snow-wreaths

Too proud to avail themselves of its advantages, they learned its vices, and, as the snow-wreaths in spring, they melted away before the poisonous

The Englishwoman in America 2007

The tenants, therefore, were not actually turned out of doors among the snow-wreaths, and were allowed wherewith to procure butter-milk and peas-bannocks, which they ate under the full force of the original malediction.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

Above the cliff the snow-wreaths hung, dripping and cracking in the sun.

Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Various

As he approaches the half-open door, he sees the long veils of the windows floating like snow-wreaths in the air; behind these thin curtains he feels that Life and Death, hand clasped in hand, await him.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Western Highlands, having a bloody death behind them, and before them tempest, famine, and desolation when some of them, bewildered by the snow-wreaths, sank in them to rise no more!

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Beth parted the curtains once, and peeped out at the snow-wreaths whirling and circling round.

Beth Woodburn Maud Petitt

This day the gentle Sandwich-Islanders are wasting like snow-wreaths, in contact with educated races.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various

Alpine summits, where the wild wind blew, sweeping the snow-wreaths into the air.

The American Baron James De Mille

And to conceal them she averted her head, and looked out at the forest, whose lofty pines were adorned with snow-wreaths.

Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan

Over wide wastes borne, white are the snow-wreaths blown,

Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Ada Langworthy Collier