rusty hinges.They worked harshly in their sockets,with much friction,and each bending or unbending was accomplished only through a sheer exertion of will.When he finally gained his feet,another minute or so was consumed in straightening up,so that he could stand erect as a man should stand. ...
We stood for a time in silence, just looking at each other and then I said, “So, what time do you finish? I’m Noah, by the way.” “Danny,” he told me. “My shift ends at eight, when we close for the night.” “So, would you like to go for a pint at the Bounding ...
Just then Bill stood up and looked straight at the teen, saying, “But I will. I’ll tell them all unless you agree to a second caning to atone for swindling me.” “That’s not fair! I thought my caning was for diddling both of you.” “Well, you thought wrong then didn’t yo...
Pondering, sunken headed, the cattle stood in the fields and cumbrously moved one foot and then another. In the bucket near the house the tap stood dripping, as if the bucket were full, and then the tap dripped one, two, three separate drops in succession. The windows showed erratically ...
make the hair stand on endTo terrify, to scare or frighten, to fill with fear. The allusion is to the way an animal’s hair, especially that on the back of the neck, involuntarily stiffens and becomes erect in the face of danger. ...
make the hair stand on endTo terrify, to scare or frighten, to fill with fear. The allusion is to the way an animal’s hair, especially that on the back of the neck, involuntarily stiffens and becomes erect in the face of danger. ...
“This balsam-fir,” said Miss Harson as they stood near a tall, beautiful tree that tapered to a point, “has, you see, a straight, smooth trunk and tapers regularly and rapidly to the top. You will notice, too, that the leaves, which are needle-shaped and nearly flat, do not gr...
Five days after Anne leaves Massachusetts, Winthrop and Thomas supervise the exhumation of Martha Dyer's daughter. The governor describes the infant in his diary: It had a face, but no head, and the ears stood upon the shoulders and were like an ape's. It had no forehead but over the ...
They took us to a really happening party at the French Alliance, where we all stood around in a courtyard drinking beer while a DJ tried to make us dance. This is like everywhere we go in Brooklyn. Oh, also, we ate. Did I mention the food is incredible? Oh, yes? Okay. Night one...
Anselmo was a fine specimen of the Oriental gaucho, dark and with good features, his hair and moustache intensely black. He wore costly clothes, while his whip-handle, the sheath of his long knife, and other things about him were of massive silver. Of silver also were his heavy spurs, ...