"Writhen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... thunderbolt half-fashioned yet was in the hands of these, Part-wrought, suchwise as many an one the Father casts on earth From all the heaven, but otherwhere unfinished from the birth, Three rays they wrought of writhen storm, three of the watery wrack; Nor do the three of ruddy flame nor windy winging lack: 430 And now the work of fearful flash, and roar, and dread they won, And blent amid their craftsmanship the flame that followeth on. But otherwhere they dight the wain and winged wheels of ...
— The AEneids of Virgil - Done into English Verse • Virgil
... Matt had seen them in the illustrated papers; the locomotive, pitched into a heavy drift, was like some dead monster that had struggled hard for its life. Where the fire had raged, there was a wide black patch in the whiteness glistening everywhere else; there were ashes, and writhen iron-work; and bits of charred wood-work; but nothing to tell who or how many had died there. It was certain that the porter and the parlor-car conductor were among the lost; and his list of passengers had perished with the conductor; there was only left ...
— The Quality of Mercy • W. D. Howells
... closely, her mantle of bright tartan, in which the red colour much predominated, her stature, the long stride with which she advanced, and the writhen features and wild eyes which were visible from under her curch, would have made her no inadequate representative of the spirit which gave name to the valley. But Mr. Tyrie instantly knew her as the Woman of ...
— Chronicles of the Canongate • Sir Walter Scott |
