Vincy, roused by this appeal and adjusting herself with a little shake as of a bird which lays down its ruffled plumage.
But for his insistence she would have taken no rest: her brightness was all bedimmed; unconscious of her costume which had always been so fresh and gay, she was like a sick bird with languid eye and plumage ruffled, her senses dulled to the sights and sounds that used most to interest her.
"Now," said Mother, putting her arm round Bobbie and laying her ruffled head against Bobbie's shoulder, "try to tell me, dear.
They could see the gape of his tiny beak as he yawned in a bored sort of way, looked round, and then settled his head into his back again, while the ruffled feathers gradually subsided into perfect stillness.
Then indeed her vanity would have been sadly ruffled.
Wilkins, arrested by the expression on her face, which was swept by the excitement of what she saw, and was as luminous and tremulous under it as water in sunlight when it is ruffled by a gust of wind.
Her freckles were more numerous and obtrusive than ever; the wind had ruffled her hatless hair into over-brilliant disorder; it had never looked redder than at that moment.
Olive wore ruffled silk and sheer lawn and filmy laced flounces.
Presently they came to a place where a little stream of water, trickling over a ledge and carrying a limestone sediment with it, had, in the slow-dragging ages, formed a laced and ruffled Niagara in gleaming and imperishable stone.
It smoothes our ruffled feather irons out the wrinkles in our overwrought4 countenance, and repairs the chinks5 in our overused armor —letting us forget our fears for the time being, bringing us back to more transcendent time when we were children.
Smart people never get ruffled because their smart brains present them with alternatives faster than the bad stuff can happen.
Designed together with H&M's in-house team, the new range features the distinctive print and colour combinations of Love Stories, which its founder, MarloesHoedeman calls "perfect mismatches" – think leopard print, stars and bold florals mixed with lace, athletic stripes and ruffled edges.
He ruffled the snow-white fur between Ghost's ears and said, Nice wolf.
Jon looked up happily as his uncle Ben put a hand on his head and ruffled his hair much as Jon had ruffled the wolf's.
40,,,: Any extra hours spent are needed to clear up the mess: reversing poor decisions, soothing ruffled feathers.
They saw him and darted toward him with ruffled feathers.
Then his featliers ruffled, he stalled and fell.
Bed Skirt An outer bed accessory that covers the box spring and hangs to the floor, also known as a dust ruffle , Duvet/Comforter Cover / An easy and affordable way to change the look of your bed or protect a down comforter Euro Sham A square pillow sham that is larger than the traditional sham and sits directly behind it on the bed , Flannel Often all-cotton, with a napped surface that produces a soft, fuzzy sheet , Knit Plain cotton li
I heard people on the street, jolted from sleep and probably still in their pajamas, with ruffled hair and puffy eyes.
" asked the prince "I like you both," said the witch, "and I'll help you" She knocked at the door and handed the ladies-in-waiting a big old book with yellow, smudgy pages, saying it was a gift to the princess so the young lady could pass the time reading The ladies took it to the girl, who opened it at once and read: "This is a magic book Turn the pages forward, and the man becomes a bird; turn them back, and the bird becomes a man once more" The girl ran to the window, placed the book
