In the cell next to him was a drunken wife-beater and in the one beyond a yelling maniac. At midnight they opened the station house to the homeless wanderers who were crowded about the door, shivering in the winter blast, and they thronged into the corridor outside of the cells. Some o...
They went up to his room and settled down; the flies and moths fluttered round the candle. It was close, the child fell asleep, and the good man, beginning to doze with his hands on his stomach, was soon snoring with his mouth wide open. On other occasions, when Monsieur le Cure, ...
Blekastad suggests that Andreæ failed to get permission to haveTheophiluspublished in 1619 because of its dedication to Arndt. There may be some confusion apart from the dates here, for the statement is repeated later, noting that in his letter to August von Lüneburg of October 1642 Andre...
In the evening when the wind had dropped a little, they went out on the groyne to see the steamer come in. There were a great many people walking about the harbour; they had gathered to welcome some one, bringing bouquets. And two peculiarities of a well-dressed Yalta crowd were very c...
He saw the long familiar figures of the saints, the verger Matvey puffing out his cheeks and blowing out the candles, the darkened candle stands, the threadbare carpet, the sacristan Lopuhov running impulsively from the altar and carrying the holy bread to the churchwarden. . . . All these ...
The consumptive soldier pulled a candle from his kit, balanced it in the straw, and over it warmed his hands. If that candle had toppled over in the straw we wouldn’t have had a rat’s chance in the fire. It was impossible to get out of our car or to communicate with another ...
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Western miner, dazzled by some successful strike. To this theory the man’s careless and indifferent bearing towards his extraordinary gains lent great credence. The attempt, if such it was, however, was unsuccessful. After winning ten times in succession the luck turned, and the unfortunate “...
Wonder of the world (Kalanchoe pinnata), young banana leaves (Musaspecies), or castor bean leaves (Ricinus communis) were rolled with a bottle to burst the plant veins. The leaves were then passed quickly over a flame to warm them. Soft candle (whale fat) and Epsom salts were pasted on...
I must add that the night was very fine, very clear, and the moon brightly shin- ing; so much so that even after I had put out my candle all this decoration remained visible, not illumi- nated by my mind's eye, as you might think, but by this lovely night, whose lights clung ...