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It is Hawthorne, I think, who tells us that when he was a boy he used once in a while to go down to the wharves in Salem, and lay his hand on the rail of some great East India merchantman, redolent of spices, and thus bring himself in actual touch with the mysterious orient.
But in London they never forgot the old home, and wrote so much about it in their stories, that there was not a flower, or shrub, or tree, or hedge, or mossy bank redolent in early spring of primroses and violets, to which they had not given, to my boyish eyes, a glory and a charm.
In a neighborhood redolent of crime, there it stands, its vices thick upon its head, exciting in the mind of the observer its association with some dark and terrible deed.
His third symphony, redolent of Haydn, with a delightful scherzo, his fugues, quartet, ballets, operas he composed fifteen, some of which are still popular in Russia prove him a past master in his technical medium; but the real engaging and fantastic personality of the man evaporates in his academic work.
The meretricious character of the reliefs in its extreme west portion, erected under the Emperor Napoleon III., and restored after the Commune, is redolent of the spirit of that gaudy period.
It is on the face of this that the workers in baked clay "lavoro molto utile per la state," so cool and fresh is it, so redolent of green pastures and the winds of April have moulded the Seven Acts of Pure Mercy in colours as pure; blue of morning sky, grass-green, daffodil-yellow. Once more, no heroics: here is what the workmen knew and we see.
"I mean," said Patty, "that I wish you never to mention the Lick Observatory again." Patty and the Bishop The dressing-bell rang for Sunday morning service, and Patty laid down her book with a sigh and went and stood by the open window. The outside world was a shimmering green and yellow, the trees showed a feathery fringe against the sky, and the breeze was redolent of violets and fresh earth.
Each man followed suit, and the whole party, kicking back their chairs, revolved with lurching steps round the débris of empty bottles and cigar ashes. The room was thick with smoke, and redolent of fumes of wine. Mechanically I led the chorus, straining every nerve to hear a sound from outside. I was growing dizzy with the movement, and, overwrought with the strain on my nerves.
The skin peeled off, and the blood followed. There was something so cowardly so redolent of a brutal ferocity in the act, that I could not remain quiet. With a desperate wrench I freed my hands, skinning my wrists in the effort, and, flinging myself upon him, I clutched at the monster's throat. He stepped back; my ankles were tied, and I fell upon my face at his feet.
Very well. 'This garden is redolent of a lady's hand, sighed Palmet, poetical in his dejection. 'Have you taken too much wine, gentlemen? said Dr. Shrapnel. Cecil put this impertinence aside with a graceful sweep of his fingers. 'You attempt to elude me, sir. 'Not I! You mention some lady. 'Exactly. A young lady. 'What is the name of the lady? 'Oh! You ask the name of the lady. And I too.
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