| 单词 | silvern |
| 例句 | It was even visible in the sky already, giving faint white promise of silvern glory to come. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Wiser eyes than Sara's saw the cloud--observed that it grew blacker and more thunderous as it lowered nearer earth--that its lining, instead of being silvern, was lurid red. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z His mind is marvelous, his tongue is silvern, his logic is invincible— as logic. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z I should have liked to know whose written words first fired her brain with desire of the blackcap's song—a golden voice in imagination's ear, while the finest home voices were merely silvern. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z And still the moonbeams fling a silvern dart, Straight through my window's iron barricade.... Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Or else the seraphim would call: "Minstrels, your dulcimers let fall And break the silvern psalteries!" The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z Two got clear off—the mothers of Squint and Four-toes; and I may add that Chirsty Anderson probably afterwards acted up more to her own proverb, that "speech is silvern, but silence is golden." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Where blue mists gather beneath the moon It shows as a silvern stream. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z The tone was the faintest of whispers, but the voice was as if the silvern echoes of heavenly harps had suddenly been wafted to the listener’s anxious ear. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z He could see the patch of scrub that hid the spring,—and the silvern water issuing from it,—like a jewelled pendant. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z It was a great silvern column, four-square, rising from the sea. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The tradesmen were more uneasy than the rest, for in expectation of the coming Diet their shops were crammed with precious wares, rich silk stuffs, golden and silvern objects, diamonds and pearls. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Two other priests drew a silvern thurible upon wheels down the length of the temple and around each of its columns. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Now, as they look up, lo! the silvern orb is half covered with a black shadow. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising She fled before him into the thickest part of the forest, but the silvern glimmer of her body showed the track she had taken. Legends & Romances of Brittany To recommend contemplation in preference to action is like preferring sleeping to waking; or saying, as a full expression of the truth, that silence is golden and speech silvern. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) "Speech is silvern, but silence is golden," is an old and very precious proverb. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The silvern chords of the piano trembled Still with the music wrung From them; the silence of the room dissembled The closes of the songs that she had sung. Poems He bade them a mute farewell, knowing that he would miss their silvern voices, and their morning wrangling among the spruce and hemlocks. Colorado Jim These lights so manifold, So silvern new, so golden old, Do witness swift, like fires of vengeance, Against indifferent hearts and cold. Song-waves THE silvern mistress of the golden Sun, The milk-white sister to the wine-red Earth, My lord still smiles upon me, nor will shun My face for hers of younger, fairer birth. The Masque of the Elements She was such a pretty little girl, "fair, fair, with" not "golden," I should rather say, "silvern hair," so very pale were the soft silky locks that clustered round her little head. A Christmas Posy Peace, then in all my borders be, Beneath the silvern olive tree.” Queen Summer or, The Tourney of the Lily and the Rose Romance I saw a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea; Her masts were of the shining gold, Her deck of ivory; And sails of silk, as soft as milk, And silvern shrouds had she. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children "Let her go!" he shouted, his silvern hair streaming out grotesquely. The Sins of Séverac Bablon His hair was now silvern, but it still curled in the old places, and his gestures had apparently not aged at all. Clayhanger But poets never rhyme as they are bid; Nor never see their ft goal; but aspire, With straining eyes, to some far silvern spire; Flowers among, sing to the gods cloud-hid. Silverpoints No stone nor brick was seen except in this silvern frosty color. The Singing Mouse Stories There was sincerity in the appeal, spoken in the softest, most silvern tone which he had ever heard. Brood of the Witch-Queen His silvern hair flowed out, gleaming on his shoulders, as he bent forward over the driving-wheel. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Then his hand flew to his breast; there was a silvern gleam and— "Drop that whistle!" snapped Smith, and struck it from the man's hand. The Devil Doctor Other examples of alliteration in proverbs are: "Delays are dangerous," "Speech is silvern, silence is golden." Stories That Words Tell Us I heard soft voices of birds 234 and the music also of gentle human voices singing, and tenderly played instruments of silken and silvern strings. The Singing Mouse Stories The full moon had just risen above a tope of tamarind trees, and its silvern radiance revealed every detail of the scene. Tales of Destiny The air was steeped in silver fire, The gorse was touched with silvern sheen; The nightingales—the holy choir— Sang bridal songs for you, my queen. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary The Hill-King wedded the maiden fair; —Oh, sad are my days and dreary— A silvern girdle she ever must wear. The Feast at Solhoug Return Here we have a variant of Thomas Carlyle’s favourite maxim, “Speech is silvern; silence is golden.” Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers The Babylonians coloured the seven planets as follows: the moon, silvern; the sun, golden; Mars, red; Saturn, black; Jupiter, orange; Venus, yellow; and Mercury, blue. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria He agreed grimly: "Yes, it's been a day," and looked over his shoulder at the quiet silvern garden, and shivered. The Judge Would thou hadst covered me, Earth, O Earth, Or e'er I had looked on my lord thus low, In the pallèd marble of silvern girth! The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes In this case where speech is silvern, silence would be golden. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 25, 1891 I gave him thrice nine hounds all-white in their silvern chains. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes A serene and reassuring scene it surely was; there was no menace in the night's silvern calmness, no shadow of stalking trouble.... V. V.'s Eyes Antony de Leyva caused to be melted down the vessels of the churches and the silvern chandeliers of the university, and even a magnificent chain of gold which he habitually wore round his neck. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 During the night fifty men arose, and, having taken a hundred of the best horses and as many golden bits and bridles, and two large silvern dishes, fled away, and took refuge with king Childebert. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 How bright, how lifelike on his silvern couch Lies, with youth's bloom scarce shadowing his cheek, That dear Adonis, lovely e'en in death! Theocritus, translated into English Verse I beheld thrice fifty boys on silvern chairs around him, and there were fifteen bulrushes in the hand of that red-freckled boy, with a thorn at the end of each of the rushes. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes A marvellous scent rose from her silvern raiment as she moved, and beauty was wafted from her eyes. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Silence and silvern solitude till it made you dumbly shrink, And you thought to hear with an outward ear the things you thought to think. Ballads of a Cheechako At last, not knowing how to get his treachery forgotten, he made Clotaire a present of a large silvern dish. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 Into what beech or silvern birch, O friend Suspected ever of a dryad strain, Hast crept at last, delighting to regain Thy sylvan house? Ride to the Lady And Other Poems Nine swords in his hand, and nine silvern shields, and nine apples of gold. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes So they travelled many, many days, until, after a long long time, they came to a silver wood, where both the trees, and branches, and leaves, and flowers, and everything, were silvern. Popular Tales from the Norse Here the moon, whose hue is golden, not silvern, has a regular dawn before rising, and an afterglow to her setting; and Venus casts a broad cestus of glimmering light upon the purple sea. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Such was the multitude of golden and silvern articles and other precious things that it took fifty wagons to hold them. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 The golden head was Babylon; she passed: Persia came next, the silvern breast: whereto Joined brazen flank and belly—these are you, Ye men of Macedon! Sonnets Then he took the swords in his hand, and the silvern shields and the apples of gold; and again they uttered a cry and were all on the floor of the house. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes It shows how God watches over the daily work of priests, while His angels record in golden or silvern letters the work of pious recitation, or perhaps hold their pens at rest. The Divine Office "In youth the hours are golden, in mature years they are silvern, in old age they are leaden." The True Citizen, How to Become One "I wonder," said the silvern voice, "that you, who possess so many beautiful things, should consent to have so ill-omened a curiosity in your house." Tales of Chinatown His voice was dry and husky,—unlike his usual silvern tones. The Beetle "Speech is silvern, silence is golden; speech is human, silence is divine." Evolution of Expression — Volume 1 Melted pure gold in silvern bowl to drain, v. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Then swung she round and shining rump * Like silvern lump she showed me! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 Against the silvern light, Bristol appeared to me in black silhouette. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Through the leaded panes of the window above the writing-table swept a silvern beam of moonlight. The Yellow Claw Then his hand flew to his breast; there was a silvern gleam and— "Drop that whistle!" snapped Smith—and struck it from the man's hand. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu |
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