With me it was a difficult and anxious time till my facts were found, selected, and properly jointed; nor could I rest from research and effort till I was satisfied of correct anatomy; the strength of my inward repugnance to the idea of flaw or falsity sometimes enabled me to shun egregious blunders; but the knowledge was not there in my head, ready and mellow; it had not been sown in Spring, grown in Summer, harvested in Autumn, and garnered through Winter; whatever I wanted I must go out and g
She seemed happy; all her appliances for occupation were about her; the white wood workbox, a shred or two of muslin, an end or two of ribbon collected for conversion into doll-millinery.
When I say child I use an inappropriate and undescriptive term—a term suggesting any picture rather than that of the demure little person in a mourning frock and white chemisette, that might just have fitted a good-sized doll—perched now on a high chair beside a stand, whereon was her toy work-box of white varnished wood, and holding in her hands a shred of a handkerchief, which she was professing to hem, and at which she bored perseveringly with a needle, that in her fingers seemed almost a ske
If you were not to stand by your "kin" as long as there was a shred of honour attributable to them, pray what were you to stand by?
She talked and laughed gaily, not a shred of fear of him left in her, and even when she said, struck by his spotlessness, that he looked so clean that one could eat one's dinner off him, and Scrap laughed, Mellersh laughed too.
"And tell me this, so that my last shred of doubt will be cleared away; why did you decide that he was from Virginia?
But not one living thing could they spy—not even a gull, nor a star-fish, nor a shred of sea-weed.
My teeth pierce the crunchy fried coating and shred through the meat.
HOW TO EAT IT: Simply shred the stalks into thin strips and add to stir-fry or serve steamed.
If you want to shred your duck meat, restaurant style, allow it to cool completely, refrigerate overnight and then reheat in a slow oven before shredding with forks 10.
She's allowed to criticize you, but pointless name-calling and attempts to shred your self-esteem shouldn't ever be tolerated.
" Seemingly being angry, the girl bravely raises her head, glares at him, with a shred of gentle encouragement in her eyes.
Still, as time goes by, you overcome the pain and reap new skills that allow you to shred like never before!
When it became abundantly clear that I hadn't inherited a shred of his athletic talents, he settled for trying to turn me into a passionate spectator.
RBS under Fred "the Shred" Goodwin had a reputation as a ruthless acquirer, winning hostile takeovers for NatWest and ABN Amro.
Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960), Doctor Zhivago, 1958 Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960), Doctor Zhivago, 1958 Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
