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Its open-air machinery grinds rusted debris into powder right next to buildings full of thriftily salvaged, less rusty antiques. Treasure Hunting Along the Old Canal 2011-07-07T21:28:24Z
Watching this production — and, true to the sentiment on that Route 101 sign, it’s a thriftily pleasing one — I was led as the sun set to what felt like a clarifyingly timeless thought from Wilder. Perspective | An ‘Our Town’ for our time, staged in the New England community that inspired it 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z
Inside, Barton thriftily used bandage muslin as a covering for the ceilings and walls and to suspend a light fixture. These national historic sites celebrate great women. Shouldn’t they have more visitors? 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z
Many other dramas set in the trenches have thriftily relied upon re-purposed second world war helmets. Hobnails, drill and boot camp: secrets of Sam Mendes’s war epic 1917 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z
In the meantime, people are using public transport more, moving children to less expensive private schools, avoiding meat, using electricity more thriftily and supplementing some purchases with food handouts from the army. Egyptians bear down under worst inflation in a decade 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z
After years of writing to deadlines time has indeed become money for me, and I cannot afford to squander any of it − thriftily insomniac Mrs Thatcher would approve. A Point of View: 'How I learned to embrace my insomnia' - BBC News 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z
The writer, too, kept a copy of them, and thriftily made use of select passages at a later date, as we have seen. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z
So she thriftily shifted her allegiance to Octavius; sending him word that she was his admiring slave, and that she craved a personal interview. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z
The middle and lower classes should be more provident and careful, less wasteful and indolent, using thriftily the little they have, and adding to the stock by economy and enterprise. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z
He lived very thriftily and retired, carefully adding each sequin to his capital, as the ground-work for some new plan of making money. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z
Swarthy boys, wearied with much loafing, would thriftily lay aside their cigarettes to favor us with conversation, asking many questions about America, for whose recent action they gallantly declined to hold us responsible. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z
We imported the sonnet as easily as the apple and we made some French forms grow thriftily in our hardy garden. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z
On this the three lived very thriftily, though they did not lack the necessaries of life. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z
She sent old Marie to buy thriftily, making it clear that her fortress was not for herself alone, but for all who might be in need. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z
Of the lace I made a dish, on which I thriftily served up bows of ribbon, like meat on toast. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z
Energy needs and economic forces drive innovation, both in using energy more thriftily and finding new sources. Dot Earth Blog: A Fracking Method With Fewer Water Woes? 2011-11-08T18:53:51Z
In a city like Ptolemais, where many pagans lived extravagantly and many Jews lived thriftily, there were, as naturally follows, many money-lenders among the sons of Abraham. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
I have passed ten daies without taking any thing; so that I think no man can live more thriftily. Letters to Severall Persons of Honour 2011-09-12T02:00:24.913Z
These are trees which, with a little care, grow thriftily and to a great height wherever they are planted in Africa. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z
At length he settled and married at Staines, and for a time lived thriftily as a painter. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z
“I could not do so well as mother, but yet I do feel that I could manage more thriftily than thy servants.” Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z
Masculine Hollywood as a rule thriftily saves its evening clothes for service under the Kliegs. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z
Thorkell had seen that the remains of these good viands were thriftily gathered up. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z
Got any tips for shoppers who would like to do the same and shop more thriftily with gift cards? 30 Days, Gift Cards Only: Could You Do It? 2011-03-31T18:09:02Z
Never forget that a good tree grows as thriftily and surely as a poor one. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z
He had been thriftily “making a mitten out of a mouse’s ear” for several weeks. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z
They had scraped together some little savings, and might take a few months of summer holiday by thriftily spending their handful of cash. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z
The broadcast was the second year in a row that Academy Awards advertisers thriftily reused previous work. Advertising: For Marketers, a Different Set of Oscar Winners 2010-03-09T01:19:00Z
You thought all that out—very thriftily and cleverly—you and your Englishman between you—didn’t you?” The Moonlit Way
Here he is master, too, of his English, thriftily culling the fit word, not effusing a too exuberant stream of description. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845
But her credit and her power form a fund, which in order that they may be made the most of, should be thriftily used. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)
Father and mother worked hard and strove thriftily to make their children useful. Rural Health and Welfare
The mat should have been buried with its owner; but, the family being poor, it was thriftily reserved for a fresh service. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)
At the end of the century these trees had attained a height of twelve feet and were growing thriftily. Old Plymouth Trails
Afterwards, Sam thriftily opened an old can of a less expensive variety of proteinex and put half of it on a platter, which Mark carried outside the ship. Dead Man's Planet
They came to the New World, and began life again, managing thriftily, and buying a house and garden in the quaint old town of Yerbury. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
He asked Gerrish to consider the sort of fellow he had always been, drinking up his own substance, while Gerrish was thriftily devouring other people's houses, and begged him to make allowance for him. The Quality of Mercy
The woman was strewing paper bags and orange-peel around her in a fine disorder, while she thriftily packed the remains of their meal in a basket. Audrey Craven
He must produce and must consume with his family, reasonably, decently and thriftily. Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business
Nearer, it looked out upon an extensive garden, carefully laid out and thriftily in growth with all the ground-fruits and vegetables natural to the climate, at that time in full luxuriance. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862
The silk culture and manufacture firmly established and thriftily prosecuted to the extent of our home demand for silk, would be worth everything to American women. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
The beautiful autumn weeks multiplied to months, and Glory's plan prospered thriftily. Glory and the Other Girl
Summer and winter are only known as the dry and the rainy seasons; flowers, vegetables, grapes, in short, all plants, grow thriftily the whole year round in the open air. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands
Every Spring, Aunt Matilda made the year's supply of underclothing, using for the purpose coarse, unbleached muslin, thriftily purchased by the bolt. Master of the Vineyard
The more there is of this humus in the soil, the more thriftily plants will grow. Conservation Reader
The Allen "took" the disease at once, while the Thomas grew thriftily and has always produced good crops of nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950
Wheat is pretty extensively sown and is now heading very thriftily, but I suspect the average size of the patches is not above a quarter of an acre each. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.
The Downings had hoped to have thriftily two marriages in the family in one day, but the daughter Luce's affairs also halted. Customs and Fashions in Old New England
The last man on the outside of the Niccola’s hull thriftily   brought his torch to the air lock and came in. The Aliens
They had found the best soils, and they knew how to till them intensively and thriftily, as attested by their large, well-filled barns, good stock, and big canvas-covered Conestoga wagons. The Frontier in American History
Once the young nut orchard is thoroughly established and growing thriftily, grass may be grown beneath the trees and furnish nearly as much hay or pasture as though the trees were not present. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950
The most important part is to keep it growing thriftily without getting too fat, if it is to be raised for the dairy. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure
At first Modest and thriftily, though poor, she liv’d, With her own hands a homely livelihood Scarce earning from the distaff and the loom. The Comedies of Terence
I soon learned to work more skillfully, but I habitually squandered my powers and lavished on trivial details strength that should have been spent more thriftily. The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach
One considers how the scanty supply of water which the waggon carries may be most thriftily used for making the soup, boiling the eggs and brewing the tea. Impressions of South Africa
When its benefit involves a wasteful sacrifice of interests and may be purchased more thriftily, the pressure of interest inevitably in the long run brings about the change. The Moral Economy
When the proper season for budding fruit arrives, generally from the first to the latter part of July, will be the time to bud, if the stock is growing thriftily. Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden
This was an evident case of diminished root power, but the plant grew as thriftily as ever. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
One was to Edwin Reeves: the other was the message for which Billie Brookton had thriftily asked in her special postscript. A Soldier of the Legion
She was finishing a hearty breakfast, the remains of a water rat being buried thriftily against future need after the instincts of her kind. Storm Over Warlock
At this moment, from behind a bush where he had been thriftily burying a yesterday's bone, Smith the bulldog waddled out on to the lawn. The Girl on the Boat
I tried to lure my landlady out to a movie, but she thriftily refused. Jane Journeys On
It was blue—it had been white originally, but Aunt Kittredge had thriftily had it dyed when it became soiled. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
But a little more room in the houses was thriftily obtained by annexing all the furniture, even beds. Everyman's Land
He also agreed to live thriftily till his debts were paid, and to leave his sons as hostages with Earl Simon. The Rise of the Democracy
Almost everyone of the grafts of the Beaver grew thriftily on the bitternut. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919
As a group they are mountain lovers preferring localities where the air drainage is particularly good, but many of them will grow thriftily and will fruit well on low grounds. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917
Provided with plenty of spending money, Marian thriftily endeavored always to obtain the greatest possible return for the least expenditure. Jane Allen: Right Guard
Her vast flowered dress had been thriftily covered with a dull-green bib-apron and she had changed her smart slippers for the shapeless gray relics she wore indoors. Ralestone Luck
One of Mrs. Ford's first cares was to provide her with some needed clothing from Bessie's outgrown garments, which otherwise would have been stowed thriftily away for little Jenny. Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword
I find the tree hardy here; a moderate bearer; apples fine and handsome; a good keeper; tree does not blight and grows very thriftily. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916
All three trees growing very thriftily and all set nuts this spring, but did not hold them. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917
Where can you find young redwoods growing more thriftily than among their giant ancestors, nearly or quite as old as the Christian era? Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
While thriftily providing for the material requirements of this life, they leave all their enjoyment of existence for the future state. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
But there are no plants of high quality that grow more thriftily if protected from cold winds and kept perfectly clean. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
The few successful ones soon sprout into a number of young trees that grow thriftily until their crowns begin to meet. Studies of Trees
The trees are growing very thriftily, but they show the Siebold characteristic without much evidence of the English walnut parentage. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917
She had brought up a large family well and thriftily, and now in her old age and helplessness her life had no comfort in it. Uncle Max
Their landlady had thriftily hired two cheap flats in a fair-sized house whose ground floor was occupied by a bakery, and whose fire-escapes gave it the look of a big body wearing its skeleton outside. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl
Some people I know employ this morning leisure in scrubbing their consciences clean, thus thriftily making room for the sins of the coming day. Living Alone
She stooped and began picking up the remnants of the lunch, placing spoons and glass bottles swiftly and thriftily in the lunch box. Half Portions
But the old fellow has peasant shrewdness, shall we say; and the money is used most thriftily; but not as its donor intended. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
Ah, no; surely the shame for her would be, knowing these things now at their value, not to love them, to hold back thriftily for the striking of a bargain. V. V.'s Eyes
Sweet Cytherea's winged boy deprives you of your spinning, And Hebrus, Neobule, his sad havoc is beginning, Just as Minerva thriftily gets ready for an inning. Echoes from the Sabine Farm
Some of the wood is an old growth, but most of it has been cut off within twenty years and is growing thriftily. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.
As I approached the big street, throngs of blue-cottoned yokels, quite out of hand, created a nerve-racking uproar, as they thriftily drove their bargains. Across China on Foot
Everywhere along the spillways alfalfa spread thriftily, or strawberry plants sent out new tendrils. The Rim of the Desert
All our Northern fruits thriftily in the Sacramento Valley, and also the almond, of which thousands of trees have been planted, and a few considerable orchards are already in bearing. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
Their principal occupations are fishing, fur-trapping, and the cultivation of rye, turnips, cabbages, and potatoes, which grow thriftily as far north as lat. Tent Life in Siberia
The negligence of the tiller of the soil is, therefore, a great gain to the small birds, by leaving a supply of seeds in the annual grasses that grow thriftily with his crops. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859
She stooped and began picking up the remnants of the lunch, placing spoons and glass bottles swiftly and thriftily into the lunch box. One Basket
She viewed them with admiration, chaffered thriftily, and finally bought a topaz, dug from Mount Zabarca, Guido assured her, which rendered its wearer immune to terrors of any kind. The Certain Hour
The laurel, too, or California bay-tree, grows thriftily among the hills, and the plain and foot-hills are dotted with oak and redwood. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
For all anyone knew some of that money of hers, so thriftily hoarded, might be part of the bandit's unlawful gains. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California
There he thriftily lifted the cloth to peep, and with a sigh of satisfaction pursued his way. Michael O'Halloran
They germinated well, and the little trees grew thriftily, the catalpa reaching a height of eighteen inches before the Fair closed. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission
The poor man lives thriftily and attentive to his work; he has not got too much, but he does not lack what he really needs. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
During that first run over ground with which he became afterwards familiar, the young husband wrote letters to his wife, thriftily planned for future publication in aid of housekeeping. Chronicle of the Cid
O, for God's sake, let us lash them soundly, yet thriftily. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1
Be that as it may, he managed his stock of provisions very thriftily,—burying it in the earth, and eating a portion of it whenever he felt an appetite. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
Two or three wooden crucifixes, a prie-dieu, and a couple of saints in plaster, went far to prove that this excellent bourgeoise had thriftily made her peace with Heaven. In and out of Three Normady Inns
These humid dells are a different country from the uplands, wind-swept and thriftily cultivated. Old Calabria
Oh what a crossing for the straighteners and the old brown dress—which latter appurtenance the child saw thriftily revived for the possible disasters of travel! What Maisie Knew
The little group lingered a moment, till Mary bethought her of her pies in the oven and the three drifted thriftily back to their morning tasks, albeit with mind and heart down in the village. The City of Fire
He loses no occasion of offence, but very thriftily lays it up and endeavours to improve it to the best advantage. Character Writings of the 17th Century
On the lower side of the drive, the rolling grass slopes were thriftily left for hay; a flowering mass of daisies, and buttercups, and red clover, and blue speedwell. Peter's Mother
As he spoke, the horse, now going at a fairly respectable rate, turned into the main street of the town; a main street, thriftily prosperous but now somewhat a-doze in the sun. Up the Hill and Over
To me the sight of any poor woman managing her family respectably and thriftily, is one of the most surprising sights on earth, as it is one of the most beautiful sights on earth.  All Saints' Day and Other Sermons
Mr. Wilkins," he said rapidly, "I wanted to find out if you too had thriftily shut down on a soldier's wife. Taken Alive
Any California soil which will not grow young fruit trees thriftily should not be used for orchard purposes unless an amateur desires to grow trees on a picturesque lot of rocks or sand. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
Certainly, we were not inclined to risk that which thriftily employed provided for all absolute necessaries on the chance of securing that which might, after all, prove to be superfluous. Confessions of a Beachcomber
On land well chosen, carefully planted and thriftily managed, an orchard of prunes or of oranges, of almonds or apricots, should reward its possessor with a comfortable living, besides occasionally a generous profit thrown in. California and the Californians
It was also reported in Marion and the state that his stock of urbanity was so small he was compelled to expend it very thriftily. The Landloper
Weldon asked, as he thriftily packed up his parcel and stowed it away in his pocket, with an eye to the gratitude of Kruger Bobs. On the Firing Line
If your trees are growing thriftily and have sufficiently goodsized leaves of good color, and if fruit of good size and quality is obtained, it is not necesssary to think of fertilization. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
As a boy he thriftily sold his Pilgrim's "Progress." The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters
They trimmed their yards in the reaches of the Mediterranean and the North Sea or bargained thriftily in the Levant. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors
Curiously enough, the commandant was a Frenchman, Rocheblave, who had thriftily entered the British service. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond
Now, however, thanks to the efforts of Kruger Bobs, they were living thriftily and upon the fat of the land. On the Firing Line
Thus he managed thriftily to wear, on his one leg, first one of the pair, then the other. Long Live the King!
The American pioneers were quite aware of what was going on in England, and they praised God or grumbled, thriftily profited by the results or quietly nullified them, as the case might be. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters
Godolphin had been lavish of fair words to the dynasty which was out; but he had thriftily and skilfully managed the revenues of the dynasty which was in. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4
And who could live more thriftily than he? David Elginbrod
Of drilled men he has, this Year, 150,000 for the field; portioned out thriftily,—as well beseems, against Four Invasions coming on him from different points. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18
Just below the kitchen window there was a plot of cultivated ground, thriftily and economically used for the growing of vegetables. Michael
If affection be inexhaustible, it is not so with love: the task, therefore, of a woman—truly no light one—is to spread it out thriftily over a lifetime. Letters of Two Brides
So the poorer Chinese thriftily meet this requirement by making the sides and ends hollow! New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening
Whenever he stayed home in the evening he went to bed early, and thriftily got ahead in those dismal duties. Babbitt
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