It now stood by the side of a bright,
blazing wood-fire.
Another, so long ago as when the famous Captain Smith visited these coasts, had seen it
blazing far at sea, and had felt no rest in all the intervening years till now that he took up the search.
The stars, those dial-points of heaven, now warned the adventurers to close their eyes on the
blazing logs, and open them, in dreams, to the glow of the Great Carbuncle.
At one extremity of an open space, hemmed in by the dark wall of the forest, arose a rock, bearing some rude, natural resemblance either to an alter or a pulpit, and surrounded by four
blazing pines, their tops aflame, their stems untouched, like candles at an evening meeting.
There were jets, too, of liquid fire that fell back in dazzling cascades--a superb but dangerous spectacle, for the wind with unswerving certainty was carrying the balloon directly toward this
blazing atmosphere.
Pray tell me, Lady Bellaston, who is this
blazing star which you have produced among us all of a sudden?" "What
blazing star, my lord?" said she, affecting a surprize.
1-17) Ares, exceeding in strength, chariot-rider, golden- helmed, doughty in heart, shield-bearer, Saviour of cities, harnessed in bronze, strong of arm, unwearying, mighty with the spear, O defence of Olympus, father of warlike Victory, ally of Themis, stern governor of the rebellious, leader of righteous men, sceptred King of manliness, who whirl your fiery sphere among the planets in their sevenfold courses through the aether wherein your
blazing steeds ever bear you above the third firmament of heaven; hear me, helper of men, giver of dauntless youth!
In the morning, Thomas Mugridge being duly bribed, the galley is pleasantly areek with the odour of their frying; while dolphin meat is served fore and aft on such occasions as Johnson catches the
blazing beauties from the bowsprit end.
A fire was
blazing already in Sir Pitt's apartment (it was Miss Briggs's room, by the way, who was sent upstairs to sleep with the maid).