"Denude" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... since the day they were crowned; one reigning king in the East, the other in the West. But King Piko had been long harassed with the thought, that the unobstructed and indefinite increase of his browsing subjects might eventually denude of herbage his portion of the island. Posterity, thought he, is marshaling her generations in squadrons, brigades, and battalions, and ere long will be down upon my devoted empire. Lo! her locust cavalry darken the skies; her ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) • Herman Melville
... of approving laughter was our only answer to this speech, while Maurice proceeded to denude himself of his ...
— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) • Charles Lever
... silver streams of obedience have run for ever without breaking over. He was bound to all, though nothing had been promised. But then to have such a hope, what spirits might it add to him? The Lord had been free, upon man's obedience, either to continue him his happy estate, or to denude him of it, or to annihilate him. There was no obligation lying on him. But now, what confirmation might man have by looking upon the certain recompense of reward—when God brings himself freely under ...
— The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning • Hugh Binning
... instinct for the beautiful, and with the capacity for producing it in every conceivable form. As we travel through Italy at the present day, when "time, war, pillage, and purchase" have done their worst to denude the country of its treasures, we still marvel at the incomparable and countless beauties stored in every burgh and hamlet. Pacing the picture galleries of Northern Europe, the country seats of English nobles, and ...
— Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 - The Fine Arts • John Addington Symonds
... not heard of The Miracle Man or The Wire Devils or Jimmie Dale in The Adventures of Jimmie Dale and The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale? The Night Operator, From Now On, Pawned, and, most recently, Doors of the Night have had their public ready and waiting. That same public will denude the book counters of Jimmie Dale and ...
— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton
... appears in the form of circular patches of the skin, which soon become denude of hair. Sometimes a white sticky discharge and the formation of scaly, brittle crusts on the patches appear, silvery gray in color. They are generally confined to the head and neck. It is a common disease among ...
— The Veterinarian • Chas. J. Korinek
... The man continued to denude himself of his effects, but with increasing savagery and reluctance. There was silence in the room—and then suddenly, so faint as to be almost inaudible, there was a soft pat upon the floor. Jimmie Dale ...
— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard
... Perk, who had already begun to denude the anchored amphibian of its covering, as though it was settled they need no longer fear being ...
— Eagles of the Sky - With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes • Ambrose Newcomb |
