He could trace the existence of a door in the middle of the bulkhead facing him; but it was hermetically sealed with the thick coating of ice before mentioned, and the removal of this occupied over half an hour.
In the centre of the floor was an oval-shaped aperture, sealed with a rubber-lined lid, that by means of double levers could be opened from either above or below.
It was a tribute from men who had faced perils under the sea and who yet survived to those who, similarly situated, had sealed their devotion to duty with their lives.
The cash-box, which had been sealed by Tommaso dei Cavalieri and Diomede Leoni, was handed over to the Ubaldini, and from them it passed to Lionardo Buonarroti at the end of February.
It is what the holy martyrs in Queen Mary's time sealed with their blood, and which I pray God, if need be, that I and my brethren may seal with ours.
O the excellency of the doctrine of election, and of the saints' final perseverance, to those who are sealed by the Spirit of promise!
Whosoever thus believes may be assured that his pardon is sealed in heaven, notwithstanding he has lived in an open breach of God's commandments all his lifetime before.
This latter I drew out in writing at large, and sealed my approbation of it every Sunday at the blessed sacrament.
He took a few steps over to the complicated apparatus which had so mystified me, now at rest, as he turned a switch on opening the carefully sealed door.
A moment later Kennedy caught them in a sterile test tube and sealed the tube.
For the moment Kennedy said nothing, but opened a carefully sealed door and slid the pallet out, unhinging it, while I saw Castine trembling and actually turning ashen about the lips.
Don't open that letter, but give it sealed to your daughters.
In about ten minutes the little lady returned with something in her hand that looked like a sealed letter.
This deed of cession, sealed with the respective seals of his Highness the Sultan of Bruni and the Rajah of Sarawak, was read out in full court on the 10th June.
Negotiations about the sum to be paid for this hundred miles of coast continued for three days, when the deed of cession was finally sealed and delivered.
New neighbors grabbed sloughs on unsettled lands, which old-timers had sealed to themselves, and so forced them to steal from one another.
They would refuse it, indeed, till the world outside sealed his success; whereafter every man of them would proclaim himself as the particular prophet who had discerned greatness in his humble beginnings.
The poison was sealed within the seed (where it remains to this day) and the nectar of the gods was bred into the pulp around it.
He was deeply impressed with the value of the Covenant, which was sealed with the blood of the noble warriors who sleep on this hillside.
Helen Johnston, afterward Lady Graden, was the daughter of the celebrated Archibald Johnston, who sealed the Covenant with his blood.
Like the prophets of old, they lifted up their voices in the high places, wrestled with principalities and powers, uttered their testimony as with the voice of thunder, and cheerfully sealed their testimony with their blood.
He ascended the ladder with firm step, and joyfully sealed the Covenant with his blood.
The four angels were holding the four winds of the earth, till the servants of God were sealedin their foreheads.
They gave their testimony with a clear voice, and sealed it with their blood.
These heroes were martyrs who faithfully sealedtheir testimony with their blood.
They had, through such plottings, unwittingly brought about their own downfall, forfeited the confidence of their sovereigns, drunk the cup of disgrace to its dregs, and irrevocably sealed their own doom.
Then the packet was sealed until opened by order of the King, and sealed again with his seal, which all men know, and which is appended to his letter.
You have sacrificed the passion of your heart, and are ready to keep the faith which you sealed with your blood.
Ten kreutzers postage," said the carrier, holding out a large sealed letter.
At last, after hours of waiting, a knock was heard at the door, and a ducal lackey handed Schiller a large sealed document.
He handed her the little sealed package which he had drawn from his breast-pocket; she did not take it, however, but merely pointed to the table.
You have conquered yourself; you have now sealed your faith with the greatest human sacrifice.
Let nothing impair a friendship so pure, sealed under the eye of God.
Goethe hastily opened and examined the sealed package which she had handed him.
Our love is sealed with blood, but the vows which he made to you were cast upon the wind!
In attestation of that which I have hereby commanded, I give this charter under the sign manual and sealed with the great seal of the Empire.
Having sealed this communication, the stranger rang for Dulcimer, who made his appearance accordingly, and received his instructions for its safe delivery.
As for futurity, that is a sealed book which no man hitherto has been able to open.
He had just sealed a note, and leaning himself back on the chair, looked at his servant with a good deal of surprise, in consequence of the singularity of Ms manner.
How firmly the happy recollection of these kind words is sealed in the old man's memory.
They are as white as many of the whitest, have the same outlines of interest upon their faces; but their lives are sealed with the black seal of slavery.
If we will believe others who have seen them, that there are other parts of the world, we have full reason to believe the sealed testimony of God himself, that there are such superior worlds and powers as he hath told us.
Which made the ancients say, that all sin is washed away in baptism, supposing the person baptized to be a meet subject, and to have the condition of the covenant which is by baptism sealed and delivered to him.
The rule of it is the infallible revelation of God, delivered to the church by his prophets, and his Son, and his apostles, and comprised in the Holy Scriptures, and sealed by the miracles and operations of the Holy Ghost that did indite them.
His support under all my languishings and weakness; his plentiful supplies; his gracious helps; his daily pardons; and the glorious hopes of a blessed immortality which his Son hath purchased, and his covenant and Spirit sealed to me!
The same Spirit in them, sealedthis holy doctrine, and the testimony of these holy men, by many miracles and wonderful gifts, by which they did actually convince the unbelieving world, and plant the churches.
Afterwards, while you were trying hard to open, undetected, the sealed history of my early life, I was warily discovering from Margaret all that I desired to know.
So the doctor opens his little bag, and takes out a square sealed packet first; then two or three letters tied together; the poor soul looking all the while as if he longed to prevent us from touching them.
I had sealed and laid it on the table for the servant to deliver, and was about to leave the room, when I heard the library door open.
Mr. Gubb swept them into an empty envelope, sealedthe envelope, put on his hat and went out.
But the intimate relation between these things is as a book sealed with seven seals to both protectionists and free traders.
Everywhere we concluded friendly alliances with the tribes and their chiefs, and sealed our alliances with presents.
It was a heavy buckskin bag, tied tightly with a silken cord, and sealed with red wax stamped with the seals of Master Shakspere and Master Jonson.
The bags were found within the wall, as he had said, and were sealed by Ben Jonson and myself until we should find the legatees--for they had disappeared as utterly as if the earth had gaped and swallowed them.
They also were tied with silken cord and sealed with the two seals on red wax.
I went into the room while she was packing, and I saw her take a small sealed packet from under her pillow, and put it in her bosom.
What stolen meetings, what little suppers in closely-sealed cabinets, when Madame is at the seaside and Monsieur is shooting wild boar in Auvergne!
Gilby disliked the closeness of the hotel, which was sealed to the outer air.
He addressed that envelope too, and sealed the notes and sent away the boys.
Her monopolizing spirit has sealedthe Continent of Europe against her, and interdicted her commerce with America.
The President of the Senate then proceeded to open and hand to the Tellers the sealed returns from each State, which were severally read aloud by one of the Tellers, and noted down and announced by the Secretaries of each House.
