| 单词 | sty |
| 例句 | I felt as sorry for him as I had felt for a litter of helpless pigs bom in our backyard sty in Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look like a pig in a sty.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a pig sty up there that has your name on it.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She always smelled clean to him, even in this reeking sty of a city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Norman Bates looked at us from behind his steering wheel like a sleepless slaughterman at a sty of ripe pigs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When it was finally secure in the tiny sty in her back garden, the old woman brought out two stone flagons of water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Very soon, the meadows were full of milking cows and the sties were full of pigs and the chicken-run was full of chickens. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She penned them in a sty and gave them acorns to eat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she decorating her brother with it like he a pig in a sty and I see that old disgust Miss Leefolt got for her own daughter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I look out at the darkening sty “If you lost your job, we could go home.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But she came forward aiming a stroke with her long stick, and whispered: ‘Down in the sty and snore among the rest!’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It floated with its door to the sty I reached out, grabbed the handle and lifted the door open. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Nogtail will creep into a sty and suckle an ordinary sow alongside her own young. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All he deserved to live in was some filthy sty, some blind hole in the ground. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His long, thin hands kept touching around his sty as though it hurt him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Dark hearts of oak he split and trimmed for a high palisade around it, and built twelve sties adjoining in this yard to hold the livestock. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And—this the point I was cornin’ to—when I went back in the house a big sty come on my eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A host of piglets rooted about three huge sows in the sty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Down co the sty to slop the hogs,” Grandma called back. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Her long staff in her hand, she left the hall and opened up the sty. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "What is the difference between a pig sty and the sixth grade?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The sty was designed by Chen Haoru, an architect and professor at the architecture school of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Architects See Potential in China’s Countryside 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z At the Humble Bee, even one of the pigs turns its back on me and shuffles back into its sty when I say hello. A month of meaningful conversation: my quest to befriend a new person every day 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “The money builds the sty and the pigs have to live in it. But so much of the world now is run like that. If something is going to make money, that’s allowed.” Jeremy Irons: ‘I have the natural tendency of a benign dictator’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Irons glides smoothly over a barrage of judgments in “Marina,” “Death” being embodied in “Those who sit in the sty of contentment” and in “Those who suffer the ecstasy of the animals.” Jeremy Irons Breathes New Life Into ‘The Poems of T.S. Eliot’ 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z To eat your girlfriend’s tail when she isn’t looking – that counts as good behavior, that counts as old-world courtesy, by the standards of the sty. ArtsBeat Blog: The Perilous Art of Giving Books 2012-01-04T21:59:46Z Emsworth is described as tall, scraggy and all the stringier from his penchant for draping himself over the rails of his prize pig's sty. Will PG Wodehouse's Blandings work on TV? 2013-01-12T15:58:12Z The long term project would see the barn and pig sty repaired and transformed into an exhibition room, education room and small visitor facility. Hedd Wyn home wins lottery grant 2012-11-16T06:55:57Z Mr. Fortov dismissed the possibility of arson, which was being discussed in on some social media sties because of the institute’s prime plot of land. Fire at Library in Moscow Destroys Millions of Volumes 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Many notable NFL draft experts and web sties projected Banks to go either late in the first round or early in the second. Giants select Maryland DB Deonte Banks in first round of NFL draft 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Physical sales came down but revenue from streaming sties like Spotify and Apple Music have gone up, earning the industry nearly £2bn. Harry Styles and Top Gun Maverick boost entertainment industry with record sales 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Three piglets on the loose from an abandoned sty were foraging in the city street. Ukraine says some bodies found in mass burial site had been bound 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The protesters were bussed to various sties where Zhang said they were forced to sign a letter guaranteeing they would not gather anymore. Chinese bank depositors face police in angry protest 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z And if a mask does not fit properly, it may contribute to eye problems, such as dryness and the reddish bumps called sties. How we know that masks, even the cloth ones, reduce the spread of COVID-19 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z “Water is sour, the air is lonely here / And all the noises of this natural shire / From stable or from sty are not enough,” Mr. Howard wrote in one poem. Richard Howard, Pulitzer-winning poet and translator, dies at 92 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z A sty may require antibiotics, and a chalazion may need to be drained. Taking care of eyes that are dry, swollen or itchy 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Theresienstadt was “a mudhole, a cesspool, a sty where you couldn’t stretch without touching someone. An ant heap under destructive feet,” she wrote. Ruth Kluger, author of searing and celebrated Holocaust memoir, dies at 88 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z She now sweeps hay and scrapes sties without fear of her knees buckling. A farm sanctuary for animals and humans is on the brink of closure. Can it survive? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z They were probably living in pig sties in towns and being fed scraps instead of being allowed to forage in the countryside. The 1066 diet: Normans passed on their love of pork, study suggests 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z For that 10-year-old study, the IG selected five states and 10 localities and looked at their ability to create alternative care sties. Health agencies’ reports didn’t highlight inventory shortfalls 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Several approved federal grants seek to underwrite construction and expand the capacity of museums, historic sties, libraries, colleges and universities. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is backdrop to US humanities grants 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “Once I jumped in that sty," he said, "I was going to be stuck wrestling in there for a while.” Analysis | The Energy 202: Ryan Zinke is gone. But this House Democrat still wants his testimony. 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z And her travel travails didn’t end there — the always-tidy businesswoman and former federal inmate kvetched that the car itself was a total sty. Martha Stewart shares her difficult first experience with Uber on social media 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z They stashed him away in a pig sty, but it kept him alive, as enemy soldiers continued their search for Americans. Auburn man was Marine, CIA operative in Vietnam War 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z “I think the idea was to lance the sty using the hunting knife? Thankfully he didn’t do anything to his eyeball, but his eyelid didn’t fare as well.” What’s the most embarrassing way you’ve ever injured yourself? 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Otherwise, you might as well join the rest of them in the sty! We Asked Women in Blue-Collar Workplaces About Harassment. Here Are Their Stories. 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z He found a job earning $50 a month at a pig farm, though it would require him to cycle 25 miles out there each Sunday to feed the animals and clean their sty. In cycling-obsessed Colombia, he dreamed of glory. But first he needed a bike 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Since the odour of excrement is composed largely of organic compounds, and titanium dioxide is cheap, Dr Koziel wondered whether it might be employed to de-pong byres, sties, stables, sheds and other animal dwelling places. Smelly farms may succumb to subtle science 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z A Connecticut critic of the Continental Congress was tarred, carried to a sty and covered with hog’s dung, some of which was forced down his throat. Opinion | America’s shockingly violent birth 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The most powerful summation of the Christian faith is the story of a lost child, this one choosing to leave home, squandering his inheritance and eventually wallowing in a sty with pigs. What the movie ‘Lion’ tells us about our vision of humanity 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z When one knowingly & willingly works in a pig sty, she shouldn't be shocked when mud touches her. Gretchen Carlson: My Fight Against Sexual Harassment 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z A sty develops when oil glands that help keep eyes moist get clogged under the eyelid and the oil becomes infected. Romo’s quirky eye issue pops up again, but concern doesn’t 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z They show women sailors posing on a sea barrier, another one smiling in a greenhouse where vegetables are grown, troops around a marker, pigs in a sty. SOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH: China island-building almost done; UN court starts on Philippine case 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z A dozen plump pigs in a sty appear in one photo. Chinese website shows photos from disputed reef in South China Sea 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z A path determined by these resolutions may lead to unexpected places, maybe not to a sty, but perhaps to a stable and a star. What the movie ‘Lion’ tells us about our vision of humanity 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z When one knowingly & willingly works in a pig sty, she shouldn't be shocked when mud touches her. Gretchen Carlson: My Fight Against Sexual Harassment 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z He said the only way it would be a problem is if the sty grew large enough to affect the eyeball. Romo’s quirky eye issue pops up again, but concern doesn’t 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Stooped elderly women hobble through the narrow alleyways, peddling handmade brooms as sows oink from their sties and roaming roosters cluck. China's oldest drum tower is Zengchong village's beating heart 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z His grandmother, angry about segregation—as a black person, she couldn’t join the church of her choice—forbade her grandson to go out after school: Why risk degradation in their sty? The Elusive Langston Hughes 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Any sties with copied or partially copied content saw reasonable hits in their search rankings. 5 SEO Trends From 2014 In Review: What We Learned 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Retail walk-in clinics treat a variety of non-life-threatening but frequent illnesses, including bronchitis, mononucleosis, pink eye and sties, sinus infections and minor injuries. Why walk-in health care is a fast-growing profit center for retail chains 2014-04-04T15:37:44Z "I've been cleaning out stables and pig sties, taking down fences, putting rubbish into barrels and clearing mud," he told the paper. February deadline for O'Sullivan 2013-01-21T16:52:31Z It began then, as it should today, with honest dialogue between our leaders and an eagerness to dive into the sty that is negotiation. Washington lost its love of the deal 2012-11-20T15:26:00Z And as it happens, Boycott—who was the first woman to edit a national English news daily—has also worn a farmer’s hat and mucked out a pig sty. Olympic Eats 2012-07-24T08:45:00Z The blind Chen Guangcheng left on the morning of April 20, scaled eight walls, some as high as four meters, and slept in a pig sty, he said. Brother of blind China activist flees village 2012-05-24T07:49:05Z Eyes large, lustrous, and dark, with the largeness, lustre, and darkness that seems to invite sties and an occasional blood-shot suffusion. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Then instantly She touched them with a wand, and shut them up In sties, transformed to swine in head and voice, Bristles and shape, though still the human mind Remained to them. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The manure from the sty should always be collected as carefully as that from the stable or cow-house, and husbanded in the same way. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The human hog revolts us as the smell of the sty turns our stomach. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Together, then, barnacles—an inferior kind of stable, a—a pig sty, say? The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z A hog, weighing about one hundred and sixty pounds, was buried in his sty under thirty feet of the chalk of Dover cliff for one hundred and sixty days. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The lubberly, ugly looking sea-hogs appeared as content as their very distant relatives of our sties, while they huddled together and twisted for the sunniest spot, and bellowed in one another's ears. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The animal manifests symptoms of acute suffering, and wanders restlessly about, collecting straw, and carrying it to her sty, grunting piteously meanwhile. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z If the law was not rigorous enough already, its cords must be double-knotted, for the flagellation of those who dared to disagree with M--j--sty. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Yet, for all his clumsiness, his good-will was so unchanging that none of the farmyard kindreds had any dread of him, saving only the pig in his sty. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The animal had nibbled the wood of the sty, and eaten some loose chalk. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Me to let them pigs out of the sty if it happens. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z As soon as this is observed, she should be persuaded into a separate sty, and carefully watched. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z And I did not think it good for the pigs to run loose, rooting up my garden and destroying what they could not eat, but there has never been a sty built to this day.' The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Someone has to clean the sties on a farm. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The sties of sense Are none of mine; the brutish, loveless wrong, The venal charm, the simulated flush Of fleshly passion, they are none of mine, Only corruptions of me. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z The sows with pigs should be kept with the litters in separate sties, and be still better fed than those with pig. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The door of each sty ought to be so hung that it will open inward or outward, so as to give the animals free ingress and egress. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Then Mr. Billy and his friends had tried their horns on the empty sty, now the swine were turned to feed in the autumnal woods, and had done some fine damage there. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z They would have kicked at doing that sty. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Oh, the confounded pig! in what sty did this farcical government find him!... The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The appetite is impaired, and the animal does not leave its sty willingly. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Bleed as soon as possible; after which house the animal well, taking care, at the same time, to have the sty well and thoroughly ventilated. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Two robbers," says the author of "Domestic Animals and their Treatment," "took a pig, weighing fourteen stone, out of its sty, and drove it along a lane leading towards Rotherham. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Joe turned his sleeves up, climbed into the sty, and set to work with a will. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z A small group yelled more insulting things like, “Put the pigs back in their sty, we the people occupy.” Atlanta police arrest 5 people at or near park that has been site of Wall Street protests 2011-11-07T09:33:00Z Causes.—Sudden changes in temperature, unclean sties, want of pure air, and imperfect light. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z After he is convalescent, whitewash the sty, and fumigate it by placing a little chloride of lime in a cup, or other vessel, and pouring a little vitriol upon it. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z We have learned that even the pig is better for a clean sty. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z If thy wed is y-take, bring home the truss; Set forth thine other foot, stride over sty! Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z A proverb on the laziness and lodgings of the servants: “The worse their sty—the longer they lie.” Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z There are two other points which deserve to be taken into consideration, if we wish swine to thrive: these are, daily exercise in the open air whenever the weather permits, and cleanliness in the sty. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Once in every five years the villages in turn remove all their pigs, and keep them in sties in the jungle. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z “And there’s the sign on that hog pen,” laughed Miss Elting, pointing to a pig sty close to where they were standing. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z If he would take that down, he might turn his pig into the sty with the rest. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z It was £1 a week and tucker then, and the barracks were great barns, sub-divided into sties by walls of corrugated iron, whitewashed, depressing, hideous as the walls of Hell. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Men said he consorted with traitors And marshalled the beasts of the sty. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z The Romans, however, did not rear, as we do, a solitary ill-looking pig in a sty, but possessed great herds, sometimes amounting to the number of two or three hundred. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z They kept the thoughts of men, but they had the head, body, voice and bristles of these despised creatures, and Circe shut them up in sties and fed them with acorns. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z He then spoke of Mequinez, which, he said, was a Jennut, or Paradise, compared with which Gibraltar was a sty of hogs. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Epicurus, strange as it may sound to those who have heard, with horror or envy, of wallowing in his sty, Epicurus was a saint. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z He, at least, has wrenched himself out of Circe's sty. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Two horses raised inquiring heads over the bars of the paddock, pigs grunted in their sty and chickens, ducks and turkeys roamed at will around the farmyard. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z We are all pigs, ma'am—unclean animals—and this is a sty we live in—slime and abomination. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z When he approached the sty, two-and-twenty enormous swine separated themselves from the herd, and scampered towards him, with such a chorus of horrible squealing as made him clap both hands to his ears. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z I see what can be done with even one pig from my neighbor's example, who has dug out a sort of terrace and put a sty on it: simply wonders. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z There was a sty for the pigs, a pen for the goat, a little kennel for the dog, low roosts for the fowls. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z "The man is going to feed the pigs, Mary," said her cousin; "their sties are at the back of the stables, opening into a field." Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z A pleasant “Good morning” from him and a gruff one from Tim was the introduction, and then that stolid pioneer started for the sty. The Girl From Tim's Place "Begone to your sty!" cried the enchantress, giving them some smart strokes with her wand; and then she turned to the serving-men, "Drive out these swine, and throw down some acorns for them to eat." A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z At least, you couldn't have a sty on such a slope. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z By all the Tyrian purple robes that you will never wear, By the Temples of Zimbabwe, by King Solomon I swear, The ship is like a stable, like a Carthaginian sty. H.M.S. —— There appeared about a hundred little pigs in a portion of the field adjoining the sties, and railed in from the other part by wooden palings and hurdles. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z Close by, a few pigs dozed contentedly in their rudely constructed sty. The Girl From Tim's Place We have driven our pigs to queer markets; mayhap we shall sty them yet, despite this cross-eyed Emperor and that fly-by-night, Nur Mahal.” The Great Mogul I knew it and, shamefaced, betook me to the woods as to a sty. Deep Moat Grange But, unfortunately, one day a rabbit having intruded into his sty, the pig immediately caught and devoured it. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court, Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye, Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a pig On the charge of deserting its sty. Rhyme? And Reason? Those of the poor were mere hovels, which resembled the sties and kennels of pigs and dogs rather than the abodes of men. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II A sty was constructed near the poultry-yard, and soon contained several young ones in the way to become civilised, that is to say, to become fat under Neb's care. Abandoned The sow she wanders to her sty, She wallows on the green, green earth. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes Schrimner, the sacred hog, cut up daily and eaten by the tenants of Walhalla, collected his fragments in the night, and was in his sty again ready for slaughter the next morning. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. And, where great Plato paced serene, Or Newton paused with wistful eye, Rush to the chace with hoofs unclean And Babel-clamour of the sty! Rhyme? And Reason? I run for water, pile dung on the burning sty, and whilst I am sweating and puffing, I suddenly notice that the flying bits of paper have set the shingle-roof of the parsonage on fire. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The pig should be placed in a warm sty, with plenty of dry straw, into which it will quickly burrow. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing If the before-mentioned porker wished to demolish the pig's sty he had built, what quotation would he make? The Handbook of Conundrums "I see I am not the only pig in the sty, after all," announced Seaman Hickey cuttingly, as he calmly began pulling on his shoe over the sore foot. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers There stood Jack Sprat himself, leaning against the sty, watching his pig eat his dinner. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe He went to feed the little pigs, That were within the sty; He hit his head against the beam, And he made the blood to fly. The Nursery Rhymes of England The disease is highly infectious, pigs coming in contact with or even being housed in sties where pigs affected have been recently kept are very likely to become infected. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing What makes more noise than a pig in a sty? The Handbook of Conundrums Now, when she had given them the cup and they had drunk it off, presently she smote them with a wand, and in the sties of the swine she penned them. Greek Women On the evening of the second day which I had passed in the sty, I took the horses, which had become dirty, and was going to ride them out to water. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors We saw him coming and hid in the inner sanctum of the sty. My Lady of the Chimney Corner In many instances they serve only for an excuse to limit the height of the sties, as unless these are of a fair height there is a considerable difficulty in cleaning them out. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing Cottagers cannot afford barley-meal, but they certainly could keep their sties much cleaner. The Hills and the Vale The architecture of a city tenement house is to blame for the silent but certain transformation of the home into a sty. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency Why, as the bailiff told me that the two guests would only stop over the night, and would leave the next morning, I led the horses into the sty. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors The white figure stood on the pathway leading through the gardens for a moment and then returned to the sty. My Lady of the Chimney Corner This was divided off into sties by partitions some 4 ft. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing Horses neighed for their breakfasts, the pigs squealed in their sties and there was a pretty young woman singing at the well curb as she drew a great, splashing bucket of water. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Just as a pig, if he might take his choice whether he would be turned into a man or would be moved into a cosier sty, with more unbounded swill, would doubtless choose the sty!” Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 The pigs had eaten all the straw in their sty and the poultry had rushed like mad things upon the grain that was given them. Jena or Sedan? We built around the hope a sty and placed it against the end of the cabin. My Lady of the Chimney Corner These houses are most suitable for a number of fattening pigs, whereas for sows and for young sows smaller sties or houses are more convenient. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing A red-tiled roofing covers in The one half of her sty; And, half sur-round-ed by a wall, Is open to the sky. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 This same pig, he declares, is some previous First Officer, who had been smitten by Circe for incontinence, and now wanders even from his sty! An Ocean Tramp They think only of how they may live unto themselves, like swine in the sty. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent Along the sides of the houses in the deep shadow Anna walked until she got to the end of the row; just around the corner stood the sty. My Lady of the Chimney Corner This has rendered it the more necessary that care should be taken in providing water and wind-tight sties, in which the sows farrow. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing "I hope you slept well," said the pig, "The wind was very high; You are most comfortably lodged— A most con-ve-ni-ent sty." Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 “Ur did; pulled un slick out of the sty; and when I tried to stop un in the Lane, took un by main force?” The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit "They know more about keeping a pig sty," said Jiminy Gordon as he picked up the blankets and, shaking them free of the dust, hung them onto the branch of a nearby hemlock. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Four of the younger men, having been shamed by their own cowardice, made a raid on the sty, and next day when Ben came to the funeral he looked very much the worse for wear. My Lady of the Chimney Corner Sows with litters two or three weeks old should be allowed out of the sty each morning and afternoon for a short time. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing He went to feed the little pigs, That were within the sty; He hit his head against the beam And he made the blood to fly. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 So Shakespeare: "In the sty of the most deadly boar." Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer O swinish punch-gut god, say they, that smells rank of the sty he was sowed up in, and so on. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts We had been forced often to use some of the sty for fuel, but in good times Jamie had always replaced the boards. My Lady of the Chimney Corner Again, the labour attending the feeding of a large herd housed in isolated sties must be very considerable. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing Infamy when he wallows in the sty of sensuality! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Take a sty from a workman in wood, and leave a carrier. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Soon after he told the pupil to feed the swine, and no sooner had he entered the sty than his master turned him into a pig. The Chinese Fairy Book "This is what love can be these days, foul as two pigs in a sty," said the harbor. The Harbor The trouble if any, which arises from the owner or pig man being in the sty with the farrowing sow almost invariably arises from the absence of a sympathetic feeling between the two. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw, That the sty was deserted when found: And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law In a soft under-current of sound. The Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight Fits But, though I sy it as shouldn't, when a gentleman comes to me, sir, 'e wants to sty. Audrey Craven They took the swine out of the sty, and the pair of them drove the beasts before them. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales “Do you know why you are fed so well while you stay in this sty?” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The trouble is still greater with the system of having a yard attached to each sty. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing The pig near by, Grunts in his sty. Pinafore Palace Very hot, instead of cold, he was by the time he had carried across pail after pail of Mrs. Eames's "swill," and emptied it into the barrel which stood by the sty. Great Uncle Hoot-Toot Everybody took an interest in tins pig, and it was considered the correct thing for every soldier who passed the sty to assure himself that the animal was still there. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines Problem.—Place twenty-four pigs in four sties so that, as you go round and round, you may always find the number in each sty nearer to ten than the number in the last. A Tangled Tale In most cases the exercise will at once cause her to relieve her bowels and her bladder, when she can be returned to her sty. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing The sheriff made to seek Nottingham, Both by street and sty, And Robin was in merry Sherwood, As light as leaf on lynd. Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series "Lie there in a clean sty for once; and if you grunt again I will surely souse you under the pump!" Robin Hood They prison us in filthy sties Would shame your Christian Hell; No ear there is to heed our cries, No tongue our pains to tell. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula By some the garden has been called a "sty." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles In the village I have just come from the squire has had a pig stolen out of his sty. Folk-lore and Legends: German To his utterly English mind, the straw of the sty, and its tenantry, were abiding truth;—the cloud of Olympus, and its tenantry, a child's dream. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Through many gradations, from the sty of the California savage up to the noble sculptured ruins of Uxmal and Chichen-Itza, the principle is always present. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest She could now sing at her leisure: "A jolly old sow once lived in a sty, Three little piggies has she," &c. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Around them, like stunted children, clustered sheds, sties and a top-heavy corn-crib, stilted on four long, smooth legs. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine The clergy wallowed in a sty of corruption and debauchery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 You used to berate the hogs of Epicurus' sty. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Only the other philosophers, those that wallow in Epicurus' sty, know anything about the latter question. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory But when she had gone a little distance, the bells rang again so sweetly: "A jolly old sow once lived in a sty, Three little piggies had she," &c. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen “There is a calf in the barn,” he said, laughing, “and plenty of little pigs in the sty.” Minnie's Pet Lamb I not know what pigs are till I see them in the sty at the mission. The Huntress At once she goes to the sty and sets them free, restoring their shapes, "and they became younger, larger, and more beautiful than they were before." Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Well I'm sure, nephew, I am not surprised at your extraordinary behaviour, and if this is the style you prefer to live in—style, did I say?—sty would be more appropriate. The Light of Scarthey He was like a tub that could never get full; he snored like a whole sty of pigs, and he looked red and bloated. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen At about a quarter to eleven o'clock a man, with a red setter dog at his heels and a fowling piece on his arm, came sneaking up, and crept into the sty. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls “Me pig escaped from the sty, and I call upon ye to give him up!” Patty's Social Season He went to feed the little pigs That were within the sty; He hit his head against the beam, And he made the blood to fly. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Its sty should not be too small—not less than 8 or 10 feet square—for pigs require good air in abundance as well as other animals. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock The pirates ate from dirty dishes, they had scattered food about, and they kicked off their boots to sleep on the floor like pigs in a sty. Blackbeard: Buccaneer In a sty not very big He’d a frisky little pig, Which he often called his little piggy treasure O! The Baby's Bouquet A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes Old Mother Piggy-wig jumped up on her hind legs and looked over the fence of her sty to see what it was all about. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk Men are all as dumb as shoats outside of a sty.” The Goose Man Flavors too compound coax toward the Epicurean sty; the most compound of all is doubtless that of the feast which the pig eateth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 He had not provided even for other climates than that of his own sweltering sty in the Hedjas, or for manners more polished, or for institutions more philosophic, than those of his own sun-baked Ishmaelites. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Our ancient house pulled down and made a sty for those hogs! A Son of the Immortals Jack looked at a fat pig in the sty with the eye of an ogre. The Three Midshipmen It stands for sty-ward, where sty means pen, not necessarily limited to pigs. The Romance of Names Cow in the barn and pig in the sty, cellar all banked up, and knocker on the front door.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 These same swine became the torment of their lives, for some of the devils said to haunt Vailima seemed to have entered into them, and no sty could be made strong enough to restrain them. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson She gave them, and they drank,— When, smiting each with her enchanting wand, She shut them in her sties. The Odyssey of Homer And the girls heard the hungry grunting of a pig in its sty. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall Bees worked and sang over the thyme and marjoram in the garden; and in a homely sty lived a solemn black pig, a pig with a history. Mushrooms on the Moor I've corn and hay in the barn hard by, And three fat hogs pent up in a sty; I have a mare, and she's coal black; I ride on her tail to save her back. A History of Nursery Rhymes The pig is a very small, very common pig, but nevertheless I had the boys make a special sty for her. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson So I; then Circe, bearing in her hand Her potent rod, went forth, and op’ning wide 470 The door, drove out my people from the sty, In bulk resembling brawns of the ninth year. The Odyssey of Homer I've corn and hay in the barn hardby, And three fat hogs pent up in the sty, I have a mare and she is coal black, I ride on her tail to save my back. The Book of Humorous Verse She had to crawl, for there was not room in the sty for even a child to stand upright. Lalage's Lovers Master Pig will be obliged to go into the sty, and very likely get the whip for his pains; like a wayward child that gets chid for disobedience. The Royal Picture Alphabet Bruin, not liking this, dropped the pig and turned round to face Rob, while piggie, having still the use of his legs, ran off towards his sty. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading He may be in one of the sties disguised as a pig.” The New Forest Spy And thereupon the girl clapped her hands, and sang— The Rommany churl And the Rommany girl, To-morrow shall hie To poison the sty, And bewitch on the mead The farmer’s steed. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest I felt acutely the contrast between the pleasant chestnut tree, the fragrant sty, and the paved footways along which she is now condemned to tramp. Lalage's Lovers He quickened his steps; his heart beat very fast; he looked over the edge of the sty, and, oh horror! Our Frank and other stories Had it not been for his wish to finish the boat, he would at once have built a sty for it, but he waited until the craft was completed. The Rival Crusoes For I am all the subjects that you have, Which first was mine own king: and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me The rest o’ th’ island. The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] The determination and zeal which besiegers and besieged showed with respect to a poor pig, which was quietly and unconsciously fattening in its sty, are worthy of record. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Such is the modern philosophy of the Moulders, pigs out of the sty of Epicurus. Orley Farm And thereupon the girl clapped her hands, and sang— “The Rommany churl And the Rommany girl To-morrow shall hie To poison the sty And bewitch on the mead The farmer’s steed.” Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) We did not care the worst to hear of human sty or den; We liked to love a little bit, and trust our fellow-men. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries But mind, it's your neck she may break at the first wall, for I've niver taken her over anything much higher than a pig sty.' The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier I rushed to the sty, found the nest warm, and with prompt decision prepared for speedy pursuit. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Thereupon dug the thrall a large ditch in the sty & carried away the earth, and afterwards placed wood across it. The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) In common, however, with all other free and domesticated animals, there is a prolongation of muzzle in the wild species, which is not to be found in those of our sties. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals He was just a plain pig when he came to us, and we kept him in a little sty, but we weren’t long in finding out that he wasn’t any ordinary root-and-grunt pig. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." I would no more return to that life, than I would consent to lose my nature and take a swine's, and find elysium where as a man I once did, in sinks and sties. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century No; I don’t know where your sty is. The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts Armed with a tin bath, a can of warm water, some soap and a sponge, they shut themselves in a disused pig sty and commenced operations. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story I hope your lordship’s sty is better in your lordship’s eye. Jacob Faithful One morning a neighboring farmer, very much excited, rushed into the yard and accused Black Bruin of stealing a small pig that morning from his sty. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear Because, Aurelian, vice has been in Rome; because even the priesthood has been corrupt, and the temples themselves the sties you say they now are—for this, have the gods ever withdrawn their protection? Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century It was restful to the corpulent Hemerlingue, puffing in his proscenium box on the ground floor, as in a sty of cherry-colored satin. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) There happened to be two sties on Split's left eye just then, and a third on the upper eyelid of the right one. The Madigans Who could say that some careless hand might not leave the door of the sty open or insecurely fastened during his absence? The Hawthorns A Story about Children He had not got him out of the home sty, so that his master had no right to interfere. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear Beer would be ever so much cheaper, and every poor man would have a fat pig in his sty. The Carbonels The peasant lugs down a pillar for his sty, the farmer for his gate, the priest for his chapel, the minister for his glebe. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry A strange place to find saints in that sty of filth! Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. All was silent, however, and he went on more slowly, with a slight feeling of dread, for somehow the sty had a strangely empty look about it. The Hawthorns A Story about Children That particular pig had been killed, but there was another young porker now in the cobbler's sty. The Corner House Girls at School Sacks to be filled with garlic and black wine, liver and blood-puddings—grunting hogs, let them keep their sty. Little Novels of Italy Instead of the fierce light beating about a throne, it played lambently upon a sty. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 3: Byron The 'sensual sty' is a nickname, not a description. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Unable to bear the uncertainty, he rushed forward and looked into the sty. The Hawthorns A Story about Children "I don't wonder at it," replied George; "since I observed she had a sty in them when I saw her last." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings My son, call no human habitation a sty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 There were a peacock and a peahen, a sty full of tiny, squeaking black piglets, hives of bees, all manner of pleasant country things. Mary Gray And thereupon the girl clapped her hands, and sang— “The Rommany churl And the Rommany girl To-morrow shall hie To poison the sty, And bewitch on the mead The farmer’s steed.” Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Then he went away and left Nancy in floods of tears by the empty sty. The Hawthorns A Story about Children "Some of the music," he said, "was so peaceful like, but the rest was not half so nice as the growin' pigs rubbin' against splinters in the sty back of the barnyard." The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs "Such a sty stuck right down under our noses!" muttered the mortified James. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 In the village I have just come through, one has lately been stolen from the magistrate's own sty. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 “Every day, when the sty is opened, she goeth forth and none can catch sight of her, neither is it known whither she goeth more than if she sank into the earth.” The Mabinogion Vol. 3 Fortunately there was an old sty still in existence, which only wanted a little repairing, and everything was soon ready. The Hawthorns A Story about Children The woman, whose sty had been cured, opened a drawer and took out the eyestone, carefully wrapped in a piece of linen cloth. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's To those who, “with low-thoughted care,” are “unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives,” the world becomes little better than a sensual sty. Milton's Comus You have handcuffed me, moreover, so that even if this accursed sty contains a bell-rope—which is improbable—I am debarred from using it. The Mayor of Troy So they journeyed on to the highest town of Arllechwedd, and there they made a sty for the swine, and therefore was the name of Creuwyryon given to that town. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 What a refreshment it was, after the tedium of French verbs and English history, and what a pity when Antony, after a brave resistance, was at length hustled back into his sty! The Hawthorns A Story about Children The hole was out of his reach, and the sty was strongly planked up to the barn floor on all sides. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's There were two sows in the sty and they were fighting each other and tearing at each other and paying no attention whatever to all the good food in the trough. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales It was warm, stiflingly warm and close, after the outdoor blast and chill, and it reeked like a sty. Branded And Gwydion arose and dressed himself, and went with the swineherd, and stood beside the sty. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 There was the sty, and now he should soon hear the low grunt so delightful to his ears. The Hawthorns A Story about Children The dormant young bears were rolled into one of these sties and the sty filled with dry leaves, such as we used for bedding in the barns. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's These flocks and herds and sties, dread lord, should thanks give for our care— The care of Isegrim the Wolf, and Bruin strong, the Bear! Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain To cure a sty repeat at a cross-roads,— Sty, sty, leave my eye, And take the next one that passes by. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk “They have had a sty made for them in the other Cantrev below,” said Gwydion. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 And as for the pig who lived in the sty—he did not care what happened so long as he could eat and grow fat. ne day the Little Red Hen found a Seed. The Little Red Hen An Old English Folk Tale Doctor Truman jumped out of the sty quite as suddenly. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's I watched her while she practised all her tricks and blandishments, as I regarded a similar deportment in the animal salax ignavumque who inhabits the sty. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Cure a sty by rubbing it with a wedding ring. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk I go out to the sty and listen to the grunting of the pigs until I get back to myself.” Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 A sty in the eye is cataract, "but lots of blind people are very happy;" and a bilious attack is generally that mysterious, oft-recurring and interesting complaint "camp fever." My War Experiences in Two Continents I looked at t' sty, and then at t' pig, an' then I felt t' pig, an' he were reight fat. More Tales of the Ridings The little pigs looked so funny running about the large, clean sty, as if they loved the bright sunshine and liked to play about in it. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. A sty in the eye is cured by rubbing a gold ring on the eye three mornings with a sign of the cross. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk A proverb on the laziness and lodgings of the servants: "The worse their sty—the longer they lie." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Do you think a Silenus would hesitate and stickle and scruple over a point of honor; though some of us have seen Silenus blunder into a paradise which he promptly transformed into a sty? The Freebooters of the Wilderness A pen of young turkey poults, a flock of goslings, and a sty full of infant pigs were next on exhibition. The Luckiest Girl in the School He made the rebel banks shell out and pay the loyal people, He made them keep the city clean from pig's sty to church steeple. The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery Rubbing a sty with a gold ring will cure it. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk The poor Friar, who was not able to stand upon his leg, crawled on all-fours out of the sty, crying for mercy as loud as he could. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) A sty in the eye is irritating and disfiguring. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society A howling dog, a disease-breeding sty, a fly-harboring stable, must be viewed, not from the point of the family's convenience, but from that of others' welfare. Religious Education in the Family The black tufa cliffs crested with shattered masonry—the foundations of the sty where the Boar of Capreæ wallowed—were just on our starboard quarter, when Riddell, the master, came up to Livingstone. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' Not that he paid twelve shillings for the rooms alone; on the contrary, he had a two-stalled stable, with a sort of kennel for his pointers, and a sty for his pig into the bargain. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Perceiving at last that the butcher intended him no hurt, the good father told him the reason why he had hidden himself in the sty. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) Ah! foolish swain, too late you find That sties were for such friends designed! Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. The house assumed the appearance of a deserted sty. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope He called the old man a pig, and asked him why he had not gone to his sty. The Romance of the Coast With degenerate Epicureans, whose philosophy permitted them "To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty," he had little in common. Horace and His Influence He was asked how he would intersect the pen with three straight fences so as to enclose every pig in a separate sty. Amusements in Mathematics Much more I, who am apt to get too near that ugly 'sty of Epicurus' sometimes! The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II It stood about five rods from the house, near the brook, just across which, and not thirty feet from the sty, was the edge of the dense natural forest. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories Would he be better reconciled to his fate after spending his nine months between field and sty? The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Some little time after, four pigs were produced, one of which was immediately killed, and the others were taken to a sty hard by, probably reserved for some future occasion of sacrifice. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 The illustration shows the direction for placing the three fences so as to enclose every pig in a separate sty. Amusements in Mathematics A pig and sty constituted first prize at a recent whist drive at Bishop's Waltham. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Upon investigating the scene of the night's operations, he found the sty amazingly scratched and gnawed in many places, proving the strength of tooth and nail and the ferocity of his jailors. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories These I now consigned to the tender care of the butcher, and ordered the sty in which they had been kept to be burned. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm When a man is grown up, he can live in a sty and not be a pig; but turn a horde of boys in, and when they come out they will root out. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 On arriving at the sties, the ease with which they shot themselves over the four-feet walls was incredible. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three We understand that a difference of opinion between the winner and the pig as regards the user of the sty has ended fatally for the latter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Every such thing was arranged to attract the animals into the sty if possible. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories "Yes, but he will be in the sty with Brownie; and he as good as said he'd give her a pinch to make her squeal." The Rebel of the School "Ay, sir, it's a sad pity," was Broom's answer; "but what else can be expected of poor folks that's brought up to live as they do—like pigs in a sty?" Verner's Pride The pigs now began to direct their course towards the sties in which they had been so well fed the night before. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The sty, here, will need some cleansing; since if these are to be my subjects, I must do my best for them. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Although feverishly excited, he felt quite secure, because the sty was so substantially built. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories The hut was made of stones and thorn-branches, and beside it were sties for the swine made in the same way. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories He knew how many, besides Alice Hook, had had their good conduct undermined through the living "like pigs in a sty." Verner's Pride The cows lowed a great deal—very plaintively and deep; the pigs squealed hungrily every time a pail clattered in the kitchen or steps passed their sty door. Captivity We had been digging, maybe, for twenty minutes, and in silence, when my ear caught the sound of furious grunting from the sty, where I had penned the hogs overnight, a little before sundown. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Does the writer delicately hesitate to call a sty a sty, or has the internment of the food-hog really begun? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 Then he went out to the sties, killed two sucking pigs, and roasted them daintily. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories The respectable elder brother's glance took in the disreputable younger, his once handsome face marred—one doesn't foregather with swine in the sty without acquiring marks of the association—his clothing in rags. A Little Book for Christmas It was like the pigs in the sty at feeding time—squealing—jostling. Captivity Before sunset I had scraped over and cleaned the entire area of the sty. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 I was long a-watching," said the pilgrim; "and, in good troth, I became over curious to know the capacity of thy sty. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Indeed, if the swine into which the devils once entered had left any descendants, it would be legitimate to suppose that the breed still thrived in the most respectable sty connected with his establishment. Sevenoaks Then she opened the doors of the sty and waved her wand. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) He then shut the boy up in a sty, and fed him with nuts and sweet milk, so as to get him nice and fat preparatory to killing and eating him. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian I had cleaned out the sty thoroughly, and turned-to at once to enlarge the window-openings to admit more light and air into the hut. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 In the village through which I have just come, one has been stolen out of the sty of the mayor himself; and I am afraid, very much afraid, you have it now in your hand! Folk Tales Every Child Should Know After dressing ourselves we were all driven into the slave sty directly under the auction block, when the jail warder came and gave to every slave a number, my number was twenty. Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 The rabble all alive, From tippling benches, cellars, stalls, and sties, Swarm in the streets. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations So he went to the sty, made a little hole in the wall, and told the boy to put his finger through it. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian Clearly she had expected to find the sty empty, for even to my dazed senses her dismay was evident as she caught sight of me beneath the hurdle. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 All elegance equips it, But how oft on foreign lips it Runs awry; German, tainted, execrated, Is for ages relegated To the sty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 An old friend of mine, belonging to William Steel, was also with his wife and six children in the same sty, all to be sold. Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 He holds him fast in his sty, but allows him to wallow as much as he pleases in his beloved filth and gluttony. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Some time after, the giant again visited the sty, and ordered the boy to put his finger through the hole in the wall. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian "The sty will need mending too, Princess," said I: "but before nightfall I will try to have it ready." Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 “It must depend on your own future behavior,” added Ulysses, “whether you do not find your way back to the sty.” The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) You think a thing like that—call it a man if you want to—has any brains or that he's really any better than a pig in a sty? Twelve Men "Henceforward," said I, "we're going to live like selfish pigs, with no thought about anybody but ourselves and our own little pig and about anything outside our nice comfortable sty." Jaffery A Chesterfield, with an empty belly, chancing upon good fare, will gorge as faithfully as the swine in the next sty. A Daughter of the Snows But a poet of my country had said that it took a soul to move a pig into a cleaner sty. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Inside the yard there were twelve sties for the pigs, and the swineherd kept four watch-dogs to guard the place, great beasts and fierce as wolves, that he had reared himself. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Billy sniffed the morning, then proceeded to a pig’s sty, opened a door within it, and chuckled at the spectacle that greeted him. Children of the Mist I am not disposed to assist the Government in making those seminaries, which ought to be seats of learning, filthy sties of corruption. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 If it had not been for those they could probably have been good comrades, sin moderately together, and love each other better than if they wallowed in the sty of the senses. Là-bas When the sty bursts, use an ointment composed of one part of citron ointment and four of spermaceti, well rubbed together, and smear along the edge of the eye-lid. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 “Begone to your sty!” cried the enchantress, giving them some smart strokes with her wand; and then she turned to the serving-men. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) “Wish theer was more so big in the sties,” she said. Children of the Mist Manure from the sty brings about 16s. per waggon load, that from the stable about 12, and that from the fire and the street, five. An History of Birmingham (1783) From Horace to Robert Louis Stevenson, nearly all have been pigs from the sty of Epicurus. The Art of Letters "A millionaire and filthy as swine in a sty!" he exclaimed. The Last Shot But now "Oof," the pet pig of the establishment, had eaten them nearly all, and was standing in his sty too full even for the utterance of his usual lazy grunt. Ted Strong's Motor Car I did not remain prone long, for I was soon roused by the most unearthly squeaks, and a dreadful noise as of an infuriated animal madly rushing round and round the sty. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 For a sty in de eye we nused to say: 'Sty! Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 He remains to the end something of a Puritan in his standards and his public carriage, but in his diary he reveals himself as a pig from the sty of Epicurus, naked and only half-ashamed. The Art of Letters Her master heaved a loud sigh in the next room, then soon afterwards the sow grunted in her sty, and then all was still again. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories "As you value your peace of mind, stop all scrutiny into your personal character," is the advice of what Milton denominates "the sty of Epicurus." Sermons to the Natural Man The wretched hovels around the gates, where miserable peasants herded like swine in their sties, have been cleared away, and places fit for human habitation have been erected in their stead. In the Days of Chivalry The first thing that met him was the pig, snowy white, for the water had washed him out of his new sty, calling on high heaven for breakfast. A Diversity of Creatures The beasts, they hunger, eat, sleep, die, And so do we, and our world's a sty; And, fellow-swine, why nuzzle and cry? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 Somewhere in the street there was a knocking at a gate and the sow grunted in her sty. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Nearby the stable was breathing; the pig protruded its mobile snout, sniffing, under the door of its sty. Romance of the Rabbit It was proved to have escaped from the sty after Mrs. Atlay got up. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Take me out!' the woman shrieked, and the pig from his sty behind the house urgently seconded the motion. A Diversity of Creatures Take her away to the court, and lock her in the 'sty,' To-morrow the procurator will examine at nine o'clock. Kimono It seemed to her that it was not Ivan Ivanitch that was screaming but someone else, and for some reason the sow again grunted in her sty. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The stranger fell backwards into the sty a senseless mass. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 15, 1890 By the high road, closely adjoining his house, the peasant had his sty, and that such a one as there is probably scarcely its like in the world. Pictures of Sweden The pig--at least eighteen inches long--reared on end in the old sty and smiled at the company. A Diversity of Creatures "Take her back to the 'sty,' while we have lunch," ordered the procurator. Kimono All stall and sty fed animals are more or less diseased. Science in the Kitchen. Pat, instead of assailing the bear, thought only of securing his property; so he jumped into the sty, and seized the pig by the tail. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 Let us take an extreme instance,--a pig in his sty. Lectures on Art Many a sympathizing conference Miss Lucinda held with Israel over the perfections of Piggy, as he leaned against the sty and looked over at his favorite after this last chore was accomplished. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 This was the "sty," where prisoners are kept pending examination in the procurator's court. Kimono There were hens and chickens on the steps and running in and out of the open door, and from a near sty the grunt of many pigs reached her ears. Taquisara He thinks, admitted to an equal sty, A graceful hog would bear his company. The Devil's Dictionary It was situated against the back of the cottage and surrounded on the sides which were exposed by a pig sty and a clear pool of water. Frankenstein And so shall they that come after him, without doing of any deeds of arms, but live evermore thus in ease, as a. swine that is fed in sty for to be made fat. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Are people really left all night, untried, in those black sties? American Notes It may be that the appearance of such an animal outside a dime museum, or a pig sty, angers the people. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 She saw that while she had been considering herself an unusually good mistress, she had been permitting her friends Bea and Oscarina to live in a sty. Main Street We have the advantage of the experience of the whole world as to the choice of breeds, the construction of sties, and the rearing of stock. In Darkest England and the Way Out You would not be so frightened if I had spoken of happiness instead of pleasure: it sounds less shocking, and your mind wanders from the sty of Epicurus to his garden. Of Human Bondage As a substitute for a cosy, straw-bedded sty the room offered, at first inspection, few attractions, but the disconsolate animal suddenly discovered an appliance in which the most luxuriously contrived piggeries were notably deficient. Beasts and Super-Beasts Higgledy piggledy, packed we lie, Rats in a hamper, swine in a sty, Wasps in a bottle, frogs in a sieve, Worms in a carcass, fleas in a sleeve. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Every jack o' em suffer from the rheumatism to this day, owing to a damp sty they lived in when they were striplings, as 'twere.' A Pair of Blue Eyes He went out to the sty, shovelled away the snow for the space of a couple of yards or more, and placed the stool in front, with the knives and ropes at hand. Jude the Obscure I think we deserve to be beaten out of our beautiful houses with a scourge of small cords—all of us who let tenants live in such sties as we see round us. Middlemarch But his dwelling is a sty, And his tones are grunts. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 Guess this 'ain't got that sty in Twenty-third Street beat some. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Love-making birds were my mates all the road, And who would wish surer delight for the eye Than to see pairing goldfinches gleaming abroad Or yellowhammers sunning on paling and sty? Georgian Poetry 1920-22 By this time Arabella had joined her husband, and Jude, rope in hand, got into the sty, and noosed the affrighted animal, who, beginning with a squeak of surprise, rose to repeated cries of rage. Jude the Obscure Her terrors sway Her out of the nest's warm, busy ball, Whose plaintive cries start up as she flies In one blue stoop from out the sties Into the evening's empty hall. Georgian Poetry 1913-15 The pigs, the gross pigs, that dare not peep out of their sty! The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages He raised his eyes, and beheld the faces of two men, who looked down upon him from over the barrier of the pig sty. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Nor had that Gryllus less wit than Ulysses with his many counsels, who chose rather to lie grunting in a hog sty than be exposed with the other to so many hazards. The Praise of Folly He slept in an attic, ate in a kitchen, and worked, but was not "responsible;" he was always given "light jobs"—walking with the "clappers," weeding, cleaning sties, "clearing." The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Go out, child, and put up the pig in the sty.' Popular Tales from the Norse Eh, well, let the swine stick to his sty. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages So Olaf called all his men about him to speak to them, and he stood up on the same boulder stone that was at the back of the swine sty. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age His father turned involuntarily and looked into the sty. A Rough Shaking But it was all to no purpose, inasmuch as the little pig died before she left the sty. Mary Schweidler, the amber witch : the most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father, Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow in the island of Usedom / edited by W. Meinhold ; translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon. From the cow in the field to the pig in the sty, From the maid to the lady in satin, They tremble wherever he turns an eye. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 And shall I hazard her life's happiness to get me a more comfortable sty? The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages "There is but one place where I deem that King Olaf will not think of seeking for such a man as you," she said; "and that is in the ditch under the pig sty." Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Irish Lad from Dixie:"— "My sweetheart's name is Kathleen, For her I'll do or die; She has a striped straw mattress, A shanty, pig, and sty. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Death in cold blood here on the quiet hillside—death like a pig's in a sty…. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea I lifted my head, and felt in myself the blessing of being able to keep my own sty clean. Hunger Pierre may sleep undisturbed; and the pigs will have a new sty. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Then they went to the sty, which was built with its back against a large boulder stone. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age The pigs came out of the sty and she banged the door, but returned almost immediately, tore the shirt open on the old man's chest, tore off his chaplet, and took it with her. Selected Polish Tales What when a stout unbending champion awes Envy, and Malice to their native sty? Poems 1817 Love philtres too she can supply For fools that fond and foolish sigh, That wert thou foul as hog in sty Fair women must unto thee fly. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Thou wilt be kept in a sty like a pig ready for killing. The Virginians Olaf drew back to the far corner of the pig sty. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age They lie among the clean rye straw in the sty, nestling close together; for they seem to be beasts sensitive to the cold, and this is a clear, bright, crystal morning, with a cool northwest-wind. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. The old Eumaeus was sitting in his lodge without whose hedge lay the many sties of swine that were his care. National Epics There they lie amid the filth, like hogs in a sty. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Strange idealising which leaves the ideal king wallowing in a sty of sensuality and an apostate from Jehovah! Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Then the two men forcibly drew him to the gate of the pig sty. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Joan laughed, and two pigs at the bottom of the garden heard her and grunted and squealed as they thrust expectant noses through the palings of their sty. Lying Prophets Beattie refers to a contemporary's "reptile Muse, swollen from the sty." The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Must men and women huddle together in dens where decency is as impossible as it is for swine in a sty? Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes They slept in barns, haylofts, cowsheds and even in pig sties. The War Romance of the Salvation Army When he had drunk, she struck him with her charming-rod, and "To your sty!" she cried; "out, swine! mingle with your companions!" The Adventures of Ulysses The points in house and garden, outhouse and sty, whereon money might be advantageously expended, rose up one after the other. Lying Prophets The smell of the prison was like that of a pig sty. The Duke of Stockbridge But by and by she got too lazy and fat to care for anything but sleeping and eating, and never left the sty. The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School What chance had a young life in such a sty of filth? Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Having changed them, she shut them up in her sty with many more whom her wicked sorceries had formerly changed, and gave them swine's food—mast, and acorns, and chestnuts—to eat. The Adventures of Ulysses I will not leave a princess in the sty, Sandy. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. He no sooner tasted it, than he was turned into a hog, and was driven by the magician to her sty. Lives of the Necromancers She asked the pigs how they managed in winter; but they only grunted, and she could not remember what became of them, for the sty was always empty in cold weather. The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School "No indeed, but she always lets me do the talking," answered Cora with a sty look at the blushing Bess. The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island Could it possibly be anything but a noble deed to “expel this monster from his throneNow made a sty, and in his place ascending, A victor people free from servile yoke!” Pages from a Journal with Other Papers I sent the three men away, and then opened the sty gate and beckoned Sandy to come—which she did; and not leisurely, but with the rush of a prairie fire. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. We looked over at the pigs in the sty. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies O let the body be a healthy beast, And keep the soul a singing soaring bird; But lure thou not the soul from out the sky To pipe unto the body in the sty. English Poems Four pigs were then produced, one immediately killed, and the others put in a sty for future use. The Life of Captain James Cook One day he declared he found all his pigs intoxicated, grunting 'God save the King' about the sty. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 The sheepfold and the sty abound with choice blood. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 When one of these glands is blocked by its own secretion, the inflammation which results is called a "sty." A Practical Physiology "A sty is for pigs and a kennel for dogs," Rushford explained. Affairs of State Their cooking was fairly good, but excessively dirty, and their persons and houses "filthy as hogs' sties." The Life of Captain James Cook The nearest pigs, hearing the well-remembered sound, rouse from their straw, and rush from their sties into the road, followed by all their litters. The Book of Household Management I have not risked my health and life in their sties, where pigs would refuse to live. The Sowers Having changed them, she shut them up in her sty with many more whom her wicked sorceries had formerly changed, and gave them swine's food, mast, and acorns, and chestnuts, to eat. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children What will the vulgar think when they see the sty of Epicurus sumptuously adorned, and the porch of Zeno shabby and bare? The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The rats in the sties had already discovered that a man slept in the cowhouse, a place they rarely visited, as there was nothing there to eat; how they found it out no one knows. The Open Air They sank till their fair land became a sty Stygian with moral darkness. The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont Hogs bear cold pretty well; but they eat enough to convince any one that true economy lies in giving them warm sties in winter, for the colder they are the more they eat. American Woman's Home When he had drunk, she struck him with her charming-rod, and "To your sty," she cried, "out, swine; mingle with your companions." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children Hark ye," said he, "my good friend; your pig may get you into a scrape; in the village I have just come from, the squire has had a pig stolen out of his sty. Types of Children's Literature I was proud of thee, even in that sty of pigs in red coats. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker They are not wrenched in trampling struggle from the sties where men battle for the troughs; they are absorbed from the truths of life that are as breezes upon the little hills. Once Aboard the Lugger Then she smote me with her wand, saying: 'Go now to the sty and lie there with thy fellows.' The Story of the Odyssey He had not provided even for other elimates than that of his own sweltering sty in the Hedjas, or for manners more polished, or for institutions more philosophic, than those of his own sunbaked Ishmaelites. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Muddy or rinsed fruit suggests the sty, not a dining-room. Success with Small Fruits Donkeys like hay and pigs like sweets, and I don't know as I hadn't just as soon live in a stable as a sty. Kent Knowles: Quahaug Have I lived in my sty with my eyes shut? The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca And Circe shut them in sties, and gave them acorns to eat. The Story of the Odyssey One of them opened a sty and a litter of pigs wandered into the village. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian In the village through which I passed, the Mayor himself had just had one stolen out of its sty. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm But when he came to the sty there was no pig to be seen, and he searched all round the place for a good hour without finding it. Mother Goose in Prose "With our barn, I am going to make a sty, and then we will have some pigs." Driven Back to Eden A great courtyard there was, and twelve sties for the sows, and four watch-dogs, fierce as wild beasts. The Story of the Odyssey "That begs the whole question," said the bishop, turning to his host, and, beginning to talk about a breed of pigs which had lately been imported into the palace sties. The Way We Live Now Mr. Grunt, capitalist, is standing in his tessellated sty,—the tessellated sty being represented by the hardwood floor of a fashionable drawing-room. The Hohenzollerns in America When it came to the edge of the town it noticed a pig in a sty, and alighting upon the rail of the sty it looked down at the creature and thought. American Fairy Tales The floor of the sty should have a slight downward slope, and be cemented. Driven Back to Eden Then Circe led the way, holding her wand in her hand, and opened the doors of the sties, and drove out the swine that had been men. The Story of the Odyssey We heard her squealing and moaning one dark night after it had been snowing and hailing for several hours, and, climbing over into the sty, we found her nearly frozen to death. Two Years Before the Mast I do not want to live in the sensual sty, but I also do not want to scratch in the tub of Diogenes. First and Last Things Instantly the animal disappeared, and in its place was a shock-headed, dirty looking boy, which sprang from the sty and ran down the road uttering load whoops. American Fairy Tales The poultry-house, between the barn and sty, was to be built so that its side, facing the south, should be chiefly of glass. Driven Back to Eden In each sty were penned fifty swine; but the hogs were fewer in number, for the suitors ever devoured them at their feasts. The Story of the Odyssey We got some straw, an old sail, and other things, and wrapped her up in a corner of the sty, where she stayed until we came into fine weather again. Two Years Before the Mast And you love him so insanely, that to secure his safety, existence here in this moral sty is sweet in comparison with freedom unshared with him? At the Mercy of Tiberius The next instant the boy had disappeared, but a grunting pig ran swiftly up the road in the direction of its sty. American Fairy Tales The barn was now up, and the carpenters were roofing it in, while two days more of work would complete the sty and poultry-house. Driven Back to Eden Then he went away to the sties, and brought from thence two young pigs, and singed them, and cut them into pieces, and broiled them upon spits. The Story of the Odyssey Women in scant petticoats, leggings and moccasins swept snow from the squat verandas, or fed the pigs in little sties behind the cabins. Alice of Old Vincennes Thirty pigs, signifying the unclean Gentiles, the Jew shut up in three sties; naming ten Goths, ten Romans, and ten Imperialists of Belisarius’ army, and left them to starve. Roman and the Teuton Then you shall never go to that fat hog's sty, for I'll stick him first. The Lady of Blossholme I led the way to the sty, and there were grunting three half-grown pigs. Driven Back to Eden E’en such is the care of Nature that man should never die, Though she breed of the fools of the earth, and the dregs of the city sty. Poems By the Way Then—"Get me a needle and a length of thread," said I. She scuttled off to do my bidding, like nothing so much as one of the rats that tenanted her unclean sty. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro She shut them in her sties, and supplied them with acorns and such other things as swine love. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable The manure is gathered from the sties with the two hands and is dumped in the sementera in 10-pound piles about 5 feet apart after the soil has been turned and trod soft and even. The Bontoc Igorot Two great bins over the sty and poultry-house received the yellow ears, the longest and fairest being stored in one, and in the other the "nubbin's," speedily to be transformed into pork. Driven Back to Eden "Yes, sir, they intended to sty, apparently," said the Australian, in his slow drawl. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Then, hastening to the sties, set wide the door, Urged forth, and drove the bristly herd before; Unwieldy, out they rush'd with general cry, Enormous beasts, dishonest to the eye. The Odyssey |
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