Do we say sun or son

sun 22272 occurrences

At noon, when the winter sun shone, he walked, first up and down the terrace, then round and round the garden, then to the beech trees at the top of the field, and then down the hill to the Manor Farm.

Something that hung over him at night, that was there with him in the morning, that came between him and the light of the sun.

Rain, sun and wind were cosmetics to her firm, smooth skin.

" He gave a long look at them, at their sun-burnt faces, at their clean, slender grace, Colin in his cricketing flannels, and Anne in her land-girl's white-linen coat, knickerbockers, and grey wideawake.

And she would go with him, her naked feet shining white on the queer, bright, cold green of the grass, up the field to the belt of firs that stood up, strange and eternal, under the risen sun.

The sun had come round on to the terrace, and she now rested there, wrapped in a fur coat and leaning back on her cushions in the garden chair.

Through all his misery he could still find pleasure in the work of throwing small rooms into one to make more space for Anne, and putting windows into the south gable to give her the sun.

When the sun set and the land darkened he went home.

Precautions useful for protection from the sun in tiger shooting.

At frequent intervals the steely blue of some lovely lake, where thousands of water-fowl disport themselves, reflects from its polished surface the sheen of the noonday sun.

Government roads and embankments intersect the face of the country in all directions, and vast sheets of the indigo plant refresh the eye with their plains of living green, forming a grateful contrast to the hard, dried, sun-baked surface of the stubble fields, where the rice crop has rustled in the breezes of the past season.

From the main street, with its quaint little shops sheltered from the sun by makeshift verandahs of tattered sacking, weather-stained shingles, or rotting bamboo mats, various little lanes and alleys diverged, leading one into a collection of tumble-down and ruinous huts, set up apparently by chance, and presenting the most incongruous appearance that could possibly be conceived.

Here the produce of their little garden, capsicums, Indian corn, onions or potatoesperchance turmeric, ginger, or other roots or spicesare dried and made ready for storing in the earthen sun-baked repository for the reception of such produce appertaining to each household.

Up in the early morning, before the hot blazing sun has climbed on high, he is off on his trusty nag, through his Zeraats, with his greyhounds and terriers panting behind him.

Manufacture being finished, and the crop all cut by the beginning or middle of October, when the annual rains are over, it is of importance to have the lands dug up as early as possible, that the rich moisture, on which the successful cultivation of the crop mainly depends, may be secured before the hot west winds and strong sun of early spring lick it up.

By eleven o'clock, when the sluggish mist has been dissipated by the rays of the scorching sun, the day's labour is nearly concluded.

Though the sun calls and gentle zephyrs plead, And Hope that waited long must deem it dead; Yet lo! to-morrow sees its shining head Singing at dawn 'mid all the garden throng: Ah, had it known, it had been earlier sped Was it for fear of day it slept so long, Or were its dreams of singing sweeter than the song?

Like rain it comes through the dusty air, Like sun on the meadows to think of her;

Her face like a lily all white in the sun, For such mere male as he!

Poor limbs no sun could ever warm again!

XI The July sun enclosed in a ring of fire the ilex grove of a villa in the hills near Siena.

The sun, treading the earth like a vintager, drew from it heady fragrances, crushed out of it new colours.

Ralph said to himself that no one who had not seen Italy thus prostrate beneath the sun knew what secret treasures she could yield.

When he revived, he staggered to the house, and sat down in the sun.

He was brought home and laid down in the stoop, in the back of the house, in the sun, upon the floor.

son 32865 occurrences

From the letter in his hand he read: "It is right for you to be ambitious, my son.

In 996 he threatened Salonika, but first of all embarked on an expedition against the Peloponnese; here he was followed by the Greek general, who managed to surprise and completely overwhelm him, he and his son barely escaping with their lives.

There he saw his youngest son, who some years previously had also journeyed thither and entered a monastery, taking the name of Sava.

Stephen and his son together superintended the erection in this sense of the church and monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos, which became a famous centre of Serbian church life.

In 1276 he was deposed by his son, Stephen Dragutin, who in his turn, after an unsuccessful war against the Greeks, again masters of Constantinople since 1261, was deposed and succeeded by his brother, Stephen Uro[)s] II, named Milutin, in 1282.

That part of the country to the south of Skoplje fell completely under Turkish control; it was here that the famous national hero, Marko Kraljevi['c] (or King's son), renowned for his prowess, ruled as a vassal prince and mercenary soldier of the Turks; his father was one of the rebel princes who fell at the battle of the river Maritsa in 1371.

The issue of the battle was for some time in doubt, but was decided by the treachery and flight at the critical moment of one of the Serb leaders, Vuk Brankovi['c], son-in-law of Prince Lazar, with a large number of troops.

From the effects of this battle Serbia never recovered; Prince Lazar was captured and executed; his wife, Princess Milica, had to give her daughter to Bayezid in marriage, whose son thus ultimately claimed possession of Serbia by right of inheritance.

His son George, who succeeded him and ruled from 1490 till 1496, is famous as having set up the first Serbian printing-press there.

With Montenegro even, despite the fact that King Peter was Prince Nicholas's son-in-law, relations were bad.

It had been founded by one of those Turkish chiefs who migrated with their clans from beyond the Oxus; and it was consolidated by Othman his son, who extended his kingdom to the cities on the coast and invested his subjects with his own name.

R56811, 7Jan50, P. F. Collier & Son Corp. (PWH) BARKER, Elsa.

R63391, 21Jun50, P. F. Collier & Son Corp. (PWH) CHERCHEZ LA FEMME, a satirical extravaganza in two acts, by Mark E. Swan.

COLLIER (P. F.) and Son Corporation.

© 10May22, C2193. R62111, 10May50, Paul Gerard Smith, inc. (PWH) DAVID, THE SON OF JESSE, by Marjorie Strachey.

SEE A son of the Sahara.

Ellen Wright (W); 6Mar68; R431060. How Bigger was born; the story of Native son.

PUTNEY, C. C. Play ball, son.

Charlemagne: sa vie, son oeuvre.

The interest centres round the three sons of Sir John of Bordeaux, who retains his name with Lodge and is Shakespeare's Sir Roland de Bois, and whose youngest son, Lodge's Rosader and Shakespeare's Orlando, is named Gamelyn, and the outlaw king, Lodge's king of France and Shakespeare's Duke senior.

Montanus, a shepherd corresponding to Shakespeare's Silvius, is a dainty rimester, and is not only well posted in the loves of Polyphemus and Galatea, but can rail on blind boy Cupid in good French, and on his mistress too Son cuer ne doit estre de glace, Bien que elle ait de Neige le sein.

Ecco ch' io ti son tolta a gran furore, sono ormai più tua.

Ben tendo a te le braccia; ma non vale, Che indietro son tirata.

At this juncture Euarchus happens to arrive in search of his son and nephew, and consents to act as judge in the case.

At Andromana's cries the king enters, and she forthwith accuses the prince of attempting violence towards her; the king stabs his son, Andromana stabs the king, next the prince's friend Inophilus, and finally herself.

Do we say   sun   or  son