I have long had my eye upon Captain Stubbard, and I remember well that gallant action when his threeribs flew away.
Through these the white ribsof the rising boat shone forth like an elephant's skeleton; but the builder entertained some hope, as well as some fear, of being unperceived.
At first it made a noise, and scratched the sand, and creaking things came down to it; and when the moon came through its ribs in the evening, tail was the quarter to show to it.
Choking and trembling with rage, Guillaume had already caught hold of Pierre, pressing his ribs with his powerful muscular arms.
His wretched body, the body of a scrofulous child, appeared with its prominent ribs and projecting spine, its limbs so thin that they looked like mere walking-sticks.
Release me; do not crush my poor ribs within your grasp.
Cream Belly with Dark Back; Yellow Belly with Black Ribs and Dark Back; Green Belly with Dark Back; Grey Belly and Gold Ribs with Dark Back; Brown Belly and Gold Ribs with Black Back; Orange Belly and Black Ribs with Dark Back.
I thought he even looked as if he were thinking, with complacent vanity, that his own skull would look well on top of the heap and his own ribs add a charm to the frescoes which possibly they lacked at present.
Talked like a book to me all the way; but, be hanged if I don't think he has a thirty-two pound shot under his ribs instead of a heart.
The distinct shadow of the angle of the ribs shows that the posterior chest wall was next to the photographic plate, and that the larger and less distinct outline of the anterior portions of the upper ribs was farther from the plate.
The back of the patient lay on the plate, as is indicated by the normal size of the ribs behind and the exaggerated outline in front.
The shadow is only slightly enlarged and is fairly dense, which indicates it to be not far from the ribs and, therefore, in the posterior portion of the lung.
Take off all the ribs of straw that form a sort of border by going round the edge; as many also of the straight ribs as will leave the front nearly of the depth required.
From the remaining front ribs cut off a little at each end; fasten the ends securely, and again set on the border ribs.
The first three ribs of fifteen or twenty pounds, will take three hours or three and a-half; the fourth and fifth ribs will take as long, managed in the same way as the sirloin.
In saddling, the knee came into play again, rapping the ribs of the brute repeatedly before the wind, which swelled out the chest to false proportions, was expelled in a sudden grunt, and the cinch whipped up taut.
He said aloud: "Aren't you afraid that that black-eyed fellow will run a knife between your ribs one of these dark nights?
No, his greeting was to jerk his knee sharply into the ribs of the roan, which answered with a grunt and swung its head around with bared teeth, like an angry dog.
He went in among those hounds like a lad to a fair, you could hear his horns lambastin' their ribs a mile away.
But the main thing is that with all the animals the ribs are inside the flesh, while the turtle has the ribs on the outside, and the flesh beneath them.
Men and other animals have each rib separate, while the turtle's ribs are all grown together into a shell.
During his absence, with my emergency kit, I caught ten six-inch trout to be divided between us for supper, as only two of our caribou ribs remained.
In the morning we had to break the ice to get water for our tea, which with the two remaining caribou ribs constituted our breakfast.
You gave me a punch in the ribs just then that sent a cold shiver all over me.
So just settle down, and don't get excited if you feel me pushing my toe into your ribs later on.
And Jack bored into my ribs with his powerful finger.
Women like Mrs. Evans don't get their ribs cracked.
To diminish the bulk of the chest it has been found advisable to cut out the breastbone, remove the heart and lungs, and allow the ribs to collapse with the lower free ends overlapping each other.
If the head is pulled round suddenly, or the affected side struck with the hand, or if the spaces between the ribs are pressed with the fingers, the animal will flinch and perhaps emit a grunt or groan expressive of much pain.
The extent of surface presented by the thoracic region, with its complete exposure at all points, explains the liability of the ribs to suffer from all the forms of external violence.
The animal is stiff and not inclined to turn round; the ribs are kept in a fixed state as much as possible.
The beaters nudged each other's ribs With "There he goes, his bloody Nibs.
His coat had all been trod to strings, His ribs laid bare and shoulder broken Being jumped on down at Water's Oaken, The time his horse came down and rolled.
The difference between one of these prairie-schooner wagon boxes and that of a scow-shaped, flat-bottomed boat is that the wagon box has the ribs on the outside, while in a boat they are on the inside.
The ribs projected a few feet to provide an open front porch--not for ornament, but for storage of dry wood and kindling.
The bed was of the old prairie-schooner style, with the bottom boat-shaped and the ribs on the outside.
Once Dave caught Jim under the ribs with his right horn, which was bent forward and stood out nearly straight, and tossed him over some sage brush near by.
Its stock was made of holly, not from a branch, but a good-sized stem, and a yard of twine was fastened about it to keep the ribs from flapping.
Write that to your uncle," said Pendoggat, poking his victim in the ribs with his big Bible.
The heavy ones that will drag the ribs down too far we will spread on the grass and tie a card with the name of the owner on the stick instead of the bundle itself," continued Miss Miller, as a large box was handed her.
I took an ancient umbrella for a foundation and then bound on the extra reeds to the original ribs to make it longer and larger all round.
We carefully butchered them all, cutting the carcasses into portions that could be easily loaded into the wagon that would come for them, and then, packing upon our horses several sets of the boss ribs for dinner, we started back.
We unloaded the boss ribs and picketed our horses, Pitamakan rubbing some marrow grease into the wound of his animal.
Ashe dislodged George's hands from his ears and hit George in the ribs with his elbow.
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