36 adjectives to describe spans

Another queer thing is that whereas the end of morals is designed solely for the betterment of the race, and is entirely regardless of the person, to the conscience of the person morals are always translated as something that binds him personally, that will shame him or honor him personally not only for the brief span of this worldly life, but through an eternity to come.

glad Saint In like espousals, blessed upon Earth, And she her fruit forth bring; No numb chill-hearted shaken-witted thing, 'Plaining his little span.

She did not know if any vital organ lay in that narrow span or if any major artery had been severed or if the rifle-ball had merely glanced along the ribs and been deflected by them; she only knew that he had lost much blood, that it must have gushed freely while he strove with Swen Brodie, and that now it must be stopped utterly.

The mines which were exploded beneath it did more damage to the buildings along the waterfront than to the bridge, however, only the middle spans of which were destroyed.

WILLIAMS, FLORENCE H. The broken span.

Away trotted the handsome span while five pairs of beautiful eyes searched the three printed sheets, that boreoh, marvellous fortune!not one of the four names writ largest in those five hearts.

Again, our wooden bridges of the average span cost about thirty-five dollars per lineal foot.

The near mule in the foremost span was a horse, ridden by our postillion, and nothing could prevent that horse from darting into all sorts of streets and alleys where we had no desire to go.

O night, O sweet though sombre span of time!

Against his little years are meted out vast prehistoric spans; against his mastery of a few forms of life, stands Life itself.

It is intended, however, to restore it; the supporting pillars are ready, and the superincumbent iron structure is shortly expected from Europe (April, 1872).The central span, damaged in the high water of 1914, was temporarily replaced with a wooden structure and plans have been prepared for a new bridge, permitting ships to pass and to be used also by the railway, nearer the river mouth.

The most prejudicedagain I speak personallywill find pleasure in the author's zestful story of how the dingy, foul-smelling Will Arding, full of cement (and worse things), was transformed into the spick-and-span Ark Royal, with a piano in the saloon and Queen Anne silver on the breakfast-table; while for the persuadable there are added plans, scales of expense and the like, which bring the whole matter to a working basis.

The swing bridge extends over two openings, or from the north abutment to the southern pier, its center of revolution being situated over the center of the northern span, and revolves upon a turntable, which is carried upon a lower platform or frame of girders extending across the northern span of the bridge.

More than once I had a tight feeling in my throat as I patted the glossy backs of dear old Cesar and my lovely span.

It is not that yon hoary, lengthening beard, Ill suits the passions that belong to youth; Love conquers ageso Hafiz hath averr'd: So sings the Teian, and he sings in sooth But crimes that scorn the tender voice of Ruth, Beseeming all men ill, but most the man In years, have mark'd him with a tiger's tooth; Blood follows blood, and through their mortal span, In bloodier acts conclude those who with blood began.

Even for the short planetary life-span of the average human, the logic of this position seems inescapable, whether it applies to the next hour, day, year, or century.

Against his little years are meted out vast prehistoric spans; against his mastery of a few forms of life, stands Life itself.

No method of insulation had yet been devised that would permit the operation of an electric conductor under water, and it was doubted whether a wire could be maintained for a span sufficient to cross the river overhead.

But this new bridge was not yet in place, though a frail, temporary span, open only to foot passengers and very light vehicles, had been thrown across the ravine.

And I am sure, that on some hour Coquetting soft 'twixt sun and shower, He stooped and broke a daisy-flower With heart of tiny span, And bore it as a lover's dower Across the fields to Anne.

Life's but a transient span: Then, with a fervent prayer each night, Wind up the days, and set 'em right, Vain mortal man!

Where fierce the surge with awful bellow Doth ever lash the rocky wall; And where the moon most brightly mellow Dost beam when mists of evening fall; Where midst his harem's countless blisses The Moslem spends his vital span, A Sorceress there with gentle kisses Presented me a Talisman.

They praise their brother's melodies, and still the spindles run, Till more than man's allotted span the busy hands have spun.

One of the worst limitations I feel is the fact that there are so many thousand people on earth whom I could love, if I could but meet themand I am not going to believe that this wretched span of days is my only chance of meeting them.

[*] DECADE OF TANG ~King Seuen on the Occasion of a Great Drought~ Grand shone the Milky Way on high, With brilliant span athwart the sky, Nor promise gave of rain.

36 adjectives to describe  spans