| 单词 | spear-point |
| 例句 | As he rode on he caught a glimpse of his dull spear-point. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z He goes away carrying the head on the spear-point. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Then Blackskin came and examined him, and declared that he had a barbed spear-point sticking in his side. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z It is a very young knight who fights with a lily on his helmet and a sunflower tied to his spear-point. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Nay, father, but I had lived for the day when I should meet the man face to face, sword to sword, and spear-point to spear-point. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z The Count, himself half Spanish, spoke civilly to the Carib, who at once answered in that tongue, at the same time turning his spear-point to the ground in token of peace. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z Drops falling from his spear-point made the islands of Japan. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 It was soon done, and, keeping the head armed with the spear-point, he handed the other to Tony, and they once more rose to their knees and crept stealthily away into the darkness. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War “But beware that thou beholdest not the end of this spear-point through thy chest.” The White Shield He had struck the man under the shoulder of his upraised arm with the spear-point of the banner staff. The Scarlet Banner In their midst, two men held their lances aloft, each spear-point being decorated with the head of an Indian. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z But Balin smote him with such force that the spear-point went through shield and hauberk, and pierced his body, so that he fell dead to the earth. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur It resembled an axe with an exaggerated handle, only the back of the blade was prolonged into a formidable spike, while the handle extended beyond into a species of spear-point. The Queen Against Owen Our earliest spring flower, the skunk-cabbage, may be found with its round green spear-point an inch or two above the mould in December. Ways of Nature That deep wound speaks man's great hatred, but His love surpassing great: There were focused, at one spear-point, all God's love and all man's hate! Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes With a shout, Grôm darted at them, and the wind of his going fanned his spear-point to a fierce blaze. In the Morning of Time It is held in the left hand, well advanced before the body, and meant not so much to receive the spear-point, as to divert it by a twist of the hand. Children of Borneo Atop the wall, transfixed by a spear-point, is an object which, despite its many coats of whitewash, is still recognizable as a human skull. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China The searching spear-point had evidently found the brain behind the syringe of the thing; for it reared in an agony that could only have been that of approaching death, and ran amuck. The Raid on the Termites "It is the name of my spear-point, and it says, 'Foes'-fear,'" Harald said. Viking Tales Finding that his old friend, the high priest, was dead, he fulfilled a promise by secretly burying the magic spear-point in his grave. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Yet he availed not to heal the stroke of the Dardanian spear-point, nor was the wound of him helped by his sleepy charms and herbs culled on the Massic hills. The Aeneid of Virgil Miss Muffet was so astonished at being addressed so humbly and so politely by such a formidable person as the Spider, that she lowered her spear-point in order to look at him more closely. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme The hermit’s eye wavered not; he bent forward a hair’s-breadth; the glittering spear-point touched the animal’s breast, pierced through it, and came out at its side below the ribs. Martin Rattler He went straight to the smithy and smoothed his pole and drove it into the haft of the spear-point. Viking Tales The heavy hand of Angut, however, crushed him back instantly, and a spear-point touched his throat. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew It was the spear-point of his logic in his debates with Douglas. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings Brief as was Burnaby’s glance at this second assailant, it was long enough for the first Arab to deliver his spear-point thrust full in the brave officer’s throat. General Gordon Saint and Soldier Sometimes, though rarely, it was visible as the moon drew near her setting, and then it would glitter whitely and malignantly, like a frosty spear-point. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories And with the words he drove the spear-point and half the flag-staff through Lambert's body and dropped him dead upon the road below, a stone upon the stones of the street. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Njord died on a bed of sickness, and before he died made himself be marked for Odin with the spear-point. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda We can see the spear pierce the flesh, but we cannot see that the blood flows from the spear-point itself, and not from the Master's body. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches Simon himself could see from afar his father's head borne off on a spear-point to be mocked at Wigmore. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Another dips his spear-point in poison and lets fly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Seizing a sharp lance he first explored the region of the ribs, and then plunged the spear-point into the heart of each victim in succession. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Like a spear-point embedded in a living body, it inflamed all around it and deranged every vital function. The Framework of Home Rule And no spear-point that will be made by my hand," he said, "will ever miss its mark; and no man it touches will ever taste life again. Gods and Fighting Men And did any man say me nay, I would charge upon him like a spear-point. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The hermit's eye wavered not; he bent forward a hair's-breadth; the glittering spear-point touched the animal's breast, pierced through it, and came out at its side below the ribs. Martin Rattler Here was a girl about sixteen, standing cross-legged on a moving platform, holding a spear in each hand, the spears crossed in front of her breast, and a little girl dangling from each spear-point. Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers He issued on a small clearing by the edge of the brook, where the grass was a delicate green, each blade pushing up straight as a spear-point from the crumbled earth. The Delectable Duchy But first they sent a herald; for in Tedge's hand, as he lay in the pool, one waxen-leafed banner with a purple spear-point glittered in the sun. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 On account of two sharp barbs on the spear-point, it was necessary to push the harpoon further in to disengage the barbs, after which it was easily removed. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine "Oh, that isn't what we want him for," said Harry, rubbing his finger against the edge of his spear-point. Under the Andes At the same instant he drove the point of the spear through the right eye of the monster, deep down through eye and soft gelatinous carcass till the spear-point dirled and splintered against the rock. The Blue Lagoon: a romance He went gray in the fire-light, and--he was a brave man who knew his death when he had met it--from beside his foot he lifted up the broken-backed snake on his spear-point. The Trail Book Nay, they bear bucklers in the fight, and thrust the spear-point well. Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays Then he smote him on the breast, that the spear-point issued from his back, and cried out, saying, 'Will another come out?' The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II A fugitive with the hot breath of the avenger of blood panting behind him, and almost feeling the spear-point in his back, would not let the grass grow under his feet. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The rhino is approached stealthily and the large spear-point on one end of the sumpitan is thrust into its belly. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 His head was cropped for war--that was why we did not know him--and along the shoulder he turned toward us was the long scrape of a spear-point. The Trail Book The picador holds firmly, planting his spear-point in the shoulder of the brute. Castilian Days But not a single word did he ever say to Beatrice concerning it or the flint spear-point. Darkness and Dawn Ere for the knight his helmet / they undid again, From his head they drew the spear-point; / to death he was anigh. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Varronius strode out to face the leopard, and the lithe beast did not wait to feel the spear-point. Caesar Dies The man leant over the dead lioness and, using his spear-point as a skinning knife, rapidly stripped her of her hide. The Boy Aviators in Africa Their backs, cut to the bone by the saddles, stood up like those of angry cats, their heads drooped sadly, and their hams showed red marks of the spear-point. First Footsteps in East Africa He showed her his treasures, all the contents of the bag, except the spear-point. Darkness and Dawn Then the brother of the king dragged Soa to the couch, and throwing her down upon it stood over her, his spear-point at her throat. The People of the Mist His snarl made Varronius step back another pace or two, neglecting his chance to attack and drive the spear-point home. Caesar Dies He soon returned with the scalps of two of the enemy dangling from his spear-point. The Great Salt Lake Trail Then he raised the Chief's head on his spear-point and returned to the merchants, who rewarded him liberally and continued their journey, till they reached Baghdad. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 There it was, high upon a spear-point, dripping, ghastly. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest There entered in Hector dear to Zeus, and his hand bare his spear, eleven cubits long: before his face glittered the bronze spear-point, and a ring of gold ran round about it. The Iliad There is a dense wood where every thorn on every tree is sharp as a spear-point and is curved and clutching. Irish Fairy Tales Beside him, on a bronze tripod, lay his helmet, the Ach�an helmet, with its two horns and with the bronze spear-point still fast in the gold. The World's Desire Patroclus planted his heel on his breast and drew the spear from his body, whereon his senses came out along with it, and he drew out both spear-point and Sarpedon's soul at the same time. The Iliad Two things of thine I had: thy life and thy spear-point. The World's Desire He said, and against that other's dread and mighty shield hurled his great spear, and the shield rang loud beneath the spear-point. The Iliad Thy life I gave thee, thy spear-point thou didst lend me. The World's Desire At length he answered, courteously, but always his eyes wandered back to the broken spear-point. The World's Desire But the Wanderer, seeing that he was troubled, and remembering how he had prayed him to pluck the spear-point from his helmet, pressed him hard with questions. The World's Desire And he displayed his helmet with the spear-point fast in it. The World's Desire "What is that roll of thine?" said the Wanderer, who was hammering at the bronze spear-point, that stood fast in his helm. The World's Desire And hath he not come hither, the spear-point in his helm? The World's Desire "It is my own," said the Wanderer, "though the spear-point in it was lent me of late, in return for arrows not a few and certain sword-strokes," and he smiled. The World's Desire |
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