"Shie" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... by Mr. Caldwell at Yen-ping; distribution of; habits of; weight of; hunting of at Hui-yao Servants, wages of Shanghai; riot in Shans; description of village of; houses of; heavily tattooed; tribes of; description of Sheldrakes Sherwood, George H., assistance rendered to Expedition by Shia-chai Shie-tien; bird life at; natives, curiosity of Shih-ku ferry Shoverling, Daly & Gales, ammunition, guns, tents, furnished by Shrew Shwelie River Singapore Slave raiding Smith, Arthur H., quoted Snow Mountain, ...
— Camps and Trails in China - A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China • Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews
... for shelter, to avoid being seen by the shie Fowl, is an old Jade trained on purpose; but this being rare and troublesome, have recourse to Art, to take Canvas stuft and painted in the shape of a Horse grazing, and so light that you-may carry him on one hand (not too big:) Others do make them in the shape ...
— The School of Recreation (1696 edition) • Robert Howlett
... he was snatched from death by the daione shie, or fairy folk, and that he continues to wander through wood and wild, armed like an ancient Highlander, but carrying his sword in his left hand. The phantom appears always in deep grief. Sometimes he seems about ...
— The Fair Maid of Perth • Sir Walter Scott
... on the beautiful prospect, and our lungs on the pure atmosphere, we wandered along the beach, ever and anon pausing to admire the strange forms and beautiful colouring of the shells and seaweeds, or to pick up a rare pebble, then shie it away again, little thinking that it might have been a ruby, sapphire, or topaz, worth a king's ransom on the earth. At length the way was barred by the mouth of a broad river, and after a refreshing plunge in the lake, we returned home ...
— A Trip to Venus • John Munro |
