In accordance with this statement, it may be observed that the enlarged and clasped petiole of the Solanum, with its closed ring of woody vessels, has become more cylindrical than it was in its original unclasped condition.
He is dreaming, his eyes closed under their bluish lids; there is something that he sees again.
In cruel wrath, before he closed his eyes, he withdrew his blessing from his only son.
Thus, when the governor's house was closed against her, there was no one in whom she cared to confide, for a barrier stood between her and Paula, and she was painfully conscious of its height each time the wish to pass it recurred to her mind.
But supposing that it is open only to the immortal spirit of Moslems and closed against Christians?
The abandoned channel now closed at both ends by levees may be occupied by water to produce a subordinate ribbon type of curving trench (Fig.
With favorable conditions these leads may be closed by thick sea ice so that with the occurrence of counter winds from the north they do not entirely return to their original position.
Circumnavigation, soon after again carried out by Sir Francis Drake, proved that the earth is a closed body bounded by curving surfaces in part enveloped by the oceans and everywhere by the atmosphere.
The defense now announced to the court that they had closed all the testimony they wished to introduce, and inasmuch as the case had occupied so much time, they would propose to submit it without argument.
The half-backs closed on him with a simultaneous charge that made him reel.
And there, struggling apparently from under a door which closed the head of the stairs, came a streak of light.
That's why I sent him to the gymnasium; it's closed to-day.
The half-backs knew Yorke of old, and closed upon him before he could double or get round them.
He closedthe rickety door, and, hurrying back across the fields, sought the kitchen, his eyes behind their spectacles shining with excitement.
The secretary closed reading and gathered up his papers, while the prosecutor angrily began to make notes.
Some held their fingers tightly closed, as if challenging anyone to part them; others, again, loosened them, now closed them again.
The justiciary again bent his head, and, leaning on his hand, closed his eyes.
Scarcely had the door closed when the same vigorous, merry sound, so inappropriate to the place and so persistently rehearsed by the wretched girl, was heard.
Menshov stood in the door, so that when the warden closed it he pushed him in.
As soon as the door closed behind them a gendarme, with drawn sword resting on his shoulder, placed himself in front of it.
Weakly rolling from side to side from the jostling of the wagon, he steadily looked at Nekhludoff, and in answer to questions about his health, he only closed his eyes and angrily shook his head.
Knitting a stocking, she was looking through the window and disapprovingly frowned and closed her eyes at the language used by the passing prisoners.
Uneasiness kept the sisters from enjoying their usual repose, and they rose from their beds, on the following morning, unrefreshed, and almost without having closed their eyes.
The ceremony was quickly over, and as the clergyman closed the words of benediction, the clock told the hour of nine.
The peddler took the hint, and closed the door immediately, using the precaution suggested by the dragoon.
Henry had with difficulty repressed the indignation excited by this unprovoked attack on his meek and unresisting aunt; but as the door closed on her retiring figure, he gave way to his feelings.
She waited not for his answer, but gently forced him through the door, andclosed it with her own hands.
A single window of four panes of glass was in front, but a board carefully closed it, in such a manner as to emit no light from the fire within.
The delighted Caesar closed the door, pushing bolt after bolt, and turning the key until it would turn no more, soliloquizing the whole time on the happy escape of his young master.
The old man had closed his eyes, and his attendants believed him to be asleep.
When night closed in they were about half-way across Channel, the vessels then getting fearfully punished.
This virtually closed the 10-ton racing in the Thames.
They had to face a west tide, and as the evening closed in the wind almost entirely failed.
The hatches to these openings, which are kept constantly closed at sea, are fastened down with strong gun-metal screws fitted with butterfly nuts, the screws being fastened to the deck and made to fold down on it with joint when not in use.
I should like to have seen his pretty eyes and to have seen him just once with him lips parted; as it was, they were closed in the sweet, silent smile of death.
My father took me up to it--at first I saw only the flowers, pale snowdrops and blue violets with green leaves; then I saw a sweet waxen face with closedeyes and lips.
Oh, ere I closed my eyes and stuck my rifle in the air I wish that those who picked me up had passed and left me there.
We live in tightly closed houses, and so have less trouble in keeping warm and dry.
In the case of some of the animals that are nearly extinct we have made a "closed season" extending through a number of years.
The wedding has taken place that day; and the closed door of the nuptial chamber is in view of the audience.
The clerk's desk, closed and tidy, with its high stool, is against the wall, near a door communicating with the inner rooms.
She closed with me at that, after a little grumbling; and I was better than my bargain.
The day, or rather (for the expression is not correct) the lapse of twelve hours, which forms a day upon the earth, closed with a plentiful supper carefully prepared.
A glass cover, six inches thick and strengthened with upper fastenings, closed it tightly.
Immediately the outer plate fell back upon its hinges like a porthole, and the lenticular glass which closed the scuttle appeared.
This was hermetically closed by a plate of aluminum, fastened internally by powerful screw-pressure.
The menace of insolvency closedthe horizon of all his hopes.
The brougham, which is still a favourite form of closed carriage, got its name from Lord Brougham.
Even now this end of Queen Square is closed only by a railing, but a great mass of streets and houses stretches far beyond Hampstead and Highgate now.
Sometimes the name was taken from the kind of trees which closed such a shelter in, names like Ashley, Elmsley, Oakley, Lindley, etc.
The name of the street London Wall reminds us of the time when London was a walled city with its gates, which were closed at night and opened every morning.
There was beauty, to him, in a correct, balanced, and closed account.
She gave him a chair and closed the door; then hastened, with words of apology, back to her task of lighting the lamp.
She had not disclosed the discovery to Olive, but she had hardly closed her eyes the whole night.
The service proceeded, andclosed without the occurrence of anything else worthy of notice.
Miss Vernon to me, as the door closed behind him--"how nearly can what we most despise and hate, approach in outward manner to that which we most venerate!
He read his text with a pronunciation somewhat inarticulate; but when he closed the Bible, and commenced his sermon, his tones gradually strengthened, as he entered with vehemence into the arguments which he maintained.
In an instant the air became so thick with the driving scud-water that every window in the pilot-house had to be closed to prevent the inmates being drenched to the skin.
The closed gate was reached and passed, and presently the fugitives found themselves in the angle of the compound most distant from the slumbering guard.
The baronet opened and closed the door without difficulty; and then the other two essayed the attempt with similarly successful results.
The Middle Ages closed by two events occurring nearly at the same time: the erection of the great monarchies on the ruins of feudalism, and the shattering of the sovereignty of the Romish Church by the Reformation.
The fifteenth centuryclosed brightly on Florence, but it was otherwise throughout Italy.
Justinian closedthe schools of Athens, and prohibited the teaching of philosophy; the Arabs overthrew those established elsewhere, and there remained only the institutions of Constantinople.
The department of oratory in Dutch literature, with the exception of that of the pulpit, is poor, and this is to be explained in part by the fact that the deliberations of the States-General were always held with closed doors.
Their song was chanted in the temple with closed doors, accompanied by that peculiar dance which was termed the tripudium, from its containing three beats.
Schuyler Colfax closed one of his speeches upon this subject as follows: "Loyalty must govern what loyalty preserved.
To add to the danger of the situation the door was closed upon them by a frightened servant.
He closed as follows: These measures were carried, not with the Democratic party, but in spite of the Democratic party.
During this period it closedup some pending inquiries and prepared its final reports.
Among the resolutions there adopted was one which closed with these words: "We propose and respectfully recommend to the friends of Freedom in other States to co-operate and be known as Republicans.
He closed the safe, spun the combination, sat down and picking up a paper began to read.
To Angus it was as if a searchlight had been turned upon a dark corner, as if a switch had been closed establishing a connection.
Apparently whoever had closed the safe had neglected to turn the knob of the combination.
And so Turkey reluctantly closed the safe, replaced the key where he had found it, reflecting that it might come in handy again, and departed as he had come.
Blake's friends closed in on him, and Angus made his escape.
The draw narrowed, and steep hills closed in on either hand.
When the door closed behind them Turkey dropped into a chair, shoved his hands into his pockets and stared at his brother.
From her bedroom she heard the sounds of drawers pulled out andclosed and the slam of a trunk lid.
He was under the impression that the windows in this room had been closed and locked when the children departed to bed.
Half an hour before sunset a number of workmen hurried away across the grounds, while a little later from behind the closed blinds glowed hundreds of softly shaded electric lights.
