As he sat upright, wide awake, Fleur sniffed long at the frosty air, then dashed yelping into the dusk up the trail toward the barren.
All went “merry as a marriage bell” for two days after leaving Nijni Udinsk, the weather, though cold and frosty at nights, remaining bright and fine.
There was a sound in the forest as of sobbing Dryads, waiting for the swift death and the frosty tomb.
A fire, in the mean time, had been made in the chill, open fireplace, but it scarcely relieved the dreary, frosty aspect of the apartment.
Narayan's blond hair was frosty pale in the moonlight, and the eerie Gamine was a nightmare ghost, a phantom from nowhere.
Grouse were abundant along the fir-covered ground near the creek, and as I was in pursuit of game one frosty morning I chanced to meet Mr. Bakewell in the woods.
Frosty weather, however, came, and anon was the ground covered with the deep snow.
I was glad to feel the frosty air and to see the stars.
You may bring him to the little back-gate; and I shall have pleasure, in the meanwhile, in looking on the bushes and evergreens by the bright frosty moonlight.
Despite the uncertainty of my situation, a view so romantic, joined to the active and inspiring influence of the frosty atmosphere, elevated my spirits while it braced my nerves.
The brave Cheyennes were running through the frosty hills, and the cavalry horses pressed hotly after.
I have said in another place that second rate or poor stocks might occasionally starve, with plenty of stores in the hive, on account of frosty combs.
If one should leave the mass and go among the frosty combs for a supply, its fate would be as certain as starvation.
The sheriff acknowledged it, then leaned over the table talking with rather frostycivility to Lord Luxmore.
He stood still, looking across the valley to where the frosty line of the hill-tops met the steel-blue, steadfast sky.
John and I were walking together along the road towards the Mythe; we could just see the frosty sunset reflected on the windows of the Mythe House, now closed for months, the family being away.
She scowled at the dark house with its spectral, frosty windows, and made another frantic effort to recall Nyoda's name, only to be confronted with that baffling blank where the name once had been.
From the dark and empty house before her came the sound of a song, ringing clear and distinct through the frosty air.
So for a week preceding the day of the contest the countryside was sprinkled with boys panting up the hills, loping through the woods and trotting doggedly along the frosty road.
The ice was hard and smooth, the barriers were lined with spectators, the cheers of Hammond and Ferry Hill arose alternately into the still, frosty air.
He had the air of being exceedingly well able to look after himself, but even his self- possession wavered before the frosty nature of his reception.
Frosty is the adjective which most accurately describes her appearance.
Miss Briskett was a tall, thin woman of fifty-eight or sixty, wearing a white cap perched upon her grey hair, and an expression of frosty propriety on her thin, pointed features.
Spring had garlanded the earth with flowers, and Autumn had withered them with his frosty breath.
The fire burns with that special clearness, that kind of conscious eagerness which one observes inside the hearth upon a keen frosty night.
When wet they are too heavy; when frosty they are apt to be rutty and dangerous.
O, I could long like thy cold icicles Freeze, freeze, and hang upon the frosty clift And not complain, so I might melt at last In the warm summer sun, as thou wilt do!
With that he nears the door: a frosty rime Is branching over it, and drifts are deep Against the wall.
It is a frosty morning, keen and cold, Fast locked are silent mere and frozen stream, And snow lies sparkling on the desert wold; With savory morning meats they spread the board, But Justice Wilvermore will walk abroad.
I rode on, hour after hour, in the darkness and solitude, the prairie all round and a firmament of frosty stars overhead.
Friday and Saturday had been passably cool, with frosty nights, but on Saturday night it changed, and I have not felt anything like the heat of Sunday since I left New Zealand, though the mercury was not higher than 91 degrees.
I was wrapped in furs, and the cold, frosty air braced me like a pair of strong arms.
Your father beckons us,--he fears the frosty evening air for you, but it has given a glowing rose to your cheeks!
Plate Glass and Mirrors:--A soft cloth wet in alcohol, is excellent to wipe off plate glass and mirrors, and prevents their becoming frosty in winter.
