 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...this was by no means the first accident of the kind which had occurred through the negligence of thia W) burnt his fingers, and to cool them he^'^ipplied them in his booby fashion to hi.s*rfft>i>th. Some... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...accident of the kind which had occurred through the negligence of this unlucky young fire-brand. Much leas did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower....stooped down to feel the pig, if there were any signs of lifeinit. Hebmaed hisfingers, and to cool them he applied them in his booby fashion to his mouth. Some... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 576 pages
...he had smelt that smell before, — indeed this was by no means the first accident of the kind which as a legacy to my country." His articulation now became...my duty !" These words he repeatedly pronounced ; Tie next stooped down to feel the pig, if there were any signs of life in it. He burnt his fingers,... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 pages
...may think, not so much for the sake of the tenement, which his father and he could easily build up again with a few dry branches and the labour of an...-the pig, if there were any signs of life in it. He burnt his fingers, and to cool them he applied them, in his booby fashion, to his mouth. Some of the... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower. A premonitory moistening at the same time 35 overflowed his nether lip. He knew not what to think....them he applied them, in his booby fashion, to his mouth. Some of the crumbs of the scorched skin had come away with his fingers, and for the first time... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Murrey - Cooking - 1880 - 142 pages
...by no means the first accident which had occurred through the negligence of this unlucky firebrand. A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed...feel the pig, if there were any signs of life in it. lie burnt his fingers, and to cool them he applied them in his booby fashion to his mouth. Some of... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1881 - 412 pages
...father, and wringing his hands over the smoking remnants of one of those untimely sufferers, an odor assailed his nostrils, unlike any' scent which he...the pig, if there were any signs of life in it. He burnt his fingers, and to cool them he applied them in his booby fashion to his moulh. Some of the... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 pages
...may think, not so much for the sake of the tenement, which his father and he could easily build up again with a few dry branches, and the labour of an...the pig, if there were any signs of life in it. He burnt his fingers, and to cool them he applied them in his booby fashion to his mouth. Some of the... | |
 | Edward Moxon (and co.) - Readers - 1882 - 580 pages
...he had smelt that smell before — indeed this was by no means the first accident of the kind that had occurred through the negligence of this unlucky...the pig, if there were any signs of life in it. He burnt his fingers, and to cool them applied them in his booby fashion to his mouth. Some of the crumbs... | |
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... assailed his nostrils, unlike any scent which he had before experienced. What could it proceed from ? — not from the burnt cottage — he had smelt that smell before — • indeed this was by no means the first accident of the kind which had occurred... 
