| 单词 | trice |
| 例句 | In a trice they were back, moist snouts poking from the excavation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She stared down at him, first impassively, then, in a trice, her blue eyes filled with tears. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They could have showed us a thousand big, flat-faced men, and we would have known Mr. Kendall in a trice. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He could skip through an enemy's legs and trip him up in a trice, while the man was still concentrating on Sigemund as his only opponent. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z "Maggot topping, all slimy and nice! I shall devour it in a trice!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My fingers could travel the distance in a trice. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I gobbled it in a trice, then tried standing again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We’d hired someone to help us sort through our belongings—keep it, sell it, give it away—Patty could get rid of anything in a trice. V.S. Naipaul, Paul Theroux, and me: What I learned from reading about their tumultuous relationship 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z War, as we know, changes everything, and in a trice it had changed my father. John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’: An Excerpt 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z You saw the dancer, and then in a trice you heard the music; but seven years ago this aspect of Balanchine dancing had virtually slipped away. Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z In a trice, four million black people in America become white, setting off an identity crisis for the country’s white people: Without black people to define themselves against, who are they? Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z In a trice she can shift registers, though, and her candor and keenness of eye translate surprisingly well to tenderness. ‘Heart Berries’ Shatters a Pattern of Silence 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Poor old illiterates, stripped in a trice of the love and affection of friends and family, sundered from a God whom one does not have to read about to believe in. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z She could get to the emotional and intellectual heart of things in a trice. Sally Laird obituary 2010-08-10T17:19:00Z In a trice, all 11 are dead, drained. Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows: Death Warmed Over 2012-05-10T10:45:28Z Urged on by their efforts, an adult-size snowman is pulled out of the mound in a trice and a drab garden shed is changed into a larder winking with goodies. The House Where Winter Lives; Hansel and Gretel; Pinocchio – review 2012-12-30T00:06:25Z “Nowadays it often seems writing is nothing at all,” Duras recorded in it presciently, years before the internet made everyone a créateur or -trice. From Marguerite Duras, an Uncovered Tale of Young Womanhood 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z I’ve gone in a trice from dispensing advice To each and every family member, With IM and text, to being perplexed And “Hello?’ Style Invitational: Twist of fete: Parodies for birthdays and more 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z She at once replied with one of her own, kicking both heels in the air in a trice. Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga, Together for the First Time 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Momentum, hope and greed could greenlight that project in a trice. The Krypton Knight Rises: Man of Steel Breaks $100 Million 2013-06-16T21:29:41Z In a trice — a trice and a half at the most — other familiar characters appear. In 'Death Comes to Pemberley,' a brisk mystery in Austen-land 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z At least a hundred people died in that one, including 15 who were standing on bridges marveling at the rush of waters when, in a trice, the waters tore away the bridges. Lightning, killer floods and even snow: The real L.A story has weather drama 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Healy was later accused of “tricing” some of the mutineers – that is, tying their hands behind their backs, then hanging them so that their toes barely touched the deck. Special Report: Icebound - The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logbooks 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z In a trice she emerges as Rachel, proprietor of Tel Aviv’s most chic French restaurant with the general firmly in her sights. Review: ‘Tel Aviv on Fire’ deliciously walks fine comedic line of Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Once again, Federer lifted in the tiebreak, bringing up three set points in a trice and converting the first with an ace. Federer fends off British 'mirror' Evans to advance 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z On 15 July 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 probe sent back grainy images of Mars, revealing a forbidding surface that destroyed florid Victorian speculation in a trice. The Sun’s pull on the body, the global flow of people, and the robots that reach other worlds: Books in brief 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He was maybe three feet from the net, but somehow, in a trice, managed to extend his left arm sideways and tilt his racquet head down toward his thighs. Daniel Nestor’s Mastery of Men’s Doubles 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Still, it would be foolhardy to count Azarenka out, as she demonstrates by earning three break points in a trice.The game starts with a spectacular forehand winner; it ends with a Williams double-fault. Serena Williams v Victoria Azarenka: French Open 2015 – as it happened | Les Roopanarine 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Now they can be shared with the world in a trice, by e-mail or instant messaging. Beware the angry birds 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In a trice, the Russian president then took command of a crisis Americans, Europeans, and the provisional government in Kiev could not have made sloppier if they had put their minds to it. The New York Times manufactures ignorance: More half-truths about Ukraine 2014-03-20T13:15:00Z If you put all the books you own on the street outside your house, you might expect them to disappear in a trice. One man's DIY lending library 2012-09-20T00:24:24Z In a trice, the Hun guessed the comparatively feeble nature of the British lad's weapon. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Still, it would be foolhardy to count Azarenka out, as she demonstrates by earning three break points in a trice.The game starts with a spectacular forehand winner; it ends with a Williams double-fault. Serena Williams v Victoria Azarenka: French Open 2015 – as it happened | Les Roopanarine 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z The ports were triced up, and brilliant sunshine flooded the gundeck. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z In a trice, a sharp knife had cut my bonds. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z The commander of the U93 saw his danger in a trice. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z In a trice they were surrounded, besieged with questions, clapped upon the back, shaken by the hand, and generally welcomed. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z "He in a trice struck Griswold thrice Upon his head, enraged, sir; Who seized the tongs to ease his wrongs, And Griswold thus engaged, sir." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z "Bring out that rascally Portuguese, trice him up, and give him five dozen!" cried the captain, a strain of his choleric ancestor betraying itself. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z In a trice she had him bewildered, then half relenting. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The “pants” were not handy and the petticoat was put on in a trice. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z The Divine Huntress flitted away again on winged feet, and in a trice was back with three hairpins, still glossy from their recent task of supporting the well-oiled hair of Jane Housemaid. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z I will fetch my basket and shears, put on my bonnet, and be ready in a trice. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z At each of her guns on the starboard side were men lying prone on the deck, waiting for the signal to trice up the ports, run the guns out, and deliver a crushing broadside. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z But in such emergencies the mind works quickly, and in a trice I recovered myself. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z She understood in a trice that the danger we had so much dreaded was upon us--that we were followed, and the followers were at our heels; and she turned her horse round again. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z In a trice she had opened a cellarette and taken from it a decanter of brandy. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The Judas-hole and the spying-place would have come to mind, and in a trice he would have caught the listener in the act, and this history would never have been written. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z The boats had been cleared and hung in their davits, ready to be lowered in a trice. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Then, in a trice half the gentlemen were elbowing one another towards the door, St. Alais, who burned to avenge the insult offered to his guests, taking the lead. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z The barrier of race, which had hindered me from viewing him fairly before, fell in a trice. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z It was locked, but in a trice he found the key on his bunch, turned it, and pushed back the gate. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z The affair took place in 1652, and was fought with swords, the Colonel being run through the body in a trice. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Then I, too, dived into the entry, and in a trice found myself in the court. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z A word from this young man to the Spanish authorities, and we should be hauled back to England in a trice, if worse did not befall us here. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z In a trice they were round the corner of the house and lost in the dusk. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A flag flies from his top-gallant—in plain English, his hat—while a Union Jack is fixed at the forepeak and an anchor is triced up at the bows, in readiness for “heaving-to.” The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z And in a trice Antonia was pronounced ready for the excursion. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The second bailiff mounted beside the coachman, the coach was turned, and in a trice Sophia was once more trundling eastwards through the streets. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The forked human radish with the head fantastically carved has underpinnings also; else his chamber of dreams might overflow into reality, and then we should be converted in a trice to angels, pin-feathers and all. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The other bands pass downward between the dog's legs and, triced up on each side, are fastened permanently to the back-band, where there is also attached a drag-thong or pulling-trace about two feet long. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z He lowered the foresail, and still further reduced the mainsail by tricing up the tack. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Its name, on a life-buoy triced to the rusty netting between the rails, was the Olive Branch, but its port of registry had been painted out. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Or in a railway-tunnel, iron rail'd, A man lay bound; his blood ran ice Who looked thereon, an engine shrieked; he paled, And fainted in a trice. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z "Remember," the driver would plead, "you have a part in making the world safe for democracy," and in a trice all the evil would flee from the eyes and the heels of the unruly animals. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z In a trice the teams were stopped, the trace-toggles slipped from the few dogs that were used to bear-hunting, who started excitedly on the jump for the already fleeing game. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Benny was no match in such a combat and in a trice he was on his face, arms held behind him and Bayard was lashing his wrists together with his bridle reins. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z In a trice he had whipped off his coat. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z His brisk entrance and cheery presence, and the careless words he flung on this side and that as he pushed through the crowd, seemed in a trice to clear the air and lift the depression. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z In a trice the youth had the gun in his hand. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z In a trice our mud island was changed to a bower--a place of warmth and life and refreshment--where light and shade lay on the dappled floor, and the sunshine fell through green leaves. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z We cast our lines over the stern, and, as the boat was going at a great pace, they were straightened out in a trice. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In a trice they pounced on him; they stuffed a gag into his gaping mouth, put out his match, tied his arms to his sides, and haled him back to the main body. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Nadin's man paid no heed to his remonstrance, but in a trice cut the cord that tied the sack's mouth, tipped it on its side, and let the grain pour out in a golden stream. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z And in a trice one was in hysterics, deaf to her mistress's threats and to the Bat's grim hints. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z On the threshold the general and his companions left us with low bows; but in a trice Tzerclas came back to say a word in my ear. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z She went for to kiss it; but the holy man whippit it away in a trice. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The wind was fresh and squally and we ran through the night with the tack of our mainsail triced well up and our mizzen stowed. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z In a trice Frank pulled off one of his long boots. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z In a trice he was seized, disarmed, and dragged across the brook. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z As my eyes came back to him he opened his and saw me, and, raising himself, in a trice groped for his pistol. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z One dear, delightful, useful creature, who would come forward and say his say and finish off the matter in a trice. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z On one day it was rather squally, and we had to trice up the main tack now and then. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z In a trice the dragoons were through the mob, and the roadway showed clear behind them. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z General Lake and his men would set matters straight in a trice. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z In a trice we were moving down the valley at a dull, steady pace--southwards, southwards. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z And in a trice he had cut the rope which swung before him as high up as his long arms reached, and was fastening at one end a noose. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Why, a handful of ronins could take and sack in a trice the castle once deemed impregnable! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z With a beck thou com'st anon; In a trice, too, thou are gone, And I must sigh alone, But sighs are lost upon thee. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z "Where else," said he, in his sturdy way, "but in the hands of the Jewish quack-salver, who will sweat the soul from his body in a trice?" Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z With an evil look he sat still, and in a trice Steve had a loop round his arms and was binding him to the heavy chair. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He forgot, in a trice, the command "Let him alone!" Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z In a trice I saw myself captured, tried, executed, and meanwhile Mrs. Herbert would sit a-weeping in Keswick for a husband who was not dead. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z "Only too happy," and in a trice I was nothing more than a coil of rope. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z The lancha had vanished round the stern, the ladder was triced up, and the open cargo gangway several feet above the brine. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z I will detach four troops of horse and return with you to-morrow, and settle the matter in a trice.' My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z His arm was round her in a trice, holding it there; his beautiful gray eyes had opened and were fixed on hers. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z In a trice he was the formal, precise servant again. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z What new device, Globe, chance-fashion'd in a trice, Into brief existence bounding, Perfectly thy circle rounding? The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z If the English should venture to sea with their fleet, A host of balloons in a trice they shall meet. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z In a trice he disappeared in the darkness, while I went more slowly into the house, where I found my lady inquiring anxiously after him. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute; The sovereign Alchemist that in a trice Life's leaden metal into Gold transmute; This quatrain is translated from O. 77. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z She ordered her to bring a vessel from some distance, and the ghost unconsciously stretched her hand to several yards’ distance, and brought it in a trice. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z In a trice with tenderness Young Giselher around her, the shrinking and the coy, Lock'd his white hands together; alas! how fleeting was their joy! The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Is he, then, at the garrison? by heaven, We'll have him in a trice. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Nor had he to wait for his answer; with a mighty bound the game colt shot forward, and in a trice a clear length of daylight showed between him and The Cynic. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z In a trice they were all climbing desperately. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z He then took up the gold stick and laid it upon the lady, when in a trice she woke up, sat in her bed, and eyeing the stranger, inquired who he was. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z Then, looking o'er his shoulder, King Gunther's liegeman eyed The crowd to find a comrade, whom in a trice he spied. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Every farm and settlement sent its men, all mounted and armed with the best Mausers and hunting rifles, and in a trice the Transvaal and Orange Free State were on the war-path. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z I have found the Experiment of it my self, and every Term yields us fresh Instances of people that make their Fortunes in a trice, by a generous contempt of Principalities, and Powers. Citt and Bumpkin (1680) 2011-12-21T03:00:27.683Z In a trice Lalande had dismounted and taken us from our horses, and the poor animals seemed so overcome by fear or fatigue, or both combined, that they stood perfectly still. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Then Hopalong saw Mary and he was at her side in a trice. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z In a trice th' attendants shields and helms up caught, And all their glittering harness bore to their masters bold. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z But Huggy thought differently, and in a trice ten large rats had run up the wall and down the hook, and were gobbling the meat as fast as they could. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z This they did, and in a trice we were on the deck of the brig. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Then the team of dogs was headed round, the whip cracked, and in a trice the sleigh was being steered for the forest. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z After a moment's hesitation due, no doubt, to bashfulness, the latter assented, and in a trice the whole party went whooping and holloaing in the direction of the Blue Boar. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He was accustomed largely to doing for himself, so in a trice he had brewed his tea in the kitchen and got out other things needed. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z In a trice he was down the stoop again, and again at the carriage door. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z In a trice they had their prize—whom they instantly recognized as a man they had long been trying to run down—disarmed and safely handcuffed, he offering no resistance. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z Joe jerked his dummy on to the top of the wall and left it there; then his hand sought for his rifle, and in a trice he had the muzzle grinning at the enemy. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z In a trice the latter slid down to the bridge, swung himself down by a stanchion to the promenade-deck and thence to the enemies' camp—the temporary court of Father Neptune. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Tom jumped in and in a trice had tossed out the smouldering weeds; which Felix trampled under foot, until they ceased to give out any smoke or smell. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z In a trice his glowing hopes had crumbled to ashes. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The door was triced up to form an outer shelter, and Barbara was a trifle astonished when Brooke signed them to enter. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Couldn't we trice their feet up and make them to that window-bar? The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Suppose a city becomes in a trice more prosperous and progressive than ever. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z If they knew each other better They would settle in a trice. By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z In short, we found in a trice, that by the Help of our Hatchets we had prepar'd a small Lodging. The Travels and Adventures of James Massey 2011-09-13T02:00:31.293Z Hall had both his revolvers out in a trice, and fired; but the skylights were closed, and no harm or good was done. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z In a trice he had buckled and buttoned the delinquent officer into it. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z And Butler drugged his sentry and slipped our fingers like a rat and was off in a trice and gone to his bloody destiny in the West! The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z We were still pursuing the Kurds, who fled headlong, when suddenly we saw ourselves attacked in flank; and in a trice the whole plain was swarming with Turkish horsemen, who overran us like ants. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z In a trice my mate and myself were on the spot, shouting with delight at our good fortune. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z In a trice she had understood my plan and was following me with a lighted torch. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The fairy prince of her dream, however, came at last in the person of an old man of three score years and ten, and she snapped him up in a trice. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z In a trice he shouted out: “Why! do you live at Fairlands?” The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z Then a sea blackbird came, a morsel nice, And disappear'd, devoured in a trice. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The great pile of sandwiches disappeared in a trice. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Well we knew that in a trice the other party, riding from the Abbey gates, would be on our track and we would be taken in front and rear. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Her manner was so open, so sincere, that the suspicion I had been tempted to entertain against her vanished in a trice. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Come in, Colin Myler and friends, to an editorial/management buyout that could be engineered in a trice with a staff there, poised for action. Murdoch could let the News of the World rise again 2011-07-30T23:06:00Z Any real dictatorship will gather them up, in a trice. Does the Murdoch Hacking Scandal Signify the End of Privacy? 2011-07-21T15:15:00.237Z The squirrels bounded in a trice across the broad, white trunk of the tree. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z Ráby obeyed, and with a bound across the room, in a trice was outside. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z "Just give me my glasses for a moment, Williams," I said, and in a trice he had handed me the pair I had brought down for the inspection next day. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z But when we come to soul, there is no difficulty at all: they pounce on our malady in a trice. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Many a man has become little in a trice. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Peeping round the galley, I saw with amazement that the drunken devils had actually triced the poor mate up spread-eagle fashion in the main rigging, and were jeering him to their hearts' content. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z With a pickpocket's dexterity he drew from under his cloak his hunting knife from its sheath, ripped out the velvet lining, and possessed himself of the ducats in a trice. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z The interior of the building was metamorphosed in a trice beneath the new rector’s reforming hand. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z “Why, of course I am, sir,” was the reply, immensely pleased; and in a trice the farmer returned with a foam-capped jug and a glass. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The chest proved of less weight than they expected, and lo!—in a trice—it lay safe upon the floor of the cave. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z In a trice he was subdued, disarmed, and securely bound. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Before it could rise again they all threw themselves upon it, and in a trice its legs were securely bound while two men firmly held its head. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The rector’s son was no half-and-half lover, and in a trice the correspondence had become brisk. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Make much of me if you are wise, And use me while you may, For you will lose me in a trice. The Book of Riddles 2011-07-02T02:00:10.667Z He said nothing; sank back; quite automatically puffed with such fury that in a trice he had reduced the cigarette to an inch of glowing coal; scorched his fingers and threw it from him. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z In a trice there rang out three shots, and two of the assailants’ ponies went riderless. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z In a trice he had unstrapped an ample waterproof cloak from his saddle, and, dismounting, wrapped it twice round her, tightly and securely, yet so as not to impede the management of the reins. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z A few minutes more and he would be on his way to Battisford, but a low whistle, unmistakably human, recalled in a trice his wandering reflections. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z In a trice Denbigh and his companion dodged behind a tree; but quick though they were, the movement had not escaped the notice of the animal. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Vell, the moment I spies it, I unties my apron, whips up the dog, and covers it up in a trice. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z At midday, we triced up our boarding-nettings and made clear for action, with our courses up. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z So the horses were put to in a trice. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z In a trice the men began to clamber up. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z In a trice Stirling slipped quietly over the rail at the heels of one of the crew. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z So as they walked along, all at once the lad wished that he might become the handsomest man in all the world, and so he was in a trice. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z I know I triced that up properly last night. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z So astounded was he that he stood stock still, one hand still on the door-knob; then in a trice he had closed and locked the door from inside. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z “Pile in,” he smiled, and, in a trice, the girls were whirled homeward once more. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z He was in the saddle in a trice, and, almost as quickly, he was very nearly out of it. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Yes! in a trice, it was covered with good food and strong drink; enough, and to spare. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z "Think o' bein' triced up and left for dead!" commented the Captain. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Molly, ever a light sleeper, was out of bed in a trice and at the front window. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z But her hard little heart was colder than ice, She sent every suitor away in a trice; Till the wind drew nigh, with a terrible roar, And said: "Pretty Rose, your playtime is o'er." Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Even suppose anybody made a hole in his cheek, or in his coat, when he was mourning--these holes stitched themselves together in a trice, of their own accord. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The lad turned round in a trice, and had near lost both nose and ears. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z And then aloud: "It is meat and drink to me to trice up a Yankee!" Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z We'll let it down, my lad, in a trice; bar me out who can!' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z And all of these I'd give for the street Where I my sweetheart first did meet, And e'en the street I'd give as the price To meet him again—aye, but for a trice! An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z The wily Odo has ousted him from William's councils already, and if he had possession of this"—thumping his chest where the missive lay—"he'd have De Montfort's head in a trice. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z So he took off the weights, and got a pail, and set off and was out of sight in a trice. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The lad was delicate to begin with, and God knows what he had suffered on board the pirate craft before they triced him up and left him for dead. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z I'll step in and ask to see her mother, that will put her in a good humour in a trice.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z He was at her side in a trice. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z "Oh, the wallet!" we cried in chorus, and Dee rushed upstairs and came down in a trice bearing the wallet, watch, old cap and shoes. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z But in a trice out came the Troll. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z My boys grew sober in a trice, And shook their heads and frowned,— And this was in the nursery, Where only smiles are found. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z Why, he will crunch you up in a trice, and then he’ll come here, and we are all dead Boars!” The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z And in a trice, Hatfield had turned that hillside graveyard into a seething crucible, whose moulten maw opened and sucked the living in with the impotent smothered dead. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z "I know one thing, I'm a mighty sleepy gentleman;" and in a trice the quiet breathing from the disheveled bed told that Dum and her conscience were at rest. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z In a trice they were off, and the companion threw himself on behind the Billygoat, and away they went like a blast through the air. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The robbers, however, were not idle, but immediately fell to work upon Dapple, and, in a trice, emptied both wallet and cloak-bag. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z In a trice We loved each other, wrote, made vows, she pledged The consummation. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z The gun snapped with no report, and the sheer impetus of Lem's body moving at terrific velocity bore him down in a trice. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z We’ve got plenty of wire, and can run up all the aerial necessary in a trice, stand the Inca on one of those gold flagstones in his palace and give him what he asks for.” The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Then arose the same joyful strain as of old, and in a trice the Green Knight was there, and he wondered much to know how she had got thither. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Why do you not rather send for Don Quixote, my master? he will despatch your enemies in a trice. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z On the galleons swept to the windward of the Revenge, with their ports triced up and the gun muzzles showing, and the brass patereros glittering in the afternoon sun. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Like animated photography, all this dashed through the girl's mind in a trice when Lem expressed a wish that she would promise him something. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Stewart had a match ready—had had it ready for long minutes!—and in a trice the wick was alight and the flame shot up clear and steady. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z But in a trice the lad became an ant, crept into the cage, and turned himself into a falcon. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z And the fierce fire of his own emotion suddenly died away, annihilated as it were and turned in a trice to ashes as he watched her, by the intensity of hers. A Syrup of the Bees 2011-04-23T02:00:04.300Z In a trice the applicant, already half dismissed, was recalled into his presence—this time into the drawing-room. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Thus, in a trice, the fare becomes aware when he gets beyond the radius, and pays accordingly. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z They were not long on the way, and in a trice they came to a crossfell. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z I soon found the set I wanted, and in a trice made change with those I wore. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z In a trice they were freed from their fastenings, and armed with the weapons taken from the party of Cavaliers that had been caught by the head of the pitch. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z In a trice it is stuck upright in the turf, showing at its top something very different from the chains late there. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z The trial was made—I am relating a fact—the unfortunate boy was seized upon, a noose was adjusted round his neck, and he was triced up to the branch of a tree. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Her crew were tricing up the boarding netting, dragging round the starboard guns, knocking new portholes for them, and making every preparation for a desperate resistance. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z The negro passed a rope around my arms and in a trice I was secured. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z And, as their commanding officer seemed not objecting, they were out of their saddles in a trice, eating and drinking as though they had that day gone without either breakfast or dinner. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z I slipped down on deck, quick as lightning, triced up the main tack just high enough to enable me to see under the foot of the sail; and squared dead away before the wind. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z No doubt business secretary Cable would have heeded that advice in a trice, but two winsome reporters from the Telegraph had rendered Vince hors de combat. Rupert Murdoch: don't fear an old man in his twilight years 2011-03-06T00:12:22Z But the elder one recovered his presence of mind in a trice, and, dropping on to a stool, he pulled his son by the sleeve to make him sit down too. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Wet through in a trice, he had recourse to his brandy-flask. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Strange to say, these grew fat in a trice, although they were constantly on the scout; seldom idle long enough to let their backs get dry. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Richard and the Indian were not slow to avail themselves of this timely assistance; and in a trice the two half-drowned men were buoyed up beyond further danger. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The leopard was quickly triced to a pole, and they were back in Kohima. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Real confusion over how many site visitors just click through in a trice, as they Google away, and how many stop to "engage" with the digital page they're reading. We need better online circulation figures, but nothing's clicking 2011-02-06T00:04:09Z All my efforts to assimilate myself to their tastes, to join in their habits and adopt their notions, would have been detected in a trice. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z She would have the law on me in a trice, and be rid of me for good and all. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z In a trice, they were flying like a shot through the warm, summer air. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z The gun's crew at once made a rush for the conning tower, and were down the hatch in a trice, one of the wounded men fainting at the bottom. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z In a trice her small head was crowned with its own magnificent glory, the braid wound coronet-fashion over her ears and low upon her broad, white forehead. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z When the host had concocted the port in a trice, he went into the large dining-room to execute Léon's commission, which at first, roused a furious storm. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Yvonne is amazingly clever, and when she has a mind to sew works no end of wonders in a trice. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The youth bestrode the boar, and in a trice found himself in the neighbouring wood, and deposited under an enormous oak. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z The guards, astonished, stood back for a trice. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Here was what I had feared; unless we could keep the water out of the between-decks, all the upper works, and the masts along with them, would be gone in a trice. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z In a trice the table was loaded with dishes and bottles, and I should assuredly have died of indigestion if I had even tasted all that was offered me. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z In a trice the doors were broken open; the startled wedding guests could neither escape nor defend themselves. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z In a trice everybody was inside them—white, black, and yellow—the flaps pulled to, and all made safe as might be. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Was it a hangover from his traumatic experience as the England captain, exalted and exiled within a trice? The Ashes 2010: Ruthless Pietersen is England's terrifying weapon again 2010-12-05T10:08:00Z We got up our own anchor in a trice—the men running around the capstan in “double-quick,”—and putting the ship under steam, started to meet her. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Supposed facts can be published in a trice around the globe. Don't make Guido Fawkes a fall guy for Hague's woes. It's just politics 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z It moves in a trice from back office to front-line talent. Counting the cost of setting accountants on the BBC 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z It would be quick work; but luckily the hoppled horses were easily and quickly caught, and in a trice bridled and saddled. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Oh, none in the world," said the curate; "I'll fix them in a trice. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 In a trice we had got our guns out, and were approaching cautiously; but they had caught sight of us, and set off over the ice. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "Your worship does me a great honour," cried the antick fellow, "and I will dispatch your business in a trice," which he did, my beard being, I confess, no great thing as yet. Idonia: A Romance of Old London In a trice, with an improvement upon her former tentative onslaught, she had thrown herself with greater deadliness of aim and more convulsive tenacity into his willing, yet unwilling, arms again. A Poached Peerage In a trice they too had entered among the ant-hills, and were still coming on for that beside which he and the horse stood. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z I was at the door in a trice—indeed, I rather tumbled upon it. Deep Moat Grange Spite retreated upon his cord, and in a trice was half way up toward the twig. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies They still trice up their gouty legs to take after harmless foxes. The Valiants of Virginia Pulling her penknife from her pocket, she cut the cords in a trice, and opening the lid, clutched her whimpering pet in her arms. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life And when he had completed all the processes, and poured the tea for them, they praised its fragrance and delicacy to the skies, and in a trice he was called upon to renew the supply. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Nothing to do but set her soles against the waa', and in a trice she will be as comfortable as a ha'penny breakfast roll. Deep Moat Grange He opened it with fingers that trembled a little; but the matches were still dry, and in a trice one was struck and lit. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West In a trice the gun was cleaned and cooled and another shell pushed into place, and then the firing was repeated. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy In a trice her optimism crushed out of sight the flat thoughts of aimless days. A Bed of Roses In a trice the three women were chatting away like a group of old neighbours! An Engagement of Convenience A Novel And I become severe master constable in a trice. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 A clever woman could master such trivial details in a trice. Love's Usuries Sailors died of flogging or keelhauling, or of being triced up by the thumbs for the most trifling misdemeanors. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Walpurga looked about her in all directions, and then, undressing herself in a trice, jumped into the lake. On the Heights A Novel He threw off his coat and vest with a quick motion, and with his knife cut the laces of his shoes, kicking them off in a trice. The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils Unfortunately for Jack, Miss Burton's quick ears caught the remark and she pounced upon the offender in a trice. Just Gerry Boarding-nettings she had, too, ready to be triced up in case of need; and altogether she had no occasion to dread any enemy she was at all likely to meet. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 In a trice my despair had given place to hope and joy no less extravagant. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois So, in a trice, a third appeared, and met with exactly the same fate. Harley Greenoak's Charge In a trice they were dragged ignominiously from the pit. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War In a trice the Zulu boy had wrenched himself free, and, deftly ducking between two of the others who sprang at him, was off like a shot. Haviland's Chum The district surgeon, whose presence on such occasions was required by law, replied in the affirmative, and the Hottentot, stripped to the waist, was triced to the ladder. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance With the deftness of sailors, they removed my handcuffs, stripped me to the waist, and triced me up by the wrists to the foremast. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois In a trice they reappeared, and there was the glint and bristle of assegais. Harley Greenoak's Charge Phil reached the cart, and was off the pony’s back and in the fort in a trice. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War In a trice the great crawling venomous brute was, like themselves, a prisoner, savagely walking round and round, and wondering what had happened. Haviland's Chum In a trice her arms were supporting the lovely head, her lips pressed to the white cheek, her lips cooing out tenderest reassurements. A Question of Marriage But the rider kept him well by the head, and in a trice he emerged panting and dripping on the other side. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Grimly, justifiably elate, the gunners in a trice had rammed home the next charge. Harley Greenoak's Charge Each man immediately seized his weapons, and in a trice the little party was gliding stealthily forward in the direction indicated by Grenville. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa In a trice the baskets were unpacked—knives and forks, enamelled plates and cups, and several substantial looking parcels being laid out on a rug. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising That would have cut the knot of the difficulty in a trice. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And in a trice he was round to meet the new attack. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt And in a trice the weird equestrians, their red blankets streaming behind them, were whirled out of sight, and having given them time to get further on their way, we resumed our own. A Veldt Vendetta In a trice the two wounded leaders were cut loose, the one still kicking being given its quietus. In the Whirl of the Rising It must be very good, but not—not too fashionable,” said Mary, with a blush, and the kindly Cockney ran a twinkling glance over her attire, and took in the position in a trice. Lady Cassandra In a trice the man’s kerrie was struck from his grasp, and he was thrown down, beaten, kicked, and very roughly handled. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Ye satyrs, in a trice Leave your low jests and verses rough and hobbly, And bring me a good fragment of the ice Kept in the grotto of the Garden Boboli. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series In a trice, he produced three glasses and placed them on a small table which he drew close to the fire. The Intriguers In a trice Paul was at Chip's heels while Nels, puffing more than ever, yet still game, came on after. The Auto Boys' Mystery In a trice the entire open space was covered with Turkish riders, who crowded upon us like a heap of ants. The Golden Age in Transylvania In a trice a few stout rawhide thongs were procured, and Carhayes was once more bound hand and foot. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The Serapis now triced up her lower-deck ports, showing two complete batteries, besides her spar deck, lighted up for action, and making a most formidable appearance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Forthwith the baron, the master of the Hall, was caught up by the wind, carried out at the window, and was shut up in the porter's lodge in a trice. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series In a trice the others were upon him and after a brief struggle had him tied hard and fast again. The Auto Boys' Mystery And in a trice the spokesman of the malcontents was spread-eagled across the wheel, triangled in such wise that he could move neither hand nor foot. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley In a trice the bag was unlocked and its contents extracted by the simple process of turning them out on to the ground. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland He was alongside of us in a trice, pulling on his boots. A Marriage at Sea Mr. Gorrisen was up in a trice, and I was hurried out of the door so quickly that, almost before I knew it, I stood out in the cold hall. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself In a trice, remembering the one cartridge, he levelled the pistol and began pulling the trigger. The Auto Boys' Mystery Kazimbi, triced up all ready for the lash, turned grey with fear, and moaned piteously for mercy. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He, too, carries a gun, but in a trice he has torn a reim from the D. of his saddle, and is lashing and cursing with a will among the excited hounds. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Helen slipped into a light shirtwaist and was ready in a trice. Helen Grant's Schooldays Machiavel is off in a trice and pursues the fair who flies from him. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The squire departed with his challenge, and in a trice Galihodin came riding forward spear in rest. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "The commodore is killed!" cried the men; but in a trice he was up again, and aiming and firing one of his own guns. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read In a trice twenty-one of the Hudson's Bay men lay dead. The Story of the Trapper With the fresh leaf of the cocoanut they are woven or braided in a trice—oval, round or square,—with a pliable green handle all ready for transportation. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Even Bennie Rhead, frightened as he was, made no mistake, and in a trice the wedge was complete. Under Boy Scout Colors But in a trice I had crossed the river, wading to my middle in the clear warm pool. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Three times the storks bowed their long necks to the sun just rising above the mountains, "Mutabor!" shouted they, and in a trice they were men again. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace In a trice he had the struggling forms of both girls captive, one under each arm. The Ego Machine His first thought was, that taking advantage of his carelessness, the man intended to make away with his steed; he sprang upon his legs, drew his sword, and in a trice was by his side. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. "I'm not running from a snake," answered the young officer, and in a trice he whipped out his pistol. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck So I put out my hand, and in a trice I was up beside her. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway If that's my girl that sings—as her mother did before her—I shall know her in a trice. A Life Sentence A Novel I drew my sabre in a trice, and scarce knowing at what side to defend myself, laid wildly about me, while I shouted with all my might for help. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Then two other knights came up and challenged him with the Cornish shield, and in a trice he smote them both down with one spear. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur In a trice he explained to us the whole matter, which was as we had supposed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 All their tiredness vanished then in a trice, and the last mile was covered and home reached almost before they had begun to tell all they had to say. Better than Play Hubert has a reason for silencing her; with any other man, she would have the matter out in a trice, and ruin me. A Life Sentence A Novel He bowed, and in a trice the orator returned, full of the sense of glory in this obedience, and with the best shoulder of mutton in the market. The Tatler, Volume 3 "The men who wouldn't join him he's likely killed or triced up an' left 'em under guard of one or two of the gang." Doubloons—and the Girl Eccles and I triced them up, then stowed the supper gear in the locker. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Her father expressed the opinion that the Beast wished her to keep them all for herself, and in a trice dresses and chest were back again where they were before. Old-Time Stories If you wanted only riches, you should have them in a trice. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages We stopped; in a trice she was out of the carriage, had untied my horse, and was up in the saddle, prancing and curvetting around us. Weird Tales. Vol. I In a trice he had her in his arms. The Deaves Affair Down went both the sailor and the guard; but the rebel got the worse of it, for he lay half stunned, while Luke was up in a trice. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon In a trice, with a tap of her hand, the fairy transported them all to the prince's realm, where his subjects were delighted to see him again. Old-Time Stories The pots were on in a trice, and by the time we had tents pitched we were saluted with the "Fall in" for soup. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 The boy put on the moccasins; and, in a trice, he was flitting away over the face of the green earth at ten times the speed of a wild goose chased by the winds. The Red Moccasins A Story I presume, could adroitly and gingerly settle this intricate, tangled concern: You in a trice could relieve our perplexities. Pot-Boilers The insurgents saw them coming and fired several shots, but nobody was struck, and in a trice the house was surrounded. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon ‘Jump on my back, dear fox, and you will find yourself in a trice on the opposite shore.’ The Brown Fairy Book One glance at Elinor's pale features and drooping mien changed his disposition in a trice. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. The other men at once rushed from the shanty, and in a trice Matt was surrounded. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone In a trice spaces were cleared on the tables. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself But to-night she merely loosened her hair, and was between the sheets in a trice. Jena or Sedan? Through actual experience the child gains in a trice a total concept, whereas the same concept expressed in words would be only grasped in a partial manner. Froebel's Gifts One after another closed his obscure adventures in mid-air, triced up to the arm of the royal gibbet or the Baron’s dule-tree. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston In a trice she comprehended precisely the meaning of the passage. The Bandbox I unhooked my skirt, dropped it to the floor, and stepped out of it in a trice, anxious to do anything to win back the good will of Phœbe. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself "Well, no sooner said than done, if you're a man of your word," said Huckaback, in a trice producing a bit of paper, and a pen and ink. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. In a trice they had sprung up the broad stair-way to the landing above, from whence the excited voices proceeded, appearing on the threshold just in time to hear Gerelda's terrible accusation. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain After a single scornful glance the Dark Master ordered him triced up to a post, which was done. Nuala O'Malley Three wretched figures were triced up to the mainmast. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts At the third attempt he blundered right against it, and flung an arm over one of the flukes, next a leg, and in a trice we were hauling up, hand over hand. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Most of the Ravens had come out on to Quay Flat after their return home, and in a trice Chippy was at the head of six of his scouts. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts In a trice he tore off his warm fur coat, wrapped it about her, and hurried over to the drug store, bearing his beautiful burden as though she were but a child. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain It was the same when the officer questioned Jules, and in a trice he realized that the two had made their escape from Ruhleben together. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front The captain drew a loaded pistol from his belt; the sailor struck up his hand; and, as the bullet whistled through the rigging above, he grappled with him, and disarmed him in a trice. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. He found some jelly cake so nice, This naughty little mouse; He nibbled first, then in a trice 'Twas gone from dollie's house. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 In a trice he had hidden himself under the empty sacks, and lay there without making sign or sound. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts The four little Eliots were on their feet again in a trice, giggling and nudging each other behind the excited Ely. Happy Days for Boys and Girls The whistle sounded shrilly, smoke issued from the engine, and in a trice they were off on another stage of their adventurous journey. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front He sat down on his haunches, and gobbled her up in a trice, and he never had a nicer dinner. The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open flew. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The turf was soft and she was up in a trice, gripping Calico’s rein before he could make use of his freedom. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John But no! the Times gives sound advice, As matters stand, I think I'll "trice"! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 I saw one gentleman-like-looking man remonstrating; in a trice he was in durance vile. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) In a trice I had his uniform on me and had twisted my features to match his. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 And as to liberty we have in a trice transformed this into "absolute" liberty, into Anarchist liberty. Anarchism and Socialism The entire geological and biological worlds were up in arms in a trice. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Yet as each word I clip and splice, I'm more than half inclined to "trice." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 He did put his name down; was called out in a trice and shot in the next campaign. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) "By the blessed Virgin!" exclaimed she, in half-frightened tones, evidently engendered by a most wholesome respect for her son, "wait but a trice until the door be unbarred." The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts He hated the sight of her rough bulk, and dreaded the contact of her hard hands; but she taught him docility in a trice. Shirley So it skipped off in a trice, Scorning mother’s good advice; And when it thought at home to sup, Down came the hawk and gobbled it up. Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright The three little cats jumped down in a trice, And cracked the bones of the three little mice. Traditional Nursery Songs of England With Pictures by Eminent Modern Artists She was not shy, beginning conversation in a trice upon interesting subjects. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) I had not time to be afraid, but, as the blow still hung impending, leaped in a trice upon one side, and missing my foot in the soft sand, rolled headlong down the slope. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) "You'll be up in a trice," he observed, by way of saying something. Shirley In a trice he emerged with a great machete. Carmen Ariza That work was performed in a trice, as the materials were at hand and all the neighbors took part in it. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Up I jumped and had my clothes on in a trice. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I So the servant ran out and returned in a trice with a crowd of hungry men, and Goria distributed the bread, giving to each a piece of gold out of the bag. The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales In a trice the wakeful man was at his sick wife's side, supporting her in bed as she sat up wildly staring, trembling in his arms. The Camera Fiend In a trice they had scaled the ramparts, and the fort was in their possession. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba "See how that big ox orders me around," he proclaimed, but he picked up the wire and in a trice had the guard helpless and glaring. Slaves of Mercury It is to be hoped the chimneys stand with their feather-edge to it, or we shall have a stack or two about our ears in a trice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 In a trice the English sailors were on the Spanish deck with swords out and the rallying-cry of 'God and St George! Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters "Tie these men up!" snapped Carnes. n a trice the six men were securely bound and Frink's bleeding shoulder was being skilfully treated by two of the marines. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 And in a trice Calhoun felt each of his arms grasped by strong hands. Raiding with Morgan In a trice his huge bulk was safely ensconced in the adjoining one. Slaves of Mercury With a quick bound he cleared the space which divided them, and in a trice he had grasped her wrists firmly and torn the veil from her face. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover In a trice, still locked in each other's arms, Sarka and Jaska saw the Gnomes through what appeared to be an even bluer haze. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 In a trice the passageway was a sheet of flame, rapidly filling with smoke from burning insulation. The Long Voyage In a trice they were ready and the ladies, wrapped in their cloaks, were in the coach. The Strollers Your wife, in a trice, will be kinder! The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme She hesitated a moment longer, but only a moment; of a sudden smouldering embers of jealousy and desire broke into devastating flame, consuming doubts and scruples in a trice. Nobody Will my dead wife's family be less bereaved because of two kegs of peef and three tins of biscuit, or Rosalie's family less disgraced because her uncle was triced through the streets like a big? Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas But, alas! while the kittens were hunting up mice, And munching, and crunching Their smoking-hot lunching, A boy came and caught them all up in a trice! Funny Little Socks Being the Fourth Book And in a trice he was off, as Sally supposed, on his mission. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife Upon which Egomet’s remark was, that— “The scene to Oxford shifted in a trice is, This river-god—no longer Thames, but Isis.” A Walk from London to Fulham She reached the door before he could stop her, and in a trice she was out in the gallery. The Martian Cabal In a trice he broke beyond the circle and darted to the control-panel. Raiders of the Universes He lifted his great club and would have knocked the life out of Charming in a trice, but suddenly he could not see. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Such reaction, such a hubbub in a trice! Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning "That thundering cockroach-legged thief, that was copper-fastened with gold lace and brass buttons chock up to his ears, with a thundering great broadsword triced up to his larboard quarter and slung with brass chains." An Old Sailor's Yarns And the man at the stage door, who carries the note to the orator, returns in a trice, and tells Khalid to lift himself off. The Book of Khalid Andor's friends had assembled in the street in a trice; here was too glorious an opportunity to shout and to sing and to make merry, to be lightly missed. A Bride of the Plains Up sprang Nimble, and in a trice let drop a whole basketful of rich ripe mangoes. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Meanwhile the divisions on deck had got hawsers over the launch amidships, the chains unbent, the anchors lashed down on the forecastle, and the quarter boats triced well inboard and secured with the davits. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life One day a badger came out of the forest, and in a trice drove away the hare, and eating up his dinner, licked the plate clean. Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The square-faced clerk enters, shuts the door after him, returns in a trice, and conducts us into the awful Presence. The Book of Khalid The senator's son understood, and in a trice he followed Dave outside. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy The nobles they ate and they drank for a trice, Brouk has discovered another device: “What will ye now do, ye worshipful knights, Have drinking and dancing for ye delights?” The Song of Deirdra, King Byrge and his Brothers and Other Ballads It was a tedious process at first, but presently he managed to get the knot sufficiently loosened to permit of his obtaining a good purchase, and then, in a trice, the ropes fell away. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards Put it on thy head and wish it so, and thou-382- wilt be transported in a trice to other lands. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Already all the artists have drawn sword or poniard, which the three monks bless in a trice. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories He gave the words, 'Right you are; pull away!' and in a trice the three lads and Magsie pulled the girl and the boy up to the summit of the rock. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief She stayed beautifully, even under the single sail, and in a trice was lying well upon the other tack, as we stood out to sea. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. In short, at a highly extravagant price, The bachelors all were sold off in a trice: And forty old maidens, some younger, some older, Each lugged an old bachelor home on her shoulder. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition "Something to bind the imp, quickly," Wotan called to Loge, and in a trice the dwarf was bound, and borne upward by the God and Loge. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Now, as quickly, the two boat-tenders rowed back to the Drab, and the boats were triced up in a twinkling. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise The men by this time were interested, and we had the rocket rigged in a trice. Hurricane Island Mrs. Grundy gave some orders in a low, yet positive tone, and in a trice two rows of slaves were standing along each side of the avenue. The Love Story of Abner Stone Very well, Miss Alice, the kettle is just going to boil; you shall have tea in a trice. The Wide, Wide World But highest States fall in a trice; No great success held ever long; A restless fate afflicts the throng Of kings and commons, and less days Serve to destroy them than to raise. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II In a trice the sail was blown to fluttering ribbons! The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise I rapped loudly and called loudly; and in a trice the door opened, and the Princess Alix stood before me, glimmering like a ghost in the darkness. Hurricane Island Now fasten the sheet and throw off the main-tack and trice the sail up pretty near to the throat. A Chapter of Adventures The three little cats jump'd up in a trice, And crack'd the bones of the three little mice, The three little mice. The Nursery, April 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Shut your eyes, deary, and sleep in a trice, Then I will stay here, and scare off the mice,— Purr-r-r! The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers He said never a word, but in a trice had his knife out, cut off his puttee and looked at his ankle. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The Texan knew how to handle tying gear, as all Texans do, and in a trice the unresisting cochero was dragged from his seat and bound, Ixion-like, to one of the carriage wheels. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Oh, to have the fellows triced up for three dozen of the best apiece—good old-fashioned measure. The Dop Doctor He was landed inboard in a trice, and handed over to the tender mercies of the forecastle hands. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 In a trice the Phoenix had pounced on the Leprechaun and pinned him to the ground. David and the Phoenix Two others, who had been stretched on the floor, simultaneously grabbed his companion by the skirts and wound their arms about his knees: and so in a trice both heroes were brought to ground. Merry-Garden and Other Stories In a trice the dog was thrown into the air. A Book About Lawyers I had not time to be afraid, but, as the blow still hung impending, leaped in a trice upon one side, and missing my footing in the soft sand, rolled headlong down the slope. Treasure Island "First of all we must find Captain Pendarves—we must go look for him," she said, answering my thought and making up my mind for me in a trice. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 There was a mad stampede and in a trice the street was empty. The Panchronicon I found her a rakish-looking vessel with her boarding netting triced up. A Sailor of King George In a trice the Chief Justice was sitting on the ground with his feet some fifteen inches above the level of his seat, and his ankles encircled by hard wood. A Book About Lawyers The captor on his right relieved him of the useless weapon, and, in a trice, produced a rope, with which he bound the sheepman’s arms tightly behind him. The Free Range In a trice, despite their struggles—which, with heads covered and arms held close to their sides, were utterly unavailing—they were caught up, tossed into the tonneau, and the car shot swiftly away. In Her Own Right In a trice Rebecca found herself clinging to Phœbe with whom she was borne onward helpless by the mad throng. The Panchronicon Jim’s hand flew to his belt and the big revolver was jerked out in a trice. Colorado Jim I know Martin will with a trice bestride my shoulders. A History of Elizabethan Literature And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets In a trice all entry of any unpleasant emotion vanished from my antagonist’s handsome face, leaving it olive tinted, cameo, inert. Desert Dust In a trice he had reärranged his toilet, and now was briskly following the unerring Grumbo on the rediscovered trail. Burl At the shore, Gunther and I, in a trice, changed places, and by virtue of the Tarnhelm I wished myself here. The Wagnerian Romances "Keep 'em up!" snarled Snake Purdee, and the flag went up again in a trice. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders In a trice three phials had been taken down from their shelves, and three stout silk-lined cases, of the pattern of safety-match boxes, had been produced. Jonah and Co. And thus this non-importation agreement worked like a charm: it brought about in a trice what petitions and remonstrances had failed to accomplish in years. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief In a trice I had rebaited my hook and dropped in a third time; but as before the vagrant school had moved on. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Harry Hawke signalised his delight by hurling a heavy chair down the staircase, and in a trice the barricade was torn aside, and A Company went down with the bayonet to do their bit. With Haig on the Somme In a trice, she had the table covered with various good things, conspicuous amongst which was a jolly round of salt beef. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 "Any of you gents know this young bantam I've got triced up here?" The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code I never see a parchment-visaged, fee-clutching limb of the law but I long to beat him, and, if I had him on blue water, to trice him up higher than ever he went before. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... In a trice the story was told—the King waved his hand imperiously and took a pinch of snuff. Terribly Intimate Portraits In a trice the two detectives threw themselves upon their prey. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Catching hold of the girdle round the creature's body, she unclasped the buckle, and in a trice the evil thing had vanished; and there was Nippo, his own self, standing before them. Werwolves In a trice he had snapped the padlock and had come back to the three girls huddled under the tree. Rainbow Hill Her eyes told him all that; but as they flashed, stabbing him, their expression altered, and in a trice her ear was to the keyhole. Stingaree By this one can clearly see that in a trice she had Paris at her feet—and what feet! Terribly Intimate Portraits Your Bengalee mounts defences of tattees and punkahs that cool down a hot wind, or whistle air into presence in a trice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Henry tapped at the door of the inner room, and in a trice the worthy Professor stood in their midst. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter An adventure, an anecdote, a scene, a rapid glance, a detail, suggests a literary or artistic creation; but the organic form does not appear in a trice. Essay on the Creative Imagination We called it "the Lancasterian system," and supposed the nation would be educated in a trice. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The guns were charged with grape and canister, the boarding-nettings triced up, and cutlasses and pistols distributed to the crew. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 By awarding him the medal in a trice. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Nothing loath, Jake accepted the challenge, and in a trice the two were locked together in a friendly yet desperate encounter. The Unknown Wrestler In a trice Ree was at the foot of the bed and looking beneath it. Far Past the Frontier Our friend Dan Prior had, you know, A tale exactly à propos; Name a town life—and, in a trice, He had a story of two mice. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) The sailors were prepared for a desperate conflict, and spent the night before the battle in tricing up the boarding-nettings, sharpening cutlasses, and getting small-arms in good trim. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Disappointed of money, they proceeded to undress him with a running accompaniment of threats and curses, and in a trice had left poor Gabriel standing in his shirt, while they made good their retreat. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 As they ran into the thicket four persons came behind them, and in a trice each was thrown violently forward on the ground and held there. The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht "Dump them into the river—the bath will do them good," suggested Songbird, and in a trice this was accomplished, and both went down with a loud splash. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch Oh! for the heart of Homer's mice Or gods, to save them in a trice; It was by miracle they think, For Roman stucco has no chink. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) "Hurrah! we've got 'em on the run!" came from the woods, and in a trice several of the Army of Blue appeared on the top of the snowbank. Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall Joel's brown hands pawed among the cleaning-cloths and brushes, bringing up in a trice the racket, Grandpapa's gift, to flourish it high. Five Little Peppers at School At Cheshunt he found a poor, mad sailor triced up in a doorway by hands and feet. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Then I pulled my wits together, and was on deck in a trice. Marjorie With a brief, "Starboard it is, sir," the man who had taken the helm brought the ship round, and the silent, active crew in a trice were ready to go about. The Light of Scarthey A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for the tricing up of the bowsprit when required. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. With masculine swiftness and strength she seized him by the collar, and in a trice had him head downwards in the horse-trough. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road Nothing was there, save the big square ports, triced up by chains to admit the air into the saloon. Gold Out of Celebes The clatter of that reverberation altered in a trice the whole conditions of our game. Marjorie Running to his parents’ bedroom he told them of his going, and was down the stairs and out into the street in a trice. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Those used for the hammocks, or tricing up the bags between the beams on the lower-deck. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At the same instant half a dozen men flung themselves upon the king, and in a trice his hands were drawn behind him, and securely bound. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure The more experienced would have known what that was, for their noses would have 22 told them in a trice. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers He saw them toiling in the fields and triced up under the lash. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. They lost very little time; there was a tree with a convenient branch, just near the line, and in a trice they threw the rope over this and knotted the end into a noose. A Queen's Error "In a jiffy," in an instant; equivalent with crack, trice, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May." Songs of a Sourdough In a trice he had thrown his leg up over the tree, his practice in the gymnasium making this an easy feat. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers This spread through Athens in a trice; The prudent widow takes advice. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes The boat was wrenched about in a trice and moved away from the island, soon disappearing in the direction of the bar. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Wait there awhile, my pretty little bird: tomorrow morning we will come again with axe and nets; we will then cut down your tree in a trice and catch you. The King of Root Valley and his curious daughter At that I was sobered in a trice. The Reckoning In a trice it is emptied—not a scrap being left by the prowling pilferers. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure “So much the better,” quoth the sage, And gives three farthings for the job; “I’ve no more money in my fob; But if you’ll follow my advice, More shall be levied in a trice.” The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes The young moon will be up in a trice, and I must invoke Tlaloc, the god of the waters, to bestow some gold on the Caciques of Tehuantepec.” The Tiger Hunter “Stand by to lower the boat; trice up the main tack!” cried papa. A Yacht Voyage Round England Then we triced it up, and felt that at last we were ready for whatever the fates—and the natives—might have in store for us. Turned Adrift The System that with logic absolute Both Standard Oil and Copper can confute; The Sovereign Alchemist that in a trice National Lead can into Gold transmute. The Re-echo Club MacLachlan, who was a man of energy, brought them to reason by tricing seven of them up to the rigging by their thumbs, and promised to 'deal severely' with them next time. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 In a trice he was gripping the rail, and a second later he was safely inside the boat, and standing shaking himself like some great Newfoundland dog. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers Poor Tom fell sick; when, in a trice, There came a car with flying mice: The queen, inside the car so grand, Convey’d poor Tom to a fairy land. An Entertaining History of Tom Thumb William Raine's Edition |
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