Macallison's loft must have been at sixes and sevens the day they turned that sail out; a Monday after Glasgow Fair, belike.
Good luck to the hands that stitched it, to the dingy sail loft in the Govan Road that turned it out, for it stood us in stead that night!
Above the living room was a loft which could be reached by a rustic pair of stairs, a loft which could be used only for a storeroom, since it was less than five feet high in the center, sloping to the eaves, front and back.
It was a good half hour before the Germans left the barn and returned to the house, and by that time the five cadets in the loft were almost frozen.
All of the cadets were anxious to see what the boxes contained, and looked cautiously down the ladder opening and through some cracks in the loft flooring.
As above, but size 9 × 8 inches, with two horses and cart, and loft door above.
Finely decorated stable and driving shed, with hay mow and loftdoor above.
Marse Hesden, does yer mind de loft ober de ole dinin'-room, whar we all used ter play ob a Sunday?
She hoped that the girl in the loft upstairs would not come down until Governor Vandecar returned.
Cronk did not heed the pitter-patter of his mother's feet as she cleared the table, nor did he hear the droning of the twin's voices in the loft above.
Through the small loft window the moonbeams shone, and by them Flea could see the boy's dark head and strong young arm under the masses of thick hair.
When the shanty was quiet a girl's figure shrouded in black curls crawled across the hut floor to the loft ladder.
We adjourned to the hay-loft and told stories till our very tongues were tired.
There was a loft far overhead, and the other two prisoners tried to persuade Sicard to climb on their shoulders to reach it, saying that his life was more useful than theirs.
The master sometimes let them use a barn loft for a big square dance.
The slaves were allowed Saturday afternoons, provided there was no fodder or other stuff down in the field to be put into the barn loft in case of rain.
Us niggers set up in de loft (gallery), an' de white folks wuz down in de Chu'ch too.
Now when he got near the farm old Daniel heard him and got up in the loft ter watch him.
It's down near Barclay Street, in the loft of a crazy old building, three wooden flights from the street.
The loftis lighted at both ends by windows and in the top by skylights.
They cracked walnuts and hickory-nuts in the loft while the rain pattered noisily on the board roof.
He climbed down the ladder from his loft wondering what marvellous thing had happened that he should be sleeping with the sun already high in the heavens.
When he climbed down from his loft next morning his mother was in bed and Sarah was alone over the fire cooking breakfast.
The night after the last burial, Dennis crawled into the loft with the Boy to be his companion for many a year.
The rood loft was now pulled down, and sold as old timber for 3s.
To slide down the loft ladder was again nearer instinct than planned action.
Then he arises, creeps on tiptoe to the chimney and knocks at the partition wall three times, then he climbs down from his loft by means of a ladder, withdraws the ladder from the opening, and whistles to the watch-dog to come forth.
Early next morning, before I could see him, he escaped through the loft and over the fence, why or whither I know not to this day.
And alle at lent ware on loft loste ther the swete.
With a departing pat he crept up the ladder to the loft above, and, scooping out a berth in the loose hay, snuggled down in it to sleep.
In the loft of the dingy old warehouse wax candles burn before an altar of brass.
They had clambered into the loft for the purpose of watching the progress of the preacher's meal, calculating at each step how much he would probably leave.
James Henry found a little hole in the loft directly over the table, and through this hole he did his spying.
James Henry climbed into the loft and slept there on a pallet of straw.
Belton would sleep in the loft from which in his childhood he tumbled down, when disturbed about the disappearing biscuits.
I climbed the steep wood ladder, and pushing the door open, walked into a round stone-flagged room, from which a second ladder led to the loft above.
If you ascend that ladder you will find in the loft a litter of empty sacks, upon which you can repose.
Ascending to the loft she pronounced supper all ready and bade me sit down and eat.
When they drew nearer, John Nicholas crawled up into the loft as his brother had done.
The same thought was troubling Bob, she found, when after supper she went out to the barn and climbed the loft ladder to see him.
He could not have selected a meaner job, for the hay loft was stifling in the heat of the midday sun which beat down on the roof of the barn, and there were only two tiny windows to supply air.
Immediately after dinner at noon Mr. Peabody sent Bob out to the hay loft to pitch down hay for the balers who were expected to come and set up their machine that night, ready for work the next day.
I was permitted to pass the night and the following day in the loft of their house.
The cabins of the black people were built of logs, having but a single room on the ground floor, and sometimes there was a loft made, boards being thrown over the ceiling joists, covering half the room, more or less.
The loft was not a particularly cold place, for the windows were tightly closed.
Several times the bully thought of starting out but gave it up, thinking he might lose his way; but when it became lighter he took a look around the loft and presently descended the ladder to the ground floor of the carriage house.
Some supposed it originated from the gas, others attributed it to the candles left alight in the organ loft or in the vestry of the clergy.
Finding nothing, he was put into a loft in the roof of the building, along with a dragoon and some other prisoners, and there for three days they were suffered to remain in confinement, exposed to severe cold.
