Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. From LearnThat.org. [James Hurdis, Source: The Village Curate.]
'Depends on what you call a lark,' said Hazell; 'it's not much of a lark tearing down midstream like this in a fog. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Babylon Hotel] Reference
Packham reveals Smiths song-title lark in Springwatch. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
A lark is singing over head, and the air is filled with the scent of hay. From Wordnik.com. [Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney] Reference
The lark is entirely a bird of the open country – the downs, and pastures, and meadows of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Hours] Reference
Well, possibly the longest period of silence since I started this blogging lark is (as I type) coming to an end. From Wordnik.com. [A blogger returns] Reference
But many of us are Pro's even if this lark is not our primary way of making a living, and most writers have the same problem. From Wordnik.com. [Let Us Now Praise Famous Fen] Reference
"Well, say you must" -- he really declined not to treat it almost as rather a "lark" -- "if we can at least go on talking.". From Wordnik.com. [The Outcry] Reference
A hug from him was not at all a thing you'd call a lark. From Wordnik.com. [Saltbush Bill, J. P.] Reference
But the lark is the most untrustworthy creature under heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Two Countries] Reference
She hated him because he discovered that her lark was a crow. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales] Reference
"My nurse used to call the lark 'Our Lady's hen, '" said Kate. From Wordnik.com. [Alec Forbes of Howglen] Reference
The two latter are of an age to like a lark, which is more than their respected parents do. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.] Reference
But one of the first things I’ve learned about this teaching lark is that the kids are curious. From Wordnik.com. [going underground « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
It took some time; but never shall it be said that a Bastable grudged time or trouble when a lark was at stake. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
And as if in answer to its solemn call a lark soared upwards from the meadow by the mill-stream with a burst of song. From Wordnik.com. [The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories] Reference
Then a Lion sprang from behind the tree, and said the lark was his, and that he would eat up the merchant for trying to steal it. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland] Reference
The lark is a more marvelous songster than the bobolink only on account of his soaring flight and the sustained copiousness of his song. From Wordnik.com. [Birds and Poets : with Other Papers] Reference
The soaring lark is blest as proud. From Wordnik.com. [Poems in response to Jewsbury] Reference
I was expecting the same kind of lark that previous editions of Bill had been. From Wordnik.com. [BAD BLOOD • by Nick Logan] Reference
Mainly for a "lark" we determined to go out to these to see if they had any wounded. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
The use of the "lark" is perhaps Larkin's narrative signature or emphasis of the playfulness within the stanza. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Alchemy] Reference
The purser, who was always ready for a "lark," and the Colonel, who was of an inquiring turn of mind, paid a visit to the dock-yard. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
A lark is singing. From Wordnik.com. [Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book] Reference
And merrily the lark is singing. From Wordnik.com. [The Soldier's Embarkation] Reference
Wow, this holiday lark is good fun. From Wordnik.com. [The One With That Holiday Feeling] Reference
And the lark is lost in the light above. From Wordnik.com. [The Drift of Pinions] Reference
The sky-lark is more hardy than the nightingale. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Hours] Reference
Come lassie be stirrin, for th 'lark's up ith' lift. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect] Reference
Th 'lark's finished his tune an th' dewdrops have gooan. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect] Reference
"But this may not be so much of a 'lark' as you think," said Bob; and. From Wordnik.com. [George at the Fort Life Among the Soldiers] Reference
They had concocted a grand "lark" while at Noostigard; and they had encountered. From Wordnik.com. [Viking Boys] Reference
Many go out on a "lark," not a few to steal, and some with the basest purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Success with Small Fruits] Reference
In fact, a late epidemic of measles that filled every bed had been a "lark" beyond Brother. From Wordnik.com. [Killykinick] Reference
And very soon they were off indeed, speeding on to the busy wharf, scene of many a "lark" in Dan's boyish past. From Wordnik.com. [Killykinick] Reference
"lark" dreadfully with accounts of German robbers and ghosts. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
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