The hyacinthine curl of her lengthening locks had added something to her beauty; but it was the same face which had haunted him.
The hyacinthine boy, for whom Morn well might break and April bloom.
Defn: Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.
Then Pallas, progeny of Jove, his form Dilated more, and from his head diffused His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers.
Then, Pallas over all his features shed 180 Superior beauty, dignified his form With added amplitude, and pour'd his curls Like hyacinthine flow'rs down from his brows.
The young man is EDWIN DROOD, of the Grecian nose, hyacinthine locks, and classic features, as in Sir L.
To the left walks Edwin, with hyacinthine locks, and a thoroughly classical type of face, and Grecian nose.
Her hair clung to her temples in heavy hyacinthine curls tinged with violet.
The ancients were well acquainted with the Hyacinthine Gallinule, and were in the habit of keeping it tamed in their houses, in which case it was prized by the men and hated by the women.
The nest of the Hyacinthine Gallinule is made on the sedge-patches which dot the marshes, much like that of the coot.
Another rendering of the word which has received much favour is, that the Racham is the hyacinthine gallinule, or sultana hen (Pophyrio veterum).
In allusion to the crisped and curled blossoms of the Hyacinth, poets have been fond of describing curly hair asHyacinthine locks.
Milton writes:-- "And Hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering.
The hyacinthine purple cloak which Dion wore that day had not vanished from his sight when a loud crashing, rattling, and roaring arose behind him.
As for thehyacinthine purple cloak, I wear it because I like it.
His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Bound from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad.
As Will watched it delightedly, he recognized the bird as the hyacinthine macaw, the largest, most beautiful, and one of the rarest of all the parrot family.
The day was clear, with a milky, blue-streaked sky; the distant foldings of the hills were of a deep, hyacinthine blue.
I obtained six good specimens of the hyacinthine macaw, besides a number of smaller birds, a species new to me of Guariba, or howling monkey, and two large lizards.
Troops of parrots, including the hyacinthine macaw we were in search of, began then to pass over; the different styles of cawing and screaming of the various species making a terrible discord.
It is three feet long from the beak to the tip of the tail, and is entirely of a soft hyacinthine blue colour, except round the eyes, where the skin is naked and white.
The Hyacinthine Macaw (Ara hyacinthina) is another natural wonder, first met with here.
We saw here, for the first time, the splendid Hyacinthine macaw (Macrocercus hyacinthinus, Lath.
One of my objects was to obtain specimens of the hyacinthine macaw, whose range commences on all the branch rivers of the Amazons which flow from the south through the interior of Brazil, with the first cataracts.
In it three paths went straight up a mountain from opposite sides, the first having the hyacinthine hue of the deep heaven; the second green, the third purple.
The hyacinthine path is that of the vita contemplativa; the green path is that of the religious vita activa; and the purple path is the way of the blessed martyrs.
The sun went down, and soon afterwards the golden bow of the new moon was seen floating in the hyacinthine sky.
It was a rare sight to see the fish glistening like a mass of molten silver within the brown meshes, just when the first hyacinthine beams of the dawning sun fell upon their glossy, nacreous scales.
Back from his brows in wavy ringlets fly His thick large locks of hyacinthine dye.
The warrior-goddess gives his frame to shine With majesty enlarged, and air divine: Back from his brows a length of hair unfurls, His hyacinthine locks descend in wavy curls.
Such in the many-tinted bower Of rich man's garden passing gay Upstands the hyacinthine flower.
Thou art like the hyacinthine flower, wont to stand aloft 'midst varied riches of its lordling's garden.
He hauled and hauled away; his rake had caught in the hyacinthine locks of Count Funnibos, whose countenance of a cadaverous hue now came in sight.
Eurynome washed and anointed Ulysses; Minerva also 154 beautified him, making the hair grow thick on the top of his head and flow down in hyacinthine curls.
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