| 单词 | trolley car |
| 例句 | The olive and copper trolley car ground slowly toward him, leisurely pitching and rocking. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The full, bosomy elms made a tunnel of shade over the yellow and red brick fronts along Commonwealth Avenue, and a trolley car was threading itself toward Boston down its slim, silver track. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I got out of school at two o’clock and took a trolley car over to the public library where I was supposed to meet Danny. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Sissy said, “I bet that’s the only confirmation picture in the world with a trolley car in it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole ride home was like that: silence in the trolley car, weeping men and women, groups of people standing about dazedly in the streets, little children looking bewildered and wondering what had happened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Would the motorman be mad, she wondered, if he knew that she was making his trolley car work for her? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t help but remember the waterlogged specter on the trolley car who wouldn’t leave her alone unless she promised to deliver her message. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In crowded trolley cars, people huddled away from those Nolan children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In one section of the city, a gang piled mattresses, barrels, and boxes on the trolley car tracks and set them afire. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The ghosts on the trolley cars had never been able to hurt the passengers, and there were far more people riding the trolleys of Pittsburgh than anywhere else. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It was cloudy and seemed ready to rain, so we decided to take a trolley car back rather than walk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Durham transformed itself into a bustling, modern city: Electric trolley cars clattered down broad, tree-lined avenues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They boarded one of those trolley cars that had two long benches facing each other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Blacks in Atlanta waged an effective boycott of Jim Crow trolley cars in 1894, and in the next decade, boycotts spread to over a dozen Southern cities, including Houston and Mobile. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She walked with him to the trolley car. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I worry all the time you will get hit by a taxi or a trolley car, and you go and get hit by a baseball.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then she saw her mother’s face in the trolley car when Mama sat with her head back and her eyes closed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, I heard the trolley car rattle past as the night grew late. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know whether it was caused by the excitement of holding the baby, the bouncing trolley car, the idea of Papa or the discovery about Sissy’s perfume. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think, um, you just got hit by the trolley car, sir. You’re—” She bit her lip, but then realized there was no point in not telling him the truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They stayed at home and rested that night, but the next night they went to a show and after that they rode around on the trolley cars and sort of looked things over for themselves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z But sometimes the warning was not heeded, and when that happened the trolley car would add one more ghost to the horde that prowled the Steel City. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Everywhere I went I found those leaflets—on the streets, in the trolley cars, in my classroom desks, on my lunch table, even in the school bathrooms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Pittsburgh was made of steel and dreams, and so were her trolley cars. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z At one point, he sets up his camera in the space between oncoming trolley cars — Russia’s Buster Keaton. The Russian Avant-Garde Rising in ‘A Revolutionary Impulse’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “Barn” is short for “trolley car barn,” that brick structure that fills the horizon from North 35th Street on the right to the house on the left. In Fremont, a trolley barn becomes a chocolate factory 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Arrival times are posted electronically, and we found the trolley cars convenient, clean and brightly illuminated at night. Car-free in California, from San Francisco to L.A. to San Diego 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The song's video is compiled from footage of band members singing and twanging guitars from the top of subway and trolley cars. A guide to Pussy Riot's oeuvre 2012-08-18T15:19:07Z The tired hum of a bus trudging up a hill, a trolley car’s bell clanging in the distance. Intoxicating highs and deep darkness: living and loving with bipolar disorder 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z At 18, a trolley car rammed into the bus she was riding; the accident shattered her spine and reduced her right leg to bits. Frida Kahlo’s Home Is Still Unlocking Secrets, 50 Years Later 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Riding on a trolley car in Dayton, Ohio, during a rainstorm. Martin Sheen: ‘Which living person do I most despise? Yellow Hair' 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Guests rode trolley cars down to a pavilion erected on the White House south grounds decorated in the green and saffron colors of India’s flag. India’s Modi brings comedy game to big White House dinner in his honor 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The strikes halted ferries to the islands and shut down bus and trolley car service in Athens, where thousands were expected to attend union-organized protests against the government. Deadly train crash in Greece prompts safety worries, strikes 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z It was used to provide electricity to the growing city, particularly powering the electric trolley car system according to the Seattle City Light website. Celebrating a past that never was at Seattle’s Georgetown Steam Plant 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The multitudes paid 30 or 35 cents each for a round trip aboard his special trolley cars to get to the aviation meet. How a 1910 air show launched L.A.’s rise to aerospace capital 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The celebrity comeback has become a cliche in recent years — an expected stop on the trolley car of fame, a required slide in a talent manager’s PowerPoint presentation. Perspective | Brendan Fraser’s comeback says less about him than it says about us 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Imagine you are standing by trolley tracks observing the trolley cars in action. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z There are few cars on the wide streets where largely empty trolley cars rumble along the tracks. Kharkiv Tried to Return to Normal. Russian Shelling Wouldn’t Let It. 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Despite losing a couple of toes when his foot was run over by a trolley car as a kid, Brewer became a promising young pitcher while growing up in Des Moines. Chet Brewer's best delivery was helping Black players reach the major leagues 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z As at many other temporary checkpoints in the capital, the trolley car damaged in the attack had been serving as a barricade, dragged into the street to slow traffic. Kyiv residents on edge after strikes devastate civilian homes 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z He would call people in the party, for instance, "trolley car guys," because they followed a line. Legendary reporter Carl Bernstein on journalism, Trump and history: "The truth is not neutral" 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z To your horror, you realize that one of the trolley cars is out of control. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The trolley cars shared the fate of the family horse: abandoned for gas-fueled horsepower. Who killed L.A.'s streetcars? We all did 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z “I ran for president saying it’s time to rebuild the backbone of the nation,” Biden said in a 50-minute speech at the Electric City Trolley Museum, with old trolley cars as his backdrop. Biden abruptly accelerates his involvement in agenda talks 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The land, made accessible by red trolley cars that trundled to and from the growing metropolis of Los Angeles, was ripe for development. This Black Family Ran a Thriving Beach Resort 100 Years Ago. They Want Their Land Back. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z How pretty it all was: the trolley cars, the faux gas station, the elegance of Carthay Circle. Will anyone pay $75 to visit Disney California Adventure with no rides? You bet 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The beleaguered transit system — which was already struggling to replace 30-year-old subway and trolley cars — is projecting a $231 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that ends June 30. Coronavirus deals extra blow to cities' cash-strapped transit systems 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The beleaguered transit system - which was already struggling to replace 30-year-old subway and trolley cars - is projecting a $231 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that ends June 30. Transit systems face plunging ridership amid virus fears 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Route by route, the new trolleys and buses began taking over, and the old trolley cars were trundled off to the wrecking yard. The end of Seattle’s streetcars was the beginning of the city’s uncertain transit future 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Bidding for the lot of seven cars -Orange Line subway cars and Green Line trolley cars - starts at $500. The MBTA is auctioning off seven vintage subway cars 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The original cover features a gracefully composed image of a trolley car in New Orleans, the passengers gazing directly out, as if deliberately holding eye contact with the viewer. How Robert Frank’s Photographs Helped Define America 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z In “Trolley,” Mr. Frank captures the indignity of racism by showing black and white passengers occupying side-by-side window frames of the trolley car yet divided by race and social status. Robert Frank, influential photographer who captured ‘The Americans,’ dies at 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The trolley car was first turned into a diner at its present location in 1926; it became the Luxury Diner in 1964. You’re going where? Cheyenne 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The Americana “is a pristine capitalist playground filled with Bellagio fountains, vintage trolley cars, and Bose speakers embedded in lamp posts,” Blum continued. Essential California: The L.A. mall meme wars 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z At the Grove, you can ride a trolley car, hear live music, and gaze at fountains of dancing water. Dodgers in the Valley? Ballpark might have replaced mall — had the Angels not squashed the idea 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In the 1950s, the building was replaced by a structure made to look like an old trolley car. Maryland ‘cultural gem’ won’t be a pot dispensary, but its days as a diner might be numbered 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z And in the 1950s, the building was replaced by a structure that was designed to look like an old trolley car and made by the New Jersey-based Comac Diner Co. ‘This place is full of old stories’: Historical Maryland diner is slated to become a marijuana dispensary 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z In a trolley car that is rumored to have driven the capital’s streets between 1894 and 1912, Luxury Diner serves the city’s heartiest and homiest breakfast and lunch. You’re going where? Cheyenne 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The route was eventually discontinued, but the trolley car that dates to the pre-1900s still remains. ‘Lightning Line’ trolley finds a new home in Montgomery 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Many residential streets are narrow and wider corridors, like Christopher Columbus Drive, have long been overhauled to accommodate automobiles, originally having served trolley cars and carriages. In Jersey City, Working to Stem the Rise in Traffic Deaths 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z “People were coming up and tearing the fur out of it when we were on the trolley car,” he said with a laugh. There's a catch to former 49ers great Dwight Clark and his battle with ALS 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Her father painted the numbers and letters on city trolley cars. Isabella L. Karle, chemist who helped reveal structure of molecules, dies at 95 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “I’ve lived through the days of horses and buggies, trolley cars, Model-T Fords, and early planes. . . . I fully believe there will never be another century as full of change and inventions as that one.” Martha Ann Miller, who taught at one of Virginia’s first desegregated public schools, dies at 106 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Cortell said there is movement related to the redevelopment of the space in addition to the trolley car, the Montgomery newspaper reported. ‘Lightning Line’ trolley finds a new home in Montgomery 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The first official march-related event in Washington kicked off Thursday evening in Dupont Underground, an abandoned trolley car station and former fallout shelter that is now a cavernous arts space. Why scientists are marching on Washington and more than 600 other cities 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z He spoke of fly-fishing and bike riding, a grandmother with an icebox in Nebraska and a grandfather who paid for college working on Denver’s trolley cars. What to Watch: Day 2 of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmation Hearings 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The park would resurrect part of the Williamsburg Bridge railway terminal, which served as a hub for trolley cars for more than four decades before it closed in 1948. Move Over, Rats. New York Is Planning an Underground Park. 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z "There used to be little cottages on the lake, and people living in Cleveland would hop on the trolley car and come out here to spend the summer," Zilka says. Smack in the suburbs - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Instead, get rid of the motor vehicles, put back some trolley cars, and let quiet reign again. Brooklyn Bridge, the ‘Times Square in the Sky,’ May Get an Expansion 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z NASA’s Kopardekar points to a 1920s photo of a Los Angeles intersection that shows a chaotic melange of cars, horse carriages, trolley cars and pedestrians. Before feared spike in drone crashes, White House sets new rules 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z “We regret the passing of the trolley car,” The Times said. New York Today: Offbeat Museums 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z He played stickball in the streets of Brooklyn and traveled by horse-drawn trolley cars. In good company: Retirement community boasts 6 centenarians 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The 93-year-old clearly recalls the white-only seats on Dallas trolley cars, which she rode daily to school in a bustling black neighborhood originally settled by freed slaves. Elderly Texas woman at center of lawsuit over home’s sale 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The dam was completed in 1912 and once powered a trolley car line. Ohio EPA: Federal government to help pay for dam removal 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z They were married in 1991 while inside a trolley car, which was part of a Valentine’s Day promotion at the station. Replay of love: Couple renew vows on radio 25 years later 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The station served elevated lines and trolley cars from Brooklyn, but closed in 1948 when trolley service was discontinued, and has been empty ever since. How to build the world's first underground park 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z This broad open space narrows into a canyon and shows some remnants of its electric trolley car past. L.A. Walks: Trek a ghost route left by the long-gone Red Car trolley line in Silver Lake 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The bike trails, scenic overlooks and trolley cars that consumed 25 cents of every gas-tax dollar in 2014 will proceed as scheduled. Mad Tax Fury Road 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Promotions for films arriving as far off as 2017 festooned the sides of hotel towers, light poles, trolley cars and shopping bags. Promoters of Coming ‘Star Wars’ Film Have a Delicate Dance at Comic-Con 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Vying for attention on Thursday were a half-dozen sign twirlers for the Subway sandwich chain, Muppets mounted on trolley cars and “Game of Thrones” pedicabs. Lionsgate Takes Fresh Approach to Promote ‘The Hunger Games’ at Comic-Con 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The system will include nearly 7 miles of restored track and four diesel-powered trolley cars. Galveston trolleys to run again, idle since Hurricane Ike 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Other witnesses say the trolley driver honked his horn and tried to stop before the toddler was pinned under the trolley car. 5 things to know for Friday in Pennsylvania 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In 1902, a trolley car in Lenox, Mass., struck and killed a Secret Service agent in President Theodore Roosevelt’s protective detail. Driver Wanted for Obama Motorcade. Novice Welcome. 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z “I’ve lived in New York all these years and this is my first time on the Roosevelt Island trolley car,” she said with excitement. The East River Dead Zone 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z She caught a train in Hiroshima’s west hoping to find her sister, to no avail; en route were whole trolley cars that had been blown off their tracks, filled with singed corpses. Hiroshima and the Inheritance of Trauma 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z It began on a Sunday in July 1854, when schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings and her friend Sarah E. Adams boarded the Third Avenue horse-drawn trolley car on their way to the First Colored Congregational Church. Desegrating New York City: The amazing pre-Civil War history of public transit integration in the North 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z After guests arrive at the White House and greet Obama, they will board trolley cars and be driven down to the South Lawn. Obama to welcome African leaders for dinner 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Some of the trolley cars that carried passengers downtown from 1950 to 1974 will be refurbished for the project, which is expected to last three years. State panel OKs $97M for El Paso trolley service 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The public is invited to an open house and trolley car rides from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dedication set for new Mahoney State Park cabins 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Imagine that you are on a bridge and see a runaway trolley car below you, hurtling toward three children playing on the tracks. Economic View: When the Scientist Is Also a Philosopher 2014-03-22T14:27:17Z His grandfather would watch them pay their check and catch the trolley car to Ebbets Field to watch the Dodgers. Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Nets return professional sports to historic borough 2012-11-23T19:41:39Z The trolley cars ran straight down Georgia Avenue, six and a half miles from our house to the stadium. With Washington Senators’ Move, a Youth Torn Away 2012-09-29T20:57:58Z The original structure at the canyon location was forged from an old trolley car. D.C. United at Real Salt Lake 2012-09-02T00:00:00Z The Hub is taking a similar tack by redecorating one of the city’s trolley cars to promote “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic,” one of its animated TV shows. Advertising: Not in the Convention, but Still Part of Comic-Con 2012-07-12T01:13:01Z Mr. Iger arrived for the opening ceremony on a red trolley car, leaning from a window and beaming as he flashed a thumbs-up sign. Disney Opens Revamped California Aventure Park 2012-06-16T01:02:52Z It was always diverse, but the Dodgers – named after locals who dodged trolley cars in the busy streets — managed to tie together all the different factions. Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Nets return professional sports to historic borough 2012-11-23T19:41:39Z Ukraine: Gunpowder Accident Eight people were injured in a small fire on a trolley car on Monday in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. | Europe: Ukraine: Gunpowder Accident 2012-06-12T02:25:29Z I think it would be a treat to take you over the bridge on a trolley car. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z The steamer and the trolley car will set the whole Columbia Basin next door to tide-water. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z They told Phil as much, and with evident satisfaction, when they met him upon his arrival by suburban trolley car, later in the evening.—And now another day had come. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z “Some class to them,” remarked Joe, as he and Tom with a squad of the scrub and substitutes, got aboard a trolley car. Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z As far back as the late 19th century, an editorial in the British Medical Journal bemoaned our sleepless society, the stress and bustle of everyday life, the gaslights and the trolley cars. A History of Kids and Sleep: Never Enough but Who's to Say How Much They Need? 2012-02-13T12:06:12Z A few days after her arrival, she was driving to some function when a trolley car ran into the carriage, shaking her up badly and bruising her lame knee severely. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The infrequent trolley car passed just then and Sue Elder joined her, to take the short cut home through the Lane's yard. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z Heaven be praised! we have no trolley cars in our village, and no factories. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z A man makes a trip through darkest Africa and comes home to be run over by a trolley car. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z As Micky was whirled southward, in an open trolley car, he reflected upon his dubious assignment. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z You will have seen or heard that a trolley car upset our carriage.... Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z To reach it from the outer sections of the district, the tracks used by nine lines of trolley cars must be crossed. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z Or, perhaps there is a blacksmith shop or a trolley car. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The trolley car seemed fairly to crawl along, so did her desire to reach home and tell of the afternoon’s undertaking outstrip its progress. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z Else why did every one keep out of it as much as possible; walk on the protected side of the street, seek shelter in doorways while waiting for trolley cars, and so forth? The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z We were waiting for a trolley car, and we heard an automobile coming. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z Her height to the mastheads is two hundred sixteen feet; each of her three anchors weighs ten tons; and her funnels are so large that a trolley car could easily run through them. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Bert had seen the crate of chickens shifting around as the truck started, and had guessed that it was going to slide over and crash against the trolley car, just as it did. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z No hurry availed, but as Herrick burst out of the Park he caught a glimpse of her back as she passed into a moving trolley car bound for home. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Or if you do go there, we won't make you ride on the trolley cars. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z The next moment a trolley car stopped at the switch. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z The cowboys no longer shoot up the city and it has been years since the Indians have held up even a trolley car. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Cackling and fluttering, the hen raced about inside the trolley car, and Freddie tried to catch her, but could not. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z And it somehow surprised him that a trolley car should still bang indifferently past the corner; that, just opposite, that automobile should still chug away, as if nothing had happened. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Well, I wouldn't like trolley cars," interrupted Jane with firmness, "They go too fast. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z “Let’s get our things and hurry and catch the trolley car,” she said. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures Shirley Willing to the Rescue 2011-09-05T02:00:22.290Z The nine and the substitutes went over in a big stage but the boys and girls who were to be spectators took trolley cars that ran close to the grounds. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z They are just as much accidents as any other of the mischances of life, for it is as dangerous to be run into by a microbe as by a trolley car. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z The ride in the subway seemed interminable, and a long ride by trolley car followed. The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street 2011-08-17T02:00:26.867Z He had always vaguely wondered how people acted at such times; now the chance had come to him and he had shown less feeling than he would have at missing a trolley car. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z “I don’t see what’s keeping Sam Morton,” mused Captain Rankin, as the team prepared to take the special trolley car. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z He had made up his mind to take a trolley car, but a heavy truck had fallen on the track, so he was compelled to change his plan and walk. Praying for Money 2011-07-31T02:00:09.523Z As it is, between the trolley car and the automobile, very few people get what they need. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z Why don’t I rejoice that I’ve got the whole road to myself, instead of wishing that it were jammed with automobiles and trolley cars, and swarming with people? The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z Soon he saw her; she alighted from a trolley car and started to walk up the path. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z His arm was paining him very much for by a sudden twist he had wrenched the muscles injured in saving the lad from the trolley car. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z The next moment they had leaped an intersecting avenue, skirting the impending rush of a trolley car by inches. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z “A trolley car is lots better than an auto, then,” declared Dot, with conviction. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z "Tell me to use the knowledge I have obtained as a strap hanger on trolley cars to keep my balance in a wood sled!" Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Day scorned the packed, parading trolley cars, and swung vigorously up the street. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z "Well, I'll just bet you a million billion dollars He can't make a trolley car go in two directions at the same time." The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z At the fourth block Hall and Duarte started to detour around a trolley car which had stopped in the middle of a crossing. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z In the business district they swung signs madly back and forth, and roared around the corners of high office buildings, and swept madly against struggling trolley cars. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Before us lay State Street, with its trolley cars and soft coal smoke, not much altered. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z The Favorite Magazine was sold during August by enterprising newsboys on trolley cars. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z "And that ain't all," continued the boy, "ran on down the street and into a trolley car." Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Below him the city stretched with its square-checked habitations; its long, blurred lanes of lights; its trolley cars creeping like glow-worms up and down the slippery inclines. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z He drove the machine at a furious pace, disregarding police, who shrieked at him, barely missing trolley cars, dodging pedestrians at crossings. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Initially used to store trolley cars and later electric streetcars, the Blue Castle, as the 100,000-square-foot Romanesque structure is known, has been occupied more recently by a social service provider and charter schools. Square Feet: In Washington, a Historical Retail Strip Is Revived 2011-02-15T20:38:37Z Vagabonds sent on errands two miles away return after three hours with tales of the awful slowness of trolley cars. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z She had never seen a large city, or a boat, or a trolley car, or a tailor-made gown; but that counted little. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Then, in a fortunate hour, his wife had been run down and killed by a trolley car, he managed to exact damages for her death, and for the moment found himself in affluence. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z The practice game over, the men pulled on their coats and started for the two trolley cars which were waiting at the entrance to the park. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z After dining at the hotel I had to leave my friends, and catching a slightly unclean trolley car found myself dashing along to Annapolis. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Ah, yes, yesteryear — rattling trolley cars, yammering party lines, bustling factories in SoHo and deeper, much deeper, snowfalls. City Room: (Insert Year): Now That Was a Winter! 2011-01-28T20:07:20Z The bare idea makes my flesh creep like a Philadelphia trolley car! Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z A trolley car, looking like a huge and luminous caterpillar, hung alongside us for a moment, then fell behind. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z They left the college grounds and took a trolley car out to the park. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z We left Lock Haven very early in the morning, and commenced a long journey to Erie on a local train, which behaved like a trolley car, for it seemed to stop at every cross roads. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z I pointed out that if I obeyed her, I would surely be hit by an automobile or a trolley car. Public officials have an obligation to do more for people with vision loss 2010-10-04T22:03:00Z I thought how at college I used to hear from my chamber the screech of trolley cars rounding a curve and biting my nerves. The Idyl of Twin Fires We pursued a trolley car and settled down panting on the rear seat. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Up and down pages they went, spelling "passenger" and "transfer" and "station"—it was evidently a lesson about a trolley car. Manslaughter The next morning we took a trolley car for Scranton. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z He got down on to the gravel of the station yard, and out on the gray street pavement he heard the clang of a trolley car. The Voice of the Pack “Build a fire under him,” “Thrust red pepper under his nose,” “Tie him to a trolley car.” Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Frank Chance, with his under jaw set like the fender on a trolley car, caught a curved ball over the inside corner of the plate and pushed it to right field for two bases. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside There were knots of men loafing about the square and, waiting for the next trolley car, there stood among them an old dame gayly attired in the colors of her native Erin. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The trolley cars were the most aggressive; their wheels ground on their axles and jarred upon the rails; they stopped with a loud jolt, and with another jar and jolt were off again. The Shadow “Oh, I most thought we would bump into that trolley car!” Dorothy's Tour He thought of getting on a trolley car, telling the conductor his plight, and asking for free transportation. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? When it was time for the Wellington party to catch the trolley car home, they emerged from the warm, cheerful dining hall into a world of dazzling whiteness. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Why, think of it, a trolley car is as magical, in its way, as Aladdin's wonderful lamp. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Jumpo made a face like half a cherry pie, and Jacko did the trick of standing on his two ears and making a noise like a trolley car. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys Mr. Dainopoulos found the trolley cars had stopped running and began to walk home past the caf�s of the front. Command He felt rather dubious about asking the trolley car conductor to trust him. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? All the world was on the cable and trolley cars, but bound for park and sea, and in the opposite direction from the three on their way to the valley south of Market Street. Ancestors A Novel Look at the trolley car, shooting along without any one being able to see what makes it move. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Well, runnin' a trolley car has its good points, I s'pose," says I; "but I wouldn't tackle it for a year or so if I was you. Side-stepping with Shorty At times they were obliterated by trolley cars—gently moving glares which bore on their foreheads flashing blue-white gems. Command If I can only afford to ride in a trolley car I may envy the man who can afford to ride in a luxurious motor car and yet not feel wronged. Concerning Justice The “beastie,” as Katherine called him, stood like a statue before Mr. Phelps’s grocery and never so much as moved an eyelash when three trolley cars dashed by him in quick succession. Betty Wales Freshman With a 30-foot right of way for railroad tracks, 11 feet for vehicles and trolley cars and four feet for pedestrians, they are designed to meet traffic conditions of a great and growing city. The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce A favourite trick of his to evade Evan was to suddenly dart behind a moving trolley car. The Deaves Affair Now the trolley car buzzes up and down the long steep slopes of Ponkapoag Hill and the automobiles honk in endless procession both ways. Old Plymouth Trails "I am so afraid she is run over by a trolley car," said Agnes, in distress. A Dear Little Girl "There was a trolley car station just outside the gates of the Dogana, and I halted there and said to him: "'Look here, don't you worry to come any farther with me. Aliens Week-end he took a trolley car, And to the city hied him, Alongside of another tar Who offered for to guide him. The So-called Human Race Finally he got an oblique view of the approach to the bridge with the trolley cars and trucks crawling upon it, and he stooped over to untie his shoes. The Deaves Affair When they landed he walked with her to her trolley car, where they stood, still talking, until the motorman began making preparations to start. The Fate of Felix Brand Plunging into a hasty marriage in order to escape from a foolish entanglement is like rushing under a trolley car in order to escape from a taxicab. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl The ship was in Number One Dock, loading grain, and I walked across the bridge, up San Juan and took a trolley car along Balcarce to the Plaza de Mayo. Aliens The trolley cars went creaking and moaning around the curves through the mean, dirty, squalid, little streets of the mining and manufacturing towns. In the Heart of a Fool I nearly got a thrill––another one like that on the trolley car. Officer 666 You know how he got run over and killed by a trolley car.” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife It is easily imaginable that by 1920 the airplane capable of carrying eighty persons—or the normal number now accommodated on an inter-urban trolley car—will be an accomplished fact. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons It wasn't long before Rosa and I were in the trolley car that runs along the Via Milano up to the Piazza de Ferrari, where all the caf�s and theatres are. Aliens Why, Bill, I saw your picture in a trolley car in Denver—and you're only twenty-five years old! The Harbor Two years ago in a trolley car, right here in the midst of this heartless city. Officer 666 Also, a trolley car ran on to him, rolling him over and over again until he came out as dizzy as a drunken man. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail In cities, electromobile cabs and vans steadily increase in numbers, furthering the quiet and cleanliness introduced by the trolley car. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery It had been arranged for Polly to ride home with Leonora; but as the carriage was not there they took a trolley car, Leonora not being yet quite strong enough for so long a walk. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage There is a train at two-forty-five, but that would be too late, and it takes nearly an hour by the trolley cars.” A Dear Little Girl at School Between them they made such a jolly racket that they heard nothing else, not even the trolley cars whizzing by, till Miss Lucy screamed: “Oh! my dears! my dears!” Divided Skates In the distance he could see the trolley cars struggling against the blast, but presently they were seen no more. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor You don’t know me and besides 198 I have no time to sit down as I have two more trolley cars to meet with hot suppers for the motormen. The Comings of Cousin Ann Upon investigation he found that over there what he meant by a trolley car was "a tram." Continuous Vaudeville They occupied in the dawn of the 19th century the place which trolley cars occupy in the minds of promoters to-day. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study Counsel for defendant, a stranger to the ways of Montgomery, who had come from Indianapolis to try the case, asked Phil ironically if she were an expert in the management of a trolley car. Otherwise Phyllis Why, where I come from they hev sewers in the city streets an' pavements an' sidewalks an' trolley cars. The Panchronicon You’d be down under the table fussing around with a few thousand wires, but you’d never stop to think that maybe I’d been fired by the manager, or run over by a trolley car.” The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room She had dodged two trolley cars and an automobile, only to be run down by a boy on a bicycle. Continuous Vaudeville The poor trolley car thought of what he had heard. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds "Such lots of people and trolley cars and automobiles—and everything!" he reported to his mother, who insisted that he really must finish dressing. Sunny Boy in the Big City In her were all these stores, these office buildings for clever lawyers and surgeons, these contemptuous trolley cars, these careless people in beautiful clothes. Free Air "Gee, you talk about driving a car fifty miles the way I would about getting on the trolley car at home," said Pete, admiringly. The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods Juliet watched her guest go down the street, and waved an affectionate hand at 135 her as Judith looked back from her seat in the trolley car. The Indifference of Juliet Down Centre Street went the chase, pursued and pursuers bowling over pedestrians who got in the way, dodging in front of and around trolley cars as Rogers led the way diagonally across the street. The Grain Ship The trolley cars and automobiles and crowds of people seemed to Sunny Boy to be hopelessly mixed. Sunny Boy in the Big City If an unimportant person is slightly injured while leaving a trolley car the story is hardly worth a line of type. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing A few trolley cars had stopped, though not stalled, and groups of curious on-lookers had crowded in for a grandstand view. World's War Events, Vol. II Once she had fainted when a favorite aunt had fallen from a trolley car. Young Hilda at the Wars I thought a pickpocket on the trolley car got it, and I was hot. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 "Busses, an' trains up high, and ferryboats, and automobiles and trolley cars like at home." Sunny Boy in the Big City Skeeter Wilson, who was as fast as a trolley car, ran along with him for twenty-five yards, pleading with him to listen to reason and consent to be downed. At Good Old Siwash Name one a bicycle, another a trolley car. Games and Play for School Morale A Course of Graded Games for School and Community Recreation "Look out, Henry, for the trolley cars," she cried. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play An excursion trolley car on the Milwaukee Street Railway has 700 incandescent lights. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 The afternoon of the same day they crossed the wonderful Brooklyn Bridge and, getting out of the trolley car half way over, saw New York City from the middle of the river. Sunny Boy in the Big City To use a trolley car or train to go to church on Sunday may or may not be right; it is simply a question of God's expressed will for the individual at that particular time. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) A policeman on the next corner directed him to a trolley car, and told him where to transfer in order to reach Dudley Blythe's residence. Mary Ware's Promised Land He made them hard as iron bars; He made them tough as trolley cars. Andiron Tales The crowded trolley cars, the rushing, rattling lines of drays, the ugly, dirty, cheap-looking people hurrying past—it was all horrible! The Root of Evil The ordinary trolley car of to-day—moving without visible means—would have been regarded as a miracle a century ago. The Life Radiant “I hope we don’t miss a trolley car every day of those twenty years,” she said, laughing. The Squirrel-Cage Merritt and I were feeling pretty blue when along comes Tody Hamilton, the circus press agent, and as soon as he saw what had happened he made a run for a trolley car. Side Show Studies And it was only a step from settlement to trolley cars, electric lights, sandstone business blocks and cement pavements, together with lawns growing real grass! The Lady Doc A clanging trolley car woke me and I remembered that I had been dreaming of Phares and the tanager's nest. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The thunder of trolley cars, the rumble of wholesale wagons, the buzz of automobiles, all made their contribution to the roar of the busy cañon up and down which men and women passed by hundreds. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure Oh, I’m prosaic and commonplace, with my oil-stove and trolley cars. The Squirrel-Cage Admirably docile, he felt confident that the unusual conjunction of both arbiters of destiny and an impressive trolley car would in the end produce something extremely worth while. Pipefuls The trolley cars go whizzing by, and smoke from noisy mills is trailing slowly to the sky, and blotting out the hills. Rippling Rhymes At Fortieth Street he turned west for a short block and at Seventh Avenue he hailed a south-bound trolley car. From Place to Place How many hoopskirts will it take To fill a trolley car up? The New Pun Book When I get into the trolley car I shall think I have dreamed it—the little house in the clearing—so peaceful, so—just look at it now. The Squirrel-Cage When he gets on a trolley car he draws a long breath and looks around in ecstasy at the human scenery. Pipefuls He called a messenger, despatched the package and the letter, and within half an hour was in a trolley car bound for Fall River. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Oh, just to see if I could cross Broadway without being bumped into by a trolley car or a taxi-cab or an airship. An American Suffragette They came to Scollay Square, into which trolley cars were pouring from various sections, and soon they reached the store of the Jew tailors. Frank Merriwell's Cruise Still later, about 1890, with the marvellous development of the electric motor and trolley cars, making horse traction by rail obsolete, the suburbs of Boston became one great garden and a semicircle of homes. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman The Urchin was in excellent spirits, for he had been promised a ride on a trolley car—a glorious adventure. Pipefuls Those first Christians never had ridden in a trolley car; they never had seen a subway; they never had been to a moving picture show; they never had talked over a telephone. Christianity and Progress We go by trolley a little way, and if you have never surveyed the verduous Ohio Valley from a careening trolley car you have a joy coming to you. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! "Do I really see a trolley car running along the street here, or am I dreaming?" Frank Merriwell's Cruise Meanwhile, what we must do is to prevent him from catching that last trolley car, which goes in about twelve-fifteen. The House of Torchy I love the deep snow and the trees bare as they are, and the square down the road a piece, and the post-office, and the trolley cars. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes It was nine o'clock in the morning, but this particular passenger on the platform of the trolley car still wore a much crumpled evening suit. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Hurrying along, as if afraid that Professor Montelli might run after them and take Tip and Top away again, Teddy and Janet went to the corner where they had left the trolley car. The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection So instead of going to the station in the hearse, I went with Mam'selle in the trolley car. Just Patty I watched electric cranes the size of trolley cars juggle chunks of metal that weighed tons. The House of Torchy He felt certain that Rufus Carder would not be met among the clouds, but who could be sure that he would not pop up in a trolley car. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date Freight cars, passenger cars, and trolley cars use each year an increasingly large proportion of the product of our saw-mills. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation So here at 11:15 on a bright summer mornin' I'm dumped off a trolley car way out on the upper edge of Massachusetts. Torchy and Vee Those more simple of arrangement were to go in the trolley car, and be donned in the cramped quarters of the gallery dressing-room. Just Patty Traffic on the railroads was suspended at daybreak, and not a trolley car was running in the valley. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado The Greeks, the real Greeks, would have liked all these things—trolley cars, cables, locomotives,—seen the beautiful in them, if they had to do their living with them every day, the way we do. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century "Don't you 'member mother said we should never get on a trolley car when it was moving, or get off?" Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South The trolley cars seemed to have been blocked; none were coming from the north. White Ashes It's just like that on a trolley car. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home You have a flow of thoughts instead of the miserable trickle that ordinarily serves your business purposes and keeps you from under the trolley cars. Journeys to Bagdad I have traveled in the blaze of a trolley car when all the world was asleep, and have been shot through still country fields in the great blackness. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century Then, seeing he could not stop the trolley car he made a desperate jump off the vehicle and landed in a heap on the side of the road, rolling over and over. Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder His presentation of myself was simply masterful; it would have moved one of his own trolley cars; I didn't wonder a bit that he objected to me as a son-in-law. White Ashes As luck would have it, just when Frank Racer took after the strange man, hoping to make him stop by calling to him, one of the trolley cars came past. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island I avoid the country, and try to keep my recreant thoughts on such practical subjects as trolley cars, motor-trucks and delivery wagons, rumbling noisily beside me along the street. The Fifth Wheel A Novel "I'll stand on top of this toy trolley car," said the Clown. The Story of a Stuffed Elephant True, says your opponent, but so are doughnuts, women's arguments, and, occasionally, the wheels on a trolley car. The Patient Observer And His Friends The others all voted the suggestion a good one, and soon, having checked their baggage at the depot, they boarded a trolley car bound for the Falls. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret Around the curve swept the clanging trolley cars. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery But there was a wholesome air of good health about her that caused one to think of a "jolly good fellow," rather than a girl who needed to be helped on and off trolley cars. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real One of Archie's presents was a toy trolley car, and by jumping up on this the Clown managed to reach the Elephant's back. The Story of a Stuffed Elephant Why?Where do the men who want to smoke in the open trolley car have to sit? The Child's Day The trolley car made good time and it was still daylight when Niagara was reached. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret Then, feeling quite content with himself, even in his wet garments, he boarded a city-bound trolley car and departed for the warmth and hospitality of Scab Johnny's sailor boarding house in Oregon Street. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates If I am not mistaken this shed is near a path that leads to a road by which we can get to a trolley car. The Bobbsey Twins at Home "Bob walked to school, because the trolley cars were not running," explained Mrs. Parkney. Sunny Boy and His Playmates Argumentation, as used in this book, differs widely from the informal exchange of opinions and views indulged in across the dinner table or on the trolley car. Public Speaking To think the roar of a beautiful waterfall is but the noise of a trolley car! Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour First of all, he has gone to work in a most plebeian, almost slave-like fashion, turning wheels and making lights and dragging silly little trolley cars about a straggling town. The River and I Among the most important of his inventions are those which relate to electricity; inventions such as trolley car, elevator, automobile, electric light, the telephone, the telegraph. General Science "It's a good thing you wore boots and rubbers," said Bob, as the trolley car went on, leaving the boys, who waved to the conductor as long as they could see him on the platform. Sunny Boy and His Playmates The advantages of a trolley car with both entrance and exit at the front end. Public Speaking It was quite late in the afternoon when he re-entered the city by another street and boarded a trolley car for the down-town centre. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Before the war—and even long after—nobody had heard of the Ranns; they had arrived as suddenly as the electric lights or the trolley cars. The Voice of the People For example, trolley cars are heated by coils of wire under the seats. General Science The same merry conductor was on the four-thirty trolley car, and he was much interested to hear about the day's experiences. Sunny Boy and His Playmates The Englishman came away from the house and hurried along the street to where the trolley car ran. The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective The trolley car dropped him within a square of the railway station, on the second floor of which Gantry had his business office. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Presently the carriage turned into Main Street, halting abruptly while a trolley car shot past. The Voice of the People Without a knowledge of the magnetic characteristics of currents, the construction of the motor would have been impossible, and trolley cars, electric fans, motor boats, and other equally well-known electrical contrivances would be unknown. General Science They could not come because there were no trolley cars running and they lived too far away to walk. Sunny Boy and His Playmates The gongs of the few trolley cars that were sent out to take the early toilers to their tasks rang as though covered with a blanket of fog. The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story And as he said it, Eleanor, in a trolley car, glanced out of the window and saw him. The Vehement Flame Thence a trolley car, climbing over heightening hills that became progressively more beautiful, hauled me ultimately to the entrance of what the cynical conductor called “The Holy City.” The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 The motors which drive our electric fans, our mills, and our trolley cars owe their existence entirely to the magnetic action of current electricity. General Science "I guess you've had enough exploring for one day," said Bob, as he drove the boys out to the head of the lane to get the half-past four o'clock trolley car. Sunny Boy and His Playmates "Shag!" exclaimed the colonel, when they were tramping through a field near the river, having reached that vantage point by a most prosaic trolley car, "this is a beautiful day!" The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story But Maurice, after his impulsive recollection of the "bully place," remembered that the trolley car which would take them out to the river, must pass Lily's door; "I hope it will rain," he thought, uneasily. The Vehement Flame The rush of the trolley car, and the blinding flash of the electric light, are but challenges thrown out to the future for even greater achievements. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World But for the production of such powerful currents as are needed to drive trolley cars, elevators, and huge machinery, enormous quantities of zinc would be necessary and the cost would be prohibitive. General Science They sped past others, many others, and made a trolley car and a seat together, which was the goal. Joy in the Morning But trolley cars and autos going past drowned all sounds of the fight. The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story "I found your twist-paw out in the brush with nothing but a bum trolley car between him and a long walk," said Bean jauntily. Bunker Bean That will take us over here"—she pointed to a place on the map—"and there we can get a trolley car to this station. The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm Or, Bessie King's New Chum The whirr and honk of taxicabs, and the jangle of trolley cars, sounded beyond the wide dark portal of the dock-house. The Day of the Beast It was at this early day that Yankee skippers began making those long voyages that are hardly paralleled to-day when steamships hold to a single route like a trolley car between two towns. American Merchant Ships and Sailors A trolley car brings curious tourists to their doors; but the ways of the Santa Barbara Fathers are those of long ago. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park This morning at eight he starts north and picks up a man just this side Fordham, from a trolley car that breaks down. Bunker Bean And it's a funny thing, but the railroad is in the other state, and the trolley car stops in this one. The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm Or, Bessie King's New Chum The very grinding of the trolley cars, the smoke of the mills, began to mean the operating room. Love Stories The traffic officer, whose shrill whistle sounded continually above the clang of the trolley cars and the hoarse screams of impatient machines, probably viewed the situation differently. The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man To reach their serrated crests the trolley car, already mentioned, conveys us through a wild gorge known as Rubio Cañon, and leaves us at the foot of an elevated cable-road to ascend Mount Lowe. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park I wish I had a penny bright, To buy a trolley car. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures What it was you shall hear to-morrow night if the trolley car doesn't get off the track, but I'll let you know this much—it's going to be about the rooster trying to swim. Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble They tell me no American girl who has ever seen a trolley car will go into a kitchen to work—she can't have her beaux going round to the back door. A Hoosier Chronicle When an exchange of seats is necessary, it is all done so easily and so quickly that you would wonder why we tolerate trolley cars. Life in a Thousand Worlds One day we'll have trolley cars running along the shores of the cove to bring the workers in to the mill. The Man in the Twilight In and out among the people and animals in the parade, in and out among trolley cars and automobiles, in and out, and from one side to another of the street ran the frightened pony. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures The thoroughfare each moment grew more tumultuous to his ears, with trolley cars and taxis, motor busses, trucks and drays. His Family It begun to look like he wasn't going to ride to the city in a trolley car. Ma Pettengill The Meandering Letter As its name implies, the meandering letter is one which dawdles through disconnected subjects, like a trolley car gone down grade off the track, through fences and fields and flower-beds indiscriminately. Etiquette The three were soon on a trolley car and, a little later, they had reached the town, heading for a drug store where ice cream sodas were a specialty. Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck We skipped across City Hall Square abreast of some trolley cars. Mince Pie "They had no trolley cars in those days?" asked Mary. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" As he stood there waiting for a trolley car he must of thought up a whole headful of things he'd buy with all these sudden emoluments. Ma Pettengill But Clint persuaded him against that plan, pointing out that he would be extremely uncomfortable riding on the trolley car with his clothes soaking wet. Left Tackle Thayer In the afternoon we took a ride up Pacific Heights on the trolley car. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines But if a little toddling child is almost under the horse's hoofs, or the trolley car, no one thinks of criticising, but instead admires his courage, and quick action, and breathlessly watches for the result. Quiet Talks on Prayer I'd a sight rather die in a gun fight with a real man than to get bucked over by a hunk of wood and iron and lightning, called a trolley car. The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits Breakfast over, the entire party boarded trolley cars bound for the navy yard. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet It was like the picnic trolley cars which run in our cities in the warm weather. Three Times and Out Extra cars had been put on to handle the throng, for the "train," for the first few miles of the way, usually consists of but one combination trolley car. Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis There, after a wait of some minutes, they had boarded another trolley car, and were now bowling along through the open country of that part of Maryland. Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis Why, if my time had come and I had quit and gone to the city to live I'd most likely be run over by a trolley car or something of that nature. The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits The trolley car had been halted and backed down to the scene. The High School Boys' Training Hike Just as he neared the Main Street corner he beheld a trolley car labeled "Tottenville" pass the corner. The High School Boys' Fishing Trip But the young pitcher boarded a trolley car, accompanied by Dave Darrin, and both reached the Athletic Field before two o'clock. The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond On this belt fasten figures cut from heavy paper and made in the form of people, automobiles, trolley cars, horses and dogs. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Finally a trolley car was overtaken and left behind. Analyzing Character He even used his lantern to light the boys through the dark side alley to the street where the trolley car ran. The High School Boys' Training Hike Market street was queer and unnatural without its rushing trolley cars. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts The trolley car teaches people in the towns to go for little picnics. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The farm windmill was as twisted as a birdcage that has been rolled under a trolley car, but a large hayrake was unharmed. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He never saw a horse car, nor an omnibus, nor a trolley car, nor a ferryboat. A School History of the United States He shrugged, jammed on his hat and strode off in the direction of the trolley car. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Oh, I remember, I found a cabbage, and I began to eat it, and I went inside it—And land sakes, goodness me and a trolley car! Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories Almost, she had expected to see him the next morning when the car refused to move, and she had taken a trolley car, halfway to San Gabriel. The Port of Adventure We'll probably have to disconnect our wires several times, whenever a trolley car comes past. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road The power which moves trolley cars through the streets is nothing in reality but an application of the force of the magnetic principle. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers "I've had lots of rides in trolley cars, and we had a ride in a farm wagon the other day, but this is the first time I have ever been in a carriage." The Bobbsey Twins in the Country Now, the next story will be about Buddy in a deep hole—that is if the trolley car doesn't run off the track, and break all the eggs in the grocery store window. Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories She was in a trolley car accident; after being knocked down she was unconscious for some time. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology A trolley car came along down the street, splitting the mass of people and driving them back. The Redheaded Outfield We came back very unromantically in the trolley car, and reached the J. G. H. before nine, just in good time for him to run on to the station and catch his train. Dear Enemy Now, sitting in the trolley car, they realized that they were on their way to the home of it—that they had traveled all the way from Lithuania to it. The Jungle The following morning Bob was in the trolley car on his way to school. Bob Cook and the German Spy Correspondence with one physician tells the story of how five years ago he was called from a medical meeting to attend this ``girl'' who had been taken from a trolley car into his home. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology The members of the High School nine, including a few substitutes, rode home in a big stage, but trolley cars took the other Darewell boys and girls back. Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods Morrow spoke of this to her next morning as they were being whirled down to Longport on a trolley car along miles of smooth beach and stunted distorted pine trees. Tales from Bohemia The street was too brilliant and the great juggernauts of trolley cars lumbered by every few moments. The Sisters-In-Law They got off the trolley car and entered the police station. Bob Cook and the German Spy Her voice swept into a shrill complaint and abuse of Nantbrook—a place, she asserted, of one dead street, without even a passing trolley car to watch. The Happy End Mother Wyandotte and all the little ones, and all their relatives, hurrying like fat old women trying to catch the trolley car. Half-Past Seven Stories "It's almost like the earth up here; only they don't seem to have gotten to trolley cars yet." Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds He asked the question of Gora, who dropped in upon a class at Alexina's or Aileen's sometimes on a free afternoon, and with whom he was walking down to the trolley car. The Sisters-In-Law War was uppermost in his thoughts, and he still pondered over what his father had said the evening before, and the recent arrest of the German in the trolley car. Bob Cook and the German Spy His sons bought automobiles after they came into popular use, but Father was always content with the trolley car for his daily ride to the office. Autobiography of a Yogi Within sight, down a road, a trolley car went past into the city. Windy McPherson's Son There was a diner next to where I was living--one of those diners made from an old trolley car--and I ate my meals there for two years. The Biography of a Rabbit If it hadn't been for his ankle he might have got to a trolley car or train somehow and made a garage. The City of Fire Shops were closed; iron shutters were pulled down everywhere; trolley cars stood in the street as they had been left. The Log of a Noncombatant The pedestrians as well as the passing trolley cars, automobiles, bullock carts, and iron-wheeled hackney carriages were all in noiseless transit. Autobiography of a Yogi "Hold fast!" exclaimed Blake, as the conductor does when a trolley car goes around a curve. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal And in recent years both the drudgery and loneliness of country life have been disappearing before the motor and trolley car, the telephone, the rural post, the gasoline engine. Great Possessions The motorman of the trolley car had neglected his duty and joined a gaping crowd at a corner. Andy the Acrobat Across the clanging of the locomotive bells and the roll of trolley cars at the bottom of the hill he heard sweet voices. Lister's Great Adventure Someone in the store had seen her climb upon a trolley car bound for the city. Keineth A trolley car was rounding the street corner, the motorman sounding his bell noisily. Betty Gordon in Washington "Electric" is the Down East term for trolley car, lines of which were passing and repassing the station. Cap'n Dan's Daughter A trolley car stood at one side of the street. Andy the Acrobat There were no trolley cars, no wagons or trucks, no puffing automobiles, and no confusion. Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record A little farther on he came to a trolley car standing still. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures She saw one of these as she stepped from the trolley car, and also, under a tree, a young woman holding a beautiful, rosy baby. Betty Gordon in Washington They could see, with more distinctness, circling around the massive wizard cone, the aerial boulevards, ever alive with private conveyances, and the trolley cars each carrying a variety of passengers. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory It requires no other apparatus than a trolley car of the ordinary type, a mile or two of track, and a few thousand volts of electricity. Literary Lapses For I don’t want to live in no city and set down evenings and look at houses or trolley cars. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites But I've seen her get into a trolley car that was full of cross-looking men and women, and whimpering children, and in five minutes you wouldn't know the place. Pollyanna Grows Up By trolley car to Chicago Avenue and, then, like a homeless dog scenting his way fearfully, to a corner not far from the break in the wall. Jane Cable The trolley cars ascended no higher, so they proceeded to the interior elevators. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory He passed great buildings of brick and stone, and trolley cars, and a fire-engine house, and many other strange sights. Samuel the Seeker He was to walk across the meadow, about a mile, to get a trolley car. The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat Greatly as Pollyanna enjoyed the automobile, she enjoyed the trolley cars more, as Mrs. Carew, much to her surprise, found out one day. Pollyanna Grows Up In a day when the only mechanical vehicles upon our streets were trolley cars, he had seen those streets thronged with "horseless carriages." Youth Challenges I saw the obliging Mr. World, with more than usual courtesy, conduct his friend to a seat on a trolley car bound for the aerial gardens. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory "On a trolley car, only Splash couldn't come, and we had to go back and we got lost and—and—" "Splash found the way home for us," finished Bunny, for Sue was out of breath. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Mount Vernon is down on the Potomac River, and one may travel to it by means of a small steamer, which makes excursion trips, or one can get there in a trolley car. The Bobbsey Twins in Washington Why, yes," explained Pollyanna, with widening eyes; "the trolley car costs five cents a person, you know, and the auto doesn't cost anything, 'cause it's yours. Pollyanna Grows Up I might be run over by a railroad train or a trolley car, or any one of a thousand things might happen to me. Old Rose and Silver It makes me feel somewhat as if I were in a trolley car that is running down grade while the motor-man has lost control of the brakes. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory They were on their way to get them, with Splash, the dog, walking along the street behind them, when a trolley car came along. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue This time they rode on a trolley car, and there was no danger of Freddie's sending in an alarm of fire. The Bobbsey Twins in Washington It's only that there are so many more people in the trolley car, and it's such fun to watch them! Pollyanna Grows Up "Shed a few tears for Matty Mack, a trolley car hit her a slap in the back." Writing for Vaudeville The van had a raised skylight on the roof, something like an old-fashioned trolley car; and from one corner went up a stove pipe. Parnassus on Wheels Bunny suddenly cried, as the trolley car stopped to take on some passengers at the street corner. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Accordingly, the next time one of them was notified of a homicide he raced his horse down Madison Avenue at such speed that he collided with a trolley car and broke his leg. Courts and Criminals As it chanced, not two days later, Mrs. Carew heard something more of Pollyanna and trolley cars—this time from Mary. Pollyanna Grows Up It would take thousands of hearts to light one electric light, hundreds of thousands to run one trolley car. Guy Garrick If it's only splitting kindling or running a trolley car he can make a good, artistic job of it. Parnassus on Wheels He rang the bell twice, and off went the trolley car, carrying Bunny and Sue to new adventures. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue There was the trolley car that had been converted into a cable way. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" You could be motor men on trolley cars, or clerks in a department store. American Fairy Tales As the light ebbed slowly, and broad blue shadows crept across the patch of turf, they sat in a silence broken only by the wiry cheep of sparrows and the distant moan of trolley cars. In the Sweet Dry and Dry Indeed, there is probably no single influence that has contributed so much to the pleasure and comfort of the masses as the trolley car. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry Bunny and Sue leaned back in the trolley car seat, and felt very happy. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue And so the next morning, I started for the office of the trolley car company. The Gold Bag He met me at Pineville, and we took the trolley car to his home. Sixes and Sevens But they went to church in the trolley car. Jewel The quiet leafy streets echo to the hissing snarl of trolley cars, and the power-house is right by the Old Swimming-hole above the dam. Back Home "Yes, I like him," and Sue looked down the track on which, a good way off, could be seen the trolley car they had left. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue It was a humourous essay on trolley cars. Active Service A tangle of a trolley car and a market wagon delayed it momentarily at Harrison Avenue and Essex Street. The Depot Master "Grandpa, don't you think it would be nice to go in the trolley car to church to-night?" Jewel THE swart Italian in the trolley car, Hoarded his children in his arms and breast; The mother, all unheeding, sat afar, Her splendid eyes were vague, her lips compressed. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets It would be just like a little trolley car of out own. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Up the hill a trolley car was coming. The Vision Splendid The drivers of trolley cars were obliged to wear masks of some transparent material under the vizors of their caps. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire In the trolley car yesterday, didn't she make up to a perfect stranger! Jewel The trolley car is a narrow and prescribed manner of using electricity for motive power. Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails They listened, but they could not hear the clanging of the trolley car gong. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue "It's on the same principle as the air brakes of a trolley car," explained Tom, when a look at the indicators showed that the Mars had ceased falling and remained stationary in the air. Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas You also take notice of an electric motor about large enough, you would say, to run a trolley car, which is purring nearby in a sinister and forbidding way. Cobb's Anatomy "Mrs. Forbes was telling me of the gentleman who spoke to you on the trolley car yesterday." Jewel That is why trolley car companies, no matter how many passengers their cars carry, are so often on the verge of financial disaster. Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails "If I could find the trolley car tracks we'd be all right," Bunny said. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue It was with the manner of a Good Samaritan that he shouted at a respectable-looking man who was waiting for a trolley car, "Have a lift?" Babbitt "Never get in the trolley cars alone again!" Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Bunny and Sue would sit on a trunk, spin the wheel, and make believe they were in a trolley car. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue |
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