1 The gnat, who was the most crafty, flew into the forest where the enemy was assembled, and hid herself beneath a leaf of the tree where the password was to be announced.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR 2 When the gnat had heard that, she flew away again, and revealed everything, down to the minutest detail, to the willow-wren.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR 3 Enormous gearing, the prime motor of which is the gnat, and whose final wheel is the zodiac.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS 4 Our son shall not go into an ant-hill; if you know nothing better than that, we shall give the commission to the white gnats.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE HAPPY FAMILY 5 "We have a wife for him," said the gnats.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE HAPPY FAMILY 6 All dark objects on the earth that lay towards the sun were overspread by a purple haze, against which groups of wailing gnats shone out, rising upwards and dancing about like sparks of fire.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues 7 The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds or fungi; everywhere were fruits and sweet and delightful flowers; brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.
8 On cool evenings, when they tried to go walking, the gnats appeared in swarms which peppered their faces and caught in their throats.
9 When he passed through a village, the ragged brats ran joyously after him, and surrounded him like a swarm of gnats.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE