| 单词 | beldame |
| 例句 | But once Alex talks to UBA's beldame, whose grandfather founded the network and simply wants all of it to go away, she realizes the right interviewer isn't her. The stunning, rude awakening of Nicole Beharie's Chris Hunter on "The Morning Show" 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z He stakes out Pendle Hill, a landscape of moors and mists, mossy baptismal pools and forests, ready to accost beldames on their broomsticks. The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z "Get you gone, old beldame!" cried the other man, thrusting her back. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z The beldame took me through a cabbage-garden, and drove off a donkey who was feeding on an artichoke that grew on the very spot. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z I lay still in my blanket, counting the strokes which rang out in thin, peevish monotony, like the cracked voice of a beldame repeating her petty woes. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Geoffrey, I implore you to drive that beldame from the room. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z I wish the earth would swallow you all—scrip, bonds, children, and beldames.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Ha, prickle-arm�d knight, How oft the world hath cursed thee, Thou pestilence of Earth, The beldame who hath nursed thee! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z The sombre street was hardly lit, but was nevertheless swarming with people, including drunken sailors and fighting beldames. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z These sweetie wives were not young by any means—save one or two— “But withered beldames, auld and droll, Rig-woodie hags would spean a foal.” Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Azrael sprang from the ottoman with glowing cheeks, and seized the beldame by the shoulder. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z And really she was an awfully nice, capable, human old woman: and I had thought her a beldame when I saw her ironing. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z "Oh, yes!" replied the beldame, "with hunger and need, with sorrow and privation; but for this I was not disposed." Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z "Now, Poppy, to goodness! what you ought to do is to take off that tight frock and put on a nice cool gown and rest," said the beldame importantly. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z "As Monsieur pleases!" replied the beldame, and with a look of ghoulish delight she hurried off, doubtless to gloat over the corpses in the operating room. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z "Didn't I tell you so?" returned the beldame complacently. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z You heard merely the raving of an old beldame. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nights, The hags and goblins do me know; And beldames old So valé, valé! ho, ho, ho! Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Did beldames walk the villages, and were there wakes and fairs in market-towns? Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z A moment later we were all standing in a long low ceiled chamber, into which we had been admitted by a hideous old beldame. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z "Never mind, you old beldame!" cried Mr. Skinner, angrily. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z The sixpence was immediately given her, and the most implicit obedience promised to her injunctions by both Bryan and his wife, who already began to regard the old beldame as their tutelary angel. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The horrible beldame had on a white cap and her usual plaid shawl. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The beldame said, "My husband and my sons dwell here with me." The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions The guards accordingly made way for her, and a wild, ragged, squalid, and malignant-looking beldame prostrated herself at the monarch's feet. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I My evil genius induced me to marry that beldame. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z My nurse was a crooning old beldame Who gazed in the palms of my hands And vowed I was destined to travel In many and marvellous lands. The Autobiography of a Monkey With the craft of the tiger-cat, who grovels along treacherously towards its prey, the beldame profited by the countess's preoccupation to move imperceptibly around the table which separated her from her victim. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 And at that the beldame laughed very violently and said, "Yea, that is true." The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions For each contracted frown A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow: Spend but one hour in frowns, and I shall look Like to a beldame of one hundred years. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 April came in more like a beldame than a maid. Carnival In the beldame's care she left the babe. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" Beside this beldame, a long thin youth, a very reed straw by comparison, puffed at a cherry cigarette-holder, vacantly but fixedly eyed the ship and seemed to await her instructions. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Then that beldame, finding that he would not be denied, spake to him very harshly, saying, "What would you here, Sir Knight?" The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions The majority had passed us and turned the corner; only a withered beldame, hobbling along with the assistance of a stick, remained behind. Long Live the King The words were not out of my mouth before there was a thumping upon the floor outside, and the voice of the beldame spoke sharply: "No talking, girls!" The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Time wore on; each withered beldame by turns addressed the party, while the poor creature, whose dying moments were thus disturbed, was gradually sinking. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants And first let the reader turn to Scene 5 of Act III., which consists almost entirely of a long speech by Hecate, beginning: Have I not reason, beldames as you are, Saucy, and overbold? The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 But even this solitary consolation was now denied him, and the idea that he had been so grossly imposed upon by an old beldame, added to the galling reflections which his misfortune had inflicted. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. But of late years, as the old road and the old inn were quite forsaken, so the old beldame was quite forgotten. Hidden Hand Probably any one of them was strong enough to throw the beldame out at a window. The O'Ruddy A Romance The old beldame, left alone with the girl, viewed her with an astonishment which would have been greater if she had not reached that age at which all sensations become dulled. The Wild Geese Fancy being at the beck and call of a crotchety old beldame, at my time of life. The Tale of Timber Town Her sleeping husband stifled she, With aid of cursed beldames three. Signelil a Tale from the Cornish, and Other Ballads Nor unlike the ill-omened bird whose name she bore did this old beldame look in her close-clinging black gown, and flapping black cape and hood, and with her sharp eyes, hooked nose and protruding chin. Hidden Hand His friend was the old beldame Mawsie, and a short but wonderful story she had to tell, and did tell, the Aberdeen advocate sitting quietly by the while with a bland smile on his face. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure That malignant old beldame, the Dowager Duchess Sarah, who had quarrelled with her daughter as she had quarrelled with everybody else, affected to suspect that there was something wrong. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Following the direction indicated by the beldame she led her horse round the house where she found the stables in somewhat better condition than she had expected. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes and brow, Wonderful kisses, so that I became Crowned above Queens—a withered beldame now, Brooding on ancient fame. The Seven Seas The old beldame had disappeared—doubtless she had long since sought her night lair. Hidden Hand Just so some over-wise beldames force young ducks and turkeys, as soon as they are hatched, to swallow a peppercorn. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life His mother-in-law was pleased to see him, and so was the old, wrinkled beldame, her mother; natives and half-castes came in, and they all sat round, beaming on him. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands “Hold thy tongue, old beldame!” said the leader imperiously. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The beldame changed herself to a crane, And flew to the clouds on high; But Vitting donned a feather robe, And pursued her through the sky. The Expedition to Birting's Land and other ballads Tut, tut, beldame, they are—let me see, so it runs; the old clerk of St Chad's rang the nomine in my ears long enough, and I am not like to forget it. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The old beldame, who watches over the captive, is corrupted by promises and gifts, and frankly exposes her own iniquities and those of her sex. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. For crabbed beldame an aunt, who meant well but was rich and used to having her own way, will do fairly well. The House of Toys “Haggish beldames fill all our markets,” says Chevalier, “and three-fourths of our fields.” The Young Maiden The beldame has suggested that he must be 'liege-lord of all the elves and fays'. l. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The maniac proved to be a son of the old beldame. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 But the avaricious beldame is not yet satisfied. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The result of an interview with that iniquitous old beldame proved that Jentham had certainly been the guest of the gipsies on Sunday evening but had returned to Beorminster shortly after nine o'clock. The Bishop's Secret The beldame leered upon me for a moment, then, nodding her head thrice, with a knowing look, said: “Who knows better than yourself, my tawny?” Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest “Off! beldame! off!” cried he, struggling to escape: “off I say; or my sword shall cut short your wretched life, off!—off!—I say!” The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The beldame knocked loudly at the gate, and immediately she sprang back; but when the travellers again looked round she was gone! Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 There are flaws in it: he never would have spoken of the Gypsy beldame as “my mother there,” nor could he possibly have guessed that the Romany sap means “snake.” Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) But no single syllable would the old beldame now utter against her ancient mistress. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North "I wish he might be," said I, with a dubious accent, thinking of the heather above the myrtle and MacCailein's head on a post "Did you hear of the Macaulay beldame shot by Roderick?" John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nights, The hags and goblins do me know And beldames old My feats have told, So vale, vale; ho, ho, ho! English Songs and Ballads The hag, a smoke-dried, dirty-looking beldame, with a patch over one eye, and an idiotic expression of face, began to mutter and make an odd noise at the sight of the sick lady. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 They placed upon the princess's yellow curls a beldame's cap, robed her in a plain gown of black, and made ready to take her away. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 “Come in, child, come in,” said the old beldame, as with palsied hands she undid the fastenings. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend His lordship sat at the helm of a barge, his face pallid and drawn with cold, and he sighed heavily as the beldame's cries came after us. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The old beldame, who I had perceived by the violence of her manner had a dislike to Marie, immediately mentioned her as one to whom severe penance would be of especial benefit. The Pacha of Many Tales Seymour was awoke by the old beldame—from a dream in which the form of Emily blessed his fancy—to take the fatal draught now poured out and presented to him. The King's Own With an unsteady rickety gait the beldame hobbled after her rapidly retreating son, who turned round from time to time, skipping and posturing derisively as if to taunt her, and then hurrying away again westward. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia “This!” repeated the old beldame, lifting up the tail, and examining it as well as she could, as the vibration of her palsied members were communicated to the article—“and pray, child, what is this?” Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend She entered a lodge with Bill, and listened to him make laundry arrangements in broken English with a withered old beldame whose features resembled a ham that had hung overlong in the smokehouse. North of Fifty-Three And the old beldame folded her arms, and looked the pacha boldly in the face. The Pacha of Many Tales Such a bevy of beldames did I never behold; and cramming like so many Cormorants: Marry choke you with a mischiefe. Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster To me she appears an old, withered beldame, with sunken eyes, furrowed cheeks, and artificial ornaments in her hair. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Scandal has not only a poisonous, but a busy tongue, and when a well-known public man and his wife agree to live apart, the beldame seldom neglects to give her special version of the affair. Life of Charles Dickens The beldame who kept the place was not the same with whom I had left Lily, but she know about her, and told me she died with cholera last September. Bad Hugh “Mashallah—how wonderful is God!” screamed the old beldame, flying at me like a tigress, and clutching the bag from my girdle. The Pacha of Many Tales Each withered beldame by turns addressed the party, whilst the poor wretch, the tranquillity of whose dying moments was interrupted by these scenes, gradually sank. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 And he rose and went over to the table of the beldame and sat down beside her. A Man and a Woman And thou, my prince! whose sovereign taste and will It is to love the lovely beldames still! English Satires As the beldame repeated and emphasized these words, she raised her hand with a prophetic gesture and advanced upon the group of pedestrians. For Woman's Love To Malkin Tower the word is sent, Forth to her task the beldame goes, And where she points the streamlet flows; Its customary bed forsaking, Another distant channel making. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The beldame drew back after uttering this anathema, and again resumed her station near the hearth. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nights, The hags and goblins do me know; And beldames old My feats have told; So Vale, Vale; ho, ho, ho! The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' In the topmost branches was the tottering beldame I had saluted, and in both her hands the staff, a dozen feet long. White Shadows in the South Seas The beldame looked at him scornfully, and disdained to reply. For Woman's Love "And now bring the girl this way," she added to the beldames; "the sacrifice must be made near the beacon." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Once in your possession, methinks"—— "What!" shouted the beldame, with a look of dark and devilish malignity:—"the word of a prince! Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Colonel Quinnox stood before them, keeping the babbling, leering beldame from thrusting her face close to that of the terrified boy. Truxton King A Story of Graustark The old beldame, who I had perceived by the violence of her manner, had a dislike to Marie, immediately mentioned her as one to whom severe penance would be of especial benefit. The Pacha of Many Tales Yet "Dodd" worked the genius of this respectable old beldame to the very verge of bankruptcy. The Evolution of Dodd Since the burning of the two old beldames, and the imprisonment of the others, the whole district of Pendle had improved. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest "Charm!" replied the beldame, with a screech that made Lord William start back. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Zuloaga relates that the beldames screeched and fought in his studio when he posed them. Promenades of an Impressionist "Mashallah—how wonderful is God!" screamed the old beldame, flying at me like a tigress, and clutching the bag from my girdle. The Pacha of Many Tales A beldame old, Kind, heedless of my sayings, tended me. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. "She brought me there for safety," remarked the young girl, hoping to allay the beldame's fury, "and because she herself desired to know how the survey of the boundaries would end." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The beldame arose from her couch, and struck a light. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The old beldame expended enough oriental metaphor on the accident to fit up a minor poet. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People "Come in, child, come in," said the old beldame, as with palsied hands she undid the fastenings. Snarleyyow The broken hollow path bending upwards round the base, is always occupied by a grotesque group of cripples and beldames, in rags and tatters, laughing and whining and praying. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 Put herself into the power of this greedy and unscrupulous old beldame? The Rome Express Here a number of tales of the Spanish Main are supposed to be told by a trio of withered beldames whose youthful prime was spent as pirate queens. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 Perhaps a granny beldame in a Parisian alley; perhaps for years asleep in Pere la Chaise. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac Dear cousin in motley," grinned the beldame, "'twas for hatred of Tom Allonby and all his accursed race that I have kept the secret thus long. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages "Human Justice" rushed before me in novel guise, a red, random beldame, with arms akimbo. Villette A waggon might crash through into the chamber of a bedridden beldame, and a motor be precipitated downwards to salt the soup of a wife stirring it for her husband's supper. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe A beldame's force is naught— Is as a child's, when age and fear combine. The House of Atreus Moreover, what so likely as an emeritus implement of this sort to become the staff of a withered beldame, and thus to be naturally associated with her image? Among My Books First Series But if the Archangel's trump at the last hour Startle the ear of Death and wake the soul To frenzy!—dreams of infancy! fit tales For garrulous beldames to affrighten babes! Poems Then from the very opening lines no idleness was shown; The mistress talked with all her might, the servant talked as much, The master talked, the maiden talked, the beldame talked. The Frogs In this troop we had Robin Hood and Maid Marian, the latter represented by a smooth-faced boy; also Beelzebub, equipped with a broom, and accompanied by his wife Bessy, a termagant old beldame. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey See, they are fallen on sleep, these beldames oid, Unto whose grim and wizened maidenhood Nor god nor man nor beast can e'er draw near. The House of Atreus Hereward was more than half-minded to have put his dagger—the only weapon which he had—into the two old beldames on the spot. Hereward, the Last of the English Prayer is useless; God is unable to influence events; Lachesis the wrinkled beldame, or fate, her blind symbol, has once for all settled the inevitable nexus of cause and effect. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Barbarian though the ancient beldame was, she knew, she understood that after all, now as for all time, in every venture and in every task, the woman's portion was the harder one. Darkness and Dawn Most were barefoot, and all but two—three were ancient beldames who should have been at home in the chimney corner. Salute to Adventurers Cruel beldame, why do you let the poor wretch be tormented? Apocolocyntosis "Had not that old beldame resisted us we should have caught them." Princess Maritza "There, you lying old beldame!" said the Baron; "now take him away to the knacker's." Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Here I told him of the letter of Mrs. Delaney, in which that permanent beldame counsels her daughter, less against the passion itself, than against the imprudent exhibition of it. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story "Ye beldame," he said, with many oaths, "I'll pare your talons for ye." Salute to Adventurers I would that my general were here to curse the beldame, as he did Lee at Monmouth. Janice Meredith The beldame has the impudence too, after she has brought me into this dilemma, to solicit my assistance to stock the farm anew! The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle MAV: We are rivers, that cannot be call'd back, madam: she that now excludes her lovers, may live to lie a forsaken beldame, in a frozen bed. Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman So the beldame came and took her and carried her to the king's door, she, unknowing whither she went. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] Replied the beldame, "O my daughter, we fear for thee." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 Sometimes he would give a deep groan, and then the old beldame would turn angrily and threaten to strike him with her wooden spoon. Caught in the Net That malignant old beldame, the Dowager Duchess Sarah, who had quarrelled with her daughter as she had quarrelled with every body else, affected to suspect that there was something wrong. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Upon that, the noise and the commotion brought out the mistress of the house—an old beldame of mean appearance. Poor Folk It is the dry squeak of the planes in your own hand that you keep hearing, so go on with your work, you son of a beldame. Through Russia Henceforth, however, a warning voice spoke to him as plainly as did the demon to Socrates; and had he but obeyed the beldame's admonition, he might have escaped a violent death. A Book of Scoundrels The moment he produced the glittering earbobs, the whimpering and whining of the sempiternal beldame was at an end. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Now to all hope her heart is barred and cold; But to deceive the beldame old She takes a sweet, contented air; Speak of foul weather or of fair, At every word the maiden smiles! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “I have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward.” Jane Eyre Then, too, there are other treacherous beldames giving themselves out to be innocent pleasures, to wit, dicings and profitless associations among men. The Economist As he neared the town-gate, an old beldame begged an alms of him, and though Hind, not liking her ill-favoured visage, would have spurred forward, the beldame's glittering eye held his horse motionless. A Book of Scoundrels "What work are you about now?" says Judy, making an ancient snap at her like a very sharp old beldame. Bleak House |
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