| 单词 | springless |
| 例句 | It arrived: a springless box on wheels, a hard and narrow seat on each side, the top encased in a heavy roof, with rattling glass windows. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z These conveyances are springless, and about 9 feet long by 4 feet wide. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z “The struggle of capital and labour,” began Felix learnedly, when a sudden jolt of the springless waggon threw him off his balance, and he had to cling to the sides. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Telega, the ordinary springless wagon of Russia, smaller than the country wagon in the United States. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Along the road came the heavy springless waggons piled high with booty, their negro drivers flourishing their long whips and repeating their vociferous bark of “Eigh” to encourage the small, contumacious mules. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z When under way we could not sit down because of the terrible jolting of the springless car. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Besides the wagon we had another vehicle,—a strange, springless, nondescript contraption knocked together by Andries out of the remains of an old horse-wagon which he had broken up. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z A chill, misty March drizzle came on with the twilight, my steed drooped his head wearily, and lifted his feet with mechanical, springless effort. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z They drove in the open springless car in which he had brought down the oaten cake and ale. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Every jolt of the springless cart pained him. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z I saw springless farm wagons literally heaped with wounded soldiers with piteous white faces; the bottoms of the wagons leaked, and left a trail of blood behind. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z He will drive twenty miles in a springless wagon and twenty miles back again in the grayness of dawn to stamp his feet to the sound of an accordion. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z These were the days before the Mesopotamian Commission—springless carts were all that were available and a number of wounded must have been literally bumped to death over those eight rough miles back to Lajj. A Kut Prisoner The Old Hundred was then sung, and when its last notes had died on the night air the springless cart went jolting down the path. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The teams—lead, swing and wheel—struggled and slipped over the steep and uneven ground; and the gunners, as they clung to their springless positions, wore their usual and natural airs of unhappiness. Last Words Thy stream of life o’er springless deserts roll: Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span, And make one brotherhood from pole to pole. Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion Inured thus, he did not find his ride, embedded with good corn fodder, much of a hardship, even in a springless wagon over mountain roads. The Mountain Girl At Angora he was ill, but the Turks considered him fit enough to travel, and sent him on in a springless country cart over the 140 miles of rough road to Kastamuni. A Kut Prisoner To drive about the streets of Amsterdam is slow torture, so rough are the pavings, so springless the carriages; but to roll along the smooth, wide roads in the suburbs is delightful. An American Girl Abroad People preferred to pay two dollars for a berth in a Pullman car, rather than fifty or seventy-five cents for a bunk in the jolting, springless cars. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 After a little of this she was disturbed by a thick-set, middle-aged farmer rattling by in a springless cart. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon The jolting in this springless vehicle was severe, but its severity was relieved in some of our cases by the quieting injections we had received. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Crash and tumble went the bandy, a springless construction with a mat roof; bang over stones and slabs of rock, down on one side, up on the other; then both wheels were sharp aslant. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India There is an old blue easy-chair in the office, dilapidated and springless, in which I have deposited my cranks. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering. The Master Mummer Individually, we thought it a ramshackle old chaise, but further acquaintance with the springless native carts made us look back at that victoria as if it were the Lord Mayor's Coach! Through Finland in Carts Accordingly, I made ready and in due course the Yamen carriage arrived, a springless, but elegantly upholstered cart, and accompanied by a woman servant we started. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow So long as the road held along the bottom of the valley, passing through the scattered hamlets and villages north of the town, our little springless cart got along cleverly enough. The Huguenots in France The carts, which ply for hire like cabs, are massive, springless tumbrils covered with a wain. Life and sport in China Second Edition I only know that three relentlessly inductive, dull, brittle, blasé, and springless youths from S—— University have just come down and taken possession of our High School. The Lost Art of Reading Suffocated with heat and dust, we were ourselves bumping along in a springless kärra, when our attention was first arrested by—what? let us say a huge basin built on piles. Through Finland in Carts Although Godfrey had not minded the shaking of the springless vehicle for the first stage or two, he felt long before he reached the journey's end as if every bone was dislocated. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia In comparison with the bumping and jolting of the springless lumber wagon, she realized that the saddle that had racked and tortured her upon her outward trip had been a thing of ease and comfort. The Gold Girl Riding over plowed ground in a springless cart would have been little worse than being jounced about in this automobile. The Mission of Janice Day This last remark to the English driver who was coming up sedately with his landau at the tail of the springless cart. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon What a promised haven of rest after travelling for days in springless carts, happily through some of the most beautiful and interesting parts of Finland. Through Finland in Carts The girls laughed at each other with wet eyes, and went off with springless steps. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 As Patty climbed stiffly to the sidewalk each separate joint and muscle shrieked its aching protest at the fifteen-hour ride in the springless, jolting wagon. The Gold Girl The whole machine resembles an American sulky in appearance, except that it is springless, and nearly the whole weight is forward of the axle. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Perfection of cycle manufacture; no need now to ride springless cycles or depend on tires alone for comfort. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Bump, bump, bump went the springless governess cart over the lumpy Common, rocking from side to side like a boat in a storm. Chatterbox, 1906 But life went like a springless bogey, nevertheless. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 When, as nearly as he could judge, two hours had passed from the time of his arrival, the tall man drove up in a springless wagon which was apparently filled with food and liquor. Messenger No. 48 There was plenty of variety, too, in the bumps and jolts of the springless cart, Moore’s way of driving was new and attractive, and David’s paces had at least the merit of unexpectedness. A Pair of Clogs It had a long handle, permitting two hands to be employed, and the blade was made of very highly-tempered steel, as stiff and springless as an English razor, and as keen. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas The sounds, at first rather confused, gradually separated themselves into two varieties, one the sharp, irregular rattle of a springless cart, the second a hoarse unmusical voice which, like Edgar's, was raised in song. Fair Harbor He was all bone and skin and muscle, hard as nails; but it was the dead, springless hardness which comes to an athlete badly overtrained, not the resilient firmness which denotes good condition. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain The ox-wagons, also springless, are quite comfortable, as the oxen move along smoothly and without jerking. Bulgaria The railroad was, to be sure, a wretched little affair when viewed from our modern standpoint, for there were no gates at the crossings, no signals, springless cars, and every imaginable discomfort. Steve and the Steam Engine I helped to carry some of them from the train to the rough eight-wheeled springless arabas in which they were borne to hospital. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile He politely accepted Dr. Alderson's invitation to walk, but lagged with so springless a step that the archæologist began to be concerned for his health. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage And he was soon being rattled over the pavement in the springless lumber-wagon. The Expressman and the Detective The horse-carts of the country are springless and not too comfortable. Bulgaria This was the main road from Hingham for many years, and it took full three hours of barbarous jolting in two-wheeled, springless ox carts to make the trip. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth The heavy, springless vehicle lumbered along, bouncing over the deep, dried ruts, at times sinking hub deep into the dry holes. Civilization Tales of the Orient At each stop the springless truck seats were crowded tighter with people, till there was hardly room for the passengers' feet. Across the Fruited Plain My cot was hard and springless as a rock, and when I stretched into a more comfortable position the end bar fell off and the whole structure collapsed, I with it. I Married a Ranger Tongas cut into her nerves, the stuffy gharry made her head ache, and the springless phaetons which abound in the East she avoided as the plague. Parrot & Co. And the way was remarkably rough and the vehicle springless, but it was nevertheless a cushioned ride. Operation: Outer Space By this time practice had rendered us expert in retaining our seats in the low, springless lineika; fortunately, for we were all three quarters asleep at intervals, with excess of fresh air. Russian Rambles There was not snow enough for sledging, so we drove to the rendezvous on wheels, using the springless carts of the country, the roads being far too rough for ordinary carriages. Round About the Carpathians What difference could it make to the artist that the springless mattress was as hard as a rock, and lumpy as a ploughed field? The Title Market And the springless wagons jolted away over the rough road, and fortunately we had our bad cases to occupy our thoughts. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia When winter came, the snow, banked about, held the tent tightly down, and the Hudson's Bay business was bottled at this point until the springless summer came to wake the sleeping world. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories At last the carts were run to earth standing outside the hospital in a line—ten little springless carts in charge of a stupid-looking corporal who had misunderstood his orders. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Was it the ducking yesterday, or only this dreadful springless buggy? Bluebell A Novel Patting his pocket to make sure that his necessary notebook and pencil were there, he set out at a moderate, even, springless lope. Success A Novel These huts were not unlike the other habitations in the wild Far West, save that they had this peculiarity—each hut was mounted on a huge springless framework, supported by four lumbering wooden wheels. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 23, 1892 Each time in the last few steps his heart froze, extending its chill until every separate faculty hung back springless and inert. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales During the next half-hour the springless cart bobbed along the dark road at its slow monotonous pace. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill She could not remember to have heard the rattle of the springless cart as it was being driven off. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance He was all strained and springless, like a broken child's toy—"not like that William who, with lance in rest, shot through the lists in Fleet Street." At a Winter's Fire The ranch wagon awaited us; a huge springless affair, or if it had springs they were of that aggravating stiffness that adds insult to injury. In the Footprints of the Padres Their pace, bearing their heavy burden of wood and flesh, is slow and stately, and the jolting of the springless wagon over the rough roads seemingly very severe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 The overworked wife and mother has no social life, except perhaps attendance at the services at the country church to which the family rides in a springless wagon. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution At other times we would hire the little springless Cuban carts. The Rough Riders Doña Pomposa groaned at the prospect of a long ride in a springless wagon. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California We were each provided with a ticket calling for a seat in the saddle or on a bench in a springless wagon. In the Footprints of the Padres The only two means of reaching the capital were by springless cart over the grey alkali plains, or by boat along the Grand Canal. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition At the hands of the ignorant mid-wife she has suffered maltreatment whose details cannot be put into print, followed by a journey in a springless cart over miles of rutted country road. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India It was also most likely that the spring carriages of fifteen years later date should go much faster than the old springless vehicles. Notes and Queries, Number 05, December 1, 1849 Thence, strong in the hope of sixteen years, Horace set out on horseback one springless spring morning ere the sun had risen, with all his earthly possessions strapped before him. My Brilliant Career Behind each name there marches with springless steps one or more figures shrouded in black. In the Claws of the German Eagle I saw springless farm-wagons literally heaped with wounded soldiers with piteous white faces; the bottoms of the wagons leaked and left a trail of blood behind them. Fighting in Flanders Some said he was poor, some said he was a wealthy miser; but he said nothing, never lifted up his bowed head, never varied his shuffling gait by getting his springless foot from the ground. Little Dorrit The springless frozen earth under Bert's feet felt strangely dead and heavy after the buoyant airship. The War in the Air It was a rough ride in that springless cart over the rutty roads. Court Life in China And thus, one day, in a springless vehicle, two miles distant from the county-seat, the pains of labour came upon her. The Indian Lily and Other Stories I went with the long stride of their skirted feet, that slid springless and noiseless from end to end of the garden, and back again. Twilight in Italy The prospect pleased them all so much that they made light of the merciless jostling received in that springless wagon over wretched Virginia shore roads. Air Service Boys over the Atlantic The carriole resembles an American sulky, except that it is springless, and nearly the entire weight is forward of the axle. Norwegian Life Lee, jolting on a springless contrivance over an informal road, kept his hand on the bags beside him. Cytherea Within a quarter of a mile both were sound asleep, nor did they waken until the springless wagon rattled over the interurban tracks less than two blocks from Dave's home. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island It will be springless, I know, but I fancy you can sleep. The Purple Parasol As they were then paved the streets must have been the noisiest in the world, on account of the immense numbers of big springless carts in them. Far Away and Long Ago Moll Hawk sat between the sheriff and Cyrus Allen on the springless board that served as a seat atop the lofty sideboards of the wagon. Viola Gwyn A large dray with a couple of powerful horses was in readiness, and into this springless vehicle we were unceremoniously bundled. Station Amusements in New Zealand Naturally, they were sitting quite close to each other; even the severe jolting of the springless wagon could not disturb the feeling of happy contentment. The Day of the Dog It was a highly ornamented, springless vehicle of wood and gilded, something like a packing-case with a pole, or as we should call it in South Africa, a disselboom, to which the horses were harnessed. The Ancient Allan In the first place, the wounded had been suffering severely from the long forced marches and the jolting of the springless carts. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders However, a friendly yokel gave me a lift out to Billabong in a very dirty and springless buggy, so that the mistake was not a fatal one, though it gave me a very uncomfortable drive. Mates at Billabong The older folk travelled in carretas, the conveyance of the country, a springless wagon set on wheels cut from the solid thickness of the tree. The Valiant Runaways Then came again the assertive odor of stagnant air, laden with camphor; he felt the springless bed under him, and caught dimly a few soap-advertising lithographs on the walls. Main-Travelled Roads Never in the old days of the road show, when Phil and Teddy were riding and sleeping in a springless canvas wagon, had they experienced a rougher ride. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Once in the big, springless farm wagon he was himself again, looking eagerly around to catch another glimpse of Bessie Jones. He Fell in Love with His Wife For a while the conversation of the relatives might have been brought with them in their antique vehicles of fifty years ago, so faded, so worn, and so springless it was. Maruja There is no other public conveyance than the springless wagon of a carrier who carries travellers, merchandise, and occasionally letters from Saint-Nazaire to Guerande and vice versa. Beatrix Once a man with an empty wagon offered us a lift, but after a glance at the springless vehicle I declined. The Man in Lower Ten Before the first street-car line, which was a shambling affair, had been laid on Front Street, the streets of Philadelphia had been crowded with hundreds of springless omnibuses rattling over rough, hard, cobblestones. The Financier, a novel The journey across Belgium in the springless farm wagon was the worst. The Amazing Interlude Mother and we girls found it more comfortable riding than the springless prairie-schooners. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister They also comprehended a small springless cart, two old women with bundles and an elderly Greek priest, before their dusty, barking, shouting cavalcade reached the outskirts of Monastir. The Research Magnificent |
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