Lifting the lid of the tool box, he seized a pair of nippers.
Behind them slouched the wagoner, lifting his bottle to his lips with ostentatious enjoyment.
It was pretty clear that the road would remain blocked until some contrivance had been rigged up for lifting the engine.
Tom withdrew into the passage and quietlylifting one of the fire-buckets from the rack, tiptoed with it to the door which was directly opposite the passageway.
Behind it was a disused stove-pipe hole stuffed with rags, which Tom pulled out to brush the dust off the cabinet before lifting it.
Who wants to greet the dewy morn by lying flat on his back and lifting his feet fifty times?
It seems a brutal thing that a big strong man should waste his years in a dental establishment when the world is clamoring for strong men to do the heavylifting jobs.
Then, lifting it to his shoulder, Paul marched off proudly to the house.
She has not been out for ten days, as she has really had no strength to bear the lifting up and down stairs, and she has seen nobody except our dear Mrs. Woodward and Mary Stanley.
Sometimes ten thousand of the King's soldiers would be running round the walls of Mansoul at midnight, shouting, and lifting up the voice for the battle.
Reaching the altar, he seized the priest whose knife was already upraised, and, lifting him bodily, flung him full into the ugly snout of that snorting dragon.
Over the bay hung a ballooning cloud of black and gray--lifting for an instant to show in stark ghastliness the wreckage, broken and twisted, that marked where the battleship Maryland rested in the mud in the harbor of New York.
The answer of the priests was a blow that knocked the graybeard senseless, and lifting Diane up, half-swooning, they flung her upon the altar.
In the summer, for instance, there is almost no shop-lifting at all.
Only Heaven knows how much she has got away with in various departments so far, but when it comes to lifting valuable things like pieces of jewelry which run into the thousands, that is too much.
He would approach stealthily, seize her, and whirl her about, lifting her to his shoulder.
It is like lifting up the lid of a casket to expose the jewels contained therein to the light of the sun, whose radiance they reflect, and whose heat they attract.
Pussy, lifting her forefinger up a little threateningly.
He thought, always in silence, how much labor he would have to perform before he could earn even one good gulden; and he said to himself, "Five gulden every month without lifting a finger.
Then Judith threw herself on her knees, and caught him and held him, lifting her entreating face toward his.
She placed both her hands on the ledge, and felt with her knee for some point on which to rest it, to assist her in lifting herself from where she stood to the higher elevation.
It trailed over the soil, herelifting a ragged flock or tag of fog a few feet above the earth, there dropping it again and smearing water over all it touched.
Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground.
There is but one safe and constitutional way to banish that mischievous hope from the South, and that is by lifting the laborer beyond the unfriendly political designs of his former master.
The problem of lifting up the negro in Cuba and Porto Rico is an easier one in one respect, even if it proves more difficult in others.
It returned bringing Captain Thompson, and for an hour or more we were all hard at worklifting and helping the poor creatures on deck, where they were laid out in rows.
The Lord having wrought this miracle, my soul felt as light and free as if wings were lifting me to the skies.
He was not there,' she said, lifting her eyes to mine; 'he and his father were at Salzburg.
A few lines at first will be enough to practice with, until the knack of grasping the matter all around and lifting out is acquired.
A turned letter or a wrong type overlooked in the first examination may be changed by lifting the line a little until the type can be picked out and the right one put in its place.
The rule is also convenient for lifting lines out into the galley and for handling them in later operations.
Many compositors insert the composing rule at the top of the first line while lifting the lines out of the stick, as the rule gives a good surface by which to take hold of the matter.
Otter, liftingthe charge of powder which lay at hand.
Then for a moment the dwarf would consider, and, liftinghis hand, point out which water-way they should choose, and they followed it.
By evening everything was ready, and when the edge of the moon showed above the horizon, Leonard rose, and lifting his load, fastened it upon his shoulders with the loops of hide which had been prepared, Otter and Soa following his example.
He advanced, lifting his helmet, and they rose to meet him.
Otter took the dish, and, lifting the cloth, gazed upon its contents hungrily, but with an ever-growing dissatisfaction.
Here, take this one," said Pereira, lifting Leonard's signet ring from the pile of gold.
Lifting it cautiously to his lips, he tasted it judiciously.
Jim arose as he heard my approach, and, lifting his torch, advanced to meet me.
He stood motionless a moment, and then cautiously liftinghis foot, made a step toward it.
Something within him was revelling, was dancing a tarantella as the sun came up, lifting its blood-red rim above the sea-line in the east.
The vapors were lifting now, gathering themselves up to reveal the blue of the sky, but the sea was still gray and mysterious, and the land looked like a land in a dream.
Gaspare and his padrone were welcomed with a lifting of hats, and for a moment there was a silence, while the little group regarded the "Inglese" searchingly.
Gaspare lifted up her hand quickly, kissed it, and hurried away, lifting his own hand to his eyes.
The man, without lifting his hat, or any show of respect, replied in an agitated and broken voice, but with a tone of studied insolence, that Moranget was strolling about somewhere.
Rub the rice well with the hands, lifting the colander in and out the water, and changing the water until it is clear; then drain.
Turn into a saucepan and heat till hot, gently lifting and stirring constantly.
By stirring is meant a continuous motion round and round with a spoon, without lifting it from the mixture, except to scrape occasionally from the sides of the dish any portion of the material that may cling to it.
Picking and lifting lightly occasionally with a fork will make it more flaky and dry.
If when tender they are lacking in juice, add a little boiling water long enough before lifting from the fire to allow it to boil up once.
It should be done by dipping the spoon in and out, cutting clear through and lifting from the bottom with each stroke.
She contented herself with a haughty lifting of the head.
And still there was a buoyancy in her that was always lifting her mountains high after these deep descents into the pit.
She put one arm about his neck, and lifting her other hand doubled, she knocked at his forehead.
The mare trotted on, following the slowly lifting mountain road for a matter of two miles, and then turned again down a highway that was little more than a tote road.
The light and gaily-painted boat was soon skimming over the sparkling waves, which were laughing in the sunshine, and Leslie rowed with a will, the cool breeze fanning his cheeks and lifting the masses of curly black hair.
To do this, place the point of the chisel under the copper sheet close to the nail head and pry the nails out, lifting both copper and nail up at the same time.
SMALL CHAIN [Illustration] Most chains are made by hand, especially those used for the purpose of lifting heavy loads.
