The Evil Shepherd It was a beautiful unkept hedge with scarlet and purple fruit among the many-coloured fading leaves and silver-grey down of old-man's-beard. Afoot in England The young, silver-grey in colour, looked very sleek and fat. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Try to picture it, silver-grey - I know how fond you are of greys - a little white chiffon at neck and wrists, and the prettiest pearl trimming. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus There, a few yards away from them, ashen grey against the silver-grey of a dead tree, was a great bird. Hildegarde's Neighbors The river, whose windings make it look like a lake, turns from muddy brown to silver-grey. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan "Miss Meg, that silver-grey gum before you, guileless of leaves, indicates Duck Water." Seven Little Australians In the summer they flew for weeks from the west—a never-ending string of snow, silver-grey and Antarctic petrels, and Cape pigeons. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 She had on the dress which he loved so much, a silver-grey merino skirt and jacket, with a blouse of white pongee silk showing in front. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus Mrs. Hale, if she spoke truth, might have answered with a ready-made list, 'a silver-grey glace silk, a white chip bonnet, oh! dozens of things for the wedding, and hundreds of things for the house.' North and South Going to the window, I looked out on the fair expanse of the calm sea, silver-grey in the early dawn. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance He was a beautiful creature, Badakshani bred, of Arab blood, a silver-grey, as light as a greyhound and as strong as a cart-horse. Among the Tibetans Cape Hunter had been the home of the Antarctic petrels, and on this occasion we were singularly fortunate in finding a resort of the Southern Fulmar or silver-grey petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The night was silver-grey and perfect, save for the scattered restless sound of voices. Women in Love The silver-grey stone, cut, if it came from this neighbourhood at all, from some now forgotten quarry, has the fine, close-grained texture of antique marble. Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays From this full description we see that silver-grey rabbits existed in England at this period; and what is far more important, we see that the breeding or selection of rabbits was then carefully attended to. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 Its walls had been hung with Willesden scrim gilded over; the curtains were silver-grey; there was a divan covered with silver-and-gold stuff, and a beaten brass fireplace. Beyond Cape pigeons, the rare silver-grey and snow petrels were all present. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The dark neighbouring houses seemed to lean toward it, the moonlight shone silver-grey upon its battered front. One of Ours A horseman mounted on a silver-grey mare drew rein quietly in the shade of the house after taking off his hat to the party in the carriage, who returned smiles and familiar nods. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard To see them in the silver-grey dew of the early mornings—mysteriously there like the manna in the desert—they are elfin plunder, and as a child I was half afraid of them. The ninth vibration and other stories Nothing, that she had cleansed the lawn of all its colour, and made of it a platform of silver-grey, fit for fairies to dance on? Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story The silver-grey or Southern Fulmar petrels were present in large numbers, especially about the steep north-eastern side of the island. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The party entered a large and lofty chamber with ceiling of elaborate plaster work and silver-grey walls, the paper on which was somewhat tarnished. The Grey Room The circle round the silver-grey mare narrowed slowly. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard They were a lovely silver-grey, with little red saddles and blue bridles and bells jing-a-jingling on their ears. The Garden Party and Other Stories At this point McLean came along from the west with the news of silver-grey petrels and Cape pigeons nesting in hundreds. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Skua gulls frequently flew about the hut, as well as Cape pigeons, Antarctic, snow, Wilson, giant and silver-grey petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The silver-grey petrels and Cape pigeons were only abroad during that season and were accompanied by skua gulls, giant petrels, Wilson petrels, and penguins. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 That was yesterday evening on the Plaza, while he sat on the steps of the cathedral, his hands between his knees, holding the bridle of his famous silver-grey mare. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Lying on a piece of floe in the sunshine it has a glistening, silver-grey skin—another distinguishing mark being its small, handsome head and short, thin neck. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 At this same spot, large flocks of silver-grey petrels were seen resting on the ice and skimming the water in search of food. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hoadley returned at 9 P.M. and reported that he had seen an immense rookery of Emperor penguins near the largest islet, besides Adelie penguins, silver-grey, Wilson and Antarctic petrels and skua gulls. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The light was too dull for photographing, but, while I took magnetic "dips" on the following morning, McLean visited the silver-grey petrels and Cape pigeons and secured a few "snaps." The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 In a gap chopped out for the rails of the harbour branch line Nostromo appeared, mounted on his silver-grey mare. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard From the harbour end of the Calle a horseman walked his soft-stepping mount, gleaming silver-grey abreast each lamp under the dark shape of the rider. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard |
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