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... Thereat the Lady stretched a vulture throat, And shot from crooked lips a haggard smile. ‘The plan was mine. I built the nest’ she said ‘To hatch th... ...in: at which the storm Of galloping hoofs bare on the ridge of spears And riders front to front, until they closed In conflict with the crash of shiv... ... and motionlessly pale, Cold even to her, she sighed; and when she saw The haggard father’s face and reverend beard Of grisly twine, all dabbled with ...

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...race in such dull eyes Of fireside peace or country skies? And could those haggard cheeks presume To memories of a May-tide bloom? 56 Those violated ... ...le murmured thick, May testify of services performed! But now the seas are haggard with thy wrath, Thy breath is tempest! never at the shores Of hosti... ...s a hissing leaf spits from the flame, Yes, I shrivelled to dust from him, haggard and dry. O forgive her:- she was but as dead lilies are: The life o... ...ure’s maniac: Hideousness on hoof and horn T umbles, yapping in her track: Haggard Wisdom, stately once, Leers fantastical and trips: Allegory drums t... ...h him hath she exchanged, For the gold harvest-robes, the mural crown, Her haggard quarry-features and thick frown Where monsters ranged. XXVII And or... ...ay and felt him freeze. 270 XII Doglike, hoglike, horselike now he raced, Riderless, in ghost across a ground Flint of breast, blank-faced, Past the ... ...lear among the myriad swarms, In a constellation, dashed Full on horse and rider’s eyes Sunless light, but light it was - Light that blinded and abash... ...es far from view: And on a day, with prompt rebound, They have flung their riders to the ground, And at a single gallop, scouring free, Wide-nostril’d...

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...sional wag, “he’s anyhow a precious big one”; at which (for the el- ephant-rider was represented as of a very stout figure) there was a general giggle... ...e was once situated—George Osborne came into the coffee-room, looking very haggard and pale; although dressed rather smartly in a blue coat and brass ... ... for when she found how Amelia remained for hours, silent, motionless, and haggard, by the windows in which she had placed herself to watch the last ... ...church, fainted almost with terror as she opened it and saw before her her haggard hussar. He looked as pale as the mid- night dragoon who came to dis... ...nded came rolling into the town; ghastly groans came from within them, and haggard faces looked up sadly from out of the straw. Jos Sedley was looking... ...indow. Such a bull in a china-shop I never saw.” And presently the pair of riders disappeared at a canter down the street leading in the direction of ... ...d up his unwounded arm and touched-his cap sadly and respect- fully to the haggard broken-spirited gentleman who questioned him. “The whole army didn’... ...as one of the best shots in England, and, for a heavy man, one of the best riders; indeed, he and Crawley had been rivals when the latter was in the A... ...ps (the way in which his Trans- parency was fascinated by one of the horse-riders is well known, and it is believed that La Petite Vivandiere, as she ...

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.... Cymon to mean that the cruelty applied less to the animals than to their riders. ‘What a lovely day, dear!’ said Charlotta. ‘Charming; enchanting, d... ...nd carried him to the Pegwell Bay hotel in no time, where he deposited his rider without giving him the trouble of dismount- ing, by sagaciously pitch... ... hair, and a face, as the surgeon often de- clared afterwards, as pale and haggard, as the counte- nance of any dead man he ever saw, presented himsel...

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... “Not she!” My friendly informant was very scornful. “Imag- ine a painted, haggard, agitated, desperate hag. Been cast off in Mozambique by somebody w... ...d I burst into a jarring laugh, remembering how he had stuck to the circus-rider woman—the depth of passion under that placid surface, which even cuts... ...g crazy if you listen to that abominable old aunt of yours—” I studied her haggard expression, her trembling lips. Her cheeks even seemed sunk a littl...

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... horse in his way, and the pair of horses rose like waves at sea, and both riders showed their horsemanship, and Robert an adroit cour- tesy, for whic... ...caused her to look up the street, and she saw one coming—a horse without a rider. The next minute he was out of sight. Mrs. Boulby stood terrified. Th... ...e I turned to my prayers at my bedside, coming down the street without his rider. He came like a rumble of deafness in my ears. Oh, my boy, I thought,... ...ssion to fate settled on his countenance. He stuck to the Ring till he was haggard with fatigue. His whole nature cried out for Champagne, and now he ...

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...e H AV E you seen walking through the village A Man with downcast eyes and haggard face? That is my husband who, by secret cruelty Never to be told, r... ...ose, With his lead of fifty yards or more, He’d rear himself and throw the rider, And fall back over, tangled up, Completely gone to pieces. Y ou see ... ...the Rock. 97 Edgar Lee Masters Ami Green NOT “a youth with hoary head and haggard eye,” But an old man with a smooth skin And black hair! I had the f... ...No other man, unless it was Doc Hill, 22 Not “a youth with hoary head and haggard eye”, 97 Not character, not fortitude, not patience 62 Not, where...

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...bly have crowned the ancient tree, with the consolatory observation to the haggard line of long-expectant heirs of the Centenarian, that they live to ... ... uncommon scene of yesterday in the hunting-field, where a brilliant young rider, having bro- ken his collar-bone, trots away very soon after, against...

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...sailor busy with a mop the first-class deck was empty. Benham surveyed the haggard beauty of the Illyrian coast. The mountains rose gaunt and enormous... ... rushed along the road in a turbulent dusty huddle of horses and mules and riders. The horse-owner, voluble in Albanian, was trying to get past them. ... ...n. He obeys decision and the appear- ance of strength as a horse obeys its rider’s voice. One thinks of the pride, the uncontrolled frantic will of th...

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...ontrast of their dispositions. The lank black hair and deep grey eyes, the haggard expression and nervous manner, the fitful yet keen interest of his ... ... and he noticed with interest that several were cheating with their Euclid riders by means of a crib, a compilation whose existence he had hitherto ne... ... drew nearer the little man felt for his sword. “He’s mad,” said the gaunt rider. “Shout!” said the little man, and shouted. The dog came on. Then whe... ...emous almost. The little man, by way of comparison, reflected on the gaunt rider with the scarred lip, as stalwart as his master, as brave and, indeed... ...webs, saw him can- non into the horse of the gaunt man and hurl it and its rider to earth. His own horse went a dozen paces before he could rein it in...

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... sunk, alas, the while! And when he struggled at a smile His eye looked haggard wild: Poor wretch! the mother that him bare, If she had been in pre... ...aid, Of roots, of water, and of bread: By each, in Benedictine dress, T wo haggard monks stood motionless; Who, holding high a blazing torch, Showed t... ...d, Alike the leopards in the shield, Alike his Syrian courser’s frame, The rider’s length of limb the same: Long afterwards did Scotland know, Fell Ed...

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...at that time ill paved, seldom repaired, and very badly made. The way this rider traversed had been ploughed up by the wheels of heavy waggons, and re... ...wers. Sharp flints and stones rolled from under his hoofs continually; the rider could scarcely see beyond the animal’s head, or farther on either sid... ...ea tures were good, and there was something even plaintive in his wan and haggard aspect. But, the absence of the soul is far more terrible in a livi... ... ‘Behind you?’ said the locksmith. ‘Indeed, yes—behind me. It was a single rider, who soon overtook me, and checking his horse, inquired the way to Lo... ... standing with his hand upon the horse’s bridle, and his great eyes on the rider, and with nothing passing to divert his thoughts, had really got some... ...aring after him, or rather after the grey mare (for he had no eyes for her rider), until man and beast had been out of sight some twenty minutes, when... ...her hard with you, indeed,’ said the fellow, as the stranger disclosed his haggard unwashed face, and torn clothes. ‘What of that? Be merry, master. A... ...nd at last he was broad awake again, and very uncomfort able and cold and haggard he looked, in the dull grey light of morning. The sun had begun to ... ... that he was very pale, and that his face had changed so much and grown so haggard since their entrance, that he almost seemed an other man. 267 Cha...

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...equipments were such as he well remembered in the royal army long ago. The rider wore buff coat, cuirass, gauntlets guarded with steel, sword, and pis... ... Walter?” and as Rose proceeded to mount the pile of rubbish, his pale and haggard face looked down at her. “What? Rose herself! I did not think you w...

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...mbling in the rugged dell, The gallant horse exhausted fell. The impatient rider strove in vain T o rouse him with the spur and rein, For the good st... ...endless sleep. The Cross thus formed he held on high, With wasted hand and haggard eye, And strange and mingled feelings woke, While his anathema he s... ...nd stirred his courage with the steel. Bounded the fiery steed in air, The rider sat erect and fair, Then like a bolt from steel crossbow Forth launch... ...showed wild shapes in garb of war, Faces deformed with beard and scar, All haggard from the midnight watch, And fevered with the stern debauch; For th... ...l cry. Experienced persons know that in stretching to flog the latter, the rider is very apt to catch a bad fall; nor is an attempt to chastise a mali... ...ger’s neck was seen; For he was barded from counter to tail, And the rider was armed complete in mail.” 405. Battalia. Battalion, army. The word...

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... for when she found how Amelia remained for hours, silent, motionless, and haggard, by the windows in which she had placed herself to watch the last b... ...church, fainted almost with terror as she opened it and saw before her her haggard hussar. He looked as pale as the mid- night dragoon who came to dis... ...; ghastly groans came 70 V anity Fair – V olume Two from within them, and haggard faces looked up sadly from out of the straw. Jos Sedley was looking... ...indow. Such a bull in a china-shop I never saw.” And presently the pair of riders disappeared at a canter down the street leading in the direction of ... ...d up his unwounded arm and touched-his cap sadly and respect- fully to the haggard broken-spirited gentleman who questioned him. “The whole army didn’... ...carriage passes should appear abroad at night alone. If even Cynthia looks haggard of an afternoon, as we may see her sometimes in the present winter ...

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...; the foremost of all the young men in every kind of exploit, as marksman, rider, hunter, and what-not, and wanting also to be foremost in the good gr... ...o the open front door, and there waved her hand in command, calling to the rider in a hushed voice, “He is asleep.” 46 My Young Alcides I fol... ... 46 My Young Alcides I followed, expecting to see Eustace; but the rider was in- stead Dermot T racy, who in unfeigned alarm asked if he were ... ...his position would let me. Oh, how it burnt! He looked up with a face half haggard, half sullen with misery, and hoarsely said, “Lucy, how came you he... ...r Alice, the stately farmhouse beauty of thirty years ago, was a stooping, haggard, broken-down wreck—not a slattern, but an overworked drudge, with a... ...Dora was so much better that I could leave her. He turned up to me a white haggard face, and eyes with dismay, pity, and grief in them, such as even n...

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...he has been seen at broad noonday chasing a post-chaise and outrider along the king’s high-road, and chaise and out- rider fleeing before him at the g... ... was like entering a dungeon. I felt about until my hand encountered a stout branch, and to this I tied Modestine, a haggard, drenched, desponding don...

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...man of about thirty, or that time of life, negligently dressed, and somewhat haggard in the face, but well made, well attired, and well looking, who s... ... the shape of a gentleman attired in mourning, and cloaked and booted like a rider on horseback, who stood at the bar door. He seemed attentive to th...

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...inner 31 Thackeray in his chair; he did not see the face opposite to him, haggard, weary, and terrible; it lighted up with fresh candid smiles when h... ...she was glad he was come to break- fast, though she could perceive, by his haggard unshorn face and the dark looks of her husband, that there was very... ...as one of the best shots in England, and, for a heavy man, one of the best riders; indeed, he and Crawley had been rivals when the latter was in the A... ...ps (the way in which his Trans- parency was fascinated by one of the horse-riders is well known, and it is believed that La Petite Vivandiere, as she ...

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...s, in front or rearward, the dull street-lamps disclose only streetfuls of haggard countenances; clamorous, bris- tling with pikes: and you rush distr... ...ough a Red Sea of mud,’ says Goethe; ‘for he also lay broken chariots, and riders and foot seemed sinking around. ’ (Campagne in Frankreich, p. 103.) ... ...too were struggling on; probably herds that had been put in requi- sition. Riders you saw few; but the elegant carriages of the Emigrants, many-colour... ... is surreptitiously (we not noticing it) withdrawn from the Past Time: the haggard element of Fear! Not there does Fear dwell, nor Uncertainty, nor An...