With a large robe from the sledge he bedded the team snugly beside the fire.
He disappeared and came forth presently, carrying several large chunks of what appeared to be crumbling black rock.
The opening to the cave he walled up with other boulders, piling a heap of them and of large pieces of coal until it filled the low arch of the entrance.
Within the bowels of the cliff a large cavern had been hollowed in the coal.
Polaris packed it with quantities of meat both fresh and dried, of which there was a large store in the cabin.
The first difficulty he encountered was the discovery that a large number of Southern boys apparently considered the chief business of life going to see the girls--this girl in particular.
Their errand accomplished, and leisurely returning to the Fort, they suddenly met a large party of Indians.
A landing was effected above and below the island in large force, and its surrender was a military necessity.
It is difficult to withdraw through the mountains with our large trains.
Creating a trackway to enable them to haul a large ship's boat past the falls, they leave their brig at anchor below the falls, and continue with the exploration.
And he laughed at the large triangle hanging beneath a huge spoon, and furnished with a double arrangement of swivels.
At that moment there was a heavy splash as a large silvery fish flung itself completely out of the water and then fell back, while the noise it made startled a covey of ducks, which went fluttering and paddling up stream.
A little maid, dressed in black, and carrying a large dressing-bag, hurried down the steps before the remaining guests, and was helped in by the footman.
He nodded at Sandy, who sat staring open-mouthed and open-eyed at his parents, a large piece of bread and jam slipping slowly down his throat.
Lucy bore it defiantly for a minute; then suddenly two large tears rose.
The boy crawled out, and searched the moor till he found a large flattish stone, which he brought and placed against the opening, ready to be drawn quite across it from inside.
He had the air of a person, too, who had lately gone through mental struggle; the red rims of the eyes under their large spectacles might be due either to chronic weakness or to recent sleeplessness.
His mind was full of vague and yet urgent thoughts as to what became of girls in large towns with no one to look after them, things he had heard said at the public-house, things he had read.
The man from Paris was engaged upon a large historical canvas representing an incident in the life of Diane de Poitiers.
His hair was nearly white, and lay in a large smooth wave across the broad brow.
After covering it, and piling above it rocks as large as he could lift, he returned to the empty dwelling, having completed the hardest and saddest day's work of his life.
On its upper surface, close to one edge, were several slight cavities, each just large enough to hold the rounded end of the spindle, and from each was cut a narrow slot down the side of the hearth.
It had been decided that they should take a single large sledge, having broad runners, and a double team of dogs--ten in all.
While they were doing this he went a short distance away, and, from a mass of closely compacted snow, carved out with his knife a number of blocks, as large as could be handled without breaking, to each of which he gave a slight curve.
Here our lads found a large steamer loading with dried fish for Gibraltar, and here Cabot became greatly interested in the rose-tinted quartz that forms so striking a feature of Labrador scenery.
Before that town we made a halt in the middle of the day, in one of the burghs called markets, because they are toolarge for a village and too small for a town, notwithstanding their having a few stone houses.
He rushed into a spurmaker's shop, getting hold of a large pitchfork, but the bystanders wrenched it out of his hands; moreover, they prevented him taking refuge in the gallery.
It is the monks that did the cooking, and the dishes came to the nuns in a kind of lift large enough for one person.
Footnote 62: The letter of the celebrated geographer is in Latin and reads as follows: "I received thy letter dated from Spires January 22, together with a large bundle of manuscripts and maps coming from Pomerania.
The emperor was particular about their dress; they wore black velvet doublets, cloaks with large bands of velvet, and the Spanish head-dress of the same material.
I ornamented my hat with a large leaden medal of the Virgin surmounted by three quills fastened with a silken thread, and each with a small flag at the end.
The attempt at conciliation having failed, the parties met at the monastery in a large room provided with chairs, seats and two tables, one for his Highness, the other for the pares curiae.
He began by cutting his bread in pieces large enough for one mouthful, then attacked his dish.
On the contrary, the snow powdered our procession with large flakes, both on coming and on going.
He was an old man with a grey head and short beard; a fluffy white gown with large pleats and black girdle reached to his feet.
Large numbers of publications were ostentatiously addressed to their amusement; but nearly all hid a bitter if wholesome powder in a very small portion of jam.
But space absolutely forbids it, and as a large number cater for older children than most of the books here noticed, on that ground one may be forgiven the inadequate notice.
So large is it that, even to limit one's quest to books with coloured pictures would yet require a good many years' hunting to secure a decent "bag.
Those who wish to look up early examples will find a large and entertaining variety among "The Pearson Collection" in the National Art Library at South Kensington Museum.
Certainly his designs have often lost much by their great reduction, for many of the originals were almost as large as four of these pages.
But the veteran illustrator has done far too large a number of designs to be catalogued here.
Large quarto, 9½×12 inches; handsomely bound in Brown Buckram and Japan Vellum printed in color.
They were round, and as large as an elephant's foot, and as tough as a prohibitionist's conscience.
The Colonel listened until he got through, then I heard him say, in reply, "you ought to be satisfied with small profits on so large a sale.
One especially, who bored him unceasingly for a chance to smoke a very large pipe, holding a quarter pound of tobacco.
Standing close on the bank of the stream stood a large persimmon tree, well loaded with the luscious fruit.
The regiment stood under fire at least a half hour before it became engaged, getting a large share of spent balls from the front.
This arises mainly--so far as we are concerned--from the fact that for the last four or five generations we have learned our English in a large degree from books, chiefly through the schools.
Many of these struggling men acted as intermediaries between the big corn merchants and the large farmers in the sale of corn, and got thereby a percentage from the buyers.
At last Poll Alltimes sent for a barrel and set up an opposition shop, taking away a large part of Mary's custom.
Cleever; one who deals in poultry; because he carries them in a cleeve or large wicker basket.
These pots were so large that they came to be spoken of as a symbol of plenty: 'Why you have as much bacon and cabbage there as would fill a tent-pot.
Pookapyle, also called Pookaun; a sort of large fungus, the toadstool.
Yellow kelters, gold money: 'She has the kelthers': means she has a large fortune.
There also stood a large thatched chapel with a clay floor: and the Catholics were just beginning to emerge from their state of servility when the Rev.
A tall large woman:--'That's a fine doorful of a woman.
Spoocher; a sort of large wooden shovel chiefly used for lifting small fish out of a boat.
I have a large farm, with ever so many horses, and a fine baan of cows, and you could hardly count the sheep and pigs.
The aurochs was an animal of great size, nearly as large as an elephant, but with the form and color of a bull.
Next to the large silver fox squirrel and the diminutive chipmunk, the Pine Squirrel is the most handsome, graceful and interesting member of that numerous family found in the Northwest.
It is a conspicuous plant, with its long stem, which sometimes grows to a height of eight feet, and its large compound leaves, as well as with its long raceme of numerous small white flowers.
Though of good quality the scones are small, those as large as a hazel nut being found but rarely.
In some parts of this large area it is exceedingly common, and it is the only representative of the owl tribe that inhabits, in any numbers at least, the treeless regions of the western states.
There are several localities in Northern India where almandite is mined on a large scale, and the stone is much used in Indian jewelry.
The finest cow of all has the largest bell hung from her neck with a bright ribbon, and between her horns is placed a large nosegay of flowers.
The male flowers are the largewhite ones with a golden center formed by the group of yellow stamens.
In the beautiful Swiss Alps, in the early springtime, one hears the ringing of a large bell.
Then the buckle was put on and a very large bow of ribbon, which showed off handsomely against the white of my neck and breast, finished the collar.
He says: "The males may be seen upon quivering wings flying after the female and uttering a musical, trilling note, which falls upon the ear like the mellow tinkle of large water-drops falling rapidly into a partly filled vessel.
Although the Bohemian garnets have been known for many centuries, the industry of mining and cutting them on a large scale is said not to have assumed any special proportions until the advent of foreigners to Karlsbad.
And now behold me, in the bright sunlight of Thursday morning, anxiously following the movements of a large Lucky-bug, who was sliding merrily over the surface of the frog pond.
There were large white shells, well adapted for scooping holes in the sand, and smaller, roundish cockle-shells whose inmates were usually at home.
The pedals (they looked likelarge spools) were attached at such an angle that a thrilling speed was hard to attain.
It had taken a whole afternoon to do it, but now he had no one knew how many thousands of crackers, neatly piled in a large cigar-box.
The pond was a small affair, with no large amount of water, but a great deal of black mud.
From the vine that grew on the side of the woodshed we picked a large leaf.
We made the customary investigation for a large gray rat--supposed, since a time to which the mind of man runneth not back, to dwell behind the barrel.
When we were at the farm she knew the exact hours (about eleven in the morning, and again about half-past four in the afternoon) when a large slice of apple pie is most useful.
You took hold of the large limb nearest the ground, curled one leg and then the other around it, and so wriggled upon its upper side.
They gathered about sunset around a large apple tree which stood near one corner of the farm-house.
Back of a large oak, where we were nearly covered by ferns, we stopped and panted.
Some large bird rustled off through the grass, and in the little round hollow where she had been sitting gleamed four white objects.
Many of our neighbors on Elm Street owned large gardens, to which we had entrance--either by permission, or by the informal and far more adventurous method of climbing the back fence.
On Tuesday I broke the large blade of my jack-knife, and on Wednesday fell in with three boys from the parochial school, who still recalled with animosity their captivity in Peter Bailey's stable.
Opposite the entrance hung against the stone wall a purple curtain, and before it a large crucifix, crudely painted.
The tent was largeand bare, only the two boys in their quiet dresses and the bright armor strewn over the worn grass, only these and Ligozzi seated near the entrance watching Mastino with anxious eyes.
Novara had been stormed and taken from Visconti some months ago, and the Estes, fixing their headquarters there, had foraged the country around as far as the ramparts of Magenta, a large town held by Visconti's men.
He paused, and took his seat in the large black chair, looking keenly at their faces.
He had a great many, and kept them carefully locked in the large coffer that stood at the head of his tent bed.
The four large entries, one in each wall, were curtained alike with gloomy purple.
Around three sides ran the wall, one with its door into the street; opposite was a large garden, entered by an archway, the wicket in which stood always ajar.
Unlocking a second door, he ascended a flight of stone steps, pitch dark, from which he emerged into a large circular chamber with a thick pillar in the middle from which the groined ceiling sprang.
The woman, painted and bedizened under a large red wig, weighed down by a gown of cloth of gold, and with pearls around her neck, wrung her hands together, and whispered incoherently below her breath.
When we had at last tremblingly ascended the stairs, we found ourselves in a large room, with all the windows open and half a dozen wise-looking men, whom we took to be doctors, presiding.
Then, growing easier, I brushed the water from my eyes and so, not three hundred yards away, I made out a large ship, floating almost motionless.
Here, the Skipper himself served out a large tot of rum to each of us.
When he came back, I got him to give me a hand to roll up the mat, which was a verylarge one.
The large muscular hand hanging by his side holds the piece of wood on which the sling is hung.
On his lap is a large open book supported on the back of a tiny figure standing between his knees.
He carries a cross not large enough for an actual crucifixion, as that would be out of place here, but tall enough to show its real purpose.
In large institutions for the sick, even the poorest, the utmost care is exercised.
For instance, to the large majority of very weak patients it is quite impossible to take any solid food before 11 A.
For they are incapable themselves, to all appearance, of the spirit of arrangement (no small task) necessary for managing a large ward or dairy.
The map indicates it’s a rather large island compared with many others round here.
Vera was a most capable girl, large and rather muscular, but with such a wholesome attitude Kitty warmed to her at once.
When the station wagon turned a sharp bend in the beach the girls saw a curl of smoke rising beyond a large sand dune that shielded the light of the campfire from possible watchers at sea.
Some boys lolled on couches or in large armchairs with books or magazines, while others sat at desks against the wall, writing letters home, apparently unmindful of the confusion around them.
Step by step they discussed all the angles of the work; planning menus for large scale feeding, food preparation, and here the course they had just taken was of invaluable aid.
Field trips to large kitchens of the community, and to food preserving plants promised interesting diversions to classroom activities.
In an organization as large and as rapidly built as this, one might slip through.
Her eyes were just above the chair back, as Cary examined the order blanks in the large basket on the desk.
When Kitty came out arrayed in the sleeping garments two sizes too large for her, Hazel had the cover already turned down on the bed.
During a lull in business some time later she drew up a stool and watched the activities in the large hall.
His bloodshot eyes were deeply sunken in his wrinkled dusty brown face, while his once-large frame had little padding left on the bones.
You see we have to be prepared to cook large quantities of food in times of emergency.
It seemed to be a large box, but Kitty had only a glimpse for the man threw a strip of old sail over it and turned sharply at the sound of their footsteps.
He didn’t see her till he turned to go back to the hall, where he had left the large canvas-sided container which he rolled along the halls to collect trash.
As she drew nearer she saw the rubbish was burning on an old oyster reef off the north end of a large island.
Kitty pointed to the western shore where a large white building stood on the point.
On all sides an anxiety to retrench was shown, and large numbers, in the aggregate, were thrown out of employment all over the country.
He had dug a peck or two of the large round clams, and two or three throws of his cast-net as we came through the creek procured a dozen mullet.
I had a bamboo bass-rod, with a large reel: the captain had a light salmon-rod, with click reel.
The law requiring the banks in the large cities to keep always on hand a reserve in greenbacks equal to twenty-five per cent.
If Monaco is not a very large principality, it is in a pecuniary sense exceedingly flourishing.
From these more or less contemptuous views of mankind at large Mr. Channing turns with a kind of somersault to an intense admiration for Thoreau.
Over each door throughout the whole building is a circular window, just large enough for a man to put his head through.
Sir Balthazar to the offices he held while in England, a pedigree of his family beautifully emblazoned, and a large quantity of MS.
They have large public squares, games, and assemblies.
As the flotilla glided on past the Arkansas bluffs, on the 3d of March, its people were startled by hearing the yells of a large body of savages and the loud sound of a drum, coming from behind the bluff.
The river was frozen hard, and they had to build sledges to drag their large and heavy canoes down the ice-closed stream.
General Stuart sat on his horse in the centre of the town, surrounded by his staff, and his command was coming in from the country in large squads, leading their old horses and riding the new ones they had found in the stables hereabouts.
He was also supplied with a large sum of money and told to enlist four companies of men, of whom he was to be the colonel.
A wily chief had dressed himself in the skin of a large hog, and in this disguise passed unsuspected through the hostile lines, bringing his story to Jackson twenty-four hours later.
He was a new-comer, who had been in America less than three years, but he had bought a large estate and had been made a member of the governor's council.
Two miles from Hyattstown the road entered a large piece of woodland, which served to conceal his movements from observation from any signal-tower.
Disconcerted by this unlucky circumstance, the general withdrew his reconnoitering party; reaching his men, he distributed the drummers about the wood to represent a large force, and ordered them to beat the grenadier's march.
They were on the wrong side of the river, but a large boat was found, in which they crossed.
Then word was brought him that a large body of Union troops had passed Mount Hope, riding eastward towards Moulton.
He proceeded to say that he was a peaceable man, and was in favor of peaceable measures; but he did not intend to be overridden and trodden down by the Secession element, which he believed was in a large minority in the State.
In this case the hero is a young French boy, who was abandoned by his comrades on a sinking ship not far from an island, and who by swimming, in company with a large dog, got to shore, and lived there many years.
It contained a large desk and a safe, and the apartment was an office rather than a library, though the owner of Riverlawn had largely improved his education by reading in his abundant leisure.
Two large chandeliers of three burners each had been removed from the drawing-room of the mansion, and were suspended from the roof; but these were for temporary use while the work was in progress.
On the left of the entrance was the dining-room, a large apartment, with the table set for dinner in the middle of it.
The road-wagon was a covered vehicle with four seats, large enough for a dozen passengers.
From the fort it could be seen that a few of the ruffians, with guns in their hands, had taken refuge behind the trunks of the large trees, where they were reloading their pieces.
Noah Lyon was not physically a large man, but one who weighed a hundred and a half; yet his frame was well knit, firmly compacted, and inured by hard labor from his boyhood.
The commander led the way to the large courtyard in front of the mansion, where he divided the force into two parties, one to meet the enemy on each of the two roads.
The territory between the new and the old road was covered with trees of large growth, though rather too sparsely to be a wood, but was rather a grove.
But Kentucky is for the Union by a large majority, and what you call sovereign States are in rebellion against the lawful authorities of the nation, and the insurrection will be put down just as sure as fate.
Nothing but a big tree beyond the road, and a large branch fell to the ground," replied Deck.
Deck was seventeen years old, and rather large of his age, as well as somewhat forward for his years; and he felt as though he had tumbled into a sugar-bowl at that moment.
Fawkes carefully surveyed the place, which proved to be a large vault, situated immediately below the House of Lords, and extremely convenient for the purpose they had in view.
Originally the Parliament Chamber and the "cellar" beneath it were lighted by large windows on both sides; subsequently, houses raised against it blocked these up, and the Lords were supplied with light by dormers constructed in the roof.
Beneath the Peers' Chamber, on the ground floor, was a large room, which plays an important part in our history.
Also that on November 5th, a large body of confederates assembled at Hampstead to see the House of Parliament go up in the air.
This is certainly a large reward for having done the very thing that the government most desired to avoid, and for an action, moreover, involving no sort of personal risk, killing two practically unarmed men from behind a tree.
Yet, recklessly breaking their way out of one building, and to a large extent into another, they appear to have occasioned neither crack nor settlement in either.
Catesby was at large at the time of the queen's demise.
It is not necessary at present to enter upon the large question of the attitude of the Jesuits towards the Plot, nor to discuss their guilt or innocence.
Five years later, when the opposition between the two governments became more decided, he asked for an increase of his payments, and demanded that they should be made in large sums as each piece of information was given.
A large cupboard below, two smaller ones above, set somewhat back from the front of the lower one, the sides of the upper ones sometimes canted off, leaving two triangular spaces of flat top at the ends of the bottom one.
One might illustrate a verylarge number of these Chinese chintzes, but space will only permit one example.
The swing-arm type is more elaborate, and was made to fit very large fireplaces, where the fire might not invariably be in the same spot on the hearth.
The expulsion of a large number of French Protestant artisans.
His wife had, during a large part of Anne's reign, despotic empire over Anne's feeble mind.
This specimen is interesting by reason of its exceptionally large back.
Eight large drawers and two capacious cupboards give great storage room in a piece often 9 feet in length.
Olsen has been given to gathering together and re-erecting a large number of old cottages and farmhouses from various districts in Denmark, from Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and from Norway and Sweden.
The hand-forged nails show the rough joinery, and the largelock is characteristic of such Gothic chests.
Made from six boards; with hand-forged nails and large lock, characteristic of Gothic chests.
It is now almost twice as large as it was at the end of last year.
The department has done a large share of our job work, and during the school year has issued a monthly paper called the Talladega College Record.
Northern birth, but who had long resided in that city, and were men of established character and of large influence, who took interest in the proposed institution and gave it their encouragement and support.
Seymour Straight was most conspicuous for his deep interest in the project, for his useful service on the Board of Trustees and for his large gift at the outset--in view of all which the institution took his name.
Faire du cuir d’autrui large courroie = To be generous with other people’s money.
La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure” = Might is right; There is no arguing with a large fist.
Large Prendre le large = To run for the offing (nav.
Faire quelque chose en grand = To do something on a large scale.
Chef Elle a une grande fortune de son chef = She has a large fortune in her own right.
An expression derived from a game which consisted in lighting a large roll of paper and passing it round a circle of people, each one repeating these words.
