| 单词 | starlit |
| 例句 | The patrolman glanced up and saw, framed against the starlit sky, two winged silhouettes— the baby owl’s parents, anxiously circling their frightened fledgling. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not a starlit field, but it’s better, because it’s Ben. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I stayed awake, hands crossed on my chest, staring into the starlit night through the broken window, and thinking that maybe what people said about Afghanistan was true. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I think about the note I found on Balekin’s desk, the one in Dain’s hand, a sonnet to a lady with sunrise hair and starlit eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A night hawk screamed as he winged his way through the starlit night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The rooftops were black against the starlit sky. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Dessie looked out her window at the starlit night and she was glad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Jinjoo stared up at the starlit sky, wondering where their parents might be. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The starlit heaven reminded me of a large blue umbrella, outspread and with the handle broken off. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hear his brother panting with the quick explosive breath of a sledgehammer man, and in the sick starlit dark he could see his brother through the tear-watered blood that flowed from his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that seems even a little surprising is a bit of doggerel, a love poem in Prince Dain’s hand, about a woman who remains unidentified, except by her “sunrise hair” and “starlit eyes.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He carries a lantern up a winding staircase to a starlit observatory and looks through the eyepiece of a great telescope, its mouth pointed into the black. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Night is a starlit blanket outside, and the cold air reaches my bones. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Clear voices rose and fell in the starlit air. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a starlit night and the moon shimmered on the canal behind the movie theater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At such a time, the Negro can look at the starlit skies and find that he has, after all, a place in the universal order of things. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the starlit cliff with its murmuring baboons until dawn. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, they fell quiet and gazed up into the boundless starlit expanse while the owls and crickets sang their night hymns all around them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Celaena stared only at Chaol with those starlit eyes, and her long, white fingers floated through the air to meet his. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He saw Kay’s face somewhere in the cartwheel of the universe, flushed with starlit excitement and Maid Marian’s on the other side with its mouth open, shouting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dill basked in his relief, like he was swimming in a warm, starlit lake. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The black, starlit sky seemed close to the earth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s during a starlit tap dance in the Hollywood Hills that Sebastian, a jazz pianist, and Mia, an aspiring actress, try to ward off their feelings for each other and then succumb to them. Triumphant ‘La La Land’ demonstrates the power of dance to tell a story 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Locales — a porch on a summer evening, a roof on a house near the sea on a starlit night, bees buzzing at a bus terminal — create a textured, emotional soundscape. Renee Fleming focusing future on new work 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z In the starlit night, a cell tower looks to be taking a long swig from the Big Dipper. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z After Nazi Germany and wartime Britain, she plunged in "total immersion" into India – the jasmine, the starlit nights, the temple bells, the holy men, the heat. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z Ganna, who was 11 at the time, remembers running down a starlit street to the fire station, where he asked to use the phone to call for help. Could a mask maker’s quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about world peace? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z I love the starlit Nile Scene, and I love the smoky temple rituals. After 31 Years, Farewell to the Met Opera’s Grand, Gaudy ‘Aida’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z As he walked home in the snow, he was so moved by the stillness of the starlit, holy night that he wrote a poem about it. Celebrating ‘Silent Night’ and Christmas in Austria 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z At night, we smoked and sang songs around the fire while it licked against the vast, starlit sky. How going camping saved my sanity – and made me a better father 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z But it's best-suited for a starlit sky, an impossibility on an early August summer afternoon. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z Through the starlit glass, I hear her laugh,Gentle and calm, like mine;She rides on the wind, calling my name. Foyle Young Poets award: read the winning poems 2012-10-04T13:19:11Z The “Life of Pi” trailer features almost otherworldly visuals of animals, fish and starlit skies, but for Mr. Lee the key was to balance the spectacle with “the delicate moments.” ‘Life of Pi’ Is New Ang Lee Film, Based on Yann Martel Tale 2012-09-09T03:43:02Z You’ve spun to the top of the Matterhorn and crashed a ghost’s swinging wake, had dinner on a starlit bayou and wished down the same well that I did when I was a baby. Disneyland with my invisible guest 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z And the starlit night sky was a revelation rarely seen back East. What a Trip: Merrily down the Yampa River The tour also includes the iconic Deadvlei, a salty clay pan backdrop to blackened, dead acacia trees; mist approaching from the sea of the Skeleton Coast; and a starlit scene showing the Milky Way. 10 of the best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z And then it was back to the hotel for one last secluded, starlit dinner. Billy Connolly: 'I hate going on holiday' 2013-01-26T09:00:00Z As he turned onto a cutoff in the jungle, under the starlit sky in a tangle of trees and vines beside the Caribbean Sea, I told myself: Do what it takes to stay alive. My rapist asked me to pray for him; I did what it took to stay alive 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z In June, more than 300 cannabis industry insiders gathered there for a weekend of bonfires, starlit hikes and river swims. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Hudson Valley is known for its use of artists to illustrate its packets, and for the Dark Star zucchini it turned to Eric Losh for a moody, starlit scene. Of course this gardener is ‘getting ready for spring.’ He never stopped. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z My starlit career path was much less clear, riddled with near hits and misses. The voice told me to end my life: This love quieted the voices better than any pill 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z The sky was already starlit, the few lights over Chora were twinkling and the dim sounds of people eating and drinking in the town’s squares added its own background music. The Most Charmingly ‘Greek’ of All the Cyclades 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Others play the piece with more technical sheen, especially the middle movement, which lacked orchestral heft at times, but few capture the starlit gloom of the finale quite this beautifully. In Jeremy Denk’s Kennedy Center recital, the music has the most meaning when he talks about it 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z White wine is the typical accompaniment to most starlit Tanglewood spreads. Journeys: In the Berkshires, Eating Locally Is a Tradition 2010-08-18T21:19:00Z And the highly spiritual Greta finally ascends to the starlit heavens apparently airborne. Faust 2010-10-03T20:30:00Z The historic bridge, typically resplendent with time-worn stone, was transformed into a golden runway — a dramatic stage set against the backdrop of the shimmering Seine, under the starlit Parisian sky. Pharrell fuses entertainment and fashion for confident Louis Vuitton menswear debut 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z A starlit night and the calm of an unruffled sea appeared to have been sent by Heaven to afford proof of guilt. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z After attending a 10-day silent retreat on the suggestion of his mother, Gurung wanted to recreate the starlit nights he experienced there for his runway show. Stars align for Prabal Gurung's New York Fashion Week runway show 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z One night in Donbas, he saw something very unusual in the starlit sky: glowing white embers, burning bright, floating gently down, almost like flowers. Gentle Ukrainian Film Critic Is Drafted Into Vicious Real-Life War Movie 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z When most of his colleagues are sleeping, McCarthy is likely flying over some starlit corner of the republic, mapping out designs to elevate himself and return his party to power. Ambition keeps him loyal to Donald Trump. But what does Kevin McCarthy stand for? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Here the characters’ world changes around them, as video projections envelop the stage in constantly shifting locations — from stormy seas to starlit skies and beautiful forest vistas. Seattle Opera presents a gorgeous ‘Tristan and Isolde’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The pontiff noted that while “many writers have evoked the beauty of starlit nights, the nights of war, however, are riven by streams of light that portend death.” Live Updates | Russia offers Mariupol fighters to surrender 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z The pontiff noted that while “many writers have evoked the beautify of starlit nights, the nights of war, however, are riven by streams of light that portend death.” Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigil 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Fall may not bring starlit shows at the Hollywood Bowl, but it does offer enough great new music to fill your playlists through the end of this miserable year. J Balvin, Bad Bunny, Ozuna lead nominations for 2020 Latin Grammy Awards 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z When he kissed me outside after dinner under the bright starlit night, I knew that he was The One. Our love was bashert — that’s Yiddish, for "meant to be" 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z There's nowhere like it on a starlit night. Why life on Scotland's islands makes us happy 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Black as a starlit sky because you’re only going to see the stars of the sky is black. Reader feedback: Did Mary McNamara overstate Megan Rapinoe's value? 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Under a starlit sky, crew members set up monitors in the mud. Carrie Coon’s Existential Journey to TV Stardom 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The “Moonshine” collection includes a series of long-exposure frames that capture starlit skies as a backdrop to several local landmarks, such as Deer Mountain and the tribal clanhouse replica at Totem Bight State Historical Park. Collection features water, Alaska landmark-inspired artworks 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Hunting, fishing, hiking, just gazing up at the starlit skies free of the cities’ light pollution. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z So imaging the planet’s entire starlit surface would be done on a pixel-by-pixel basis, by moving the spacecraft in a spiral fashion as it slowly corkscrews its way around the Sun’s far-distant gravitational focus. Using the Sun as a Cosmic Telescope 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Bob Crowley, as designer, creates an unforgettable image of stairs, starlit skies and art deco arches that tops off a fusion of talent that sends the audience into seventh heaven. Top 10 ecstatic musical showstoppers 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Locales - a porch on a summer evening, a roof on a house near the sea on a starlit night, bees buzzing at a bus terminal - create a textured, emotional soundscape. Renee Fleming focusing future on new work 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z This is a game that speaks in plaintive accordion tunes and whispers, airy sighs and polyphonic hoots, that marries quirky activities with starlit encounters and aquamarine serpents plucked from Norwegian myth. Review: 'Burly Men at Sea' Is a Whimsical Romp Worth Taking 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The narrative unfolds in front of a gorgeous starlit backdrop that’s just as entertaining to experience as the story itself. Review: Oculus Rift Is Expensive, Complicated, and Totally Wonderful 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z As we drove farther from the lights of Bozeman, the starlit sky began to pop against the outline of the high peaks. Evening ski trip to a waterfalls is a unique experience 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Gene Kloss’ ghostly landscapes and churches lure viewers with contrast as sharp as a starlit New Mexico sky. William Talbot has navigated Santa Fe art world for 30 years 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z He sat at a table on the terrace, which looked out onto the starlit city, and opened a beer. Is humour the best weapon against Europe’s new wave of far-right nationalism? | Holly Case and John Palattella 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In contrast to Goya's brutal scene, Naranjo depicts a calm starlit night. In pictures: Threadneedle Prize 2016 - BBC News 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The scene was far removed from the remote and starlit tiki lounge in the backers’ imaginations, where she sipped umbrellaed drinks. ZPM Espresso and the Rage of the Jilted Crowdfunder 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The boys were scattered across the starlit desert, coaxing their day’s find into a vast pasture where hundreds of cattle were collected over several days. The Ride of Their Lives 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The night was starlit and freezing cold, and what I could glimpse of the pub’s interior, through windows festooned in snow, had a warm and cozy glow. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Passage Through America 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z It also features a starlit sky, a rising American flag and a New York skyline. Giant Times Square screens show digital fireworks 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z But a starlit sky, or just a dim band representing the disk of our humble home galaxy, is a enough to keep them on track. Out There: Stars, Gold, Dung Beetles and Us 2013-08-05T21:34:46Z The night, it is true, was clear and starlit, and the sea perfectly smooth. From the Archive, 1912: Wreck of the White Star Liner Titanic 2012-04-11T16:45:03.663Z Here the pope paused, his face streaming with tears, and, standing in the starlit piazza, solemnly extended his arms in benediction over his sleeping people. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z On the side of the Austrians, the outlying hussars are said to have noticed and reported the king’s movement, for the night was clear and starlit, but their report, if made, was ignored. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The piano sang of a lonely ship, blue waves, and a starlit night, but to Pavel it spoke of his imprisoned friend and his own anguish. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In the starlit darkness they could see her kneel down there in the porch. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z He could just distinguish it against the starlit sky. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z No one since the impresario had ever dared to intrude upon this sacred starlit hour of their love. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z From time to time he paused and teetered his chair and scowled over his pipe at the starlit night outside. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Above, the stars were shining brightly; and the forest also appeared to be starlit, owing to the myriads of fire-flies that gleamed like sparks against the dark trees. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Creeping in the darkness up the dry river bed some distance from the fort, Samba had seen for a moment the form of a man dimly silhouetted against the starlit sky. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z For one night we came back hand in hand from wandering about on the terraces under a starlit sky, and a great joy was gliding through my veins and throbbing in my heart. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z I primed my rifle and sheltered the pan under the hollow of my arm, then stole forth into the starlit road. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z No longer was her dark form outlined against the starlit sky; she had gone down, leaving no trace. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The night was fine and starlit, but there was no moon and the canyon shadows loomed like huge walls to shut us in. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z She sat down by the open window and looked up into the starlit sky. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z A noisy rattle of voices streamed out on a flood of yellow light from the further windows on my left, and here she and I were alone in the starlit dusk of a summer night. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z We were sailing along over the tranquil and starlit bosom of the Sound, with the balmy breath of a summer evening fanning us: with no alarms within,—no raging tempest without. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z As he glanced along the rifle-barrel he could see dim forms on horseback glide between him and the starlit horizon. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z The immense tribe of deer gathered in vast throngs beneath the starlit sky. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The willow trees, skirting the road for a little distance, lifted themselves in ghostly tracery against the starlit sky. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z He stood at the open door looking out at the starlit night, the much needed food at his feet. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z In the distance, all around, the Mourne Mountains reared their heads to the starlit heavens in a sublimity of majestic steadfastness. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z The owls would be softly hooting in the woods which dipped their edges into Plane Pond at this moment, and the bell-like plash of rising fish ring out on its starlit surface. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It was a clear starlit night when I rode across a tract of the Assiniboian prairie, some two hundred miles east of Crane Valley. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z I had skimmed the surface only on those boating parties up the river and those walking parties in the starlit or moonlit shade. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z It was now a fairly bright starlit night. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Only the next morning it was as if the words, “Peace be still,” had been spoken through the silence of the starlit heavens, and two sweet, calm faces greeted Jack at the breakfast-table. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Give me the sunny and starlit skies, the balmy breezes, the snows and winter winds of old Kentucky! The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Out over the starlit open to where, well across the field, he could dimly descry the forms of two horsemen. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z It was a gorgeous starlit night, and against the sky the farm buildings opposite looked like silhouettes of black velvet. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z We must win the crown immortal, Follow where they led before, Where the oriflamme is burning, On the starlit Eden shore. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z The night was bright and starlit, one of those calm, mystic evenings peculiar to North Africa. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Beyond the junks lay many cruisers sweeping the starlit night with their quickly moving searchlights. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z It was a starlit summer night following a day of moist, debilitating heat. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z There was a silence; then I chose De Luysnes and Kwiyeh to relieve our sentinels, and went north with them along the starlit trail. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Ye have won the crown immortal, And the cross of death is o’er, When the oriflamme is burning On the starlit Eden shore! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z And although he was more anxious than any man on board, and passed many a sleepless night, looking vainly across the starlit sea for land, he never despaired of finding it at last. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z “On the high road overlooking the Glen of the Leprechauns, on a starlit night before the moon came up,” said Padna. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z Your eyes, your other eyes of dream, Looked at me through the veil of blank; I saw their joyous, starlit gleam Like one who watches rank on rank. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z "Listen," said I, "Nick and I mean no harm in a starlit frolic, where we tarry for a kiss from a pretty maid." The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z When the oriflamme is burning, On the starlit Eden shore. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z She pictured the warm satisfying serenity of the night out there under the starlit sky with the moan of the sea at one’s feet. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z He seized his forage-cap and stepped out with me into the starlit night. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z The night is fine and starlit, the Milky Way a brilliant arch from east to west, under which we are steaming. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Now, in this dim and starlit land, we moved more slowly, for the road lay often through woods where all was dark; and among us none had fetched any lantern. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Then he turned his eyes toward the Porter house which stood darkly against the starlit sky among the trees. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z She chose a starlit night—the badgers love the stars better than the moon—and led them to the burrow mouth. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The night, though starlit, was too dark for a shot, so I curbed my impatience till the morning. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z It was a strange meeting among these wild mountains, whose dark forms we could now distinguish against the starlit sky, while the deepest night lay around us. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z She left the group on the veranda enjoying the warm starlit darkness, across which the steamer’s lights gleamed cosily. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Warry stared ahead of him across the dim starlit golf grounds. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Then, leaving the house in the bailiff’s charge, he rode through the starlit night, by the lonely highway, homeward. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z It was a quiet night—starlit: the wind light and fair. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z The Planet of Love in the cloud-swept night Hangs like a censer of gold, And Venus reigns on her starlit height Even as she ruled of old. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Taking the stairs, two at a time, Mignon made a rush for the stage door and on out into the cold, starlit night. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Chumbley strolled on with the Princess in the soft light shed by the paper lanterns beneath the spreading palms, between whose mighty pinnate leaves an occasional glimpse of the lustrous starlit sky could be obtained. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z And all the way home, through the solemn starlit night, he brooded over the strange meeting with this extraordinary girl. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The very man who has experienced them can tell no more, one hour after, of what existed at the time, than one moment's rift in a drifting cloud reveals of the starlit heaven above. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z She knelt down in the long grass, clasped her hands over her heart as if to tear it from her, and raised for an instant a strained, white face to the starlit canopy of heaven. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z His companion, well accustomed to long night-watches, sat at the window, motionless, but wide awake, looking out into the starlit gloom. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z So they set off under the starlit sky, Baby Jane on the Bear's shoulder, and the others close round her, all practising their voices and all very merry. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z "You do not see such starlit skies in England, I believe?" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z "Follow that vessel," ordered Kenneth, pointing to a steamer a couple of miles ahead, her stern-light showing brightly in the clear starlit night. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z It was a bright starlit night, without a breath of wind. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z The night was calm, still and starlit when I started. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z At last, with eyes growing dim, he saw a palm slender and black against the starlit sky, and round it wide dark shadows—the sleeping regiments of Baby Jane's army. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z Old Bill Hicks and his punchers had swept away into the starlit night some minutes before and were now out of both sight and hearing. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z There was no moon, but a starlit sky could be seen through the open windows, and Margaret easily found her way across the room to the door that led to the balcony. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z Fortunately it was a beautiful night, clear and starlit, though the moon had not yet risen. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z The night was sultry and the sky was brightly starlit as Nosèmbè glided between the patches of scrub which dappled the hillside at the back of the kraal. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Do we give thanks for the blue of the skies, the green of the trees, the sweet air that we breathe, the glowing sunset, and the starlit heavens? A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z He sat down on his bedstead and, resting an elbow on the window-ledge, gazed out into the starlit, moonless night. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z It was a beautiful night, scarcely a breath of air, moonlight and starlit, and a calm sea. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z It was a clear, starlit night, and as he slumped along he mused on what a fine night it would be for picking out a trail by the stars. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z They lifted their arms against the starlit sky in shadowy tracery, and motionless as a forest of coral in the tideless depths of a southern sea. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z For a few moments he saw nothing but darkness, then the familiar scene unrolled below him and took dim shape in the starlit night. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z The last sound was heard as two horses emerged upon the open, each led by a shadowy figure quite unrecognizable in the velvety darkness of the starlit night. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z He turns his gaze towards the tower, the outlines of which are clearly marked against the starlit sky. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z She opened her eyes at length, and looked around in the starlit gloom. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z All about him was starlit darkness, the moon had not yet risen. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Suddenly she threw her head back and saw the starlit sky above her. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z Her beautiful gravity came like a swift falling of starlit twilight. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Suddenly, ahead of the party, there was a wide opening in the tops of the trees directly in the line of vision, the outlines of the figures in front showing boldly against the starlit sky. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Instead of immediately returning into the light, faint as it was, and only springing from the glimmer of a starlit sky, they stopped and entered into a conversation that promised to be somewhat protracted. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z It was a starlit night, but as there was no moon, it was dark enough to conceal the movements of the English. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z Oh, this night time, this starlit, clear, and most pure heaven before us! My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z But the distance was not great, and, soon after midnight, we saw the walls of Hillah outlined against the starlit sky. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z But Badger steadily forged ahead towards the huge eminences, which seemed to rise out of utter darkness, and throw their black and ominous outlines against the starlit sky. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The children ran to the window and gazed out into the starlit heavens. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z As she threw back the easement she stood leaning her head against the window, gazing out into the starlit space, and listening to the faint whisper of the coming tide. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z There he lay on the ground for an hour, listening and longing feverishly for the sound of Washington’s assaulting guns; but the twilight deepened into starlit dusk, and no rescue came. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Her meal at Dr Tom's had given her strength, and under the starlit sky she struggled on. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z The pastor, driving home in his little cart and looking upwards to the starlit sky, asked anxiously: "Which of the waves will return?" More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z They carried lights, and as they flew in the starlit sky they themselves looked like shooting stars until they dropped low, when their planes were diaphanous as butterfly's wings in sunlight. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Just visible against the loom of the starlit sky was a huge biplane that, climbing steeply, seemed to be steadily overhauling the airship. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z So they went out together and wandered slowly from one end of the starlit gallery to the other, winding their way through the crowd that promenaded, and, upon the whole, finding it rather pleasant. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z It ran parallel with the river, the high trees on the banks of which could be seen, standing out like a black line against the starlit sky. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z One of us ran out with a gun, and made out a big bird against the starlit sky. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z I fancied I could see him, pacing up and down the deck of the Oceanic, staring ahead into the starlit night, bracing himself for that meeting which would mean so much to him. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z She faithfully prepared her tasks for the next day, and then put out the light and sat by the window, looking out into the starlit night. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z He was without a compass, but the night was clear and starlit, and the tired crew succeeded in reaching a Federal vessel near the city at daybreak. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z Ah! what a waft of fresh air and sense of starlit space! Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z It was, indeed, the thought of such an escapade which sent her presently hurrying back to the light of the outpost, as though in flight from the mad suggestions of the starlit spaces about her. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z A spring night in Kentucky—hot, damp, starlit—shall I ever forget that terrible night of A Tribute to Art? She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z As it is, I'll just sit out here and make believe I'm dancing with you—In a starlit glade. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Not far away, though but dimly visible in the starlit night, a number of Indians were rolling casks of provisions into a small boat from the ship. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The clear, starlit night made this space almost as bright as by day. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z Some starlit garden grey with dew Some chamber flushed with wine and fire What matters where, so I and you Are worthy our desire? The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z At a distance of 13.071 billion light-years, the galaxy is so remote that the light now reaching Earth left the starlit body less than 600 million years after the Big Bang. New Cosmic Distance Record-Holder 2010-10-20T18:23:00Z Often when the evenings were not too cold, he 194 would sit by the lake shore for a half-hour, smoking and watching its starlit or moon-glittering surface, and listening to the calls of night prowlers. The Girl From Tim's Place "Myrtle wreaths," "the song of the nightingale," and "starlit spheres," were phrases as numerous as "stabs of conscience," "suicide and desperation." The Undying Past "It has driven you out also," he said, as he caught up to me, and, stopping for breath, glanced at the starlit spring heavens. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Will you ‘pretend’ too, sometimes in those starlit nights, that I have come to ask your advice and help? Where the Path Breaks Their limbs were still bound, but they could turn upon their sides or backs, and look into the quiet, starlit sky. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies A few detached masses of black clouds were slowly floating across the starlit sky. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 There is something restful in the stretch of silent prairie out there, and the wide starlit sky above it. The Reclaimers She comes to us cool and worshipful, pure and tranquil, as silently soothing as the breadth and calmness of the starlit sky, which also is so unspeakably dear to the Teutonic soul.... The Wonderful Visit I love to take night walks and lose myself in thought under the dark starlit skies, but that is quite another thing. Glories of Spain It was really delightful to stroll with her homeward under this starlit sky of London; to wander on and on while she chattered forth her history. Sinister Street, vol. 2 She had entirely escaped my memory, so great was the pleasure excited in my breast by the contemplation of the starlit scene before me. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen He sat up in bed and looked out the window at the starlit sky. The Year When Stardust Fell It was a clear, starlit night without a moon. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold It was a bright starlit night, one of those truly Italian nights when the planets streak the calm sea with long lines of light, and the very air seems weary with its burden of perfume. Tony Butler The darkness, the shore, the starlit gardens were just the same. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery In the suburban villa of the Comte d’Eblis a wine-flushed and very noisy company danced on, supped at midnight, continued the revel into the starlit morning hours. The Moonlit Way I fancied myself walking the deck on a starlit night, and framing all my projects for the future. The Fortunes Of Glencore Kitty had shown a graceful interest, but with the manner of a lovely voyager, brought down from sunny or starlit contemplations on deck to humour the dry tastes of the captain. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece It was a cold starlit night,—far colder on the sea-shore than in the sheltered valleys inland. Tony Butler But the faint shadows, in that starlit vista, were unwavering. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Oh, would that night could have lasted for years, so sweetly tranquil were the starlit hours, so calm and yet so full of hopeful promise. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) One behind the other, like the wily Indians whom they personated, they traversed the forest, now catching a glimpse of the starlit waters of the Maumee, and now wrapped in the gloom of impenetrable darkness. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind The night was picture fine; starlit, and with the silent wideness of the great upland plain to give it immensity. The King of Arcadia It was a wonderful night, starlit and very clear, with the cool, fresh air full of the sweet prescience of spring. Hempfield A Novel I sat till nigh midnight on the terrace—poor Shelley's favourite resting-place—watching the night as it fell, at first in gloomy darkness, and then bright and starlit. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) The night was starlit but dark, and none of the villagers were in the street; indeed, all were too happy within doors to wander forth. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) The candle in her room burned itself out and nothing could disturb her absence, no one could suppose that she was here on this starlit river. Plashers Mead A Novel As he gazed, with somewhat troubled brain, on the bright starlit sky, two or three soldiers hurried past them. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The towers of the Parroquia, looming high against the starlit sky, guided me to the plaza. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Landolin did not drink it, but he poured some on his hands, and washed them with it; then turned again and started out into the starlit night. Landolin As Barbara walked across her small domain and pushed aside the blind to peep out into the clear starlit night, a moment’s rest came to her perturbed little mind. The Youngest Girl in the School He stood at the window, gazing long into the starlit heaven, and then wrote a letter to Manna. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Her voice had sunk to a murmur like the rippling of a stream running through starlit darkness. Red Nails No pale and tapering light hovered clearly beaming now beneath these cold and starlit branches. The Three Mulla-mulgars A third showed a brownie in a tree-top, nestling by the side of a baby owl, and a fourth the pixies sporting under a starlit sky. The Head Girl at the Gables The brief season between day and dark, the flickering moments of half-light passed away, and a night calm and starlit spread over the scene. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The night was starlit, but dark, and the air calm and motionless. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Above them, silhouetted against the starlit sky, were the two square-topped peaks. A Yankee Flier in Italy So I lay the whole starlit night, asking the thousand gods above there: 'Why? A Captive of the Roman Eagles The night was clear and starlit, but we could see nothing of any land. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw Hour after hour we rolled along the silent country roads, drawing gradually nearer the mountains, whose snow-clad peaks loomed dense as a wall against the starlit sky. Long Live the King They journeyed nearly all night, as the days were hot and sultry, while the night was cool and starlit. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Had she forgotten me,—forgotten the terrible scene on the Collorado; forgotten the starlit night in the forest? Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas He looked long into the starlit sky, and Abbie, emboldened after a time by his seeming composure, rose and bade him good night. The Song of the Wolf Soft down below in the thick dark A fountain throbbed monotonous foam, Unseen within the starlit park, Deep in the tower's shadowed dome. Blooms of the Berry Weary of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and what I ought to be, At this vessel’s prow I stand, which bears me Forwards, forwards, o’er the starlit sea. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse I knew this, but a strange confusion fell upon me when I found myself out of doors, under the blue-black starlit sky. Francezka It was a lovely starlit night, no moon at this hour, and a lot warmer than I had expected for October in Colorado. Call Him Savage The northern lights danced their mystic measure in the starlit vault to the piping of the Spirit of the North. In the Brooding Wild What, youth of a brilliant horoscope, do you mean the starlit mystery? Olla Podrida Before him was the stern, massive front of the castle, wrapped in profound gloom, but standing out in clear, ponderous outline against the starlit sky. A Monk of Cruta Side by side again, the two persisted along the starlit way of their hopes, until they, too, entered another forest beyond. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch There was no moon, but the night was clear and starlit, and except for the shadows cast by the trees on the bank, the river looked a luminous highway. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted Their long, sharp muzzles were thrown up towards the starlit heavens, and their voices trolled drearily from their cavernous throats, thrilling the air and arousing the mountain echoes. In the Brooding Wild He looked musingly at the moonlit waters, musingly at the starlit sky. A Mad Love She had lain so two nights, nights of starlit calm. An Isle in the Water Marsden and his companion even spent the night with the savages, sleeping among them without fear under the starlit sky. A History of the English Church in New Zealand "From thy hand The worlds were cast; yet every leaflet claims From that same hand its little shining sphere Of starlit dew." Froebel's Gifts I promised him I would, and then I passed out into the starlit night with a thousand impressions of the terrible tragedy of this man's life crowding my excited brain. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Looking upward he could see any object on the side of the building outlined clearly against the starlit sky. The Mark of the Knife Or bell-ringer of Elfland? whose tall tower The liriodendron is? from whence is borne The elfin music of thy bell's deep bass, To summon fairies to their starlit maze, To summon them or warn. Weeds by the Wall Verses It was midnight, brightly starlit, and silent save for the low soughing of the waves upon the shore. The Count's Chauffeur But Chippy opened fresh sweeps of the starlit stream, and all empty. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts I saw poor Spenser, a shy gentle soul, With haunted eyes like starlit forest pools, Smuggling his cantos under his cloak again. Collected Poems Volume Two Across the way, the steamers at the wharves were smaller, and here and there loomed the spars of a sailing vessel, a delicate tracery upon the blue-black starlit sky. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Here you saw the sweet azure of blue-bells, and recognized in pearl-white blossoms, spangling the grass, a humble type of some starlit spot in space. Shirley Side by side they leaned from the window, striving to accustom their eyes to the starlit night. The Monk of Hambleton The night was starlit, though the moon would come later. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire At last the great night came, starlit and serene. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France The sky had cleared again and the great trunks were again cracking in the frost of the bright and starlit night. The Peace of Roaring River It moved at first in the shadow of the house, and then out in the starlit spaces. The Side Of The Angels A Novel They climbed laboriously toward the outline of corn stalks against the starlit sky, with a darker outline looming behind; but as they came into better sight of the cabin, she gave a cry of dismay. Kildares of Storm When he left the house, he went splashing down the road with a very elastic tread, springing over the starlit puddles, and trolling out some sentimental ditty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 There was a broad, starlit roadway at the edge of the lake, and a dock there at which the boat was preparing to land. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Eastward the horizon lights a glowing yellow, shot with feathery dashes of ruddy orange; yellow to green, and then the gray of the high starlit vault. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The storm had abated considerably in the hours during which I had slept, for the waters which stretched round us were becoming as still as the starlit sky above. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Avoiding the open starlit slope, those three with the dog passed at once into the shadow of the woods, thus taking the safest, though not the shortest way to La Marini�re. Angelot A Story of the First Empire Hilary watched the flier grow fainter and fainter in the starlit distance. Slaves of Mercury His outstretched arm swept the whole circle of starlit mountains that enclosed the Basin. Two Thousand Miles Below The starlit night yielded up the bluff a wide black patch amidst a shadowed world. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country He had just caught sight of his dim outline against the starlit sky line. The Law-Breakers And I thought of the crowds across the sea—of men being rushed over Europe on trains, or marching along starlit roads, or tramping across meadows. The Harbor This first night of Africa we rowed happily across its starlit lagoon in the full glamour of the East to enjoy British hospitality. With Manchesters in the East "What in the name of the starlit heavens," he demanded silently of himself, "could this buried race know of the sun?" Two Thousand Miles Below And it's dreadful"—she frowned sorrowfully out over the starlit valley—"to think of girls who haven't mothers and who can't go to school. Highacres The moon rose up, a great golden globe, slowly changing to a cold silvery light as it mounted the starlit vault. The Law-Breakers I reveled in the commonplace stuff, contrasting it vividly in my mind with the starlit ocean roads it would travel, the picturesque places it would help spoil. The Harbor Berinthia Brandon, sitting in her chamber, looking out into the starlit night, saw the faint light of the rising moon along the eastern horizon. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance He waved his hands at the starlit mountains surrounding them, and towering in serenity high up to the cloudless spaces. The Plunderer It was a clear, starlit night with only 147 a gentle sea running and no wind to speak of. The Harbor of Doubt There was no moon, but the starlit vault shone dazzlingly upon the shadowed valley. The Law-Breakers I began to see the sails speed out along those starlit ocean roads. The Harbor We turned at right angles and ran toward where the distant frowning walls of Archimedes loomed against the starlit sky. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 The moon came up, and the cross was outlined, dimly, above them, and against the background of black, cast upon the somber, starlit blue of the night. The Plunderer The night was clear, starlit and breezy after the hot September day. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend The outbuildings rose up in shadowy outline against the starlit sky, and only the lamplight in the window made anything clear at all. The Law-Breakers I remember the scent of the lilacs––I remember the dusk––the starlit sky. The Cruise of the Shining Light The blackness of the wood gave place to the starlit darkness of the night. The Hound From The North Joan turned her face away, and he knew the yearning was in her eyes as they strained into the starlit horizon after the things she had never known. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek As he lay beneath the starlit sky that night, Hardy saw a vision of the end, as it would come. Hidden Water It will never be he who, without preparation and order, wanders dreaming among plants or beneath the starlit sky. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook Under the depending branches of the heavy foliage it was very dark, and he could get only the smallest glimpses of the starlit sky. The Vagrant Duke Leaning over the upper log of the barrier, rifle in hand, and peering out upon the starlit slope beyond him, stood the form of Jonas, the miner. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White I found Venza seated alone in a secluded corner of the starlit deck. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Mary Hope turned her face to the starlit rangeland. Rim o' the World Inland against the starlit sky the somber Mong� reared its lofty head. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore It grew, a starlit flag unfurled, It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose One thing only he ascertained, and that was because the figure was silhouetted against the starlit sky. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana I dragged the struggling Johnson there, with the amazed watcher looking down from the observatory window at our lunging, starlit forms. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Jack settled himself into as comfortable a position as his belts and accoutrements would allow, and lay gazing up at the silent, starlit sky. Soldiers of the Queen One starlit night, when in early winter the snow lay thick on the ground, Vulp heard the hunting call of a vixen prowling through the pines. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The August night was dry, warm, and starlit. The White Lie “Fair wind for Burnt Bay an’ a starlit night.” Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys But before I could press the trigger, from somewhere down the starlit deck an electro-beam hit me. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Peaceful and silent is that starlit night in the bush. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand It was a clear, starlit night, a little snow in the fields, and the dark silhouettes of the houses and church loomed up against the clear sky. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade While we were in the pass a dozen flocks of geese slipped by above our heads, flying very low, the "wedges" showing black against the starlit sky. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' And here, in this starlit garden, with friends on all sides of her, it seemed an incredible thing that she had got to sow suspicion and discord. Daisy's Aunt A long swing––the shadows and starlit patches on the deck were all shifting. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 But the young soldier's experiences were not to be all of nights spent beneath clear starlit skies, and cheery communing with his comrades, and the eager glow of battle. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History It was a beautiful summer night, the square tower of the cathedral and the Moorish spire of the Hôtel de Ville forming perfect silhouettes against the starlit sky. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade The wide sweep of the limitless, grassy sea, the glorious morning rides, and the magic of the starlit nights had filled our blood. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' She had caught up with her hand the flying masses of her hair and braided them hastily; but still there were locks astray, touched by the light of the starlit sky. The Road to Frontenac In my wanderings over the starlit worlds, I have seen....” Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 He shuddered and sweat in the clear cold of the starlit night and searched his bewildered heart. Tharon of Lost Valley As Donald listened to his uncle by the study-window, on that starlit evening, many things that he had heard from Sailor Jack rose in his memory and blended with Mr. Reed's words. Donald and Dorothy They were roaring through the starlit, calm night, three thousand feet above a sage sprinkled desert, when the trip ended. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 For a moment or two softer feelings got the mastery, and Ambrose Gifford stood there, under the starlit sky, almost resolved to relinquish his purpose, and leave the boy to his mother. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney It was a clear night and starlit, but the shadows in the half darkness were confusing. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The white road gleamed dimly, and beyond the hushed valley the hills loomed vague against a black, starlit sky. The Belovéd Vagabond “Der Tag,” he muttered in his golden beard; and his clear eyes swept the starlit ocean with the pensive and terrifying scrutiny of a waiting eagle. The Dark Star The eyes of the girl whose glove he had trodden upon still challenged him from the starlit darkness, eyes made of starlit darkness themselves. A Modern Mercenary Time could not dim the magic of the starlit tree. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Then she fled up the stairway, and into the calm, starlit night to where her runabout awaited her, the victim of her own wrong-doing. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore Then begins the time, before the starlit night comes to say its say, when everything grows drowsy, a little vague, and the blurred mountains go to sleep in the smoke of dusk. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life A moment he stood there so, the big bushy head outlined distinctly against the starlit sky; with equal abruptness he returned to his seat. The Dominant Dollar The night promised to be clear and starlit, for the tsa had risen to a gale, and a sudden frost succeeding the thaw had already thrust its iron fingers deep into the land. A Modern Mercenary Nothing could be more poetical than the clear starlit heavens with this beautiful comet reflected, nay, almost repeated, in the calm glassy water of the gulf. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville And he taught him how to please The red-snooded Phrygian girls, Whom the summer evening sees Flashing in the dance's whirls Underneath the starlit trees In the mountain-villages. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold They passed in silence out of the starlit garden on to a pale grey road. Anthony Lyveden The things we look for are prepared by One whose thoughts are as far above our thoughts as the broad starlit heaven is above this little gaslit earth. A Princess in Calico Thus she passed out into the dark, starlit world, with its strange glare of fire. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies The congregation passed out again under the starlit, moonlit sky, and left the church with the words— All for Jesus, all for Jesus! still echoing softly amid the arches of the roof. The Girls of St. Olave's Weary of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and what I ought to be, At this vessel's prow I stand, which bears me Forwards, forwards, o'er the starlit sea. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold A glorious dawn, no severe heat but for a short time in the middle of the day, which cooled off rapidly in the late afternoon, the short twilight ending in cold, starlit nights. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia I'm watching alone o'er the starlit glow, O'er the silv'ry moon and ocean flow; And sketching in light the heaven of my youth— Its starry hopes and its waves of truth. Poems Three hours later the moon was high in the starlit sky. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies The clouds lay below us and a starlit sky above. Appearances Being Notes of Travel It will be still night�a starlit night. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Behind me were the wide, open plains of Mongolia and the starlit nights in tent or tarantass. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia The strangers stepped down, leaving the starlit air and the cheerful life of the upper world behind them. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Gale drove his pair at a hand gallop all the way till the road swerved from the straight and through the dim mystery of the starlit bush an angry red glow showed among the trees. The Rider of Waroona But it is a long way to the starlit heights of Aunt Winnie’s dream,—a long, hard way, as Danny knows. Killykinick After a while a rider appeared out of the starlit haze of the plains below them. 'Firebrand' Trevison Last night she veiled the starlit sky, And walked beside the brook so shy; She took from out her beating bosom A lighted orchis—and passed on high. Song-waves He had been seen riding full speed into the prairie toward the Kourmash Wood, and the starlit night had swallowed him. Northern Lights It was answered by Endora, peering out into the starlit night. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus I saw him out to the gate and there was a brave ring in his "bonsoir, mon vieux," as he swung off in the dusk of the starlit road. A Village of Vagabonds She saw him walk away—saw his shadowy, well-built form fade into the starlit mist. The Flaming Jewel What manner of night it was, whether starlit or sullen, Carl did not know; he was aware only that it was oppressive, and that Eve was in his arms in the darkness. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Conversation lagged on the Barracouta as she jogged smoothly over the starlit sea toward Tarpaulin Island. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Claire pulled back the curtains from her window, and gazed out into the starlit night. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Then once more he ascended the stairs, and stood under the starlit sky. The Son of Monte-Cristo As night drew on, I would select some snug little nook, where I could lie and dream as we glided along the still and starlit river, through the Highlands, perhaps, or the Palisades. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 At the time this conversation was taking place Mr. Robey and Doctor Proctor were walking back to the former's room in the village through a frosty, starlit night. Left Guard Gilbert One night when still quite young I remember going out under the trees in my parents' garden and, looking up into the starlit heavens, I longed with intense longing to feel Christ near me. How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time The outlook from our hut was at this hour a weird and unique one, as an avenue of fires rose from the mud hovels and ascended in sheets of flame to the starlit sky. From Paris to New York by Land There was no moon, but the sky was clear and starlit. Tongues of Conscience It was a bright starlit night, and, when he glanced reverently upward at the thousands of blazing orbs, he saw that it still lacked two hours of daylight. Camp-fire and Wigwam The sky had that perfect serenity of a midsummer's night, starlit and azure with the honey-coloured moon sinking slowly down towards the west. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days In the fortnight of incessant action that followed the mad attack of that starlit Sunday morning there was no place for Billy Gray. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters But the affecting little ceremony was soon over, and after a final adieu to our kind hosts, my caravan slid silently down the snowy, starlit street. From Paris to New York by Land It was a lovely night, very clear and brilliantly starlit. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise Yes, there it was, a low, dark shadow against the now clear, starlit sky right ahead and stretching away to port and starboard on either bow. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" The night was clear, starlit but moonless, and the cliff as he reached it looked down upon him with majestic and sullen disdain. The Secret Witness The night was sufficiently starlit for a sailor to pick his way with certainty, and the two men went rapidly forward. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea He seemed to bring—as it were—a breeze of vitality, a sense of freshness and energy along with him from the starlit air and the pine-scented woods. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath He had even loved best to prowl in its depths during the moonlit or starlit hours, and riding hither had anticipated a leisurely return. Dorothy's Travels An hour later Bayard shook the starlit silence ten times. Barbarians There are, it is true, four winter months of glorious weather: fine, frosty, starlit nights, and clear days of brilliant sunshine when the heat is never unpleasant. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Then away they all went into the starlit night, trooping homeward through the snow, Jonathan and Drusilla leading the way. Blue Ridge Country I was quite tired of the unending daylight, and would willingly have exchanged the pomp of the arctic midnight for the starlit darkness of home. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland He could not see the two below him, but his own form was thrown into relief against the starlit sky. Deerfoot in The Mountains Never was there a more desperate conflict than on that starlit night, in that frail boat, that floated a feeble, solitary speck of humanity on the bosom of the vast Indian sea. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 But dark as it was our objective could be seen ominously looming up—a lamp-black mass against the velvet softness of starlit sky. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland The boys bent to the oars and the little boat shot across the narrow streak of starlit water into the shadow of the rugged shore. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite And many days he fared with meagre rest Taken in starlit hours 'neath forest boughs, Where nightly Queen Titania's elves carouse. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 Against the starlit sky, he had an excellent view of the opening above him, and possibly by a lucky throw the stone would serve against one assailant, at least. Hidden Gold She was not looking at him, but even in the darkness, which was now that of a starlit summer evening, Marcelline could see the slight start and change of expression with which he heard her. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science The dome and square walls of a monastery were momentarily whitened by a wheeling searchlight, and high up against the dusky, starlit sky was printed a shining gold cross. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 He rose from his couch, opened the gate, and went out along the white dazzle of the starlit beach. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 As Longmuir and I lay on our blankets under the starlit sky of the far north of Queensland that night, and the horse-bells tinkled and our mates slept, we talked. The Call Of The South 1908 When her guests went home in the starlit December dusk, Miss Cornelia walked part of the way with them and had a long confidential talk with Mrs. Grant. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 A vague longing surged in the strong man's heart; he stretched out his arms up to the dark, starlit canopy above, and a sigh, half impatient, wholly melancholy, escaped his half-closed lips. "Unto Caesar" They took their leave of the astronomer and his staff, and a few minutes later the Auriole, still flying the flag of truce, cleared the tree-tops and rose into the serene starlit atmosphere above them. The World Peril of 1910 Nor fair The starlit nights, slow-dropping fragrant dew, Nor the dim groves when dawn came shifting through. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Eastward loomed up the iron network of the bridges, delicate and beautiful against the starlit sky. The Rich Little Poor Boy Five minutes later five capped and jacketed figures were scurrying up the street in the frosty, starlit December dusk. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 He scarcely looked where he was going, for he kept his eyes fixed upon the starlit canopy above him and upon the crest of the hill which lost itself in the darkness overhead. "Unto Caesar" It was on a cool, starlit evening, early in September, 1916, that I first met Drew of Massachusetts, and actually began my adventures as a prospective member of the Escadrille Américaine. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France The ensuing months of sunshine and balmy weather were passing all too quickly in a succession of glorious days and starlit nights. The Black Phantom A lovely night: still an' starlit—with a flash o' northern lights abroad, an' the ol' Word o' the Lord lyin' snug asleep in a slow, black sea. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. In the middle of the night I was awakened, and, looking out of my den, saw a porcupine outlined against the starlit sky. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers Some starlit garden grey with dew, Some chamber flushed with wine and fire, What matters where, so I and you Are worthy our desire? The Song of the Sword and Other Verses At the further end of the street the din and bustle are less, and I see a large structure standing in an open space, looking black against the starlit sky. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Yet, in looking backward, I find it hard to tear my thoughts from the memory of that last hour of quiet converse with my dear love, under the starlit southern skies. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine Poor Winnie looked a little crestfallen but cheered up under the promise of chocolates, and a minute or two later they were outside in the starlit night, tasting the salt freshness of the air. The Privet Hedge She saw him walk away — saw his shadowy, well-built form fade into the starlit mist. The Flaming Jewel By the dim glow of the starlit sky he could see that the beach sloped upward to a pretty steep bluff, and that tall stacks of lumber lay in all directions. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger She passes on her starlit chariot; And as if filled with golden dreams divine, She does not even look upon my palace! Life Immovable First Part Night had fallen—a clear, starlit, blossom-scented dimness freshening the air. Special Messenger The cold, bleak day had given place to a starlit night, with a high-sailing moon. There was a King in Egypt In the warm, starlit nights of summer, from the room of the monk below, rang forth the mournful psalms with which he stormed Heaven. Peter the Priest Slinking away, he sped down the stairway, and in another moment was hastening southward through the starlit summer night. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike And the heavenly starlit sky, and the beautiful water, and the delicious breeze. Cruel As The Grave And here was the great drawing-room where they disposed themselves to sociable naps on Sunday afternoons, the vine-covered porch on which they sat and smoked starlit evenings, and the grassy lawn over which they rambled. A Little Girl of Long Ago When the traveller's long day's march is done, the wonder of the starlit nights makes his past life seem still more unreal. There was a King in Egypt Paul was in the highest of gay spirits as he stood with his pretty wife on the porch, calling good-nights to his guests disappearing down the starlit driveway. The Squirrel-Cage Irma’s face was only starlit, but her eyes shone by their own light. The Dew of Their Youth There was a faint glow from the smouldering fire on the flagstone floor, and there was a faint light from the starlit night coming through the windows. Cruel As The Grave He drew a trembling hand across his eyes, and when he looked again the shack stood silent and black in the half-light of the starlit clearing. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest He did not laugh, but looked with thoughtful eyes intent, into the distance, away to the starlit sky, and it seemed to her that he also was trying to remember a forgotten dream of life. The Strange Little Girl A Story for Children There seemed to be no other sound in all the enchanted, starlit world than this fervid harmony. The Squirrel-Cage He knew nothing of this starlit beach and stretch of sparkling water—nothing of that long black craft at anchor, with the longer beam of white light reaching over the sea from her pilot-house. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea The wind died away, and the night deepened, cool, tranquil, starlit, on a camp of weary soldiery, where contentment and good will ruled for the hour over all. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The quickest way was by Jaen, a road which none of us knew, and the starlit sky was obscured by dark clouds which heralded a summer thunder-storm. The Car of Destiny It was a merciful Providence, as many of the exiles later said, that brought the commanding general himself late that starlit evening back to Prescott. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War With the indifference to danger of a sleepwalker the Minnie Williams marched across the starlit harbor. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Fred’s was not a romantic nature, for that night, quite late, after he had gone up to bed, he sat at his window looking out at the starlit sky. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story Formerly there was a deer-lick upon it, and I am told that on every dewy morning or starlit evening you might see a herd of pretty creatures gathering in antlered beauty about its margin. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 A magnificent fountain of flame, visible far out on the starlit lake, spurted from the north end of Beaver Island. The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 He stared at where the houses should have been, saw nothing at first except a continuation of the starlit plain. The Servant Problem Often and often in the calm night we have gazed upward at the starlit sky and thought upon God. A Voyage round the World A book for boys She looked up at the starlit sky in a kind of wondering amazement. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden She stood by the window looking out absently over the soft, starlit landscape. Elsie Marley, Honey Suspended on starlit waters as if in eternity, and watching the smoke of her past go up from a looted island, Elizabeth had the sense of a great company around her. The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 He had kissed her fingers and the palm of her hand, but tonight out in the starlit garden he meant to kiss her lips. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Prentiss and the hunter walked a little in front of the two riflemen, winding to keep in the starlit glades. Space Prison There was a broad starlit roadway at the edge of the lake, and a dock at which the boat was preparing to land. Beyond the Vanishing Point She longed for the stillness of the starlit meadow, and the dim lane, with its faint perfumes and whispering leaves. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) She looked back once over her shoulder, her face glimmering white in the starlit darkness. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain There was grim pleasure in the thought of how the scoundrel would first become aware of the dim starlit precipice beside him and then would rouse to the shame and danger of his hanging. Bloom of Cactus It was noon but there was no sun in the starlit sky. Space Prison Her eyes which are like the starlit river at dawn! Witch-Doctors A few minutes later and he was out on the starlit road to Lauderdale. The Long Roll Leary vanished into the starlit dusk as placidly as though he hadn't tucked away in his clothing sixty thousand dollars to which he had no lawful right or title. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! And the face which floated before his eyes in the starlit spring dusk was the laughing, grey-eyed face of Iris Wayne. Afterwards Teacher West led the way into the starlit night just outside the caves, Howard Lake and the other children following him. Space Prison In a few minutes they had reached the bottom of the break, climbed the rickety ladder, and once more they stood in safety beneath the starlit sky of the outer world. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines Fieldward some remnants of their lore Went with me, as the rhymes of Gray Annealed the heart of Wolfe for war When drifting on his starlit way. Ionica Tall palms surrounded us, throwing their broad leaves overhead and partially concealing the starlit sky. The Gorilla Hunters Have you heard in the starlit dusk of eve when the lone coyotes roam, The Yip! Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp Mild, starlit nights followed the soft evenings, and dazzling sunrises commenced the glorious days. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories A white expanse of snow, with purple starlit sky above. Tarrano the Conqueror In no time a small crowd had collected about the place, peering out of the starlit darkness. The Man of the Desert We scrambled down the narrow stairs, and out into the starlit night. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon We were now gliding calmly over the starlit sea—the beautiful firmament above us shining with a splendour peculiar to the torrid zone. Mark Seaworth It was a lovely summer night, warm, starlit, but the baby moon had early sunk to rest, and the darkness was intense. A Wounded Name And in those moments of confusion, from outside across the starlit snow, an aero was rising. Tarrano the Conqueror The night was starlit, and he could just discern a craft coming slowly towards them. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant Turner lay on the ground and stared up at the starlit sky, and listened to the deep breathing of the black boy, and the restless pacing up and down of his companion. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas He fastened upon the vague starlit space of the little window to give him a clew to his situation. Doom Castle She shyly hung her pretty head and coyly turned away and furtively peeped across the starlit level toward the ranch, where two dark forms serape-shrouded, were lurking at the corner of the corral. A Wounded Name I had not long to wait before I distinctly saw a couple of dimly-seen figures against the surface of the starlit water. Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea The serene peace of the starlit night settled over The Locusts like brooding wings. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor Without it the illimitable starlit expanse loses its sublimity, oceans and mountains their awfulness and majesty, flowers their beauty, home its sacred charm, youth its halo, and the grave its solemn mystery. Education and the Higher Life Under the bright starlit sky the giant monoplane winged its way back to its hangar. Fighting in France And then would come the night and the wonderful starlit heavens of the tropics— “—unfathom’d, untrod, Save by even’ and morn and the angels of God.” A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route I could not see them down there amid the starlit crags; and suddenly a wild apprehension filled me. Wandl the Invader Lying thus, he could see Sanda's tent not far away, dim in the starlit night. A Soldier of the Legion "It seems to come from the direction of Ayuthia," I interposed, pointing to where the faint outlines of the spires of its pagodas rose like shadows under the starlit sky. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly As this work is designed primarily to cover what is observable in the starlit heavens with the naked eye, the subject of meteors, or shooting-stars, comes properly within its scope. A Field Book of the Stars Dark moved across the starlit desert, pulling his cart, to the walls of the farm. Rebels of the Red Planet The slope of the depression was dim here, merely starlit; it was a steep, broken and fairly shadowed descent, fifty feet to the little dome-like kiosk which marked the nearest subterranean entrance. Wandl the Invader Finally, there was silence, and only the stars above and the dark land and the starlit sea below. The Cosmic Computer As they sauntered home, skates clashing merrily at every step over the arc-lit snow of the park driveway, one starlit February night, Louise broke into a sudden delighted giggle. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The trees were dark and tall about him and loomed overhead against the starlit sky, and the broad high moon threw a thick tracery of shadows on the dusty white road where the horses stood. Prairie Folks He passed out of the building into the cool, starlit night. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo He shifted uneasily, looked out over the starlit sea. Terry A Tale of the Hill People He looked down the starlit Mall ahead of him. The Cosmic Computer It was a clear starlit night in Spring. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories Gently disengaging herself from Mrs. Gray's arms, Grace donned her hat and coat and, with a last fond word of cheer, soberly sought the door and stepped out into the starlit night. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer A beautiful day has gone by and a beautiful starlit night has come. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer Every one of those glittering points we see on a starlit night is at an immensely greater distance from us than is any member of the Solar System. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Trilling of crickets ashore, sleepy cooing of nutmeg-pigeons, chatter of monkeys, hiccough of tree lizards, were as nothing in the immense, starlit silence of the night, heavily sweet with cassia and mace. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The story of Colonel D'Ortez, too, furnished me much food for reflection these long starlit nights, when I sat in my favorite seat in the very prow of the vessel. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV There, with the clear starlit sky over their heads, and the forest on all sides, they awaited the pleasure of their dusky hostess. Ten American Girls From History Another frosty Christmas, but it was night now, and all the glories of a starlit sky could be seen from the corridor window, on the broad ledge of which Kate and Frances sat. Daybreak A Story for Girls Sometimes he went at night to the song service, and his rides home alone on the plain, with the shadowy mountains over there massed in the starlit sky, were most wonderful experiences. Wayside Courtships The roar of the canyon was notably fainter, and, when he looked aloft, the ribbon of starlit sky appeared nearer than at first. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) Following the direction of his gaze we saw naught save the starlit dome of heaven. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV And he looked out toward the mighty starlit hull that had destroyed a solar system—and could create another. Invaders from the Infinite He sat very straight, looking silently across the aisle out on the starlit river to his left, and holding on his knees the new dark-blue cape and an old travelling-bag. Under Fire In a few hours they could again be on their starlit way. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. Not until he had glanced upward and studied the projecting crags over his head as outlined against the starlit sky was he absolutely sure of his location. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) The sky was studded with stars, and he stood for a moment to look out over the starlit and now peaceful waters of the bay. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North He travelled during the warm night or the early starlit morn. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity She looked away for a moment—through the window, into the far, starlit sky, which the light of the moon was fast paling; and I thought my question forgot. Doctor Luke of the Labrador "Bud" Graham, Columbia freshman, spending a fortnight with father and mother at the Point, had gone with them and Colonel Hazzard to Grant Hall one starlit evening. To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days Tom spun the propeller; there was a roar as the engine caught, and a few seconds later they were mounting up into the starlit heavens of the equatorial night. Around the World in Ten Days The rows of tall trees along the road would stand out black against the starlit sky, and in the evening air the sweet smells of nature would fill us with delight. The Great War As I Saw It She could not see through the starlit blanket of night, but she knew. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail It chanced in the night—a clear time, starlit, but windy, with a high sea running beyond the harbour rocks. Doctor Luke of the Labrador Keenan, one starlit night under the shadow of a lifeboat amidships, had even acknowledged to her the dubiousness of the mission that had taken him abroad. Phantom Wires A Novel Who does not recall some starlit night which suddenly, alone on a country road, perhaps, seemed to flash its splendour into his very soul and lift all life for a moment to a sublime height? Under the Trees and Elsewhere At once there were explosions, a weird red light lit up the whole place, and volumes of red smoke rolled off into the starlit sky. The Great War As I Saw It For two hours he journeyed across the starlit emptiness. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail The day wore, the sun went down, the starlit sky made beautiful a parched earth, but never a word in privacy did Iris exchange with her husband-to-be. The Stowaway Girl The bright March day had ended in a frosty, starlit, windless night. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel She could see now and then tall treetops limned against the starlit sky. North of Fifty-Three I mounted the observation post and once more peered over the black stretches of country under the starlit sky. The Great War As I Saw It "And what a goodbye," whispered Zaidie, with an upward glance into the starlit ocean of Space which lay above and around them. A Honeymoon in Space Hozier was not neglecting his work, but he did then take his eyes off the starlit sea for a few amazed seconds. The Stowaway Girl It was a fine night, warm for the altitude and brightly starlit, though there was no moon. Branded The windless night was starlit and crystal clear, and the silence was profound. The Price He went into the darkness of the starlit morning. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West It was dusk when I set out for the missionary's tent, and starlit night before I reached it—so fleeting is the summer twilight in that land. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 He would walk from port to starboard, glance forrard and aft, peer at the wide crescent of the starlit sea, stroll back to port, and again scan ship and horizon. The Stowaway Girl As yet the moon had not risen to reduce the starlit magnificence of the velvet summer night sky. The Forfeit On a soft, starlit evening within the week, no longer weeping, but leaning on Blakely's arm, Angela stood at the edge of the bluff, looking far out over the Red Rock country to the northeast. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier It was music that suited our mood, harmonizing perfectly with the solemn marvel of a desert sunset and the velvety, cool silence of the starlit night. The Lion of Petra |
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