No other tree seems so capable of adapting itself to earthquake taluses, and many of these rough boulder-slopes are occupied by it almost exclusively, especially in yosemite gorges moistened by the spray of waterfalls.

She moistened her lips, trying to smile.

Isabella unburies her murdered lover Lorenzo; preserves his head in a pot of basil; and (as expressed in st. 52 of the poem) 'Hung over her sweet basil evermore, And moistened it with tears unto the core.' I give Shelley's words 'true love tears' as they appear in the Pisan edition: 'true-love tears' might be preferable.

"It is so good of you," the sick woman sighed, as he moistened her fevered lips.

Seven thousand miles from home, alone, in an unknown sea, and uncertain of ever finding the place he sought, this man had picked his way among mountains and fields of ice, with perhaps less hesitation and reluctance than a dandy would encounter the perils of a crossing, when the streets were a little moistened by rain.

He took a little of it in his hand, moistened it with water from his well, and fashioned a simple vase, while he thought of those beautiful girls who are like the ancient Greek jars, at once round and slender.

" Mrs. Dowson moistened her lips and tried, but in vain, to avoid the glittering eye of Mr. Foss.

Guianerius prescribes the air to be moistened with water, and sweet herbs boiled in it, vine, and sallow leaves, &c., [3190] to besprinkle the ground and posts with rosewater, rose-vinegar, which Avicenna much approves.

For I have told you every grief In all the days of twenty years, And I have moistened you with tears, And in your decades found relief.

He came to her, frankly owning his error, and she replied, while tears of affection moistened her eyes, "I had rather it should be so, than that my son should have been guilty of a falsehood.

" The girl's eyes moistened.

It came, and the pork and maccaroni, moistened with red Sicilian wine, gave us patience for another day.

Mrs. Harper was looking at them with moistened eyes in which joy and sorrow, love and gratitude, were strangely blended.

To prevent the production of the fructification, freshly moistened rice is constantly added for two or three days, and then subjected to alcoholic fermentation from the Saccharomyces, which is always present in the rice, but which has nothing to do with the Aspergillus.

It was foodfood in plenty to sustain Ben through his illness and the remaining weeks of their exileand her eyes moistened and her hands trembled at the sight.

Must it some time or other be moistened with tears, until it comes to life again and begins to stir in our consciousness,as the dry wheel-animalcule, looking like a grain of dust, becomes alive, if it is wet with a drop of water?

" Rey moistened his lips, watching Framtree, but did not speak.

I thank you, for you have always been a kind master to me," said he, and his tears moistened the general's coat.

"May I now beg of you" The lady threw back her veil, and allowed Elise to see a handsome countenance, moistened with tears.

GLUTEN CUSTARD.Into a quart of boiling milk stir four tablespoonfuls of wheat gluten moistened with a little of the milk, which may be reserved for the purpose.

To-day we have all criedboys and all; and have moistened the bun-loaf and the gooseberry-jam at tea with our tears.

And for awhile the thought of the sad part Played by them and of Fate's ill-balanced scales, Moistened mine eyelids, and made ache mine heart, Remembering these strange tales Of woman's miseries in every land, I saw wherever poverty draws breath Woman and anguish walking hand in hand, The dreary road to death.

Let it rise a little while, then sprinkle well with one cup of sugar, add one-half pound of ground poppy seed moistened with one-half cup of water, cut into strips about an inch wide and four-inches long; roll and put in a well-buttered pan to rise, leaving enough space between each and brush, with butter.

Then add one tablespoon of cornstarch which has been moistened with cold water.

"Who taught you?" Her face flushed warm and dewy; her eyes wandered away, moistened and dreamy; she curled her hair-softly on her finger.